Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 318

"Their family even went bankrupt because of them. Because they are a firefighter's family, their family needs to pay triple the price for personal insurance!" Jack's voice trembled, as if every word was filled with blood and tears.

His words are shocking and even infuriating. Not only do firefighters' families not receive the pensions and care they deserve, but they are forced to pay higher insurance premiums because of their identities.

Simply because they too may get the disease, simply because they are considered “more at risk”.

Those people in the insurance company are so cold and cruel that they are not like humans. It seems that their world only consists of numbers and profits, without a trace of human warmth.

Hearing this, Shi Fei patted Jack's shoulder gently and comforted him.

"Over the years, I have been collecting information and seemingly running around for my brothers, but..." Jack could no longer hold back his tears, and his unique laughter was filled with endless despair!
"But the information was stolen! Stolen! Stolen!!"

Those materials had been his only hope for many years, and his last bargaining chip to seek justice for his brothers. Now, they were taken away, as if even the last ray of hope had been ruthlessly extinguished.

"My brothers will never have a chance to take back everything that belongs to them!"

"They really deserve to die! They really deserve to die!"

When he said this, the despair was like the power of the abyss, slowly fermenting in him, as if it was going to swallow him up and turn him into another person.

A lonely ghost, a crazy existence.

Shi Fei patted his shoulder again, interrupting the process.

"Thank you for your hard work over the years," said Shi Fei.

He knew that Jack had not lived for himself all these years, but for a belief, to seek justice for those dead firefighter brothers.

The process was extremely difficult, and the pressure of running into obstacles everywhere almost made him breathless, making him live a life almost equivalent to that of a homeless person.

Under the blows of life, Jack learned to cover up his sorrow with laughter. His crying sounded like laughter, as if in this way, he would not feel pain.

Once, he had the information in his hands, and he still had a glimmer of hope. He fantasized about getting justice for his brothers, and fantasized that one day the city would recognize their sacrifice.

Now, he had nothing but despair.

Not only to myself, but also to the firefighters who died.

He was on the verge of collapse, and when he completely collapsed,
Jack.

A clown died and was dismembered, and there are new clowns. Only in Goff City can clowns be born!

"What are you going to do?" Shi Fei asked Jack.

"I want them to pay the price! I want this city to pay the price! They are not worthy of my brothers!" Jack's voice was extremely crazy, with a cold murderous intent.

There was a mad light in his eyes, as if he had seen the city burning in flames. His face looked a bit like a clown.

"That's just a temporary solution." Shi Fei shook his head and said.

He didn’t say any bullshit like “hatred and destruction can’t change anything”, but rather “it’s only treating the symptoms, not the root cause”.

"What bid? What book? I just want them to pay the price!" Jack turned his head suddenly, his eyes showing a hint of madness, like an enraged beast. "You retaliated against the insurance company and the city, but in most cases you only harmed some innocent people, those poor people like you!" Shi Fei said.

"Same as me? As pitiful as me?" Jack couldn't help laughing when he heard this, with a hint of self-mockery in his laughter.

Is there anyone more pitiful than him?
Of course there are! Every homeless person at the entrance of this abandoned subway station has a tragic story!

But so what?
When have they ever been noticed?

No one noticed them! They were just the dust of the city, blown away by the wind, washed away by the rain, and eventually disappeared without a trace.

"Let me tell you a story!" Shi Fei looked at him and said.

"Please go on!" Perhaps because Shi Fei listened to his story, Jack had a better impression of Shi Fei and his emotions calmed down a little.

Shi Fei said, "In my hometown, a long time ago, it was said that the souls of people killed by tigers could not leave because of the tiger's majesty. Instead, they had to become the tiger's servants and were called ghosts by people."

"It is said that the only way for these minions to break free is to find new prey for the tiger in exchange for their freedom."

"In order to achieve their goals, the ghosts will not hesitate to seduce the living. Whenever they encounter people, the ghosts always take the lead and confuse them with tricks, then untie their belts and take off their clothes so that the tigers can enjoy them more conveniently."

"This is tantamount to helping the tiger!"

After Shi Fei finished telling the story of being an accomplice to a tiger, he looked at Jack and asked, "Who do you think is the 'tiger' and who is the 'accomplice' in this city?"

Jack said without hesitation: "Of course the rich are the tigers, and the politicians and officials are their minions!"

After so many years of setbacks, Jack has seen through the nature of Goff City. The masters of this city are the rich people hiding behind the scenes, who manipulate everything. The politicians and officials are their puppets, taking their money and doing what they want.

They bear the blame and reap the benefits. At worst, they can step down and live a comfortable life, or even become executives of rich companies.

Those people are accomplices!
"No, you are wrong!" Shi Fei shook his head and said, "The accomplice is the one who was killed by the tiger."

Then, Shi Fei said solemnly: "Gao Fushi is a tiger, and you are a ghost!"

"Me? A ghost?" Jack's weird face was full of disbelief. He cried out like laughing and said, "I am a ghost?"

"Because you can't kill the tiger by doing this, you are just scratching its back. The trouble you bring will only strengthen the tiger's position and make it eat more people."

Shi Fei's voice was calm and firm, like a hammer, hammering every word into Jack's heart: "If you are not a ghost, then who is the ghost?"

Jack was struck by lightning, and his laughter stopped abruptly. He wanted to take revenge on this city, on those who hurt him and his brother, and vent his anger.

But he also knew that he alone could not change Goff City.

How can one person fight against an entire city? How can one person fight against the entire world?

He could only stir up chaos and make the city even more chaotic, but he could not establish a new order for the city!
Like a ghost belonging to the city.

(End of this chapter)