Legend of the Cyber Heroes-Chapter 62 - Proclaim Righteousness Aright

62: Chapter 62: Proclaim Righteousness Aright

62 -62: Proclaim Righteousness Aright

Little Edward couldn’t quite say where the girl came from.

Perhaps she was the byproduct of a brother’s momentary fun.

It was said that after the Little Poison Insect had exhausted a female being, it found a fetus inside the abdomen of that female being.

Perhaps out of the idea of “observing the formation of the neural network,” the Little Poison Insect maintained a womb-like environment according to the Demon Sect’s secret manual.

It was probably because the New Human had a more resilient life force than the old human— or rather, every cell of the “Benchmark Man” possessed an “injury resistance ability” stronger than that of Homo sapiens.

Thus, even under primitive conditions, the fetus still managed to survive.

This was a form of luck…

or perhaps it should be said to be “misfortune”?

After the baby was born, her mission was to be the “new toy.”

And “potentially her father,” Little Edward, came up with a creatively sinister game.

With the brain-machine barrier not yet mature, the infant’s brain was implanted with flexible electrodes, allowing her to coexist with a prosthetic body.

The baby was a camera, a bugging device, a recorder, a tracker…

Her existence was to evoke others’ sympathy, only to record their last desperate struggles.

Little Edward was deeply addicted to this.

He loved this game to death.

Now, the expression on Emiko’s face was the best “clearance reward.”

“What are you going to do now?

Want to strangle this little bastard?” Little Edward, like a demon, tempted the girl, “In front of you, a man tried to strangle her.

You can try too!

For your beauty’s sake, I might not interfere!

Hahahaha!”

Emiko’s expression gradually twisted.

She stared tightly at the baby in her arms, trembling all over.

“Strangle him…

strangle her…” Several people gradually emerged from the tunnel’s entrance, encircling her, whispering encouragement.

But Emiko finally hugged the young girl and burst into tears, “Poor child…

poor child…

Ahhh!

Why did you have to be born!”

Emiko struggled to her feet, then picked up the young girl and ran toward the distant desert.

“Interesting reaction,” Little Edward chuckled.

He raised his gun, aimed at the woman, “Thanks for the expression.”

At that moment, a piercing scream came out of the tunnel: “Stop—right there!”

—Huh?

Who is it?

Little Edward fired absentmindedly, then turned around.

A boy, whose limbs were Martial Artist Prosthesis of mere lackey level and not highly modified, was charging toward Little Edward with tears streaming down his eyes.

Little Edward casually swung his arm, aiming the gun behind him.

Yuki felt the alarm ringing in his heart.

He saw a red “line” sweeping toward him from afar.

—Can’t intersect with the auxiliary line…

He quickly changed direction.

With a “bang,” the bullet hit an empty space.

“Oh?” Little Edward was somewhat surprised.

Since the levels of Yuki and Emiko were so low, he didn’t notice there was a 0.3-second delay in his perception.

As expected, he was under the effect of Gu.

Xiang Shan had released the Gu Poison while still in the server signal coverage area.

Little Edward just thought he had been careless and fired another shot.

Yuki barely dodged it again.

At that time, he had just rushed out of the tunnel entrance.

Seeing the woman holding the child softly collapsing to the ground, Yuki shouted, “You scum!”

But it was in that instant that the others from Green Forest who had encircled Emiko in a semi-circle also came into Yuki’s view.

The firearms on them had green lines extending from their barrels.

They were casually holding their weapons, showing no intention of attacking, so the lines from their gun barrels were green.

Yet the net woven by those lines made Yuki shiver.

—It’s over…

—Sorry, Master…

I…

He roared as he charged toward the woman.

Little Edward frowned, raising his arm and thrusting it sideways.

But Yuki suddenly lowered his body and rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding the blow aimed at his head.

Little Edward wasn’t taking it seriously, and he was also affected by Xiang Shan’s Gu.

It was at that moment that he felt something was off.

By then, Yuki had already reached the unnamed woman.

The young girl was still alive.

But Emiko was close to death.

Little Edward’s bullet had grazed her nape, tearing open the back of her head, and her blue blood mixed with silvery substance flowing out.

Emiko seemed to have a sliver of consciousness left.

She tried hard to wriggle her body so that the young girl beneath her could move.

The young girl cried helplessly.

She didn’t know what “death” was.

But she knew that the person who had been so good and kind to her seemed like she would never be seen again.

Every time she saw that color, something like that happened.

She desperately slapped Emiko’s face.

Yuki nearly lost his mind.

He knelt on the ground, his body trembling.

——My mother…

she was also…

Those legs…

that smell…

And the truck that kept crashing…

“Bastard…” He turned his head and just stared at Little Edward.

Little Edward asked, “Who in the hell are you?

I don’t remember anyone like you being in our stronghold…”

“I am a hero!” Yuki stood up and shouted, “My master has already infiltrated your stronghold!

He will…

he will definitely kill all of you scum!

Every single one!”

“Oh, a hero?” Little Edward laughed out loud.

A hero whose prosthetic upgrade wasn’t maxed out?

That was indeed a first.

“So this is what the Jianghu folks have come to now, eh?

Bringing such a burden to start trouble.

I really wonder how they’ve managed to survive this long.” Little Edward raised his firearm, aiming it at Yuki.

Yuki began to run to the left at the same time.

“Predictable evasion move, hmm, you’ve got a bit of a foundation.” Little Edward laughed wildly, “Then, die!”

Gunfire rang out, and Little Edward missed again.

Little Edward also realized the disparity between his vision and aim.

Since the second-in-command in the stronghold was an internal strength master, they knew about Gu.

Little Edward shouted, “Did your master really use Gu on us?”

“It’s just the thing for dealing with trash like you!” Yuki roared.

“Hmph, knowing about this Gu makes it not scary at all!” Little Edward entered a correction parameter with a sneer, “I won’t miss this time!”

With a “bang” of a gunshot, Little Edward lifted the hand holding the gun.

The finger that had pulled the trigger was mangled by a bullet.

“Hmph, hmph hmph, hmph hmph hmph, hmph hmph hmph hmph…”

From the corridor came a calm singing voice.

It seemed as if someone was humming a tune, slowly approaching as if on a leisurely stroll.

The melody was upbeat, but under these circumstances, it seemed indescribably eerie.

“Who’s playing the ghost at this hour!” a lackey bellowed, aiming his gun at the entrance of the corridor.

But before he could pull the trigger, a bullet flew towards him and removed his skull.

The bandits of Green Forest scattered at this point.

They didn’t bother with Yuki or the girl, directly moving away from the entrance of the cave, then raising their guns towards the cave, ready to surround and kill the newcomer the moment he showed his face.

Little Edward screamed, “Are you that kid’s master?”

“Hmph, hmph hmph——ah, in the past fifteen minutes, ninety-six fools from Organization Z have been killed in desperation, and you’re number ninety-seven.

The camera inside the boss’s training room is recording the second-in-command’s dying expression, which I find very amusing; I might often take it out to scare people in the future.

Do you want to see it?”

Little Edward was just about to mock the other party for bluffing.

But in an instant, an image appeared in his mind—a signal from an external source had connected.

It was forcibly playing a video.

In the video, the collapsed Little Poison Insect was wailing, “Wu…

ahhhhhh!

Kill me!

Kill me now!

If you’re truly a hero, then kill me now!”

Immense fear crushed everyone who received this signal.

Thus, the moment Xiang Shan emerged from the entrance, only a lackey with a lower level of prosthetic enhancement raised his gun.

But Xiang Shan was faster on the draw.

With a lift of his hand, he shattered that guy’s head.

Xiang Shan was dragging a huge cloth bag behind him, while in his other hand he held an automatic rifle.

Ignoring those guys, he walked straight towards Yuki.

Xiang Shan had noticed Yuki’s situation while he was busy dealing with Little Poison Insect.

He first caught Little Edward’s voice from a certain stretch of surveillance through the intercom left in the monitoring room; then, he had a quick glance through a wireless signal camera set up by Gleayard in the monitoring room before rushing over.

Yuki was stunned, then tears almost spilled from his eyes: “Master…”

With a “slap,” Xiang Shan slapped Yuki on the head, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Yuki was dazed: “Master?”

“Do you know why I hit you, kid?”

Yuki immediately realized, speaking sheepishly, “I didn’t stay in my original place…”

“No, it’s not that,” Xiang Shan sighed, “I’m not your father, so unlike your mother, I won’t reproach you for ‘standing up’—I hope you understand this clearly.

As a hero, ‘standing up’ isn’t a bad thing.

However, there are two things you did very poorly.”

He pointed to the already deceased woman, “If you truly wanted to save that lady, then halfway down the corridor, there was an excellent opportunity.

When you were separated by a corner from the other party and their bullets couldn’t directly hit you, you should have told them according to what I initially taught you.

You should have said that they had been struck by Gu poison and the best solution was to capture you and bring you to me for Removing Gu poison—that way, both you and she would have had a great chance to survive.”

Yuki’s tears welled up: “It’s…

it’s my fault…

I’m sorry, Master…

I…

I didn’t manage to save…”

Xiang Shan patted Yuki, “What are you talking about?

The murderer who killed that lady is not you.

Aren’t they right here now?”

Yuki’s face twisted with hatred, “Master…

kill those bastards!

Kill them!

Those bastards, that’s how they…

that’s how they kill people!

My mother!

And that lady!

Kill them!”

“This is the second reason I wanted to hit you.

We are heroes, not bandits,” Xiang Shan huffed, “If we are to act heroically, then we must declare our stance with integrity and tell the opponent what stands for justice—this is not how we should speak at these times.

Instead, we should say this…”