Dawn Redemption

The day after the events of the "Valkyrie" coup, Fern saw his immediate superior, Section Chief Lübeck, for the last time.That was also the last time he saw him.

He is old, and after experiencing this series of events, Lübeck officially retired after explaining many things to him.

Afterwards Fein thought about visiting him to express his condolences on his health, but found that he had moved away with his family.I asked people around, but they didn't know where he went.

Maybe he took the gentle Mrs. Lübeck and moved to a place where the war would not be disturbed with his son who never came home, and started to enjoy a leisurely life?

Although I have been deeply trapped in the center of this vortex and cannot extricate myself, thinking of Lübeck being able to stay away from all this, I feel a kind of empathetic joy for a moment.Although as his successor, he has been pushed to that position.Doing a busier job and taking on heavier responsibilities.

After returning from Gentina Street that day, I also met Mueller several times in the corridor or on the street outside.

That recording should have been kept by Muller for himself.It took him a long time to react and think carefully after listening.Why would Mueller know about the relationship between himself and Noah?Where did this tape come from?The more I thought about it, the more something went wrong, and I couldn't find the answer anyway.But since Mueller helped him again, and even because he kept the recording privately and didn't expose it, he could be regarded as helping Noah, so he shouldn't have any malice.

When Fein saw Mueller, his heart was full of gratitude and guilt, and he was really not good at expressing himself, so he didn't know how to tell him.But Mueller seemed to be still remembering the punch, and each time he only said a simple hello to Finn in a gloomy manner, and then continued to do his work.

And Finn didn't have much time.All the affairs of the personnel department fell on him. When the situation became more and more tense, there were more and more things to deal with. It seemed that the whole country was struggling before dying.

Beckman, who participated in the "Valkyrie" operation, naturally escaped the pursuit and was executed after being caught.

Like Paul that time, Finn only knew about it after the execution had already been executed.

However, he witnessed the death of another person.And he never thought that he would appear in Berlin.

Stephanie Gwencer.

Finn saw this familiar name by chance, and because of what happened to Beckman before, this name became extremely conspicuous in his vision.The image of the glamorous female officer also appeared in his mind, followed by his hideous expression when he shot and killed cousin Menenheim Yannick.

He knew that he might not be able to change her fate, but he was driven by some force and wanted to see her once before the execution.

So after get off work, he didn't go back directly, but asked someone to find out where she was detained.He felt that since the punch, he had no face to bother Muller for a while.So he just randomly pulled someone in the criminal department's office to ask.

Judging from his expression, he should be surprised by Fein's sudden request, but he still told him because he was afraid of his official position.

When Finn understood it and turned around to go out, he said in a deep voice from behind: "Sir, if you want to go, do it as soon as possible. She...may be tonight."

Fein paused for a moment, without turning his head: "Got it."

He had already expected such an ending, and it was only a matter of time.

After leaving the office, he went to the first place as the man said.After explaining the situation to the guard Gestapo, the gatekeeper put Finn in suspiciously, and then continued to play cards and drink with his colleagues.

Finn hated the choking smell of cigarettes and the smell of drunkenness on their bodies, as well as their swear words and rude laughter when they chatted, echoing in the corridor unrestrainedly and presumptuously.Forced him to move quickly through the corridor.

Standing at the door of the narrow room, Finn looked down at the woman sitting slumped on the hard bed inside through the small window on the iron door.

Even though she was as beautiful as a blooming flower back then, now it seems that she has not been watered for a long time, and the petals and leaves have begun to wither, turn yellow, curl up, and are about to wither.

Her long, matted curly hair fell down the sides of her face, and she held her head in her hands, as if her slender neck would not be able to bear the weight of her head otherwise.Her hands also seemed a lot rougher, and most of the red nail polish on her nails had peeled off, revealing her pale true color.

Gyunthel's spirit seemed to have completely collapsed, and he didn't notice Finn's existence at all. Even when Finn walked over, his boots made a very loud noise when he stepped on the ground.

Finn didn't make a sound to remind, just stood there and looked at her.After a long time, Gyunther slowly turned his head.

At this moment, under the dim light, Fein finally saw her face clearly.

If he saw such a face without the prerequisites, he would never have recognized that this woman was the Squadron Captain Stefanie Gyunthel he had known in Dachau back then.She was wearing the same uniform as at that time, but she seemed to have suddenly become thinner. The clothes on her body seemed to be hanging loosely on the rack, no longer had a straight outline, and no longer traced a beautiful curve.Her face was not as rosy and shiny as usual, and there were dark circles hanging under her eyes, or the wreckage of her delicate makeup.Lips that are not covered by lipstick are pale and cracked.

"It's you?..." The pair of blue eyes peeking out from the small window had already indicated the identity of the visitor.Gyunthel's bewildered eyes finally focused on Finn's face, and he confirmed with a trembling voice.

Fein nodded: "Miss Gyunthel, it's me. We met in Dachau before."

She stood up suddenly, then wobbled as if she was about to fall, and quickly supported the wall with her hands before standing still.Then she ran to the iron gate, stood on tiptoe and pressed her face against the fence of the small window, staring straight at Finn, as if to confirm his identity and existence.

"Why are you here? What will happen to me?" She asked in panic, completely losing the charming look she had at that time.

Fein actually didn't have a good impression of her, but seeing her like this now, he felt pity for no reason.That's it, war ruins everyone.

He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his tone, hoping that this would make Gyunthel calm down a bit: "I'm working here now. But why are you here, aren't you in Dachau?"

Because of the close distance, Finn could clearly see her hands trembling violently as she climbed on the fence.But he couldn't say anything to comfort her.What is he going to say? "You'll be fine" kind of thing?He clearly knew that this was a blinding, and he could not change her fate with his own strength. If he told this lie, it would only be more cruel to her.

Gyunthel's eyes were empty, as if she was remembering, and her voice was trembling - there was no part of her body that was not trembling: "Helga... I heard that something happened to Helga..."

"Yes, something happened to him." Fein didn't hide it from her. He knew that Gyunthel must have known about these things, "But, you should know that it was his own choice."

He paused, seeing that Ge Yunser didn't reply, and continued: "He probably didn't want you to get involved with this matter, so he came here alone. Why did you come here by yourself? Knowing what happened , run farther to protect yourself better?"

"I, I don't know..." Geyunser's eyes wandered around, as if looking for a place for her to escape from this cramped cell, "I heard that something happened to him, and I rushed here immediately . . . I don't know, I don't know that Helga..."

"Participating in rebellion?" Finn said, "Yeah, we didn't expect it. But it did happen like this. What did they arrest you for?"

Ge Yunser's dull eyes suddenly became bright, and Fein was stunned for a while before realizing that they were tears: "They tortured me...forced me to tell the information about other accomplices, but I didn't know anything about it at all. Ah! They insist that I'm one of them... I'm not..."

Fein didn't know what Gestapo's so-called "torture" was like, as Geyunther said.Just looking at her appearance, it should be far less frightening than the cruel and terrifying punishments in the concentration camps.

But witnessing others suffer in that way is completely different from experiencing yourself as a bearer.

What's the use?No matter how much pain a person's body endures at this moment, it will never be able to repay the crimes committed in the past, even if it was forced.Gyunther was, and so was he.

"Then do you... regret it?"

Suddenly words came out of his mouth uncontrollably.Finn was almost taken aback by himself, but looked at Gyunthel's reaction with more concern.

She bit her lip very hard, but finally added a touch of blood to her pale lips.It's just that there was no answer in the biting lips.

Finn didn't continue to ask, and before he could change the topic to other places, the heavy footsteps made by military boots hitting the floor came to the ears of the two from the side of the corridor.

Gyunthal couldn't see it no matter how he stretched his head out, but Fein only needed to turn his face to the side to see the two Gestapo walking over there.

It was as if there was a heavy clock in his heart, which struck in this narrow space and made a dull echo, telling Fern that the time had come.

Gwenther didn't need to answer any more.Finn probably already knew her answer.

"Sir." The leading Gestapo asked, "Is your question over?"

Finn could feel that Gyunthel was staring eagerly at the side of his face.What can he do?He couldn't save this life, even if he knew she was innocent, at least she was innocent of the crime she was convicted of.

All of a sudden, he understood Mueller's helpless mood at that time.

He didn't dare to look back at Gyunthel at all, so he could only bite the bullet and say to the two Gestapo: "Yes. Thank you."

They looked at each other, nodded, took out a bunch of rattling keys, and picked out one to open the door.One went in and took Gyunthal by the arm and led her out, while the other stood guard at the door.

She didn't struggle at all, or in other words, she no longer had the strength to support the physical struggle.Her legs were trembling, and the tears that had been in her eyes just now rushed out.She turned her head, choked up and begged Finn, "Please...help me..."

The same words, the same face of Ge Yunse, this scene hit Fein's heart hard, and time was like a vortex pulling Fein back to the past.

In front of him, Gyunthal and Menenheim Yannick overlapped.Looking at Finn with that look, begging for his help.

Finn forced himself, hardened his heart to look into Gyunthel's eyes, bent down and whispered in her ear:

"You look exactly like him now."

He straightened up without saying a word. Gyunthel seemed to want to say something, but he was roughly dragged away by the Gestapo.

Finn sighed and walked out.

There is no very formal scene.It's just a small open space in the corner, and the gravel is not evenly paved, and it feels like it would hurt your feet if you wear soft-soled shoes.There were no witnesses, just a few Gestapo, a few pistols.

Gyunthal was pushed into the middle of the clearing.Her legs were trembling, but she still barely managed to stand up.It felt like there was still a sobbing sound in her throat, but no tears flowed from her eye sockets, only a pair of dull eyes widened to the extreme.

"Crack." The sound of several pistols being loaded at the same time.

Finn knew that the gunshot would deafen him temporarily, but just like that time, he didn't cover his ears.He didn't evade either, watching her fall, blood dripping into the gap between the sand and gravel.

"Rest in peace." While his mind was beeping, he silently traced the word with his lips, completing this simple ceremony again.