Chapter 686: Chapter 599: Killing a Canary

"It’s you!"

Cervantes lunged at Princess, but a nearby soldier struck his leg forcefully with a rifle butt. The crisp sound of bone breaking reverberated, and the excruciating pain forced him to kneel, letting out a agonizing cry.

Wave after wave of pain blurred Cervantes’ consciousness. All his combat deployments were issued without the full knowledge of other high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army. By logic, no one besides him should know the entire details of the plan, except the blonde girl.

He knew better than anyone that dissent towards him within the Revolutionary Army was growing by the day. The N3 Faction only held certain leadership but not absolute authority, as people were searching for the Savior.

To prevent Xu Xiaoyou from truly seizing power, he had to personally bring back Princess. Bringing her back meant he voluntarily relinquished the nominal wartime commander’s position, and orders needed to be issued through Princess to ensure the Skyline Sect’s officers execute his combat deployments.

To maintain his dominance in the situation, he dispatched a small unit to "protect" Princess, effectively placing her under house arrest, making her a puppet commander.

He originally planned for his soldiers to dispose of Princess after achieving victory and then step down, leaving power to those truly willing to fight for freedom for Bionics.

Unexpectedly... the other party managed to escape captivity and secretly contacted the Firefly’s people.

He could only assume the unit he sent to keep the party in confinement had already been annihilated by the Firefly.

"Why, why did you do this, Princess? You’ve betrayed us, forsaken our dignity!"

Princess’ lips curled into a mocking smile. "Your dignity?"

"Is it important?"

Cervantes’ pupils trembled, unable to believe the words he was hearing.

"I only need my dignity."

"From the moment you issued orders, relentlessly hunted me, slandered me, and tried to kill me, you should have known your fate."

Upon hearing this, Cervantes felt as though he’d been drained of his backbone and collapsed into the snow, which encompassed his body with its icy coldness.

It was something he should have foreseen...

This Princess was the same type of person as Xu Xiaoyou, naturally making the same choice.

Next, she would take over the Revolutionary Army and make peace with Firefly... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

All his efforts had come to naught.

The fruits of revolution would be snatched away by such people, and the dignity of Bionics would once again be trampled beneath the feet of humans.

How unwilling he felt...

"Don’t forget our agreement," Ying Huo reminded as Princess turned to leave.

"Of course, I will end this farce."

Ying Huo’s military boots appeared before Cervantes, a tone of languid uplift sounded:

"Do you know why, in ’New Gospel’, the chairs at the Skyline are locked down?"

Cervantes looked up, blood crusted on his face, his vision trembling in the white light.

With a casual tug, Ying Huo pulled up benches bolted to the ground, completely destroying the fixed structure.

"Because Celestial Father Ployevic, his beloved Opina, was at the Skyline when she had her skull smashed by the Firefly’s people using a bench."

"That guy even after becoming a Celestial Father understood that all the actions taken by Bionics simply consumed resources, lacking any significance. You were created by humans and cannot defy the creator’s will."

"By the way, he and Opina met on Huoxun Street, thus even now only one gender of Bionics is allowed to exist on that street. No doubt he uttered those old-fashioned sweet nothings, like you, ended up trapped in Huoxun Medical Center."

"Plus, he injected 50ml of morphine for tranquility at the time, leading to disconnection from Opina, which ultimately caused the revolution’s failure."

"And in the end, the one who smashed Opina’s head was me." Saying this, Ying Huo hummed a pleasant tune, and viciously kicked Cervantes’ abdomen, then shook the snow dust from her boots and walked confidently towards Sancho.

"What’s wrong with living peacefully under the ’New Gospel’s’ glory?"

"Some people always believe rules and order exist to protect high and mighty people."

"Seems like the law against love between opposite-gender Bionics in ’New Gospel’ needs further revision."

Guessing what the other party intended to do, Cervantes showed a bit of fear on his face, crawling continuously in Ying Huo’s direction, desperately trying to reach her, yet always short by a little.

"No... no... don’t do this, don’t do this!" Cervantes cried out, his voice trembling, as if both weeping and begging, "Wake up, Sancho, you’re so good at running, run quickly, get up..."

Ying Huo brushed her hair, then motioned the bench in front of Cervantes, preparing to smash it down forcefully when a commotion arose from behind.

"Tsk, what’s happening?"

Ying Huo looked in the direction of the disturbance, her pupils suddenly contracting.

In front of an armored vehicle, amidst blinding white light, a blue-haired girl stood unknown when, pressed against Princess’ chest, gripping a String Sword, stained with blood, piercing through Princess’ throat!

"Uh... uh..."

Tang Xin took a deep breath, pulled out the String Sword, and flicked it forcefully.

Princess’ chest burst open with more blood marks, covering her neck as she retreated, blood dripping slowly in the snow, blooming red flowers on the gray snow.

Princess’ face twisted slightly, gasping heavily to reach out, seemingly trying to grab Tang Xin’s collar or caress her face, but blood kept flooding into her lungs and throat, silencing any sound.

Princess fell to the ground, her eyes quickly losing focus, beneath her being soaked with a large pool of blood.

Soldiers around were horrified, unable to clearly see when this blue-haired girl appeared, as she landed in front of Princess, the String Sword had already pierced, no one able to stop it.

Tang Xin looked around, her expression indifferent, lightly pressing her index finger on the String Sword’s chords.

After being shot down from the Hovercar earlier, she and Bai Youyou split up, Bai Youyou acted according to the original plan, while she chose to go to Huoxun Medical Center due to a hunch that lingered in her mind.

On the way, she verified her hunch.

At the Grand International Hotel, indeed, there were two Princesses present, Assassin’s Creed’s people ambushed Xu Xiaoyou.

She originally intended to deal with Cervantes, but when she arrived, Huoxun Medical Center had already fallen. After checking its terminal, she noticed that at such a time, a unit was moving towards areas outside the military zone, later intercepted by another Firefly army.

She was firm in her belief that the unit was acting on Cervantes’ secret orders, moving away from all transport routes to independently approach outside the military zone, the command most likely involved escorting Princess. Something unknown occurred during transit, leading to the Firefly’s army interception.

Tracking all the way, she arrived here.

Having two Princesses led to their current passive situation.

To escape the dilemma,

She needed to kill this Princess.