The melodious piano music flowed slowly in the venue, and many guests were chatting in this laughter.

Hugo looked at the people, and in their faces Hugo did not see the resentment of the blasphemers, nor the anxiety of the current tensions. Tonight's dinner, though nominally associated with the blasphemer, now seems to be just a stage for people to communicate.

Few of the people gathered were concerned about the threat of a new humanity, and in their eyes this dinner was no different from any other event. From the reactions of these people, it can be seen that Li Du's idea that the blasphemer does not pose much of a threat to the world is not just his personal possession.

It's just that these people, who are still immersed in the joy of the dinner, do not realize that they are in the most dangerous situation, and their lives are like mustard in the eyes of the TAROT assassins and Li Du.

As the number of people in the venue grew, the scene became more and more noisy, which further affected Hugo's observation of his surroundings.

Suddenly, the lights of the venue began to dim, and Hugo subconsciously stepped forward and stopped in front of Li Du, just in case something happened, but this was only a deliberate attempt by the organizers.

Soon a bright light shone on the general who had greeted Li Du in advance, and at this time he had an elegant smile on his face, the range of the smile seemed to have been accurately calculated, and beside him was a middle-aged woman in a burgundy evening dress, which should be his wife from the appearance.

The general turned and gently asked his wife in the face, and then walked to the podium under his wife's proud gaze and the enthusiastic applause of others.

After a slight cough waited for the room to fall completely silent, the general began his speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Li Du tilted his body and looked quite relaxed, and Hugo could sense that his eyes were full of disdain for the middle-aged general.

"Centuries ago, my ancestors came to this land from Eastern Europe and have been here ever since. I had looked through my family tree and found that I was of very pure Slavic blood, and it was then that I finally understood why I loved vodka so much, and it was a preference engraved in my genes. The people around him laughed in unison.

"And my wife Morrigan's ancestors are Celts, and it is not a miracle that they met and fell in love on the continent of Tsukishima as the descendants of two peoples who have had countless generations of feuds, and finally tied the knot. ”

Li Du suddenly sneered and said: "The lame opening remarks, he turned over this set of Cold War rhetoric between the United States and the Soviet Union." ”

Except for Li Du, who was sitting in the dark, so mocking, the others broke out into warm applause again.

Dressed in a burgundy gown, Morrigan said with tears in her eyes: "I love you, Dysberg. ”

General Dyberg looked at his wife affectionately and said, "I love you too." ”

After the applause began to dissipate, Dysberg continued: "Once upon a time, the world said that America was a land of miracles, but it was only the homeland of the invaded Indians. Tsukishima is the real miracle of this world. ”

"The whole continent was built from scratch, and the ancestors used barren rocks, waste sand and even countless construction wastes to build the most primitive foundations in the vast ocean. ”

"There is no fresh water, we purify the seawater, there is no climate we create the climate, we have resisted gusts of wind, we have overcome one tsunami after another. Nature has caused us countless injuries along the way, but no matter the wind, rain and low temperature, it has not overcome us. ”

"Eventually, we finally stood on top of this former ocean, and settled down completely. ”

"And after all this, we have ushered in more difficult challenges and struggles, and all countries in the world want to get involved in the new continent of Tsukishima and achieve maximum benefits for themselves here. ”

"Set up chemical plants, build various heavy industry assembly lines, and process all kinds of non-recyclable waste. The land that countless people in Tsukishima have built up through their hard work is nothing more than a piece of fat in the eyes of these giant crocodiles. Naturally, we will not give in to it, and we will not hesitate to resist the oppression of the powerful. ”

Just as General Dyberg was talking excitedly, a woman with a graceful figure walked over to Li Du's location.

Hugo was immediately wary of him, but when he saw the face of the visitor with a pair of night eyes, he was not surprised. The woman in the purple evening dress turned out to be an acquaintance of his.

Zhuozi.

At Tianying's welcome ball, Hugo met this senior sister for the first time. At that time, Hugo refused the invitation of the school girl to dance, but he was not annoyed, but chatted with Hugo throughout the ball, which left a deep impression on Hugo.

It was the only time the two met, and so much had happened since then, and Hugo had not returned to Tenying since the Dunk Island incident, and now that Tenying was destroyed, it was nowhere to be found.

Seeing Zhuo Zi at this moment, Hugo's heart was unconsciously mixed, and an indescribable emotion arose in his heart in a trance, which was not aimed at Zhuo Zi, but for that short time.

Zhuo Zi obviously did not die in the catastrophe of Tianying, and judging by her graceful steps, she did not even stand in the disaster and was not hurt in the slightest bit. And now what makes Hugo even more puzzling is why Zhuo Zi appeared at this dinner, and what is her purpose at the moment when she is leaning towards herself?

Just when Hugo's mind was in chaos, Zhuo Zi had already come to Hugo, Zhuo Zi's beautiful eyes only swept quickly on Hugo's mask, and then focused on Li Du, who smiled and said: "Uncle Li, I didn't expect it to be really you." ”

Li Du also showed a faint smile when he saw Zhuo Zi, he waved his hand and motioned for Zhuo Zi to sit on the chair next to him, and then said: "It seems that Dyberg still deceived me, he said that only an interesting old guy like Sergill will be present tonight, but he didn't say that our elf will also arrive, it seems that tonight's banquet may not be so boring." ”

Zhuo Zi smiled: "I didn't expect Uncle Li to come to the banquet, and I didn't believe it at all when I heard about it." Really, if we had known that Uncle Li would be coming, the number of guests tonight would have more than doubled!"

Li Du smiled faintly and said, "Looking at your regretful appearance, the organizer of this dinner must be your father." ”

Zhuo Zi said: "My father just did some behind-the-scenes organizational work, you know his character, he always wants to contribute to this society." ”

Li Du's eyes fell on Dai Berg on the podium and said, "But now the fruits of this power seem to have been usurped by someone." ”

Zhuo Zi smiled: "Uncle Li is really good at laughing, how can there be any usurpation." My father, who was a little wooden, was not suitable for this kind of dinner speech, and General Dyberg's eloquence was more conducive to the atmosphere of the banquet. ”

Hearing this, Li Du began to laugh uncontrollably: "It seems that our little elves have become more and more out of the city, and even idiots like Dai Berg can be blown into the sky. Tsk, the military is going downhill right now. Not long ago, Jenin's remarks at a press conference gave the military some sweetness, so now others have begun to go forward and draw gourds from Jenin, thinking that they have some oratorical talent, and they can surrender without a fight with words alone. Jokes, Jenin can only be regarded as lucky, and no party wants to deliberately make things difficult for him, otherwise it would not have been possible to walk off the podium so gloriously that day. ”

Zhuo Zi laughed when he heard this: "Uncle Li's words are still so sharp. ”

Li Du said: "It's not that I'm sharp, but other people are too hypocritical, and even you are now starting to become more and more hypocritical like your father." ”

For Li Du's merciless criticism, Zhuo Zi was not annoyed, but pouted and protested: "Uncle Li! I will be angry if you talk about elves like this again!"

Li Du smiled lovingly and said: "I really can't help you, if your father is as cute as you, he will look a lot cuter." ”

Zhuo Zi grinned and said, "How could he be like this!"

From the conversation between Li Du and Zhuo Zi, it is not difficult for Hugo to hear that the relationship between the two is shallow, Li Du seems to be quite familiar with Zhuo Zi's father, it should be regarded as a family relationship, as for the relationship between Hugo can not be understood.

Li Du suddenly said: "Speaking of the elf, have you been busy with your studies recently?"

In response to Li Du's question, Zhuo Zi did not shy away from saying: "Just now Uncle Li said that I was hypocritical, but now your question is not hypocritical? Everyone in the world knows what happened to Tianying, how can I continue to study in this case? Now I have naturally become a young man who has dropped out of school." ”

Li Du said: "With the talent of our elves and your father's status, it is not a difficult thing to enter any famous school in the world. Speaking of which, you have too much affection for Tianying. ”

Zhuo Zi Xiumei provoked: "This is natural, Tianying has been my dream college since I was a child, and being able to enter Tianying to study can be said to be the proudest thing in my life so far." Every day spent in Tianying is a beautiful and happy thing for me, but I really can't accept that something bad will happen suddenly now..."Speaking of this, Zhuo Zi's words unconsciously choked up.

In this regard, Li Du just watched coldly, and there was no pity for the elders in his eyes.

"The destruction of Tianying is nothing to me, or rather, it is a bad breath. But it's a pity that those students are always innocent. Li Du said slowly, Hugo believed that Li Du's remarks were sincere.

"I investigated your safety situation as soon as the Tianying incident happened, and it is a blessing in misfortune that the sky has eyes and did not let you be harmed. ”

Zhuo Zi smiled pitifully and said: "It's really thrilling, I wasn't on campus that day for some reason, if I was... Then I can't chat with Uncle Li here now. ”

Li Du nodded and said: "As the so-called catastrophe does not die, there will be blessings in the future." The future life of our elves will inevitably be smooth sailing and the future is immeasurable. ”

Zhuo Zi burst into tears and said with a smile: "In this way, if I really can't achieve anything in the future, then you can be responsible for today's words." When the time comes, even if I go against the law, I will have to get a regular establishment of a holy church. ”

Li Du said with a smile: "What is the formal establishment of the Holy Church so valuable, it can make our eldest lady so tempted, not to mention that your father will not let his baby girl squat at home, even your uncle will not stand idly by." Who in the world doesn't know Shen Mingjun. Although the current Tianying was ruined, it will inevitably rise again in the future, and your uncle is very likely to be the first headmaster of the new Tianying. ”

When Hugo heard this, he didn't feel moved again, it turned out that Shen Ming turned out to be Zhuo Zi's uncle, which Hugo didn't expect at all. Obviously, the reason why Li Du brought up this topic was intentional, and the purpose was to let him understand the relationship between Shen Ming and Zhuo Zi.

And after Hugo understood the relationship between the two, he suddenly understood why Zhuo Zi took the initiative to approach him in the first place, and now it seems that he must have received instructions from Shen Ming.

After he defeated Asura in Tianying's second attempt, he attracted the attention of many aspects, and even after investigating his identity, he triggered infinite speculation and reverie, so he had that encounter in the welcome ball, and now it should be just a shallow taste of Shen Ming.

When the fog of the past finally lifted in front of Hugo's eyes, Hugo did not feel a trace of suddenness, but felt a heaviness that he had never felt before.

This world is indeed much more complicated than I imagined, and every detail is very likely to be a trap, and I have been caught in a trap and I don't know it so far, so it is not clear.

Zhuo Zi naturally didn't know that the topic between him and Li Du had been secretly guided by the other party, and the purpose was to hint to the inconspicuous bodyguard on the side.

Zhuo Zi sighed and said, "I know that Uncle Li has always been dissatisfied with my uncle, but there are many things that he can't help himself, and you should know very well about these that he... He didn't want to be an enemy of the Templars. ”

"Since I was a child, my uncle has always told me about the history of the Templar, which is the place he admires the most, and the greatest dream of his life is to be able to play in the Templar..."

Li Du waved his hand to stop Zhuo Zi's conversation, and then said: "What you thought before is not important, is it? ”

"I admit Shen Ming's genius and understand his difficulties. But these... Hehe, it's not a reason, is it?"

"Moscow does not believe in tears, Tsukishima ... I don't believe that I can't help myself. ”