Chapter 164 Lu Xuan: Confrontation
Seeing Lu Xuan's nonchalant expression, Bruno nearly laughed with rage, his back teeth nearly breaking as he demanded, "You think you represent justice? Wake up! Where's the fairness in this world? Let me ask you, do you know the mangrove tree? It's a Class A rare and endangered plant, found only on the planet Lefu in the entire Federation. Actually, it's not true; it also exists on Nimu. It's just that Nimu was designated a nuclear industrial zone, and the mangrove trees happened to grow right there. The distance was so close that no one reported their presence. Afterwards, these water-purifying mangrove trees were uprooted one by one. The original plan had the area 20 kilometers away from residential areas and permanent farmland, but in reality, the nuclear industrial zone was only eight kilometers away."
Bruno laughed to himself, his eyes gleaming with madness. "If there's a nuclear leak, all the residents of Roca District will be wiped out overnight!"
Raging flames blazed in his icy blue eyes, like fire burning ice. "I know you've always looked down on me. You think I'm a snob who prioritizes family over everything else. But do you know that it was me who organized the residents of the district to implement their resistance plan? We petitioned all the way from the state to the federation. As we boarded the spaceship, it was intercepted. Based on our identification, they gradually drove us off the ship and detained us. Who do you think the army is used to protect? The army is used to maintain federal rule!"
"The army stationed troops at the district entrance, set up checkpoints at every intersection, cut off supply lines, and armed forces were armed with live ammunition. Rows of armored vehicles stood outside, their guns trained on the entrance, implementing local signal blackouts, trapping the residents. They also cut off water and electricity to the entire district. They besieged it for a full month, simply to force the residents to sell their land. Is the peace and prosperity you see truly peace? Can you see how much bloodshed is hidden beneath this peace?"
Those questions seemed to knock on Lu Xuan's heart.
The light shone on Bruno, casting a shadow over him. At that moment, he seemed immersed in darkness. His thin lips moved slightly, and his cold blue eyes stared at Lu Xuan. "What do you think they want? They just want a piece of land for the residents. In the end, the district chief came forward and signed the land sale agreement on behalf of all the residents."
The mockery on Bruno's lips widened, and his azure eyes, like glass balls, turned slightly. "Do you know why the district chief wants to sell the land? Because if he doesn't agree, people in the district will starve to death. They are trapped here, their supply lines have been cut off, and all the livestock in the district have been slaughtered..."
And he was the district chief who was responsible for signing the contract at that time.
He took all the responsibility on his own. In order to rescue him from prison, his father once spent all the family wealth. From then on, the Custer family withdrew from the top of the aristocratic families. This was the condition for the rescue. When they met again, he saw his old father with white hair and his heart was broken.
This is the price of justice.
On the other side of the light, black shadows are like sneaky demons with their bloody mouths wide open, ready to devour people at any time.
The burning fire in Bruno's eyes burned out, leaving only the cold warmth. When their eyes met, their gazes collided fiercely.
Lu Xuan looked at him indifferently, with one hand in his pocket, looking completely indifferent.
"I'm done with the sob story? I've heard it all. Anything else?"
Bruno scowled coldly at him, "Do you think I'm telling a story?"
Lu Xuan curled his lips and said disapprovingly, "Maybe not, but so what? I'm not you. You shouldn't judge all stories by the same ending!"
Bruno scoffed. He downplayed the incident, "Ten years ago, there was a nuclear leak in the Roca District. A fuel-laden cruise ship caught fire, its engine destroyed. The ship was carrying a large amount of fuel, and at the time, it was only two kilometers away from the offshore oil terminal. Whether it was the cruise ship exploding or the gasoline leaking, the chain reaction it triggered would have caused a massive explosion. Such a large-scale reaction would have been tantamount to a nuclear bomb detonation, and the resulting tsunami would have been enough to submerge the nuclear power plant. Once verified, the incident immediately caused panic among the citizens, who drove away in droves, paralyzing traffic on many roads. But how could they escape? If the valves emitting from the cruise ship hadn't been closed in time, the entire city would have been razed to the ground within half an hour, and no one would have been able to escape. I led the special police in rushing in to close the flaming gates. Time was so short that we didn't even have time to sign a life and death agreement. If we couldn't close the gates, everyone would have died, and the agreement would have been meaningless."
Bruno's fingers traced the First Class Medal of Merit on his shoulder, his icy blue eyes filled with deep nostalgia. "Do you see it? This is the badge of honor the Federation awarded me after that incident. It's such an ironic badge."
Lu Xuan looked at Bruno, who was extremely conflicted, and couldn't help but say, "It's indeed ironic, but you actually did it, didn't you?"
At least he tried his best to save everyone's lives.
Bruno smiled and shook his head. He asked, "What can I do? I can't do anything. The average life expectancy of citizens of the Federation is 200 years old, but the average life expectancy of people living in that area does not exceed 60 years old. You want to straighten your spine? I tell you, having a spine will become the cause of your death!"
"Those tough ones will be broken. If you want to survive, you must learn to hold your tail between your legs and wag it for mercy. Whoever wags their tail best will survive! I'm just telling you, if you take one more step forward, you'll be doomed. Giving up your interests for those who have nothing to do with you, sacrificing yourself for those who have nothing to do with you, how worthless it is! Don't forget, you're a descendant of the Custer family. There are so many eyes out there staring at you! This is politics!"
Looking at Bruno's furious expression, Lu Xuan smiled slightly, his eyes glint in a sly smile, "I'm sorry, I just made the same decision as you did."
Bruno was startled, his angry eyes suddenly clearing up. He muttered absentmindedly, "Same choice?"
Same choice?
His ice-blue eyes reflected the young man who was 50% similar to himself. Unlike Bruno's inherent elegance, Lu Xuan was more like a ferocious wild dog. Because he was a homeless wild dog, his ferocity was far greater than Bruno's, but his human skin looked particularly noble and graceful, covered with a handsome human skin.
"Um."
Lu Xuan responded softly.
"The finals are about to begin, so I won't stay to listen to your story."
After saying that, he walked straight to the door and opened it.
The light shone on him, casting a layer of warm yellow light on him.
“Boom.”
Bruno sat back in his chair dejectedly, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
He seemed to hear his own apology again in his ears, "Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this. I didn't know things would get to this point. I didn't know my impulsiveness would cause so much trouble. I..."
Amidst the voices of self-blame, he heard his father sigh, "Bruno, have you ever thought that maybe you're not at fault at all?"
The young man who kept bowing his head to apologize raised his head in a daze and looked at his white-haired old father in surprise.
The next second, the picture was like a broken mirror.
There was a loud "bang" and the mirror shattered, with the broken pieces scattered all over the floor.
“Drip—drip.”
The heartbeat rises and falls like a curve.
A group of people gathered in the ward. Jacques' eyes were red, and he was cursing on the phone. "Brother, when are you coming over? Dad, he's dying. He wants to see you. Why haven't you come yet?"
There was a breathless voice on the other end of the line.
"It's almost there, it's almost there. I just finished dealing with an emergency nuclear explosion. I'm on the way. I'm almost there." Bruno said anxiously.
Jacques, with his explosive temper, couldn't hold back. He choked back on the spot, "What do you mean by 'almost there'? Why haven't you arrived yet? I told you to come a long time ago. Why didn't you come? Dad has been waiting for you, did you know that? He has already received three injections of adrenaline. His body can't take it anymore. He has been waiting for you to come. Why don't you come?"
"I'm almost there, I'm almost there..."
Jacques wanted to say something, but he heard chaos in the ward. He quickly hung up the phone and rushed inside.
The white disinfectant blanket was splattered with dark red blood.
"Quickly bring a basin and catch his vomit. Don't let him vomit on the quilt."
Jacques clearly saw that there was not only dark red blood on the sheet, but also a piece of severed small intestine that was spit out nakedly.
Jacques had never seen such a scene before. For a moment, he was so frightened that he was at a loss what to do. He could only shout in panic: "Dad, Dad, Dad..."
He was like a child lost in an amusement park, his eyes filled with nervousness and helplessness.
The old father's teeth were stained with blood. He leaned on the bed and shouted anxiously and laboriously, "Jacques, you, you, come here."
Hearing this, Jacques quickly pushed aside the medical staff and grabbed his father's slightly cold palm. "Dad, I'm here, I'm here. Everyone is here. My brother is on the way. You will be fine. You have to believe in medicine!"
The old father clenched his palms tightly, his deep eyes fixed on Jacques. As his vision grew increasingly blurry, he could no longer see Jacques's appearance, and even his voice was breathless. "I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for your brother. Please help me tell him, tell him that he, he, he will always be his proudest son. I, I, I will always be proud of him. I leave everything else to him."
Jacques' head was shaking like a rattle, and he kept resisting, "No, this is the message you want to leave for him, then tell him in person, I don't want to pass it on for you, I don't want to..."
Before Jacques could finish his words, he heard his old father's body fall heavily to the ground. His eyes were not closed, as if he was trying hard to look at the world, but his pupils had lost focus, and those blue eyes had lost their vitality.
Jacques: “!!!!”
"Doctor! Quick!"
“Save him!”
"Hurry up!"
His roar echoed throughout the entire ward. With a beep, the undulating line turned into a parallel line.
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