Chapter 43 - 43: Negotiating with the Resistance

Lieutenant Rudolphson remained silent for a long time. It was a silence so heavy that Kian thought a century had passed—long enough for an incompetent officer to find his spine and refuse.

But in the end, Rudolphson merely sighed, covering his eyes with a trembling hand, as if his palm were the last shroud of his dignity.

"I... I want a cut."

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