“You! If you kill , the tens of thousands of people in Constan City will lose the City Lord they admire. The new City Lord who takes over will definitely not be as responsible as I am!”
Hearing Trist’s words, the Doctor’s movents stopped.
“I only wronged Susie, but I have done imasurable good for everyone else in Constan City. If you kill , they will resent you for life. Are you really willing to make tens of thousands of others suffer just for one person?!”
Seeing the Doctor’s movents halt, Trist thought his words were having an effect and quickly began to use a sense of greater good to appease the Doctor.
“Judging by your reaction, you must be aware of the Constan City citizens’ feelings towards . Yes, since I beca mayor, serving as City Lord for so long, I have reorganized the slums and developed comrce. The living standards of all residents here, thanks to my governance, have collectively risen by a whole level. Can any other City Lord do as well as I have?”
“So, you think the good you’ve done for tens of thousands of people in Constan City can offset the evil you’ve done to Susie alone?” the Doctor countered.
Seeing the situation was not going well, Trist imdiately changed his tune, saying, “Of course not. I just feel that I have borne such a great sin, and I should now atone for it as a sinner. I will use the rest of my life to do everything a good mayor should do, leading the people here towards a prosperous society.”
“Do you think this city will beco better without ? No, without , this city will only beco extrely poor. At that ti, people will only miss , and they will resent you, the one who killed back then!”
“Alright, you’ve convinced .” The Doctor said this, lowering his scalpel.
At this mont, Trist finally breathed a sigh of relief. His body went limp. The chilling sensation from the evaporation of the fine sweat on his back and neck brought him back to his senses.
Yes, this Doctor seed like the type of person who cherished a grand sense of justice for the world. As long as he could convince the Doctor of his achievents and believe he was a useful person to society, he would be spared.
Although Trist appeared to have outstanding achievents during his tenure, in reality, he had simply returned the exorbitant taxes his father had collected through ruthless exploitation to the citizens. By throwing money around, he had created a facade of prosperity and vitality. In reality, once the municipal hall’s funding was cut off, Constan City would quickly fall back into economic stagnation. They say it’s hard to go from luxury to frugality, and the residents’ living standards would only be worse than before.
But Trist didn’t care about any of that. The most important thing right now was to save his own life.
Seeing that his pleading seed to have so effect, Trist was about to say more, but the Doctor quickly pressed his head down. Then, with a swift hand and blade, he perford his unique “art” on the top of Trist’s head.
During this ti, no matter how Trist wailed and begged for rcy, the Doctor’s movents never stopped.
He simply went about doing what he felt he had to do.
“You still believe that being good to a group of people can redeem the wrong you’ve done to one person, don’t you?”
Trist was in too much pain to speak at this mont. He likely regretted nothing more than being discovered.
“You’re even using the entire city’s population to threaten . Is your desire to live really that strong?”
The Doctor continuously questioned Trist while performing the procedure.
“When you were imprisoning Susie, did you ever consider that you might be discovered one day, and that similar egregious things would be done to you?”
“Of course, you probably don’t have the capacity to think about that much right now, because all you feel is pain.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you die so quickly. I will constantly stimulate your nerves with pain, making you unable to sleep. Every minute and second will be agony, until you finally watch your own life slowly slip away.”
Saying this, the Doctor removed the bloodstained scalpel from Trist’s head. By now, all of Trist’s hair had fallen off along with his scalp, leaving a grueso wound.
“Every finger, every toe, every place with the densest nerve endings in your body, I will personally torture them, letting you experience a feeling worse than death before you finally die.”
“Of course, before that, you won’t die, nor will you lose consciousness.”
The Doctor took out a healing potion and directly poured it into Trist’s mouth. After Trist drank it, the bleeding from his head gradually stopped, but now only the pain from his constantly stimulated nerves remained.
“Your small kindnesses to a group of people cannot offset the malicious torture you inflicted upon that one person. Because the torture that person experienced was unprecedented and unparalleled.”
Trist, however, spoke weakly at this mont:
“Aren’t you afraid of retaliation for doing this?”
“Just as you said, if I deserve to die, then don’t you deserve to die as well?”
“Your torture is far more malicious than mine.”
“Heh.” The Doctor chuckled upon hearing this. “I deserve to die, of course I deserve to die. Many people want my life, but unfortunately, I just can’t die.”
Saying this, he even whistled, completely disregarding how bloody the current scene was.
“If there ever cos a day when I’m caught and executed, I won’t say much. The lives on my hands are plenty.”
“But likewise, as long as I’m alive for one day, I will continue doing this, dealing with people like you.”
“Pfft...” Hearing this, Trist even laughed out loud. “Haha, how grandly you speak! You’re just soone who justifies your perverse actions by executing evildoers!”
“You make it sound so good, but what connection do you have with Susie? I did sothing wrong to Susie, but only Susie can judge . Who are you? Overstepping your bounds?”
“You could see it that way.” The Doctor shrugged upon hearing this. “You could say I’m overstepping because I’m worried that kind Susie’s punishnt for you might be too lenient. So, I’m going to give you a truly unforgettable mory, etched firmly in your mind.”
At this mont, the door to the basent room was opened again.
David appeared at the entrance.
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