In the boundless silence and the gaze of the crowd, Barney Jr. frowned and looked behind the Knight of Punishment.

Look at the man who suddenly appeared with his sword in his scabbard, and his face was also branded.

"It's you. Barney said softly, with a hint of disdain.

Finally, Sakel, who had been listening silently, sighed and turned around slowly.

He gave a feeble smile to those behind him:

"I'm glad you're okay. ”

"Semir. ”

I saw the former flag bearer of the royal guard, and the culprit who brought the sword of calamity here, the man who had just been knocked unconscious by yodel, Colin Semir, standing behind Sakel with cold eyes.

Tails suddenly sighed.

Eighteen years later, the only nine remaining members of the royal guard, with nine immortal and ugly imprints, reunited in this deepest, dark, dark, dirty, and invisible prison of bones.

Seeing Semir, many people's faces were a little complicated.

"Wow, that's all the same," Naki's voice came in at an inopportune time, his smile was forced, but Tails could see that he was trying to temper the mood:

"Barney, Sakel, and of course you, Semir, I really think we old friends should sit down ......"

But Semir didn't care about them, just pointed at Sakel and interrupted Naki:

"And him!"

"The venerable Sakel, the reason why he kept his mouth shut, did not say a word, preferred to respond with force......"

"It's because it was the dirtiest and darkest secret in his heart. ”

Semir spoke word by word, but each word seemed to have some kind of magic power, which made everyone's breathing disorder and make the atmosphere in the room more and more solemn.

Tails frowned at Semir.

The latter sneered, his gaze swept over the seven prisoners, and continued:

And they asked in a secretive and vague way...... Because that's the worst nightmare in their hearts, isn't it? ”

The seven prisoners outside Saqel exchanged glances, but Tails tasted the horror in them. 、

Barney Jr. even closed his eyes.

"It's not just Saker. ”

Semir's words were as sharp as a sharp knife, and inch by inch cut through the seemingly indifferent expressions of his colleagues in the avant-garde:

"In fact, each of them is running away, unwilling to face it, unable to believe it, unwilling to uncover. ”

"Because of that secret!"

Semir shouted angrily and raised his arms and pointed at Tails!

"The secret that drove Sakel against this child, against Prince Tyres...... Happens to explain the past, doesn't it?"

Tails was stunned.

The Past ......

In the next second, little Barney suddenly opened his eyes!

"You're not qualified to speak here, Semir!"

He looked at Semir with exasperation:

"You're just a ...... who has turned your back on the Guards"

But as if to return all the resentment he had in the previous confrontation, Semir's eyes widened as well, and he pushed back in a voice louder than Barney Jr.:

"And that secret!"

I saw Semir say fiercely:

"Including the fact that when the Chief Flag Officer went south, it was our most feared Sakel who acted as part of the flag bearer's duties, and our watchman 'coincidentally' was the one closest to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and had daily access to his warrants. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if someone had turned off the sound, and the sound of everyone's breathing, footsteps, grinding teeth, and rubbing clothes disappeared without a trace.

Only Semir's words were left to gnash his teeth:

"Including, it was Sakel back then, it was he who took you, me, and him with most of the escort wings and vanguard wings, and the most elite men in the guard to rush back and forth to help, fighting bloody battles with assassins and mobs, but he was still one step late, unable to return to the sky, and could only watch the unfortunate ...... of the former king and the crown prince"

Tails breathed in a trance, the guards breathed tremblingly, and Sakel breathed sluggishly.

"Includes ......"

"Bell!"

Little Barney couldn't take it anymore, and he slashed his sword against the wall, and shouted in the cacophony:

"Enough!"

"Shut up, runaway traitors and cowards!"

Under the shock, Semir subconsciously gritted his teeth.

Little Barney pointed his sword at Semir and said angrily:

"This is a conversation between us and Saqel, and you traitor don't have to talk!"

Semir was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha......"

He lowered his head, raised his head again, pointed at Barney Jr. with his scabbard, and said sarcastically:

"You know, Barney, just now, I was just like you. ”

Barney's pupils narrowed.

"Until I see myself clearly. ”

Semir opened his arms and sneered, as if to embrace all the darkness in the dungeon:

"What exactly are you afraid of?"

Tails felt that Semir seemed to be a different person, and after experiencing the backlash of his colleagues, Ricky's Sea of Death, he reappeared in front of everyone like a demagogic evil god:

"Fear of the past, fear of the truth, fear of the answer, or fear of that incompetent and cowardly, ostrich self?"

"What about the unquestionable bravery and decisiveness with which you first accused me?"

"What about your smug 'I've suffered so much, so I'm entitled to scold you'?"

"Where have they gone?"

"Little Quill Barney?"

Semir's smile was big.

And every word of his seemed to pierce deep into the hearts of the members of the guard, and the thickest blood flowed out.

"In the name of the Chief Pioneer Officer......

Little Barney's voice trembled with his sword, and his eyes boiled with murderous intent:

"I said one last time. ”

"Shut up, on, you, of, smelly, mouth. ”

Semir's smile was even brighter, like a firework that was about to fade away in the next moment.

He raised his hand and shook his head, his eyes defiant.

Naki's words re-inserted before the situation in the field began to spiral out of hand, but this time, he was particularly cautious:

"Barney, Semir, I think maybe we shouldn't rush ......"

Barney Jr. turned his head sharply:

"Shut up, Naki. ”

"This is the order of the vanguard officer. ”

Naki was choked like this, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

Barney Jr. struggled to breathe and looked away.

"A shameful traitor is accusing you, Sakel. ”

Little Barney looked coldly at the punishment knight who was silent:

"Because eighteen years ago, you were loyal and devoted to your duties, but eighteen years later, you went berserk and suddenly pointed the finger at the bloodline you once swore to protect. ”

"And you don't have anything to justify?"

Fastrope glanced at Tails in fright.

Barney paused, took a deep breath, and seemed to be working on an incredibly difficult task:

"For example, you know some secrets that we don't know, and you have to find this prince, so you have to find him?"

"Or do you have a better reason, like this prince is an impostor liar?"

"Or, what secret is hidden in the blood of the bright star, as you said, you were appointed as the first king, and you have a mission that must be completed?"

Little Barney's eyes were tinged with anticipation and pleading.

And even ...... He's a scourge that must be removed?"

"Something like that?"

Tails' heart skipped another beat.

But don't know why.

He knows:

He didn't have to worry.

It became quiet in the field.

Reminds Tails of the gutter in an abandoned house, where there are only corpses.

Barney Jr. stared at his own eyes, which he probably didn't know what emotion it was, waiting for Saker's answer.

Semir still sneered, looking at everyone with disdain.

The other members had different faces.

The atmosphere in the stadium became more and more embarrassing.

"No, we used to be brothers of the Guard, we shouldn't have come to this point......"

Naki gave up the possibility of direct communication with Barney Jr., but instead of giving up his efforts, he turned his head to his colleague for help, and his tone even carried a hint of pleading:

"Belletti, your position is relatively high, please, what do you say......"

Even the fast rope could be seen that this weak soldier was trying to distract everyone, just trying to delay the arrival of that moment a little later.

Who knows, the grief-filled penistor Belletti shook his head:

"As a rule, the penal officer is not to interfere with the wartime decisions of the vanguard officer except on the orders of the captain of the guard. ”

Naki's words froze:

"Wartime, but now ......"

At this moment, Sakel, who had been standing indifferently and had not spoken for a long time, suddenly raised his head, and his dull voice sounded again in the prison of bones.

"It's okay!"

But this time, his voice was tinged with a hint of joy and relief.

The Knight of Punishment looked at his former fellow guards with gentle eyes:

"Naki, Belletti, and Semir. ”

"It's fine. ”

He turned his head slowly, his gaze meeting in the air with little Barney, who had been staring at him.

But there is no spark, only heaviness.

"Someone needs an answer, that's all. ”

Sacrael is hoarse.

Unconsciously, Tails' breathing strained.

He soon discovered that not only him, but many members of the Guard were behaving a little erratically.

"Thank you, Barney. ”

Sakel's tone was calm, with a hint of gratitude and friendliness, like a kind and gentle uncle next door.

"Thank you for asking so much, and thank you for asking so much. ”

He looked at little Barney with ethereal eyes, nodded and said:

"Thank you, thank you for your trust. ”

The moment he touched the other party's gentle eyes, for some reason, little Barney shook it fiercely.

He looked at the vaguely mighty target in front of him, who looked up in the past, who had been jealous and vowed to defeat, and trembled unconsciously.

At that moment, Barney Jr.'s words softened, no longer aggressive, and no longer cold and ugly:

Then answer me. ”

He said with difficulty, with a hint of imperceptible pleading:

"Please. ”

No one spoke.

Sakel silently looked at Barney Jr.

He knew, he knew what kind of answer Barney Jr. wanted.

But......

Sakel lowered his head and let out a long exhale, revealing a reassuring smile:

"You already have the answer, don't you? ”

Barney Jr. shuddered slightly.

Sakel's gaze swept over each of his colleagues, and finally stopped in the empty void: "Reunite with Semir before you, and finalize your ...... After making sure that Semir was not that person. ”

His eyes were a little glazed:

"You have the answer. ”

At this moment, Tails felt a lot of things from the people present, from their sudden changes in breathing and heartbeat.

Relieved, painful, stunned, surprised, resentful, sad, disdainful......

"I'm sorry to get you involved, all of you. ”

Sakel raised his head and skimmed the ceiling, but his melancholy frowning look as if he were looking up at the setting sun:

"But I just have to get it done...... The unfinished business of the year. ”

He was stunned.

Little Barney's body shook, his chest heaving.

The ...... of the year

"Unfinished business?"

He forcibly suppressed the contents of his throat, gritted his teeth and asked:

"What did you do back then, Sakel?"

"What does it have to do with this child?"

In Tails' eyes, Sakel still looked up at the pitch-black ceiling, as if there was his exit.

The corners of the other person's mouth are getting bigger and bigger.

He raised his hand slightly, touched his forehead, and squeezed out a clumsy smile that seemed to be made by hand.

In the trance, there is a kind of sadness with tears in laughter.

"That's right. ”

Sakel spoke quietly, as if telling a bedtime story:

"Barney, you've been searching for an answer for years...... Yes, there is. ”

Tails frowned, staring at the Knight of Punishment.

To put it this way......

Bearing the complicated and profound gazes of all of them, Sakel took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Eighteen Years Ago......"

Tails' nerves tensed.

"That fake crown prince warrant in Fuxing Palace, deliberately transferred you out of the Hall of Stars and created a gap......

"That the Shadow Shield and Saliton may assassinate the king's ......"

"And the one who deliberately led the team out of the palace gate and left the crown prince to the Assassins......"

The Knight of Punishment slowly pulled his palms and combed his forehead hair to the top of his head and the back of his head, exposing the ugly imprint on his forehead to the air.

He lowered his head and looked at everyone.

Losing the coverage of his forehead, the facial features on the face of the Chief of the Punishment Knight became sharper and sharper.

As everyone shuddered as they waited, his words became more and more indifferent:

"The key figure in that great rebellion......"

"Betrayed the Royal Guard......"

"Betrayed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

"Betrayed His Majesty ...... Former King"

"The Bright Star family is ruined, and the entire royal family is withered......"

Every word, every sentence, is incomparably prosaic, tepid, like the drowsy chanting of the temple.

But it made everyone present tense their nerves.

The Knight of Punishment continued faintly:

"The man who should really be charged with collaborating with the enemy, but has concealed the truth for 18 years......"

"That shameful, sad, hypocritical, disgusting, pretentious, sanctimonious, inconsistencies. ”

The Knight of Punishment pulled the corners of his mouth open:

"It's me. ”

In the uncontrollable inhalation of many, the Knight of Punishment exhaled.

With a sense of relief, his smile remained the same, and after a series of descriptions and titles, he added the unusual name that made everyone sad:

"Immanu Saker. ”

"Betrayer. ”

(End of chapter)