Endless darkness.

"Stand up. ”

The man's angry shouts were so piercing.

"Stand up!"

The eyelids seemed to be filled with three catties of lead, and they couldn't lift them up at all.

"Stand up for me!"

The third thunder exploded, and the original owl instinctively opened his eyes, and a harrier rolled over and retreated, dodging a shot after the angry shout!

The shot was a middle-aged man in a camouflage shirt and dark green military pants, the man's upright face was extremely handsome, but compared to the face, the man's unique sense of majesty was more unforgettable, a pair of round tiger eyes were so sharp, as if there would be electric light shooting out of his eyes at any time, the two sword eyebrows pierced the sky, the lips were as sharp as knives, and the four tiger teeth were more obvious when he grinned, as if he could choose someone to devour at any time.

His name is Kong Jianhui.

"Uncle Kong, as for it, just shooting?" Yuan Xiao looked at the man in front of him who had appeared in his nightmare countless times, and smiled flatteringly.

"The next reminder, only twice. The man called "Uncle Kong" majestically gestured a yes gesture to indicate "twice", and the scene was very joyful, but Yuan Xiao didn't dare to laugh at all.

"Uncle Kong, it's been twenty kilometers of cross-country today, it's okay with me, do you want to rest?" The original owl looked like a dog's leg, but the strange thing is that the appearance of the original owl at this time is very different from now, and his appearance is extremely ordinary, but a pair of cat eyes have not changed, the only difference is that there are endless flames in his eyes at this time, and now there is only frost that stretches for thousands of miles.

"You mean I'm too old to keep up with you?" Kong Jianhui grinned, revealing his extraordinarily obvious tiger teeth again, domineering and exposed.

"No !!" Yuan Xiao jumped up on the spot in fright, "Uncle Kong is wise and martial, how can he be old?" I mean, I don't have to have a task tomorrow, if I am too tired today, tomorrow I will be killed by the enemy in the official mission without paying attention, where can I find such a good labor force, hehehe." Yuan Xiao smiled, a little trying to play tricks.

"Yuan Xiao!" Kong Jianhui shouted angrily.

"To !!" Yuan Xiao put away his laughter, reflexively stood upright, and responded to Uncle Kong in a louder voice seriously.

"I ask you, what is your identity. Kong Jianhui walked in front of Yuan Xiao with his hands behind his back. The original owl was tall enough, but Uncle Kong's was even taller than him, looking down at the original owl.

And the original owl did not have the disgust of being looked down on like now, his eyes looked straight ahead, motionless, and replied in a loud voice: "Report to the chief, the original owl is the substitute!"

"What crime!" Kong Jianhui didn't let go of Yuan Xiao's intentions, and continued to roar.

There are a total of seven or eight charges of "report! Yes! Disrupt public order! Defraud, and murder ......" There are seven or eight charges in total, which are calmly reported from the mouth of the original scooper, and each of the minimum sentencing standards will be spent in prison for several years, and the maximum sentence is enough for the original scoundrel to die three times.

"Then tell me again why you are here, and not in a dark prison cell, or a bleak execution ground. Kong Jianhui walked around behind Yuan Xiao, his voice lowered, cold and piercing.

"Report! Because of the last crime! There was a supernatural phenomenon at the scene! I killed the monster before you arrived! But I was also dying, and I was saved by you!" Yuan Xiao paused for a moment and continued to report, "After treatment! Because the injury is too weird! It cannot be healed! And it only has about eight years to live! Therefore, with your special guarantee! As a special death unit of 'Jiutian', I will serve you!"

"Bang!"

Yuan Xiao immediately dodged, and it turned out to be like an unknown prophet, dodging Kong Jianhui's sudden shot.

But Kong Jianhui was not surprised, and put the gun into his pocket at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye.

"Remember, it's not for me, it's for this country, for more people to live in peace and happiness. After Kong Jianhui finished speaking, he turned around and didn't look at Yuan Xiao again, only dropped a sentence.

"Add another ten kilometers. ”

This year, Yuan Xiao was nineteen years old and had just joined "Jiutian" for one year.

Three years later.

"Uncle Kong, I'm back. "The temperament of the original owl has become more stable, and his body has become stronger.

"Stuff. Kong Jianhui hung his eyes and did not look up, sitting at his humble desk to check the latest information sent. As the second-in-command of the "Jiutian" Operations Department, Kong Jianhui needs to read nearly 100 pieces of confidential information every day, identify the authenticity of them, and then assign tasks to various groups.

Yuan Xiao could already clearly see that the man in front of him, who looked like a tiger, quietly grew a few gray hairs on his sideburns, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Kong Jianhui saw that Yuan Xiao had not moved for a long time, raised his head, put down the information in his hand, and asked, "Injured?"

"No, no, just a few ronin, not so much that I will disgrace your reputation. Yuan Xiao came back to his senses and hurriedly put the things in his hand on Kong Jianhui's table, "Some of the cultural relics this time were directly poured into the river by them, and I have already notified the 'patrol' group." ”

For example, the "Lie" group is mainly responsible for maintaining stability in some tough battles and major incidents on the surface, the "Wing" group is responsible for the aftermath and the disposal of the people involved in the case, the "Fierce" group is responsible for some dirty work that is not visible, and the "patrol" is responsible for tracking and collecting.

As for the "shadow" where the original owl is located, it is directly managed by Kong Jianhui, deputy director of the Operations Department, and there is a one-line contact, and no one knows the responsibilities of the "shadow".

"Then you just watched that the cultural relics of our country are so gone?" Kong Jianhui asked as he looked at a blue and white porcelain vase brought back by Yuan Xiao, seemingly unintentionally.

"Naturally not, the corpses of those ronins should have been eaten by the fish in the river by now. Yuan Xiao calmly described the result of the killing, as if talking about eating and drinking, "Of course, Uncle Kong, you know, I'm not a person who is willing to suffer dumb losses, I deliberately let one go, and then followed the vine and collected some interest." ”

Yuan Xiao took out a katana broken in two from his luggage, and handed it to Kong Jianhui with both hands with the sheath.

Kong Jianhui put down the bottle, took the katana and looked at it, and only then did he raise his eyes to look at Yuan Xiao for the first time.

"Came back from the dry road?" Kong Jianhui asked.

"Yes. Yuan Xiao replied honestly.

"Didn't cause trouble?" Kong Jianhui shook the katana in his hand.

"You taught well. Yuan Xiao bowed slightly.

Kong Jianhui didn't speak again, turned around and put the katana engraved with a chrysanthemum pattern on the handle into the cabinet.

Yuan Xiao saw that Kong Jianhui no longer spoke, and wanted to turn around and leave when he saluted again.

"Go back and take a shower, there's a task tomorrow. Kong Jianhui looked down at the information and said slowly.

"Okay, it's where I'm going, what I need to prepare. Yuan Xiao was a little excited.

He knows that life is short, and the youth of his twenties does not have anything to laugh at and be happy about, and only when he struggles between life and death, can he feel that he is still alive, still, can live.

"Don't prepare, there are three people coming to 'Shadow', and they will follow you in the future. Kong Jianhui still didn't look up, "Is there any problem?"

"I need to know the attitude and level of protection that I need to hold. The original owl asked officially.

"If you die, they can't die, it's all the baby's bump from each family, brought here and inlaid with gold. Kong Jianhui looked up at Yuan Xiao and said seriously.

"Then let them go to 'Lie' and finish it, the scenery is beautiful, how good. Yuan Xiao was a little puzzled.

"But Lao Tzu just wants them to come to the 'shadow', do you understand?" Kong Jianhui bit the last five words very hard.

Yuan Xiao immediately understood the meaning and saluted.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

The next day, a military jeep drove at a gallop to Kong Jianhui's special training ground for training the original owl - in fact, it was the most humble sandy land in a circle.

The door opened, and three figures burst out.

A young man with flaming red hair, who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, carrying a designer travel bag, wearing clothes with holes, chewing gum, walked crookedly into the training ground, scolding and complaining about the tatters of the training ground.

Then there was a little timid little girl, a little smaller than the boy, wearing a little pink dress, carrying a large travel bag in both hands, and a little cowering and afraid to enter the door.

Finally, a teenager who looked like he was only more than ten years old, with a gloomy face, two big dark circles under his eyes at a young age, wearing headphones, and constantly fiddling with the game console in his hand.

Yuan Xiao stared at the three visitors in front of him expressionlessly, saluted a standard salute, and shouted loudly: "Welcome, come to hell." ”

The next four years were the most unforgettable in the lives of these three children.

In the process, they were beaten by an unknown number of harassers, some because they wanted to escape overnight, some because they didn't want to eat, and some because they couldn't keep up with their training.

Yuan Xiao's solution was called pseudo "confrontation training" by him - in fact, it was unlimited fighting, and he said in advance that as long as someone could use any way to defeat him or kill himself, he could leave here.

At first, the three children were a little unable to let go, but when they found that it was impossible to beat the original owl through regular channels, they finally understood why the original owl added the clause "kill yourself".

Because as long as you keep your hands, it's a failure.

In this way, in the process of studying how to kill the original owl, their physical fitness and military literacy continued to improve, and they also began to follow the original owl on some less dangerous tasks, and they themselves couldn't count how many times they were saved by the original owl, and how many times the original owl was injured because of them.

Especially this little girl, although she has practiced hard, she still can't keep up with everyone's pace. In one operation, because of her mistakes, Yuan Xiao was shot three times, the most dangerous one grazed the edge of the lung, and after coming back, she rescued for three days and nights before barely surviving.

In such a process, people can be ruthless, and their feelings for Yuan Xiao have gradually changed from disgust and resentment at the beginning to admiration and admiration, and they regard Yuan Xiao as their big brother. Yuan Xiao's heart, which had long been frozen, was gradually melted by these three young people, and he was determined to protect them, and he would never lose what he wanted to protect......

Sting.

Sting, stinging, stinging.

The picture of the memory suddenly became blurry here, like a black and white TV with a bad signal, and there were more and more snowflakes on the screen.

"Let's go, hurry up,!"

"Big brother!!"

"I'm not leaving, I don't want to!!"

"Brother !!!!!"

"Ah!!!!!!!h

Extinguish.

Dark.

Lonely.

In the temple of thinking, only Orkus remained, playing Chopin's nocturne.