After Marking the Omega Officer Who Was Pretending to Be an Alpha - Chapter 12

As soon as the Omega finished speaking, intense discussion erupted all around. Everyone was shocked by what she had said, including Shao Enzhuo and Ren Qiruo in the crowd.

This Omega actually wanted to join the Hope Organization?

Shao Enzhuo looked at the Omega kneeling on the ground.

Was this Omega…

“Commander, I am willing to leave the city and clear out walking corpses. I am willing to protect this world with my life,” the Omega said, looking at Han Yilü with reddened eyes. Her trembling voice was firm and full of strength. “I beg the commander to give me a chance. Let me join the Hope Organization and become a vanguard.”

Before Han Yilü could speak, the guard said,

“You, an Omega, want to join the Hope Organization and become a vanguard?” The guard stepped forward and stood beside the Omega, looking down at her. “You Omegas are only worthy of wearing restriction rings and waiting to be assigned.”

After saying that, he added, “Stop indulging in wishful thinking.”

The Omega ignored the guard and instead looked at Han Yilü. “I beg the commander to give me a chance. I am willing to follow the commander and clear out walking corpses.”

Everyone’s attention focused on Han Yilü.

Han Yilü merely lowered her eyes and looked at the Omega bitterly begging her without saying a word. Her face was still as cold as frost, making it impossible to see any emotion or thought. She was like a robot without feelings.

There was not a single ripple in her eyes.

“Omegas are not qualified to join the Hope Organization. What use is there in kneeling here and begging the commander?” The guard tried to pull the Omega to her feet. “Hurry up and stand up. Come with me. The vanguard is still waiting for you at home.”

“I won’t go with you.” The Omega shook her head and pushed the guard away. “I want to join the Hope Organization and become a vanguard. I don’t want to be assigned to a vanguard.”

“You say you don’t want to be assigned to a vanguard? What right do you have to not want to be assigned to a vanguard?” The guard pointed at the Omega and questioned her angrily. “Vanguards work hard outside the city clearing out walking corpses, protecting our homeland with their lives. It’s precisely because there are vanguards that you can live safe and sound. What right do you have to not want to be assigned?”

As soon as he finished speaking,

waves of harsh criticism rose all around.

“That’s right! Vanguards are protecting us with their lives. As an Omega, what right do you have to not want to be assigned? What right do you have to disobey the Capital of Hope’s rules?”

“Omegas are not qualified to join the Hope Organization!”

“Omegas wearing restriction rings and waiting to be assigned has always been the rule of the Capital of Hope. If you don’t obey the rules, you’re betraying the Capital of Hope. Commander, you can’t let her join the Hope Organization! You absolutely can’t let her violate the rules!”

“That’s right! She can’t be allowed to join the Hope Organization!”

“Alphas are the saviors. Omegas don’t deserve to join the Hope Organization! Commander, you must not agree!”

…

The angry accusations from all directions surged like a raging river swallowing heaven and earth, drowning the Omega. The Omega knelt on the ground, helpless and lonely. She hunched her shoulders and lowered her head deeply. Her thin, frail back looked extremely pitiful.

The tears that kept falling from her eyes soaked the ground.

Facing the accusations of the people around her,

she had no way to argue back.

Listening to those heart-piercing words, Shao Enzhuo felt mixed emotions. She shifted her gaze and looked at the people loudly scolding the Omega around her. Most of them were Betas, and there were also a few Omegas wearing restriction rings.

The Reconnaissance Department and the City Guard Department said nothing.

That included Han Yilü and the station officer.

After looking around, Shao Enzhuo’s gaze finally stopped on the Omega.

Was an Omega truly unworthy?

“It’s not as if you don’t know Omegas aren’t qualified to join the Hope Organization and become vanguards. Omegas also can’t violate the Capital of Hope’s rules. Even if you kneel here and beg the commander, it’s useless,” the guard said coldly, glaring down at the Omega from above. “Hurry up and get up. Come with me.”

The Omega knelt on the ground and refused to get up or leave with the guard no matter what. She seemed determined to join the Hope Organization. But Han Yilü still did not express her stance.

With Han Yilü present, the guard had some misgivings and did not dare forcibly drag the Omega away. He could only pull on the Omega’s hand and scold her loudly, “Don’t fail to appreciate kindness. Refusing assignment violates the organization’s rules. The commander will not agree to let you join the Hope Organization. Give up.”

The Omega stubbornly knelt on the ground and refused to rise.

Tears had long since blurred her vision.

“Commander… please…”

“For so long, no Omega has ever violated the Capital of Hope’s rules like you. Look around. Aside from you, is there any other Omega who doesn’t want to be assigned?” Seeing that the cold-faced Han Yilü did not speak, the guard turned and swept his gaze over the surrounding crowd. “There should be quite a few Omegas present, right? Are there any other Omegas who want to join the Hope Organization like her?”

A sudden commotion spread through the crowd.

Everyone raised their heads and looked left and right, observing the reactions of the surrounding Omegas. Shao Enzhuo and Ren Qiruo were no exception. They quietly watched the Omegas’ reactions.

The breeze blew past.

Shao Enzhuo heard some Omegas criticizing this Omega for violating the rules. Some Omegas said this Omega was too foolish; staying in the Capital of Hope posed no threat to her life, yet she insisted on seeking death by leaving the city to clear out walking corpses. Some Omegas, meanwhile, had grave expressions and remained silent.

Gradually,

the voices criticizing the Omega grew louder and louder.

“I’ve never seen such a foolish Omega.”

“Hurry up and leave with the guard. Omegas aren’t qualified to join the Hope Organization. You don’t deserve it at all.”

“What an ungrateful wretch.”

…

Shao Enzhuo looked at the lonely Omega and thought that to dare stand out in public in this twisted environment and kneel to beg the commander, she must have struggled in her heart countless times.

Unfortunately, no one listened to the Omega’s plea.

Even though this Omega was willing to use her life to protect humanity and protect this world, she was still criticized by them. In their eyes, Omegas simply did not deserve it.

It was truly too painful.

“I do!”

A woman’s voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Everyone looked toward the voice. They saw another Omega wearing a restriction ring on her wrist walk out from the crowd.

Under everyone’s gaze, the Omega walked to the side of the kneeling Omega and stopped. She raised her head slightly, looked at Han Yilü, and said, “Commander, I am also willing to use my life to protect this world. I beg the commander to give me a chance. Let me join the Hope Organization.”

After saying that, she bent her knees and knelt on the ground.

The crowd was in an uproar.

The Omega who had originally been kneeling on the ground looked at the Omega who appeared beside her. An incredulous glimmer flickered in her eyes.

“Ah Xin, what are you doing here?”

“Don’t be afraid, Ah Yi.”

Ah Xin took Ah Yi’s right hand and used her fingers to open Ah Yi’s palm, interlacing their fingers tightly. “I’m here with you.”

Hearing this, Ah Yi’s heart immediately twisted like a knife, and tears fell like rain.

Seeing this scene, the guard suddenly felt helpless, as if his own words had slapped him in the face. He could only cast Han Yilü a pleading look. “Commander… this…”

Everyone’s gazes once again focused on Han Yilü.

They were all waiting for Han Yilü’s answer.

Han Yilü crossed her arms and looked expressionlessly at the two Omegas kneeling on the ground. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke. “Why do you want to join the Hope Organization?”

“Because we want to protect the Capital of Hope with our lives, just like the commander. We are willing to clear out walking corpses and save this world,” Ah Xin said sincerely, looking straight into Han Yilü’s eyes. “We want to live this life meaningfully.”

Han Yilü asked, “You aren’t afraid of sacrifice?”

Ah Xin said, “We aren’t.”

Han Yilü asked, “Is it worth it?”

No one knew whether she was asking whether sacrificing their lives to protect this world was worth it, or whether publicly violating the rules in order to make their lives meaningful was worth it.

Ah Yi said, “It’s worth it.”

Han Yilü said, “Your courage is commendable.”

She looked at the two red-eyed Omegas as if pronouncing a death sentence. Her tone was so icy that it held no warmth or emotion.

“But you can only accept assignment.”

In an instant, the accusations around them swept over everything.

The two Omegas became the target of everyone’s condemnation.

Judging from Ah Xin’s unwilling expression, it seemed she wanted to say something, but in the end, she bit her lip and did not say it. Listening to the harsh criticism around them, she said sorrowfully,

“Ah Yi, look at all these people around us. The knife isn’t stabbing into them, so they don’t know how much it hurts. How good the lives of Betas are. They have freedom to love and don’t have to worry about life-threatening danger. We Omegas have to do everything they do, yet they can reproduce as they please, while we Omegas can only wear cold restriction rings for life and wait for the Hope Organization’s assignment.”

Ah Yi’s nose was red, and tears streamed down her face.

“Everyone, please be quiet.”

Unable to bear it any longer amid the noise, the station officer spoke up to stop them.

The surroundings gradually quieted down.

The station officer turned to look at Han Yilü beside him.

“Take them away and lock them up,” Han Yilü said, still wearing an indifferent attitude. “Have them wait for assignment.”

The guards said, “Yes, Commander.”

Ah Xin turned to look at Ah Yi and smiled through her tears.

“Ah Yi, if we can’t be together in this life, then let it be the next life. In the next life, we must be together.”

“We did our best.”

Their love was not tolerated by this world. Reproducing was their responsibility as Omegas. Even if they loved each other, they would still be assigned to vanguards. In this life, they could only be with vanguards. Since Betas also had the ability and responsibility to reproduce, they had wanted to choose the path of sacrificing their lives to protect humanity and this world, so they could keep walking forward together.

That could also count as atonement for their love.

But the Hope Organization would not give them that chance.

They had already done their best.

Ah Yi nodded and sobbed until she could barely speak. “You have to live well. You have to take good care of yourself. You must remember that I will always love you. I have never regretted loving you.”

“I will always love you too,” Ah Xin said, gripping Ah Yi’s hand tightly as she cried. “If that vanguard treats you badly, you must tell me. I’ll take you away.”

Leave…

The reason the Hope Organization could so easily find every Omega’s location was precisely because there was a tracking device installed in the restriction ring. They knew that leaving was also a dead end.

Even so,

Ah Yi smiled and nodded. “Okay.”

Several guards stepped forward and separately helped the two Omegas kneeling on the ground to their feet. Shao Enzhuo’s gaze froze on them. Under the sunlight, the restriction rings looked especially dazzling. Their tightly interlocked fingers were slender, pale, and long.

In the end, they still had no choice but to let go of each other’s hands.