Chapter 836: Just Lighting a Cigarette
The next day, several prisoners were beheaded in the square, blood pooling everywhere.
Onlookers watched the rolling heads with a mix of fear and excitement.
While the killing of one’s own kind brings uncontrollable sorrow, if the slaughter is merely a display of power within the same species, people feel excitement instead—envy and jealousy over not having that power themselves.
The city hall announced that these were the gang members who robbed and killed Mike’s group. Their heads were covered with sacks, so no one saw their faces.
People believed whatever the local government said—not necessarily out of true faith, but because opposing them would only bring trouble.
Still, rumors spread that those beheaded weren’t the real masterminds or killers behind Mike’s tragedy.
Everyone knew who actually did it and that those people were still alive. Lies were obvious.
But no one spoke up; offending the local government or gangs was foolish.
The matter seemed closed. The city hall officials even brought a camera to record the executions, supposedly to send to the Federation government as proof the issue was settled.