Hunting Game [Interstellar]

The third-year special warfare training quickly got on the right track. Instead of handing over full authority to teaching assistants in the first semester, this time Su Shichuan participated in almost all basic training and professional courses, and personally gave technical guidance to the students.

Winter has passed and spring has come, and in a blink of an eye, time has entered April, and Kateland has ushered in a rare and warm late spring.The snow accumulated for several months finally melted, the temperature rose to [-] degrees Celsius, the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, the sky was as blue as washing, and the sun in autumn and winter filled the earth again, as if the whole world had become brighter stand up.

This is Su Shichuan's first season with a pleasant climate after returning to school to teach, and the training has also shifted from underground to aboveground.

Late last night, he received a message from Cang Xingyun, the content was very brief, it was: [You can come back. 】

Su Shichuan knew that this was the specific arrangement for the emperor to go out, so he informed him to return to the base so that he could discuss the action plan.But what he didn't expect was that, only one night later, he received another message from Shuangyue Temple this morning. Xi Sai summoned him back to the imperial capital, saying that he had some important orders.

These two messages came one after the other, and the timing was very coincidental. Su Shichuan had a hunch that what he deliberately wanted to avoid would not escape Cisse's arrangement after all.On that day, he missed all the courses, stayed in the dormitory to sort out the training plan for the next year, forwarded it to Aning, and then returned to the imperial capital on the aircraft that came to pick him up.

At eleven o'clock at night, Double Moon Hall, the Crown Prince's Palace.

After two months, Su Shichuan walked into the same corridor.

In the past year, he has entered the room at the end of the corridor countless times, but he has never felt like today that the road under his feet will never return.

Returning to school to teach can be said to be an escape. He forcibly put aside the mission of Cisse and sent himself back to the military academy far away from power disputes. If you can drag it off for a day, count it as a day, until you have to come back here.

Walking to the door of the study, Su Shichuan took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and then knocked on the door.

After a while, a familiar "please come in" came from inside.

Unscrewing the doorknob, Su Xingchuan pushed the door and walked in, and then closed the door behind his back——his movement was extremely slow, as if he didn't want to disturb the crown prince who was reading a book, and also seemed to be very solemn to completely isolate the past from the door.

As the door clicked, Sissy clipped a feather bookmark into the pages of the book, closed it, and put it aside out of the way.He raised his head to look at Su Shichuan, his blue eyes, which were almost the same as Xifa's, curled up with a smile: "I just informed the instructor to prepare to return, but there is no need to be in such a hurry."

Su Shichuan walked to the sofa and sat down, and said lightly: "It's been a long time in the military academy, and it's time to come back and do some serious business."

"I watched the results of the third grade of Special Warfare two days ago. The instructor is really good. Compared with last year's assessment, he has improved a lot." Xisai raised his hand to "please", motioned for Su Shichuan to drink tea, and then spoke again , "It seems that Aning still has to learn more from you."

Su Shichuan picked up the teacup, but didn't drink it, but replied modestly: "Teaching is after all a theoretical thing, and experience is more important to do things for His Highness."

Cisse liked listening to Su Xingchuan's speech very much, and liked his calmness and calmness even more.

As if he is a person without weaknesses, no matter how you insinuate, he can deal with it impeccably, and he is well-founded, comfortable and convincing.His first impression is that he is very similar to those senior generals with gray temples and outstanding achievements in the military department. He is experienced and capable, but the difference is that Su Shichuan's attitude is very gentle, and he will not have even the slightest sense of attack. .

If only I could be more faithful...

This is the second intuitive feeling that Su Shichuan gave Cisse. Although he is young, his sophistication and independence of thought always make people feel uneasy, and it seems that it is difficult to cultivate.His obedience to orders is not so much loyalty to his master as loyalty to his own heart. He is doing things for you, but not really for you.

Thinking of this, Cisse curled the corners of his mouth inconspicuously, lowered his head and took a sip of the water in the teacup, and said lightly: "The main reason for letting the tutor come back this time is that there is a relatively urgent task, and it is not appropriate to assign it to others. Only you can reassure me."

"Your Highness, please tell me." Su Shichuan said.

Cisse said: "At the invitation of Archbishop Charles, father will go to Guangming Cathedral at the end of this month for a period of one week. You should be aware that His Majesty the Emperor is protected by the Royal Guards when he goes out. The mentor is the commander of the Guards. The rules of closeness, but the current situation is unstable, and both the nameless and the alliance are unstable factors that must be taken seriously, so I specially transferred you back."

He paused, and then said after a long while: "Of course, this is also the meaning of the father."

Su Shichuan could guess the reason, but it doesn't matter whether the emperor meant it or not.

He didn't do anything for a long time, and he was far away in the Kate Continent. It was easy for Essai to imagine that he was waiting for the emperor to go out.In this way, even if the emperor couldn't think of such a mentor to the crown prince who was also the commander of the imperial army, as long as someone next to him gave a little hint, it would not be difficult for him to personally name him.

Everything was premeditated, and Su Shichuan knew it well, but he could only follow the path laid out by the other party step by step.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the smile in Xisai's eyes deepened, and he said meaningfully: "I think this is an opportunity, about... what I explained before."

Su Shichuan raised his eyes to look at him: "Is Your Highness impatient?"

"It's a little bit." Cisse said unabashedly, "After the raid last winter, the differences between me and the emperor have never stopped. You see, there has been no movement in the military, which means that the entire empire is waiting to die. .But what the father did was to transfer Lelia back to the distant galaxy, and at the same time sent the fourth knight Auman to assist in guarding."

As the voice fell, he chuckled lightly, and the mockery in that smile was obvious: "But what's the use of it? Long-term inaction will only give the alliance more time to develop and expand. Now there are no more agents who have penetrated into the opponent's interior. We know nothing about the enemy."

"Teacher, analyze the situation in front of me for me, and tell me whether I have acted too hastily, or is it really time for the father to rest?"

As an assistant for two lifetimes, Su Shichuan already knew Cisse's character well. He is indeed not a bastard who can only listen to compliments.Cisse has considerable thinking ability and strategic vision. In layman's terms, he is considered a smart person, but smart people have the same problem. They don't like being lectured by others more than meaningless compliments.

Therefore, the purpose of Cisse's move is not really to let Su Shichuan analyze the situation for him, but he is just fed up with the restrictions from his father, and he is too eager to get the power within reach.

"Actually, the situation in front of you is not the most important thing to His Highness," Su Shichuan obeyed the other party's wishes, and answered truthfully, "What Your Highness really cares about is when can we change that situation." He put down his teacup and turned westward. Celio bowed slightly, "Don't worry, Shi Chuan knows what to do about this escort."

Cisse laughed when he heard this, and slowly drank half a glass of water as if he was relieved: "You are indeed a smart person," he said casually, staring down at a floating leaf at the bottom of the glass, "As long as Follow me well, whether it is the first knight or the supreme commander, these will be yours sooner or later."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Su Shichuan said.

"It's getting late, the instructor hasn't rested since he came back, so go back early." Sissy also stood up, "I'll take you out."

Su Shichuan was taken aback, always felt that this matter was not in line with the rules, but he did not refuse in the end.

The two left the study without communicating with each other along the way.

When they walked to the main entrance of the vestibule of the palace, the guard saw the Crown Prince coming out and was about to meet him, but Cisse raised his arm and waved him away instead.

"In the past two years, both the imperial capital and the military academy have been busy. It's really hard work." Xi Sai smiled gently and had a familiar attitude. He didn't have the airs of a crown prince at all when talking to Su Shichuan, but more like an old friend who had known him for a long time. "I The instructor who will take over has already been arranged, and when this matter is over, you will be officially arranged for the handover, and then you will never need to go to the military academy again."

Su Shichuan was not surprised, and said respectfully, "Your Highness, I'm sorry."

"Speaking of which, what's your impression of my third brother?" Cisse asked.

"The Third Highness is quite talented," Su Shichuan replied, "It's just that, as a prince, he is not really suitable for special warfare."

Cisse smiled: "I chose this one at the beginning to train him. Anyway, he will definitely not have to join the Special Operations Department in the future, so it doesn't matter. Besides, it is also the luck of Xifa to meet a teacher like you, including me——in the dark The two princes of the empire have become your students, Shi Chuan, you are destined to influence the future of the Luoyin Empire, don't let me down."

"Your Highness, don't worry," Su Shichuan said, "This subordinate will definitely do his best and swear allegiance to you to the death."

"That's the best." Cisse said, "That's it, instructor, go slowly."

Su Shichuan bowed and saluted: "Good night, Your Highness."

Two hours later, the old opera house in the outer suburbs.

Su Shichuan walked into the meeting room and took off his coat.Shi Qi came up to take the master's coat, and said casually: "I heard that you came out in the morning, why are you here now?"

"I went to the Shuangyue Temple, so I was delayed." Su Shichuan loosened his tie and sat down on the sofa.

"Xisai is looking for you too?" Cang Xingyun looked up at him, "What a coincidence?"

Su Shichuan met his gaze and said with a smile, "Yes, it's a coincidence."

Cang Xingyu remained silent for a few seconds, consciously not to ask further questions, and changed his words: "We have found out the emperor's itinerary, it is an invitation letter intercepted by Seventeen on the Intranet, he—"

"He was invited to the Guangming Cathedral at the end of the month for a week." Su Shichuan told him the results of the investigation.

As soon as these words came out, the other two present were stunned at the same time.Su Shichuan breathed a sigh of relief, and explained: "Just now in the Double Moon Hall, this is what Xi Sai asked me to talk about."

"He..." Cang Xingyun frowned slightly, and said uncertainly, "Do you want you to escort the emperor, and then take the opportunity to assassinate him?"

"This method is very stupid, and this is definitely not what Xi Sai thinks." Su Shichuan took a sip from his teacup, "He just didn't want me to get rid of the relationship with the 'Emperor Killed', maybe it was to provoke me and Xi Fa, Maybe it is to leave a handle for future threats, or maybe it is simply to warn me to be obedient."

"In short, this is an unchangeable foregone conclusion. Let's act as usual. I will participate in the escort, which essentially makes the operation itself easier."

"But—!" Seventeen anxiously said, "How do you plan to clear yourself of the suspicion? Are you going to let the whole empire suspect that you helped Cisse kill his father and seize the throne? Even if you think it doesn't matter, what about the Third Highness? What? You don't care what he thinks of you? What if..."

"Seventeen!" Cang Xingyun whispered to stop.

Shi Qi glanced at him sideways, his face still hesitant to speak, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions.

"I really need to think carefully, and I can't let Xisai's move be too steady." Su Shichuan's voice was extremely serious, and he fell silent after speaking.

Cang Xingyun stared at him quietly for a while, and rarely left the wall, and came to sit on the group of sofas next to him: "Or let us do it, you will protect the emperor with all your heart, and then you will get hurt a little bit, This will naturally reduce the possibility of being suspected."

"This is a way of thinking," Su Shichuan said, "I am afraid it is also the reason why Cisse persuaded His Majesty to use my protection."

"But there is a very important question. Cisse declared that he was worried about the unknown or the alliance's surprise attack, but he directly pointed out to me that this was an opportunity. When I was given the opportunity to attack, the unknown succeeded. We are very happy. It's hard to guarantee that he won't connect the two. When there is that layer of doubt, my situation cannot be changed."

Cang Xingyun was startled, then nodded slowly: "You make sense."

"But you can go, just don't assassinate the emperor." Su Shichuan said thoughtfully.

"Then what are you going to do?" Seventeen asked.

"Kill me," the thoughts in Su Shichuan's mind became clear, "Because I missed last time, I have to assassinate the emperor again."

"Again?" Seventeen suddenly went crazy, "If we want to hurt you, we have to do it, I can't do it!"

Su Shichuan looked at him and smiled, teasingly said: "I know you can't do it, and you don't need Xingyun."

"Then you think..." Cang Xingyun suddenly realized before he finished speaking, "Ji Yue?"

"Yes." Su Shichuan looked approvingly at the assassin who was getting more and more in tune with his own thinking, and then completely stood in the position of "crow", objectively analyzing from the perspective of a third party, "Ji Yue has something for Su Shichuan." It's a very special feeling, probably somewhere between respect and gratitude, maybe a little love, I'm not sure about that."

Cang Xingyun: "..."

When this person made the layout, he really didn't consider who the target of the use was, but only considered whether it was suitable and useful.This extremely calm way of thinking can actually be equated with the word "cold-blooded" in disguise.

Su Shichuan knew from the expression that Xingyun was thinking too much, but he deliberately didn't point it out, and continued: "Arranging her to assassinate the emperor's mentor, she may not be able to kill out of compassion, I can still cooperate She acted out the drama so realistically that it could deceive people."

"It's really no problem." Shi Qi leaned towards the master, and naturally he didn't think there was anything wrong with Su Shichuan using others, "It's just... what should the emperor do? Do you want us to do it?"

Su Shichuan shook his head: "You can't, I need someone who agrees with me and who will not be punished by Cisse."

"There will be such a person?" Cang Xingyun temporarily ignored the bad three views again, and hurriedly caught up with Su Shichuan's train of thought.

"You are not familiar with it, but I am very familiar with it." While speaking, Su Shichuan put on his headset and directly sent a voice request to the second exploit target.

Now the night is very deep, the other party may be resting, Su Shichuan seemed very patient, sipping the cup of tea leisurely while waiting.

Cang Xingyun sat closest to him, watching every move of this man.I have to admit that although this person's thinking and methods are always refreshing his understanding of him again and again, after the initial surprise, instead of repelling him, he admires him more and more. .It's like a strange attraction. It's clear that this decent guy on the surface has already been hacked to the bone, but people can't take their eyes off him, and they can't stop following him.

Incredible!

At this moment, the voice request was passed, Su Shichuan put down the teacup, and as his arm dropped, his whole state seemed to undergo an earth-shaking change.

"It's so late, you should already be asleep, right?" Su Shichuan's voice was very low, even a little hoarse, and the hesitant depression immediately permeated from the words.

Mr. Assassin, who has always been straightforward and doesn't know how to beat around the bush, was amazed instantly, and sympathized with the guy on the other side of the radio wave by the way.

He shouldn't have met him, he thought calmly, and he shouldn't have gotten acquainted with him.

The other party seemed to ask something, Su Shichuan kept the tone just now, and said lightly: "It's nothing, I'm not in the military academy anymore, I just came back today."

"Well... I saw it, I said something..."

"Your Highness asked me to keep it a secret, and the explanation can only be done independently, Achen, I..."

Su Shichuan was obviously interrupted, fell silent, and after the other party finished speaking, he said again: "It's too late, otherwise tomorrow?"

"Okay then, for a while..." He thought for a while, "We used to meet in the tavern we used to go to?"

"Well, that's it, thank you."

Cang Xingyun: "..."

Su Shichuan interrupted the call, looked up at the two subordinates, and said, "Feng Chen asked me to meet, I have to go out."

Cang Xingyun didn't know how to evaluate anymore, stared at Su Shichuan for more than a minute, and couldn't help but said: "You contacted him, didn't you just ask him to come out and talk about this matter?"

"Yes." Su Shichuan admitted generously, "But this is a violation of Xisai's arrangement, and the other party must take the initiative to ask for 'help' to ensure that he is in a passive position, so that it can only be investigated afterwards. It will minimize the 'deliberate' element in the eyes of third parties."

"Fengchen and I have known each other since we were young, and we have a deep personal relationship. We are the kind of friends who can attack both sides. Cisse must be aware of this, and he uses Fengchen a lot. I can tell that he is using Fengchen as his right-hand man. With these two layers of relationship, even if Feng Chen resists his orders and helps me, Cisse will not say much. On the contrary, the relationship between us may make him less suspicious of me, which is what I can do now The only way I could think of."

Cang Xingyu was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly said with emotion: "Sometimes I really admire you."

"Shouldn't you think I'm insidious?" Su Shichuan asked with a smile, "Subordinates also use it, and friends also use it, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals."

"You also used yourself," Cang Xingyun said, "You are the cruelest to yourself."

The smile on Su Shichuan's face remained the same, but his voice lowered: "I have no choice, there are too many people forcing me. If there are other options, I don't want to take advantage of the relationship between me and Feng Chen, after all, it is so My brother for many years, playing tricks and tricks on him, I fucking feel that I am not human."

"Master, don't say that..." Shi Qi looked at him, "You are already very good. In this position, no one can achieve perfection. You..."

"These are just excuses and cannot change what I have done." After finishing speaking, Su Shichuan turned to look at Cang Xingyun, "It is still up to you to notify Jiyue, just like the previous assassination missions. Just tell her."

Cang Xingyun stood up: "Understood." He paused for a while, and then asked again, "Then what about us, we are sure not to arrange specific tasks."

Su Shichuan thought about it carefully, and said: "There is no specific task, but we can go there together that day. The emperor travels, and the strength of security can be imagined. It is indeed a bit difficult to rely on Jiyue alone. You can take action according to the situation and ensure her You can get away."

"Understood." Cang Xingyun said again.

Su Shichuan picked up his coat, walked towards the door of the meeting room, and said without looking back: "Then I will go first, and I may not come back. I hope to go to the Guangming Cathedral before doing anything. You must remind Jiyue of this. "

"Yes."

In April in the imperial capital, the weather was already very warm, and the surroundings were quiet, with occasional chirping of spring insects. A few laurel trees in the backyard of the theater bloomed, and a light fragrance diffused, permeating the warm night.

After leaving the back door, Su Shichuan didn't leave in a hurry, but stopped and lit a cigarette, using the special calming effect of nicotine to numb himself until his fluctuating heart calmed down again.He walked slowly to one of the trees, suddenly raised his hand, and plucked a light yellow flower from a short branch bent by the flower cluster.

Passionate and romantic people always like to endow plants with special meanings, and laurel is one of them. Its trunk represents glory and undefeated victory, and its leaves represent unswerving loyalty until death, but the flower just foretells Lies and betrayal.

What a contradiction.