"After the gunshots, there were three more corpses in the interrogation room."
Han Xiao's account was as flat as a death report, without the slightest fluctuation.
"Of the two Japanese men about to assault her, one was shot between the eyebrows, the other in the heart. The bullets struck their vital points with precision, killing them instantly."
"And Ye Cunxin..."
Han Xiao paused, as though leaving Yue Xiaofei one last shred of hope.
But a second later, that remaining hope was mercilessly shattered.
"There was a bullet hole between her eyebrows, too."
"She died."
"Blood stained her defiant face."
"But there was no pain on her face, no resentment, not even fear."
"Only a radiant smile of relief, straight from her heart."
Yue Xiaofei swayed violently, almost collapsing to the floor.
She was dead...
In the end, Father had chosen to kill his own soldier with his own hands!
He had granted her final plea!
She had been smiling!
She had been thanking Father for ending all her suffering with a single bullet, preserving her last shred of dignity as a soldier of the Dragon Kingdom!
But the price of that dignity was forcing Father to bear the sin of killing one of his own!
Outside the cell.
"No... it shouldn't have been like this..."
Jin Dapao slammed his head against the bulletproof glass. This man of iron now had bloodshot eyes brimming with tears.
"Company Commander Yue... my brother..."
Xiao Tian Ce said nothing, but the murderous intent radiating from him, almost fierce enough to pierce the heavens, said it all.
Han Xiao ignored their reactions. He simply stared at Yue Xiaofei and continued his cruel story.
"After the shots, the Skull and Bones envoy didn't look at the three corpses. Instead, he stared fixedly at your father