Tails stared at Naki intently, and began to look at the man he hadn't paid much attention to before.

Naki clutched the key to the Prison of Bones, looking panicked and miserable.

In fact, when Ricky and his Swords of Calamity find their cells, Naki is the first to speak up, and the latter's voice always has a lazy, laid-back inertia that doesn't matter.

But Tails didn't remember when Naki's voice began to fade from laziness and become short, nervous, and restless.

Now that I think about it, it must have been when Sakel appeared in front of them.

But what made him react so much to the appearance of the Knight of Punishment?

Is it pure fear and panic, or something else?

"Key, Naki. ”

Barney Jr. faltered for only a second, then decisively pulled his thoughts away from Naki's seemingly meaningful words and spoke in a commanding tone.

It's a pity that Naki is no longer as obedient as he used to be.

"We have already escaped, the prince is safe, and Saqel is free......"

Naki tugged at the corners of his mouth as he pointed at the tips of his swords and trembled, ignoring Barney's orders.

"Then we just have to stay incognito and spend the rest of our lives, Sakel can do whatever he likes, this young highness, he will return to the Fuxing Palace to be his royal heir, and one day he will reign in the world and become a generation of British lords......"

"Isn't that bad?"

Naki looked at Tails, his vocal cords pleading, making the latter more and more confused:

"Isn't it a happy thing for everyone to bury the unbearable past?"

Naki is now like a desperate wife confronting her heartless husband.

He eventually turned to Barney Jr., with resentment and hatred in his eyes:

"But why are you so paranoid, Barney?"

Naki questioned Barney Jr., who was unsettling many by his unusual behavior.

Belletti's face was so serious that it looked like it was about to crack in the next moment, Tardine was as suspicious as if he had known him for the first time, Nai looked down in thought, Semir looked even more surprised than he had been when he knew that Sakel was a traitor, Brie shook his head in a speechless voice, and Cannon began to mumble something in a low voice.

Not to mention Barney Jr.

Tails guessed from the vanguard officer's trembling sword grip that it took him great concentration to suppress the urge to stab his former comrades with a sword.

"Why do you have to go back to the royal capital, and you have to dig back into the past?"

Naki's tone was tired and mournful, like a sinner tortured before his execution.

"Why do you insist on cornering Sakel and making things out of control?"

At this moment, Naki, who had become a pacifist, looked panicked, and he twisted his head, his gaze turning between the crowd as if asking for help.

In the next second, Barney Jr. seemed to run out of patience.

The blade of his sword stabbed into Naki's left hand, trying to steal the key while he was unprepared.

Until another sword slashed out from the side, and the cold light glittered against Barney's throat!

Fast Rope exclaimed.

Almost instantly, several members of the royal family guard subconsciously raised their weapons and faced each other in the wind!

When Tails came to his senses, he was shocked to find that the situation in the field had become abnormal:

Barney's sword was pointed at Naki's left hand, and his own throat was held against Semir's sword.

Belletti and Tardin, on the other hand, reacted faithfully, their axes and swords against Semir, who suddenly rebelled.

Cannon seemed frightened, holding his weapon for some reason, while Brie squeaked anxiously, and Nye stood aside, darts clutched in his hands.

Faced with the suddenly split guards, the dazzled Tails was a little confused about the situation at the moment, and could only glance at the equally ignorant fast rope.

"What does that mean, Semir," Barney Jr. stared at the key in Naki's hand, feeling the chill in his throat, his face turning pale:

"You're going to show your true colors after all?"

Semir's face froze, the blade of his sword holding the incredulous little Barney hostage, ignoring his vital point shrouded in three weapons, and glanced at the blank Naki:

"Let him finish. ”

Tardin's sword and sword held Semir's back to the point, which seemed incomprehensible:

"Wait, Semir, do you realize we're running for your life?"

Semir snorted coldly, and the blade of the sword in his hand tilted slightly, forcing Barney Jr. to turn sideways.

"Do you think I still care about running for my life?"

"After eighteen years on the run?"

His emotionless and life-defying words made the rest of the guards look at each other, and the green tendons on Barney Jr.'s neck almost burst out.

Looking at the empty wall behind him, which was said to be an exit, Quickrope scratched his hair in pain, and whispered to Tails:

"You stars have a lot of......

Looking at the royal guards who were fighting again, Tails frowned.

Oh, yes.

Unless......

That's not a simple "".

After that, Semir didn't look at the angry vanguard, but turned to the man who was the only one in the field:

"Tell us, Naki, what do you know about the Year of Blood other than that song, other than what Saker said?"

Despite the bad situation, the topic has piqued the interest of many.

No one removed their weapons, but neither Barney Jr., nor Semir, nor Belletti nor Tardin, all turned their eyes to Naki at that moment.

"Quite the other way around, Sémir. ”

Looking at the situation of the brotherhood, Naki chuckled out a small chuckle, as if relieved by something.

"What you should be asking is: What did you not know about those days?"

What we don't know?

Doubts crept up on both Barney Jr. and Semir's faces: that was probably the only common ground they could find at the moment.

Barney Jr. looked at Belletti suspiciously.

But Belletti shook her head at Barney Jr., indicating that she didn't know.

Naki noticed their interaction, but chuckled nervously.

"Didn't you find out?"

Tails looked at Naki's face in amazement with madness and pleasure, but his eyes reflected despair and gloom:

"Didn't you notice that when Sakel hyped up his dissatisfaction with the former king and told him of his hatred of the calamity, his acting skills were really bad, his explanations were far-fetched, and his words were pale and weak?"

Poor acting......

The words are pale......

Barney Jr. paused.

Naki laughed again, and he pointed at Semir, laughing with tears, "Don't you notice that Semir is still so apprehensive that he is still questioning and doubting every word that our famous watchman says?"

Tyers was suspicious, and he pondered "every word" that Saker had said.

What do you mean?

Saqel ...... Lying?

He wasn't the only one who had this doubt, Barney Jr. and Belletti looked at each other in confusion.

Until Semir took Naki's words.

"So his betrayal wasn't because of the bullshit he said......"

Semir shook his head slightly, surprise flashing in his eyes:

"It's because back then, Sakel had no choice in that matter, and he was in a dilemma, so he could only go with the flow, right?"

Naki turned his head and glanced at Semir wearily, not saying a word, but his tense face relaxed.

Tails noticed that many people's expressions were different.

Semir was still holding his sword, but his full attention had shifted to Naki's, and he half-incredulously probed:

And today, when the truth of the year was about to be revealed, he was also in a dilemma, preferring to bear all this himself. ”

Speaking of this, Semir was slowly moved:

"I still remember when Sakel gave the main force of the royal guard that strange order to divert the tiger from the mountain and weaken the defense, most of them behaved ......"

Naki laughed again.

This time he smiled exceptionally happily:

"Semir, you son of a bitch, you deserve to be the one who holds the flag. ”

Semir's face changed completely.

Little Barney, who was in the field, couldn't stand it anymore and said loudly:

"What the hell are you talking about?"

The distracted Naki seemed to notice Barney at this point, and he snorted softly:

"Hahaha, Barney......"

He looked at little Barney, who was holding righteous indignation, and shook his head disdainfully:

"I wonder, how stupid and paranoid do you have to be to believe that the self-righteous and self-disciplined Knight of Punishment is the root of all evil, the leader behind the scenes?"

"Will you believe that he is the one who betrayed his loyalty and killed the former king only because of righteous indignation and delusion, injustice and anger?

Naki clutched the key, thumping his chest hard, scanning everyone with mocking eyes:

"Do you really think that just in the name of the watchman, he can make dozens of noble-born, high-quality, shrewd and powerful royal guards, including us, easily disintegrate the defenses of the entire Fuxing Palace and allow despicable assassinations without thinking?"

Many frowned more and more.

Wait, what he meant......

Tails' face slowly changed.

Samir stopped talking, and Barney's expression didn't move, but the meaning in his eyes slowly changed.

"Do you really think that the betrayal and assassination that shook the West Continent in Yongxing City back then," I saw Naki gasp, and the imprint on his face became more and more ugly:

"It only takes Sakel's own efforts and an order to complete it?"

Everyone was stunned, quietly looking at Naki, who was on the verge of collapse.

Until a few seconds later.

"What do you mean?" said Barney Jr., struggling to come back to his senses.

Naki took a few deep breaths and paused for a second, as if savoring the mixed feelings of the moment.

All unconsciously held their breath.

"That's right," Naki spoke, in a low voice, a gray tone, and a hint of resignation in his tone:

"It's not just Saker. ”

"Back then, the royal guards knew about the conspiracy in advance, but they were pretending to be deaf and dumb and cooperating with the brothers who carried out the assassination......"

Naki hung his head and whispered:

"Enough ...... More than half. ”

Obviously, the power of these words was second only to the alchemy ball that Tails had just dropped.

For ten full seconds, no one came back to their senses.

Everyone just stared at Naki in amazement, and their hearts were shocked.

Unconsciously, little Barney's sword hung down slightly, and as his master's heart wavered, it retracted its blade, no longer shining with cold light, and overflowing with murderous aura.

Almost at the same time, Semir laid down his arms, and Belletti and Tardin stopped threatening the former's midfield—but at this moment, no one wanted to pay attention to the unpleasantness that had just occurred.

Tails just blinked desperately, trying to sort out the chaos of his thoughts at this moment.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute......

The entire royal guard, more than half of them......

Know in advance, pretend to be deaf and dumb?

In this way, in the year of blood, the plot to assassinate Eddie II was a ......

Thinking of this, Tails suddenly felt a cold back and felt like he was suffocating.

"What?"

In the quiet atmosphere, Barney asked quietly.

The tone is so light, the tone is so light, like a little boy hiding under the bed, hiding from the monster in a nightmare.

But he eventually woke up the monster.

Or all the people in the field.

"Beforehand?" Belletti glared in disbelief.

"More than ...... Half?" Semir struggled to spit out the words.

Almost everyone was stunned.

As the center of attention, Naki snorted again, and he raised his head, but there was a clarity in his dark eyes.

It's like a prisoner who calmly accepts execution.

"Maybe more," he said, unable to distinguish between laughing and crying:

"When Sakel gave the order, some of the guards may have noticed that something was wrong, but although they were not involved, they were silent and ignored...... But there is no difference. ”

No one answered him.

But he didn't need to answer either.

Naki closed his eyes and took a deep breath of relief.

"But just now, when Saqel claimed that he had done all this, I knew that he was being reckless, holding on, and not being able to measure himself. ”

Naki trance:

"He wants to bear the sins of everyone with his own body under our witness, to cover up shame, to cover up scandals, and to be that sad and silent lonely hero. ”

Stubborn?

Carrying the sin?

A lone hero?

Tails blinked, trying to break free from the shocking truth just now.

He thought back to a man with a blank face, trying to make sense of Naki's description of the fierce, murderous Knight of Punishment.

"But I can't let him do that. ”

Naki's voice lowered, and the hand holding the key fell with his weapon, like a helpless traveler sliding into the abyss.

"I can't...... So do ......"

"Can't ......"

Naki reopened his eyes and muttered blankly:

"Never ...... Anymore"

"No more. ”

In this way, Sakel has just taken all the blame for it, and that is ......

Is it in ......

Tails thought for a moment.

On the other side, he could only hear the breathing of the guards.

"Therefore, King Kessel was right to throw us into the prison of bones. ”

The crowd stiffened their heads away.

In the suffocating darkness, Semir's voice came with difficulty:

Because somehow, he did know that behind the misfortune of the former king, the loopholes and negligence of the royal guard were not accidental. ”

Semir looked at everyone helplessly, looking at their equally unacceptable eyes:

"Because it was a dirty ...... involving more than 100 people, internal and external complicity, filthy and dirty"

"Mass mutiny. ”

Semir was dumbfounded and uttered his conclusions:

"This is the truth of our royal guard's 'collaborator' back then. ”

(End of chapter)