"Woo", the wind that blew from nowhere, passed through the sewers, blowing the campfire in the center of the camp that was originally used to cook rice flickering on and off. The vigil Panis was half-lying, leaning on a hill made of everyone's packages, his eyes unfocused, staring blankly at the empty sewer, his right hand occasionally grabbing some food from his side and stuffing it into his mouth, as if this had become his subconscious action.

Slight footsteps sounded from behind him, and the footsteps had a special metallic texture in them, and you could tell who the owner of the voice was when you heard it.

"You're the most injured, and then you can't sleep well. Pannis's blank gaze refocused, and without looking back, he said, "You can't be hungry again." ”

"Don't think the same thing as you do. Catherine sat down next to Pannis, removed the metal shin and ankle pads from her legs, moved her ankles, which had been deformed by long training, and asked softly, "Are you in a bad mood?"

"No, I'm in a good mood. Pannis threw a piece of bread into his mouth, and the meat sauce on the bread had already cooled, but Pannis was unconscious and swallowed it casually: "Actually, everyone knows that our mission has actually failed, such a large underground space, it is almost impossible to find the shadow of the enemy, and now they just need a little time to convince themselves to face reality." So, I can be idle soon, why am I in a bad mood? ”

"Remember what I told you?" Catherine smiled and kneading her arm, which was still aching from the previous battle, and said leisurely: "Figuring out people's hearts is the instinct in the blood of a person who has received an aristocratic education since childhood, am I not so stupid that I can't see that you are angry, are you angry with me?"

"Why are you mad. Pannis smiled reluctantly, "You didn't do anything. ”

"Hey, hey. Catherine laughed like a child with a successful plot, "I think you should have guessed that, yes, if I had left those two sisters behind, I could have taken Vivien out of the ghost, but I chose to send the three of them out." ”

"I'm not stupid enough to be mad at your inevitable choice, and if you don't, you're not Catherine. And in fact, what you did was the best choice at that time, because you were already seriously injured even if you broke out of the siege. I can't get far. Pannis sighed and whispered, "But, it's just one step away, if we're five seconds late." Now it's time to worry about how to get you as completely out of the ground as possible. ”

"Hey, hey. Catherine smirked, "Don't use such a terrible description. ”

"Don't play dumb. Pannis said angrily, "It's not your style at all." ”

"Then let's not play stupid. Catherine looked Pannis in the eye and said solemnly, "Then why are you angry? I can see that you have been messing around all night, and you have been looking the same as before." But there's never really a smile in your eyes, it's like ...... Same when I first met you. ”

"Don't worry, I'm still looking forward to your salvation and won't leave. The corners of Pannis's mouth turned up, and he smiled and said, "It's just, hey, hey, hey." ”

"You. Catherine looked at Pannis's rare narrowed eyes, patted Pannis's clenched fist lightly, and sighed softly: "Thank you, but for the enemy, it's good to defeat." There's no need to be angry. ”

"By the way, you seem to have deliberately withheld something when you told you about your experience. Pannis changed the subject: "I think it's probably the indulgence and enthusiasm that they really intended to find us." Let me think about it, what will make you deliberately not elaborate must be the internal problems of their guild, which is why you need to keep it secret. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid it's about a mole, otherwise the other party wouldn't have been able to sneak in here, and it would be so safe. ”

"Alas. Catherine sighed again, and said helplessly, "Are you going to vent your anger on the head of the Shadow Hand? Let's pay attention, too. ”

"Rest assured, I know the rules of the City of Innocence well. An indescribable brilliance flowed in Pannis's squinted eyes: "Back then, in order to make myself perfect, I would deliberately suppress my emotions at all times. But now that I'm going to go through it all over again, I have to make some changes. Hey. Since they let you go around between life and death because of them, how can you not give them a return gift, it's really rude. ”

"Forget it, I can't persuade you. Catherine smiled wryly, "But I also know that no matter what you want to do, you will control it to a certain extent." Basically, there will be no problems, so it's up to you, thank you. But I'm really tired, so I'd better go back to sleep. ”

"Catherine. Without looking back, Pannis watched Catherine leave, and called out to her with his back to her: "Remember, you promised me the salvation I expected. So, be sure to live. ”

"Of course. The smile on Catherine's face became brighter and brighter, and she walked away with her hands behind her back little by little: "We will all usher in our own salvation, I firmly believe." ”

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"When, when, when. "In the central square of the City of Innocence, the clocks on the tops of the two temples struck eleven times at the same time, heralding the arrival of noon in the day. The monotonous sound of bells drifting under the gloomy sky, with an indescribable dullness, made everyone in the city feel a kind of depression before the storm.

Unlike other cities or other neighborhoods in the City of the Innocent, those places are every block, the outer buildings are about the lowest, the more the inner buildings are taller and more opulent, but the guild district goes to the opposite. In the guild area, the edges are filled with three-plus-three buildings, three above ground and three underground, which are allocated to the low-level members of the guild. In the center, however, it is getting shorter and shorter, and it has become a single-family courtyard with a height of only one storey. These were courtyards dedicated to the guild's high-level occupancy, and no more than twenty people in the entire Shadow Hand could enjoy this treatment.

But what's even more ridiculous is that almost none of these twenty people will actually spend the night in these compounds. These people would rather spend the night in a random vacant room in the guild area and even in the whole city than go back to their own little courtyard for the night. It's not that they like to abuse themselves, but because the habits of the thief profession have long been ingrained in their souls, and for such people who live in the shadows, being able to catch some laws in life represents a harbinger of death.

A thousand years ago, the ancestors of thieves said that the more people who disregard the lives of others, the more afraid they are of death, so they will send all those who may take their lives to hell in advance. This sentence is just right here, each of these twenty people has killed more people than an ordinary person who has been living in a peaceful village has seen in a lifetime, so they are even more afraid of death, afraid that sometimes they have to change two or three residences a night, maybe this is the price of their high position in the hands of shadows.

But today, in a courtyard that had been empty for many years, the door was suddenly pushed open. The slender figure walked out of the house, stretched hard against the midday sun, and jumped in place a few times. After doing this, she suddenly looked around sensitively, and confirmed that there was no one around, and no one could see her childish movements just now, so she straightened her face again and returned to her previous cold posture.

"It's been a long time since I've been home, so it's good to come back once in a while. Indulge barefoot, wearing only underwear, showing off her beautiful body, and walk out of the house, letting the winter midday sun shine on her fair skin: "It's a pity that I don't dare to live forever, when will this frightened life end?"

"When you die, it's over, that's the fate of the Assassins. Hearing the sound of indulgence, he turned around enthusiastically, his pupils shrank, and he whispered: "Go, go back and get dressed and come out again." ”

"Shy or something. Indulgently approached the passionate kiss and pecked lightly on her cold lips: "Obviously, I saw everything last night, but today I am actually shy." ”

"Go get dressed. With a flutter of enthusiasm, he straightened his face again, pointed to the room, and said, "Now get out of here." ”

"I know, I know, it's cold. Indulgent and aggrieved complained and went back into the house, and when he came out again, his image changed. She wore a black ankle-length dress, a pair of black high-heeled boots on her feet, and her mid-length hair was coiled on top of her head, fastened with a black hair accessory.

"Are you going to a funeral?" said Enthusiastically as he squinted at Indulgence and said coldly.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same, except for the plenary meeting at the headquarters, when I met with other captain-level leaders in private, I didn't go with the mentality of attending a funeral. Indulgence shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "And it's to attend your own funeral." ”

"Then make more preparations, and turn it into a funeral for the other party when necessary. Enthusiastically and calmly said: "Yesterday we brutally voted for us, and in the evening I asked for an interview today, I don't know what the conspiracy is." ”

"Whatever, anyway, we made an appointment to meet here. Indulgence didn't care, leaned on the bench in the living room, squinted lazily and said, "I'll talk about it when we meet." ”

"Now that you know that you have made an appointment to meet here, you actually had to spend the night here last night. He said warmly and coldly: "You are not afraid of being assassinated." ”

"Who would have guessed that the most unlikely time to be here, we would just spend the night here. With an indulgent and mysterious smile, he stretched out the tip of his pink tongue and licked his bright red lips, which sparkled in the sunlight shining through the window: "Besides, don't you think it's a good taste to do it in such a dangerous environment? Don't you think that last night was quite exciting?"

"All I know is that talking to you is a stimulus to my spirit right now. The cold expression on Enthusiast's face turned into helplessness, and he rubbed his eyebrows and said distressedly: "You better shut up quickly, don't talk to me." (To be continued.) )