On the surface of the City of Innocence, the third chamber of the Hand of Shadows.

The Chamber of Secrets was in absolute darkness, without a glimmer of light. The chamber is large, about sixty square meters. There is nothing superfluous inside the chamber, except for seven high-backed chairs in a circle, which symbolizes the supreme power of the Shadow Hand except for the three presidents.

Inside the Shadow Hand, everyone is referred to by a code name and never reveals their real name. These codes are also not taken randomly, but are given by the higher levels, and the lower the internal status, the more complex the code, and the higher the status, the simpler the code. It would be a shame for the members of the Shadow Hand to have a code name similar to the dexterous and shrewd hand, or to the mad bloodthirsty madman, and only something as simple as passionate indulgence would be enough to boast about.

The Shadow Hand Guild has three guild leaders, codenamed Thorn, Stealer, and Shadow, and represents the crowning achievement of the three main paths of development of the Rogue class. Below the president, there are seven captains, these seven people hold the main power of the Shadow Hand, and they are not subordinate to each other, and are only responsible to the three presidents. The third secret room is the conference hall dedicated to the seven captains, except for the cleaning staff, only the captains are allowed to enter, also known as the seven-person conference room. Each of the seven chairs has its owner's code name written on it, elegant, crazy, cruel, curious, suspicious, passionate, indulgent, and any one of the seven code names is a nightmare for the intelligent creatures of the Yara continent.

"The meeting begins. It's hard to imagine that the person with the weird code name of madness is actually a woman, and her voice sounds gentle and calm, not at all like the code name she has: "I'm on duty this month, and it's not yet time to be suspicious?"

"Sorry, I'm late. "The door to the chamber was open, but no light penetrated, and even the outside of the chamber was absolutely dark. Although there is no light, the people present are all the top professionals of the thief profession, and if you can't even walk in the dark, it is better to find a place to hide, and save yourself the shame of the shadow hand. Suspicious walked leisurely to his seat in the darkness and sat down: "It's a little delayed." ”

"Curious and elegant, the two go out on a mission. Haven't come back yet, so it's only the five of us participating. He frantically knocked on the armrest of the chair to symbolize the start of the meeting: "Since everyone is already together, it is doubtful that you should speak first as the convener of this meeting." ”

"I propose. Suspicious cleared his throat and whispered, "Temporarily relieved of the task of investigating the sacrificial incident. ”

"Rejected. "The Rotating Speaker is crazy and can't think about it. Mechanized said: "The task is given by the president, and according to the rules, the seven-member meeting has no right to dismiss." ”

"Request a reconsideration. Suspicious was not surprised by the crazy reaction, and said calmly: "According to the Shadow Code, the Council of Seven has temporarily suspended a task at one time and left it to the president to reweigh the power. ”

"Use the right to terminate the mission?" was stunned. Said solemnly: "Allow detailed explanations." ”

"Since three days ago, there has been a sudden small commotion on the periphery of the underground base. Listening to the subtle difference in the voice, Suspicious is turning his face in the direction of enthusiasm: "The commotion is manifested in the continuous sound of fighting coming back from the perimeter of the base, indicating that outsiders have entered the underground space, and according to the preliminary judgment of the intelligence team, the intruder should have entered through the entrance to the abandoned headquarters." And the day before the commotion, Passion and Indulgence were seen leading strangers into the location of the abandoned headquarters in the Dark Alley area with unknown intentions. Summing up, there are good reasons to suspect that enthusiasm and indulgence take advantage of the convenience of the task. Assist outsiders to invade the underground space and encroach on the interests of the guild. End of explanation. ”

"Request for substitute speakers. The voice of indulgence and charm finally rang out.

"Enthusiasm?" said the crazy voice without a hint of emotion, completely mechanical.

"Consent is replaced. Said indifferently and enthusiastically.

"Substitute statements request approval. Madness, as the rotating speaker of the meeting, must remain neutral at such moments: "One minute of time. ”

"This group is invited with the approval of the president, and the invitation is also approved by the president. Indulgence said unhurriedly: "This group is assisting in the investigation of the evil god sacrifice incident, and it is not an outsider. ”

"Excuse me to speak. "Suspicious remained calm.

"Permission to speak. Crazy said: "The time limit is one minute." ”

"The permission for assistance approved by the President is limited to the investigation of the City of Innocence and has nothing to do with the underground base, so Enthusiasm has no authority to bring non-guild people in. Even if it's a boost. Suspicious said: "To sum up, stick to the original proposal and request the use of the task termination right." ”

"Excuse me to speak. He said casually rubbing his fingers on his lips.

"Permission to speak. Crazy said lightly: "The time limit is one minute." ”

"According to the investigation, it is suspected that the executor of the evil god sacrifice incident. Hide in the underground. "It is necessary to enter the underground space to investigate, and there is no fault for letting this group in." ”

"Both sides have explanations. After waiting for a few seconds, he found that no one had applied to speak again, so he banged on the arm of his chair frantically, thought for a moment and said, "There is a possibility that the explanation will be valid." Therefore, the seven-member meeting could not be determined, so it was ready to open the meeting to vote. ”

"The meeting begins. Crazy banged on the arm of the chair again and said, "Start voting." ”

: I'm against it. "I'm against it too. "Obviously, both enthusiasm and indulgence have voted against indulgence. According to the rules of the Shadow Hand, the right to terminate a mission can only be exercised if it is approved by more than half of the captains present, which means that if one more person objects, the right request will be frustrated. ”

"I agree. "I suspect that I will definitely agree to my request, and now the only thing left in the conference room is madness and cruelty, and the United States and Obi, oh Taylor.

"I agree. The first thing to say was the madness of being the rotating speaker, and although he had to remain neutral as the speaker, he could still express his opinion during the vote: "I also think it's inappropriate to allow outsiders to enter. ”

"I ......," Cruel hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm against it." ”

"Voting is over. There was no disappointment in the frantic voice: "The use of the right to terminate the mandate is not authorized. As the convener of the meeting, do you have any other proposals?"

"Nope. Suspicious said with some disappointment.

"Excuse me to speak. Indulgence surprisingly said.

"Permission to speak. Crazy said: "The time limit is one minute." ”

"Failure of a suspicious proposal can lead to bias. Indulgence took the initiative and said: "Apply for suspicion to avoid tasks related to the sacrifice of evil gods for a period of three days." ”

"The request is reasonable. Frantically tapping the armrest of the high-backed chair: "Apply for approval, adjourn." ”

"Catherine, Vivien, you two must come on, we don't have much time to delay. "Indulgence and enthusiasm sat in silence in their place, silently expecting in their hearts—

"Miss Catherine!" Pansy let out a cry of despair, watching as the giant golem's fist began to fall on top of Catherine's head, and if it was hit from top to bottom, it would not have been knocked down like the previous time, but would have been smashed into meat sauce. But Catherine, who was already seriously injured, could no longer carry out any effective evasion and defense, and even her consciousness was a little trance, and there was only a white expanse in front of her, and she couldn't see anything clearly.

The tooth-aching sound of metal grinding on the arms of the giant puppet sounded to Catherine from far away, representing the grinding sound of death coming to her, and in the end, it could not bring back Catherine's consciousness that was about to fall into chaos.

"Catch. The sudden voice behind almost paralyzed the maid sister, who was already in a high state of tension, and a shiny card flew out from behind the maid sister, and flew in the air to Catherine in confusion: "Catch it." ”

"What a familiar voice, am I dreaming?" Catherine, who was in a trance, looked up, trying to control the focus of her eyes in order to restore her faint vision. In Catherine's confused mind, she no longer knew what she was doing, and the card that suddenly appeared in the air in front of her was indescribably strange, completely unable to understand what it meant: "What a strange card, what is this?"

"Catch it, stupid. The owner of the sudden voice was almost killed by Catherine's unconscious counter-attack, and shouted in a rage: "That's the gold coin, catch it." ”

"Gold coins?" Catherine's eyes lit up in confusion, her movements, which had become extremely slow due to serious injuries, suddenly became flexible, and her right hand, which was hanging weakly at her side, quickly raised and grabbed the card that just flew in front of her: "What a strange gold coin, why is it silver? Also, whose voice is it, why can't I remember it suddenly?"

Theoretically, a small card can't change anything, it can't stop the giant golem's hammer blows, and it can't save Catherine's life. But miracles often happen inadvertently, like now.

The moment Catherine grasped the card, the giant puppet behind her suddenly made another beep, and after the prompt ended, a string of complex goblin words came out of the pronunciation device.

Attracted by the voice behind her, Catherine looked back blankly and reluctantly. Only then did she see that behind her, the giant puppet was still holding its right limb up, maintaining a fist-swinging attack posture, but the attack did not come, but stopped less than fifty centimeters above her head, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Catherine blinked, her brain could no longer comprehend the meaning of everything in front of her, but she raised her hand curiously like a child, touched the cold fist of the giant puppet, and smiled inexplicably.

"It's an interesting sculpture, why is it here? I should have asked my father to put it outside the garden. Catherine's body began to shake, and she finally fell straight backwards, muttering the confusing comment before she finally fell unconscious. (To be continued.) )

PS: The week starting tomorrow, please worry more friends, it's okay to vote for me every day, thank you, I want to see how many I can have in a week