[Dragon Race][Kai Chu]Until the Day

A quiet cat.

"If I'm not mistaken," Percy narrowed his eyes, his dark and shallow pupils imply some kind of consideration, "As a guide, you seem to think that your ability is a kind of disadvantage?"

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment, "That's right."

The A-level guide on the opposite side looked at him, as if thinking, "It's an interesting point of view, although it's not the same as mine." He tilted his head and smiled at Chu Zihang, "No offense...I'm just very interested. I like to observe different people."

Chu Zihang understood that the wizard in front of him could have an A grade not only because of his innate talent.Unlike himself, Percy cherishes and is willing to use the ability of a guide.

"Master Caesar likes you very much."

Chu Zihang frowned. He originally thought that Patsy was just here for a routine, but he couldn't understand the sudden turn of the conversation.

"I don't mean anything else." Patsy smiled, "I'm just stating what I feel."

"..."

"I'm sorry. My remarks probably disturbed you. In fact, I came here to give you something." Chu Zihang noticed that the other party was carrying a pocket suitcase in his left hand.Patsy placed it carefully on the low table beside him, and unlocked it.

Twenty Young's ketones.Neatly arranged on the dark red flannelette lining.

Chu Zihang was surprised.Not to mention the generosity of the Gattuso family; in a world where medicines are scarce, twenty Young's ketones are an astonishing number anyway.

"This is……?"

"Master Caesar ordered it. I hope you can accept it." Passy still had the secretary's polite and formulaic expression on his face.

Chu Zihang frowned.This gift was beyond his comprehension and tolerance, and his first reaction was to refuse.

"what's the topic?"

Someone interrupted them.

Caesar stood at the door of the room. A ray of sunlight in the morning fell obliquely on his face, and his blue eyes were shining brightly.This was the first time Chu Zihang saw Caesar after last night's nightmare, and the sadness soaked in the sentinel seemed to have receded with the departure of the night.

Passy bowed slightly and saluted, "Master."

Caesar didn't answer, leaning against the door frame with a playful expression on his face.

Patsy continued unhurriedly, "Your Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Desert Eagle were just delivered to the Chicago warehouse by the dealership this morning; did you pick them up yourself, or did you let the dealership deliver them here?"

"I'll fetch it myself. I'll just send my guest off," said Caesar.

"Okay. I'll check with them right now." Paxi paused, "Will you come back after picking up the car?"

"Passy, ​​I've wanted to remind you for a long time. Your job is Frost's secretary; and many things, including my itinerary," he glanced at the pocket suitcase on the low table, "is my own business ’” Caesar added the accent on the word “self”.

"Understood." Patsy nodded slightly, and quickly left the room.

Caesar handed the document bag to Chu Zihang, "I have what you want, let's go."

Chu Zihang took the paper bag.Weighed it, it was a thick pile, and the outermost one was the emblem of the Gattuso family.

"Thank you. And these Young's ketones..." Chu Zihang looked sideways at the small box that the secretary left on the low table.

Caesar shrugged, "Passy worked hard to get it anyway. Take it."

***

The driver of Gattuso's family in a black suit had already parked Chu Zihang's off-road vehicle at the door.Caesar took the car keys, "Let me drive. I know this area better than you." He opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, and received the detailed address from the driver.

Chu Zihang didn't object, and opened the door on the other side.

Caesar spread out the map to confirm the route.The warehouse is located on the southern end of Lake Michigan; just follow the Lake Shore Road.

The black iron door of Gattuso's house opened again.Chu Zihang stuffed the suitcase containing Yang's ketone behind the seat, and tore off the sealing wax on the file bag in his hand.

"Is it what you want?" Caesar asked, and the black off-road vehicle drove out slowly. "If you make a mistake, you can still go to Frost to settle the score."

Chu Zihang quickly flipped through the documents in his hand.All kinds of detailed maps, manually marked data and records, although they are photocopies, the handwriting is very familiar to him - exactly the same as on the postcard from his father.

"Yes."

Caesar shifted gears decisively, and the accelerator instantly increased the speed of the car.With a flick of the tail, the Gattuso family's manor was completely left behind.

***

The off-road vehicle headed south along the relatively intact lakeside road.The dark blue lake lies outside the car window, stretching to the unknown front.

Chu Zihang was still looking through the detailed documents of Heimdall that Caesar had given him.Those fine handwritings unfolded in front of my eyes page by page.The shadow of the leaves fell on the paper in his hand, Chu Zihang looked up; it was already early autumn, and the green by the lake had begun to fade.A group of Gothic buildings suddenly broke into sight.

"Where is that place?" Chu Zihang asked.

Caesar glanced at the gray buildings flying past on the right, "University of Chicago."

In the blink of an eye, the trees by the lake once again covered the buildings. Chu Zihang moved close to the car window, leaving only a blurred gray shadow on his retina. "That's where the atomic doomsday clock is."

"Want to see it?" Caesar asked.

"No." Chu Zihang shook his head. "The meaning of its existence is to mark the end. And this end was reached five years ago."

Caesar didn't answer.

"Thank you for Young's Ketone."

"What are you thanking? Is it in the metal box? Or is it in the suitcase?" Caesar raised his eyebrows.

"All."

"Oh. Don't blame me for what Patsy gave. I'll just ask him to look up the contacts around Chicago."

"..." Chu Zihang sincerely felt that being involved in the Gattuso family's mess would shorten his life.

"Speaking of which..." Caesar glanced at the rearview mirror, lightly tapped the accelerator, and a series of smooth overtaking and lane changes, "What kind of guide do you think Passy is?"

"Excellent." Chu Zihang said, "Able to understand everyone's emotional fluctuations, and at the same time cooperate with careful observation. When you talk to him, you always feel that he knows exactly what you will say next."

"As a guide, he has a very high level and good skills, and he has done a lot of things that are done by others." Caesar sneered, "The matter of Yang's ketone not only sold me a favor, but also gave you benefits; in the end He also put on a good-looking gesture for the family; kill three birds with one stone." Caesar came out of his uncle's study, and just happened to hear the conversation between Passy and Chu Zihang clearly in the corridor leading to the bedroom. "But I don't think he's a good guide."

"The reason?" Chu Zihang asked. Percy's guiding ability and keen observation ability left him a very deep impression.

Caesar turned his eyes slightly, as if to see the expression on Zihang's face clearly. "Because that's not the nature of a guide."

Chu Zihang looked up.

The essence of the wizard.This question has been haunting him since his awakening.But it is ridiculous for a sentry to judge the nature of the guide.

He asked Caesar: "What do you think is the essence of a guide?"

"I don't know. But I know very well that a guide like Percy Gattuso, even if the grade is the highest A, the skills he is proud of are not the essence of a guide. He is not some kind of model."

"What about you? You are a sentry, what is the essence of a sentry?" Chu Zihang asked back.

"Focus and responsibility." Caesar did not hesitate.

"Turning away from the family is what you call 'responsibility?"

"I'm only responsible for what I think. It's obvious that things like the family are not in this scope."

"So 'focus?"

"While Sentinels have all five senses; most Sentinels also tend to balance all abilities. But I don't think this is a good strategy; even Sentinels have limited energy and information they can process. The ultimate in all aspects The result will only be mediocrity." Caesar casually opened one side of the car window, and the wind swept across the vast Lake Michigan, bringing with it the coolness of early autumn, the water vapor on the lake and the sounds from all directions. "What I am most sensitive to is hearing.

"It can bring the most comprehensive information, in any direction, front, back, left, and right; it is little affected by light, no matter whether it is night or day. It is a gift from my mother, and it is my most important and most focused sense."

Chu Zihang was lost in thought.He never considered the problem from this angle.

They had no more conversations for the rest of the journey.

Finally, the off-road vehicle slowed down slowly and stopped in front of a warehouse.

"Here we are." Caesar unbuckled his seat belt and prepared to get out of the car.

"Thank you." Chu Zihang said.

The sentinel smiled, "You thanked me a lot today. What is it this time?"

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Everything."

The breeze sent the words into Caesar's ears. He turned around, and the sun shone in from the front windshield. Chu Zihang was wrapped in the bright sunlight, his hair was transparent, and his eyes were firm and clear bright.Caesar suddenly recalled the first time they met five days ago, those same eyes, reflecting the warm light, looked over from a distance; the smell of engine oil and gunpowder smoke has faded a lot, replaced by a cool smell of plaster.

very good.thought Caesar.If he understood correctly, this was probably the moment to say goodbye.

That's all for now.He got acquainted with a guide by accident; from being penniless to winning millions in cash, and then clearing it instantly; being coerced by him, he went from the hot casino city to the sunny plateau, from the west coast of the mainland to the Great Lakes; thinking that no matter what Nor would he step into Gattuso's house, only to face the same annoying, family stuff as before.

There are footsteps from the warehouse