Chapter 110: Faith
Cross easily recounted many of Wesley's mother's unknown habits, as well as Wesley's own unknown habits, even including how long Wesley could last when Cross rented a room next door and spied on him... At this point, Wesley couldn't deny it anymore. He wasn't a complete fool; besides a father, who else would be interested in knowing these things about him?
These things couldn't be known without years of accumulated observation!
"So you've been lying to me all this time?" Wesley was silent for a long time, then mechanically turned his head to look at Fire Fox: "After I killed my father, you would eliminate me? Is that why you've been by my side?"
"I..." Fire Fox's lips trembled, but in the end, she only said, "I'm sorry," then closed her eyes and said no more.
As soon as she was caught, she knew this would be the outcome. What's fake can't be real, and what's real can't be fake. Her previous struggles were just out of unwillingness.
Although she felt guilty towards Wesley, she firmly believed she had done nothing wrong, because she had always acted according to the instructions of fate.
Cross's name appeared on the Loom of Fate, and then Wesley's name appeared.
A look like a holy light appeared on her face, like a devout believer, holding firm to her faith.
"Justice, oh, justice, how many people have committed evil deeds in your name," Mo Fei said with a sigh, chewing on a piece of snowflake beef.
"Brother, what do you know now?" Mindy looked at Mo Fei suspiciously.
She found that she didn't know when, although Mo Fei's personality, physical appearance, and even small habits hadn't changed, he had inexplicably gained a sense of mystery, and in some matters, he had a perspective like a prophet, such as the encounter with bumblebee. There were too many coincidences, and Mindy herself didn't believe in coincidences. All of this made her wonder if Mo Fei was also a Mutant, or a Mutant with precognitive abilities.
"It's nothing, I just said it casually." Facing Mindy's probing gaze, Mo Fei couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly. Can't I just simply show off?
Since Wesley had already called him 'Dad', Cross, who doted on his son, naturally couldn't bear to keep him handcuffed, so he immediately unlocked them.
However, Wesley, who had suddenly learned the truth, appeared utterly dejected and dispirited, as if he had lost all his spirit and vitality, becoming like a walking corpse.
This was normal. He originally thought the goddess had a special affection for him, but it turned out she only wanted him to kill his father... and then kill him... Wesley felt his heart was broken, and he was too tired to love anymore. He would never love again in this life.
Cross's heart ached.
His son, whom he had owed for over twenty years, had just been reunited with him and was now wearing such a deathly expression. How could Cross feel good about that?
He had to find a way!
"Fire Fox, right?" Cross stood in front of Fire Fox and said indifferently, "Do you know why I betrayed the Assassin Alliance?"
"Why?" As soon as Cross said this, Fire Fox, who had already adopted an uncooperative demeanor, immediately opened her eyes.
She was very puzzled by this question, and she believed that no assassin within the Assassin Alliance wasn't curious about it.
What exactly caused Cross, an assassin whose status within the Assassin Alliance was second only to Sloan, to suddenly change his stance and begin to continuously eliminate assassins from the Assassin Alliance?
"Because I discovered that Sloan was forging the assassination list."
Cross's words were like a bombshell, shaking Fire Fox to her core!
"You're lying to me!" Fire Fox screamed hysterically.
"Think about what good it would do me to betray the Assassin Alliance? I don't lack money, nor do I have ambition! If I had ambition, I should be trying to win over or threaten those assassins, to get them on my side, and then at some point contend with Sloan for power and profit, rather than indiscriminately eliminating those assassins one by one. My actions are clearly contrary to those of an ambitious person. I am destroying this force that has been passed down for over 200 years! Destroying it clearly cannot bring me any benefit; on the contrary, it will expose me to immense threats, just like Wesley, who was trained by you to kill me."
"You can think for a moment. Since you and Sloan can manipulate Wesley so easily, why can't Sloan manipulate all of you? Have you ever had the chance to verify the assassination list Sloan gave you? Montesquieu said that absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Sloan controls the assassination list, which means he controls the power of life and death over most people in the world, without any checks. Why can't he arbitrarily add or delete names from the Loom of Fate's assassination list? This could bring him enormous profits!" Cross said cruelly, "Do you know how much innocent blood you have on your hands over the years?"
"No!! It's impossible!! Sloan, he couldn't possibly deceive me!! It's you, it's you who are lying to me!!"
Fire Fox's emotions were on the verge of collapse.
Ever since she was adopted by the Assassin Alliance as a child, Fire Fox had treated the Loom of Fate as her faith. To put it bluntly, she was a fanatic.
Even though her hands were stained with blood since she became an assassin, she felt no guilt in her heart, because she knew she was acting with a bodhisattva's heart and using thunderous methods. She was doing what was just; everyone she killed deserved to die.
So when Sloan gave her Wesley's name on the list, even though she already had a good impression of Wesley, she accepted the mission without the slightest hesitation.
She firmly believed that even if Wesley seemed good now, in the future Wesley would definitely become a murderer who would harm innocent people, so she had to eliminate him in advance.
Therefore, when she realized that she might very well have become Sloan's executioner, harming innocent people, how could she remain calm?
Cross's words almost destroyed her faith.
Ignoring Fire Fox's intense emotional fluctuations, Cross immediately and candidly recounted the entire process of his betrayal of the Assassin Alliance.
Cross, who had become one of the three giants of the Assassin Alliance, had a strange feeling after a certain assassination that he had killed the wrong person. At first, he thought it was his imagination, but several more cases appeared in subsequent assassinations. This cast a shadow over Cross's heart, so after reflection, he decided to investigate the assassination list on the Loom of Fate.
The result... he discovered that Sloan was arbitrarily altering the assassination list, and Sloan's own name had long appeared on the Loom of Fate... So he chose to defect. He wanted to avenge the innocent and destroy the Assassin Alliance, which had already become corrupt! The Assassin Alliance was no longer the righteous organization of the past, but a source of evil stained with blood.
Mr. X, as one of the three giants of the Assassin Alliance, had already become Sloan's accomplice, and he was also the only assassin who could rival Cross. So Cross first eliminated Mr. X.
Fire Fox became distraught, muttering continuously, "This is impossible... This is impossible..."
Now the crucial question was no longer whether the Loom of Fate had a problem or if Sloan was lying, but whether she, who prided herself as a righteous knight, had innocent blood on her hands.