His Wife Calls The Shots
Chapter 821: Exiled to the Unpopulated Valley_1

Chapter 821: Chapter 821: Exiled to the Unpopulated Valley_1

Chapter 821

Chloe Collins could not see clearly, only hear the conversations around her.

"This is the second one hung this year, isn’t it?"

"Yeah, it’s from the same group as Heijii who got hanged a few days ago. They’re the most notorious newcomers. Quite something, two members from the same group have angered Cold Lizard."

"How long was the last one hanged? A day and a night? When they took him down, I saw his wrist. My God, it was horrifying!"

"Actually, they didn’t have to hang him for that long. It’s just that Heijii always courts trouble, and he doesn’t know when to shut up. They were going to continue hanging him, but then the higher-ups caught wind of it, and that’s the only reason Cold Lizard let him go."

"So aren’t they worried about the higher-ups finding out this time?"

"What’s there to be afraid of? It’s just a few newcomers, and Cold Lizard is the top performer. At most, the higher-ups will scold him a bit. Besides, the Elder and helmsman are out, who could stand up for her?"

Amidst the murmurs of conversation, Chloe Collins found herself suspended on the announcement screen, feeling a familiar pain in her wrists, an old injury resurfacing.

Cold Lizard’s underlings made an announcement: "Master Boone has instructed that anyone who dares to plead for mercy or interference will be hanged alongside her!"

With that said, most people didn’t dare to approach, pretending they hadn’t seen anything and quickly fled the area.

For the rest of the day, Chloe was left hanging on the big screen, next to a constant scroll of red text.

Those red characters were the performance results of others’ missions. Below that was a column showing the punishments within the Dark Alliance.

Cold Lizard’s imprisonment of a newcomer was continually scrolling on the screen—and not just any screen, but the ones seen by the entire alliance.

Staring at those characters, Chloe laughed.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, even if it takes ten years.

After Cold Lizard’s men left, Heijii and the others came over.

"I’ll get you down right now!" Heijii leaped onto the platform behind the big screen.

Chloe couldn’t voice a word, nor make any hand gestures, so she just shook her head, signaling she wanted to stay up there.

She knew, without enduring this injustice, the matter would not pass. At the moment, she did not have the ability to confront Cold Lizard, continuing the resistance was of no benefit to her.

She watched them below from above with her lips barely moving.

They read her silent message: Go back, I’m okay.

"Only through hardship can one become superior."

It was a saying her Master often recited to her, and now, she understood it profoundly.

Old Dong pulled Heijii and Polita away, saying, "Let’s go; Chloe has her own plan."

Watching them go, Chloe released a sigh of relief, drooping her head to watch a particular spot on the ground, lost in thought.

It was only a three-meter drop, yet she could no longer make out the ground clearly.

Normally, her vision was as if she was looking through a telescope.

Her lips twitched into a smile.

This time, she was severely injured.

Suddenly, she caught a faint whisper carried over from afar.

"Stop talking. I’ve already decided to leave."

The voice was close at first, but as the dizziness intensified, it suddenly disappeared, and she could hear it no more.

She didn’t know whose voice it was, but it sounded vaguely familiar.

However, she couldn’t instantly recall who it was.

After a while, when the dizziness subsided, her ears suddenly experienced an unprecedented silence.

She could only hear the sounds nearby, and anything farther was equivalent to total silence.

She was stunned.

Was it too quiet in the distance?

Or...

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(At this stage, the heroine is quite naive, reckless, and weak)