Volume 2: Law Enforcers of the City that Never Sleeps
It is the duty of law enforcers to hold on to the embers of the past and keep watch for the light in the darkness.
97. The King’s Death Knell on Christmas Eve
The Miracle of Sunny Day Doll (Part 2)
Public opinion changes very quickly. Although the argument of the so-called popular will is easy to manipulate, if you are not careful, there is a certain chance that it will turn into a sharp blade that can bite you back.
Today's Strawberry Shortcake girl is experiencing such a situation.
"Sympathize with the Shenhuo cultists? Haha, do you want to see what you are talking about?"
"How can anyone help the enemy and still be a sweet girl? This bastard!"
"My family died in the fire caused by the Shenhuo cultists!"
"The fire that year was originally started by the Divine Fire Cultists. Instead of blaming the source of the cholera, you protected them? I think this guy is the Divine Fire Cultist, right?"
"That's right. Who else would protect the Divine Fire Cultists? This woman is a witch and a devil!"
"The devil deserves the death penalty!"
"Burning at the stake!"
"No, burning her is not enough. She should be marinated in honey!"
"And we cannot keep the whole body, otherwise it goes against the beliefs we uphold..."
"This is a vicious devil!"
Unknowingly, under the guidance of thoughtful people, public opinion has quietly changed.
Someone even searched Strawberry Shortcake's home, located it, and vowed not to stop until there was blood.
There is actually a demon who speaks for the Shenhuo cultists?
Then he should be killed! And the most cruel and vicious method must be used!
This is also the basic concept that Evernight Education has always conveyed.
The Shenhuo cultists deserve to die, and so do the humans who speak for the cultists!
With this concept as the core, a large number of people gathered together, held up torches, and marched to Strawberry Shortcake's residence.
The girl was immersed in a sweet sleep at this moment, unaware of the ruthless reality she was about to face.
"Mei Yu, turn on the communication!"
At the same time, there was also a big boy who was so anxious that he was sweating all over his body.
On a cold rainy day, a boy dressed in a smart bike rode a bicycle at high speed on an industrial road, passing through piles of frozen corpses and heading towards the girl's residence.
Due to the boy's improper operation, the motorcycle under the seat cushion was already making an overwhelming sound. The motor was emitting thick black smoke, and it was not surprising that it would disintegrate the next moment.
But the boy didn't care about his own safety at all.
Because of his love, he is thinking about his beloved woman, so how can he have time to care about the motorcycle problem?
"Mei Yu, open the communication quickly!"
The boy was extremely anxious.
He is one of the few men who knows the true identity of Strawberry Shortcake Girl, a girl named Meiyu and a boy, both of whom were survivors of the fire ten years ago.
What's more rare than other survivors is that not only did he and Mei Yu not lose their memory, they even learned some top secrets about the truth about the fire.
Just like... the person who caused the fire that year was not a divine fire cultist at all, but a force directly under the royal family.
Its purpose is to force out the Shenhuo cultists hiding in the depths of the slums and execute the cultists to death with minimal casualties to the agents.
Judging from the results alone, the performance of the royal agents was quite satisfactory to the royal family.
At the cost of the lives of all the civilians in a building, it is a very cost-effective business to drive out the cultists who have been hunting for many years.
The only amazing thing is that the believer knew that he was going to die, but he still stood up and saved many lives in the fire. Although it was said that the law enforcement team came to the rescue, people who knew the truth couldn't help but feel resentful... Especially
It was the uncle who saved him.
Meiyu and Meta are one of those people, and they will always remember the scene of that year in their hearts.
If not for Uncle Stanley's intervention, Mei Yu's family would have been killed in the fire cave, and the boy would have lost his right eye long ago.
Uncle Stanley is a lifesaver.
No matter what evil deeds the uncle had done in the past and threatened the rule of the royal family, he should not be regarded as a criminal and die.
This is the consensus between Meiyu and Meta.
No matter what happened to Uncle Stanley in the past, he was their benefactor!
Meiyu couldn't bear the thought of her benefactor being treated as a criminal and dying in a humiliating manner.
Therefore, when she saw an opportunity and saw the righteous deeds of the Shenhuo cultists once again exposed to the people of the Evernight City, Mei Yu did not allow such an opportunity to slip away in vain. Even though she knew it was very dangerous, she angrily spoke out on the forum!
In this life, death is the most likely outcome. Is it possible that these ignorant fools can still kill themselves?
However, Mei Yu ultimately underestimated the dark side of human nature.
She was huddled in bed, completely unaware of the tragedy that was about to happen to her.
A tragedy known as the "Miracle of Sunny Day Dolls" will take place in the next few days.
…
At Mei Yu's home.
The girl opened her sleepy eyes, straightened her messy hair, put on the only tattered cotton robe in the house, and walked to the entrance with an impatient look.
"Who is it? It's so early in the morning that people are so quiet..."
While Mei Yu complained, she stretched her rough fingers towards the handle and was about to twist it away.
But suddenly, Mei Yu was stunned.
【Don't open the door】
A piece of obscure information appeared in her mind without any warning.
"who!"
Mei Yu folded her arms warily, observed her surroundings, and immediately entered an alert posture.
But this seemed to be of little use, as the voice still appeared in her mind.
【Don't open the door!】
Being annoyed by this brain-piercing magic sound and the constant knocking on the door, Mei Yu temporarily let go of the door handle and chose to return to the homepage of the forum first.
"Eh? Isn't this my tweet? Why did it get pushed to the home page..."
When she lit up the screen with uneasiness and received the push notification from the home page, Mei Yu was still a little excited.
Forum Home!
What does this mean?
Most of the daily communication among ordinary people in the city that never sleeps relies on this forum. A post that is topped on the homepage means that it will receive at least hundreds of millions of attention every day. To use an analogy in modern society, it will be on the headlines of every newspaper.
How could Mei Yu not be excited about this?
But as the reply notification was clicked, the smile on Mei Yu's face gradually faded.
"Witch!"
"demon!"
"You devil who speaks for believers..."
"This is a witch and should be punished with ten thousand rounds of death!"
"To be killed..."
The dirty words circulating on the forum caught Mei Yu's eyes.
The message that was pinned to the top by the official was the user who made the search, and the old bungalow where Mei Yu lived was clearly marked on it!
The situation has developed to this point, and no matter how slow Mei Yu is, she knows that something is wrong.
Someone wants to take her life! And they are probably gathering outside the door!
In desperation, Mei Yu opened the social software, intending to seek help, but she could only look at the friend list with red eyes.
In other words, the "former" friends list.
[Ding Dong, due to your improper operation, the account has been deleted, please try to unlock it with a new number]
On any social software, such a message pops up.
New number?
Each citizen only has a confidential ID number. Unless he encounters a law enforcement team, he will not tell others easily. How can he have a new number!
This is a conspiracy, someone deliberately wants to kill her!
"You want to kill me...it's not that easy!"
Meiyu smashed the window, and the cold wind and rain rushed in, making the room immediately covered with a layer of water droplets.
Today is Christmas Eve, the coldest day since the beginning of winter.
Under the wind and rain, this is the 21st floor. If you jump off, you will die.
But Mei Yu is confident. With her blessing and the equipment hidden on her body, even if she goes out through the window, it may not be a dead end.
And if she continued to stay in the room... her intuition told her that the mortality rate was as high as 99%!
"Done!"
Now facing certain death on one side and an unknown outcome on the other, Mei Yu gritted her teeth and prepared to take a leap of faith.
However, her action was ultimately a step too late.
The moment the roar of "Don't open the door" disappeared from my mind.
A violent petrol bomb smashed through the crack of the decrepit door and hit Mei Yu's body impartially.
"Woo..." The flammable fire oil caused the flames to dance on the girl's body. Mei Yu groaned in pain and fell back into the room.
At the same time, the door was shattered by a violent force, and a group of people holding torches threw dozens of torches on the girl.
"Haha, since you like the Divine Fire Cult so much, then just burn yourself to death in the flames!" the leading man said with a cruel smile.
But this group of people soon discovered something was wrong.
Under such powerful incendiary bombs, not to mention ordinary people, even law enforcement members who have undergone special heat-resistant training will turn into blackened carrion in less than 30 seconds.
At the moment, Mei Yu has not become a charred corpse. Although she is groaning in pain, the damage caused by the incendiary bomb has been reduced by at least 50%!
"This is……"
"It turns out that she is a fire blesser, and this witch is also a fire cultist!"
"Since you are a Shenhuo cultist, there is nothing more to say. Just enforce justice."
"Dismember the body with knives?"
"No, that's not enough..."
"What about the Sunny Day Doll plan?"
In a few words, Mei Yu's ending was decided.
…
That's right, Meiyu is the blessing of fire magic.
Mehta knows this.
In other words, the two people who came out of the big fire and supported each other received some blessings about flames.
Meiyu's blessing is that when burned by flames, once burned, the fire damage to oneself can be reduced by 60%.
Meta's blessing is the awakened magic eye. His right eye, which was almost blinded by the black smoke, can encounter fires. Therefore, he has saved many people's lives through this blessing over the years.
Now, he also wants to save Mei Yu's life!
"Ayu!"
But when Mehta rushed to the scene and walked into the community, he saw it.
He saw the most desperate scene in his life.
"Whirring whirring……"
The cold wind howled, as if mocking Meta's stupidity.
Above the building, there are tied objects hanging on the 21st floor of the community.
The rope tied the flying fairy bun on her head and let it hang high in the air. The clothes on the girl's body almost disappeared, leaving only some tattered cloth to cover it, which was unbearable to see.
In order for the flying fairy bun to bear the weight of the whole body, the girl's limbs were removed individually and hung by her side, and her internal organs were no longer in the body.
"Peel off its limbs, moisten them with honey, remove its internal organs, lift them high with ropes, and hang them on the top of the city a hundred feet in the air to dry."
The originally vivid crimson eyes were now empty.
"Blind your eyes to see the light."
The girl's body was left with traces of severe burns and scalds, and there was no intact skin on her body. From a distance, she looked like a piece of tattered clothes dancing in the wind, rather than a person.
"Follow the wind, let the cold wind take away all the filth, and the baby will be successful on a sunny day."
thump!
Meta fell to his knees.
He finally rushed to the last moment...to witness the ending of his lover.
In half a day, this pair of sunny dolls will be disposed of and will be used as evidence to scare the monkeys, right?
If it comes to that point, I probably won’t even see Mei Yu for the last time.
But this last meeting, it’s better not to see each other!!
Meta cried in pain.
He cannot accept such a result.
The sound of a smoking locomotive exploding could be heard not far away, but it could no longer reach the ears of the grieving Meta.
Because at this moment, there was movement in Meta's mind. Like Meiyu, movement came from nowhere.
【Do you want justice】
"If I can do something for Mei Yu, I'm willing to do anything."
[How about making the truth known to the world]
"Does that make sense? Mei Yu is dead. Even if the truth is revealed, Mei Yu will not survive..."
[What if Mei Yu wants you to do this]
"..."
Meta was silent.
He suddenly no longer responded to the words in his mind, but looked up high, at the sunny doll.
Suddenly, he looked down at the ground.
There was a broken communication device in a hidden corner. Meta bent down and picked it up.
This small corner was an agreement he had made with Mei Yu when he was a child. If anyone had an accident, he would keep his precious things here.
On the communication device, in addition to the message from Mei Ta that Mei Yu opened to read before she died, there was also the entire process of making the Sunny Day Doll.
Mei Yu deliberately recorded the process of being made into a sunny doll, and Mei Yu's thoughts are self-evident.
"Brother, for my sake, use your blessing on them!"
Mei Yu's face appeared in Meta's mind.
"..."
Meta knew in his heart that his blessing should exist to save people.
But Mei Yu's death cut off this final bottom line.
"Black Vulcan, I am willing to dedicate everything that belongs to me to reveal the truth to the world. Tell me, what should I do?"
Finally, he agreed to the voice in his head.
He prayed to the gods who brought disaster to the Evernight City, prayed to the Black Fire God, prayed that the truth would be made public to the Evernight City, and sounded the death knell for Mei Yu on Christmas Eve!
