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When I let out a heavy sigh, Evan's expression changed. "Don't tell me you're about to launch into some tedious moral rant?"
"Sorry, but I am. And I'm going to swear, too. Hey, you insane son of a bitch, we don't even know anything for sure yet. Why kill them?"
"I just explained why." Evan looked genuinely confused. "There are over 1,000 students at Cartel Academy right now. Add the faculty and staff, and that number grows by at least half again."
"I know."
"So we're talking about killing two people to save 1,500. Why wouldn't we do that? Unless… by some slim chance, you're a devout royalist—"
I cut off his nonsense with a sigh. "What if neither of them belongs to the church?"
"They're our top two suspects. There's a list of high-ranking suspects under them. We just have to go down the list, one by one," Evan replied.
"And you're seriously planning to keep killing people like that?"
Evan raised his hands, his expression flat. "I admit it's extreme. But with the time we've got, it's the only way to save everyone."
That was when I couldn't help but burst out laughing. "There are a dozen things I could pick apart, but let's start with this one."
"What is it?"
"If all it takes to end this is killing the prince and princess, why do you want my help?"
"What?"
"If it's just about killing them, you could've done...
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