Opal trembled: "Then what are we going to do now?"
"The only thing we have to do now is to calm down and finish the meal," Rickett quipped.
Opal realized that it had nothing to do with them at all, so he couldn't help laughing, and Rector couldn't help but smile, he scooped some herbs for Opal, Opal took a few bites, and then threw his fork. Laughing in the seat.
Opal suddenly felt that such Rickett had a very gentle charm. He began to understand Coralin's attitude towards Rector. Every time he mentioned other enemies, his tone was full of contempt and disdain. , However, no matter how many times Rickett was defeated by him, Cororin was still full of anger and unwillingness to mention him.
"I'm not going to get involved in this again," Recht said. "If you want to do something, you don't have to care what the teacher says."
Opal scooped up the food and put it in his mouth, saying, "What can I do? Raymond and I just want to use this news to make some money."
"Help Rotman rise to power, or assassinate his brother for Alex, or influence their will," Recht said.
Opal said: "Oh forget it, I don't think I can do it at all, teacher, I can temporarily affect a person's thoughts, but as long as I'm not by his side, he will correct this mistake."
Rickett reached out and touched Opal's forehead and said, "Is this your mental ability form?"
Opal nodded, he brought another plate, and he talked to Recht about the power of faith. About Bakro and Alex, he already had a vague outline in his heart, but he did not turn to Recht. There are too many inquiries. On the one hand, he wants to go back to discuss with Raymond, and on the other hand, he is afraid of dragging Rickett into the water.
Opal went to pick up Raymond late that night and went home to work on it.
Once the direction is found, it is much easier. The rest of the time is to investigate the information in depth. The celebration of the Shepherd's Day lasts for seven days. Raymond does not need to accompany the guests. Go and practice atomic pool with Opal.
Anyway, when I go back to the spaceship, I have to eat and live on my own, and I can sign a bill with Recht in the club to eat and drink. In the end, the bill is counted on the welfare of the club's billiards, so Opal didn't go back, and he simply depended on Lei. Kurt was like a follower.
He has to ask about everything. When he first met Recht, he could see that he was not very warm to him, and even had a little pity. At that time, he also kept a pure Worship, talk to him respectfully, as if facing your own god.
When they returned to Lecter for the second time, their mutual beliefs had fallen to the lowest point, and Lecter's sacrificial revenge acted like a heavy stone on Opal's heart. Now and later.
When they meet again, they both find themselves at last. Rickett is like Opal's father, and sometimes Opal even thinks that Rector is like Raymond's father. He prefers Raymond more than Opal itself.
Lecter's attitude towards Opal is laissez-faire. Anyway, Opal will always find strange things to trouble him, and he will take the initiative to say a few words to Raymond. Raymond nodded restrained from the beginning, thanking him, Gradually, he would talk to Rector with a smile and talk about himself.
Most of it is about his arrival at Fierce Star after leaving the nutrition cabin, and some past lives with Opal.
Rector didn't teach Ramon anything about fighting, but his favor centered on atomic pool, where he patiently explained the rules of the game to Ramon and taught him everything hand-to-hand.
Raymond is like a computer with programs already stored in it. Everything just waits for activation. He will learn what Rickett teaches him. In a few days, his level has improved by leaps and bounds, from losing to Opal at the beginning to now Raymond is casual. It can exceed the opal by tens of millions of points.
Opal was a little jealous, but it didn't matter if he thought that the object of his favor was Raymond anyway. They are both fatherless and children, and Opal knows Raymond's mood well, and the days with Recht are very warm and happy.
Opal was a little reluctant to think of being separated from Rector after the celebration.
On the last day before the Shepherd's Day, Lecter said, "Come on, Raymond, let go and have a test with me. Use your true strength."
Raymond smiled modestly and said, "I'm not your opponent, teacher."
Opal said sourly: "I have been forgotten into the five-dimensional space..."
Raymond laughed, and Rickett said, "I'll give you a chance to make money. Would you like to try it?"
Raymond said immediately: "No, how can I win your money?"
It was Opal who understood Rector the most, and when he heard this, he immediately said, "Teacher, are you looking for Raymond to be your partner to participate in the competition?!"
Rickett put on his gloves and said casually, "Yes, how about three bonuses?"
"How much is it?" Raymond said, "Can I?"
Rickett said: "The double pool friendly match was sponsored by the Rotman family. It is said that the prize for the first place is 30 million credit points. With 10 million per person, we can buy a lot of the kind of egg pancakes that Opal likes to eat. , are you interested?"
Raymond: "… "
Opal: "… "
After three hours:
Opal: "You must win, wife, our future depends on you..."
Raymond: "You've said it for the fifteenth time! Wife!"
Opal burst into tears and said, "The teacher must know our predicament..."
Raymond said helplessly: "He also explained it very clearly, he just doesn't want to find a partner under Barclay, it's boring..."
Opal said: "So you and him partner, you must do it! You must win, wife..."
Raymond complained bitterly: "It's the sixteenth time, please forgive me. You will make me feel a lot of pressure. If I accidentally don't make the top three, I have to activate my self-destruction system on the spot..."
Opal: "Don't threaten me! You don't have that stuff at all!"
The two sat on a bench in the street and looked at each other for a moment. Raymond looked handsome and funny. After a while, he poked Opal's head with an index finger and said, "Give me a little confidence."
Opal leaned in to kiss him, Raymond closed his eyes, this time the kiss was very natural, Raymond's breath was hot and heavy, kissing and kissing, he couldn't help stretching his arms around Opal and pressing him on the bench With a deep kiss, Opal bent his legs and staggered with Raymond, wrapping his arms around his neck.
When the lips were divided, Raymond pressed the bridge of his nose against Opal's nose, looked into his eyes, and reached out to touch his face.
Raymond was wearing photosensitive silk gloves specially designed for atomic competitions. The temperature of his palm came from under the thin layer of silk. Opal closed his eyes, as if he could feel the lines of Raymond's palm and his body temperature. The feeling of emotion on the centripetal surface made him slowly let out a sigh of relief, and an indescribable feeling reverberated in his heart.
The gate on the square in the distance opened, and the beautiful melody reverberated above the White Falcon Star. Sixteen daytime fireworks rose flat and exploded in the air.
The game was about to start, and Raymond and Opal had to separate, he said, "I'm going to have sex with you tonight."
Opal smiled and said, "Come on, I'll be waiting for you."
"I'll be back with the money," Raymond said.
Opal said: "It doesn't matter, if you lose, you lose, I love you."
Raymond stood in the distance and seemed to want to say something, but he also smiled and said, "Me too."
He turned around and entered the arena with Lecter. Opal could not enter without tickets, so he waited outside for them to enter before leaving.
Raymond turned his head from time to time until Opal had disappeared into the crowd and said, "Why don't you give the player a few tickets for this game?"
Recht said: "I believe he can use the power of meditation to watch the game, so I didn't negotiate with the person in charge of the club, not to mention that even if I give that kid one, he will probably only use it to sell scalper tickets."
Rector smiled and nodded, and had to admit that Rector knew Opal best.
Reichert said: "Go and prepare for the game, take a deep breath, clear your distractions, you will play better without the opal, atom pool is different from other games, there is no time for you to rest and think, every distraction. will lead to failure.”
Raymond responded and sat on the bench to let his thoughts go. After a while, Recht got up and took the number plates of the two to check. Another player entered the field. He noticed that almost all of the players on the field were young people.
One pair of contestants stood out in particular.
Because there was an old man in that line--very old, very old, with white eyebrows and beard, long dragged, wearing a cylinder hat, leaning on crutches, a small figure in a black dress, which was dragged to the chest A bow is tied to the beard.
Beside him was a middle-aged man who looked like a servant. He helped him to the resting seat and sat down. He took the number plates of the two to check.
Rector came back and handed Raymond a bottle of drink. Raymond took a sip and asked, "Teacher, who is atom pool? The older and the longer they play, the more skilled they are?"
"It depends on the talent?" Rickett said casually: "I don't have any talent, I just played for more than 2,000 years to get to this level. You and Opal are both fast learners, but there are some things to play with. Playing is just like that, after all, it is just a competitive activity, without creativity, it will get tired one day.”
Raymond said, "Look at the old man over there."
Rickett looked in the direction Raymond pointed, then narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something.
Raymond said: "He is so old, and his mobility is definitely not as good as that of a young man. Will he suffer a lot?"
Rickett did not answer, his eyes were full of doubts, as if he had remembered something.
"Do you think he looks familiar?" Rector said solemnly.
Raymond was a little surprised by this mindless question, and said, "I've never seen him before, so I don't have any impression."
Rickett nodded slowly. After a while, the competition was divided into groups. The surrounding auditorium was full of cheers. The host introduced the contestants. They left the lounge by car and entered the central competition hall.
The old man remained silent the whole time, not looking in their direction.
Rector wore sunglasses, leaned on the seat back with his arms folded, and stepped in front of the car, as if thinking.
At the same time, Opal left the atomic pool competition venue, scratched his neck, and was about to walk around when the communicator rang, and it was Erling's voice.
"Mr. Raymond? We're going to start preparations. The guests are early tonight..."
Opal said: "He is participating in the game, what's the matter? Didn't the banquet start at eight o'clock?"
Erlin's voice changed in an instant, and he said loudly: "How is this possible?! It was agreed that he would arrive at three o'clock, today at four o'clock in the afternoon until the light of the Faun begins tomorrow morning! Who asked him to participate in the competition? Participate in what match?"
Opal was really fed up with him, and he thought that when Raymond got the bonus, he would definitely slap him in the face, but after thinking about it, there was no need to care about him. Like Rickett, he never knew the people who offended him. .
"You didn't notice, Mr. Erling." Opal said: "I've been with him for the past few days, and I didn't hear it. You must have missed the notice."
"I don't care who is in charge of the notification. He didn't come before three o'clock, so he can only cancel the commission." Erlin said bluntly: "You can decide for yourself, the quality of your adventurers and mercenaries is not bad. A little and a half…”
Opal lost his patience and shouted at him, "Wait! He might come at three in the middle of the night!" Then he turned off the communicator and drove to Baihua Manor.
The celebration on the last day came very early, and the manor was re-arranged. It was not a grand scene. There were three more guard robots, and there were tens of thousands of them. The waiter robots in the garden were also replaced by flying ones. What battle? Is the emperor coming
Opal still came. Erlin was at the entrance to receive guests. He still remembered Opal, and at first sight he said, "Where's Raymond?"
Opal narrowed his eyes and looked at the manor, and then said, "I'll take his place."
"You can't, you are too young." Erling said.
Opal knew that Erlin had to find someone at this time, and he had to replace him. Anyway, the initiative was in his own hands, so he said, "Then I'll go."
Opal was about to leave, but Erlin had nothing to do with him, and said, "Where did Raymond go?"
Opal said: "Hey, listen, man. I came here because of your statement that adventurers are inferior to mercenaries. Raymond participated in the atomic pool competition. It's a partner, do you think we're paying you this amount?"
Erlin was stunned at first, then he was dubious, but after all, he was a housekeeper who often looked at the faces of politicians. He neither questioned Opal's words to leave a way out for himself, nor did he behave too modestly, saying: "Forget it, you are with him. Let me do it."
Opal followed him into the luxurious palace. The entire green pine forest and the Moonlight Path had been decorated with new decorations. Erling said, "Go into the room and change your clothes. Later, your partner will take you with you, and he will teach you how to do it. ."
After Opal went in, he closed the door. There was a familiar person standing in the room. It was indeed Yinyao.
I haven't seen each other for many years, and Yinyao feels a little more mature. They used to be teenagers. However, in just a few short years, Yinyao's eyes have become deeper, and he looks very handsome and manly. He is still similar to the former Opal. tall, but her hair is cut short.
He's wearing that black and white clown suit, no makeup yet.
"Hello, Yinyao." Opal saw an old friend he was familiar with, and wanted to go up and hug him, or knock each other with their fists, but Yinyao didn't know him.
Yin Yao looked at Opal in the mirror and frowned, "Who are you?"
Opal said, "I'm Raymond's... what."
Yin Yan's face hesitated, his eyes showed a look of alertness, Opal said: "Didn't Raymond tell you?"
"I did." Yin Yan said, "He said you were also an adventurer."
Opal smiled and said, "I'm here for him. He's going to the pool game. Yes, I'm a reserve adventurer."
Yin Yan said: "Let me see your adventurer's manual."
Opal felt that Yinyao's behavior was a bit irrational, but they hadn't seen each other for nearly six years—more than a year under Coroline and more than four years away from Grips of Rotation. In the past, when he was on Lie Xing, he didn't get along with Yin Yao day and night, and now he has forgotten himself, so it is only natural that he needs to check.
He handed over the Adventurer's Manual, Yin Yao opened the comparison name, and said, "Can you show me the ID card?"
Opal handed over the ID card, Yin Di checked it, returned it to him, smiled, and said, "Raymond is still at the competition level? I can't see it."
Opal smiled and said, "Well, he has a good partner... Let's see, what are we going to do? Let's go now?"
Yin Yan said: "You are too young, not tall enough... Today's guests are a bit difficult to serve, let me think about it... "
"Oh no—" Opal annoys others to say that he hasn't grown up, but he can't refute it yet.
Yinyao said: "In this way, I will wear your clothes today, and you will wear mine. Adjust the size of the king to look normal. Come on, I'll help you with makeup. How old are you this year? I remember, Raymond said. You are only fifteen years old."
Opal nodded, he always felt that Yin Di was different from him as a comrade-in-arms in the past.
Maybe it was because of the sacrifices of the team members that he had changed too much in the past few years, and Opal felt a little sad. He has done tasks by himself all these years
Opal once thought of teaming up with Yinyao after the second Battle of the Fierce Stars, but Yinyao's idea was the same as Opal's. He wanted to stay in the Yuehui group and guard the head of the group, so that the team would not will dissolve.
Opal also wants to stay in the Heyan and Jian mercenary group. They all understand each other's feelings, but in the end they didn't work hard together.
Later, Opal met Cullens and received the task of going to the Star of Sol... If the original partner was Yinyao, then everything would be completely different.
Opal will not go to the Star of Sol, nor will he meet Rector, nor will he go to the Sanctuary of the Stars, nor will he go to the Grip of Light... If one person gave up his team establishment, then They will become another pair of mercenary comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe.
"Have you heard Ledgerson's concert?" Opal asked suddenly.
Yin Di took the black and white paint to paint the opal with the clown's oil, and said, "I heard, he held a concert in Lie Xing."
Opal: "… "
"Is Lie Xing your planet? Why did he go there?" Opal asked again.
"Azeroth invited him." Yin Yan said: "If you are interested, you can also come to Lie Xing to play."
"Well, I heard that people there don't like to deal with the Big Astronautical Association." Opal raised his face and looked sideways at the mirror.
Yinyao said: "The strong star has opened up to the whole universe, and no one can stop the arrival of interstellar integration." He put down the brush and said, "We may still be partners in the future."
"I'll help you." Opal took the initiative.