Came to Calgary after the contract was stolen, temporarily disbanded with Celica and the others, and wandered alone in a strange city in Canada,
Fangran never expected to meet this figure here.
A senior A-level participant, the fuse of the God's presence project, the former leader of the royal court, and...
The executive officer of the eighth pillar of the association now!
The moment Fangran saw Kolossos, Fangran subconsciously put his whole body on alert!
And when he just came out of the store, still holding his things and smiling at the owner, he was also surprised by the encounter at this moment,
He was dumbfounded for a moment, then as if he understood something, he smiled and resumed his impeccable gentlemanly demeanor,
Kolossos looked at Fangran who was on guard against him, and said kindly and politely:
"I know there's a coffee shop nearby, how about we sit and chat?"
...
Calgary, southwest of downtown,
The elegant wooden door pushes a series of bells, and the exquisite retro decoration style reveals an elegant and comfortable style.
The store is small and spotless. There are no other customers at this time, and there is not even a store sign. It doesn't look like an open store at all.
But the glass jars that line the shelves behind the counter testify to the fact that this coffee shop is here.
"I met the owner when I first arrived and he opened the store out of love and I love the style and atmosphere,"
After seeing the rich man in his forties or fifties serving coffee, he glanced at himself in surprise and left, sitting in a quiet place by the window,
Fangran heard Kolossos in front of him smile and said:
"And you don't have to be so vigilant. I didn't plan to do anything to you, and I didn't think about reporting to the association."
The smooth and natural turn of the topic makes people feel that he is good at talking and gentle, without giving birth to any ill feelings, and the sentence itself is even more...
-reality-
Looking at the results of the scale, I was a little surprised,
Fangran was silent for a while, and withdrew his ability to gather momentum, but he did not completely relax his vigilance. He took off his sunglasses and looked at Kolossos in front of him.
Young and outstanding appearance, but with a mature temperament immersed in the years, coupled with the exemplary British gentleman demeanor,
On the way here, it attracted almost everyone's attention.
But Fangran's impression of him was still that old man in a suit and top hat with a cane during the national war,
It's just that he never thought at the time that the person in front of him would trigger everything that followed.
Looking at the entire God's Advent plan, the most critical link is the betrayal of Kolossos,
It directly led to the fall of the royal court, the night battle control agency throughout Europe, and made it easy for the association to gather seven dark energy crystals in reality.
At the end of the afternoon, the sun shines through the window, and the radiant temperature is slightly drunk with the aroma of coffee beans ground into powder,
"But I really didn't expect to meet you again at such a time and place,"
Sitting in this small coffee shop in Calgary, Kolossos looked at the black-haired young man in front of him with emotion,
"The blow at the last moment of the A-level battle is something I will never forget."
As if recalling the huge silver gun that shot down from thousands of meters above the sky like a shooting star in the simulated scene at that time, he asked with a smile at the end:
"Should I call you Fangran, or Night Crow?"
Fangran didn't answer this indifferent question. Fangran just watched Kolossos and said calmly:
"Why would you help me keep the association a secret?"
The action in Europe made the association fully aware of his strength, and it is not difficult to guess that he is the night crow by contacting the previous events.
Now that he has become the executive officer of the eighth pillar, it is only natural for Kolossos to know this,
It's just that Fangran couldn't think of any reason why he was willing to help him keep the association a secret.
"It's just that there is no reason. The association executive is a free identity with little responsibility,"
Facing Fangran's question that he didn't relax his vigilance, Kolossos smiled indifferently, and said something similar to Trinity,
Then he picked up the coffee and blew on the hot air, and smiled softly:
"And the sixth pillar is a close friend with Angel You Ye, who has a close relationship with you, and the seventh pillar is from China, so I am on the front line who made friends with them,"
"It doesn't matter if you sell favors in places that have nothing to do with you."
-reality-
Perceiving the result of the weighing cards, listening to what he seemed to say about the factions within the association,
Although he is not the weak self he was when he was in exile in Europe last time, North America is the territory of associations after all,
After confirming that the worst would not happen, Fangran breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily put down his guard, watching him ask the second question:
"Why are you in this city?"
"Each column executive has its own jurisdiction in North America, and Alaska and Western Canada are my areas of responsibility,"
"I've been in this city since things in Europe ended."
Not minding explaining Fangran's doubts with a smile, Kolossos took a sip of the coffee, the strong bitter taste made his eyes glow with deep nostalgia in the warm sunlight,
But before Fangran noticed, he smiled again and looked at him and said:
"Speaking of which, I have passed by here before, and the last time I was driven to North America was about twenty years ago."
Twenty years ago...
The words from the senior A-level, once opened, exceeded the length of Fangran's current life,
Looking at the scenery in the warm glow of Calgary outside the window, it seems that he is recalling the past, and Kolossos has a feeling of years that does not match his youthful appearance.
"At that time, the night war world in North America was far from being as active as it is now, and the black market and pubs had not yet spread across every central city,"
"Participants"
"Few people will develop things that have nothing to do with combat power, and they will only occasionally help some rich people solve their troubles for money. There is no such thing as a middleman who specializes in issuing missions...."
Listening to the narration of Kolossos, listening to some of his words, some things he even understood,
It seems that I can gradually piece together the scene of the night battle world in that era in my mind,
Fangran watched the young and not-so-young figure in front of him put down the coffee in his hand, and sighed at the snow-white peaks of the Rocky Mountains in the distance.
"At that time, I really never thought that I would come to North America again in such a capacity."
From the leader of the royal court to the executive of the association, such a change seems to be a little bit emotional for Kolossos himself,
And listening to such words, silently, thinking of him as the key to God's Advent plan, there is an urge to liberate the king of gods and peep at his memory now,
But Fangran finally resisted the urge, took a deep breath, raised his eyes very seriously,
Looking at Kolossos, he asked the question he asked Trinity.
"Why did you join the association even at the expense of betraying the royal court?" (To be continued)