"If choosing the candy means he's deeply scheming, what reason would you have to spare him if he chose the knife?"
On their way back with their men, they ran into Annie, who was also returning with hers.
After hearing what Dunn had done, Annie, unsurprisingly, also thought he had been giving the boy a chance and intended to let him go.
But Annie could not imagine what reason there could be to spare him if he had chosen the knife.
So Annie came to question Dunn.
"If he chose the knife, that would prove he had murder in his heart. This boy must not be spared!"
"???"
Annie's eyes widened in disbelief. Was this still the Dunn I knew?
It was not just Annie. Even the pirates nearby who were carrying away the valuables looked incredulous when they heard Dunn.
"Then what if he chose both?"
Looking at Dunn's calm expression, Annie persisted. She simply could not believe he could have changed so much in such a short time without suffering any great calamity.
"If he chose both, that would prove he was greedy. This boy must not be spared!"
At Dunn's answer, the corner of Annie's eye twitched slightly, and she continued asking:
"Then what if he chose neither?"
"If he chose neither, that would prove he was rebellious to the bone. This boy must not be spared!"
So he dies no matter what? Were you just toying with him?
Annie looked at Dunn as though he were a stranger, as though she were looking at a monster.
You even prepared reasons to kill him for those two choices outside the question. You never intended to let him live at all.
If that was the case, why the hell did you even ask?
In this world, killing was