Brothers...... Cannibalism?

Little Barney paused, his eyes glazed over.

As if recalling the past.

Hearing this, the members of the guard behaved differently:

Semir scoffed, Belletti and Nye were silent, Tardin snorted coldly, Brie squeaked anxiously, and Cannon, who was at the end, even let out a gaffe.

Naki held the torch in pain, and the light of the fire flickered:

"Barney, please...... When we go out, we can just ...... Forget it?"

Little Barney's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, as if he couldn't understand:

"Count...... Done?"

Naki snorted, and the words rang through the passage, with a vague feeling of nothingness:

"You know, find a place, be quiet, spend the rest of your life, forget Saker, forget about him......"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Tails suddenly felt that the atmosphere had become something wrong.

Sure enough, the next moment, Little Barney's voice suddenly rose!

"Forget him?"

His footsteps paused for a few seconds, and the team behind him was also in disarray.

"What about the thirty-seven brothers who died in prison?"

Just listen to little Barney snort hatefully:

"What about the people who died in the Fuxing Palace back then?"

"What about the old captain, Tony, my father?"

He clutched his sword and shield tightly, and his voice was filled with unspeakable bitterness and anger:

"Your Majesty and Your Highness...... What are they going to do?"

"What about the blood that was shed in the kingdom?"

Naki was snatched away by him, and was slightly silent.

Belletti patted Barney Jr. on the shoulder worriedly, who shook his head, signaled that he was okay, and continued to follow Semir.

However, just when the worried Tails thought that everything was back to normal, Naki's faint voice came again:

"But Barney, have you ever thought that the people who died, they might ......"

Naki paused for a moment, and said with deep unbearability:

"They may not want to see us retribution and fratricide...... Maybe you just want to rest in peace, you just want us to be safe, you just want everything to go with the wind......"

Tails frowned.

The atmosphere is getting more and more wrong.

"Naki," Tardin couldn't help but say:

"Say no more. ”

Naki was silent.

Little Barney snorted.

"Go with the wind......"

He looked deeply at the torch beside him, and slowly became confused, and then became firm:

"When my father, with his arms broken and bleeding out, lay silently like a wild dog on the side of the road with his eyes open in agony, hidden under the heap of corpses, he didn't look like he had gone with the wind. ”

Barney Jr.'s words were filled with anger and pain.

The breathing in the passage became disordered.

"And the torture that more than 40 of us have encountered, everything we have endured, and the pain we have faced for more than ten years......"

"For more than ten years, the illusions you have seen when you have opened and closed your eyes, the past you have dreamed of, and the future you have imagined ......"

"Think again, Saqel is the culprit of all this, but he escaped responsibility, deceived the world, and got away with it......"

"Ask yourself, Naki, ...... you"

"Can you really let all of this go with the wind?"

"And then live the rest of your life with peace of mind and confidence?"

Every word he said moved the people of the guard slightly.

"Nope. ”

"At least I can't. ”

"And it's not fratricidal. ”

Barney Jr. said softly.

"When he, when Sachael abandons his oath and betrays the king, and raises the butcher's knife against us," Barney Jr. drew the blade of his sword and said coldly, as if abandoning the last trace of emotion:

"He is no longer our brother and brother. ”

The coldness inside and outside his words made Naki tremble slightly.

"We will do everything in our power to find him, catch him, hunt him down, no matter the mountains, rivers and oceans, the ends of the earth, hell on earth," as he spoke, Barney's sword blade sliced across the wall, bringing with him a sound of friction as terrible as his tone:

"We will force Sakel to answer, let him witness his fate, and see how his sins and debts are repaid one by one......"

At that moment, Barney Jr. gritted his teeth:

"Betrayers, there must be a price. ”

Naki's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of anxiety and pleading, "But, Barney!"

"Neither your father nor the old captain would want such revenge......"

"Naki!" Tarding seemed to be unable to stand Naki's untimely persuasion any longer:

"Shut up!"

But little Barney seemed to be provoked by Naki, and he sneered:

"Revenge?"

"No, it's not just revenge. ”

Little Barney stared at the darkness ahead:

"This is our responsibility as survivors, our obligation, our burden, the meaning of our life. ”

Only in this way can we face our hearts day and night in the future, without shame or regret. ”

Naki didn't respond seriously, he just swallowed his throat and said in a low mood:

"Yes. ”

Slightly confused and sad.

At that moment, Semir's footsteps stopped.

"We found it. ”

He said hoarsely.

Tails was startled and quickly looked up, only to find that they had come to a brand new room.

The crowd also recovered from the unpleasant conversation they had just had and looked around in amazement—even as prisoners, they had never had the opportunity to visit the lower floors of the prison.

In the light of the fire, the room seemed very empty, with nothing on the floor except fallen wood and stones, but there was an empty shelf diagonally against the wall, of unknown material.

Obviously, there used to be countless shelves stacked here, storing an incomparably abundant amount of supplies.

The storage room of the Alchemy Tower.

But now......

"Where's the exit?" Barney Jr. wondered, looking at the empty walls.

Semir's face was serious, and he walked straight to the wall opposite the passage:

"See this wall?"

"If Ricky is right, it's a door. ”

Semir exhaled, excitement rising in his eyes:

"The exit is hidden here, and when the entire underground bunker is lost, the remaining mages will have a last resort to escape after retreating to the storage room. ”

The crowd, including Tails, stepped forward in amazement and touched the dusty wall.

Rough to the touch and with a long history.

This huge, empty wall, which doesn't even have any joints, is actually ......

A door?

"Now, we just need to find that special, hidden keyhole," Semir said hopefully:

"Open this door......"

He turned to Tails:

"Since you can release them, Your Highness the Prince. ”

"I believe the key must be on you?"

Everyone looked to Tails.

Semir's aggressive gaze made Tails uncomfortable.

But the young man only snorted softly, and then took the strange long key from his bosom and handed it to Semir.

But the unexpected happened.

At the moment when Tails stretched out his palm, the other hand was quickly cut sideways!

In full view of the royal guards, the splitter snatched the key!

The sudden shock made everyone stunned.

"Boom!"

The man who snatched the key stepped unhesitantly, slammed into Nai and Tardin, and then turned back and raised his sword, panting as he watched the stunned crowd.

What the?

Tails looked at the man in surprise.

He believed that the guards did not fail to react, but did not expect it at all......

Why...... Could it be him?

But Barney Jr. was the first to react, and he subconsciously shouted the name of the robber:

"Naki!"

"What are you doing?"

In front of Tails' eyes, he was shocked to see the chatter of the royal guard, Naki, who had always seemed lively and funny, was holding the key to the dungeon in one hand and the sword in the other, looking at the rest of the guard tremblingly.

It's as if a boundary has been drawn from them.

Ty Naki.

It's him.

"I'm sorry, Barney," Naki shuddered, his face full of pain and hesitation, and mixed hatred, as he looked straight at Barney:

"But ......"

Naki breathed tremblingly, his eyes empty:

"But I can't, I can't let you open this door. ”

Surprised, Tails noticed that Naki was not normal at the moment.

Contrary to the humor and optimism of the first sight, he appeared pale and gray-eyed.

It's like a different person.

Barney Jr. looked at him in disbelief:

"What?"

Naki took a deep breath, his eyebrows furrowed, his cheeks twitched, as if he were fighting something, and his words were neither coherent nor logical:

"I'm sorry, everyone!"

I saw him shout out, and the tip of his sword trembled and pointed at everyone:

"But I can't let you, especially Barney...... Go up. ”

The turn of events left the rest of the royal guard stunned.

Semir's brow tightened, Tardine and Nye looked at each other worriedly, Brie's whining grew more and more irritable, Cannon seemed to have seen a ghost, and Belletti gritted her teeth.

"Naki...... What the hell is wrong with you, sick again?" asked Tardin, trying to tighten the tension in his tone.

Sick?

Tails' heart tightened.

Naki looked at a nervous Tardin, first with pain and remorse in his eyes.

A second later, his twitching cheeks curled and he smiled strangely:

"Haha, maybe, but I think I'm ...... I can't take it anymore. ”

Can't stand it anymore?

Looking at Naki, who was extremely abnormal, everyone in the guard was in an uproar for a while.

Belletti tried to sneak closer to him, but was forced back by Naki's shaky sword.

"Naki, what's going on?" Nai asked with a gloomy face.

Naki shuddered again, glancing at the key in his hand, then at Barney.

"What's going on, what's going on?"

He raised his head and smiled an ugly and bitter smile:

"I'm just, I can't, I can't let this idiot Barney go out and mess everything up...... Obviously everything is fine......"

"I can't let him go up like this...... Do everything he says. ”

"Both for the living, and for the dead. ”

When Barney Jr. heard this, he looked at him with a grim face.

Tails still looked at Naki in front of him in shock.

This member of the avant-garde team who came to him first in the rescue.

He was still arguing with Barney about revenge or letting go, but why ...... now?

"Naki?"

According to his previous experience in appeasing Saker, Tails handed the long sword to the fast rope, carefully raised his hands, signaled that he was not hostile, and said gently:

"Listen to me, calm down, okay? So what do you see......

But it was fine that he didn't speak, and as soon as he spoke, Naki shuddered again and turned his head sharply to Tails!

"Your Highness, why?" Naki's face contorted, and he said with a slight cry.

Tails froze.

In front of him, Naki was looking at him with an expression he couldn't imagine.

It's like...... Believers who are crying out for salvation.

Like ...... again A powerless mortal who is disappointed in life.

His eyes were full of despair and contradictions.

This made him not understand.

"What, why?" Tails asked subconsciously.

Naki looked desperate, but he forced himself to laugh and said bitterly:

"We are all ready to spend the rest of our lives in this hell of despair and die in silence......"

His voice grew hoarse, with a throat-tearing tone:

"But why, why do you have to be cruel and indifferent here, in this hell?"

"Your Highness!"

"Why did you come to us!"

The more Naki spoke, the more agitated he became, the tip of his sword shaking, and Belletti had to pull Tails back a little.

"Why ...... us again? Send back to this unbearable, extremely ugly world?"

Tails stared blankly at him.

Why?

What is he saying?

"Naki!"

After experiencing shock and doubt, Barney Jr. finally couldn't help it, and his impatience turned into anger:

"Hand over the keys – don't forget, we're pressed for time and have a lot of responsibility!"

Little Barney's eyes were on fire, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"No matter what crazy you're doing, but for eighteen years we've stood here, not just for ourselves, not just for our feelings!"

"If you still have a shred of respect for the deceased and your siblings......"

But it was beyond everyone's expectations......

"That's enough, Barney of Quill bitch!"

Naki, who had always been afraid and obedient to Barney, the chief pioneer officer, exploded violently in the next moment!

Naki was emotional and yelled back hysterically:

"You seedless bastard! Damn paranoid, the most cruel murderer!"

Barney Jr. was stunned for a moment.

Homicide......

Murderer?

In an instant, the resolute and resolute vanguard officer was also confused.

Under everyone's incredulous gaze, Naki looked hideous and struggled to move.

"Eighteen years ......"

He raised the blade of his sword and gritted his teeth to squeeze out a few words:

"I'm fed up with your self-righteousness and self-pretentious cleverness......"

Naki stared at the shocked Barney fiercely, and pointed his sword at the other party:

"I'm fed up with your day and night, chattering and proclamation......"

Naki took a sharp breath, as if to express all his misery and indignation, and roared loudly:

"I'm fed up with your exemplary appearance of perseverance and perseverance!"

Naki's eyes were red, tears were pouring in, and he was breathing heavily, as if he was sobbing and as if he was angry.

The rest of the guard never seemed to have seen Naki like this, and everyone was caught off guard.

But looking at him like this, Tails had doubts from the bottom of his heart.

Wrong.

The sins of the River of Hells came to my mind.

Tails began to force himself to remember.

Think back to the things that weren't normal.

From him to the prison of bones.

All the factors, all the things, all the logic......

Wrong.

From the moment he met Sakel, Naki's attitude was very wrong......

No.

It's not just there.

Earlier.

A little earlier!

"Naki. ”

At this moment, Tails spoke in a daze:

"That song. ”

Naki's expression of pain and struggle was frozen:

"What?"

His shoulders trembled violently, his face changed dramatically, and his breathing was haphazard.

Tails remembered.

He finally figured out something was wrong.

In front of everyone, the young man breathed in a trance, and said his guess word by word:

"Just now Saker said that he is the only one who knows the truth......"

"And all the bad luck began when he failed to persuade the old king Eddie to stop him from marrying Queen Fiosa, a former friend who was actually a magician......"

Naki shuddered!

"But ......"

Tails' voice was also trembling slightly, as if he had thought of something terrible:

"But that song," Tails looked at him blankly:

"But when we first met across the cell, the song you sang to appease Cannon......"

Barney Jr., Semir, Belletti...... The others frowned.

"That's not a coincidence, is it?"

At that moment, it was as if someone was holding down the air, and Naki's breathing instantly calmed down.

For a few seconds, Naki's expression changed from despair and pain to sadness and relief.

He closed his eyes and let the tears fall.

The next second, Naki pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty.

"You are perceptive, Your Highness. ”

In front of everyone's incredulous gaze, Naki was seen in tears, and chuckled sadly:

"Nope. ”

"That's not. ”

(End of chapter)