Put on a clean and tidy cotton-padded jacket.
Rintaro Kondo was transformed into a new man under the deliberate arrangement of the foreman.
Like a noble son who came from a powerful family, he is immature and a little shy, but looks very handsome and generous.
inside the room.
The fire in the fireplace was burning brightly, and the temperature was moderate without any feeling of coldness.
The ignorant boy stood alone in the living room. After the foreman brought him here, he immediately turned around and left. He just told him not to run around and just wait obediently in the living room.
Old sofas and chairs are paired with landscape paintings on the walls.
The decoration of this room is a bit old, but it is neat and elegant. The relatively Western decoration style is very rare in the empire where the sun never sets.
Rao is so.
This kind of residence is infinitely better than the homemade wooden house under the bridge pier.
Looking curiously at the unfamiliar environment around him, Kondo Rintaro's eyes were full of expectation.
If one day.
What a blessing it would be for him to have such a comfortable and warm home in Cao Pheasant County.
A click~~
The old wooden door of the bedroom was slowly pushed open.
The middle-aged man wearing a top hat walked out of the room and made a silent gesture towards Rintaro Kondo, who looked embarrassed.
"First of all, you have to learn to obey the rules."
Stand in front of the bedroom door.
The middle-aged man was serious and reminded softly: "After entering the house, you are not allowed to touch things, and you are not allowed to speak casually. You will answer whatever I ask you. Do you hear me clearly?"
I couldn't help but feel confused.
Kondo Rintaro's face was full of astonishment, and he nodded silently after a while.
Although he was very disdainful of the middle-aged man's arrogant attitude, he also knew very well that this was likely to be a precious opportunity for him to change his destiny. No matter what, he must seize it.
"very good."
Narrow your eyes.
The middle-aged man stepped aside and said softly: "Come in, someone wants to have a good chat with you."
The reason was not explained, and no further introduction was needed.
The middle-aged man in front of him had cold eyes, and his words seemed to contain an unparalleled sense of intimidation.
This is a unique temperament and conditioned reflex that can only be created by being in a high position for a long time.
Take a deep breath.
Without any hesitation, Kondo Rintaro took steps forward and followed the middle-aged man into the bedroom.
As soon as he stepped into the room, a rotten atmosphere immediately hit him.
The doors and windows inside the house are closed.
The dark curtains almost blocked most of the light. A lonely figure was lying half on the bed. His specific appearance could not be seen clearly, but he vaguely felt like an old man in his dying years.
Couldn't help but frown.
Kondo Rintaro felt that this smell was quite strange for some reason. Not only was it lingering, it was even a hundred times more disgusting than the rotten smell in his home under the bridge pier.
"Coming?" An old and hoarse voice sounded from the bed.
"Yes."
He nodded respectfully.
The middle-aged man on the side quickly stepped forward and introduced: "This is the child you saw on the pier just now. His name is Rintaro Kondo."
"Oh, let me take a good look..."
A strange groan came from his throat.
The old man on the bed slowly stood up, raised his bony arm, and grabbed Rintaro Kondo from the air.
Buzz…
The surrounding space and time trembled, and ripples like water ripples suddenly exploded around the young man.
next moment--
A huge suction force came.
His feet suddenly lifted off the ground, and Kondo Rintaro's thin body was violently pulled up, and he quickly flew across the air in the direction of the bed.
Boom~~~
The whole person suddenly stopped.
Before he could react, Kondo Rintaro was already floating in the sky above the bed.
Looking at it intently, the young man's expression suddenly became dull, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Hehe, not bad, not bad..."
A hoarse voice echoed in my ears.
The old man in front of him still maintained the gesture of reaching out to grab it, and his gray hair was withered and scattered like dead leaves.
The old body looked like a lifeless skeleton, with only the wrinkled skin covering the bones.
The most heart-stopping thing is——
The other party's eyes were shining with a beast-like light, and the look he looked at the young man was as terrifying as if he wanted to swallow him alive.
"interesting."
Seeing Rintaro Kondo holding his breath, he did not yell.
The corpse-like old man smiled ferociously and asked, "Aren't you afraid when you see me like this?"
"Afraid......"
Big beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.
Kondo Rintaro's body was extremely stiff, and his lips trembled slightly as he said, "But, I know, even if I am afraid... it is of no use!"
Startled slightly.
A trace of surprise flashed across the terrifying and old face, and the old man in front of him raised his lips and couldn't help but raise his head and laugh.
"Hahahahaha...that's right!"
A gentle push with the backhand.
In mid-air, Rintaro Kondo took off again and landed smoothly on the floor of the bedroom.
"In life, there will always be times when there is nothing you can do."
The old man on the bed slowly retracted his arms and then disappeared into the darkness, his hoarse voice echoing in the bedroom.
"In the face of unchangeable facts, it is better to accept it calmly than to be afraid."
Let out a long breath.
Rintaro Kondo seemed to have received an amnesty, and the underwear on his back was already soaked with sweat.
The other party can easily mention himself from the air, so he must be an extremely powerful night watchman.
In this apocalyptic wasteland era.
Night watchmen are the beings at the top of the social pyramid, and their treatment is very different from that of ordinary people.
What's more, Kondo Rintaro knew that he was not even as good as an ordinary person now.
If the weird old man in front of him really wanted to take his own life, it would only be a matter of a snap of his fingers.
"I want to play a game with you..."
He pondered for a moment.
The lifeless old man in front of him spoke again: "But before that, you must answer my two questions. If the answers satisfy me, your life will become completely different from before."
"On the contrary, if the answer is wrong, you will have no choice but to stop here today and die here..."
There was a pause.
The old man smiled gloomily: "Because, except for my slaves, I don't like irrelevant people to see my current face."
To the point, no doubt about it.
As an orphan who came to the big city from a fishing village, Kondo Rintaro was not qualified to negotiate terms.
Life, death, wealth, all depends on the other person's thoughts.
"The game officially begins..."
Before Rintaro Kondo could prepare, the skeletal old man on the bed had already started the test.
As for the middle-aged man on the side, he was waiting in front of the door and silently took out a dark standard pistol from his arms.
This is definitely not joking with myself...
Secretly clenching his fists, the helpless young man gathered his mood and listened carefully to the other party's questions, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
"first question."
The hoarse voice was filled with playful curiosity.
The old man nestled in the bed asked in a deep voice: "On the dock just now, why did you rather get beaten and injured than let go of the hands holding the foreman? You know, this kind of stupid behavior is very likely to make you eat big." deficit!"
He was suddenly startled.
Kondo Rintaro looked stunned.
It turned out that the scene on the dock just now had been watched by the old man sitting in the car.
It was precisely because of this that he took a keen interest in this stubborn young man.
I saw Kondo Rintaro silent for a long time.
The old man with a decaying body gradually lost his patience and shouted in a deep voice: "Answer my question!"
"Because, I want to live!"
Raising his head suddenly, Kondo Rintaro responded loudly: "If I didn't keep him at that time, I wouldn't have been able to get the wages. I'm afraid I would be hungry and cold tonight and freeze to death on the street without knowing it."
The sonorous and powerful voice was full of vitality, and it didn't sound like it was coming from a malnourished teenager.
There was silence for a moment.
The old man raised his eyebrows and said, "If you are beaten to death, you will die."
"That's different."
Narrowing his eyes slightly.
The young Rintaro Kondo shook his head and gritted his teeth: "These wages are the remuneration I deserve. They not only keep me alive, but also represent the value of my existence."
"Since everything is dead anyway..."
A fierce light shone in his eyes.
The young man in front of me shouted in a deep voice: "I would rather die under the foreman's crutches and at least retain some dignity than freeze to death alone on the street with no one paying attention. For this reason, I am willing to gamble." A handful!"
That’s all.
The entire bedroom was suddenly eerily quiet.
A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth.
The old man hidden in the dark bed nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then, the second question..."
"I heard you are an orphan."
The conversation changed.
The old man's hoarse voice seemed to be able to penetrate the young man's body and reach the depths of his soul.
"If, between the two possibilities of resurrecting your parents and gaining supreme power, you have to choose one..."
Raised a brow.
The old man on the bed asked excitedly: "What will you choose in the end?"
On one side is the love between parents that he has never enjoyed, and on the other side is the peak power that he has always dreamed of.
How to choose, no matter who it is, will be an extremely difficult decision.
"Haha, then do you need to say it?"
Surprisingly.
The boy, who was only in his early ten years, showed no hesitation at all.
Looking up at the abyss-like darkness inside the bed, Kondo Rintaro smiled coldly and blurted out: "I choose to have power!"
Say it.
The old man, who was already on the verge of death and whose whole body was filled with the aura of decay, suddenly widened his tired eyes.
Even the middle-aged man standing guard in front of the bedroom door couldn't help but take another look at Rintaro Kondo.
