"Xiao Qian! Xiao Qian! Don't go yet! You... are hateful."
Sitting helplessly in his game cabin, Duan Qing took a deep breath, and then dispersed the echoless electronic light screen and the surrounding large news screen into the darkness in front of him. The echoes echoed around him.
The playback sound was then replaced by endless silence. At the same time, there was the sound of breathing that was meditating again. The eyes that gradually became dull finally followed Duan Qing's head swinging back and forth. I didn't spend too much time in this place.
He patrolled back and forth around Jiu's secret residence: "Colorful auras..."
"The fire that originated from me has never been extinguished."
He closed his eyes, and an expression of pain gradually appeared on his face: "And it's already burned so close..."
[Beep——]
A slight beeping sound appeared in front of Duan Qing again. It was the sound made when the ordinary communication request, which was different from the emergency communication, sounded again. His eyes moved slightly and stayed there for a long time, but finally he still read the message.
An ordinary communication request without any name was received: "..."
"You sound a little unhappy."
As if he was well prepared for the silence that spread over here, an old man's voice finally sounded from the other end of the communication: "Young Master."
"really……"
Taking a deep breath, Duan Qing spit out his gritted teeth: "Why do you do this?"
"If you don't do this, you won't answer this communication, right?"
After letting out an uncontrollable chuckle, the old man's voice on the other side of the communication explained proudly: "Ever since the name 'Moshang Qingshan' began to circulate in the free world, we have been trying to contact you, your friend.
There are still messages from us in the mailbox of the list..."
"Do you want to check it out now?" The old man said in a low voice: "So that the regret in your heart will become deeper?"
"...That's all."
Waving his hand, Duan Qing completely relaxed his body, and then while the other party was waiting silently, he raised his voice and raised his eyes upward: "Tell me your purpose...what exactly are you doing?"
what do you want?"
"...The eldest young master of our Duan family seems to have matured a lot."
The old man on the other side of the communication was silent for a moment again, and then gave a compliment with applause: "If it were the Duan Tianfeng from before, he might have been furious at this time and started to talk harshly."
"Stop talking nonsense, of course people will grow." Duan Qing responded expressionlessly: "What's more, after three years like this, if there is no growth..."
"It's too late, Master, it's too late." Before Duan Qing could finish his words, the old man's voice suddenly rose up: "You can make up for anything, but you can't make up for time... even if it's time...
Today, you still can't easily make up for the mistakes you made in the past, can you?"
"……you're right."
"Then why do you still come out?"
"……because I like it."
"... Such a willful reason cannot be justified in front of me and the head of the family."
After a few inexplicable conversations between each other, Duan Qing, who was sitting in the center of the game cabin, buried his head again. The old man, who noticed the change in his tone, also let out his hoarse laugh again: "Three years."
The retreat before was already the biggest concession under our coordination. We didn’t even erase your reputation and left the best ending for the name Sky-Breaking Blade..."
"You don't naively think that this means that the grudge has been wiped out, right?" His voice gradually became much colder: "Even if the third generation virtual game technology has passed, those things that happened...
It will never be erased.”
"..."
"The alliance's investigators should have visited your secluded place a few days ago - I have to say, you are really brave."
As if he was remembering something that happened at a certain point in time, the old man's voice became gloomy again: "A method like hiding in the city can actually be used."
"I know what you mean. You want to warn me in this way." Duan Qing's answer did not contain any complacency: "Those incidents... are still remembered in my head, right?
?”
"Yes, Duan Tianfeng is the holder of many records in the alliance, and is also a wanted criminal within the alliance." The old man laughed loudly: "Although you run very fast, but... do you need to let us
Remind them again, what did your Yi Jian do?"
"...I must emphasize that there is nothing wrong with the Yi Jian itself." Duan Qing's tone finally became serious: "You and Uncle...Duan Yannian must have tried every means to get rid of it during this period.
Get it."
"..."
"Did you give instructions behind the scenes about the Knights Templar thing?" Duan Qing asked in a low voice: "Since you have worked so hard to get these things, then the righteous extermination of relatives three years ago...
…What exactly is it for?”
"...Okay, enough of the gossip."
As if he didn't want to reveal too much on this issue, the old man on the other side of the communication finally turned the topic back to Duan Qing: "It's time to solve the problem at hand."
"...Say it."
"We don't want to see you and your team appear in the league's professional arena again."
The voice paused, and the old man said to Duan Qing in a low voice: "In order not to cause too much shock... I hope you can lose the game in a normal way in more than ten hours."
"..."
"Wings of Freedom will become the champion of this competition, and the Chu family... will once again become the focus of our future support."
Seemingly understanding the reason for the other party's silence, the old man chuckled again and said: "Although it is a bit disgusting to pick up that broken shoe again, but... Xu Liangyu is a very interesting person, and he is very in line with the taste of the family owner."
"...Where are the Knights Templar?"
"If there were no accidents, the Knights Templar should have stood tall in the world with another invincible appearance, but now...hehehehe."
The old man replied in a low voice: "An ambitious, unscrupulous little man, and a woman who originally looked down on you because of the game, but now starts fighting for power because of the game... Such a combination in King's Landing sounds good."
"...You, you guys..."
"Don't waste any more words. You don't need to worry about the future of this world anyway."
Feeling the tremor in Duan Qing's tone, the old man's voice finally revealed a hint of excitement: "If you are still unwilling to give up and rule the world, we will not be able to guarantee the safety of the friends around you.
At the same time, everything about your past will be made public...heh."
"I really want to know...when Jian Beidong and the eldest lady of the Lou family know the whole story of what happened three years ago, will they be like Chen Tiancheng?" He let out a terrifying shout again.
Laughing: "Such a scene...even I, Liu Benyong, can't imagine it! Hahahahahaha!"
A slight beeping sound followed the old man's final soul-tearing voice as it disappeared into the silent underground space. The harsh final sound brought a temporary end to the ultimatum sent to Duan Qing. He looked at the light screen.
Duan Qing disappeared but did not look away for a long time. After a while, he raised his right hand: "...Hello?"
"Hello, my name is Yushang. Time is inconvenient. Please wait until after the beep..."
"..."
Without leaving too many words, Duan Qing silently hung up his communication. The right hand he wanted to move back slowly moved to another adjacent avatar after a moment of pause: "...Hello
.”
"...Look who this is? You actually contacted me? Using this account? This name?"
"..."
"What's wrong? Are you confused? You are a veteran soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles. What does this little battle mean?"
"Have you seen the latest news?"
"...No, what's wrong?"
"Help me take good care of Yushang."
"……What's the meaning?"
"She may have gone to the northwest suburbs now, the area at the end of Cangjiang River."
"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about? What is she doing in that place... Hello? Hello?"
"……call."
After cutting off this temporary communication, the room filled with the unique hum of old machines fell into deathly silence again. After a while, Duan Qing's breathing sound appeared above the game cabin, accompanied by sounds on both sides.
The scene of the cabin door slowly descending disappeared and disappeared: "Being general."
"Although this move was not very good, the speed was used to the extreme."
He shook his head, logged into the game again, and then reappeared on the suspended platform in the night wind that was still blowing over Zaraha City. The cold winter wind was still extremely bright along with the
The black beam of light became stronger and stronger as it continued to pass by him, making his originally bleak mood even lower. However, a low voice of inquiry suddenly rang out as his condensed body gradually stabilized.
In his ear: "... Qingshan."
"Moshang... Qingshan."
"...Oh, I forgot about you."
After exchanging glances with Aiina, who had been staring at him, Duan Qing responded uneasily. After a while, he gradually gathered his attention as the other party knelt obediently on the edge of the platform.
Li: "You...you've been here all this time?"
"Um."
This time, the woman's answer was very quick: "I...will wait for you to come back..."
"...You can't wait for me to come back and jump together, right?" Duan Qing twitched his lips half-jokingly: "Do you want to jump now? Don't worry, I will take you to a safe landing."
"I...I found it."
It seemed that she didn't understand the meaning of the words that the other party just spoke very fast. The confused look from Ayina once again stayed on Duan Qing's face for a long time, and then pointed to the platform under her feet.
Heartland: "I found...a way, a...way to go back..."
"……call."
His eyes stayed on the woman's focused and serious eyes for a moment. Duan Qing let out a long sigh, and while gesturing to the other party not to be anxious, he slowly squatted down on the edge of the high platform: "Here
How long have you been waiting?"
"One hour."
"……Is not It Cold?"
"I, I'm not cold, I'm... fine."
"...Remember to take good care of yourself in the future."
Taking out the cloak from his backpack, Duan Qing clumsily wrapped it around his followers: "I only taught you those passwords for fighting and self-protection before. In essence, you are still a simple person who doesn't understand anything.
Girl, if I just let you go to other places in the Free Continent... you might suffer a lot."
"……Yeah?"
"Originally, with me taking care of you, these problems were not a problem."
Patting the other person's back, Duan Qing turned his gaze to the distant sky: "But... for some reasons, I may not be able to continue to take care of you."
"...?"
"Hey, I originally thought I could take the opportunity of picking up a big treasure to study it carefully."
Ignoring the sudden suspicious look from the other party, Duan Qing muttered to himself in a low voice: "But...it doesn't matter. The system of the free world is still very open anyway. My disappearance should not mean your death.
You should not be erased by the system..."
"Remember, you have to learn to be independent in the future." Ignoring the confused expression on the other person's face, he made various gestures in the air: "You have to make your own decision when something happens, don't believe it easily.
If you can identify other people, it is best to interact with people with slightly better character. At least they can teach you some principles of life... huh? "
He stopped what he was saying and at the same time looked at the face of the woman who suddenly approached him. The beautiful face full of exotic amorous feelings did not shed pearly tears as Duan Qing expected, but opened her eyes wide.
Own eyes: "Qingshan, do you want to...leave...?"
"……Oh, yes."
"Where...Aoyama...are you going...?"
"I'm going to a place you can't go."
Finally coming to the core of the hard-to-explain problem, Duan Qing sighed helplessly: "So..."
"Qingshan, go to that place... I... also... go to that place."
As if she was recounting an undoubted fact, Ayina clasped her hands on her chest, her raised face was like the wind around her, and she kept approaching Duan Qing: "Anywhere...
……It will be all right."
"No, you don't understand what I mean. That's another world. You can't..."
"I...know that world."
The light in her eyes became more determined, and Ayina gradually retracted her stretched neck: "We, we can... go... there together."
"...Hey, hey, don't talk nonsense." Duan Qing, who started to have black lines on his head, pushed his hands: "And I think we are definitely not talking about the same thing...Hey!"
"what are you doing!"
In the night sky where endless black light spread, the woman suddenly put her hands into Duan Qing's arms. Her fingers with a cold touch then wandered over the ragged chest for a moment, and then she held a piece of clothing and hung it around Duan Qing's neck.
Something. A faint green light then shone with the warm heat in the middle of the small hands that were held together again. At the same time, the beautiful singing voice belonging to Ayina appeared again, like a magical chant.
The tone then carried the emerald green light condensed on Duan Qing's chest, penetrating the dark sky above Zaraha City in the form of another beam of light. (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!