I am the devil, I only know how to trade.

While Yukino was still wondering why, the policeman's voice echoed in her mind.

'Just deal with it, I wouldn't dare offend the Shinomiya Group.'

'Hmm, so much money, how am I supposed to spend it?'

'Damn, I thought you were a fair and impartial person. Is this your version of justice? Yukinoshita-senpai, you've disappointed me greatly!'

Yukino's pupils contracted slightly.

She recognized him; the one who called her "senior" was a year below her in school.

He initially embarked on this path because he admired the justice he spoke of in his speeches. He was always an upright person, but because of his integrity and weak foundation, he cut off his path to promotion.

"I can only be a patrolman, but you got promoted to inspector and even got my sister out of trouble as if nothing happened, you slut... I shouldn't have trusted you!"

Yukino was momentarily dazed.

No, that's not it, it's the devil's deal!

She could also hear the voices of the people around her.

Just now, she was able to stand there bravely, facing everyone's doubts, because she was right.

But now?

Even if she did nothing wrong, in everyone's eyes she was wrong. If she didn't abuse her power for personal gain, why shouldn't Yang Nai be sentenced?

She had confidence before, but does she still have confidence now?

Seeing the disappointment in the eyes of Fuwa Yuzuki and the others, and enduring attacks from ordinary people like stones and eggs, she was still desperately protecting her sister.

Don't overthink it, this isn't my problem, it's the devil's problem!

"If it's my problem, why did you protect Yang Nai and let her leave the scene so she could go home and explain, instead of sending her back to court and demanding the judge give the right verdict? You're putting the greater good before your own family!" Luo Feng's voice rang out again.

Yukino was stunned.

Yes, why?

Do I even need to think about it...?

Because she is my sister, I cannot bring myself to send her to prison after the court has found her innocent.

If I send her back in, what kind of person would I be?

Not only are they no longer worthy of being sisters, but... her sense of justice will crumble!

Her decision to send Yang Nai back and refuse to accept the verdict shows that what she cares about is not the court or the law, but her reputation!

She was no longer following her own path, but rather a distorted one!

No matter what she chose, it was always wrong?

boom!

In the future, Yang Nai was hit on the head with a rock by a patient whose condition had worsened due to an overdose of medication. The patient shouted, "You swindler, you're selling fake medicine!"

"Sister!" Yukino seemed to be there in person, wanting to help Haruno block it, but she passed right through it.

What she saw was the future.

She belongs to the past.

Chapter 261 Future

Time passed once more.

Yukino looked at Haruno lying on the hospital bed, her mother who had kicked them both out of the house, and her body trembled slightly.

She knew that these things were indeed possible.

The future that Luo Feng presents is the real future.

Given her mother's cold-blooded nature, she was absolutely capable of doing it.

Is this how my sister's fate ended?

"Again."

Time begins to rewind.

Yukino stood through the window, facing Yui Yuigahama, who was dressed in prison garb.

She is now covered in scars, and her face is covered in bruises.

She offended the Shinomiya Group, and while they might kill her, they won't let her die too easily.

She stared blankly in the prison, and Yukino called her name several times but she didn't respond.

"Ah, Xue? You're here."

A full minute passed before Yui Yuigahama finally looked up, somewhat bewildered, at Yukino: "Your sister was acquitted, huh? That's great..."

Yukino's heart clenched.

She could see in Yuihama's empty eyes a despair for the world and for herself.

From Yui Yuigahama's perspective, she must have been fully focused on helping Haruno and neglecting her.

She must be thinking that if she tried harder, she wouldn't go to jail.

“Public opinion isn’t on your side, and the problems with the Shinomiya Group have been downplayed. How do you think you can win against them?” Luo Feng said, “It’s a done deal that her charge will become intentional homicide.”

Yukino pressed her hand to her chest.

She initially intended to use public opinion to pressure the other party, but because of Luo Feng's deal with her sister, and because of her relationship with her sister, public opinion was unlikely to believe her...

"If only... if only we were really sisters..." Yui Yuigahama lowered her head. "Yuki, please, please, could you change my punishment to death... Waaah... I really can't go on living like this. I can't even commit suicide here..."

"Is this the result you wanted?" Luo Feng said calmly. "Is this the justice you pursued? You're willing to sacrifice your family and friends for it?"

"What can I do? What else can I do? I have no way out..."

"You really can't do it?" Luo Feng raised the corners of his mouth. "You can't break them out of prison? You can't get them out?"

"Exchange them? Who will exchange them... Other people's lives matter too, they are innocent..."

"Innocent? Then I'll show you whether the justice you're upholding is worth it." Luo Feng waved his hand again, and the scene changed once more: "Don't you pride yourself on being a hero? Don't you pride yourself on being righteous?"

After completing this case, Yukino was inevitably promoted to police inspector, which drew a barrage of criticism online.

Because of Yang Nai's acquittal, because she cut off the livelihoods of countless people, because she caused the deaths of countless people waiting for help...

Yukino drove to a restaurant, where someone spat into her food and punctured her tire.

When she walks down the street, children will curse at her, and some will even throw stones at her.

The Shinomiya Group portrayed her as someone who would stop at nothing to climb the social ladder, directly pushing her to become a representative of capital and placing her in absolute opposition to the people.

Her very existence serves as a textbook example of abusing power for personal gain.

"You're twisting the facts, yes, that's right, you're twisting the facts." Yukino suddenly looked up at Luo Feng, and said excitedly, "This is not my fault at all. It was the Shinomiya Group that destroyed the evidence. They were manipulating public opinion... If it weren't for your influence, it wouldn't have turned out like this..."

"My intervention? Without my intervention, you wouldn't even have a chance to turn the tables! Don't forget, it was you who gave you the ability to continue investigating."

"You might say that without you, your sister wouldn't have taken such a risk. But if she wouldn't, what about your mother? Do you think she could do something like that just to get closer to the Yukinoshita family? If something like that happens again, you won't even be able to protect yourself!"

"As for their destruction of evidence... hasn't this always been the case in this country?" Luo Feng stared at Xue Nai: "The people you saved are now turning around and cursing you. You stood up for them, and they wished you dead. Why? Because they don't believe you; they'd rather believe what they see."

"Is there any point in you doing all this?"

“Yes, if I don’t do it, they will only go further and become more unscrupulous!” Yukino said through gritted teeth.

"Your dream is not wrong, what you did is not wrong..." Luo Feng sneered: "I just want to show you whether it's worth it for them, whether it's worth sticking to your bottom line."

hum!

The scene changed again.

Yukino and Luofeng arrived on the street.

"I used to think that Yukino Yukinoshita was a good person, a good police officer. I never imagined she would turn out to be this kind of person."

Yukino recognized the person speaking; it was someone she had helped before.

"She insisted on overturning that guy's case back then, maybe the person who committed the crime offended her."

"Is it meaningful for you to uphold your principles for the sake of this kind of person?" Luo Feng said softly.

"But, but..." Yukino's voice trailed off.

Instantly, countless curses flooded her mind.

Her past achievements were completely overturned, and her personal abilities were ruthlessly denied.

Because she did something wrong.

From a legal and regulatory perspective, this matter is correct.

However, under the influence of public opinion, what was right became wrong.

"For them, are you really going to abandon your family? Abandon your sister, abandon Yui Yuigahama. Bear the infamy and continue doing what you think is right."

Luo Feng placed his large hand on Yukino's head.

The jumbled sounds in her mind disappeared, leaving only Yukinoshita's voice.

"Yukino, stop now. Since I've lost, I'm willing to accept whatever comes my way, whether it's death or a fate worse than death."

"Everything I did was for you, so that you could get away from that guy and live a normal life."

"Unfortunately, I failed."

"But I don't regret anything, I don't regret anything I've done."

"I don't expect you to be grateful to me, nor do I expect you to do anything for me. I just hope you can live happily."

"From now on, without your sister's protection, you must learn to protect yourself..."

"Be more tactful and learn to humble yourself, or you'll end up like me sooner or later."

The scene returned to outside the ward.

"elder sister……"

Yukino looked at Haruno, who was barely breathing, and at the future Haruno beside her.