No one told Merlin how big the machine house he had to walk through, or how many houses there were, so he had to keep going straight as he carved out the tunnel. Bombarded through house after house, crushed corridor after corridor, destroyed courtyard after courtyard. Along the way, none of the ninjas came to stop his progress and destruction, and none of the ninjas came to him to say something like "The test is over".

It wasn't until Merlin "dissolved" a mossy cyan wall and entered an extraordinarily large compound that he finally encountered an obstacle.

This block started out as a voice, a middle-aged man's voice, and the lack of features, nothing to describe, was probably the only feature it deserved to be written in pen and ink.

"That's enough." The voice was unhurried, not too big, not too small, very calm, as if it were stating a point that had nothing to do with him, and as if it were reading a statement that had been prepared long ago, "That's it." ”

Merlin, who heard this completely uncharacteristic voice, frowned slightly, but he did not follow the instructions of the voice to stop his steps or stop destroying, but just continued to move forward.

"Heh~" The voice let out a soft laugh, which seemed to carry a little helplessness.

Then, in this slightly empty courtyard, a large dense mixture of blue and green smoke suddenly rose. The smoke seemed to be alive or conscious, expanding and expanding, and the moment it suddenly appeared, the entire courtyard was enveloped in this strangely colored smoke.

Merlin was still unleashing his telekinesis. But his power, which had nothing to stop, was helpless against the dense, surging smoke. No matter how many mental fluctuations Merlin instigated poured into the smoke, it could not make the smoke ripple even a little, let alone shrink or be destroyed.

Merlin, who had been wantonly unleashing his destructive desires, was suddenly startled, and his restless and agitated emotions suddenly cooled and calmed down, and the mental power released gradually converged and calmed down.

"That's right." From the middle of the smoke, the characterless voice sounded flat again, from far and near, "You and I don't have to fight until you come here, if you want, we can have a good talk......

As Merlin involuntarily retracted his abilities, the dense smoke that enveloped the courtyard began to thin out. And in the midst of this increasingly thin cloud of smoke, a tall, thin middle-aged man in a modern ninja suit was slowly approaching Merlin. His left hand supported his right elbow, and the palm of his right hand twisted into an intricate and mysterious mudra.

The tall and thin middle-aged man walked with great steps but very slowly, his steps were in a certain rhythm, and he fell to the ground leaving deep marks one after another, and the series of footprints were actually connected into a straight line.

When Merlin retracted the ability to support his body to levitate, both feet landed at the same time, and the middle-aged man also walked to a distance of one meter in front of Merlin and stood still.

"It's not the first time we've met," the middle-aged man gestured to Merlin and said, "but let's introduce myself." Contemptible orange, Xi is the teacher of the light red dojo and the owner of the light red dojo. The middle-aged man who was talking folded his hands and bowed slightly to Merlin, "Please take care of me." ”

Almost instinctively, Merlin immediately replied according to etiquette, "How dare you, how dare you, please take care of me." In Shimohigashikawa Merlin, it's really ...... to take the liberty of coming to the door."

One of the greatest legacies left to this land by the nobles of Guancheng in the old days, the royal and Chinese nobles, was the elaborate manners that they had learned from other regions and perfected and perfected themselves. Today, even though these old traditions have lost their biggest supporters and enforcers, ordinary commoners in Guancheng still can't help but imitate the polite manners of the old aristocracy, and even on some levels, these common people who "didn't know etiquette" in the past can continue to expand the meaning of etiquette now.

In the eyes of people from other regions, the people of Guancheng are very polite, very polite, and strictly abide by the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, and they are simply the country of "pianpian gentlemen" in the world. But in fact, the Sekijo people, who strictly enforce these cumbersome and completely superficial etiquette, only use complicated etiquette to cover their bodies and formulaic greetings to hide their hearts.

Just like Merlin, although he was gushing polite words and naturally putting on a polite posture, his heart was constantly fluctuating.

[Orange, this person is orange! Merlin shouted loudly in his head. The tone was as high-pitched and excited as a fanatical star-chaser finally seeing the idol he had been dreaming of. [One of the most advanced trainers in Guandu!] One of the hard-to-find poison masters in the world! 】

Merlin, who was very excited, secretly looked at Ju a few more times. This middle-aged man is of moderate height, neither too tall nor short because of his thinness, just ordinary. Modern ninja costumes, which have been corrected by modern science to become tighter and more comfortable, wrap around his body. He didn't look too athletic, but he could still see an angular frame under the close-fitting fabric. His appearance is very ordinary, somewhat characterized by his long thick eyebrows. Another special feature is probably his stiff head, with a slight bluish-purple half-short root standing upright into the sky. The quality of the orange reminded Merlin of the shortness of the flat female ninja, and the two of them seemed to have similar hard heads.

Merlin was peeking at the "idol" who stood proudly at the top of the trainer, and Ju was also looking at him quietly. Merlin was still basking in the excitement of witnessing and encountering the Grand Trainer for the first time, but Tachibana's mind had drifted out for a long time......

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"My old friend, the reunion between you and me after a long absence is really full of surprises......" The much younger orange stood lightly on the top of a pine and cypress branch, condescendingly speaking to the old man who was gasping for breath under the tree, "I now that every time you come to Light Red, you can always give me a lot of surprises." ”

The old man leaning on the trunk of the tree and panting was sweating profusely, and his original elegant and high-end Western-style dress was now full of mud and torn holes, he looked up weakly and glanced at the orange above his head, and his arms that had been tightly wrapped around his chest involuntarily relaxed. A small swaddling waddle emerged from the crook of his arm, and from inside came the sound of the baby's well-proportioned breathing.

"Whew...... Ahem...... "The old man wanted to speak, but before he could speak, he coughed violently for a while, and the more he coughed, the more he coughed. The old man who was coughing violently was hunched up, and his face was gray and distorted.

"With such a wrecked body in tow, why do you continue to struggle in the world?" The orange quietly fell from the branch and moved to the old man's back, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand shot at the old man's back like lightning, and the fingertips of the fingers together clicked a few times on his back.

"Poof~~" The old man who was a little orange directly squirted out a mouthful of black and sticky blood, "Phew~Bah~~" After turning his head sideways and spitting out the remaining blood in his mouth, the old man stopped coughing, and his complexion softened.

"If it weren't for this child, I would probably find a comfortable place to wait for Oblivion's arrival, and then have a small talk with him over tea." The old man wiped the blood from his mouth with his shoulder, and then lifted the swaddling baby in his arms as if holding a treasure, and looked at the thin baby wrapped in swaddling clothes with an extremely soft gaze, and bursts of brilliance overflowed from his eyes covered by heavy reading glasses.

"But when I saw him and hugged him, I was unwilling to leave like this." The old man took the swaddling clothes into his arms again and hugged them carefully, "I still have to live until he grows up......"

"Faith, you're a strange man." Ju walked in front of the old man with silent steps, he squinted his eyes at the old man who was dying, and for a moment the ordinary ninja turned into an undisguised sharp and cold kunai, wantonly releasing extremely dangerous signals.

"I boast of reading countless people, and I also claim to have seen the vicissitudes of the world, but only you, a strange person, will never be able to understand and ......understand" That sharp feeling was fleeting on Ju's body, and he turned into an ordinary guy after an instant, "You, it's too strange." ”

"Huh, huh?" The old man gave a big wry smile, "That's because you haven't encountered many stranger things yet. ”

Ju was silent.

"Okay, we don't have time to talk about home." The old man said eagerly, "The purpose of me bringing him here, you must be able to guess ......"

"I can't guess......" Ju interrupted the old man very unceremoniously, "I can't guess why you want to break the rare peace between us, I can't guess why you want to cause another war between us." Blood, enough has been shed......"

"I can't say it either...... "The old man shook his head tiredly, "maybe it's for him?" He moved his gaze to the swaddling clothes in his arms again, "For, this little thing ......"

"Meaning? Objective? Reason? Ju threw out a series of questions one after another.

"I don't know, I can't say it, I ......"

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Ju closed his eyes slightly, and the memories that had been flooded were fleeting and were once again suppressed by him in the deepest part of his memory. Taking a deep breath, Ju opened his mouth and said, "Merlin-kun, although it sounds a little abrupt and unbelievable, in fact, the contemptible people have always paid attention to you......"

"Huh?" Merlin, who was still excited, was immediately dumbfounded when he heard Ju's words, but before he could completely digest Ju's words, Ju spoke again.

"Commissioned by my old friend, the guy who goes by the pseudonym Shin Higashikawa, our Scarlet Ninja has been secretly protecting you from the plots of certain people before his death. And we will continue to guard you after his death, until you are safely in Light Red and get this letter that he has sent to me so early......"

Ju's words were unhurried and somewhat slow, but Rao was so that Merlin didn't have much of the heart to listen, just because his mind was completely in chaos when he heard "after the fall of the body".

[Letter...... Falling ......] Merlin repeated these two words like a lost soul, [Grandpa...... Grandfather...... He...... He...... Die...... He's dead? ……】

Despite the premonition of the worst news in his heart, Merlin had been deceiving himself as if he were deceiving himself, not wanting and not daring to accept the reality, the cruel reality that his only relative had died. But now, the news of Grandpa's death has been told so lightly by a seemingly unrelated big man. This directly shattered Merlin's fragile self-deception, and devastated him deeply.

His head was groggy and his thoughts were so chaotic that Merlin couldn't hear what Tachibana was babbling about, he couldn't hear what his friends were shouting, he could only hear his own voice, the desperate murmur that kept repeating "dead" and "dead".

As if in an old-fashioned film movie, the love and scenes of getting along with his grandfather flew through Merlin's mind, and his grandfather's voice and smile filled Merlin's eyes and ears in a chaotic manner, hovering at his side, both false and extraordinarily real.

The transparent liquid blurred Merlin's eyes, and the boundless grief grabbed Merlin's mind. Most of the original abundant power in the body was drained in an instant, and the remaining ones began to overflow inexplicably, and Merlin's thin body, which was gradually getting stronger, began to shake uncontrollably, and the amplitude became larger and more intense. As Merlin's body fell forward uncontrollably, his blurred eyes were gradually enveloped in darkness......

Ju naturally took a step and stretched out his arms to hold the old man in front of him, who had already fainted, but his actions came to an abrupt halt immediately after the movement, because more than a dozen dazzling flashes flashed from Merlin's arms and waist at the same time, illuminating the courtyard incomparably gorgeous for a while. Rao Shiju also closed his eyes involuntarily, avoiding this overly dazzling flash.

When the light receded, Merlin, who had fainted in a forward posture, was gently embraced by Nightingale. Behind him, Antri used her muscular body to support Merlin's lower body, rubbing her face against Merlin's back from time to time. On Antri's back, Lavi and Patrone, who had recovered their strange forms, were leaning close to Merlin, with a worried look on their faces. Dark, Hapu, Dracula, Flogg, Dalles, Legion, and Dragu surrounded Merlin, while Caimen, Monador, Kuknas, Sandel, Aichi, and Pryers stood farther out, while Wizir and Reiko posed as if they were the enemy, and their bodies were between Ju and Merlin.

Juju, who opened his eyes, looked at Merlin and his companions with interest, and just smiled at their undisguised hostility towards him, "Take good care of him." He whispered to Vizir and Reiko, "The blow of the death of a loved one is not so easy to defuse. He leaned over and raised his hand, "I've prepared a room for you, so let's take him there to rest." If you need anything, just ask, and I'll help you do your best to achieve ......."

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Feelings are low, numb, sad, and depressed. Merlin, who had woken up from the initial blow, lay on the futon in a daze, letting all kinds of negative feelings fill his heart, and let himself fall into pain. Although Merlin also knew that his depression was useless, and his depression was meaningless, the unrelieved depression and pain in his heart really needed a way to vent. Being so depressed may be the best kind of catharsis.

Immersed in his own world, closed off to the outside world, and completely lonely, Merlin curled up like a baby. The images that belong to the memory in his mind keep rolling, and the voices that remain in the memory keep echoing, and through this painful memory, Merlin remembers his grandfather.

Whether the path he chose was right or wrong, Merlin couldn't give himself or his deceased grandfather a definite answer at the moment. But the choice he made undoubtedly hurt the heart of the old man in his twilight, but, but, ...... Why don't you have any hardships? Wouldn't you feel the same sadness?

Merlin, who was immersed in the memory, seemed to hear a whispering sound, which was extremely familiar to Merlin, and made Merlin feel a burst of irrepressible curiosity. But the sound was too faint, intermittent, faint in Merlin's memories.

【Destruction ......】

It is indeed safe to be a poor scholar, and with your own talents and abilities, you should be able to make a difference in that area. And with his grandfather's prestige and credentials in academia, he should also be able to secure some shelter and protection. But so what? Can an inconsequential or even dispensable scholar really take his life into his own hands?

The sound of non-existence gradually became clear and loud, and it gradually suppressed Merlin's painful memories and led Merlin to his thoughts.

【Ruined miè ......】

Look at your past self, and then look at your current self, how different! How different! What did the incompetent toddler who had almost died because of a teenage maid do now!? What has the weak child who had almost died at the hands of slaves so many times done!? A scholar would never be able to do this! A scholar of ancient civilization who only knows how to deal with books, materials, and photographs will never be able to do this!!

【Destroy a qiē ......】

Only great strength is enough to protect yourself!

【The Jungle Eats the Strong!】 】

Only by mastering great power can you control your own destiny!

[Let the world follow my will......]

As long as you have the strength, you can get rid of a regret......

[Conform to my will......]

Merlin, curled up tightly in a small ball, opened his eyes suddenly, and his dark eyes with double pupils were now overflowing with a deep purple luster that seemed to be like substance.

[Obey the call of instinct, obey the will to destroy......]

It's just that his eyes full of dark purple are empty and empty at the moment.

You are carrying great power. You should use this God-given power to get the one qiē you want, all the one qiē ......]

The void in Merlin's eyes was gradually filled and occupied by a tyrannical, domineering dazzling purple flash.

"Power ......," Merlin repeated weakly in a very slight voice, "a qiē ......"

【Strength! Strength!! Strength!!! 】

"Power ......"

[Release me, and you will get a qiē ......]

The deep purple color creates images of madness in front of Merlin's eyes.

"Release ......"

Merlin's body writhed and trembled violently, as if he were suffering some unspeakable pain. And with the strong twisting of his body, a series of dark purple ability energy was escaping from the inside out of his body, and these energy that released the most primordial and primitive destruction ** escaped from Merlin's body with cheers.

Suddenly, Wizil's large spoon-holding hand covered Merlin's sweaty forehead. Immediately after, Reiko, Antri, Dark, Hapu, Kuknas, Nightingale, LaVe, Patrone, Delacula, Caimen, Monador, Frog, Dalles, Legion, Dragu, Kuknas, Sandel, Aichi, Pryles, one Pokémon after another covered Merlin's twitching body with their own hands and their forelimbs, and one after another a completely different but purposeful warmth penetrated Merlin's unilaterally constructed defense line to the depths of his heart, making him gradually calm down.

"No, no, never!" Merlin, who was still trembling slightly, roared as if he had gained new strength enough to support him, "Only I can control me!" No one wants to confuse me, no one wants to confuse me!! With his almost hysterical roar, Merlin's overflowing abilities vanished with great regret, and the dark purple glint that enveloped his eyes reluctantly receded. It's just that the flash of light didn't fade completely, and there was still a little bit of purple in the depths of his eyes.

[I don't need to be bewitched, and I don't need to be confused, seduced/confused...... You're looking for me...... You can't avoid me forever...... You can't hide from me forever...... You can't lock me up forever...... Because...... I am you, you are me...... I am my ......]

The voice gave Merlin a final cry in his head. It was this shout that made Merlin feel creepy. It was only because Merlin finally heard the voice clearly, and he finally knew why he felt that voice so familiar. All because, that's Merlin's own voice!

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Just after Merlin's tyrannical ability was extinguished by the touch of his companions, Ju, who had been crouching in the patio and witnessed the whole process through the extremely small gap between the ceilings, quietly put the half-edged short knife back into the scabbard.

At this time, he pulled on the face towel that was originally wrapped around his neck to cover most of his face, and he couldn't see any change in expression, but his gradually loosened brows and calmed eyes really revealed a sense of relief and peace of mind.

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In a certain study, the young orange stood at the desk and watched the old man write the white rice paper, and the lines of Guancheng characters under the pen were engraved on the paper.

"Letter," said Ju, "what's the use of you leaving a letter now?" Are you going to make some kind of 'time capsule' to get your grandchildren to see in a few years? He rarely spoke in a teasing tone.

But the old man who was waving in the pond did not answer Ju's question, he just kept writing.

Ju smiled, shook his head, and walked to the bookshelf a little farther away to look at the rows of old books.

After waiting for a long time, the old man finally finished writing the long letter, carefully drying the ink, carefully folding and packing. After finishing this qiē, the old man held the long letter that was packed in the envelope in both hands and solemnly handed it to Ju.

"Please." He said very sternly.

"Please, what?" Ju glanced at the thick envelope and asked, "Are you so sure that I will agree to your unreasonable demands?" Are you so sure I'll agree to those crazy plans of yours? ”

"No, I'm just asking you to give this letter to Merlin." He held the envelope in both hands and bowed deeply to the orange, "Please, give this letter to my grandson after I die, please." ”

Ju's face suddenly turned a little ugly, "I can promise you to keep this letter for you," he said, "but I will not send you this letter." If your grandson comes to Light Red after you die, then I will give it to him, but if he never comes, then I will not send this letter to him. ”

The old man bowed deeply to the orange again, "Please." He repeated, "Please." ”

"Make you a friend," Ju Qiang endured the change in facial expression and reached out to take the envelope, "It is definitely the ordeal of my life, and it is definitely the disaster of my light red people......"

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Tachibana blinked, dispelling the flood of memories.

Standing in the study room, which had not changed in time, holding the yellowed envelope, Ju fell silent for a moment.

"Letter," he whispered to the envelope in his hand, "You really don't seem to know how different your grandson is......" After staring at the yellowed envelope for a while, Tachibana took it back into his arms, "I hope this is the last time I will have an entanglement with you." You strange troublemaker, even if you die, you can cause me endless trouble......"

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Alas, I have been particularly close to the hospital recently, either to see a doctor or a patient...... also sent away colleagues who entered the unit together by the way...... People are really fragile, and if you say no, you're gone...... I really think every day is the last...... I'll try to update it in the future, at least I have fewer regrets, right?

Then, this section can be a bit messy......

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