Act 1 Injury Chapter 25

  "Ah, the answer is fine, but can you be more detailed?" He didn't care about the reaction of the people around him, and instead gently stretched out his hand to help the guy lying on the ground, wiping away the blood from his face, but accidentally touched his wound, causing him to shudder in pain.

  "Brother, the imperial guards are coming, let's go." It was Nalan Chun's voice, urgently sounding in his ear.

  She followed the sound of her voice and saw that she was anxious, and the mountain bear that had been trembling all over was still angry. "It's okay, it's just right to let him speak clearly." She lightly threw an answer that wasn't really an answer at me, then turned back to face the prey in my hands.

  "Captain Wang Kun, we are the military police. Please hand over the person in your custody to us and also please come with Lieutenant Li to headquarters for investigation." Just as I turned my head towards my prey, a voice full of authority came from behind me, but this voice made me feel a little afraid.

  "Are you afraid?" He didn't turn around, softly asking the military police captain behind him, his voice was very gentle and soft.

  "Really!!!!!!?????" The person being asked by himself didn't react, only making meaningless sounds.

  He slowly stood up, only to realize that the collar of his prey was still clutched in his hand. He let out a wry smile and shook his head. He released his grip, letting it fall to the ground with a soft thud. The sound was very small, almost imperceptible if one wasn't paying attention. However, as he looked at the onlookers, it seemed like the sound had struck a chord in their hearts, causing everyone to flinch slightly. His face still wore the smile from earlier, but apart from the mountain bear, it seemed like everyone else was intimidated by his smile, their faces gradually taking on an expression that he couldn't quite decipher. "Contempt? Fear? Disdain? Or awkwardness?" He whispered these words in his mind, but as he asked, he found that none of them could accurately describe their expressions. "Is it fear mixed with awkwardness?"

  "Please, let's take him to the hospital." It was the military police captain again, who slowly focused his gaze on him, and he trembled at being looked at. 'Am I that scary?'

  "Am I that scary?" The question arose in her mind at the same time as it escaped from her mouth.

  "Is there?!" A guy next to him whispered out his answer, only to find that he was the only one speaking here. He hastily changed his words and lowered his head. However, he didn't know that it was extremely quiet here, and everyone had heard what he said. Some people looked at him with a gaze of pity.

  "Mountain bear, we came here to find the guy on the ground, it has nothing to do with others." At the same time as he spoke, he also pulled Mountain Bear's body back, and immediately met his furious eyes. 'He's so angry!!'

  "Damn it, Hawk, don't hold me back, let me teach them a lesson. We're fighting for our lives on the front lines, and some brothers have even lost their lives there. Look at these guys, do they deserve to be called soldiers? Don't hold me back, just look at you, struggling to survive outside."

  Shan Xiong said this as he broke free from my grip on his clothes, walked up to the guy who was still whimpering on the ground, and pulled him up with one hand. "This bastard hit you without saying a word, and then stabbed you in the back. Don't pretend to be dead, if you have the guts to say something, then face the consequences. I swear, what kind of mother gave birth to you?"

  Shan Xiong said this angrily as he flung the guy aside with one arm. When I heard the sound of bones scattering in my mind, I didn't know whether I was mourning for him or gloating over his misfortune.

  No one came forward to stop the mountain bear, and no one said a word. The mountain bear dragged me in front of him with one hand, making everyone see me. Then his voice exploded behind him, "Take a good look, take a good look, this is what you call a killer, damn it! How did you feel when you said that? How many of you have been on the battlefield, how many of you have killed people, how many of you have seen your own brothers being shot in the head by an enemy sniper just a second ago? Ah~ Do any of you know what it feels like to see your own brother leave you alive and kicking? You bunch of bastards who only know how to stab their own people in the back, how many of you have seen that? Ah~ How many of you know, speak out loud!" As the mountain bear spoke, most of the onlookers lowered their heads, but a few people, including the military police captain, did not lower their heads. Their resolute eyes stared at the mountain bear behind me, and I could see tears welling up in their eyes, but they didn't fall.

  Everyone was silent, and the mountain bear's words continued to echo behind him. "I know that among you guys, there are many so-called university students. I and Jian didn't have much education, only high school. But we know more than you do, at least we know what it means to be one of our own, to protect each other, not to stab each other in the back like you people."

  "But he almost killed that new recruit!" A small voice echoed through the crowd, and Shan Xiong heard this, already wanting to rush over to find out who said it. "Who said that? Get your mother out here!" Shan Xiong, held back by others, could only vent his anger at the people in front of him.

  "I didn't fire my gun at the time, I admit it. My hands were stained with blood, and even I couldn't count how many people's blood it was. But I can say that there wasn't a single drop of our own people's blood on my hands. No matter how you look at it, I have killed women, I've even killed enemy medics, not to mention what they call 'nurses' in the war zone. So what?! Ask the fellow villagers who are still in the occupied areas, ask the fellow villagers who were slaughtered by the enemy, ask the soldiers who came back from the front lines, ask the brothers who buried the bodies of our fellow villagers who were brutally killed by the enemy. Have any of you asked? How many people have seen those eyes that can never be closed again? Just looking at your faces, I know you don't know anything, except that when others say it's one, you also say it's one. I've pointed my gun at our own people, but ask the brothers in the law enforcement team, do they know what happens to those who retreat on the battlefield? One word: death! Ah, right, I forgot earlier, there is a life of our own person on my hands, but do you guys know? Do you guys know?"

  "One man, one man alone, went to charge, bullets were finished, used a dagger. Are you guys wondering why he didn't pull the grenade? I'll tell you, listen up! He didn't have the chance, bullets flew off half his hand, cannonballs blew off the other arm. Are you guys wondering why we didn't go save him? I'll tell you, I'll tell you!! He was our battalion commander, commander ah, a whole squad wanted to go get him back, but were all suppressed by the enemy. He was the first prisoner on our battlefield, one battalion, do you know what that means? He was the only one taken captive. I still remember the look in his eyes when he looked at me, there was only one sentence: Brother, give me a quick death. Do you guys know that feeling? Do you know how hard it is to send your own brother off with your own hands?! That's your own brother!!! Now I can say this, you bunch of idiots, if we had gone up, not one person would have pulled the grenade, they'd all go surrender!!!"

  "Now I can say, if anyone saw what I saw, you'd be eager to drink their blood and eat their flesh. What's the big deal about me killing people? I admit it, I never leave a complete corpse. If you saw what I saw, there would be no corpses left! Hmph!" With that said, he pulled up Mountain Bear and signaled for Nalan Chun and us to leave together.

  "Halt!" Just as we were about to leave, a hand stretched out and blocked our path. Looking up at the owner of the hand was the garrison commander.

  "What?" The still unappeased mountain bear was already prepared to take action.

  "Please let me have him, Lieutenant Wang. I've heard something about your situation. Hand him over to me and I'll give you justice!!"

  "Why?" A puzzled me thought he was going to take me and the mountain bear away, but unexpectedly, he said such a sentence.

  "For no reason, just because I am also a Chinese soldier, I have been to the battlefield, I have seen my brothers leave with my own eyes and I had no way to stop it. The blood flowing in my bones is that of the Chinese people, hot-blooded Chinese people!! If this guy is really like what you said, without your words, I will be the first to take him down." This military police captain, although very agitated now, did not give up his rationality and did not easily promise anything to me and Shan Xiong.

  He patted him lightly on the shoulder, "Don't do that, having your own people's blood on your hands is not a good thing. If you find out he really did it, take charge and transfer him to Mountain Bear's place. Can you?" As soon as I finished speaking, Mountain Bear, who was standing beside me, also nodded vigorously.

  "You? The military doesn't allow lynching." This guy misunderstood what Yama Kuma and I meant, and hurriedly began to stop our idea.

  He shook his head slightly, "It's not what you think, we just want him to be a real Chinese soldier." While speaking, he thought in his heart 'Kid, get ready to receive the great gift from Mountain Bear.'

  "This matter, I can't make the decision, when the time comes, I will explain your thoughts to those above, after all, I still have doubts about your motives." He was very honest, and upon hearing his words, she only had these four words in her mind.

  He didn't say anything else, but turned around and prepared to leave with the mountain bear. "Please accept my salute." The voice came from behind, he turned around following the sound, and saw that it was the constable, standing at attention, then a strong standard salute.

  He and the mountain bear also stood at attention, and returned a powerful standard salute. "This is an apology for the injustice you have suffered, I was wronged!" His words came when my friend and I had already walked out. 'Does he believe me now? Does he believe in my innocence?' I knew he did.

  "You haven't figured it out, have you?" He said softly to Nalan Chun walking beside him, then met her puzzled gaze, of course, with a hint of embarrassment at having his secret seen through.