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"You have always been a good boy, Andre. I have watched you grow up, and I have given you a place to stay. I am even more like your father than your father." Old Thomas said with his words His big rough hand held the gun steadily, and the black muzzle of the revolver was pointed at Andre's head. His cloudy and gloomy eyes under the brim of his hat were staring at Andre's sword in the shadows, "What do you do? It was too much, and I was more willing to believe that you were crazy, but you ran back and sat in front of me and drank the bowl of soup like nothing happened."

From the corner of his eye, Andre had already glimpsed three people standing outside the window, and as the crisp bell rang, two men in black trench coats walked in.

"I still remember the stories you told me about the sea." Andre turned his eyes back to old Thomas at the other end of the table. He smiled nervously, which was more like a convulsive twitch. Andre licked his fingers stained with broth, and then placed his hands on the table without threat. He gradually calmed down, because he knew where his fate would take him next. He now saw It wasn’t just the revolver in Old Thomas’s hand, he also saw the hole in the belly of the headless corpse, and his own head. “You said there was freedom there, something you longed for extremely, but you still Leave your ship, leave the sea. Why? Thomas? You said that without order, people will become beasts driven by desire. What exactly did you see? What did you do? Why did you come to Thursday? gram?"

Old Thomas didn't answer. He just looked at Andre silently. The two members of the "Powder Keg Gang" who walked in all had their hands folded on the inside of their coats and stood silently behind Andre. There was nothing in their eyes. Resentful, they only have a kind of indifference, like clay dolls, just like Andre once did, they are all props for perfectly executing orders.

They are now waiting for orders from Thomas Sr.

"I know who you are, Thomas." Andre became more and more relaxed. He had no way to go. He was pulled by invisible fate and walked into Old Thomas' shop. He drank the last bowl of soup. , he could even see more of the future, and he could also hear the bell that sounded like a heartbeat, "I finally know why your shop is so deserted, your craftsmanship is so damn good! Why do you follow me?" What stories did I tell you? Huh? Why did you let a stupid kid like me walk in? Why the hell have you been so nice to me for more than ten years?"

Andre slammed the table, and the bowl in front of him shook. Some soup splashed on the table, and they were even steaming.

Old Thomas put down his gun, which was not surprising, because in the eyes of the "Powder Keg Gang", Andre brutally murdered five or six gang veterans, blew up an entire secret warehouse, and escaped from the interrogation alive. out. Andre should definitely be a dangerous person. Old Thomas could have shot him when he entered the store, but the old man didn't do that.

Then, he didn't want to kill Andre at all.

Those gang members did not come to take care of Andre. These people were more ruthless characters, and they were also the confidants of the boss Georgie.

Each of them even has a dragon head tattooed on the back of their hand.

"I have seen the beautiful side of the sea, Andre, and I have also seen its cruel side, like freedom." Old Thomas finally spoke, his eyes flashing as if he had gone back to the past, "The first day , we were encouraging each other. But the Germans didn't make any moves. On the second day, we gradually relaxed, and we even began to long for reaching land earlier. But on the third day, we were released, and we had to face the situation together. The violent waves. I admit that I was very envious of the three companions who were overturned into the sea. But at that time, I just prayed that I could survive, and the broken ship survived, but it never moved again. No more, we can only go with the flow."

Andre seemed to be able to guess what happened next, and his scalp felt numb.

"The German guy's chef disappeared, and I like cooking, so I had to take over this job. I think this can even bring some benefits to my companions." Old Thomas said without any emotion, as if this story had something to do with it. He had nothing to do with it, "but with food running short, and with no way to fish anything, God abandoned each one of us, and hell opened its doors. The first was George, and I remember his slightly squinty look. Goldfish eyes.”

Andre's stomach began to churn, and he couldn't help but glance at the remaining broth in the bowl.

"Every time I swear, I should slit my throat. Every time I swear, I should take revenge on those German guys. But I didn't do that. I saw the crazy smiling faces of those German guys. I looked at When they praised me enthusiastically, I saw the expressions of extreme fear when my companions looked at me." Old Thomas still told the chilling story calmly, "I suddenly understood that I was no longer among them. One of them, never again.”

Andre wanted to vomit, but he held himself back. He finally knew how old Thomas survived and why he stayed away from the sea.

But...is that really all there is to it?

Andre recalled now that there was also a golden dragon-shaped statue hanging in the kitchen.

Just like the ones in the hands of these members of the "Powder Keg Gang".

What does that mean? courage? that power? Or a symbol of the devil?

"...I will still pray, and I still have hope. But they are decreasing, and we still can't see the land." Old Thomas's eyes seemed to be emitting golden light, "Maybe we no longer have any similarities or differences, maybe from now on Not in the first place. In the sea, we are all the same, predators and prey. And I might be able to avenge them, just like kill them."

Andre's eyes slowly widened, and he looked at this increasingly unfamiliar old man in disbelief.

"...Finally it's those German guys' turn. I only need one sentence to decide today's delicious meal." Old Thomas' whole body seemed to be shrouded in darkness. "I don't even pray anymore. I believe in myself more." , and the knife in my hand. When the last man in front of me was forced to eat his own finger, the sea finally gave me the winner's reward. I caught the shark, and two days later I was also captured by a passing Allied submarine. Discover."

The whole dark story comes to an end.

Andre was still extremely scared.

"Did I do something wrong?" Old Thomas looked at Andre and asked, "I have asked this question more than once, but the answer I got is... no. God has never given us any salvation, he only gave us The slim hope of our misery and misery, hell saved me, it made me wake up in nightmares, it made me see what freedom is, and the truth of the world. If the light can't bring any change, why don't I go Embracing darkness? Andre, do good and evil matter in the unpredictable sea? In this world?"

Old Thomas slowly leaned forward, "You want to know the truth, right? Your bloodline has also awakened, right?"

Andre allowed himself to calm down slowly, but his voice was still trembling because he finally knew that the old Thomas in front of him was not only a hidden gang boss, he was also a ferocious and evil demon. , "You are Georgie, the Georgie who has never been seen before!"

Thomas Sr. finally grinned.