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instantly recognised boomed, “Did you really think I’d be that easy to kill? I know your skills Zhong, but I
also know your arrogance, your ego, that won’t let you stop until you reach your goal. Now say goodbye
Zhong, and accept that you failed your mission.” His vision starting fading to black. Besides the Chancellor’s
footsteps, he heard another noise. A chant, growing louder by the second. Then a loud crashing noise,
followed by sunlight beaming into the room. Zhong put two and two together, and realised that with the
building evacuated, the revolutionaries had taken their opportunity and broken into the building. Using
what remaining strength he had, he sat upright, and watched as a horde of charged into the building. The
Chancellor tried to flee, and found himself surrounded on all sides. Zhong smiled, and knew that although
he had not completed his immediate mission, what he had done would be extremely valuable to the
movement. He saw Chen running towards him, a pair of medics by his side. Chen tried to put Zhong at
ease, “You’ll be okay Zhong, we'll get you through this” but then a medic whispered in Chen’s ear, and his
facial expression dropped. Zhong, with a raspy voice, told Chen, “No, I won’t. Both of us know it.” Chen
replied with sadness in his voice, “You’re right. All I can tell you is that what you did will not be forgotten,
and neither will you.” Zhong heard this, smiled, and drew his final breath.
With the governing offices ransacked, and the Chancellor captured, the rest of the region’s governing body
and law enforcement collapsed within weeks. Chen became the new Chancellor of the region, and set up a
system of government with its basis of laws rooted in freedom, peace, and equality. This new independent
region prospered, and every child born after the revolution knew naught besides a life of prosperity and
happiness. As for Zhong, a statue immortalising him was built adjacent to the new governing offices, to
ensure that the citizens of the Greater Bay Area did not forget the ultimate sacrifice that he and many other
revolutionaries made for everyone else living in the region.