Leo, who had eaten, drunk and rested well at the Blackeye Restaurant, was finally going home. The time was just after nine o'clock.

Everyone has already finished eating and gone back to their respective homes, right? I must have heard about those things from the old man, right? Leo could almost imagine their reactions: sympathy, encouragement, comfort. But that's not what he wants.

Standing downstairs in his apartment, Leo looked up at every glowing window upstairs, wondering how to answer his friends correctly. Climb the stairs while thinking.

This old-fashioned apartment has a hallway on each floor that is connected to a staircase, and the rooms are all lined up on one side of the hallway. Leo's room is sandwiched between Arkya and Luna's house, and if you want to get in, you have to walk past Luna's door.

At this time, Luna's house was open.

Did you forget to close the door? It's possible. Luna is confused about everything but work, and Tarini looks similar to Luna, plus a group of people are busy with dinner today, maybe they will forget about it.

He walked over to close the door, only to realize that he was thinking too much.

Luna scurries around the doorway, grabbing Leo's hand as he appears.

"Just coming back?"

Leo withdrew his hand: "You're not going to wait for me forever, are you?" ”

"You're the one who is waiting." Luna said, knocking on Leo's head.

"Isn't it good to call?"

"Who knows how you're feeling? Much better now? ”

"Hmm. What about the others? ”

"It's all back, Tarini is very tired today, and she has fallen asleep."

"Oh."

casually agreed, Leo was going home too, and Luna hurriedly grabbed him.

"Don't mind talking, do you?"

Leo has never had a hobby of small talk, and spends all his time playing games, but today may be an exception.

Even though it's a little far from the city center, it doesn't stop the two of them from leaning over the corridor fence and watching the lights shine nearby. Tonight's temperature is just right, and the air is a little cool, but people are still allowed to wear light clothes and walk comfortably on the road.

A pleasant gust of wind blew, and Luna couldn't help but pull her hair down and take a deep breath.

"This little wind blows." She laughs.

"What do you want to ask me?" Leo was straightforward, he wanted to talk early and go back to bed.

"I want to say, you're doing the right thing."

Leo turned his head to look at her, unable to believe that this could come out of Luna's mouth.

"You think so too?"

"I wouldn't have thought that way before. But right now, I don't think a lot of things like one plus one equals two. Either way, it's important to listen to someone first. ”

Now Luna, who probably understands Alex's mood at that time. If I hadn't just denied Alex at that time, but listened carefully to his reasons, I might have known the reason why Cavendish became strange earlier.

She didn't want to be a nerd who didn't listen to anything outside the window and only read the books of the sages, especially since she knew Leo's past, no matter what, she had to be sure first.

Luna probably didn't expect that to be what Leo wanted to hear the most. He scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"Well, thanks."

"Hehe, I'm really lucky to hear your words."

"I'm sorry about that."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere gradually eased.

Then, Luna asks one thing she wants to know.

"What is Leo's impression of his father?"

Leo thought about it, but he couldn't think of much, no wonder, since he went to the Yugoslav Federation, he had seen Harry only a handful of times.

"I don't have much of an impression, and I'm also a casual person, much gentler than your strict father."

"Gentler than my dad, not gentle." Luna said, shaking her finger.

"At least he didn't force me to do anything."

"Doesn't it count as going to the Wind Forest Courtyard?"

"It doesn't count." Leo replied simply, "Because he just made a suggestion, and I agreed." ”

"Why did you send you to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia?"

Leo chin crutched, looking downstairs at the street lamp, as if in a daze.

"There's only one reason."

*****

Establishing a tangible connection with the government was the last thing Ibus did for Serpent Shadow. He is good at fighting the country, but he is not good at guarding the country. If Snake Shadow wants to develop, it is far from enough to rely on government support, and it must have its own way of making money.

So a few months later, Ibbs gave the snake shadow to his eldest son, Brian, who was good at management, and retired himself into the background.

Not long after Brian took over from Snake Shadow, the Arctic Civil War broke out. A group of generals who had distinguished themselves in the war stood up against the new government and the current prime minister for their own reasons. The rebels besieged Neure and staged a coup d'état, which was very powerful for a time.

But with the Snake Shadow active, the civil war lasted for eight months, and the rebels were finally suppressed and had to make peace with the new government.

After the civil war, the weakness of the lack of good military personnel within the new government was exposed. Manpower is a problem for the Government to quickly stabilize the situation and prevent the infiltration and sabotage of the remnants of the rebel army. Even if it is replenished, capacity is another issue.

Brian struck while the iron was hot, negotiated with the government, and expressed his willingness to train and provide more military personnel for the country. This, combined with Ibs's advice, became the strongest backing of the snake shadow.

With the support of the government, Brian was no longer satisfied with the military side, and he consulted with his younger brother Orutu Katon, who was also a businessman and would later become the third-generation chieftain, and decided to enter the business field to obtain more money.

In the 3rd year of the new era, the Snake Shadow Group was formally established, and the initial business mainly had three aspects. Cosmetics and clothing sales in the open face, bodyguards and killers in the inner world, as well as car smuggling.

With a focus on business operations, backed by the government, and a growing private armed force, Snake Shadow has become a gang organization with backers and power. Then, Brian created the "Brian Rules", which strictly enforced the rules and discipline within the Serpent Shadow, and called himself the second leader of the Serpent Shadow, and honored Ibs as the first leader.

Since then, the snake shadow has begun a hundred years of prosperity, business has become bigger and bigger, and its influence has become more and more widespread, and today, its headquarters in Arandel has become a veritable country within a country. The laws of the country are followed here, but the rules of the snake shadow must be followed.

Of course, the development of Serpent Shadow has not been smooth sailing, and there have been four major civil strife in its history. The first three were during the tenure of the fourth-generation leader Griffel, the eighth-generation leader Fengyin Shenghua during his tenure, and the eleventh generation leader Skoyol after he stepped down.

The fourth time happened after Leo went to the Yugoslav Federation, when Potok, the leader of the fifteenth generation of the Snake Shadow, took office.

*****

On May 21, 116, Leo was born. At that time, it was the fourteenth generation of the most legendary leader of the Snake Shadow, and Simon Caton was in his prime, and it was also the heyday of the Snake Shadow.

By age, Harry was Simon's cousin, who assigned him to a small company in Arandel as a manager. It is said that the chief's relatives work in a small company, which will be incredible, but when it happens to Harry, there will be no sense of disobedience.

Because, this is his own request. Harry himself is a desireless man, a rarity within the Caton family. He intends to spend his life in peace. After having Leo, his indifferent and ambitious mentality was also passed on to his son.

But anyone who works with Harry can find that he has a unique personality that can unite people's hearts, and he is good at seeking common ground while reserving differences, so that people with different opinions can live in harmony, this kind of ability, even in places like Snake Shadow, is rare.

And of course, God will not let such a person be ordinary for a lifetime.

In the 123rd year of the new era, the snake shadow held a general election for the leader. Among the many candidates, the most striking are two people. One is the current leader, Simon, and the other is Potock Fowles, one of the six deputy leaders of Snake Shadow, who is in charge of Suws, the largest clothing company under Snake Shadow, and is responsible for the mobilization of Snake Shadow's regular armed forces in the headquarters.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Potok was one of the best in the snake shadow at that time, and he also had a personal guard, all of which were elite soldiers trained by him. These people called him "Instructor" on various occasions.

His candidacy has caused some people to be uneasy, including Harry.

If there was one word to describe how he felt about Potok, wolf nature was the best choice. Harry sensed that Potok was a wolf, an aggressive, bloody wolf. His personal guards are thoroughly well-trained wolves.

If he is elected leader, it is estimated that the basic policy that Simon is currently using to stabilize the snake shadow will be changed. Simon has always advocated recuperation and accumulation, and has never considered expanding his influence. In the face of competition and exclusion from other groups and gangs, they only use economic means to fight back, without considering resorting to force at all.

Such an approach has long aroused the dissatisfaction of many radicals, and Potok can be said to be the representative of these people.

A month after the election, Simon was re-elected, but Potok was still one step behind. However, the popularity he gained in the election has proven that the radical forces within the snake shadow are on the rise. His election may only be a matter of time.

In that case, the snake shadow may repeat itself in history, repeating the previous three civil strife. But in retrospect, none of this has yet become a reality. Even if it becomes a reality, it is not something that a character like Harry can control.

I can't afford to provoke it, at least I can afford to hide. So, Harry plans to send Leo, who is just 7 years old, to Mr. Windforest.

The friendship between the leader of the snake shadow and Mr. Wind Forest has been around since Ibs's generation. After the leaders of the past generations took office, they must go to the Wind Forest Temple once to visit Mr. Wind Forest at that time. Sometimes the two sides will engage in some cooperation. For example, the disciples of the Wind Forest Academy can get some accommodation when they go to work in the snake shadow. Children from the Snake Shadow will also receive special care when they go to the Wind Forest Courtyard.

Simon and Mr. Windforest are close friends, and with this relationship, Harry has a good relationship with Mr. Windforest, and the old man happily accepts Leo.

As a result, Leo grew up in a peaceful environment, away from the hustle and bustle of the organization.

And Harry's prediction came true.

In the 129th year of the new era, Simon inexplicably gave up, and then refused the invitation of the senate, took his wife Marinda and a pair of children, and flew away. For a while, the snake shadow seemed to have suffered an earthquake and was in turmoil.

Without Simon, Potok easily defeated other opponents and was elected. Since then, the disaster of the snake shadow has befallen you.

*****

Before Simon took office, Snake Shadow bought off some local oil company personnel in several countries in the Zhong'an region (the central part of the Anzhou continent), established several strongholds, and quietly engaged in small-scale oil smuggling business. Although the amount is not large, the price of oil is there, so the profit is still considerable.

But soon after Simon took office, the Shahun family, a new gang in the Zhong'an area, intervened. It has a safer and more reliable transportation channel, and soon grabbed many buyers of Snake Shadow.

The battle between the Snake Shadow and the Shahun family began here.

Initially, Simon tried to negotiate with Shahern, but several times ended in a rupture. Many people in the Serpent Shadow suggested that Simon eliminate Shahun by force, but Simon chose to withdraw despite the public opinion.

After all, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. When it comes to the stealth of smuggling, Shahern, a homegrown organization, certainly has an advantage over Snake Shadow. Besides, so far away, the snake shadow whip is beyond reach, and if there is a conflict, it will definitely suffer.

But Potok didn't believe in it.

The first thing he did when he took office was to rebuild the smuggling channel and compete with Shahun for interests, which of course irritated Shahun, and they issued a warning to the snake shadow.

Potok did not answer directly, but not long after the warning was issued, he sent men to attack an oil storage point in Shahern, and war broke out between the two sides.

In terms of human and financial resources and combat effectiveness, the snake shadow is several grades higher than Shahern. But, as Simon thought, the Zhong'an region is Shahern's home turf, they occupy the geographical advantage and people, the snake shadow is thousands of miles away, and Shahern is waiting for work.

The war lasted for four months, and the Snake Shadow was beaten by Shahern and suffered heavy losses. There were voices within the group to make peace with Shahen, but Potok ignored them.

He insisted on fighting this war to the end, desperately concentrating manpower and money, and the wealth that Serpent Shadow had accumulated in Simon's time continued to be lost.

At the beginning of the 130th year of the new era, Shahn was finally completely annihilated by the snake shadow. But at this time, the snake shadow no longer had the energy to take care of the oil smuggling, because the conflict was too long, and it had already attracted the attention of several countries in the Central Security region.

Originally, oil smuggling was a secret matter, but now that there is such a trouble, several oil countries in China and Angola have joined forces to investigate and uproot all the informants and strongholds planted by snake shadows in various countries. The snake shadow that lost its foothold couldn't stay in Zhong'an at all, so he could only walk away.

The investigation of oil smuggling channels is not a big deal in itself, but Snake Shadow has hurt his vitality for this kind of thing. Opposition to Potok grew louder and louder, and even the Senate began to seriously consider reopening the elections.

In the face of opposition, Potok used his usual use of force, and also expanded the size of the original pro-guard force to eliminate any voices that questioned him.

After two years, the opposition to Potok has not decreased, but has grown. A lot of people organized to get rid of Potok by force. The conflict between the two sides intensified.

In April 132, Potok was killed by his former captain of the Guard, his best student, Caletia Mirhe. As soon as he died, the snake shadow immediately collapsed.

It turned out that many people joined the team against Potok, not for the sake of the snake shadow, but in the hope that after Potok's death, they could take advantage of the chaos to break away from the snake shadow and take away some of the benefits. After Potok's death, half of Snake Shadow's companies asked the Council of Elders to leave Snake Shadow.

*****

On more than one occasion during that time, Harry told Leo not to come back, and he and his wife and parents were going around because he was also against Potok. The family even fled the Arctic Nation for a time, only to return to Arandel until Potok died.

But at this time, Arandel actually showed signs of abandonment, many snake shadow companies did not have many people to work, and there were strikes everywhere, except for several branches other than the headquarters, and the buildings were empty.

In the chaos, the senators will be powerless. Because it is known that many of them have voted for Potok, this has led to the fact that people do not trust the Senate. The time has come for a competent leader to clean up the situation.

Just then, Harry returned to Arandall. The Senate had long heard of Harry's abilities, and he was a member of the Caton family, so they simply went through the procedure, and Harry became the leader without being elected.

Harry didn't want to get involved in trouble, but he was a member of the Caton family, and he didn't want to sit idly by and watch the family's legacy become like this.

However, how can such a leader convince the people?

In terms of talent and ability, Harry may not be as good as those good predecessors, but in this special environment, his strengths - good communication and integration, can be used to the fullest.

From his second day in office, Harry has been lobbying companies and branches that are trying to break away from Serpent Shadow. He was sure of one thing, no matter what the snake shadow became, its foundation was still there, and in time, it would definitely be able to make a comeback. At this time, it is actually very unwise to fly solo while there is chaos.

What's more, the snake shadow has a mutual aid relationship with the government, which is a barrier, and breaking away from the snake shadow means losing this barrier, which is obviously not a good thing.

Ha used it for four whole years, visited every company, put on a posture of ignoring previous suspicions and conspiring for a way out, and took the trouble to talk about the benefits. By the year 136 of the New Era, Serpent Shadow had finally recovered the company and divisions that had broken away and re-integrated into a single entity.

It is not an exaggeration to evaluate Harry's contribution with "helping the building to fall into the future". It is believed that with Harry's abilities, the Serpent Shadow will gradually regain what he has lost.

However, just as Serpent Shadow was recovering and thriving, Harry disappeared inexplicably during the commission.

The impact of this incident on the snake shadow is far more light than Rolov said. Even if the leader is dead, it is impossible not to leave the slightest clue. There must be a deeper reason behind Harry's disappearance.

That's what Rolov thinks. To put it more bluntly, he thinks Gunneveld can't get out of it.

There are also people in Snake Shadow who share the same opinion as Roloff, and Payne has publicly accused Gunnavild of plotting to make Harry disappear. However, no one has evidence, after all, even Harry's whereabouts can't be grasped, how can there be evidence that Gunaveld is behind it?

After Leo escaped from Arandel, he completely gave up all rights in Serpent Shadow, and even changed his name to his childhood nickname. Gunaveld successfully became the leader of the seventeenth generation, and even if some people thought that he was the one who directed Harry's disappearance, it would be useless.

Rolov was not reconciled, he was not willing to lose his son's news for no reason. Even if it is the bad news of death, such an unclear result is unacceptable to the old man no matter what.

He vowed to make Gunaveld pay, and the most important step was to remove Gunavelde from the position of chief.

And the one who can do this has to be Leo.

The old mayor sat in the exhibition room for a while, then went out, made himself a cup of tea, brought it to the study, sat on a chair, and looked out the window.

One of the purposes of the establishment of special units is to deal with specific threats. Another purpose is to let Leo gradually find the feeling of a leader, and now all the members of the special detachment will be his subordinates competing for the position of leader in the future.

And this, it has nothing to do with Leo's will. Whether he wants it or not, using his grandson to make a decision about his son was a decision made by Rolov when he had the idea of setting up a special detachment.

Thinking of this, Rolov showed a wry smile. He had been ashamed to convince Widkan to respect Luna's decision to let her stay, but he wanted to twist Leo's mind.

But it's nothing, after all, it was a scene at the time, just casually talking. Because Luna would be a good pawn, well, maybe as the old woman said, maybe a good wife too?

In any case, the special detachment has passed test after test, but this is not enough, far from enough.

Rolov sipped his tea, letting the aroma dispel the drunkenness in his mind.

"It's time for him to throw away the crutches."

=====

After a mixed evening, the next day, everyone gathered at Tarini's lab, except for Leo. No one mentioned last night's incident, so everyone should have nothing to do.

It's time to do something fun to set the mood. The EXP of that crate has been released, and the ice inside has begun to melt.

It's Sunday, Rolov and Akya are fine, and Luna has made a move to satisfy her curiosity.

Tarini removed the device attached to the box, Andora put on gloves, pressed the lid, and with a gentle push, the lid moved.

He looked at Tarinee and smiled at the group.

"Now, it's time to witness the miracle!"

The mysterious tone made Luna laugh, "Okay, do you think you're Delrin?" ”

"I'd like to be on par with that world-class magician, but unfortunately I don't have that talent," Andora said, spreading her hands, "and it's going to be opened." ”

He continued to push the lid open. The ice cubes that filled the entire box were presented to everyone.

Suddenly, everyone was dumbfounded.

Inside the ice, there was no treasure that Rolov said, there was a young and beautiful girl.

Long blond hair, white dress, eyes closed, serene expression, hands clasped together, as if in prayer. She slept quietly in this ice coffin.

It's simply, the sleeping beauty of a fairy tale.

Outside the ice coffin, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak.

This girl, what's going on?