After sparring with his senior sister, Shen Tianyi once again asked Ma En for a few questions as usual to solve the difficulties he encountered in boxing and spiritual practice. Then he followed his senior sister to the library to study, and finally approached Ma En In the early hours of the morning, I returned to my place to wash up, lay down, and prepare to have a good rest and face the new day.
But not long after the young man lay down on the bed, and just when his consciousness was slightly unclear, he heard several dull knocks on the door that penetrated into his ears like passing through a thick fog, and gently woke him up. .
The young man raised his eyelids and got up in a daze. Being so trapped, he did not notice that the moonlight outside the window was particularly bright tonight, nor did he notice the strangeness that filled the air.
And when he opened the door, it took him several seconds to see clearly the figure standing outside.
It was his master Ma En.
Before he could be surprised, Ma En asked:
"May I come in?"
The young man nodded repeatedly and immediately made way for Ma En to enter the house. At the same time, the scene in the house that could not be seen behind him became a little clearer, but he was too groggy to notice this at all.
When Ma En sat down face to face with him in the room, the young man realized something was wrong. Why did the master suddenly come over after he fell asleep? Was there something particularly urgent?
After Ma En sat down opposite him, he asked calmly:
"I noticed that you have recently collected some information about the Skywalker?"
The young man was not surprised that Ma En would know this, because he had no understanding of the abnormal world at all. No matter what Ma En did, he would not be particularly surprised.
So Shen Tianyi just nodded:
"Yes, Master, after you mentioned her to me, I really want to know what kind of person she is."
Ma En asked:
"What do you think?"
The young man showed a thoughtful expression:
"In the beginning, I actually heard about Shenxiao's current situation and the conflict between the Federation and her. At that time, I still felt that the battle between Shenxiao and the Federation was a bit like the warlord brothers fighting for power in the Southern Federation.
"But after I saw more detailed information, I felt that my initial thoughts were somewhat misunderstood. This matter seemed to be more intense and bloody than what they mentioned, right?"
The young man raised his head and looked at Ma En with questioning eyes.
Ma En nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, you should have learned that I once participated in the battle in the Salvation Alliance following Shen Xiao. At that time, I was hiding my strength and secretly helping Shen Xiao. And I have to admit that I did want to secretly rescue Shen Xiao. Xiao's idea, although in fact my probability of success is not high.
"But unfortunately, I was forced to sign a contract with the Federation some time ago, and I can no longer provide any help to Shenxiao. But now Shenxiao's situation is that she is still controlled by the Federation.
"I think the information you got also mentions the reason for the duel between Shenxiao and the Federation. What do you think?"
The young man frowned slightly:
"The information actually listed the reasons why the Federation and Shenxiao took action. I always felt that something was wrong."
Ma En showed a smile:
"Of course you will feel something is wrong, because they are confusing right and wrong. I can come up with hundreds of excuses to deal with Shenxiao even without looking at it. The reasons for attacking a person with such abilities are particularly easy to make up.
“Worry, suspicion, fear, they have countless reasons for taking action, but if the Federation really doesn’t have its own little thoughts, it can definitely come up with better responses than it does now.
“When the Federation takes action with such swiftness and no room for mercy, it means that they have no idea of solving the problem through other means, and they don’t care if their judgment is wrong.
"Because the reasons you can see are all excuses they made up after they imprisoned Shenxiao."
When the young man heard this, he showed a look of sudden realization. During this period, he was indeed a little entangled in the "love and hate" between Shenxiao and the Federation. He always felt that there was something wrong with what his senior sister said.
When Ma En said this, he immediately noticed the violation.
"That's it." The young man also showed a thoughtful expression.
Ma En continued:
"At the time, I actually didn't expect the federation to take action, otherwise Shenxiao would not have lost, so at the beginning I really just wanted to get in touch with Shenxiao by joining the Salvation Alliance, and lurk inside it secretly.
"But when I first joined the Salvation Alliance, the Federation also launched a siege on all members of the Salvation Alliance who were in the federal system at that time in order to imprison Shenxiao, and they had no intention of letting me go.
"So maybe I can't say what Shenxiao is like, but I can tell you from my own personal experience that the Federation is an extremely ruthless organization, and it is not an exaggeration to even call it evil.
"At least its face is extremely dark. Of course, this is not its entire face, and the world still needs such a bad organization, otherwise Shenxiao would have confronted it head-on.
"Because there are many organizations in the world that are far worse than the Federation, so even though it is a pity, strictly speaking, its existence does have a lot of positive effects on the world. I think this is why Shenxiao has never thought of trying. The reason for dismantling it is that these evil organizations include the guy who exposed my identity.
"Actually, although it was difficult for me to rescue Shenxiao, I still did a good job of lurking within the federation. The reason why I was found by them some time ago was because an evil entity who wanted to deal with me exposed me."
"If he hadn't been in the Federation at this moment, I wouldn't be your master here."
The young man's expression became obviously gloomy after hearing this:
"I didn't expect the world to be so bad. In the past, I had extravagantly hoped that the situation around me would be like that, but if I think about it carefully, if the entire world hadn't been like this, the Southern Federation wouldn't be what it is today."
At this moment, Shen Tianyi's mood became extremely heavy and uncomfortable. Ma En's words proved that the worry that had been lingering in the young man's heart from beginning to end could not be dissipated. The world behind the curtain was far darker than he imagined.
In addition to the resistance to the cold reality, the young man also felt strong weakness and exhaustion in his heart. Just imagining himself living in such a world made him feel a little depressed.
Ma En also saw the young man's mood at this moment, and immediately comforted him:
"But because of this, Shenxiao is so dazzling, and besides herself, there are many people with abilities who remain angry and dissatisfied with injustice and darkness, and they are members of the Salvation Alliance who follow Shenxiao.
“And you have to know that they are the most determined among these good people, and there are many good people who have not made up their minds to risk their lives to fight, but still have kindness deep in their hearts.
“Although they are not on the front line, they are the backbone of those soldiers.
"There are many good people who have fought, are fighting, and will fight for justice."
Hearing these words, the young man's eyes became brighter when he looked at Ma En:
"And Master, you are also one of them."
Ma En raised his hand and waved:
"Due to the calculations of evil entities, I can no longer fight on the front line, but I will indeed try to do good things, such as raising kind-hearted children like you.
"If you were given a chance, would you choose to be someone like Shen Xiao?"
The young man did not expect Ma En to ask such a question, and fell into deep thought again, then shook his head slightly and said:
"I don't think I can be that great. I'm nowhere near that capable."
Ma En asked:
"What if you could do it?"
This question stopped the young man again, and he said with great hesitation:
"Then I will definitely stand up and fight evil, but I really feel that I am not good at doing this kind of thing. Rather than fighting bad people, I hope to heal the good people who have been hurt.
"So I am actually particularly interested in alchemy. I want to become a doctor who can save lives and heal the wounded."
Ma En looked at him and nodded slightly and said:
"What if I say that there is an opportunity in front of you to help others right now?"
The young man looked at Ma En with some surprise and expectation and asked:
"Does master want me to cure diseases and save people?"
Obviously, the young man was a little excited about helping others, and was even a little eager to try it.
But Ma En shook his head slightly and then asked:
"No, it's not anyone else who needs your help, it's me."
Shen Tianyi opened his mouth in surprise:
"Master?"
Ma En looked at him and asked:
"Will you help me?"
The young man was startled, but he nodded solemnly:
"Of course, as long as I can do good things, I will do it."
Ma En glanced out the window, and then said slowly:
"I just mentioned that there is a man behind the scenes who is dealing with me. In fact, I have some doubts that he will take advantage of our opportunity to recruit an undercover agent to be by my side. According to my investigation, this seems to be the case."
The young man had already thought of something, and his expression became a little unbelievable:
"Master, you mean senior sister..."
But what he didn't expect even more was Ma En's reaction.
He shook his head:
"No, I'm talking about you."
The young man was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted. Then he frowned slightly and began to think about whether there was any special meaning hidden in Ma En's words. Then he fell into intense doubts and confusion.
"Me?" the boy asked blankly.
Ma En nodded:
"Yes, but I know you are innocent, so I have a new suspect. What I am going to say next may be particularly difficult for you to accept, but according to our investigation...
"You are a pure white undercover trained by your grandfather. He has many problems."
As Ma En said, Shen Tianyi did not immediately accept this statement:
"No way, my grandfather is a good man."
Ma En nodded:
"I want to believe that, but now all the evidence points to him, so let me ask you...
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"If your grandfather suddenly came to you and told a seemingly reasonable lie, asking you to do something that might be detrimental to me, would you possibly believe his lie?"
The young man's face instantly turned pale, but he still did not acknowledge Ma En's statement:
"Grandpa can't do such a thing, I know..."
Ma En looked into his eyes and said:
"I am more willing to believe this possibility, but I think you have enough time to get to know me this month. You know very well what I have done in the past, and you also know what Shenxiao has done.
"And if your grandfather is just an ordinary person, I have no reason to target him, right?"
The boy was still trying to argue:
"I believe you, Master, but maybe you made a mistake..."
Ma En continued:
"No matter what the truth is, you should be able to think that now I firmly believe that your grandfather is probably the subordinate of the mastermind behind the scenes, otherwise I would not be able to tell you this."
The young man closed his mouth tightly and clenched his fists tightly.
He knew very well that Ma En was telling the truth, and Ma En could not be lying to him, because if what he said was false, then Ma En would not have any reason or motive to do this. After all, he could not treat his ordinary grandfather Take action.
So actually the young man already vaguely believed what Ma En said, but he still didn't want to accept it:
"Grandpa has raised me for sixteen years. He couldn't have thought of the conflict with you sixteen years ago."
Ma En calmly told the cruel truth:
"Yes, but can some beings easily take out sixteen years to train an undercover agent who may be used? To them, this time and energy is nothing at all, and it doesn't matter even if they don't use you.
"And do you really think that it is particularly reasonable that you have suddenly been detected with an extremely rare root bone, and that you can suddenly become my disciple?"
The boy's face became paler. In fact, this might seem reasonable to Ma En or outsiders, but Shen Tianyi himself couldn't quite believe that such a lucky thing would happen to him.
The beauty of these days seemed to him like a dream, but now it seems...
Maybe this is really just a dream that can be awakened at any time.
If what Ma En said is true, it means that he has lived in a cruel lie for the first half of his life, which is also what he learned through his senior sister - this is a cold world.
Seeing the young man falling silent without saying a word, Ma En also spoke:
"I'm here because we need you to lower your grandfather's guard. I want you to cooperate with us to trap him with abnormal power, but if you really think that your grandfather is not a bad person...
"Then why not come with us to see what his true face is? After all, if this is really a misunderstanding, it won't do any harm to him.
"And if he is really a bad guy, your help may also help us better defeat evil."
The young man slowly opened his request with a difficult expression:
"Master, can you not hit my grandfather hard?"
Ma En looked into his eyes and asked:
"Even if he's really a bad guy?"
The young man lowered his head slightly, showing an expression of extreme shame and pain:
"But he's still my grandpa."
Shen Tianyi's current appearance perfectly matches Ma En's speculation. This is the reaction his grandfather wanted.
"I will control him as much as possible." He promised the boy, "As long as this is not necessary."
The boy with his head lowered said in a weak voice:
"good."
