Chapter Seventy-One: A Catastrophe Born of Betrayal

"It's bad luck." Galen returned home with a dark face, put his big sword on the sword stand, sat down on the sofa, and did not want to move.

A young girl took a piece of candy and walked into the hall, her golden hair hanging down on her shoulders, her delicate face full of vitality for this age, and her dark golden pupils seemed to have some halo flowing. At this time, she was wearing a pajama robe, and she didn't care about the faint spring light on her body. Walked to the table, picked up the kettle and poured a glass of water.

The girl turned her head and saw Galen sitting there, looking decadent, and asked with a smile, "Brother, what's wrong with you?" As soon as you come back, you put on a stinky face, be careful that Daddy comes back and sees you beating. ”

Galen saw that the girl's clothes were a little painful, and his head hurt even more: "Lux, how many times have you said it, and you should be careful not to walk around the living room like this at home." ”

Lux shrugged her shoulders as she drank the water: "What's there, is there anyone else." As he spoke, he glanced at Galen slyly: "And brother, don't you often go shopping on Red Light Street with Zhao Xin and Jiawen's two fox friends." How? I'm going to blush. ”

"Ahem." As soon as Galen heard Lux mention his little hobby again, he hurriedly coughed a few times and interrupted Lacks: "Okay, okay, needless to say, just remember it." ”

"Now." Lux walked over to the couch next to Galen and sat down, "Brother, let's talk about something, maybe I can help you solve it." ”

"You've heard of the thieves of Pierwaterf, haven't you?" Galen rubbed his temples and said wearily.

Thief? Lux took a sip of water and nodded: "You know, known as the weirdest thief on the continent, Catherine has written to me to complain more than once. It is because of that person that there have been more and more thieves in Leather City recently. ”

Half-lying and slumped on the sofa, Galen looked up at the ceiling: "Yesterday this thief shot at our Demacia, one night in the east of the city, Alan, Collier, and Sweet's house were all stolen, a whole thousand gold coins, I really don't know how that person took it." In the early hours of this morning, the police department came to report the case, and I have been busy since four o'clock in the morning. ”

It's eleven o'clock at noon, no wonder Galen can be tired like this, it is estimated that one head is two big. Laxis snorted: "These three families are usually not good things, and if they are stolen, they will be stolen." ”

"This thief's style was originally to steal profiteers and greedy for wealth, but now I am already in charge of the security department with a criminal body, if something goes wrong, I really don't want to go to any battlefield anymore, and I am ready to stay in the city for the rest of my life." So I must not let him steal any more, or I will be finished. Galen said bitterly.

"What about the clues?"

"No, nothing." Galen collapsed as if he had given up hope, and said, "There was no trace of the scene. There was no sign of the locks in the basement and the secret room where the gold coins were stored being picked and broken, and all the guards did not notice it, and the gold coins disappeared, clean and neat, and well done. Well, that's the only clue. Galen lay motionless as he spoke, but stretched out his other hand and handed the three notes to Lux.

Lux took it, and was a little amused to see the contents of the note.

"Visit your house late at night, take a thousand gold coins without asking, leave this note to apologize, and look at Haihan."

"Brother Taijian: Brother Meng's generosity to solve his brother's urgent needs. In the coming day, I will come to the house to disturb him, return the amount in full, and express my gratitude. I wish my brother a good winter. ”

"Came to visit in the middle of the night, but did not see the owner. Take a bottle of wine and drink it yourself. Drunk, he didn't know the door, he strayed into his door, and saw thousands of gold and silver. I want winter to come, there is no food at home, and I am ashamed to borrow it, don't blame, don't blame. Attached: Good wine. ”

In one word, politeness. If you don't know what happened, you think it's an old friend of the owner's family. I stole the money and insisted that I borrowed it, and I thanked him a thousand times, but I didn't say when I would pay it back. Yes, it's a thief.

"Brother, what do you think?" Lux quipped Galen and asked what he thought.

"I'm wondering if I should go to my dad to confess my guilt, or if I should be caught and beaten by my father." Galen really didn't have a clue at all, his face was gloomy, and he was ready to be suspended.

"Don't do this, maybe he'll be caught by you the next time, I don't want to do this." Lux smiled and patted Galen on the shoulder and said comfortingly, but also thought of something and continued: "Hey, did you know that there was a bard in the central garden yesterday? ”

"Bard?" Galen had a dead fish look on his head: "I'm not interested in this kind of thing right now, I just want to be quiet for a while." ”

Lux forcibly pulled up the reluctant Galen: "Don't do this, I heard that he sings well, you should accompany me, I'll change my clothes, you wait." With that, Lux turned and went to her room.

Galen staggered to his body, then fell down again: "Hey, what should I do?" ”

He sat on a wooden chair in the shade of a tree, and looked intently at the girl who was singing a ballad, yes, a girl. Zai is a killer, disguise is a compulsory course, and as a master of disguise, how can he not see that the bard is a woman. Of course, it doesn't matter if it's a woman or not.

Her singing voice can always make people inexplicably calm, so that the heart that has endured torture can get a moment of respite. Staying by the girl's side and listening to her ballads is a pleasure for ordinary people, but for Zai, it has an inexplicable touch.

Zai is an orphan who was adopted and trained by a great ninja master. In his mind, there is only one person who can match him, and he is the son of the master, Shen. It seems that he will never be favored by his mentor, as every fight he has with his opponents has ended in a draw. Driven by frustration and jealousy, he begins to look for a way to win. The young ninja ventures into the forbidden place of the clan temple and finds an ominous box decorated with sumpnment. After sensing the dark mystery in the box, Zai knew he shouldn't open it, but despite that, he snooped on it. In an instant, the shadow touched his mind and displayed the forbidden ninjutsu that had been hidden for a long time. With this secret weapon, he challenged Shen again, and this time he won. At this moment of victory, he expected approval and recognition, but for some reason, the Guru knew that he had used the forbidden technique and expelled him.

He wandered in humiliation for years. He turned suffering into determination and began to train others with the shadow genre. His power grows, as do his followers, but he knows that without that ominous box, his ninjutsu will never be perfect. One day, he examines his followers and notices that his disciples are now a formidable force. So he led them back to the temple and asked for the box. At the gate, he was amazed to find the old mentor waiting, and receiving him and his disciples as if they were honored guests. The old man placed his sword at the feet of the robbery and claimed that he was a failed mentor. Because as a mentor, he was not able to bring his former apprentice back to the path of equilibrium, but instead exiled the calamity, forcing the calamity to escape into the shadows. The old Mentor begged for him to enter the temple, destroy the box, and lead his followers back to balance. So the Dark Ninja walked into the temple with the Mentor. Moments later, the ninjas who had already assembled heard a cry of pain from the Emperor. Inexplicably, he appeared unharmed and threw the head of the mentor at Shen's feet. With a furious scream, Zai ordered his men to slaughter the Mentor's apprentices and seize the Ominous Box.

On that day, the Old Ninja Order was destroyed. Although many of the apprentices died, under the resistance of Shen, there were also a number of apprentices who were able to escape. Today, the temple has become a training ground for the Shadow Order. He is the master of the Order, and his decree is simple: perfect your ninjutsu and kill all ninjas who refuse to accept the shadow.

He was ruthless and cruel, and he killed his own fellow disciples, his own masters. No one knows why, and no one knows what the idea is. Betrayal, blame, remorse never seemed to be a stumbling block for him. But this is wrong, Zai has been living in endless suffering, the master taught him, cultivated him, is the person he respected the most, and Shen was also the best friend of Zai. However, all this has been ruined, by himself.

After that, the calamity completely closed his heart, and no one but himself could understand the torment he endured.