CHAPTER XVII
At night at Kacamilla, the stars soothe the wounds of the day, the hustle and bustle of strife and slaughter have fallen silent, and only the rolling tide continues to be restless as waves invade the reef on the shore.
In the passage to the high-level arena, for the first time, the Vadubo team enjoyed a silent night without chains and cages.
After dawn, the floodgates behind the iron fence will be officially opened for them.
Rubbing the white marks and thick calluses on his hands that had been worn out by the shackles for a long time, Wadubo was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
The figure flickered, and Russell sat down beside him with a bottle of fruit wine that he didn't know where to go, tilted his neck and took a sip, saying, "Captain, are you still thinking about that hell team?" His face was slightly red, and he didn't know if it was because of the wine or because of his high mood.
Wadubo glanced at him and said, "I see that you have been drinking this bottle of fruit wine for more than half a year, why haven't you finished drinking it yet?"
Russell smiled and said, "I only drink a few sips every time, and I don't dare to drink more, but I think that there will be good wine to drink tomorrow, and the remaining half bottle is simply drunk." He shook it, handed it to Wadubo, and said, "Captain or?"
Vadubo gently pushed his hand away, and there seemed to be a flash in his eyes, and said, "You know, I never drink, never!"
Russell was stunned, as if he had thought of something, he nodded, and silently picked up the bottle and took another sip.
Vadubo suddenly spoke, "Russell, what do you think of the 'Mask' person?"
Russell thought for a moment and said, "It's very mysterious, and the strength is not weak." He glanced at his captain, savoring the intention of the other party's question, and he added another sentence, saying, "Today in the arena, he shouldn't have used all his strength." ”
"So you can see it. Wadubo showed a thoughtful expression and said, "I don't think his origin is simple, and there may even be some deep purpose, of course, this is just my intuition. ”
"Oh, the captain's instincts have always been accurate. Russell shook his head and said, "The captain suspects that he is hiding something?" He waved his hand like a musician, drew a few circles in the air, and said, "Everyone has their own secrets, even Stitch, don't we can't see through him?"
"Not really," said Vadubo, shaking his head, "I never inquire about what you don't want to tell me, but don't you think it's strange that the deacons seemed to be very polite to him when the mask came. ”
Russell's lazy expression suddenly stopped, he frowned, as if trying to search for memories of that day, and finally said in surprise: "That's really the case." Then he looked indifferent again, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Is there anything else that we slaves can make those blue-robed guys noteworthy?
Vadubo stopped talking, and he looked to the other side of the passage, a deep sense of distance directing his gaze into the darkness.
Russell actually admires his captain very much, Vadubo is not only an excellent fighter, but he really cares about everyone in the team, every worry he has, every worry is all for the whole team, before today, they wanted to survive, after today, they have to think more in addition to survival.
Russell took a sip of the rest of the wine, wiped his mouth, and said with a sigh of relief, "At least he helped us win the last game." ”
The sleepless in the tunnel wasn't just the two of them.
In the distance on the other side, Luo Lan was holding the parchment letter that he had not had time to give out.
A moment earlier, a sudden wave from his coat pocket had made him notice something strange in it.
The magic seal on the parchment scroll had disappeared without a trace.
Luo Lan glanced left and right a few times, closed his eyes and listened for a while, until he was sure that there was no one around, then he slowly opened the leather scroll, and his nerves couldn't help but be touched, what did the masked man say about this?
He had only glanced at it a few times, and his heart was immediately shaken by the astonishing words on it.
He froze a little, and read carefully word by word, and when he read the last word, before he could react, a magic mark at the end of the last line of the scroll suddenly flashed, and the whole scroll suddenly turned into ashes in his hand.
Small black dots slowly drifted into the air, confirming their original existence.
Luo Lan lowered his head and pondered, it was hard to imagine that this letter was not addressed to Captain Mokasen, but ...... to yourself.
In addition to clearly stating the identity of the masked man, the background of the Freedom Aid Society and the origins of some of its personnel are also introduced in detail.
But these alone were not enough to shock Luo Lan.
According to the Masked Man's own description, he possesses a singular ability to see vague visions of a person, including certain slices of the person's past and future life.
And it is precisely for this reason that the Mask Man knows that his life is not long, and he shows great anger and helplessness between the lines, and he repeatedly mentions the title "they".
It seems that "they" led him onto this road of no return, and he is not the only one who has embarked on this road, and he also emphasized that he has seen that only Luo Lan can put an end to all this and stop "them"!
In order to win Luo Lan's trust and prove that everything he said was not fiction, the masked man even predicted in the scroll the people Luo Lan encountered after joining the Wadubo team and some of the battles, the process was so detailed that Luo Lan thought that he was watching the battle carefully.
Luo Lan was sure that the letter had never left his body, so it was impossible to tamper with its contents, so the masked man's statement was credible.
However, the "they" mentioned in it are vague, judging only from the brief content, as if this group of people is planning a grand conspiracy, and some people, including the Masked Man, seem to be both executors and victims.
According to Luo Lan's original intention, he didn't want to provoke the group of "them" who were hiding in the shadows and seemed to be very powerful, but the last sentence of the masked man made him have to rethink and judge the feasibility of this matter.
The scroll says, "Trust me, only by doing this will you get what you want, and 'they' are on the path you are taking." ”
The last signature was: Josephine Tillman.
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PS:: In transition~