Inside a civilian building temporarily converted into a command center.
The generals of the People's Party were discussing their next operational plan in the conference room, with a strategic map spread across a table formed by joining two desks.
Despite being called the People's Party, their actions bore no resemblance to those of the common folk. They were engaged in acts of arson, murder, and plunder, as evidenced by the very room they occupied.
Four or five self-proclaimed generals were holding a war council. Beside them lay the corpse of a civilian shot dead, while soldiers in other rooms were committing inhumane acts.
The local populace, though harboring immense anger towards these scoundrels who spoke like humans but acted like beasts, dared not voice their dissent.
The heavily bearded general pointed at the map on the table and said, "All troops must be assembled by noon tomorrow. After an hour of rest, we will need to attack this location. I don't need to elaborate on its importance; we must capture it before three in the afternoon."
"Will assembling by noon be too rushed?" a general beside him asked. "You know how tardy those fellows are, with no sense of discipline. It's ten-thirty now; getting them ready and moving out in an hour and a half is simply impossible."
The heavily bearded general slammed his fist on the table in anger. "A bunch of useless gluttons! Noon it is, with no room for negotiation. Anyone not present will be lined up against the wall."
With a wave of his hand, the heavily bearded general exited the room, followed closely by the other two generals.
Descending to the ground floor, over twenty Kuthor civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, were rounded up at gunpoint by soldiers.
"General, what shall we do with these people?"
Before the soldier could finish his question, the heavily bearded general, still seething, backhanded him and shouted, "T-"
Only when she saw the warlord's soldiers standing not far away did the woman slowly clench her fists.
Bai Qi grabbed the soldier and tossed him before the woman, then gestured. A shadowy ninja placed his katana on the ground in front of her.
Bai Qi said, "This man insulted you. Now, the demon offers you this opportunity. Use the sword before you to reclaim all you have lost."
The woman looked at the soldier, who was struggling under the grip of two ninjas, and then at the katana plunged into the ground.
She slowly reached out, drew the katana, and walked towards the soldier.
Under the soldier's terrified gaze, the woman raised the katana above her head and brought it down fiercely.
"Ah!"
With a scream from the soldier, his right hand was severed by the woman.
Listening to the soldier's pig-like screams, a certain gene within the woman was activated. A crazed smile spread across her face. One slash, two slashes, three slashes, four slashes...
The woman slashed the soldier more than twenty times.
The soldier, unable to bear it any longer, had become a bloody mess and ceased to breathe.
"How does revenge feel?"
After killing the soldier, the woman's katana fell to the ground. She slumped onto the floor, and after a long moment, finally uttered a single word: "Satisfying."
Bai Qi was very pleased with the woman's reaction and had the ninja escort her away.
He then turned to the terrified civilians and said, "Look, humanity! It is these people who burned your homes, slaughtered your families, and defiled your wives. Are you truly going to surrender and await your doom!"