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When Alex entered the room, Partridge quickly realized that the little girl in front of him was not a spy. Although he is now old, his eyes are still vicious, and as one of the top thieves in the Thieves' Guild, Partridge can tell whether he or she is professionally trained from a person's body and posture, and can even guess the target's occupation.

The girl in front of her definitely did not come from the bloody hands.

Even if the traces of body shape can be removed by intentional training, a person's eyes will not deceive.

The girl's amber eyes were shining with curiosity, and this kind of watery clear eyes could only be possessed by people with open hearts, such as the girl in front of her, such as Hill.

This is not the eye of the righteous, but the eye of the innocent. In this town, the site of Kiss of Death, there are many people seeking justice, but their eyes are different from those of these two. Most of them have been wounded on their chosen path, they have seen the unreasonable and cruel side of the world, and they have persevered - and of course they abhord. The girl and Hill, on the other hand, present a completely different concept, neither insistence nor hatred, that is, the eyes that fully accept all the beauty, ugliness, good and evil of the world.

It's just that it's different from the clarity that Hill can see, it's the same water, but there is a shadow floating in the depths of the girl's eyes.

That's probably why the girl came here.

"Until then, Miss Alex, can you tell us how you found this place?" Partridge cast a scrutinizing look at the girl, "The location of the kiss of death has always been a secret to the outside world. ”

"Someone in my tribe has mentioned it to me."

"Your clan?" Partridge and Salom looked at each other, "Did he tell you our base is here?" ”

"There is no detailed location. He only said that the kiss of death was somewhere in the steppe. Alex shook her head.

"So, how did you find here?" "The prairie is very vast," Partridge asked. ”

This is true, the Lallo steppe does occupy a large proportion of the map of the northern plains, and is almost half of the total area. Departing from the eastern side of the grassland by horse-drawn carriage, it takes five days to see the edge of the western side. If an inexperienced person accidentally gets lost on the grassland, the result is often a white bone.

"Of course, it's all about looking for it from place to place." There was a natural expression on the girl's face: "I divided the map into twelve parts, and then searched carefully one by one. This is the seventh place, well--this is good luck or bad luck, it feels super subtle. ”

Salom couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

What the girl said seemed to her to be a fantasy, the Larlo Grassland was not a peaceful place, with monsters and beasts walking on it, not to mention that there were high-level monsters in the middle of nowhere, even close to twenty. How could such a young girl survive for so long in this dangerous grassland? Listen to the tone of her voice, as if she was playing a scavenger hunt at a theme park somewhere.

Although she didn't think so, Shalom didn't say anything. She looked at the president sitting behind the table, waiting for the experienced old man's reaction.

"I see." Partridge pondered for a moment, and nodded as if agreeing with the girl's statement: "And Miss Alex, how long have you been searching the prairie?" ”

"I don't know exactly when." Alex replied without hesitation, "But when I first crossed the Tria Mountains, it was still snowing in the steppe. ”

It's September, and it's been exactly seven months since winter. Is it once a month? Salom silently calculated the area of the Larlo Plain in her mind, and this answer was not an exaggeration.

If the girl is lying, it is easy to tell by asking questions like this. But Partridge didn't seem to mean to continue.

"I'm sorry, Miss Alex." Partridge spread the crossed fingers apart and propped them together with the tips of his fingers: "Your perseverance and determination are touching, but you can't join the kiss of death." ”

"Huh? Why!? Alex leaned forward excitedly, propped her hands on the table in front of her, and asked aloud.

It seems that she really wants to join the kiss of death, seeing the girl's performance, Salom secretly thought. Although she was skeptical of Alex's previous words, she felt the determination of the determination. If you ask why, it's because Shalom was like that in the first place.

"Kiss of Death does not admit women." Partridge repeated what he had said to Salom: "You can stay in town and do some other work if you want, but Kiss of Death will never accept any female members." ”

"This ...... It's sexist! Alex shouted with a flushed face.

"Quite the opposite." Partridge looked serious: "This is to protect women. ”

Partridge said as he stood up, his hands behind his back and looking out the window at the peaceful town.

"Miss Alex, do you know the original purpose of the Kiss of Death?"

"I don't know." Alex's answer was succinct and crisp.

"...... you shouted to join the kiss of death, I thought you were an immature admirer of the same beliefs." Partridge shook his head helplessly: "The original intention of the kiss of death, or the creed and purpose - that is, 'to do the way for the weak'. ”

"yes, so what?"

"You're so cold-hearted." Partridge, who had just made an unfathomable look, showed a lonely expression at this time: "Wouldn't you have emotions like approval or admiration for such noble aspirations?" ”

"It feels like a middle two."

"......, let's go back to our conversation." Partridge, who has been complained about for many years, has an extremely vicissitudes of life: "Since it is to 'do the way for the weak', the members naturally have to choose." Do you know what the criteria for selecting members of the Order, Miss Alex, are? ”

"If you want to do the right thing for the weak, then of course the members themselves should be the 'strong'. Even so, the strong can be women. ”

"You're right, but that's just one thing, there's one more." Partridge looked at the puzzled expression on Alex's face, smiled and withdrew his index finger: "To practice the Tao, you must ensure that the members understand what the Tao is and can stick to their own Tao." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed: "In the previous organization, I also absorbed some female members. Most of them are children who have suffered, and their sense of justice and the spirit of enduring hardship are not lacking. But it is such a group of impeccable children in all aspects, but the final result is embarrassing. Miss Alex, do you know why? ”

Alex shook her head.

"One is the gap in physical ability, and the other is the problem of mental state." Partridge closed his eyes slightly: "Although equality between men and women is preached, the gap between the physical abilities of men and women is objective. In order to compensate for the lack of gender, female Assassins often took advantage of their gender side to carry out assassination. At first, it may be just a little beauty trick, but it will slowly evolve to sell your body. Imagine if a male assassin is targeted beyond his abilities, he will not be able to take effective measures in a short period of time except to improve his abilities; But if it is a female assassin, perhaps it is just one step further and a little more abandonment, and the hope of success will suddenly appear in front of you. This difference will break through their psychological defenses little by little, and there will always be a time when the next step will be to step into the abyss, or completely embark on the evil path. ”

Alex stared straight at the old man in front of her, and she could tell that the old man was in pain. In his narrative, the shadow of the past also looms over him.

"On top of that, women tend to be more vulnerable and paranoid than men. After staining their hands with blood again and again, they either deviate from their own 'Tao' or take 'Tao' as their full support, the former will exacerbate their spiritual collapse, and the latter will continue to sacrifice their lives and eventually turn themselves into a 'martyr'. ”

After saying this, Partridge was silent for a long time. He kept his eyes closed for a long time, then turned to look at Alex.

"Miss Alex. This is the reason why Kiss of Death does not accept and does not allow the development of female members. I'm sorry, but I can't let you join. ”

Alex looked the old man straight in the eye, and she felt exhortation and kindness from there. She should have given up, but the eyes of another old man popped into her mind. Nearly eight months later, the appearance of those corpses is still clearly imprinted in the girl's brain.

"I know you have your own insistence, but I have it too." A determined look appeared on the girl's face: "If I can't join the 'Kiss of Death', then I can only seek the acceptance of the 'Bloody Hand'." ”