A villainous girl created by paranoia

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"Clearing the lava? Leave that to the military. I've already contacted them; they'll be out in a minute. You'll connect directly with their highest commander. I'm busy rescuing people here. That's all..."

The reason I had Sato Riku connect with the highest-ranking military commander was because I judged that I no longer had the energy to do so.

I've decided to find some young people in relatively good spirits to work with when we go to rescue people. It will be a bit slower that way, but it's safer that way.

However, Sato Ri interrupted my attempt to hang up the call.

"Wait! Chief!"

"Is there anything else?"

I'm really annoyed right now, and I hope she doesn't say anything ridiculous.

I rubbed my eyes and decided to take one last look at the old woman. I wanted to apologize to her, even though I knew it would be useless. But I had to do it; it would at least make me feel a little better.

But when my vision cleared again, I saw something unacceptable.

"Chief, do the people you rescued have the same characteristic, like their hair and eyes being similar in color to lava?"

I didn't reply to Sato Risa because the view in front of me was just too unbearable.

"Director, those aren't people at all, but enemies formed from magma; they're part of the disaster."

Next, the first and second teams of the Execution Department will support Team Leader Ovidella in completing the punitive expedition against this disaster.

"Director, I believe in you, and I believe you will make the right judgment."

With Sato Ri's voice echoing in my headphones, I stood there, frozen, watching the old woman gradually turn into lava.

My strength seemed to be drained from my body in an instant, causing me to sit down on the spot with a thud.

My teeth were chattering, and my body was trembling uncontrollably. Even though the temperature was already over forty degrees Celsius, I still felt cold.

I was tricked, I was fooled.

All the people we rescued shared the same characteristic: hair and eyes as red as lava.

I know that Kenji Toujou didn't escape from under the pillar of fire.

At that temperature... Kenji Toujou couldn't possibly have survived. Why didn't I question it? Why didn't I doubt it? No, I didn't want to question it, I didn't want to doubt it.

I know that these people who were rescued are not normal.

The same characteristics... How could there be so many people with the same characteristics, and some of them were even people I knew? But after seeing their behavior, which was no different from that of normal humans, I still decided to help them!

I know, I clearly know! But why did I still lead everyone to do useless work!

Pride? Confidence? The beauty of humanity? Screw that!

What is this?! What is this all about?!

What do our efforts amount to? What do our sacrifices amount to? What do our moments of joy in rescuing people amount to? What have we actually done?!

What exactly did we save?!

--split line--

Did you see that?! Did you see that?! Shuna's amazing move! You wouldn't believe it!

Yesterday I saw some comments saying that it wasn't enough and they wanted more.

emmmmmmm...

Indeed, I've been on vacation recently, so I should be more productive.

So I've set my sights on your wallets!

I might be organizing a limited-time bonus chapter event soon. I haven't figured out the specific details yet, but I can tell you that such an event is very likely to happen soon.

Incidentally, due to the arson case, Cao Xinwu only slept for six hours in five days, making him the most exhausted person present.

It's a bit of a perverse sense of humor, but take another look at the title.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Debate

I approached a police officer who was desperately trying to move rocks to free the person trapped underneath, but he couldn't budge them no matter how many times he tried.

When the officer saw me, his eyes lit up. Just as he was about to say something, I gestured for him to be quiet, and then I took out my pistol from my holster.

The officer looked at me with some confusion; he probably really didn't understand what the connection was between me taking out a pistol and moving stones.

But the next moment...

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and the police officer looked on incredulously, because I had killed the 'person' who was pinned under a rock right in front of him.

The bullet pierced his head; there was no doubt that he would not survive.

After a moment of stunned silence, the officer's eyes instantly turned red, and his expression gradually became ferocious, as if he were about to rush up and fight me to the death.

"Chief! What are you doing...?"

Before he could finish speaking, I grabbed his head and turned it towards the 'person' who was pinned down by the stone.

"Tell me, officer, what are you doing?"

The police officer was stunned as he watched the corpse gradually turn into lava.

Not only him, but everyone who had been drawn by the gunshot and the officer's shouts turned to look.

They saw it too, they saw the corpse turn into lava.

I adjusted the intercom channel on the headset and connected it to the "Everyone" channel.

"Police officers of Yuling City, listen up! Immediately abandon your rescue efforts. What you are saving are not victims, but the spirits that crawled out of that lava lake—part of the disaster."

Now, I command you...

After hesitating for a moment, I ultimately did not give the order to shoot.

“Drive those with red hair and red eyes back into the lava. If there is any resistance, shoot them.”

Upon receiving this order, the officers were in an uproar. They had many questions and doubts, and they found it hard to believe. They did not want to accept that this was reality.

But that's reality, and we have to face it.

The police officers, their faces contorted with pain, drove away the people they had just rescued; they had even helped other people along with these individuals.

The police officers drove away the people they had helped, and those who resisted were shot dead by the officers.

When the officers saw the bodies of those people turn into a pool of boiling lava, they intensified their efforts to drive them away.

Some of the officers started crying as they were being driven away, sitting on the ground and wailing like children, desperately scratching their faces with their bloodied hands.

I understand, of course I understand.

Their proud efforts amounted to nothing in the end! Their hopes were fabricated by the enemy from the very beginning!

They risked their lives! What... they accomplished nothing!

Eventually, we drove those lava people together; any further, and the intense heat would be unbearable for us real humans.

The police officers, guns raised, yelled at them to go back to the lava, while the lava people yelled back and refused to go back.

......

"I don't understand why you're treating us like this? Chief Manager Bai, Officer Bai, we're colleagues, why don't you believe me?"

The two facing off are Shiro Souji and the Magma Man, Toujou Kenji.

Looking at his colleague who had been working on a case with him just two days ago, Chief Bai was at a loss for words and could only awkwardly say...

"No, you...you are the enemy...you are magma..."

"No! I'm not! I'm a human! I'm Kenji Higashijo, a combat-rank police officer from the Central Police Station's Combat Readiness Division in Yuling City! I'm not your enemy! I am..."

Before Kenji Toujou could finish speaking, he was interrupted. The person who interrupted him was none other than Karen Hanamiya, who was also a magma person.

“Mr. Dongcheng, please don’t do this. We have no need to deceive them.”

Kenji Toujou glanced at Karen Hanamiya, then silently retreated back into the crowd, making room for her.

Hanamichi Karen didn't stand on ceremony and stood directly in front of the crowd. After taking a deep breath, she began her speech.

"Gentlemen of the guard post, yes, we are just as you imagine. Our true nature is the lava in the lava lake behind us."

Hanamichi's pitiful words not only stunned the police officers, but also the lava people behind her.

Ignoring the stunned expressions of both sides, Hanamiya Karen continued talking to herself.

"But just because we are magma, because we have died once, do you deny our rights as human beings? Please don't be ridiculous. We didn't choose to become like this!"

"Then why did you lie to us?"

The question was raised by a young police officer, and it was his question that drew Hanamichi's pitiful gaze.

She gave the young police officer a half-smile and then asked him a question.

"Sir, when have we ever lied to you?"

"You clearly..."

Without giving the policeman a chance to refute, Hanamiya Karen continued.

"Are you asking this question because we're clearly lava but pretending to be victims?"

The officer nodded, seemingly agreeing with Hanamiya Karen's statement.

"So, sir, let me ask you a question: do you consider us human beings?"

"Of course you're not human! You're just lava!"

Hanamichi Karen shook her head, making a slightly helpless expression.

"You're wrong, you're wrong, we are just human beings."