Imperial Crown's Core Members' Real Identities Exposed! Are They All Loyal to the Imperial Emperor?
Huranlang, Yujingzi, Wangsun, and the others unanimously removed their masks, revealing their true faces. Their eyes showed shame, guilt, and self-reproach, but even more so, an unwavering and resolute determination to realize their mistakes!
Su Hang's bloodshot eyes were devoid of emotion. Zhou Keyu had investigated and uncovered the true identities of all the core members of Imperial Crown, so he was not surprised to see their true faces beneath their masks.
"Captain, I, Old Hu, have no right to stand here, and I have no intention of making any excuses for the crime of betraying you," Huranlang with a weathered face, forcing a smile. "But I sincerely hope that you can reclaim the Imperial Crown."
Su Hang leaned back in his chair, his blood-red eyes coldly fixed on me, and said, "You're afraid I'll reclaim the Imperial Crown and settle scores with you, so you came up on stage to play the emotional card with me, aren't you?"
Huranlang shook his head.
Su Hang was stunned.
"The best decision I've ever made in Old Hu life was joining Imperial Crown, the company you founded, ten years ago. Over the years, I've used the money I earned from Imperial Crown to start a noodle shop, get married, and have children."
Huranlang said in a deep voice, " Old Hu current happy life is all thanks to Imperial Crown. So much so that when I was threatened with being expelled from the team by Nurarihyon, I was blinded by greed and cast the vote in favor of expelling the team leader."
"I've been numbing myself with the idea that you betrayed the Imperial Crown, but I know very well that you didn't betray the Imperial Crown. Even if the purpose of creating Sovereign Dominion was to destroy the Imperial Crown, it was only to uphold the justice in your heart."
Huranlang bitterly and said, "Later, I told my wife about this, and she scolded me for being an ungrateful wretch and took our daughter back to our hometown in Lanzhou."
Huranlang clenched his fists and said, "My wife's scolding woke me up and made me fully understand that one must not forget one's roots, one must not forget the benefactor who changed one's destiny, and one must do everything in one's power to repay the benefactor's kindness in changing one's fate."
"Therefore, I made up my mind to repay the captain's kindness, even if it meant losing everything I have now."
Huranlang pulled a small knife from his pocket, his eyes resolute. "Captain, "Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor, I will use this knife to Nurarihyon the throat of the traitor, Nurarihyon."
"After that, my fate as a traitor is entirely up to the captain!"
Su Hang's heart trembled slightly.
"Looks like we're on the same page, Old Hu." Yujingzi, standing beside him, pulled a pet snake from her pocket. "This is Little White my childhood sweetheart gave me when I was little. Its name is Bai Niangzi ( White Lady). The captain should have seen it before."
Su Hang's pupils constricted, and his breathing became rapid.
" The White Lady is not a venomous snake; she is harmless and non-toxic. However, I brought a small bottle of venom extracted from a cobra's venom sac. When the time comes, I will apply the venom to the White Lady's fangs and let it bite the Nurarihyon."
Yujingzi teased White Lady, saying, " Nurarihyon won't die, but he'll have his limbs amputated and become crippled. I think that punishing him by making him Nurarihyon for the rest of his life is more satisfying than killing him."
"I am disabled, this punishment is too lenient," said Wangsun, the one-armed man. "It would be better if Nurarihyon were dead. Old Hu, your method of killing Nurarihyon is full of flaws and extremely risky. Let me do it."
"You?" Huranlang was stunned.
Wangsun's eyes gleamed as he said, "Long before the Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor ceremony even began, I tampered with the van that Nurarihyon was riding in—loosening the brakes, damaging the suspension, and implanting a virus into the vehicle's computer..."
"After driving for a period of time, all the vehicle's malfunctions will come to a head, causing the vehicle to lose control and explode. The vehicle will undoubtedly Nurarihyon."
"Even if the traffic police investigate afterward, they can only conclude that it was an accidental car accident caused by a mechanical failure of the vehicle, killing Nurarihyon without anyone knowing."
Huranlang and Yujingzi gasped in shock. They could only conclude that Wangsun was indeed a car repair shop owner; if he used his car repair skills for murder, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Don't act impulsively and commit any illegal or criminal acts, and don't even think about killing Nurarihyon," said Shejun, a former undercover police officer, with righteous indignation. " Nurarihyon's fate is to be severely punished by law!"
"Severe punishment under the law?" Wangsun squinted. "But Nurarihyon neither killed anyone nor committed arson; he hasn't done anything criminal."
" Nurarihyon's many actions teeter on the edge of crime," the Shejun whispered. "For example, the unfair contracts he orchestrated could be suspected of [contract fraud] and [forced transaction]."
"According to the Criminal Law, if convicted of either of these crimes, and the circumstances are particularly serious, the sentence can be life imprisonment."
" Nurarihyon will be imprisoned for life."
Ganglie and Chou Ox exchanged a glance. They also had plans to kill Nurarihyon, but their methods were far too rudimentary compared to Yujingzi and Wangsun. Furthermore, since Shejun wanted to bring Nurarihyon, they completely abandoned the idea.
Looking at the people of the Imperial Crown.
Su Hang's bloodshot eyes flashed with killing intent as he coldly said, "Even if you try to justify yourselves and claim you haven't betrayed me on a subjective emotional level, on an objective factual level, you are all traitors."
Everyone at the Imperial Crown felt a chill run down their spines.
Huranlang stepped forward, his face serious, and asked, "Captain, how do you intend to punish us?"
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood!" Su Hang made no attempt to conceal the fierce killing intent in his heart. "Gouge out your eyes, smash your teeth, and drain your blood."
The people of the Imperial Crown were deeply shaken.
After a long while.
Huranlang voice, "Captain, do you want us to die?"
"Yes." Su Hang replied expressionlessly.
"Alright." Huranlang's words were as firm as iron. "Captain, after I help you reclaim the Imperial Crown and punish that Nurarihyon, I, Old Hu, will gouge out my own eyes, smash my teeth, and commit suicide by cutting my wrists. What do you say?"
Su Hang was stunned.
Yujingzi immediately chimed in, "Me too, don't get the captain's hands dirty."
Wangsun chuckled lightly, "I've been disabled for most of my life. If it weren't for you, Captain, I would have wanted to die long ago. Count me in."
Shejun continued, "Captain, whether you kill me or make me commit suicide now, I can't do it. I will apply for a re-employment with the police force to go undercover in the most dangerous telecom fraud zone overseas."
"It would be best if my identity were exposed and I were killed by criminals."
"If I come back alive, I will atone with my death."
Ganglie patted his chest and said, "Captain, we've probably known each other the longest offline. You know, my body is already ruined by the veterinary drugs I've been taking. I could die of organ failure at any time. If dying would make you feel better, I'd die right now."
Chou Ox scratched the back of his head and laughed, "I've already stepped one foot into the gates of hell. Tonight, seeing my beloved little apprentice Yun Shu at the Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor ceremony, I have no regrets. What does death matter?"
Su Hang's shoulders trembled as he slowly raised his head, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar smiling faces. The suppressed emotions in his heart were slightly released. He had long ago decided to take revenge on the core members of the Imperial Crown and kill them.
But right now, they are willing to atone with their lives. Regardless of the past or the future, at least at this moment, they are using their lives to swear their loyalty.
"No matter how eloquently you speak, you are still traitors," Su Hang said, his voice trembling. "After dealing with Nurarihyon, I will determine your punishments one by one, according to the severity of your betrayal!"
The members of the Imperial Crown Society readily responded.
"OK."
"Can."
"No problem!"