Chapter 52 (1/2)

Chapter 52: Holmesshi+ Xiaobai

Everyone had a scale in their hearts It hteousness, but when life of different quantity and qualities were placed on the opposite ends of the scale, the standards ofon the person

A number of people would treat life as a cold, lifeless nuer number, while the smaller number would be sacrificed They would rationally calculate and obtain a final result with the highest number, and stick strictly to it

And there were others who assigned different weights to different lives A person’s utility in life would determine whether they would be sacrificed or saved These people would emotionally deter the one with least utility

When overlaying the two different value syste, the former would choose to save the convicts while the latter would choose to save Dan Liang

Then, what choice would shi+ Xiaobai make? Or instead, where did shi+ Xiaobai’s moral compass lie?

Kali watched shi+ Xiaobai with interest Although they were hidden in a black cloud, the black cloud was internally filled with light, so Kali could clearly see shi+ Xiaobai’s expression

“Only two choices?” shi+ Xiaobai conteave an answer, he responded with a question

Kali was stunned for aof saving both sides?”

“No!”

shi+ Xiaobai ier in a particular direction With a sole wants to save…it!”

Kali traced shi+ Xiaobai’s fingers and saw a ginger cat walking across a broken pillar

In a land of destruction that rese so carefreely?

No, that’s not the point The point was—the life shi+ Xiaobai wanted to save was this cat?

“Don’t tell me that when you first asked me the question…it was to save this cat?” Kali could not help but think of this possibility

“Of course!” shi+ Xiaobai nodded seriously

Kali’s immediately blushed as she realized she had cut shi+ Xiaobai off, and how she had taken the liberty to say a bunch of “nonsense” that she found profound Had she been the one overthinking things?

But at the sahtly The reason she made shi+ Xiaobai hteousness, and how he decided onsacrifice and salvation She never expected that given a choice between humans and cats, shi+ Xiaobai would choose the cat

Was shi+ Xiaobai a person with such a heart of stone?

“Why don’t you want to save the humans, but instead choose to save a cat?” Kali wiped the smile off her face and turned serious Since she was his mentor, she naturally had to understand the situation, as well as guide him towards proper moral values

“One side wants to die, while one side deserves to die So why should I save them?” shi+ Xiaobai similarly looked serious He looked even more serious than Kali

Upon hearing this, Kali ruli back, turning more intense

“I want to hear your thoughts Can you tellto listen to a fairytale

shi+ Xiaobai was momentarily startled His eyes swept the devastated land, before looking at the sky-watching Dan Liang and the desperately running convicts He then took a deep breath

“This King does not knohat sins these convicts have previously done; nor do I know if they feel any gratefulness to that Hero, much less know if they would turn over a new leaf if they were to survive But there is one thing This King knoith certainty They have never helped each other While they were running, they would pull their own co others

“They are selfish creatures, ots that yield to their instinct If they are saved, they reed or desires The reason why Darkness is Darkness, is because it constantly devours the Light If saving the Darkness gives huloomy shade, why bother?”

“No one forced them to run towards death Their direction in life and the direction they are currently running towards are made by their own choice The reason they will die is because—they deserve dying This King does not save people deserving of death!”

shi+ Xiaobai finished speaking with a heavy tone before pausing He then turned his head towards the figure lying on the Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake shi+ Xiaobai’s eyes were somewhat in a trance

Kali kept nodding as she listened to hi a “hed him to continue, “Carry on?”

“He lives a tired life Death ht be a form of release for him”

shi+ Xiaobai pointed at Dan Liang and said, “This King does not knohat he has experienced Just now, I heard froia” and using it requires a fresh head to be sacrificed And fro when he beheaded the convict, intuition tells This King that his h he has rehearsed it thousands of times”

“So This King believes that he has killed before, and has even killed many As he needs fresh heads, the ones he has killed are not only eneht be his partners, friends, or even closed ones

“So ould such a cold and cruel person throw his life away to save a bunch of incorrigible human scum?”

shi+ Xiaobai turned his head at Kali and asked her softly

“Why?” Kali noticed that shi+ Xiaobai’s face lookedlazy to think, she directly asked him