After completing the reorganization, Iger returned to writing and wandering around all day.
And Pide stepped up the training of all team members. Egger told him that counting the time, Bill and Erica would be back soon, and this time it would be Egger who would lead the team.
Iger will bring more people with him this time. In addition to Allen who will come with him, Iger will bring Pi De with him, so Pi De is stepping up his training.
Three days passed in this way, and at noon that day, Iger received another notification broadcast from Jixi Town, requiring all directors to go to Jixi Town immediately.
Why are you here again?
The board reform proposal a few days ago was passed urgently. What happened to Andy again?
Anyway, everything was fine. After receiving the broadcast notification, Egg called Joanna and the two of them walked towards Jixi Town.
After arriving in Jixi Town, Egg found that there were a lot of people in Jixi Town, and most of them were strangers. Moreover, all of these people gathered outside the Morgan Building, and about 30 to 50% of them were talking to each other, not knowing who was there.
What to discuss.
Iger never liked to hang out with people and listen to gossip, but he felt that something big had happened.
After Andy saw Iger coming, he waved to Iger and motioned for him to come over. Iger was about to say something to Joanna who turned around, only to see Andy gently shake his head at him.
Egger nodded to Andy and walked over. Andy led Egger into the Morgan Building. After they passed through the hall, they walked directly upstairs.
The two of them did not reach the fourth floor. Andy took Iger to the supermarket on the third floor, and then the two of them entered an employee's office.
Iger knew that something big had indeed happened, and it had something to do with him.
After closing the door, Andy quickly told Iger what had happened. It turned out that Bill was in trouble in Puduo City.
Regarding the city of Puduo, Iger's opinion at the time was that the city of Puduo had been ruined and had become worthless scum.
This is only half true.
The city of Putuo is indeed ruined, but that doesn't mean it has no value.
Treasures can still be found in garbage dumps, let alone in such a big city.
Erica and Bill were keenly aware of this problem very early. They found a lot of green spray paint and spray-painted the gospel team's safe in front of the high-value ruins that they had not yet had time to dig through. This included the school.
, police station, gas station, hospital, etc.
Because the area of Puduo City is so large and there are so many ruins, it is impossible for the garrison team to control every area, so other areas that are not spray-painted are left to other scavengers to rummage through.
This is no problem at first, but some people just miss the mark and cross the line.
When Bill led people on patrol in Puduo City, he found a group of people wandering around the ruins next to the police station. According to his experience, these people must have just been evacuated from the police station.
Bill led the team over and "persuaded" the people to leave.
During patrol in the afternoon, Bill led the team past there and saw these people wandering in the ruins on the other side of the police station. We are not fools. Bill led the team there this time, and his tone was a bit serious.
Bill is very familiar with handling this kind of thing. His previous daily job was to deal with this kind of thing.
However, when it came to the gospel team, Iger had told him many times that he should try to be as peaceful as possible with other people, so in order not to make the matter a big deal, Bill called the leader of the other party aside to discuss alone.
The result of the discussion was that the two people quarreled without saying a few words. Then the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at Bill. Bill came first and shot him dead.
The action of the other party pulling out a gun may not mean to kill someone, it may be a threatening gesture, but Bill never agrees with this kind of threat.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, people from both sides rushed over. Seeing that their leader had been killed, the other party was very excited.
Bill waved his hand, and the members of the joint field team used their guns to forcefully calm the opponent down.
After hearing the gunfire, Erica also rushed over. She defused the imminent gunfight (one-sided). At this time, dozens of people from the other team also came over for reinforcements.
With Erica's mediation, the incident did not escalate into a worse situation, but the two parties argued about the incident.
The current situation agreed by both parties is that Bill survived, the other party's mini-boss died, and the dead mini-boss had a gun in his hand.
Just these three points.
However, both sides disagree on the course of the incident.
Bill said that he drew his gun in self-defense, and seven other members of the field team also confirmed that it was the other party who drew the gun first, but the four people who came with the little boss insisted that it was Bill who drew the gun first, and the little boss wanted to draw the gun.
In self-defense, he was a little slow and was killed by Bill.
Both sides insist on their own opinions and think that the other side is lying.
Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited, Erica realized that the situation had reached a level that she could not handle. Erica went straight to the point. She found the leader of the other team and suggested that everyone go to Jixi Town to deal with the matter.
Yesterday, Erica left three groups of people on duty, and then took Bill back to Jixi Town, accompanied by more than ten people from the other team.
This morning, hundreds of people suddenly came to Jixi Town. I heard they were all here for trade, but Andy knew it was not that simple.
So, Andy recalled all the directors, and while preparing for a public trial, he discussed countermeasures with Iger.
After listening to Andy's story, Iger stretched out his right hand and touched his chin and said: "I have a few questions. What is the relationship between that team and us?"
"That team is called 'The Last Lucky One', and they have nothing to do with us." Andy said, "There is no affiliation, and they are not allies. This is a large independent team, about 50 people. They were passing by that day.
After a brief chat with us in Jixi Town, we went directly to Puduo City."
This matter is indeed not simple.
Regardless of whether this was premeditated or taking advantage of the situation, the current goal orientation is very clear, and it is directed at the gospel team.
I have seen this trick a lot. First, it means that we are being oppressed, then it means that we have reached the limit and cannot survive, and finally it is an uprising, to unite with other persecuted people to overthrow the cruel ruler.
They're a bunch of shit, they don't do anything when they're really fighting, but as soon as someone else takes over a piece of land they want to come over and pick peaches.
After all, the power of the gospel team is too small, and the territory it has conquered is too large. There are always people trying to take a bite out of it.
There is an old saying: Try it and it doesn’t cost anything.
"How are our allies and sub-teams doing?" Iger asked Andy.
"The allies haven't expressed their stance yet, but the sub-team has expressed their stance, but their statements are very slippery. They all talk about using 'fairness and justice' to handle this matter."
Fairness and justice?
This matter has become a Rashomon. It is impossible to prove what the situation was at that time. This fairness and justice requires the gospel team to kill Bill.
hehe.
Or become a violent and bullying party, a destroyer of order.
Or just harm one of your own to calm the situation.
Wonderful.
"How is Bill?" Iger asked Andy.
"Bill is in the isolation room, but you can't see him." Andy said to Iger, "In the name of preventing collusion, they sent guards to jointly guard the isolation room, and their people sent water and food in.
Of course, the four witnesses are also being held separately in isolation rooms."
"Okay, now that the stage has been set, let's start the show." Iger said with a sneer, "You ask for justice, then let you get justice, more than you ask for."
Andy recognized that the last words Iger said were lines from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Portia's trial of Shylock.
…
On the street in front of the Morgan Building, there is a stage that was erected when public trials were held in the past. This stage has not been dismantled. Egger plans to hold a public trial of this case there.
Soon, in accordance with the court's requirements, the stage was set up and the audience was crowded with various onlookers.
The court still followed the standards of the gospel team, with Andy serving as the judge and the other directors serving as the jury. However, one person was absent from the jury, and he took the initiative to take on another important task.
Egger stood on the stage. He glanced at the dense crowd of people in the audience and sneered in his heart. America is accustomed to using case law, so he can add a small brick to the legal construction after the blood epidemic.
Bill was brought up, and he looked good. Bill was not anxious at all. In his opinion, this was just a trivial matter. First of all, he was acting in self-defense, and there were so many witnesses who could testify.
Besides, in Jixi Town, the judge, jury, and bailiffs are all our own people, so what can other teams fight with us?
As a result, the opening seemed to be very different from what Bill had expected. He remained calm until Iger pointed at his nose and cursed, and even pulled out a pistol and put it on his forehead.
"I am Egg Lee, the director of the gospel team, the captain of the joint field team, the head of the gospel reclamation team, and I serve as the prosecutor in this trial." Egg introduced himself at the beginning, "Let me explain first, I am also this person,
"He pointed to Bill sitting in the dock and said, "His brother."
When Iger said this, the audience burst into boos and boos.
"I, Egg Lee, ask around. I only see justice, justice, and fucking justice! Today, I am going to accuse Bill of intentional murder!"
As soon as Iger's words came out, there were a lot of whispers, and the audience even guessed the beginning wrong. According to the posture of the gospel team, shouldn't they be claiming legitimate defense?
"We have built the greatest country in the world on this land given by God. We are hardworking, enthusiastic, honest and brave. These are our most glorious qualities." Egger's words resonated with the audience.
The voice changed and said: "After the outbreak of the blood epidemic, we united together and relied on our persistence in morality and the concept of rebuilding human civilization to tenaciously open up this safe zone.
Order is above all else. Regarding any violent crime, I have only one opinion, and that is that it is unpardonable!"
After hearing Egger's words, some members of the audience applauded. These were the members of the last lucky team. They did not expect that the trial would go so smoothly from the beginning and completely fall to their side.
Afterwards, Iger briefly told everyone what happened, and then he pointed at Bill and said angrily: "This man, he shamelessly attacked with a gun first and killed an innocent person, and also tried to pretend
Self-defense in order to escape justice.
Self-defense is innocent, but is he defending himself?
He is not!!"
At this point, Iger was so angry that he pulled out his pistol, loaded it, and put it directly on Bill's head.
"Death penalty, he must be sentenced to death." Iger gritted his teeth with a ferocious and murderous look on his face, "No, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and I don't think there is any need for another trial. In order to save everyone's time, I will kill him with one shot now.
Let him be killed!"
There was an expression of extreme astonishment on Bill's face. He did not expect that things would develop like this. Iger did not ask him at all, nor did he listen to what the witness said. He did not even wait for the jury and the judge to pronounce the verdict, and directly sentenced himself to death without permission.
.
Is this his biological brother?
When everyone's eyes were focused on Iger's finger on the trigger, Iger suddenly put away his pistol. He turned to the people in the audience and said: "Killing him like this seems too cheap for criminals.
Punishment is not only a means, but also an end.
We want liars to deeply understand the price of lying, the bloody price, with their own lives as the price!"
Iger raised his arms and cheered, and the spectators in the audience cheered.
"Come on, come the executioners." Egg shouted loudly.
Several members of the field team looked at each other, but no one dared to step forward.
Egg shouted to them impatiently: "I'm not asking you. Call the companions of the deceased. For the sake of justice and glory, I grant the power of execution to these upright and brave people. Everyone applauds them."
Four arrogant people came up from the witness stand. Egger waved again and said to a field team member: "Gun, give me your gun."
The field team member came over in confusion and handed his AR-15 to Iger, who then pulled out his sidearm.
Egger loaded the AR-15 with one hand, held the gun and fired a shot into the sky. He put the gun down and said to everyone: "This is a good gun, very easy to use. As long as it hits the head, there will be no feeling at all."
It doesn’t hurt.”
His words brought a burst of laughter.
After Iger placed the AR-15 on the table, he picked up the guard's pistol and fired a shot into the air, then placed the pistol on the table.
"Bring the prisoner here." Egg turned his head and shouted sternly at the guard.
Egger walked to the trial table, picked up a revolver, showed it to everyone and said: "This is the murder weapon used by Bill. He ridiculously lied about self-defense. Then, we will give him a chance to 'self-defense'"
OK?"
When Iger said this, the people in the audience understood.
This rising method has aroused everyone's interest. No matter how big the problem is, since it is a melon, the bigger the melon, the better.
Bill seemed to understand what Iger was going to do, and a vicious smile appeared on his face.
After Bill came over, Iger opened the revolver and checked it, then handed it to Bill and yelled: "Take your gun, put it in the holster, buckle it, just like usual."
Bill inserted the revolver into the holster and buckled the holster. Egger asked him to turn sideways and show it to everyone. Then Egger pushed and kicked Bill to the side of the stage and asked him to face him on the right side.
The audience stood so that everyone could clearly see that Bill's gun was holstered.
"Now, the ridiculous lie will come to a sad end, and the liar will pay the price with his life.
Bill had the right to self-defense once, but only after someone pointed a gun at him, as he said."
"Okay!" Someone took the lead in cheering and applauding. This fancy execution method is really nice to see.
Egger walked back to the table, pointed at the two guns on the table, and said to the four people: "Come on, one of you, you can choose one of these two guns to kill that guy."
After hearing Egger's words, the four people knew that they had fallen into a trap. They looked at each other and no one dared to step forward.
They actually knew very well what was going on. The two were talking at a distance. Although the content of the conversation could not be heard clearly, the actions could be seen clearly.
They all clearly saw that it was Cavinson who first drew his pistol and pointed it at Bill. After a gunshot, Cavinson fell down.
At first they thought the gospel team had ambushed a sniper, but after observing the bullet holes on the body, they discovered that the wound was caused by a .375 bullet.
As for how Cavinson died, no one saw clearly, but after the incident, some people laughed at Cavinson for daring to draw a gun in front of a fast shooter.
Bill also told the story of the incident. He clearly told everyone that he shot in self-defense.
Originally, the momentum here was suppressed, and the numbers and firepower were at an absolute disadvantage. Whatever happened, we had to accept whatever the other party said.
As a result, not long after, dozens of people from my side came over, so the four people immediately turned against each other and killed each other. It was Bill who raised the gun first, so the nature of the matter was completely different.
They also know that they are lying, but there is no way to prove this lie. For the team, this lie has extremely high value, it can prevent Cavinson from dying in vain.
Unexpectedly, the prosecutor now asked them to simulate the process of the incident. His reasoning was simple: whoever lies will die.
The four of them looked at each other, but they were all like pieces of wood, refusing to move.
This is the justice you want, more than you want.
With a cold smile, Iger walked up behind the first person, pushed him forward, and said loudly: "Come on, everyone applauds and welcomes!"
Although I didn't know what happened, there was warm applause from the audience.
"I, I, I." After being pushed out by Egger, the man stepped back hard. Now he wanted to escape to the stage immediately.
Egger put his elbow on his back and scolded him sternly: "Don't cherish the opportunity given to you. What an honor it is to avenge your friends!"
The man almost cried.
After a few seconds, Iger took his breath away, sighed and said, "Forget it, let's find another person." He patted the second person on the shoulder and said, "You better go."
"I, I can't." The second person also hurriedly declined.
"Then you." Egg pointed at the third person.
"No, no, no." The third person waved his hand quickly.
Egg became impatient. He stretched out his hand to drag the fourth man out, dragged him to stand in front of Bill, then pulled out his pistol and put it into his hand, and said softly to him: "Come on, the bullet is loaded, just go ahead and stand in front of Bill."
Just pull the trigger."
The man was shaking all over, and he suddenly knelt on the ground and cried: "Let me go!"
"Don't be afraid, as long as I support you, the people below are still waiting to take advantage of you." Egger persuaded him kindly.
Then, Iger waved his hand, and two security guards with guns came over. Iger said kindly to them: "Maybe he doesn't know how to use a gun. You can teach him."
Two armed security guards each lifted the man who was lying on the ground with one hand, then thrust the M17 into his hand and taught him how to shoot step by step.
Bill had a bright smile on his face, he liked this kind of justice.
"Two of you, get ready, let's count to 3 together." Iger shouted to the audience, so Iger and everyone in the audience happily counted: "1~! 2~!"
"I was wrong! I lied!" Finally, the man collapsed and shouted loudly.
The joy on Iger's face disappeared, and his face turned gloomy. Iger scolded the man sternly: "This is a court! If you give perjury in court, you will be whipped!"
When he heard that it was just a flogging, the man immediately became energetic. Tears and snot ran all over his face, and he couldn't reach out to wipe them away. When he opened his mouth, the snot flowed into his mouth.
"I lied. Bill was acting in self-defense. He did fight back after being pointed at a gun!"
When this person shouted, the audience fell silent.