"I don't know how to change it, but it's definitely not right to bury all the sharps in the ground." Akali said: "When everyone else has raised their butcher's knives and rushed to the front of the house, you remember to dig up rusty knives in the earth, and if the knives were still entangled in the roots, you would not even be able to resist." So I said it was time to change. ”

The idea of burying a sharp weapon on the Blooming Spirit Day to advocate letting go of strife may have been nothing to say a few years ago, when the war was far away from this pure land, and people's biggest disputes could only be resolved through negotiation.

But now, the war has never left, and people should always be ready to resist.

"I think it's better to fold the paper into the shape of a sword instead of a real knife and bury it, the cost is very low, and you don't have to dig it out deliberately, it will naturally return to the soil after a long time, and it will not cause imbalance." Karn commented, baffling that he was even buried by the knife he used to cook in.

Isn't that dirty? What to do if it rusts?

"Good idea."

……

After eating morning tea, the three of them came to the market, which was much more lively than usual, and the roadside stalls were set up at the foot of the mountain.

Akali reminded herself that she wasn't here to hang out, they were here to buy masks for the holidays. The trio split up to find their favorite masks.

Without looking at the huge shadow puppet stage built in the center of the square, Akali looked at the dazzling array of goods on both sides of the road, and realized that she had arrived at the foot of the mountain before she knew it.

"This is the road to the ancestral hall."

Akali muttered to herself, and was about to walk back when she heard an unusual sound from the woods.

A few figures loomed in the shadowy woods, and it seemed that there was a quarrel, and this was not appropriate, the Blooming Spirit Day was all about people putting aside disputes, and they shouldn't quarrel.

Akali couldn't help but approach quietly and wanted to persuade her, but after getting closer, she found that the situation was not so simple, and she subconsciously lightened her pace.

The stealth technique was not practiced in vain, she did not alarm the other party, and successfully hid behind a tree, just long enough to hear the content of the speech.

At first glance, it seems that this is a total of five martial artists, surrounding a woman, plotting against them.

But upon closer inspection, Akali found that they were members of five Navoli Brotherhoods, surrounded by a Noxian woman, and the smell of gunpowder was evident at first glance.

The reason why she recognized it as the Brotherhood was because Akali had seen one of these faces in a previous cooperative operation, but now their irascible nature was like a rough bandit, and she was disgusted and disdained to recognize each other.

The Navoli Brotherhood is a group of guerrillas created at the time of the Noxians invasion, and although the war is over, they have not laid down their arms.

The war awakened the seeds of violence in the hearts of the people, and some Navoli members fought for freedom, saying that Noxus would come back sooner or later, asking people to take up arms to prepare for future wars, and even wanting to counterattack Noxus. Others are because they only know how to fight, and some may just use the name of the Brotherhood to rob homes and bully the weak.

Brotherhoods come in all shapes and sizes, absorbing the blind anger of the younger generation, but they have never had good leaders, and they lack organization and rules.

And although the woman was not wearing armor or weapons, her characteristics as Noxus were always instantly recognizable. There was always a lingering smell of soot on them, and the steel of the Immortal Fortress lasted all year round.

"Say, what did that Noxus ship come from on the shore in a nearby bay?" The leader Takeo said, his tone was vicious, and it seemed that he could use force at any time.

"I don't know, I'm not from the army, I'm just an ordinary woman who comes to the festival market to buy something and go back to feed the children." The woman struggled to explain out that she was indeed carrying a bag of pastries in her hand.

Akali realized that the Noxian soldiers had recently appeared in the town because of an Imperial ship in the bay, and the outpost had been completely destroyed.

"You've got your stuff exposed." Takeo said, "Ordinary people would have a physique as strong as you? There are also scars on your body, you have definitely been a soldier, and eighty percent is still a spy, coming to Weili to spy on intelligence. ”

"No, I used to be a soldier, but I'm a deserter, and even the Empire doesn't want to see me. I escaped from the army as soon as I arrived in Ionia, and unlike other Noxians, I have not killed a single Ionian! ”

The woman anxiously explained how difficult it was to go from running away from the army because she was afraid of being executed because of an unexpected pregnancy, to how difficult it was to raise a child alone in a strange land.

At that time, Noxus was still under the rule of Darkwell, and the military discipline was strict, and pregnant female soldiers would be hanged if they were found to be an example.

But even though she said so much, these people didn't seem to listen to a word.

"Come with us, Noxus dog. You don't deserve to be here, you're poisoning our festival. ”

The two warriors grabbed the woman's two arms respectively, and the woman suddenly struggled violently, shouting in Noxian for help, she didn't want to go with this group, she had to go back to take care of the child who was not yet five summers.

"Or take us to see your kids, it's a terrible end for lying."

The woman cried harder, and she didn't want the child to face such a dangerous few people.

It was infuriating for five brutal martial artists to bully a single mother, but the thought that this woman was a Noxian made Akali's burning heart pour cold water.

From her standpoint, it was really hard for her to make a choice. And she only hid a sword in her pocket, no matter what she did, it was not very convenient.

Akaris, for a moment, felt that she should observe again, follow the group to see what they were going to take the woman for, to see if the woman was telling the truth or falsehood, and then decide whether to come to the rescue or stand idly by.

By the time the Brotherhood had dragged the woman away, and Akali was about to follow, her shoulders sank.

Akali quickly looked back and saw a man in a fox mask standing behind her at some point, with a hand on her shoulder.

"Akali, what's wrong?"

As soon as the familiar voice came out, Akali couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she didn't notice the other party's approach at all.

"It turned out to be Sister Kaisha, you scared me."

"Why does it scare you? Are you a thief? Another man with a fanged demon mask leaned in, this was the image of the Immortal, the extraditer of souls, and the faint sarcasm in his voice knew it was Karn.

"Something happened here just now, and we talked as we walked, and it would be too late if we didn't keep up." Akali explained.

"Wait, you can put this mask on." Karn pulled out a mask from behind him and placed it in Akali's hand.