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Chapter 119 - 114: Old Friend

Chapter 119: Chapter 114: Old Friend

"What did you say?"

Upon hearing this, Doctor involuntarily froze.

The other injured around him all showed expressions of grief; they had all survived the recent battle over supplies.

Karim... None of them could forget how they had survived that hell.

At that time, they had just obtained the airdropped supplies and were preparing to load them into the vehicle when countless bullets suddenly barraged them!

Jed immediately realized they were ambushed!

Lair’s men had been lying in wait here for this very moment! They were all heavily surrounded!

How Lair knew the supplies would be dropped here... nobody had the leisure to think about it as many of their comrades died in that instant.

Faced with a hail of bullets, the survivors, under Jed’s leadership, barely managed to keep themselves alive and started counterattacking Lair’s men.

Everyone couldn’t help but admire Jed, who had once been a military officer; even in a surprise attack, he managed to make the fight evenly matched!

The standoff continued!

At that moment, Lair, a madman far more terrifying than the Night Demon himself, appeared.

He ordered his men to cease fire, then offered the people of the Tower a choice.

The man said,

"Resisting to death will at best result in dragging a few of our useless lot down with you, but... I only want Jed’s life. I don’t care about the others’ lives, sparing them wouldn’t be a problem. What will you do?"

Faced with this choice, the people of the Tower had already decided from the start—to resist to the death!

Without Jed, the Tower would be easily destroyed by Lair, so they might as well fight to the death! If they were to die, they would try to shoot a bullet through Lair’s head!

However, in reality, Lair’s words were not meant for them; the real person who had to make the choice... was Jed.

"..." Jed was silent for a moment, then stood up and started walking towards Lair.

"!" Seeing him do this, everyone was immensely shocked, and Karim hastily said, "Jed! Don’t be foolish! That bastard’s words are not to be trusted! He will never let us go!"

However, Jed replied, "No, he will keep his promise, I know him well, that’s how he is."

"What did you say?"

Everyone was stunned, Jed’s words made it sound like he was familiar with Lair!

Jed looked at Karim and said, "Karim, promise me, survive, you must survive to save others. Also, those two young people are worth placing hope in, please try your best to fulfill their requests."

With that, Jed walked towards Lair without looking back; no one dared to stop Jed, the only one who dared was Karim.

"Don’t go! Jed! Don’t!"

Karim wanted to stop him, but he was injured and found it hard even to get up, so he could only watch helplessly as Jed walked away.

...

"Welcome!" Seeing Jed, Lair spread his arms as if to embrace him.

Jed did not react; he just coldly stared at Lair.

At that moment, one of Lair’s subordinates kicked Jed and bellowed, "Kneel! Who allowed you to look at him!"

But this act, intended to show loyalty, only caused Lair to frown.

He drew his pistol and fired several shots at his subordinate.

"Scum! Who gave you permission to touch him! Do you even have the right? Scum! Scum!"

The man was shot several times in the abdomen, barely clinging to life and undoubtedly doomed. However, Lair still grabbed a machete tucked at one of his subordinate’s waists and viciously chopped at the man’s neck, severing his head.

"..."

Many people from the Tower were seeing Lair’s brutality for the first time and stood frozen in shock, while even Lair’s own followers, though having witnessed it many times, felt a tremor of fear.

Then, Lair’s face broke into a full smile as if he were a different person, and he cheerfully said to Jed, "Sorry, my old friend, my men lack manners, so it took me a bit longer to ’educate’ him."

"..." Jed continued to stare coldly at Lair, "I don’t have time for your pointless shows. If you want my life, just get on with it."

"...That’s the reaction I expected," Lair sighed, moved closer to Jed, and whispered, "I have no choice now, the military has given me a direct order, I have to take your life today."

Listening to Lair’s words, Jed was unsurprised, "So you really are working for the military. Go ahead then, but... don’t forget, those who die cannot come back."

"..."

Without another word, Lair shot Jed in the forehead.

The people from the Tower could only watch as Jed died right in front of them. Then, Lair truly spared their lives.

Now, back in the infirmary, those who were alive owed it to Jed’s sacrifice.

Though he knew they couldn’t keep Jed’s death a secret for long, Karim still said to the Doctor, "Can we... maybe not mention this for now?"

"..." The Doctor was silent for a while before finally nodding gently. Then, she asked, "What are you planning to do next?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Karim responded, "I plan to negotiate with Lair, visit their base to find out what they need, and then try to exchange something for some resources and Suppressant."

"...Have you lost your mind?" the Doctor couldn’t believe it, "Going to his base is as good as suicide!"

"I know that!" Karim roared back, "What choice do I have!? People in the Tower can’t hold on much longer! Many are on the verge of turning into Mutants! What else can I do? We can’t outfight them; do you expect us all to serve Lair and die without dignity?"

Karim grew more agitated as he spoke, his bandaged wounds beginning to bleed again.

"...Just calm down for a bit."

"I am calm, this is the only way," Karim took a deep breath, "I’ll go alone. If I die, then at least it will only be me."

Hearing this, the others couldn’t sit still; Karim was their spiritual leader, and if he died, the Tower would truly be finished!

Yet, Karim was determined to proceed.

"...Let me help," Xiao Yi intervened as everyone was at an impasse.

Xiao Yi and his group still needed Jed’s help to meet with the Doctor, but with Jed dead, the people of the Tower would not trust them as Jed did, delaying the mission.

However, more importantly to Xiao Yi... Jed was dead.

Though their acquaintance was brief, Jed was indeed a good man, but now, he was gone.

"...Help?" Karim frowned upon hearing Xiao Yi’s words.

While Jed did entrust his hopes to them, Karim couldn’t help doubting what two young people could achieve.

Perhaps they were indeed extraordinary, but before seeing their capabilities firsthand, Karim was not willing to involve these two young persons in dangerous matters.

Jed’s hope should not be lightly thrown away.

Karim suggested, "Very well, let me see what you can do. Right now, the Tower is barely surviving on its own generated electricity. If we had enough power, things would be much easier. So, go to the nearby power station, clear out all the Mutants gathered there. After that is cleaned, we can repair the power station."