The faded person who shuttles between the everyday and the extraordinary

"I believe that there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved through words. At the same time, I believe that he must have regretted in his heart why he did that kind of thing."

"Yes, but..."

"Kelly, I understand what you're thinking, and I feel the same way about your anger." An Yan stood up, put her hands on Kelly's shoulders, and said sincerely:

"Everyone makes mistakes, but we must give others a chance to change their ways. As the saying goes, if he puts down the butcher's knife, he will become a Buddha immediately. That is, if he wants to change, even if he has killed countless people before, then as long as he puts down the butcher's knife, he will become a Buddha. Can become a good person."

"A lie?"

"Well, of course it's a lie."

"haha a....."

"But no matter how many bad things he has done, once he starts to change, he will often be much more popular than good people, and people will tolerate him countless times more than good people."

"How is it possible? Are people so stupid? Even though they have done many bad things in the past, they can ignore it? Or even become a driving force for being loved?"

"Although this is unbelievable, this is what the public thinks, so you don't need to care too much. If you use that guy well, he will become a good card. Of course, if you can't convince me, I will take the responsibility to deal with him."

An Yan decided the matter casually, and although Kelly still couldn't understand what he said, he still left here with confusion.

That night, as the imperial capital approached the luxury street of the royal city, An Yan stood in front of Oka, who had just had a drink.

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The captain of the Imperial City Guard, nicknamed "Oka the Ghost", Oka is usually accompanied by members of the guard squad, and only goes to the bustling streets at night where there are many more patrols than in other areas.

This one-eyed middle-aged man, who is covered in armor and has gray hair on his temples, is also quite burly. Even when he goes drinking, he still wears armor and a sword. Compared with his rough and heroic appearance, he is quite concerned about his own safety.

In recent days, An Yan, who has encountered bounties and pursuits from Esdeath, but is still alive and well, is a very famous general in the imperial capital, and he recognizes him at a glance when he appears in front of him.

But just when he wanted to go around, An Yan blocked his way with a smile and asked: "Captain Oka, I want to talk to you. I wonder if you have time?"

"Let's talk...?"

Although An Yan was alone and not wearing any weapons, Oka felt inexplicably in danger and took a step back instinctively and vigilantly.

"Don't worry, you're not a beautiful girl. I can't eat you, right?"

"I'm sorry~ I drank a little too much today, otherwise I'd better come and visit you in person another day..."

"I'm not discussing this with you." Ouka tried to avoid him, but An Yan moved a step to the left and stood in front of him, saying the devil's words: "Shut up and cooperate with me. "

"—?!"

Oka, who originally wanted to run away, found that the moment he heard these words, he could not open his mouth silently, and his body followed An Yan uncontrollably.

Just like this, An Yan avoided the crowd, quietly got on the carriage in the alley, and took him to the basement of the castle where he lived.

One night later, Oka was sent home again and went to work on time for the morning shift.

No one could notice anything different about him from yesterday, and his behavior was still the same as before.

But he suddenly stopped accepting bribes, and changed his mind by arresting the businessman who bribed him, and even executed him directly.

But for Oka, who has always been decent on the surface, this seems to be just a matter of course, so others still didn't notice anything wrong.

After basically confirming that the brainwashing effect was good, An Yan acted according to the previous plan.

Only those who were killed openly were divided with the ministers. The assassination team secretly killed rich and vicious people without reporting them. They directly searched for money secretly and handed the evidence of the crime to the night raid.

There were also some people whom An Yan directly captured and brainwashed. He secretly used them as his informants. By the way, he chose a family and secretly transplanted the star-moon tree that was originally planted elsewhere, and dispatched three elite teams of the Dark Moon Army to take turns taking charge. The guardian tree and an assassination team live in the rich man's house.

Not only does he have to work for the Investigation Bureau on the surface, but An Yan, who has a very busy life, also goes to train with the ace of the empire, the Guards, all members of which are heavily armored, and secretly exerts Teigu influence in small groups to dig out Bude. corner.

During the rest period when the magic power was greatly consumed, he also went to the largest prison in the empire to escape from the prison, and even stole the warden's Teigu's decapitator to deal with the criminals...while choosing a group of skilled death row prisoners. Be a dead man.

Living and working seriously, the days passed little by little in the dull killing, until...

Having dinner with Ouka and listening to the report, while strengthening the brainwashing effect, and then giving Ouka something, An Yan walked out of the hotel and prepared to go to the prison to continue his part-time job.... He noticed someone not far away. On the eaves, stood a familiar girl.

The other party just glanced at him and quickly turned around and left, causing him to follow him without much thought.

Not long after, deep in an alley without street lights, the girl with long black hair in front suddenly stopped, turned around again, put her hand on the handle of the knife, and looked at him coldly:

"Is there anything else you want to explain?"

"I'm not talking about you, Chitong." He sighed with depression written all over his face: "We can be considered acquaintances for the time being. Why do I feel like you look so murderous every time you see me? You are Aren’t you full of misunderstandings about me?”

"I never thought you would hang out with someone like Oka!"

There was a moment when Chitong wanted to go to his place to reunite with his sister, and wanted to try to believe in his sister's eyes. At this moment, he only felt that his expectations had been betrayed.

"You kids may have gotten inaccurate information. In fact, he..."

"Oka collected a large amount of bribes from the businessman! Every time the businessman committed a crime, Oka would find a scapegoat! The client's fiancé was framed and killed by Oka a year ago!" Chitong endured with effort, not letting her emotions go. With an uncontrollable expression, he angrily stated the information he had:

"Leoney smelled it when she was collecting the commission money a while ago! The victim's fiancée smelled of sexually transmitted diseases when she was collecting the commission money for us! In other words, that person must have been selling his body continuously. In the past nearly a year, I have accumulated enough commission money to carry out night raids! And you... you actually hang out with this kind of people?! You are still talking to me like this! Let me believe that Heitong is right Your trust?!”

"Wait a minute, don't rush to accuse me. Let's put Ouka's matter aside for now." Sensing the huge loophole hidden in these words, An Yan suddenly felt happy and had the idea of ​​​​really rebelling against Chi Tong, but On the surface, he still had a serious expression on his face to suppress his headache: "You are really simple enough. From what you just said, didn't you realize that there is a big problem with your night raid?"

"what is the problem?"

"Is Night Raid the secret force of the rebel army that you say is true, good and beautiful, or is it a killer organization that is cloaked in hypocrisy and specializes in exploiting poor households? Compared with you... I am actually the good guy, right?"

"Are you...serious??"

His conclusive words were full of confidence, but Chitong sounded immediately confused. She even wondered if this guy had just drank too much with Oka?

Chapter 9 Instigating rebellion against Chi Tong·I’m not at a loss, you can do it·Is there something wrong with Black Tong?

Chi Tong looked at An Yan in surprise, and An Yan now really believed that she should be the good person she was chatting with Hei Tong a while ago.

Therefore, facing the girl in front of him who doubted his ears, he affirmed without hesitation: "Of course I am serious. If I am not a good person compared to you, wouldn't your situation be worse? Aren't you just a bunch of people who don't know themselves? A narcissistic righteous killer? Or a hypocritical maniac who knows the meaning of his actions and pretends to be a righteous partner? "

"No! We all know it very well! No matter what the banner is, killing is killing, and there will be no justice! Even if we die one day due to retribution, there is nothing surprising!" Chitong, who felt insulted, Uncontrollable anger and full denial:

"Our job is to kill the villains in the imperial capital. The new country does not need these heinous scum! Give the villains heavenly punishment! We only accept the commission to punish the villains! Night raids and the revolutionary army are better than corrupt guys like you too much!"

"....You really don't think this statement is strange? How easy are you to lie..."

Facing the girl's anger, An Yan remained unmoved and just sat casually on the edge of the alley, on the steps in front of someone's house.

Staring at Chitong who didn't relax for a moment, she tried her best to calm down again: "Don't try to anger me in this way. What's weird about what I said? Just tell me!"

"Okay, let me tell you a little bit. First of all, since it is said to be a divine punishment, why do you still need to collect money? Have you ever seen someone collecting money when there is thunder in the sky? Why do you still charge money when you are really dedicated to the people? Revolution? The military company didn't provide any funds? Then you all just mess with me. At least I can still afford to support you.

And if it is really just to eliminate harm for the people, of course there is no problem in saying that it is justice. Why do you kill people without justice... What do these words of yours make the security guards who really protect the people and kill the villains think?Who are the soldiers who really work hard to resist foreign attacks and defend their country?Will they also suffer retribution one day?Furthermore, you yourself said it was a punishment from heaven, but you also said you were not righteous. What does this mean?There has to be a limit to self-contradiction, right? "

"This, we..."

"Stop being narcissistic and talking about divine punishment in the name of justice, while saying that it is not justice. Is it possible that you are imagining that you are a dark hero who endures humiliation and will not be recognized?"

"——No, no!" The organizational creed that he was determined to fight for his whole life was simply stepped on the ground. Chitong, who was still unable to refute, shook his head vigorously and said: "The boss said! Collecting money is a necessary screening to avoid meaningless entrustments. !”

"Then haven't you considered that this amount is abnormal? You said yourself that she was able to save the commission money by constantly selling herself. If you just want to filter out meaningless commissions and reduce the amount to something that ordinary people can afford, but Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to feel the pain in your body? What’s the price that a normal person can’t afford, so he can only sell his body?”

What is going on with the rebels? Why is there such a strange threshold for night raids? Why does no one notice the problem inside the night raids?Maybe it's just a bit outrageous to not eat the fireworks of the world?And what will happen to the rebel army in the future? ——Of course he doesn’t know about this kind of thing.

But he also doesn't care about it. After all, sometimes the truth is not that important...at least not to him.

In order to win over Chi Tong, An Yan, who had difficulty finding a breakthrough, naturally could not speak for the rebels. He just continued to say in a confident tone:

"Are you really serving civilians? If the rebels are really short of money, you can also take money from those villains during the mission, right? It's much more casual than this."

"Ugh..." An Yan's words stung Chitong again, and even made her unable to make an effective rebuttal no matter how much she thought about it.

"In this economic downturn, many people don't even have enough to eat, and it's impossible for the common people to afford it? You force the common people to sell their bodies in order to exchange for what you call divine punishment. In essence, isn't this behavior tantamount to The second minister?"

He completely ignored the distortion and wavering that gradually appeared on Chitong's face, and continued to speak: "In the final analysis, that's it for now. When the rebel army you say is for the sake of civilians truly succeeds, I'm afraid it will be worse than The ministers are even more cruel and cruel, because... you have more efficiently squeezed the value of the civilians, and even made them willing to sell their bodies, dignity and souls to make money for them."

"That's not the case...the revolutionary army should be..."

"Chitong, don't be deceived again. I know you were raised as a killer and lack common sense, but you are not stupid and should understand that you have been deceived... The rebels who claim to be righteous but do such things are actually You are just squeezing the common people in a more clever way and asking them to give money voluntarily, it is not worthy of your service at all!"

"...What you said may make sense. It is also something I have always taken for granted but have not noticed. If the night attack is like this now, the boss promised me at the beginning...to create a peace where people can live in peace. The prosperous age is probably just a lie, but..."

His too clear analysis made Chitong understand this. At the same time, strong anger surged in his heart. He even trembled because of excessive anger. He rushed over, grabbed his collar, and squeezed. He growled uncontrollably:

"——If the empire is wrong! The revolutionary army and the night attack are also wrong! Then what is right? What should I do? You tell me! Or should I say that my wish will never come true and everything is just a fantasy? ?!"

"You can choose to follow me, Chitong."

The girl's eyes were wet with tears and opened wide. This time she was really going to be tainted with despair.

But An Yan allowed her to hold him and keep shaking, and just looked at the girl in front of him calmly, and slowly said: "I will guide you to the right path, a path that is completely different from the empire and the revolutionary army, and can truly achieve the goal." Create a country where ordinary people can live happily.”

"How can I believe you! If you believe this, I will kill countless people...!"

"If you can't trust me, you can simply think that I am taking advantage of your situation and your wishes. I will not deny this fact, but at least our goals are the same. If we must have a collateral - how about using my life ?”

"Ugh....?"

"If you find out that I'm deceiving you, you can kill me directly. I will never resist. If you are concerned about the threat I said last time, it is actually just a random thought of mine." His words surprised Chi Tong. His eyes widened, but he chuckled and took the trembling hand of the red-eyed man who looked bewildered and looked like a lost child. He just pulled it towards him and said without any worries:

"At such a distance, when I face you and your demonic sword without any weapons, I can basically say that I will die, right? As long as you stay by my side, you can supervise me at any time to see if I have deceived you."

"..."

An Yan's sincerity in using his life as a guarantee completely disrupted Chi Tong's mood. His eyelashes swayed, his eyes lowered, and the hostility on his body completely disappeared at this moment.

Whether it was the revolutionary army or the real ruler of the empire, let alone offering such conditions, she had never even met him.

So...throughout the next night, she and An Yan talked all night long, and An Yan also revealed his plan to reform from within and create a new country.

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The next morning.

After waking up, he learned that An Yan had not returned home all night, but did not tell him why in advance. Heitong unconsciously wandered back and forth in the hanging garden on the upper floor of the castle, showing a little uneasiness because he had not returned home all night for no reason.

But she didn't wait too long before she saw An Yan's figure. A smile appeared on her face, but the next moment she noticed the other person she had been longing for.

"Sister...!" The moment he noticed Chitong, the smile on Heitong's face did not disappear, but turned around as if it was broken, and he held his own Teigu with a broken smile. Eight rooms.

But before she had time to pull out and summon her puppet, An Yan quickly held down her knife: "Don't be excited! Heitong! You misunderstood. Now Chitong is our companion. She has left the rebel army." Come over there and choose me.”

"Oh...is that so?" Heitong was stunned when he heard this, and instinctively stopped what he was doing.

"Um, um...I'm sorry, Heitong, I really should trust your vision."

Changing allegiance to the forces again made Chitong feel a little embarrassed and could only nod vaguely.

But the black eyes didn't speak, and stared at her without saying a word. After a long while, he spoke again: "In that case... I don't care about this, but at that time, sister - why did you leave me!"

"No! Heitong! Listen to my explanation! I never thought of leaving you! At that time..."

Faced with the questioning of his favorite sister, Chitong, who was in a panic, quickly explained the whole story.

And An Yan saw that although the two of them had disputes, their relationship in the past was good enough, and she felt that they would reconcile soon, so she didn't bother to care anymore. She just ran away and planned to have a good sleep and continue her daily life.

When he returned to his room, he saw Lani sitting on his pillow, staring at him leeringly, which made him panic and instinctively want to apologize.

But the words of apology were on his lips but he quickly swallowed them again, because he remembered that he was very busy during this period and had no time to tease Lani at all.

However, he had made too many mistakes in the past, so he still looked cautious and said cautiously: "...Lord Lani, I shouldn't have angered you in any way recently, right?"

"Don't worry, not recently." The smiling girl suddenly changed the subject mid-sentence: "But you will talk about me behind my back anyway, so how about I give you a little punishment in advance today? "

"——Of course not!" These unreasonable words almost made him jump: "What if I don't talk about you behind your back in the future?!"

"Is this just in case?"

"when....!"

"Huh?" Lani narrowed her eyes and asked him to look away and corrected in a low voice: "Everything is not so absolute. I should... um, probably? Maybe... maybe! Right! Maybe there is still such a person Just in case? Right?"

"....Just these words alone give me enough reason to beat you up."

"Well, well... don't worry, I'm just kidding~ I will definitely try my best to be a good person and a good believer..."

With a vague smile, An Yan climbed back onto the bed calmly, just to catch up on some sleep.

The little doll on the pillow directly raised its foot and kicked him in the face: "Don't pretend to be asleep. Did you lie to the child who just came here?"

"No, I think there is no problem with the analysis of the revolutionary army."

"But that kid now regards you as a good person."

"Comparing the Rebel Army and the Imperial Army, I am indeed a good person, right?"

"Are your methods considered clean?"

"One day I will betray everything and take the throne. Doesn't it sound interesting? ...If I say that, who do you think will follow me?"