The people left the Inquisition and came to the ruins of the executive mansion.

Erin looked around and asked in a trembling voice, "Where did my brother die..."

Chino pointed to the spot, where the pits from the ballista fire remained.

Erin asked, "Why didn't you leave his body behind?!" ”

Chino replied: "He is an infected person, and after death, the epidemic in his body loses his physical inhibition, and he will become contagious, and he must be cremated in time." ”

Erin smiled sadly: "My brother has been undergoing high-level blood therapy all year round, and even if he dies, the infection will not return until at least 7 days later." You were in such a hurry to burn him, were you afraid that I would find something on his body? ”

Chino shook his head, "I don't know the details of Lord Brooke's body, and burning his body is also responsible for public safety, otherwise I can't afford this responsibility once the epidemic breaks out in Twilight City." ”

Barty raised his hand to stop their argument: "That's right, the infected must be incinerated when they die." However, Administrator Chino, I must warn you that you may not know much about the inner workings of the Trojans, whose people have special purification rituals after their deaths, and should not be treated like ordinary infected people. ”

Chino bowed: "I'm sorry for that. ”

"It was understandably chaotic." Barty looked at the ruins, squinted, and said, "Let's start the review." Andy, over to you. ”

"Yes." A burly guard stepped forward, glanced at the crater where the ballista had fired, and then reversed the trajectory according to the shape of the crater, and locked his gaze on the low house in the distance, where Paladin had fired.

Chino raised his chin at the low house: "The ballista is still on it, I haven't had time to dismantle it, you can go up and take a look." ”

Andy led Paladin up to the low house, examined the ballista, and asked, "What crossbow bolts are you using?" ”

"Heavy crossbows for beast hunting."

"Single-shot mode?"

"Single-shot mode."

"The direction of the wind?"

"The north wind, just blowing head-on, is very windy, and can blow gravel."

"Is it raining?"

"Heavy rain, standing in the rain for half a minute, you will be soaked."

Andy thought for a moment, sat down on the ballista seat, and said, "You go down and find three guards to simulate the situation at that time, who is in front of whom, who is behind whom, and how they move each other, I want to restore it absolutely accurately." ”

Paladin ran towards the ruins, and just as he was about to do so, Chino's voice suddenly remembered in his mind: "Paladin, I say 1, you answer 2 in your mind, with the fastest reaction." ”

Paladin and Lugo had both experienced the sound in their heads, so they weren't surprised, even though he didn't understand what he was going to do, so he just did it.

Chino: "1. ”

Paladin: "2. ”

“1。”

“2。”

“1。”

“2。”

...

After 10 repeated tests, Chino got the average reaction speed of Paladin: 0.22 seconds.

Chino's voice sounded again: "Next, according to the arrangement I said." ”

Paladin did not hesitate: "Understood. ”

As a professional processor, long-distance processing is commonplace, and high-precision sniper rifles are like clingy kittens in his hands, and he can play as much as he wants.

His understanding of shooting angles and positions, not to mention this world, was unmatched even in previous lives.

Under Chino's remote control, Paladin recreated the positions of Brooke, Chino, and Wolf at that time.

In general, there was no huge difference, and Chino only made minor adjustments in certain angles, and even if you look at the soldiers present at the time, it is difficult to detect the difference.

But this gap, from the perspective of Andy's ballista shooter's observation, is very different.

Soon, Paladin returned to Andy's side and motioned for the three guards to start moving and demonstrate the dynamics of the scene.

Andy stared downward: "You look at the demo below, when you shoot, just shout 'put'." ”

"Okay." Paladin nodded.

Just as the three guards were demonstrating, Paladin's voice suddenly sounded in his head: "Put." ”

0.22 seconds later, Paladin blurted out, "Put!" ”

Andy pondered for a moment, walked down the low building, shook his head at Barty, and said, "Master Brooke's position is terrible, he was out of the ballistic at first, but because he was out of control, he would attack the person closest to him, so he strayed into the trajectory and was hit hard. ”

Erin asked, "Is it possible that it was done on purpose?" Deliberately hitting both the visitor and my brother at the same time, making people think it was a mistake? ”

Andy shook his head without thinking: "The ballista is fired in front, and Lord Brooke is in the back, even if I shoot in this case, it is difficult to avoid accidental injury, and that commander has done his best." ”

"It's impossible," Erin sobbed as she covered her face.

Barty held the document in his hand, took a pen to note, and said, "It seems that the matter has been basically figured out." Although the consequences of this explosion were terrible, the whole process of being handled by the Chino administrator was reasonable, and I do not think there is anything to blame. No one could have predicted such an attack by an alien visitor, so I will not file a complaint against him. ”

Chino's acquittal meant that the attack was a public catastrophic event, and the resulting damage, as well as the reconstruction work, would be covered by the provincial governor's office, which was a significant expense.

In fact, if Ebati has to find fault with Chino now, he can find some points of accusation, and there is no excuse for the crime he wants to add.

But Chino is the person promoted by Resakhar, and it can be seen from the attitude of getting along that he is relatively close to Chino, and if he has to find fault, he will definitely be dissatisfied.

Resakhar is not only the Provincial Governor, Honorary Marquis, and one of the "Twenty-Four Dragoons of the Cold Valley", but his cousin is also the head of the Regnome family, the Governor of the Treadfeather Province, and represents the dragon banner closest to the royal family.

It's not necessary to offend this kind of character for a little money, it's really unnecessary.

Of course, if you want to appease Ray Sakhar, you must naturally appease Erin and give an explanation to the Trojan family.

Someone must be responsible for this matter, and if Chino is not responsible, then let an inconsequential person bear it.

Barty looked at the pale Paladin and said profoundly, "As for Brooke's death, although it was unavoidable at the time, this commander still needs to take secondary responsibility. Chino Administrator, what do you think? ”

Chino looked at Paladin, who was looking at him with a look of trepidation.

Chino: "Demoted from a centurion to a centurion, fined 1 year's salary." ”

"It's too light." Barty shook his head, "Completely dismissed from the military, branded as a slave, and sent to the border mines as hard labor, never to be released, so be it." ”

Paladin's eyes fell out of focus for a moment.

Border mines...

It was a terrible hell on earth, more desperate than a death row camp.

There is a 1 in 10,000 probability that the death row camp will make miraculous achievements on the battlefield, regain sight, and regain freedom.

But in the border mining areas, the people who are branded as slaves are no longer "people", but "animals", and can only mine in the dark under the whip of the foreman, until they die, and there is no room for turning over in this life.

Paladin closed his eyes and smiled sadly.

That's power.

There is no right or wrong in front of power, only a trade-off of interests.

Those in high positions are people, and they are protected by other people in high positions everywhere.

The one in the lower position is a dog, and one wrong step will be doomed.

Who can blame?

You can only blame yourself for being a dog, not a human.

You can only blame yourself for not having power.

...

The guards were about to handcuff Paladin when Chino suddenly stepped forward to stop them.

Barty was a little puzzled: "Chino Administrator? ”

Chino: "If I'm not mistaken, the families of slave slaves sent to the mines could pay a ransom and erase the slave's stigma in exchange for their personal freedom, at the price of 100 silver moons per year. ”

Barty nodded, "That's right." ”

Chino: "Paladin is 32 years old, so based on the average age of 55 in our world, he has 23 years to live. Although I am not a member of Paladin's family, I helped him out of these 2,300 silver moons. ”

Barty was stunned: "Are you sure?" 2,300 silver moons can buy a mansion, and you want to exchange it for the freedom of such an ordinary person? ”

Chino: "The Visitor invaded twice, and Paladin fought alongside me without retreating. He did not abandon me when I was in danger, and I will not abandon him when he is in danger. ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the surrounding Twilight City were in awe, and Ray Sahar's eyes were also full of admiration.

The respect value converged from all directions, and the value directly exceeded 3000, and finally froze at 3987.

Paladin fell to his knees at the sound of this, bowing down to Chino, tears of gratitude in his eyes.

For slave slaves, spending money to erase the stigma and restore freedom is what the code allows, and Barty naturally doesn't say much: "So be it." When you hand over this money to the Doge's Palace, we will give it to the Trojans in full as a pension. ”

"Heh... Hehe..."A mournful laugh rang out, and Erin said faintly, "Money? Do you think our family lacks this money?! ”

Erin pulled the purse from her bosom and slammed it on Paladin's head.

"Jingle Bell-" The silver moon in the money bag sprinkled all over Paladin's body, and Erin's cold voice followed: "You wait, the sword and shield banner will return blood for blood, and I will definitely let you pay for your life." ”

Immediately after, Erin pointed to Chino's nose: "And you, this matter is not over." I will continue to investigate, but if I find out the slightest clue, I will make your life worse than death. ”