Chapter 182
“So, this mad dog person is Abigail’s new girlfriend?”
“as an exchange for protection and for information of you.”
“She pushed you to sleep with her if you want protection? that one? Disgusting. What a horny bastard…….”
“Didn’t Gevaudan taught her to do just that?”
Grrr. Abigail’s disapproving eyes pierce .
…… The possibility is high.
“That’s aweso, Jebotan.”
Natsuki grabs my son under the table, out of Abigail’s sight.
“Hey match girl …….”
Abigail interrupted when she saw Natsuki leaning close to .
“bought Natsuki? Rescuing them from slums? Contract? Destroy the gang’s office? …… Gevaudan, I think there’re other things you’re hiding.”
“No.”
“there is.”
“No.”
“there-is.”
“There’s none.”
Tonk, Abigail tapped the table with her index finger.
“You haven’t lived in this place from the start since you ca to the 88. Your story earlier starts in the middle, sothing is missing! I can tell!”
A Convincing argunt, Jackpot.
“I’m not hiding …… I just skip it …….”
“See!?” Abigail raises her eyebrows.
With a sigh, I confess the vague part I left out.
“I’ve killed and eaten soldiers from other forts, as well as a fair number of peoples.”
In addition, I detailed the case of Natsuki’s forr boss, Hustler, and the gang.
-I’ll keep out of the transport truck attack unless she asked about it.
“Soldiers, you an, in the ammo depot?”
“Yes. I think the guy’s na was Sean or sothing. I don’t know the woman na.”
“That’s …… then …….”
Abigail gasped.
Suddenly she fell silent, pondering sothing.
“I’ll tell you this, Abigail-san.”
Natsuki interrupted.
“Jebotan only kills bad people.”
………… Eh? What’s that?
“The reason he bought and the reason he took over this place is that he wants to avoid killing more people. Shigeaki was the worst kind of scum. And for whoever Jebotan is going to kill in the future, if it’s soone he wants to avenge, then why not? There are plenty of people here in 88 that deserve to die.”
Are those just so kind of guesses? or do you really believe that?
I wouldn’t expect even Natsuki has developed a false impression of …..
“Revenge, ally…….”
Abigail looked up.
“Gevaudan. If I leave with you now, will you give up that revenge?”
“Nope. I’m going to kill all of them that in this Fort.”
The answer is obvious.
“Then who betrayed you?”
“……”
It’s hard for to answer that.
“You don’t rember, do you?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“Yes, I don’t know. You’re right, I don’t rember.”
“Then how are you going to get revenge?”
“—- don’t know! But I was definitely betrayed!”
“……”
“So now I’m going to kill every last one of them and turn them into a bloody paste! If it weren’t for Abigail, I would have started long ago! If you interfere now, I’ll tie you up in Diamond’s web and take you ho!”
“……”
“I’m currently playing safe for you, but I have the power to do it! All these crazy powers that I have discovered and sharpened during those humiliating days!”
I stood up and slamd the table with both hands. The dishes rattled on the table, the liquid inside splattering.
“I want offering!! Offerings to burn with this rage!!”
–I was — little excited.
Natsuki was frightened by the butcher’s killing intent.
Abigail slumped down quietly.
She closed her eyes, and after many minutes of silence, she looked up with a determined look on her face.
“–Alright. If you insist that much, you can have your revenge. I won’t stop you.”
She stood up.
She walked around the table and stood in front of .
“–But I have one question.”
Abigail then nuzzled the tip of my nose.
“Gevaudan, at that ti when Nigel was fighting in the 89. I heard soone saw Nigel’s body.”
“That must be true. My mory ends with the Battle of 89 too.”
“But then, how do you know so clearly that you’ve been betrayed?”
“……?”
“It’s hard to imagine a situation when you are under fierce combat on the front lines where you know so clearly about a betrayal from the rear. Indeed, in an operation like this, there might be so stray shots or friendly fire when so soldiers are left on the front line and the others withdraw, But it’s an accident that can happen and you were a genuine soldier, so you understood that such a situation was possible.”
“Well …… that’s …….”
“Nevertheless, the fact that you have such a strong hatred for them ans there must be a reason for it.”
“Reasons ……”
“Can’t you rember?”
I am beginning to feel frustrated and even angry with myself for not being able to answer Abigail’s question with anything other than “I can’t rember.”
“Clearly, you must either have seen or heard evidence of betrayal.”
So I told her the very end of my mory, naly the story of rescuing the citizens and my encounter with the armored knight.
The guy was substandardly strong. He was bulletproof, and one swing of his greatsword tore through concrete like tofu. Looking back on it now, I wonder how I managed to kill him.
“I think we probably traded a killing blow, but I don’t rember the details.”
“Was there anyone else there at the ti?”
“Hmmm …….”
I cross my arms and let my mind wander.
“— co to think of it.”
Sothing cos to mind.
“I must have stayed back in the 89 for so reason.”
“Reason.”
“If I fought the armored knight in the first place, then maybe I was helping soone else to escape.”
“Soone.”
“Yes. If I had worked alone, I would have run away without fighting. Fox doesn’t use their lives for things that aren’t part of the mission. If for so reason I dared to fight in spite of that, there must be a reason why I had to be there. Maybe I had soone with , probably a non-combatant because I was on a mission to withdraw civilians from the area. But I don’t rember that at all.”
“Maybe that soone saw your …… last mont.”
“I don’t know. But if I were to think about it as if I were her back then, I would have made them wait for . I don’t think I would not let a non-combatant act alone on a battlefield where I don’t know where the aliens might be.”
“…… got it. That’s a great clue, thanks. That’s what I’m going to look into. Maybe if I ask the civilians who were evacuated at the ti or the soldiers who were on the battlefield during that ti, they might be able to tell sothing.”
“……”
“You don’t trust ?”
“…..Not that…but…”
“I can’t just sweep it under the rug. The problems that are so intricately entangled in your mind are like a tangled yarn ball, you still have to untangle them one by one or nothing will be resolved. aningless killing will solve nothing.”
“aningless killing solves nothing……”
“Killing indiscriminately won’t clear that haze in your mind.”
Dantalion and you say the sa thing.
Use your brains.
“But ……”
I interjected.
“I still think it’s not safe for Abigail to be here any longer. If they poison you, even the most astute Fox team mber won’t be able to prevent it.”
“We’re partners.”
Then Abigail inserted her white, slender fingers between my stubby ones and interlocked our hands.
“We are destined. Your problems are my problems too.”
“……”
” If you want to kill them, fine. Let’s do it together. We’ll both deal with the bad guys.”
“The two of us?”
“But not indiscriminately. There are bad people in this world who need to die, but there are also good people we can entrust our future with. And you know it. Because Nigel fights with her life to protect it.”
Abigail pointed to Natsuki and Yakumo.
“Natsuki and the others are proof. They are alive and they adore you. because there is still so noble and rcy left in you. If you were a real monster, you wouldn’t have opened up so much.”
She tightened her grip on my hand.
“I swear I will help you to the end. So please hold it for now.”
“Abigail is going to help ?”
“I’ll investigate and pick the target. You’re the one who needs revenge. So you can just go kill that guy.
“Pick the target….”
“Yes. So can you leave it to ?”
-that’s not what I would have wanted.
The only way to kill them all is to make a big move and do it in one swoop. because if I do it slowly, they’ll escape, but that’s no fun. It would be more enjoyable if I could take my ti and narrow it down.
–The question is, can I let her do that?
This is my personal problem.
It feels wrong to involve Abigail in this and leave her in this dangerous place for that. Besides, if she is on my side, she is a traitor to humanity.
Then, as if she had read my thoughts, she continued.
“I have no lingering attachnt to them. I’m also betrayed by my allies. Rember? What I said to you in the burning forest. What I said to you in the cave. What I said to you in your arms when we decided on our escape plan. Even now, those feelings have not changed.”
I was curious.
Why are you willing to do so much for ?
I was tempted to ask her that, but the unwavering glimr of trust that flashed in her hazel eyes made it seem like a foolish question.
“If —- you die, I won’t be able to hold it back.—- You must never die. If you are in danger, will you promise to run away imdiately?”
“Yes, of course.”
Abigail nodded.
“I’ll never leave Gevaudan alone again.”
I myself have not the slightest bit of doubt about her, perhaps because she is a comrade-in-arms who got through those days in prison together.
“—-I understand. I’ll leave the helm to you.”
Abigail was relieved to hear my words, and at the sa ti, she gave a caring look.
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