LRAB Chapter 58: Black Fangs VS The Empire (6)
Chapter 58: Black Fangs VS The Empire (6)
Chapter 58: Black Fangs VS The Empire (6)
Chapter 58: Black Fangs VS The Empire (6)
At the Empire’s unexpected shadowboxing,
For a long moment, I was completely dumbfounded, staring at the actual photo of the moderator... desperately trying to hold on to my sanity.
I still couldn’t believe it, but no matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, the scene before me didn’t change.
The real name listed was some bizarre name, “Furry Furry.”
Attached was a photo of a middle-aged man you might occasionally run into on the street. Below that, there was a caption explaining that this man was the head of the Black Fangs.
This was the wanted poster the Empire was distributing nationwide.
The person conducting such a bizarre act was so brazen that it made me wonder if this could possibly be true.
‘No way.’
There was no chance that the head of Black Fangs was possessed idot like me.
I hadn’t been able to play Blood and Bone 2 immediately upon its release because of work, but...
That guy would have definitely played it multiple times, all the way to the end.
‘Then, how do you explain his actions so far?’
Prominent main characters like Siel,Lien, and Miss Rubia.
It made no sense that someone who knew the original work inside out wouldn’t even try to contact such important figures.
Logically, it was impossible.
Therefore, that guy couldn’t be the head of the Black Fangs.
In the end, there was only one conclusion.
Either the head of the Black Fangs had done something tricky, or the Empire had made a huge blunder on their own.
How did an attempt to attack the head of the Black Fangs lead to the public revelation of a game gallery moderator from another world?
No matter how much I speculated, I couldn’t figure it out.
‘There’s only one thing I need to do.’
Whatever misunderstanding the Empire had, and whatever ingenious method the Black Fangs used to fool the Empire,
those things weren’t really my concern.
It was more important to prepare for the backlash that was sure to come.
Once that wanted poster was distributed nationwide, the Empire would begin to seriously crack down on the Black Fangs.
I had to take action now.
I stood up from my seat immediately.
Siel, who had been approaching and petting me, had a puzzled look on her face.
“Siel, can you gather everyone for me?”
I couldn’t keep lying in this situation. It was time to properly explain everything.
...It was time to reveal the truth.
*****
People began gathering one by one in front of the shelter.
As they did, the ominous murmurs grew louder and louder.
It was only natural. When you hear there’s important news and everyone is called together, without exception.
Such a thing had never happened before.
“Has something happened?”
“Now that you mention it, I think I saw a few knights nearby recently...”
“What are you talking about? The captain already made them submit ages ago.”
But those noisy murmurs quieted down with the appearance of just one person.
Again, it was only natural.
Standing before them was none other than the undisputed leader of the Black Fangs.
He was a giant among men, someone who lived in a different world from them.
All eyes focused on the white-haired man wearing a wolf mask.
“I’ve gathered you all here because there’s something I need to tell you.”
His tone was unusually serious, unlike his usual self.
Life before the leader came and changed everything.
Back then, he had beaten a young girl to death.
The reason was very simple. The girl had tried to steal his money.
He had a family to support.
That money was his family’s lifeline.
So, the man was furious. He took out all his anger on the ungrateful little girl who dared to endanger his family.
He thought it was only natural.
If you didn’t retaliate when wronged, you couldn’t survive in this place.
And not long after, the man met the girl at the shelter.
Along with her apology, he learned about her circumstances.
The girl wasn’t some cruel murderer trying to kill his family.
She was just a little girl who had no choice but to do anything for her sick mother.
Both the man and the girl apologized to each other, but the man still couldn’t understand.
Whose fault was it, really?
Everyone was just struggling to survive. They were desperate to protect their loved ones.
But simply because they weren’t born noble, because they were born in the slums,
they lost the right to live like human beings.
They lost the right to be good.
They had to steal from others just to barely get by.
Was this world truly just?
“Just forget about everything that happened.”
The man recalls the events of yesterday.
He recalls the days he spent helping at the shelter, helping people.
He remembers the smiles on their faces. He remembers the smile that appeared on his own face as he watched them.
He recalls those ordinary, yet beautifully ordinary, days.
“You can erase the Black Fangs from your minds.”
The man’s feet begin to move.
Before he even realizes it, he’s stepping forward.
“I refuse.”
As he speaks those words.
He feels everyone’s eyes turn to him.
But he doesn’t care and keeps walking.
Walking, he says,
“A life that doesn’t feel like living, I refuse even if offered.”
He doesn’t want to live like this anymore.
He doesn’t want to pass this life on to his unborn child.
Therefore,
“Please, let me join you.”
The man kneels before the leader.
And... he wasn’t the only one acting this way.
They were undoubtedly the most selfish people. People who had no choice but to be the most selfish.
But because of that, they all spoke with one voice.
“Please, Captain!”
They no longer wanted to live selfishly.
They wanted a world where everyone could live ‘ordinary lives’.
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