Scenes of memories flashed through his mind, the struggle and pain when he learned that his fate was against Yu Huai, the countless sleepless nights, the snow piled up under the World Tree... Xu Yinian suppressed the excess emotions, just Intermittently narrated Lan's rhetoric, and did not mention the rest. After listening to him finish the cause and effect, Yu Huai's grip on his wrist became stronger and stronger, almost crushing his bones.
Yaozu's face was terribly gloomy, and his dark purple pupils shone with a ferocious red light. Xu Yinian had never seen him in a rage before, and the sense of oppression that hit his face made him unable to move. Yu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was extremely dangerous: "You left me because of a word from the fortune teller back then?"
Xu Yinian opened his mouth, and the countless explanations seemed powerless in front of the facts, so he could only lower his eyes and remain silent.
Yu Huai accepted his acquiescence, and suddenly sneered: "Even if it's against each other, so what?"
His ruthlessness and paranoia touched Xu Yinian's deepest fear, and the boy's voice trembled: "...I will kill you!"
"So you directly made the decision for me?" Yu Huai stared at him firmly, and finally said inexplicably, "Xu Yinian, you are really ruthless."
Xu Yinian was extremely confused, violent emotional ups and downs made his temples ache, seeing his face was extremely painful, Yu Huai didn't know what to think, and a murderous intent gradually emerged in his eyes: "How many chances are there between fate and fate? Don't you I don’t even know if I’m being played by someone.”
Xu Yinian was shocked.
He never thought about this possibility, subconsciously said: "It was Lan who showed me my fortune, he couldn't have made a mistake..."
As the patriarch of today's fortune-telling, Lan has seen countless fortune-telling. The conflict between fate and fate is rare in the world, few people in the world can see this vision, and among the fortune tellers Xu Yinian knows, only Lan can do it.
"Whether he calculated or not, you'd better not lie to me this time."
Yu Huai picked up the discarded purple diamond brooch from the ground, and squeezed it tightly in her hands, even bleeding from the palm of her hand.
It turns out that Xu Yinian left him five years ago not because of some unexpected accidents, but because he thought he chose the best way to protect him...
The conflict made him suspicious, and once he found out the ins and outs, he would not let the person who was in the way let him go, nor would he let Xu Yinian leave again.
Yu Huai suppressed his emotions, and finally took a deep look at Xu Yinian, then turned and left.
The figure of the monster clan disappeared into the depths of the maple forest, and Xu Yinian stayed where he was in a daze. The other party's words made his brain a mess, and Xu Yinian didn't even dare to think about it.
If the fate of him and Yu Huai is not what Lan said, then what did he do...!
Xu Yinian had a splitting headache, so he helped the maple tree next to him in time so he didn't fall. After an unknown amount of time, the intense dizziness gradually disappeared, and Xu Yinian took several deep breaths in succession to calm down his emotions.
He didn't even attend the prom, so he just walked back to the dormitory in such a daze.
He seemed to have returned to five years ago, and the daytime became extremely long, and scenes and scenes kept repeating in his mind and could not be stopped. Xu Yinian barely ate or drank, just slept soundly with his head covered. For several days in succession, only his occasional noises were heard in the slightly empty dormitory. What broke this bad state was a phone call one evening.
"Brother Xu!" Xia Ziheng's excited voice came from the other end, "Have you seen the news in the group? I haven't waited for your reply, so I'll ask you."
"... what?" Xu Yinian spoke with a nasal voice that had just woken up. He turned over on the bed and opened the group chat slowly.
Last night, Chen Ran forwarded the notice from the Demon Elimination Bureau in the group: [Tomorrow at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the black tower trial will be held in the second hall of the Judgment Court. The monster extermination masters who have participated in this event are basically invited, and we can also participate, and we will receive a reply. ]
Xu Yinian glanced at the date and time, and realized that there were less than five hours before the start of the trial, and his drowsy mind finally cleared up a bit.
"I got it now, see you then."
Fengqiao College is hundreds of kilometers away from the trial hall. When Xu Yinian pushed the door and entered, the trial hall was already full of people. He habitually looked for Chen Ran and Xia Ziheng, but found that there were no vacant seats for them. Just about to sit down casually, someone stopped him suddenly.
"Hey, Xu Yinian? This way."
Xu Yinian turned his head and saw the young fox's eyes.
It's Pei Su.
He was slightly surprised: "How do you...?"
He didn't expect Pei Su to appear here. After he came out of the black tower, he asked about Pei Su's situation and said that he had already been released from prison. Having just escaped from the years-long nightmare, Pei Su's condition is actually not bad.
The young man smiled at him, and hooked his shoulder affectionately after he sat down: "I haven't thanked you yet, kid, but you actually did what you said."
"It's not just me, many people have contributed." Xu Yinian hesitated, "I thought you would never want to see people like Heita again."
Pei Su leaned back on the seat, a little nonchalantly: "Today is the day that those bastards will be tried. In the past few years, they have allowed those prisoners to torture me, and even imposed additional sentences on me without authorization. I must see their retribution with my own eyes."
Seeing Xu Yinian's pale face, Pei Suduo asked, "Did you take a break? Are you too busy these days?"
Xu Yinian shook his head, Pei Su stopped asking, he suddenly poked Xu Yinian's arm, and changed the subject: "Who is sitting on the far right in the first row of the jury opposite us?"
"It's Xia Yan," Xu Yinian glanced at, and the people sitting in that circle were all big figures from the Demon Elimination Bureau, "He is leading the team for the mission of the Black Tower this time."
"He's pretty handsome." Pei Su said, and asked again, "Where's the one on the far left? I saw him as soon as I came in."
Among the group of demon extermination masters, that person's temperament is particularly special, and his dark purple eyes do not belong to human beings at first sight. Pei Su has never seen such a good-looking monster after staying in the black tower for several years.
Yu Huai leaned against the back of the chair and turned her head slightly. Sitting next to him was Director Song of the Nanhai Sub-bureau, who was talking with Yu Huai with a smile. Xu Yinian remembered that Chief Song had a good friendship with Xuan Tan, and that Yu Huai also joined the Nanhai branch when he graduated.
Seeing the handsome and familiar face of Yaozu, Xu Yinian's eyes slowly froze, and after a while, his voice was hoarse: "Yu Huai."
Pei Su didn't notice his emotions, even though he knew little about the demon world, Pei Su had heard this name before, and couldn't help but look surprised: "It's him."
Not knowing what Director Song said, Yu Huai smiled. Pei Su sighed from the bottom of his heart: "If he is a human being, the Demon Elimination Bureau will hang his photo in the United Community. With this face, how can there be any regulations on peaceful coexistence?"
There was some movement at the door of the trial hall. The person who arrived late attracted a lot of attention. Tang Fei walked all the way to the jury. His face was cold and his eyes were like stars.
Xu Yinian was thinking about Yu Huai, he was absent-minded, and didn't notice that Pei Su beside him sat up straight unknowingly, his eyes gradually froze. He patted Xu Yinian on the shoulder, and asked unnaturally: "Who is that? Your master
"Um."
Pei Su hesitated, "Do you have a good relationship with your master?"
"Very good," Xu Yinian replied, "He has taught me for ten years."
When passing by Yu Huai, Tang Fei paused and stared at the ghost clan coldly from top to bottom.
Yu Huai raised her eyes and stared at him unceremoniously.
Although the eyes of the two did not meet for a second, many keen exorcists also noticed something was wrong. Bureau Song asked softly after Tang Fei took his seat, "Is there any misunderstanding between you and Mr. Tang?"
"There's no misunderstanding," Yu Huai retracted his gaze, and said calmly, "It's just not to deal with it."
"Mr. Tang is young and promising, and the old director is old. In a few years, he should take over the position of the General Administration." Director Song kindly persuaded, "It's best not to get too tense with him."
Yu Huai was noncommittal, Song Ju smiled and shook his head, thinking that this kid's temper was more like that of a monster than Xuan Tan.
There are a large number of demon clans involved in the black tower and the laboratory, and the main criminals of both sides were taken into the trial hall one by one. Wearing heavy shackles, more than a dozen prisoners were handcuffed on the trial platform one by one by the exorcising masters in charge of escorting them. No matter how relaxed he was before, when he really saw the culprit who had caused him pain for several years, hatred gradually appeared in Pei Su's eyes.
The other victims in the hall reacted exactly the same as Pei Su, booing came from all around, and some emotional ones even yelled loudly.
Today's trial was unusual. Not only were all the high-level executives of the Demon Elimination Administration present, but people from the demon world were also very important. The old dean of the court personally acted as the presiding judge. Facing the noisy movement in the hall, he had no choice but to hit the gavel heavily: "Silence!"
The old dean's voice was thick and unaffected, and the scene fell silent in an instant. The recorder stepped forward and read the trial rules aloud.
Under the solemn and solemn bell, the trial of the Black Tower Prison officially began.
"The Black Tower has conspired to tear up the regulations for several years, forged the death certificates of the prisoners and turned them into 'black households', not only secretly instigating them to commit multiple crimes, but also keeping these prisoners as private soldiers." The presiding judge on the court watched Looking at the high-ranking members of the Black Tower, their old eyes were dazzling, "Are you pleading guilty?"
Several Yaozu remained silent. Under the stalemate, the warden of the Black Tower was the first to say hoarsely: "Plead guilty."
With him taking the lead, the prisoners next to him were no longer silent and pleaded guilty one after another. The recorder wrote quickly, and the presiding judge continued: "Five years ago, the laboratory was secretly transferred from Yunyao to the Black Tower. The two parties reached a cooperation. The Black Tower provided funds and shelter. The laboratory helped the above-mentioned prisoners improve their abilities and carry out bloodline transformation... "
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Volume after volume of documents recording crimes was turned over by the presiding judge one by one. At the beginning, muffled discussions could be heard from all directions. Later, countless shocking crimes silenced the audience.
In the face of irrefutable evidence, the once-ambitious high-level executives of the Black Tower could only bow their heads and confess their crimes. After the death of the doctor, there were only a group of researchers left in the laboratory, all of them were downcast and their faces were gloomy.
The lengthy interrogation process was over, and after a short adjournment, it was finally time to read the final verdict. Xu Yinian sat up straight involuntarily, and, like most people present, stared intently at the platform where the presiding judge was.
The presiding judge said loudly: "With regard to the matter of the Black Tower colluding with the laboratory and violating the regulations, the trial results are as follows—"
"Wait a moment." A voice came from the direction of the jury, interrupting the unspoken verdict. Yu Huai stood up calmly, and his tall and straight figure immediately attracted the attention of the audience. Xu Yinian felt something in his heart and grabbed the armrest of the seat, his heart was pounding, as if something bad was about to happen.
After a short pause, the presiding judge nodded at him: "Juror No. 1, do you have anything to add?"
Facing countless pairs of eyes present, Yu Huai said calmly, "It's not time for the verdict yet. There is not only one leader of the laboratory, except for the dead doctor, the other one is just sitting in the jury. "
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the trial hall exploded! A wave of discussions almost drowned the scene, and countless eyes fell on the jury—except for Yu Huai, who were all high-level executives from the Demon Elimination Bureau!
The presiding judge had to slam the gavel several times in succession: "Silence! Silence!"
His tone was majestic, but he couldn't hide his surprise: "Juror No. 1, such a serious accusation requires clear evidence, and you are responsible for every word you say."
Yu Huai ignored Director Song who was beside him with his eyes to signal him not to mess around, walked out of the seat, and came to the front of the jury.
"Ten years ago, this person met the doctor. The two hit it off and established the laboratory together. The doctor was just a weak and unknown snow demon at first, but he appreciated the doctor's talent very much. The laboratory was funded entirely by He provided it alone. Even after the lab is transferred to the Black Tower, he will still secretly receive a huge amount of remittance from him every winter." Several senior officials of the Black Tower on the trial platform raised their heads in amazement, and Yu Huai continued , "Even the Black Tower doesn't know, the laboratory has not stopped accepting funding from the old club."
"After the doctor's transformation, that person's strength has been greatly improved. The doctor specially selected for him an ability that is close to his own ability. Even if he uses his ability recklessly, others will not be able to see his abnormality." Yu Huai's lips cornered Raising it slightly, he said with deep meaning, "Sitting in this position at a young age, unless you are extremely talented, you can only rely on crooked ways."
Hearing this, the presiding judge's expression changed slightly.
There are only a handful of young demon extermination masters in the jury, but all of them are figures with illustrious military exploits.
"After talking so much, I didn't mention who that person is," Tang Fei said in a flat but aggressive manner. "Mr. Yu doesn't seem to have any evidence to prove it."
"What's the rush?" Yu Huai glanced at Tang Fei, "Wouldn't it be more interesting to tear off his disguise step by step in front of everyone?"
As Yu Huai said, he pressed the controller in his hand that he had prepared for a long time—
boom!
An explosion completely disrupted the entire courtroom, and blood splattered on the table. The familiar scene made Xu Yinian's pupils shrink, not only him, but also Chen Ran supported the table at the same time, his expression was extremely shocked, Xia Ziheng even stood up abruptly.
The scene became a mess: "What's going on?!", "Why did it explode suddenly?!", "Contact the medical headquarters!"
In the chaos, Yu Huai looked at the exorcist who covered one eye: "Five years ago, the old head of the Xia family was found to be in collusion with the laboratory, but he was just a puppet pushed out by you. You signed a contract with the doctor." They can't betray each other. But you find that the doctor is getting more and more out of control, not only helping the Black Tower to rebel, but also insisting on bringing Ye Qiao back, and even hurt your brother in the White Deer Mansion because of this. You want to get rid of The hand of the demon bureau completely eradicates the laboratory."
"You guard against him, and he also guards against you. During the transformation operation, the doctor secretly buried bombs in your eyes, and he hid the controller in my hand in the reference room of the laboratory. As long as the bomb If you don’t detonate it, it’s not a breach of the contract.” Yu Huai looked at Xia Yan, whose face was covered with blood, and said sarcastically, “The youngest combat commander of the General Administration of Demon Elimination? If there is no experimental transformation, you may not be able to sit on this Location."
Before he knew it, Xu Yinian's back was soaked in cold sweat.
Five years ago, Xia Yan personally led a team to seal down Yunyao's laboratory, made great achievements, and got all the way to where she is today. The truth is completely opposite to this, Xia Yan is the culprit behind the scenes, the old head of the Xia family was forced to bear all the crimes for him, and became a stepping stone for the former to rise to the top.
Xia Yan was actually the initial investor in the lab...!
Xia Ziheng was too shocked and was about to rush towards the jury. Chen Ran grabbed him tightly, but Xia Ziheng suddenly burst out with great strength, pushed Chen Ran away and rushed to the first row of seats desperately. Xia Yan's entire eye was shattered in the explosion, and the bloody eye sockets kept shedding blood and tears. Xia Ziheng was shocked and anxious: "Brother, are you okay?!"
Even though his body was shaking unavoidably due to the severe pain, Xia Yan's mood was extremely calm. He pushed Xia Ziheng away without raising his head: "Ah Heng, go back to your place."
"I left an eye for you." Yu Huai fiddled with the bomb controller in his hand, as if he would press another button at any time, "Tell me, besides the laboratory, what else did you do five years ago."
The medical doctors who were urgently called all stopped at the door, not knowing whether to go forward. Xia Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, the only remaining eye was staring at the ghost clan a few meters away.
Yu Huai did it on purpose.
He knew the truth a long time ago, but waited patiently until today. The eyes of both worlds are focused on this trial. Yu Huai wanted to ruin him under the watchful eyes of everyone, leaving him with nowhere to go.
Xia Yan glanced at Xia Ziheng's panic-stricken face, and finally lowered his voice: "The purpose of the doctor's experiment is too obvious, that Qiluo came to us naturally, and asked if we are interested in obtaining a real ghost race."
Understanding what this sentence meant, the blood on Xia Ziheng's face faded.
"When Qiluo approached us, we had just transferred from Yunyao to Heita. That year, Xuan Tan seemed determined to implement the regulations and pushed us very hard. It's so strange that she, a monster, was willing to serve human beings. It wasted all my energy... Rather than letting someone else check the laboratory, it is better for me to deal with it myself, but the relationship between the Xia family and the laboratory is too deep, I can only ask the old Patriarch to take the blame for me."
"Naturally, we agreed to Qiluo's plan."
The Great Elder of the Illusory Demon Clan used his death as evidence in the trial hall to accuse human beings of participating in the Genocide of the Ghost Clan, and the demon world has always had different opinions on this. Many members of the jury were old friends of the old head of the Xia family, and they were all shocked at the moment: "Wolf ambition! Not only are thieves yelling to catch the thief, murdering the head of the family, but they also participated in the massacre frantically! As the commander of the General Administration, he completely ignores the regulations!"
"Crazy! It's so vicious! Shameless!"
Xia Yan turned a deaf ear to the scolding: "The task Xuan Tan received was issued by me. The number of ghosts is small. Except for her, I issued tasks to all the ghosts that day. As the elder said, they finally They were all teleported to the same small town."
"We all thought that the ghost clan would be wiped out in the town, and the only variable is you." Xia Yan and Yu Huai looked at each other, "You should know best that after you escaped from death, someone sent someone to help you. A large number of exorcists."
Yu Huai remained expressionless and did not answer.
Of course he won't forget.
When he was seriously injured and dying, he finally escaped from the siege, and saw the white uniform of the demon extermination bureau from a distance, thinking he was finally saved, but those demon extermination masters attacked without saying a word, trying to take his life.
"You killed them and fled to the boneyard."
Suddenly thunder and lightning exploded from Xu Yinian's palm, smashing the long table in front of him with a bang.
Pei Su was startled, but saw that the veins on the back of the boy's hands were bulging, and the hatred in his eyes was almost overflowing.
Sure enough, the facts are not as rumored by the outside world at all! Obviously they wanted to kill people to silence them, but they framed Yu Huai for going crazy and killed the exorcist who rushed to rescue him!
At this point, Xia Yan simply admitted: "I sent those exorcising demon masters. I used some methods to mislead the follow-up investigation and classified the extermination of the ghost clan as an accident. Earlier, the Great Elder used his death as a witness on the trial platform , The General Administration planned to find out the truth again, but I also secretly delayed the progress of the investigation."
Several exorcists from the headquarters shook their heads again and again, and even Tang Fei frowned.
"All tasks related to the Black Tower must be approved by me. In order to eliminate my suspicion as much as possible, when I saw Ah Heng's task application, I agreed to let them enter the Black Tower." He behaved extraordinarily calmly, "Everyone knows that I love my brother, and no one believes that I will push him into danger."
Xia Ziheng was stunned: "Brother...?"
Xia Yan didn't respond to him: "Ah Heng doesn't know anything, and my parents."
The corners of Yu Huai's lips curled slightly, as if he thought his appearance was ridiculous: "Of course you have to pay for the sins you have committed."
boom!
There was another explosion, and Xia Yan's only remaining eye was instantly splattered with blood! Two lines of blood and tears poured out, even Xia Yan couldn't hold back his screams no matter how much he could bear. Xia Ziheng's face turned pale: "Brother!!!!"
If Xia Yan is not treated in time, Xia Yan may die on the spot, and the medical practitioner rushed to the jury. The presiding judge had to knock on the gavel and sternly warned: "Juror No. 1! You have no right to harm the suspect!"
"Sorry, there will be no next time." Yu Huai replied without sincerity, and casually threw away the useless bomb controller. The presiding judge looked at him quite aggrieved, thinking of the truth that Xia Yan confessed, he finally felt sympathetic and did not pursue his reckless actions.
This episode completely derailed the entire trial. After simple treatment of the injury, several exorcising masters escorted Xia Yan away. Xia Ziheng's knees softened, as if he had completely lost his support, and was supported by Chen Ran who ran off the stage in time.
Xu Yinian's expression was complicated, his eyes flicked over the embarrassed Xia Yan, the bewildered Xia Ziheng, and then to the group of angry exorcists...
He remembered that Xia Ziheng chatted with him with a smile, saying that fortunately Xia Yan was there so that he could rest assured in this life. Xia's family has a great cause, and Xia's father and Xia's mother are kind-hearted, but they are not demon extermination masters who can take on the big responsibility. Xu Yinian didn't dare to imagine what Xia Ziheng would do in the future.
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There was a lot of noise in the hall, and Xu Yinian's gaze finally fell on Yu Huai.
He stood alone, watching Xia Yan being escorted away with cold eyes. The jurors who had been passionate before all looked away and did not dare to meet his gaze.
Shock, regret, shame, guilt...
The exorcists looked at him, and couldn't help but think of themselves who listened to the slander and attacked him a few years ago.
Xu Yinian fell into endless chaos. It turns out that Yu Huai has been fighting these lunatics all these years. The extermination of the ghost clan, his murderous fate, and Yu Huai's white night fate...the seemingly unrelated incidents may be inextricably linked, and a huge conspiracy gradually surfaced, like a heavy black cloud hanging over the head.
All kinds of thoughts continued one after another, until Yu Huai turned and left, Xu Yinian woke up like a dream.
He slowly closed his fingers, clenched into a fist, and finally made up his mind to chase it out. He ran so fast that blinding lightning flashed all over his body unconsciously. Yu Huai's figure disappeared into the flower-blossoming atrium, and Xu Yinian rushed straight towards him.
Unlike five years ago, this time he is unwilling and will not let Yu Huai bear the burden alone.
No matter what the other party will do next, he wants to be with him, regardless of life or death.
"Yu Huai!" Xu Yinian stood in front of him.
The ghost clan who was stopped looked at his aggressive appearance, and said lightly: "What's the matter?"
Xu Yinian hurriedly asked: "Can you give me a chance to investigate with you?"
Yu Huai didn't answer immediately. He had a handsome and sharp appearance, coupled with his harsh temperament, it was inevitable that he would be difficult to get close to when he was not speaking.
Thinking of the unhappiness at the graduation ceremony, Xu Yinian cheered himself up silently in his heart, and met Yu Huai's gaze straight away: "I'm sorry, five years ago I shouldn't have ignored your feelings and made decisions for you without authorization. Back then I was too incompetent to let you bear everything alone, now I want to find out the truth with you... is that okay?"
This confession was completely from the heart, Xu Yinian's emotions surged, and he felt embarrassed belatedly after he finished speaking.
Even so, he still looked directly into Yu Huai's eyes without avoiding it. The air in the courtyard seemed to slow down, and every minute and every second was stretched infinitely, Xu Yinian's heart gradually sank.
Is Yu Huai... completely disappointed in him
"Lan was last seen at the Boneyard."
Xu Yinian raised his head abruptly, and it took him half a beat to realize what Yu Huai meant.
Yu Huai actually agreed!
Hearing him mention Lan and the boneyard, Xu Yinian realized what Yu Huai was going to investigate, and couldn't help opening his eyes slightly.
Yu Huai had a panoramic view of the changes in his expression: "In three days, come to Freeport to find me."
Volume Three Crashes into Daylight