Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Ghost of the Past
"The events of five years ago? No, there's nothing you can't ask, in fact, there's nothing to say, it's just a common encounter in the industry, a group of rookies who don't know the height of the sky, take on a task far beyond their limits, and then just play away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Faced with his sword spirit's doubts, Xie 13 replied.
Yes, there really isn't much to say, something that happens every day in this industry.
As a professional watchman, no one can be sure what kind of opponent their mission will encounter, and it is all too common for the rookie group, which has only been established for a year, to take on too difficult tasks and encounter strong enemies.
"Former teammates? Everyone is a nice person and cares about me. Without everyone, I can't imagine that in such a catastrophe, I am not good at fighting, I can survive,"
Faced with Sister Longlong's question, Ah Ying, who lost one eye, one foot and one arm in that incident and had to withdraw from the front line, said so.
Yes, judging by the results, it is indeed lucky.
In a D-class mission, encountering a god with a three-digit danger degree, it is already a miracle that the six-person team survived three people.
"But I'm a little angry, that is, Uncle Li's tomb is in Jiangcheng, but only me and Thirteen are swept every year, even if Ah Wu wants to pretend to be dead and get out, he won't do that step."
"Sister Lan, I'm a disaster star, a deserter......."
In the café on the second floor of the office building, in the accompaniment of warm piano music, smiling urban white-collar workers confide in the tomboy opposite about their past.
Stirring the coffee in his hand, Lu Wu took a sip gently, and the bitterness that spread to the entire mouth was nostalgic.
If it was me back then, in front of adults, I would have recklessly ordered a black coffee without sugar, and I would have to hold on to it even if I was bitter to death.
If you drink it in private, you can throw away half a box of sugar cubes, which is sweet and greasy, and you can like it as turbid sugar water, and you can also drink the "taste of mature adults" in the envious eyes of children
But to be honest, I didn't like this bitterness at all that year, time is really a panacea, and now I seem to like this muddy bitterness.
Lu Wu sighed, looked at the ceiling above his head, and returned to the beginning,
That year, did you just lie in the mud on a rainy day, **** muddy water to survive, mixed with the smell of bloody mud, as bitter as the memories of the past.
Zhu Qinglan on the other side was already at a loss, but Lu Wu had to say these words.
"Sister Lan, please don't think too much, at this time, I need your help, and I need your trust even more, your sense of insecurity, even if it is just from instinct, will make my ability meaningless."
"I'm sorry for hiding it from you, five years ago, I was a professional watchman, well, I was supposed to be a genius in the usual sense, no, it should be a bear child who doesn't know the height of the sky, thinking that everything is under control, only until that incident happened......."
Actually, there's really not much to say.
A group of half-cooked rookies, a seemingly well-paid and easy-to-do task, only to encounter enemies who exceed their limits.
When retreating, the adults said that they wanted the youngest newcomer in the team to find reinforcements, but in fact they wanted him to escape.
Then, three members were lost, and reinforcements never came.
Eventually, one of the members of the team exploded with his potential, forcing the god back at the cost of his life.
Finally, on the way back, the survivors picked up the newcomer lying in the mud.......
"..........Uncle Li, Hal, and Sister Lily are all dead, why, why are you still alive! You're the culprit alive! ”
Holding Ah Ying's mutilated body, Xie Shisan's angry and distorted face, and the unanswerable question, like countless nightmares, resurfaced in front of Lu Wu.
“…... Awu? ”
Zhu Qinglan looked at him worriedly, just now, the young man's face was distorted, such pain and remorse, Zhu Qinglan had never seen it from the optimistic young man's face.
Awakened by Sister Lan's worried question, Lu Wu head-on, drank the remaining coffee in the dry cup in one gulp, and then was choked and coughed, and the tears of coughing came out.
The culprit? In a sense, Xie Shisan's questioning that day was not wrong at all.
That year, the Longxi Lu family, as the head of the family and the husband and wife of the lineage, died at the same time, and after the discussion of the family elders and a series of changes, the strongest branch at that time finally became the family, inheriting the status and inheritance of the head of the family.
Then, in front of the new head of the family and the leadership team, the two sons of the old head of the house are very eyesore.
No, not only to the extent of being an eyesore, but also due to some inhumane reasons, especially the second son, who was once regarded as the hope of the family, has obtained a complete inheritance, if it is not handled well, the family may split.
So, it was logical that there was an accident, and the second son's team saw a god beyond the limits of mortals........
But even if the watcher can't predict what kind of opponent he will encounter, in a stable area with an average danger of no more than five, the probability of encountering a three-digit danger is already an astronomical number!
On that rainy night, the second son, who had shouldered the expectations of his companions and went to ask for help alone, was intercepted........ was seriously injured by his brother, the only relative, and thrown into the gutter by the side of the road like a broken piece of paper.
That night, the blood was diluted by the rain, and the blood stain drawn from the ditch continued hundreds of meters away, but in this way, what was obtained was an even more desperate question from the desperate companion.
"I was back then, no, and now I am no different, just a disaster."
If he wasn't so naïve, he naively felt that even if his parents were gone, he could live as before, his companions would not die, and Ah Ying would not lose half of his body because of himself.
Wait, Ah Ying? Ah Ying!! He Shuhua is talking about her?!
“……… The incident five years ago, in addition to Xie Shisan, there is also a survivor, although it is very miserable, but she did survive, it should be said that she is the person you owe the most, this time, she is also coming......."
Suddenly, the last "last words" of He Shuhua of the Sixth Branch the day before yesterday popped out of his memory, and in an instant, Lu Wu's face turned pale, like a dead man.
"Could it be that I have given up everything, and they are not going to let me go! Could it be that Ah Ying is like this, and she still has to kill them all!? ”
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"Huh? Do you also know that Ah Ying is coming? Was it meant to surprise you, happy? ”
Happy? The happy ones are dying.
Since he was wanted in the morning, he turned on the camera for the first time at the risk of being tracked, Xie Shisan's heartless words made Lu Wu not know how to answer.
At some point, the phone fell on the table, but the sound still came from there.
On the other end of the phone, being able to reunite old friends, Xie Shisan's joy flew out.
Here, silently, tears fell one by one, regardless of the surprise of other people around him, this seemingly strong child finally cried helplessly.
"Brother Thirteen, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for what happened back then, it's all my fault, it's all my fault......"
Regret? Remorse? Lose? Despair? Wrath? Sad? Disappointed? Guilt?
"..... Awu, what's wrong with you? It's okay, it's really okay, we don't blame you, I have to apologize to you, I was so unseemly back then, I was angry with you, and I said all that nonsense......"
On the other end of the phone, Xie Shisan was full of anxiety, and Lu Wu's voice made him full of worry.
The boy who had lost everything, crying helplessly, seemed to have returned to that rainy night, lying in a pool of blood, holding his hands, crawling into the distance.
"Thirteenth Brother...... Help me. ”
"Well, I'll help you! Lao Tzu, I am not a rookie five years ago, no matter who wants to touch our family's Xiao Wu, Lao Tzu will cut off his dog's head! ”
"Ah Wu, I'll help you too."
Suddenly being hugged by someone, Lu Wu was not familiar with the body temperature of others, but at this moment, he could only cry in the other party's arms.
"Dad, Mom, Uncle Li, Sister Lily, Brother Hal, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......."