Chapter 809: 485, Close Combat_6
The young man’s face was pale and weak, his body covered with bloodstains.
But the smile on his face was particularly dazzling.
The soldiers waiting outside swiftly surged forward, dragging Qing Chen from the floating airship and pressing him onto the cold ground.
Then, they carried out the corpses of Yamata Group soldiers from the ship.
The prisoners were in an uproar, recalling the scene of the young man standing at the exit with a smile just earlier.
They had seen countless prisoners being escorted in, but had never seen one arrive at A02 secret military base in such a shocking manner.
“Did he kill all the Jindai soldiers on the Takamagahara ship…”
One prisoner muttered.
As if asking the companions beside him, or perhaps asking the biting cold wind.
Ginkgo Manor at a high point.
In the coldest room, the Door of Shadow opened wide.
The Shadow did not speak directly this time upon his arrival; instead, he sat down in silence.
After a long time, the old man faced away from him and laughed, “What, are you planning to imitate those students and sit here in a hunger strike? It won’t work.”
The Shadow replied calmly, “If I’m not mistaken, your men should have seen Qing Chen already. He was the one who chased down Jindai Yunhe.”
The old man remained silent, neither confirming nor denying.
The Shadow continued, “If nothing unexpected happens, Qing Chen should have arrived at A02 secret military base by now. You’ve placed people at the A02 base, haven’t you? Otherwise, why would he actually be sent there?”
The old man still did not respond.
“Why? Just to give him the eligibility and reputation to quickly grasp power? Can you have an open conversation with me for once, otherwise, I might overturn this world,” the Shadow’s tone grew increasingly heavy.
The old man replied calmly, “Have you ever considered a question? Back then, when someone told me to send him to the Outer World, I agreed, but that person did not tell me how long he should stay there. He has been in the Outer World since he can remember, more than ten years have gone by. Do you think he considers himself a member of the Qing’s Family?”
“I will teach him slowly,” the Shadow said.
“Too slow, I cannot wait, nor can you,” said the old man.
“So you resort to such extreme measures?”
“Unless he sees with his own eyes what members of the Qing’s Family are like, how could he understand what the Qing’s Family truly is,” the old man said leisurely, “He must see it, then he can understand.”
“Still, if he refuses what you offer him, if he wants to leave the Qing’s Family and start anew?” the Shadow asked, “He has the capability.”
The old man laughed, “I will give him the Spy Bureau, and in the future, I can give him the army too. Furthermore, I’ll make deals with Uncle Li Dong to make him the next-generation leader of the Knights. What does it matter whether he wants the current Qing’s Family or not? Wherever he is, that place is the Qing’s Family.”
The Shadow was momentarily stunned.
The old man said softly, “The world is already rotten, and some people can’t stand it any longer, so the thousand-year unchanged status quo must be broken. Xiao Zhun, the Qing’s Family is not you, it’s not me, nor is it those shortsighted factions within the Qing’s Family. The Qing’s Family is built on the lives of people, forged by the great wisdom of the ancestors, it does not belong to you, nor to me. The current Qing’s Family is like the bloated shell of a crab; if you don’t shed this shell, it can’t survive.”
The Shadow fell silent.
Everyone says the Qing’s Family is ruthless, the Shadow of the Qing’s Family is ruthless, and the Family Head of the Qing’s Family is even more ruthless.
But even the Shadow never thought that this Family Head of the Qing’s Family would be ruthless enough to personally abandon the vast legacy for a rebirth.
“What if he dies? He is the only remaining bloodline heir of the Qing’s Family.”
The old man shook his head, “You still don’t understand. If you could live another twenty years, then you could be the one to accomplish this. But you don’t have that much time left, so I chose him. If he dies too, then let fate decide the Qing’s Family.”
9,300 words, sorry for the late update, good night, everyone.