After midnight, the neon night scene of Akadu already looks a little deserted.

At the top of a skyscraper, Shadow squatted on the edge of the rooftop, looking in the direction of the edge of the city.

Her nose twitched slightly, inhaling softly, then exhaling slowly, carefully feeling all the smell information mixed in the air.

After a long time, as if she had determined the direction of her target, she jumped down, pulled at her newly changed cloak and spread it to the maximum, leaving a vague trail like mist in mid-air, swooping down on the wall of another tall building, moving a few times, jumping again, and finally disappearing into the tall buildings.

There is always an end to the stretch of buildings, and near the sixth ring road of the red capital, only the jagged buildings remain, and the ring highway crosses here, dividing the red capital into two parts, inside and outside.

On the inside, the city is still brightly lit, while on the outside, only the street lamps and some houses are shining.

At the edge of the city, there is also a long river that connects the two sides, and under the viaduct that crosses the river, it forms an area of shelter from the wind and rain along the embankment.

So the homeless men divided each area and made it their own residence. There was a man in tattered clothes who was also covered in dirt and smelled foul, he had the same long hair as other homeless people, but not as disheveled as they were, and only a ring of stubble around his mouth.

However, he didn't seem to have grabbed a place to sleep peacefully, so he could only rest on the bridge pillar.

The shadow reappeared on the riverbank, and with a slight sweep of her eyes, she walked straight to the man leaning against the bridge pillar, and threw out a few small kunai, which silently sank into the heads of the other homeless people, causing them to lose their lives in their sleep.

The man leaning on the pillar opened his eyes instantly, looked around nervously, and finally saw only the figure in the cloak and cloak, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Shadow Lady, are you the last one to see me off?"

He changed his relaxed posture, rested his head on the bridge pillar again, and placed his hands naturally in front of him, and the little finger on his right hand was still wrapped in a dirty strip of cloth, and he had no intention of resisting.

Shadow stood in front of him, looking at him condescendingly.

"Takei Songhiko, I'm not here to kill you, the young master will let you go back."

Song Yan's face was surprised at first, but soon turned into puzzlement, and asked, "Why?" I should have died, if it weren't for the fear that the things we worked so hard to do would be discovered by the people of Dongzhou, I would have committed suicide a long time ago to apologize, instead of ...... It's just here to make a living......."

He raised his right hand, looked at the missing little finger under the strip of cloth, and helplessly squeezed out a self-deprecating smile.

"This year's sacrifice to the god of the five mountains has been decided, and it is your mother."

"I ......"

Song Yan's eyes widened, but he was like a fish in his throat, and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.

"The young master invites you to go to see this last festival together."

"Why...... Young master, he ......"

Shadow's cold voice interrupted his hesitation: "The young master let you die in front of him, I don't want to repeat these words a second time." But if you really want to die, I don't mind if you die here. ”

With that, a bright dagger was thrown in front of Song Yan.

Song Yan took a few deep breaths, retracted his feet and knelt down to Kage, bowed his head, knocked his head sincerely, and then picked up the dagger in front of him.

Instead of slicing his chest and abdomen with a dagger, he grabbed his long, dirt-stained hair, cut it into short hair, then stood up and threw the broken hair into the river.

Looking at the long hair floating with the current, he muttered: "From now on, Takei Songhiko is the only one left, it's not that I don't want to change my name, this is one of the few gifts my deceased father and mother gave me." ”

With that, he stepped out of the bridge, raised the dagger in his hand, and aimed it at the crescent moon in the night sky, which was hidden by the clouds.

"May this beautiful moonlight no longer be obscured by dark clouds."

With just a knife cut, the clouds did not change at all, and even became thicker in the breeze.

——

Li Si was working on documents in his office, and there were too many things to do in the past few days, and reports from all over the country were accumulating, and finally his entire desktop was filled, like a small mountain.

"What? Still can't find the feeling? ”

He wore reading glasses and buried his head in the pile of papers, not looking up at the person in front of him.

Sitting at the desk was Gao Xiaobai, holding a long blind cane, and he had already put on his daily clothes, only the gauze on his face had not been removed.

"Yes, I've been practicing for a few days, but I'm slow to shoot, my head is not accurate, and I can't catch the feeling that Uncle Xiao said."

"I know you're anxious, too, but there are some things that can't be rushed. Like your master and me, I have been taught by the wind seeker for a few years, and I have realized it by myself until now, haven't I even touched the door of the 'true realm'? ”

Li Si was still buried in the papers, but his words were not interrupted.

"Xun Feng is a real genius, our true martial arts, with the pursuit of true martial arts as the concept of creation, has been nearly seventy years ago, and the 'true realm' has been the highest pursuit in our door since its inception, but after three generations, only he can reach this realm."

"You also know that the so-called 'true state', according to him, is the ability to fully understand oneself, and then to master everything about oneself, and to realize the full potential contained in each cell. But there are tens of trillions of cells in the human body, and they operate in your body all the time, sustaining your life, do you think you can forcibly and precisely control the state of each of them? ”

"Impossible, not even Xunfeng himself. But that doesn't stop him from reaching the 'True Realm', and the reason for that is actually quite simple. ”

Speaking of this, Li Si raised his head, took off his reading glasses, and closed the pen in his hand. He looked at Gao Xiaobai, who was holding on to the blind cane and concentrating, and he showed a gentle expression.

"Let me tell you a little story, a story that you may have heard before."

"Centipedes are born with 100 legs, but they work closely with each other without hindrance. But one day, he was asked a question: 'Mr. Centipede, which leg did you walk on?' ’

After hearing this, the centipede fell into deep thought, and it wondered which leg it usually took first. It didn't know, and when it tried to take another step, it suddenly realized that it didn't know which leg to move first. So it forced its steps, but although it took one leg, the next leg did not obey, and finally each leg was uncontrollable, interfering with each other and fighting, so that it tripped and fell to the ground, unable to get up. ”

"Just like the moral of the story, you don't have to force anything, respect the instincts of the body, go with the flow, and they will naturally match your every thought, the idea is clear, and the gun is fine."

Seeing that Gao Xiaobai nodded slightly, as if he was comprehending something, Li Si said with a smile:

"Let me tell you another interesting thing, when Xun Feng first entered the 'True Realm', after a regular training session, he went to the river to take a comfortable cold shower, and then stood naked on a big rock to blow the evening breeze, and when it was blowing, he turned his head and said to me, 'Senior brother, I know what the True Realm is all about.'" ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Si immediately lowered his voice and emphasized: "You just know it, don't say it."

"Yes, disciple understood!" Gao Xiaobai also hurriedly responded.

"What do you understand?"

Gao Xiaobai raised the blind cane horizontally in his hand, and the long pole turned out of a strong wind as his hands were raised above his head, and he turned sideways to squeeze the chair away, and his wrist was lifted down with the long rod, and at the same time he twisted the rod body lightly, a cold light suddenly appeared, and the sharp gun head popped out of the blind cane, and the cold gun head was just in front of Li Si's throat.

He said, "Disciple understands this. ”

The smile on the corner of Li Si's mouth suddenly became embarrassed, you said that you will realize it if you understand it, what kind of gun will you try with this old bone of yourself, and you are not afraid of any mistake?

He waved his hand away from the gun, and couldn't help scolding: "Ma Dan, you stinky boy, why do you want to kill the teacher!" ”

Gao Xiaobai took back the spear apologetically, twisted the body of the spear again, and the head of the spear was put back with it, and he sat down upright again.

"Yes, don't hesitate anything, follow your heart." Li Si pushed away the backlog of documents, cleared a small area, and poured a cup of tea that had been cold for Gao Xiaobai, Gao Xiaobai also reached out at the sound of the voice, and wrapped around the cup to protect the teacup to show respect.

"You don't have to lock yourself in the headquarters behind closed doors, go out and walk more, Yuansheng will do a good job in this, you can learn, he should tell you that he is going to retire early to study at the academy, right?"

After the tea was poured, Gao Xiaobai knocked lightly on the table, didn't rush to drink tea, and replied: "I know, Yuansheng also told me about it, I think it's good." ”

"You think he's good, but what about you? Do you think to yourself: he's out of the countermeasures, so you're going to have to take on more things? Otherwise, if you don't take care of your injuries, why did you come to me today? ”

Li Si saw through his mind at once, and Gao Xiaobai didn't hide anything, nodded and responded: "Yes, I heard that there have been a lot of things recently, if I just lie on the hospital bed like that, I have a little uneasy conscience." ”

"You, you......"

Li Si shook his head at the big apprentice, but the other party couldn't see it, he first took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued: "No wonder everyone says that you are dead-headed, if you have the mentality of being fated to be half alive, I don't have to worry so much about you, and I don't have to live so tired." ”

"Master, I'm not tired." Gao Xiaobai immediately denied it.

"Okay, you don't need to have too much pressure, even if our real martial arts are gone in the future, or the countermeasures bureau is gone, then it's gone, it's not that important. Look at Xunfeng, and Uncle Chen, a daughter before and after a daughter, a woman who drinks and plays cards every day, plays tricks and plays swords to deceive other old women, which of them has the idea of carrying forward the sect? ”

Li Si spread his palms and looked at Gao Xiaobai, and after a pause, he continued to say bitterly: "You and Yuansheng have followed me since childhood, and have seen too much darkness in the world, but don't let these things press on your body and overwhelm you, learn from Yuansheng more about that kind of open-minded mentality, and live for yourself." ”

Gao Xiaobai nodded first, indicating that he had listened to Li Si's words, but shook his head again, indicating that he had other opinions.

"Master, didn't you let go either?"

The blind cane in his hand fell forward and hit the pile of papers on the table, and the meaning was self-evident.

"It's not that I can't let go, these are the things I want to do, and I'm living for myself."

Gao Xiaobai smiled triumphantly after hearing this, and replied in the same way, "Then I'm the same, Master." I feel good to be able to help everyone. ”

"Yuansheng wants to live an ordinary life, so I hope to protect the peaceful daily life he expects."

"Uncle Xiao cares about the family, then I hope to take over his burden so that he doesn't have to worry about other things."

"Uncle Shi seems to be recuperating in his old age, but he can't let go of the things of the year in his heart, so I can not let him down and let him know that Zhenwu still has a successor."

"Senior Sister Xue has a good nature, although she has almost gotten rid of the side effects of her abilities, but she is always a demon who has been locked up, and I need to always have the strength to help her close the cage."

"And you, Master, although I can't see it, I can hear that you are also old......

Li Si snorted coldly: "I've made you understand, is the co-author disliking me as an old man?" ”

But he also sighed in his heart that this child seems to be rigid, but in fact, his mind is sharper than anyone else, but he hides it silently in his heart, saying less and doing more.

"Okay, since you have said so, then I will arrange a new task for you, you go to inspect the situation of each cave, it can be regarded as a supplementary task before, and wait for Liu Ai to arrange specific task details for you. The cave in charge of Yuansheng will also be inside, and you can talk to him when the time comes, and I think he will be happy to see you gradually recovering. ”

"Okay, then I'll trouble Master."

Gao Xiaobai picked up the teacup in front of him with both hands, drank it all, and then said goodbye and left.

After Li Si waited for him to leave, he looked at the piles of documents in front of him, frowned again, and sighed: "him, why are there so many." ”

But scolding and scolding, the work still has to be done, otherwise Liu Ai will come in and ask about the progress in a while, and it will be his turn to be preached.

There are several documents on display now, one is the official cooperation agreement issued by the Moon Shadow Family, but there is also a signed apology letter from the head of the Sun Solar Family on the side; A protest document forwarded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was a demand for compensation from the Rim of the Sea Business Alliance on the Ma Dong incident, followed by stern criticism from the upper leadership; There is also the latest news from the south, the crane team that investigated the mastermind behind the Dongtian incident actually disappeared mysteriously when they were about to find relevant clues.

He covered his mouth and looked at the last one a little distractedly, and the first few copies could be put away first, after all, it was not his own business.

After thinking for a while, he directly opened a new file bag, which contained all the information about the Su Group, including a list of Su Honghai's confessions, some celebrities who often appeared on TV, as well as a series of reports and further requests for cooperation from the Security Bureau.

But none of this was what he wanted.

After some searching, he found an application:

[Applicant: Su Yue.]

Education: Bachelor's degree at Chidu University

Background: The only daughter of Su Honghai, chairman of Su's Group (Note: Su Honghai has been controlled on suspicion of treason)

Position: Supernumerary member of the Special Incident Countermeasures Bureau (Grade E)

Recommended by: Liu Ai

Reason for application: ......】

He did not hesitate to sign his name on the application.