Chapter 38 Human's ills

Before playing the video, Alex explains where this video come from and other things they need to know.

" This recording is from a certain muster station where more than 50 people hid when we were fighting.

There are about 20 muster stations which are built for the sake of protecting the people in case of attack.

To keep a record of all the incidents happening inside, there are hidden cameras. This is something only the captain of the ship knows about." He looks towards Captain Bark who affirmed it.

" Yes, only the captain of the ship knows about this matter. This is something that the league has made so that people can be monitored and do not cause chaos or anything else during the Pokemon attack when Martial Law is issued. " Captain Bark said.

" Now, I will play the video. They don't have sound but the action is enough to show what they did. " Alex told them about the deficiency in the video and then played it for everyone to see.

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In the Video,

A room is shown on the screen which has about 50 or so people in it. They are huddled in groups and fear is evident on their face.

From time to time, they will shriek out in fear, or some kid starts crying while his guardian tries to appease him.

Some people would look through the portlights or glass covers of the portholes, circular windows of the cruise ship, on the walls to see the situation outside. "

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Alex explained it to them about the timeline of this video, " The video starts around the time when the Pokemon has breached the defensive line we erected and the true chaos will unfold in this room soon. "

He has a grave expression on his face. All of them were both anticipating and dreading what is to come.

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The video continues.

Soon the room seems to rock and when some of them watched out of the porthole, they turn ash white from fear.

The person close to them asks what happened. He replied what he saw while stuttering and others erected an ear to understand just what happened outside.

When they heard that the hull is breached and the pokemons are entering through the newly made holes on them, they shrieked in fright.

They are closer to the lower levels and hence, they will be among the first to bear the burn of this.

Their death seems imminent and at that moment, some of them have a sinister expression on their face. When death is right in front of you, all sense of false bravado and behavior is thrown out.

The ruthless ones start to show their animalistic side and embrace it fully and follow their wild instincts like the people inside did.

Those who have lost all hopes of survival grabbed the closest woman and ripped their clothes. They started to act aggressively towards them.

For the ones who stood in their way, they sent out their pokemons to stop them. They didn't just kill these people but played with their captured person right in front of their loved ones.

They beat the loved ones whether they be adult, children or elderly till they can't move. They were alive and can see what was happening and shout at them to stop, but cannot act.

The woman pleads for mercy but it was ignored. Some ganged on a single woman or swapped them with other people after they have enough.

They were played until they lose strength and faint. True despair was etched on the face of these ladies and their loved ones.

The fate of the more beautiful woman was even worse for they were played by multiple men.

Some crazy people didn't even leave the kids be. They broke their limbs so they cannot protest and did their deeds.

Only crazy smiles and sobs were left in this room.

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The video stops here.

All of them were shocked by what they saw. The blood runs cold after watching this.

Elsa and Cynthia were crying on each other's shoulders after watching this. Lucian and Julius have some tears trailing down their cheeks.

Bill was shocked beyond belief and Captain Bark lowered his head and prayed for them.

Alex just looks at his friends who are trying to come to terms with themselves. They have only one thought running through their mind, 'We put our lives on the lines to protect these scums and monsters. So many died for these bastards.'

After a few minutes of complete and utter silence, Alex breaks this uncomfortable silence. " So, what do you all think about this incident?" Alex asked them

This incident is too much for their young minds. At this time, they need a target to vent their anger and grieving emotions. With these calm and cold words, Alex stood out and become their target.

If they and their emotions are in a stable state, they may have reacted differently, but unfortunately, they are anything but that.

Surprisingly, the calm Cynthia is the first one to burst at Alex, " 'What do we think of this incident'? You ask us what do we think about it?

How can you remain so calm after everything you just saw? Are you so cold-hearted that their pleas, troubles, and suffering is nothing but a matter of discussion?

Is this cold-hearted and unfeeling behavior is your true nature, Alex? Did I read you wring before?"

Alex never got a chance to say anything for Elsa joined the cult too. She took his calm face as a sign of him agreeing with the actions of the rabid beasts from before.

" How can you be so cruel? You just watch all of them suffer and yet you act as if nothing happened. Don't you have any mercy in your heart, don't you feel anything for their pain and suffering?

Those beasts didn't even spare the kids. They tortured them, crippled them, destroyed them. How can you be like this? Are you even a human anymore?" She shrieked at him.

Julius simply said, " You are just scum. You don't have any sympathy for them at all. "

Lucian after wiping his eyes, added, "To think I considered you a friend."

They all seem to forget the previous show of rage from Alex and accused him of being a heartless scrum.

They kept sending barbs and poisonous remarks at Alex without mercy. Alex took all this without any word and accepted everything.

Bill is still in shock and hasn't managed to recover from it.

Captain Bark is a veteran person in his late forties. He has vast experience and can see through most of the facade.

He shook his head at the actions of the four young trainers. These young trainers feel Alex isn't grieving but they are all wrong about this.

Although he acts all calm and acted as nothing happened, Alex isn't skilled enough to hide his emotions from him. He can see it clearly in Alex's eyes, Alex feels guilty.

He feels it is his mistake that something like this happened. He regards himself one of the culprits. That's why he showed them the video now.

He is letting them vent on him, because of this sense of guilt.

Bill wakes up from his shock and looks at everyone accusing his friend. He stood up for him and shouted, "Enough. You will not say anything more to Alex. Don't forget why he is showing this to us."

Bill shouts brought them back to their senses and they calmed down their rage a little. They start to feel guilty about how they acted with Alex and just before they can apologise Alex said, " We have matters to deal with."

Even though Alex feels guilty and know why they acted like this, now there was a crack in their relationship.