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Chapter 209 Let’s talk about justice again
Huiyuan closed the solo session with Zhe Lukui, switched back to the team meeting mode, and then asked, "Where is Hero Fire Thallium now?"

Arthur replied: "The last time the Fire Thallium Hero appeared in our sight was in Area D on the 3rd floor... After that, we never saw him again.

"Our tactical planner thought he was done with the 'collecting the body' part of what he wanted to do and moved on to the next step.

"So his current location... is most likely in this place."

As Arthur's words paused, a floor plan of the prison appeared in Hui Yuan's field of vision.

"The marked place is a long and narrow atrium that runs from the first to the fifth floor. All the previous areas have a corridor that can connect to this atrium."

"The scenes of the Fire Thallium Hero captured by previous surveillance cameras have a common detail: every time he appears in a new area, he does not bring with him the prisoners kidnapped from the previous areas. He is always empty-handed. .”

"So, I can only think that he has a convenient place to temporarily store these corpses."

“…The only place that can be easily accessed from all floors is this atrium.”

"That is to say, every time the fire thallium hero kills a condemned criminal from a certain area, he throws that person's body into the atrium first, and then goes to the next area. That's what the tactical planner guessed."

"However, the tactical planner also emphasized that this is just a conjecture. Because the previous activities of the fire thallium hero destroyed all the monitors along the way, the surveillance coverage of the entire prison is now less than [-]%. That place is also starting from this Therefore, although this conjecture is the most logical, there is no direct evidence to prove it.”

"There are also several possible locations, and drones have been sent to investigate... Only this place is the most likely, so I hope you go directly to have a look."

"...Don't worry, once you confirm that the fire thallium hero is really there, support will arrive soon!" Arthur quickly added at the end.

Hui Yuan initially had no objection.

The atrium was only two corridors away from his current location, and the moving distance was only one or two hundred meters.

Not long after, he walked into the circular corridor surrounding the atrium.

Looking down, the first thing Hui Yuanchu saw was a huge blood-smeared magic circle covering the entire atrium floor.

At the second glance, what he saw was the fire thallium hero next to the mark.

Fire Hero, already out of his flame form, is crouching next to a vending machine, drinking coffee from a can.

As if there was a connection between hearts, when Hui Yuanchu looked at him, he also raised his head, just in time to meet Hui Yuanchu's eyes.

Then, Huo Thallium Hero waved towards Hui Yuanchu.

Hui Yuanchu simply jumped down from the third floor, landed silently on the ground, and then walked towards the fire thallium hero.

Although he felt that the current scene was a bit weird.He and Hero Huo Thallium should be regarded as enemies, but when they meet, they don't immediately fight to the death, but what's the point of chatting first?

Anyway, Hui Yuanchu always felt that he could not be hostile to the fire thallium hero.

...In other words, it's like being so inexplicably close to the squad leader, Saya, and Ayano.

The Huo Thallium hero also had no hostile reaction to Hui Yuan's approach.He even took out two more coins, turned around and stuffed them into the vending machine beside him, twisted out a can of drink, and then squatted back.

When Hui Yuanchu approached, he threw the drink he just bought over.

Hui Yuanchu caught the can and stood beside him.Then the two of them stood and squatted, leaning against the wall, drinking drinks together and looking at the scenery.

——Of course, the scenery itself is not so refreshing.

On the floor of the atrium, countless strokes painted with blood formed a huge magic circle.This magic circle seems to be composed of the marks painted on the wall before, and in the center of each mark lies the corresponding corpse.

Hui Yuanchu noticed again: the components of this magic circle were "seven".In other words, in addition to the six condemned prisoners, there was actually a mark of one part that was painted, but the body was missing.

Of course Hui Yuanchu didn't recognize this magic circle.

But the "knowledge" the cicadas obtained from Yadabaduo in the depths told him a very clear conclusion: this magic circle "posed no threat" to him.

Therefore, Hui Yuan did not choose to destroy the magic circle as soon as they met.

But curiosity still made Hui Yuanchu raise his chin in that direction, and asked directly: "Is there a body missing from that place?"

"Well, there is no other way. There are only six death row inmates in this place." Huo Thall said with some regret, "I took a look and found that there are no more damned people."

"Aren't there still those who were sentenced to death by you for escaping from prison?"

"Those? Not at all. The crime of escape can be offset by death, and it is not necessary for their dead bodies to continue to be punished like this."

"So - what exactly is this magic circle?"

"Snake told me. He said this is a technique that can give me a chance to turn defeat into victory." The fire thallium hero answered naturally without any hesitation.

"Turn defeat into victory? So what happens when it starts up?"

"I don't know either. Snake doesn't want to tell."

"...So you are willing to believe him?" "I can see through lies. This is one of the effects of my power." The fire thallium hero said his power nonchalantly, "——Even if it is the snake's 'whisper' .So where there is a conspiracy, he will choose not to say it like this...then 'can turn defeat into victory', since he can say it, it must be true."

Hui Yuanchu suddenly realized that it turned out that the fire thallium hero never doubted the information conveyed by the snake, and it turned out that he relied on this ability.

But just like that, he felt that something was even more wrong.

There is a question that he has had for a long time: "But for you, 'turning defeat into victory' means that for Snake, it means 'getting killed by you'?...Ah, it would be better to say that if he had never lied, That means he is sincerely guiding you to kill himself. Isn't this even weirder? There must be some trick in it."

"Regardless of whether there are tricks or not, I don't have a choice anyway." The hero of Fire Thallium shrugged, "Besides, in fact, I have reached this point...

"We are only one step away from that guy..." He looked up at the ceiling, where the headquarters and the snake might be, "I did it all under the guidance of the snake.

"——The crimes of lawyers and prosecutors, the detention process and transfer rules of criminal prisoners, the prediction of the reactions of all parties, the crimes of death row inmates and the location of cells in the detention center, the floor plan of the detention center...

"I'm just an ordinary person. If it wasn't for snakes, where would I know these things?"

Hui Yuan nodded with deep sympathy.

Fire thallium heroes are very strong.But information, intelligence, various support resources... these things cannot be solved by "strong combat effectiveness".

This is the gap between individuals and organizations.

This was something he felt when he first solved Yumiko Tamaki's incident, and it was also one of the important reasons why he decided to cooperate with Aoi Oruru.

"Then...don't you consider joining the group altogether?" Hui Yuanchu asked smoothly.

"Well, actually I received an invitation before. But I refused."

"Why? The group and the snake can be considered enemies."

"But you won't let me kill him, right?" Hero Huo Thallium's one sentence left Hui Yuanchu speechless.

The fire thallium hero was silent for another moment and said: "The color of the group is gray. This gray is like the white at the beginning, gradually compromising to black.

"I can roughly understand that because the fundamental purpose of the group is not justice, but something else, they can compromise...

“But justice alone cannot be compromised.

"Because once you start to compromise, justice will gradually start to die."

Hui Yuan was thoughtful.

……grey.

If this is the nature of the group...

The fire thallium hero stopped talking.He stood up, walked slowly to the garbage basket not far away, and threw the empty drink can into it.

Then he walked back and stood in front of Hui Yuanchu.

——Standing between Hui Yuanchu and the magic circle on the ground.

He looked at Hui Yuanchu and said, "Hui Yuan, you are very special."

"I can see the 'color' associated with justice in others.

"The snake then tells me the clear crime and then the sentence can be passed.

"But you are an exception. On you, my ability is invalid. I can't see any color... It's pure transparency."

Finally, the fire thallium hero laughed: "But the strange thing is... at the same time that his ability failed, 'Justice' rarely spoke directly to me. He told me - I must believe you."

But then, he stopped laughing again, looked at Hui Yuanchu seriously and said, "So, I think I can ask you one more time - are you here to stop me from executing justice?"

Hui Yuanchu also threw the empty can into the trash can, and then said: "Yes, there are many reasons, but there is only one conclusion - I have to stop you."

The fire thallium hero nodded.

His arms, starting from his fingertips to his shoulders, once again glowed the color of hot molten iron.

Then, he stretched out his right hand, covered his eyes, and stroked them suddenly.

"—"

The flame exploded and spread to his entire body in an instant, covering it with a layer of battle clothes.

Finally, the flames continued to extend from the back of his neck, forming a flame scarf more than two meters long, burning violently and throwing out countless sparks.

"Okay. Then it's up to you to fill the vacant body."

(End of this chapter)