"Very well, since Master Tefu still remembers this agreement, then the rest of the matter will be easy to say." Keynes returned to his seat, slowly cutting a small piece of veal steak, dipping it in the sauce and bringing it to his mouth, closing his eyes and chewing it with pleasure for a while to swallow it with satisfaction. Master Tefu, who was sitting next to him, had clearly lost any appetite for food.

The progenitors of the thieves and assassins, Tiv and Kyle, did make a similar pact after they had established their own guilds, which they had decided upon after the unsuccessful competition. Although the two brothers had different ideals, after all, blood is thicker than water, and they always wanted to merge the two very similar professions of thief and assassin.

After so many years, the Thieves' Guild is still a Thieves' Guild, and the Assassins' Guild is still an Assassins' Guild.

In the early competition, because the two guilds were of equal strength, the results of the competition had their own winners and losers, and no one took the last article agreed in the competition seriously, after all, everyone thought that it was so difficult or even impossible for that guild to win ten in a row.

When the position of the head of the Thieves' Guild passed to Tefu's generation, the rivalry between the two guilds was one-sided, each ending in the victory of the Assassins' Guild.

Maybe it's because the thieves' guild not only lost in a competition, but one of the players was "killed by mistake" by the opponent. "It was Thigens who was in Shaquille's group who was mistakenly killed, and it was Keynes, who was the president of the Assassin Guild at the time, who killed him.

Since then, the thieves' union has failed repeatedly. After all, there was a bloody time, which made the thieves, who were more interested in money than desperate, worry more about whether they would lose their lives in the ring. The Assassins, who were themselves constantly killing and being killed, won successive battles in the following competitions.

Later, the thieves' guild sent either the second son of the family or the inconsequential disciples, always wanting to keep some good juniors for their chapter. And the players who were sent out didn't have the consciousness of desperate efforts at all, and they generally went on the court to go through the motions and come down.

As a result, the thieves' union lost one after another.

The games he lost during Tefu's tenure, plus the few competitions he lost before he became president, it happened to be the ninth consecutive loss of the Thieves Guild when Yi Hui participated! If you lose this session, then you will fulfill the agreement to lose ten games in a row! It was really a matter of life and death for the Thieves Guild.

In fact, he has no right to force the major branches to send excellent disciples to participate, and if the disciples sent by each branch insist on saying that they are "the strongest level 5 newcomer in this branch", Taifu has no choice.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Keynes actually mentioned such an agreement. This made Master Tefu feel like he was on pins and needles.

After a bite of the veal steak, Keynes continued: "In previous years, the competition followed the rules of two by two, in order to test the cooperation between the players. This shows that the starting point of the two old-timers, Tiv and Kyle, is still two words: 'cooperation', which I can also understand as a cooperation between our assassins and you thieves. ”

A bright smile suddenly bloomed on Keynes' face at the mention of this, and his thin face was pulled out of his erected laugh lines because of the grinning mouth: "Well, now the endless competition can finally come to an end." He stood up and waved his arms outstretched, several times past the head of Master Tefu who was sitting next to him.

"Our Assassin Guild has won nine times in a row, so according to the rules, if we win this tournament, the Thieves' Guild will merge into our Assassin Guild! The unfulfilled wishes of the two masters, Kyle and Tif, can finally be fulfilled, our two guilds are originally from the same origin, many fields have inseparable intersections, and our merger will make us stronger! It will be able to forge the glory of our two guilds! ”

At this point, Caines raised his glass again, and he said in a loud voice, "Let us wish our ancestors, Master Kyle and Master Tif, whose last wishes are finally fulfilled at this time. ”

Ignoring the reaction below, Caines threw his neck up violently, and the bright red juice was drained by him. Putting down the cup, Keynes took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, and when he put down the handkerchief, his eyes were already slightly red. "Oh oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so excited." He leaned slightly to apologize to Master Tefu next to him.

Master Tefu placed the knife he had been holding tightly in his hand on the crimson flannel table, clenched his fist lightly and released it, the veins on the back of his hand beating faintly like a small cyan snake.

"President Keynes, I'm afraid you've got something wrong." Master Tefu said coldly, his deep voice hoarse from friction in his throat, "Our Thieves Guild hasn't lost yet!" ”

"Haha, I'm afraid it's going to be soon. What's the difference between a little earlier and a little later, hahaha......" The young thief who had provoked Yi Hui before stood up, and he laughed loudly at him, smiling and winking at Yi Hui, causing the rest of the assassins to have mocking smiles on their faces.

"Bastard, unruly thing, this is a conversation between me and Master Teve, when is your turn to speak here? Well! It was Caines who spoke, and he stared viciously at the young assassin who jumped up, and the murderous aura in his eyes made everyone in the audience shudder.

"I'm sorry, President Keynes! I ......," the young Assassin stammered, his legs already weak from fear.

Keynes leaned back slightly, looked at the first person sitting in the line of the assassins, and said, "Ryan, slap him in the face and let him know what the rules are, and don't let Master Tefu think that we are rude people." ”

Ryan, who was named by Keynes, stood up and bowed respectfully to Keynes and said, "As you wish, my teacher." Then he walked straight to the assassin who stood up and made trouble, grabbed him by the collar and said with a blank face, "I'm sorry Datez, I'm going to hit you." ”

The Assassin named Dartus was not afraid of Ryan's words, but was so excited that he looked at Caines and said in a humble tone, "Thank you for your kindness, President Caines. Do it, Ryan. After saying that, he gritted his teeth and waited for the upcoming slap.

Ryan was not polite, he shook off his arms and began to slap Dartes's face one by one, not very quickly, but slowly again and again, hard. Ryan's expression looked as if he was performing an important ritual, and he was meticulous in carrying out Keynes's orders.

Dartes, who was whipped, gritted his teeth and endured Ryan's slap after slap, without saying a word. Ryan's first slap caused blood to flow from the corners of his mouth, and the second slap blurred the red blood line from the impact.

"Bang, bang, bang......" The crisp slap after another echoed in the spacious and quiet dining room.

Hot and delicious food was on the table, wine was as red as blood in the glass, and everyone in the seats was silent. The rhythmic slap sounded again and again, and everything was so weird in Yi Hui's eyes.

"Enough, don't kill you. Just remember the lesson. Keynes wiped his handkerchief against the corner of his eye as if he couldn't bear it, and told Ryan to stop punishing Datez.

Ryan immediately stopped slapping Dartz in the face and saluted Keynes back to his seat. Yi Hui noticed that Ryan's hand used to slap Dartz was also faintly red and swollen, how serious was this?

Dartes, who was beaten to the ground, still did not forget to thank Keynes, and he said vaguely, "Thank you President Keynes for your teachings." But he spit out two big teeth because he spoke.

"Well, sit down." Keynes raised his eyelids. "Let's have something to eat."

Datz slumped heavily on the table, staring at Yi Hui and smiling fiercely, bright red blood dripping down his cracked lips onto the scarlet tablecloth and disappearing. He grabbed the steak from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it vigorously with the blood.

Datez's fierce appearance frightened Kara into a low exclamation, and Dartz was visibly proud.

"Crazy, what a madman." Fisher, indignant at Kara's fright, looked at Dartz and whispered.

Dartes gave Fisher a thumbs up, then reversed it to a thumbs down position, and laughed out loud with a mouthful of bloody steak.

"You!" Fisher couldn't help but get up on the case. But he was grabbed by Yi Hui, and Yi Hui whispered to Fisher: "Don't be angry, if you want to clean him up, he is also in the ring of the competition!" ”

"Alright, the noisy boy has gotten the punishment he deserves, and it's time for me to get back to what I left unfinished." Keynes returned to smiling again, "Datth is a noisy kid, but I admit he has a point. Our Assassin Guild does have a better chance of winning, Master Tev, don't we? ”

Master Tefu didn't respond, just let out a short "hum" from his nose. ”

"Hehe, winning like that, it's really boring." Unfazed by Teve's attitude, Caines continued, "One thought has always been in my mind, and that is, are the conditions of the Rogue vs. Assassin competition fair? Is it really fair to put a thief who is good at running away with an assassin who is good at hunting down in a small pitiful ring? Hehehe, Master Teve, don't stare at me like that, I'm telling the truth. ”

"I'll admit that the thieves did a little bit better than the Assassins in terms of stealth, and that little advantage was limited by the small ring, so the contest had been unfair all along. The Assassins' ability to fight made it even more advantageous. Can this unfair competition be changed? I've been thinking about this a lot. ”

"Until I became the president of the Assassin Guild, I had the power to decide something, and I felt that I had to make some changes to this unfair competition!" Caines leaned down to Master Tefu and said softly, "I want to give the thieves a chance to pull the buck, too." It's so boring to simply win...... So, I have an idea. ”