May you be happy and prosperous

The death of the protégé caught many by surprise and caused a great shock—it seemed to be the last big news of the year.

At that time, the entire martial arts venue was evacuated, so no one saw how the student's staff died. The military department used "respect for the dead" as an excuse to carry away his body in strict secrecy. People I didn't even have time to see his body, but saw his weeping family members coming out of the cremation room with the urn in their hands... and because the orthodox heir of the family of disciples and staff members was not yet of age, he was not yet qualified to possess awakened phantom beasts. , There is no one who inherits the inheritance rights of the students.

Originally, in this situation, the family could temporarily find an agent from the collateral lineage until the orthodox heir became an adult, and then handed over the ownership of the awakened Eudemons—but the bad thing is that the family of the disciples is quite special. The contract signed is not the same as the contract signed between other Phantom Beast staff and Phantom Beast, that is to say, the disciple will not be loyal to anyone who does not have the blood of "that person", even if they have the same surname , nor can it.

This means that before the orthodox heirs of the family come of age, they will lose control over their protégés.

And it will be about 12 years before the little boy who can only cry now becomes an adult.

Twelve years is enough for a family to go from prosperity to decline and finally return to obscurity. Unlike the Wu family, the family of disciples almost put all the core business of the family in the magic beast. Their only bargaining chip for power and status, without their disciples, they are nothing.

Except for the shares and fixed assets of some existing charities, even the source of income has become a problem.

When the news spread, there was a lot of public opinion in the major media, and various rumors came from everywhere. Marshal Oss of the military department immediately came out and delivered a speech in person, saying that the student's staff died of a sudden illness and not for other reasons. As for a reporter’s suggestion that someone claimed to have seen two awakened phantom beasts pounce on him at the last moment of his death, Marshal Oss was very calm about this, and just smiled and said that it was an extra sideshow egg he arranged , has nothing to do with this matter.

Lu Twelve saw with his own eyes that when Marshal Oss said this, he didn't even blink his eyes—he suddenly thought of the figure standing at the exit at the last moment, and he was fighting against the fighting platform. He made a gesture, and then K appeared, the staff who took down the disciple... and K happened to be the awakened Eudemons of Marshal Oss himself.

Lu Twelve was stunned.

At the same time, Shakya, who was standing beside him, bent down, leaned close to his ear and said lazily: "Did you see? If it weren't for this old human man who made up his mind to get rid of the disciples, we wouldn't Maybe he did it rashly—although I’ve seen him upset for a long time—this guy has been unwilling to declare his loyalty to the Middle Ancient Continent, and even has been in contact with the Western European Continent, it seems that he wants to compare the benefits of both sides.”

The man's voice was lazy and deep, as if he was saying something completely irrelevant, but in Lu Twelve's ears, it made his hair stand on end...just because Shakya said at the end: "Humans are also Can play the trick of cannibalism."

The press conference didn't last long, because there was no definite evidence to prove that the death was related to the awakening of Eudemons, so it was difficult for everyone to say anything—and the most subtle thing was the attitude of the disciples—after Marshal Oss said that When the staff member died of a sudden illness, she kept silent.

It's like it's been tacitly accepted.

When the crowd dispersed, the people at the scene seemed to have calmed down a little bit—Marshal Oss said that he was almost the highest symbol of power in the Middle Ancient Continent, so no one had any objections anymore. People quickly adjusted back to their normal state, and then left At the venue, some people had already started talking and laughing, as if there had never been any unexpected episodes today.

Lu Twelve was silent, and walked out of the conference hall side by side with Sha Gaya.

Lu Twelve walked in front, and Sha Gaya followed behind him. They were silent from the beginning to the end, and then said goodbye, and walked into their respective lounges to rest.

Waiting for dinner.

Before the dinner started, Lu Twelve hoped that Wu Yu would show up and tell him that the so-called "swapping partners" game was over - but when the time passed by, the clock and the minute hand formed a 180-degree point to point at six o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Twelve heard The doorbell of his room was rang, and when he opened the door, he was enveloped in a familiar yet somewhat strange atmosphere.

Shakya leaned against the door with her arms folded: "You need a mirror now."

Lu Twelve asked inexplicably, "What are you doing?"

Shakya smiled: "This way you can know how much you deserve to be beaten with the disappointed expression on your face."

Lu Twelve: "..."

"Just kidding," the man stretched out his hand, and quickly pinched the entire face of the black-haired young man in front of him, "this kind of tangled expression that wants to see me but doesn't want to see me is quite interesting to look at once in a while." , you really have everything written on your face."

Lu Twelve slammed the door on this handsome face with no expression on his face, turned around and changed his clothes, straightened his hair, adjusted his tie, and reopened the door after about 10 minutes. Fa Cai Shakya still maintained the posture when he closed the door and leaned against the door. By the door, it seemed that he had never moved—seeing Lu Twelve guarding the door, he stretched out his hand and took his hand naturally: "Let's go."

Lu Twelve shook off his hand.

The man smiled, as if he knew what this guy was up to, and didn't continue to insist.

……

The New Year's Eve dinner itself is no different from the New Year's Eve dinner. Lu Twelve thought that no one would come to toast with him, but he soon realized that he was wrong. When Sharjaya did not take him to appear in public, people naturally thought that the relationship between Sharjaye and his staff had faded, and naturally they would no longer focus on him; but now, Sharjaya is back Appearing by his side, the two have been together all afternoon and acted as if they were "very close", which made some people's minds come alive again.

Every time Lu Twelve took three steps, various people would come up, strike up a conversation with him for various reasons, and then toast.

A few even mentioned his store — and asked questions of interest to them about it.

It was nothing more than a question about the conflict between old ideas and new ideas. Lu Twelve answered patiently at the beginning, but after passing through a few people, he gradually became impatient. Looking back, he found that Wu Yu and Chaoyun had nowhere to go, Sharjah Yezheng, Marshal Oss, Uncle Shabak, and K were talking in the corner without knowing what to say. The man casually shook the liquid in his glass, and seemed to feel Lu Twelve's eyes. He raised his head and looked at him across the crowd. Smile.

——Everything seems to be back to the night of the New Year's Eve banquet.

At least that night, Lu Twelve still felt that he was the happiest person in the world.

Thinking of this, the black-haired young man couldn't help but sigh a little. His eyes fell on the balcony not far away, and he walked over after thinking about it—he lifted a corner of the blown heavy curtain with ease, and quickly pushed the balcony door open. A slit, and then a dodge, like a nimble loach burrowed in. After about a few seconds, the curtain fell down again, and the balcony door was gently closed——

Everything returned to its original state.

Lu Twelve came to the balcony and put down his wine glass. At first, he was covered with goosebumps by the cold wind, but soon, he realized that probably because he drank a lot tonight, he was not cold at all— —Find a chair and sit down, when he almost greedily breathed the fresh air mixed with ice and snow, a small piece of cold thing fell from the sky on the tip of his nose, he was slightly taken aback, raised his head, only then realized, The snow that stopped for a while in the afternoon did not know when it started pattering down again.

Snow is not as cold as melting snow.

Lu Twelve looked out of the balcony in a daze. After a moment of silence, he suddenly recalled what happened in the afternoon. He shook his head, but found that he couldn't forget it at all, and his whole body suddenly became distraught and irritable.

At this time, the sound of someone talking came from the balcony.

Lu Twelve stretched out his head to look, and when he saw a group of people below moving their things into the open space, he suddenly felt relieved and felt a little funny: he saw the staff preparing the fireworks again.

Just as he was thinking about what else could develop in the direction of the New Year's Eve dinner tonight, suddenly, behind him, he heard the balcony door being gently pushed open with a "click", and Lu Twelve turned his head away. , I happened to see the tall blond man pushing open the door and walking in, but the difference was that this time he did not use a special technique to automatically lock the door, but locked it with his own hands.

Lu Twelve looked at him and didn't speak.

Shakya came to him and stood still. The tall black-haired young man sitting on the chair was completely covered. After a long time, he suddenly stretched out his hand and gently lifted the glove in his hand. Brushing the soft hair around the ears of the black-haired young man, he seemed a little funny and asked, "Is the soul still there?"

The long and thick eyelashes of the black-haired young man trembled slightly. After a long time, he raised his head and stared at the person in front of him—it was hard to see the smile on Shakya’s face unchanged when he was stared at like this. The man almost found it by accident. In the past one or two months, he seems to be a little used to being glanced at by his staff and lover... Oh, to be precise, it should be the former lover.

It is also very helpless.

No one had dared to look at him like that before.

"Brother Rich."

"I'm here."

"What happened this afternoon...is what you told me before the martial arts meeting, the 'things' that might happen?" Lu Twelve frowned and asked, "Isn't it? You already knew that the disciples' staff would meet Died today in such a high-profile manner."

"The higher the profile, the less suspicious it will be." Shakya said with a smile, "Many people know about the things that the staff of the disciples did, and getting rid of him secretly will make people suspect the military headquarters of the Middle Ancient Mainland. ——It’s better to be more high-profile, but it’s safer.”

Lu Twelve took a deep breath: "You know that's not what I'm talking about."

"if not?"

"You can tell me in advance."

Shakya nodded: "Yes, then, now we can see that the staff of the disciples are still alive and kicking."

Lu Twelve: "..."

"Look, I got it right." Shakya smiled, took off his gloves, and touched the black-haired young man's ear with the tip of his finger without gloves. When he spoke again, the beautiful golden There was a gentle smile in his pupils, and his tone became very gentle, "That's why I didn't tell you many things, Lu Twelve, you have too much respect, enthusiasm and gentleness for any life, Be it Eudemons or humans, whether it's an enemy or a friend—it's going to make it difficult for a lot of things to unfold, and in the end it's going to be tied up and cause even bigger troubles."

"That's my business, you don't have to—"

"You know I can't." Sha Jiaye interrupted Lu Twelve without haste.

The black-haired young man showed a shocked expression for a moment, but soon, he pressed his lips tightly.

He raised his head slightly, and looked at the blond man in front of him with almost stubborn eyes, as if he didn't believe what he just said.

And this seemed to be expected by Sha Gaya, and he also looked back at him generously after receiving such a reaction.

"You always separate Sharjaya from Fa Cai, but you never consider that we are one person at all—Fa Cai is just getting back to me before the seal, but it is still me, it was the time of Fa Cai, although I have no memory I have no ability, but it does not mean that I am a fool, so Fa Cai will listen to you, and Sha Gaya will do the same."

"..."

"It's unfair to me that you divide me into two for comparison."

"Getting rich won't hide everything from me..."

"That's because I have to think more now - I just had to follow you to do tasks before, and I didn't have to worry about anything else. You would even think about what color underwear to wear when I woke up every morning... Oh, no," Shakya leaned lazily against the wall, and said lightly, "It seems that you have been doing this job well until we broke up."

The veins on Lu Shier's forehead twitched, resisting the urge to punch this handsome face in front of him: "Please, please shut up."

"If you want to see Sha Gaya and Fa Cai as two people, then I think I can tell you clearly that even if I never get back my seal, Byron and the others will still come to me, and as Fa Cai, I , I will also choose to stand in front of you and protect your safety like today - it is very likely that I will be killed by them, and then you will be killed immediately - but today I am more than rich Strong, I can choose another ending, for example, we both live?"

Lu Twelve's eyes shook.

Shakya just made a hypothesis lightly, but for some reason, the man's hypothesis seems so graphic-as if this is another parallel space, the ending they have already encountered, and the man can almost see the man in front of his eyes. He fell in front of him, and then he too was shot through the heart and died.

The fantasies in his mind drove Lu Twelve crazy - he felt that it was becoming difficult for him to even breathe at this moment.

Shakya looked at the sad face of the black-haired young man in front of him, regretted that he had spoken too directly, stretched out his hand and carried him into his arms like a chick, soothingly Patted him on the back slowly: "I'm just assuming, you don't have to be sad."

"Tell me about something else." Lu Twelve didn't push Sha Gaya away, he almost greedily enjoyed the warmth of the man's embrace at this moment, and put his chin on the man who squatted down and was at the same height as him sitting on the chair On his shoulder, he moved his head, intentionally or unconsciously letting his lips touch the man's ear, "Tell me today that you are also regretting something."

"Yes."

Lu Twelve stretched out his hand and poked him: "Tell me."

"Regret for being too self-willed, regret for being too unconfident in yourself, regret that day when you were smart and deliberately told you about the power of weapons-I always want you to leave my side temporarily to make you safer, the environment of the earth is too complicated , the threat from Byron, the conflict of interests between human beings themselves, and we are involved in it, I thought that pushing you away temporarily would keep you away from these things... But I didn't expect you to propose a complete breakup so directly... You stopped listening to me when I explained later that those forces would not affect my judgment and my choice of you."

"...In that case, who would calm down and listen to you..." Lu Twelve took a deep breath, "By the way, you sound like you are trying to argue now."

From an angle that Lu Twelve could not see, the man showed a helpless expression, and almost wanted to roll his eyes.

Lu Twelve asked: "How do you figure it out now?"

Shakya replied: "Because Wu Yu is too annoying."

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Lu Twelve suspected that he might have laughed out loud on the spot.

Shakya said it too seriously, as if it was really the same thing.

"Besides, he tried to pull you into the center of this chaos. Even though I was desperately trying to push you away, you joined in." Shakya let go of Lu Twelve slightly, and the two looked at each other for a moment, He stretched out his hand and touched the lips of the black-haired young man, and said in a low voice, "Yu is not dead, he is on Wu Yu's body now."

There seemed to be something exploding in the ear, and Lu Twelve opened his eyes slightly, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Probably like what Sabak said, he wandered back and forth between Ilya and Wu Yu at will, so even if I faced Wu Yu face to face, I couldn't feel Yu's breath. Now it's different, Ilya's container has no Now, as soon as Wu Yu appears, I can smell his annoying stench from far away." Shakya frowned and said, "He is by your side, you can't avoid this A scuffle—rather than letting him stay by your side, I'm thinking about it now, it's better to let you know everything, and I will protect you myself."

"..."

"Letting you outside to fend for yourself, I still worry about it all the time, and it's quite troublesome."

"Wait, even if Wu Yu is Yu, I don't think he has anything to me—"

"You know, Yu is also looking for my weapon, trying to occupy it," Shakya interrupted Lu Twelve unhurriedly, "He is very familiar with my weapon, better than anyone—ever The weapon used by Yu was destroyed by my own hands, that weapon is very similar to mine, very similar, it is an all-round power booster that can enhance all kinds of energy in all aspects."

Lu Twelve: "What?"

Shakya smiled: "But not as good as me."

Lu Twelve: "..."

Shakya snorted: "He thought it was the same, but it's not."

Shakya: "He gathered the remnants of his weapons and put them on Zhao Yun's body, so that Zhao Yun's body also had a faint power similar to my weapon-I pretended that I believed Chao Yun The cloud is my weapon, and I made everyone think so—maybe even Wu Yu was almost fooled by me... But he doesn't know, I can tell the difference, I still remember today before Shabak came on stage, I asked Did he feel his power increase? He said no, Zhao Yun was also there at the time, if she really had my weapon on her body, then he would feel his power increase."

Lu Twelve's head was buzzing from what he said, and he quickly stretched out his hand to signal him to stop——

"Wait, wait, what do you mean? You said your weapon is not on Chaoyun?"

"My weapon is an enhancement within the range. Follow my command and compete for the enhancement of all teammates within the range." Shakya stared at the eyes of the black-haired young man in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Think about it, this kind of The scene once appeared..."

"I don't remember when we have experienced this kind of thing, except once when we met the sea soul flute of the military staff. That time, none of us were under the influence of hypnosis, so the clown came to ask me if I had anything with me. Amplifiers, but how could I be so poor at the time-"

Halfway through Lu Twelve's words, he suddenly shut his mouth.

He widened his eyes slightly, looking at the man in front of him.

The latter just looked at him and smiled without saying a word.