148 The Frontier (1/2)

Jun turned around and walked towards Marichu Hill.

Even though he could brute force his way through their blockade, he knew that it would only cause further trouble and misunderstanding. Don't be mistaken, Jun was never afraid of trouble. If anyone wanted to fight he would gladly hand it to them.

Marichu Hill glared at Jun when he brushed her off but now that he's coming back, she became a bit distracted.

Jun stopped a few meters in front of her.

”What do you want? Be quick.” Jun said

Marichu composed herself and pushed her chest forward. ”We received reliable information about you. Although you didn't assassinate the mayor, it was done by people under you. Also, you enslaved innocent people and used them for your personal interests.”

”This is a waste of time,” Jun said, ”Do you have proof?”

Marichu remained silent for a few seconds before she replied back. ”Yes we have. Its a reliable information.”

”Then show it.” Jun replied.

Marichu hesitated but decided that it's a must. She turned around and looked around. Her eyes looked for someone, then locked on a particular person. The man was hiding behind some people she doesn't recognize.

Marichu waved her hand and called for the person to step forward. ”Lieutenant Cedric, please come here. Once and for all, let's prove that this man isn't what he seems to be.” She looked around the people and passionately expressed herself. ”This man isn't a hero!”

Jun looked towards Lieutenant Cedric who was hiding behind Adrian's group. When Adrian heard that the woman claimed to have evidence of the mayor's killing and slavery, a somewhat strange feeling arose from him. When he killed the mayor, the only people in the room were police officers. Afterwards, the police helped guarding the station jail and even brought criminals in to be enslaved.

Adrian turned towards Lieutenant Cedric. A sour look appeard on his face as he whispered, ”He'll kill you.”

Adrian was trying to be sarcastic but Lieutenant Cedric took his words as a threat. With determination, he stepped forward and stood behind Marichu. He pointed towards Jun and shouted for everyone to here: ”He truly enslaved people! Do you know why you're not allowed to visit your love ones on the jail? Its because there's no one in jail!”

Lieutenant Cedric turned around and strode towards the masked men on the group.

Nik, who was the spiritual leader of the masked men, wanted to confront Lieutenant Cedric but he saw Jun shook his head. Though a bit confused, he backed off and let the lieutenant come closer.

”This people are the proof.” said Lieutenant Cedric. Afterwards, he slowly raised his hand to remove the mask. He wasn't sure whether these people would let him take it off, so he was doing it slowly and carefully. He thought they would surely stop him but to his joy, they didn't.

It was all thanks to the fact that everyone saw Jun shook his head. Though they don't know what he was thinking, everyone unanimously accepted his decision.

Lieutenant Cedric removed their mask one at a time, revealing their faces. ”This people were prisoners turned slaves! Everyone, look at them! Is there any relatives here? Anyone who recognizes these people?” He looked around as he waited but no one spoke up.

Why were Nik's group imprisoned and enslaved? Because they have no other choice but to do the mayor's dirty work! Those people who joined the raid were the lone desperate people, who doesn't socialize well with others. Even if they were able to warmp up with some people, they would become forgotten and thought dead after disappearing for a long time.

Seeing that no one was stepping forward, Lieutenant Cedric was about to speak again but Jun interruped him before he could rile up the crowd. He stared at Nik and said, ”Are you a prisoner?”

Nik stared at Jun's eyes trying to figure out what he wanted. Several seconds later, a smile sprouted from his lips, then he said, ”No. As a matter of fact, I'm sponging off you. My father and mother died during the initial outbreak. I survived together with my sister but was unfortunate to not have the strength to fend for ourselves. I thought the mayor would be my salvation but he wasn't. The food were rationed inappropriately and we were left to starve. That's the time when I took a gamble and applied at Black Haven to become a scavenger. After a few days of scavenging, I was promoted as a guard and I'm currently the leader of the elite squad.”

Nik turned to Lieutenant Cedric, ”I'm just an older brother to my little sister. Please don't call me a prisoner when I'm obviously not.”

With Nik's confession as the start, his squad member's passionately recounted their stories while expressing their good will to Jun for accepting them.