Warning: The energy ahead of this chapter is high and non-combatants must evacuate quickly; repeat, the energy ahead of this chapter is high and non-combatants must evacuate quickly.

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When Thales came back to his senses, Quaid had already grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up in the air.

Thales struggled, holding tightly to Quaid's hand that was holding his neck, but it seemed that he couldn't use all his strength.

He opened his mouth desperately, but he couldn't get any air.

My feet kept kicking and beating.

My head started to feel dizzy.

In my ears, all the sounds seemed to be separated by a thick layer of cloth. Kolya was crying, Ryan was shivering in the hole in the wall, and Kellett sat in front of the hole in shock and murmured.

Cindy and Ned screamed angrily and rushed over fearlessly. One held Quaid's thigh, and the other hit Quaid's stomach with his small hand.

Xinti flew out and knocked over the water tank, causing water to flow all over the yard.

Ned was kicked hard by Quaid, screamed, and fell to the ground unable to get up.

Thales didn't have the time or mood to be surprised by Ned's bravery and Kelit and Ryan's cowardice (he knew Cindy's actions well). He dug his nails into Quaid's hand, digging it from the front of his neck.

Back of neck.

He wanted to break free and take a breath of air.

Suddenly, his nails dug into the back of Quaid's right hand, as if he had dug a hollow wound.

Thales didn't hesitate. His face was already red, and he dug his nails into it desperately.

"ah!"

Quaid screamed in pain, released his iron-banded hands, and threw Thales violently against the wall.

Thales only felt dizzy and had a severe pain in his throat. He held on to the broken wall and coughed uncontrollably.

Quaid grabbed his palm, and the wound stabbed by Yara's knife began to bleed again.

"Damn Yara Sariton! Damn you brat!"

Quaid endured the pain and roared angrily, anger and alcohol welling up at the same time.

"Snapped!"

The ferocious Quaid suddenly turned around and saw Ensola in Room 17, rolling and trying to escape from the door. However, the door panel that Quaid had just kicked down could not support his weight and broke.

.

"Haha, you want to run?"

Quaid smiled ferociously, strode forward, and grabbed Nsola's left leg.

"no, do not want!"

Ensola cried and was lifted upside down by Quaid.

"Kid, have you ever forged iron? Yes? No? Haha, it doesn't matter, I'll teach you!"

Thales got up in pain and only had time to see Quaid using his arms to lift Nsola's left leg and smash his head against the wall against which he was leaning.

Thales only had time to instinctively turn his head and give way.

There was a muffled sound above his head, like what Thales had seen once, the sound of a fruit and vegetable vendor selling Ellen melons breaking open the melons.

By the way, that's the vendor from whom they stole the Haoyue statue.

Kolya's cries turned into piercing screams.

Thales was stunned. He had no time to close his eyes.

Red and white liquid splashed onto Thales' face from a distance, feeling warm and cold at the same time.

Ned, who got up from the ground, witnessed all this. He collapsed and screamed, and then ran towards the dog hole leading to House Seventeen.

Quaid opened his mouth and took a breath, with an intoxicated look on his face, as if what he had inhaled was not air but high-quality black pine wine. The demon in human skin turned his head and dropped Nsola.

part, looking in Ned's direction with an angry smile.

At that moment, what Thales was thinking was that Ned was small and very nimble, so he would definitely be able to get through the dog hole before Quaid.

Get through there and everything will be fine.

Once you get through there, you'll be safe.

Get through there.

Drill through.

Drill.

But before Ned could get half of his body in, Quaid grabbed Ned's legs.

"Are you the kid who can't hand over any money?"

Quaid chuckled: "Then what's the use of you?"

Ned cried and yelled, and was dragged out of the hole by Quaid.

"Screaming, it's not painful enough - it's a pity, it's a pity that the water tank is broken - well, I can't catch fish anymore."

Quaid shook his head to dispel the dizziness caused by alcohol in his mind, looked at Cindy who had just woken up from the ground and the water tank next to him, and muttered.

"Then make it simple."

Amid Ned's cries and kicks, Quaid threw him face down to the ground, then raised his right foot and stepped hard on the center of the six-year-old beggar's back.

"No--!"

"Boom! Click!"

Simultaneously with Thales's heart-rending roar, there was also a heart-rending crisp cracking sound.

Everything in front of Thales' eyes was blurred.

"Boom!"

This is Quaid's second kick.

"Boom!"

The third kick.

Cinti shouted with all her strength, grabbed a piece of the water tank, and rushed towards Quaid.

Quaid just laughed and kicked the fragments from Xinti's hand away, then grabbed the collar of Xinti's coarse linen clothes and lifted him up.

It turns out that I, I can't do anything.

Thales lowered his head.

In the corner, Ensola's body was still twitching silently but horribly, and Ned was lying face down on the ground, motionless.

I thought I was protecting these children.

But I can't do anything.

Nothing can be done.

Cindy was howling and kicking, while Quaid's laughter became louder and louder.

"Kid, just keep screaming. I like hearing you scream the most. Maybe I'll let you go once I'm in a good mood."

Thales' vision went dark, and a familiar scene came back to his mind.

"Deviation, this is what we call human behavior that goes against social norms, and most people are used to calling it crime. But we must know that crime is only a small part of deviance - what we focus on is not the behavior itself, but

It is the meaning and understanding of this behavior at the social level and at the collective level - Durkheim was one of the earliest scholars to propose the theory of social norms, and he also viewed deviant behavior from a functionalist perspective - "

"There is a view that law enforcement and punishment of deviant actors are one of the basic means by which power subjects shape the people and shape the social structure——"

This is a memory fragment of Thales's previous life. Just now, he recovered part of it.

"Devil! You devil!"

At this moment, Cinti was roaring and kicking, driving away the scene in front of Thales' eyes.

"Yes! I am the devil!" Quaid laughed playfully, "What do you think the devil will do to you?"

Thales took a deep breath.

Damn bastard.

His mind is clearer than ever.

He knows what to do.

He should do this.

He gritted his teeth and rushed towards the corner of the room.

He knows.

Thales grabbed a stone in the corner of the room, opened it violently, and put his hand into a hidden hole behind the stone.
To be continued...