In a small hut in a small village in the mountains of East island country, two people, wearing Japanese clothes, kneel down on tatami. A small table is placed in the middle, on which two cups of tea are flowing with the hot air, but it does not affect their sight at all.
These two people are not others. Naturally, they are the old leader of the sun sect and the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, Aoki.
Two people are like two eras, one new, one old, two people and two organizations. They represent the whole East island country one after another. But now, they are also troubled by one thing.
"Two battles, two completely different results, you must have got the answer yourself. Do you still have any illusions?" The old master reached for the teacup and sipped it gently. He said lightly, with a flat tone and no sense of color.
Years of seclusion seems to have smoothed the edges and corners of this influential figure. Few things can make him change his mood. Especially just now, Duan Qingtian's World War I completely broke his only little self-confidence in his heart and let him give up completely.
Now he can almost be described as "no desire, no demand". He just wants to stay here and laugh at the changes in the world.
"Don't be sarcastic. I didn't come all the way here to hear you mock me." The green wood facial expression is iron green, stares at the person in front, the tone is not good to say.
"Oh? That's strange. I've come all the way to see a man who has long retired from the mountains. Didn't he come to chat with me? " As the old leader said, there was something funny in his words.
"Don't be silly! I don't believe you can stay idle all these years. "
"I don't know what you said."
“……”
It seems that Aoki has no patience. The guy in front of him looks like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. He just doesn't speak first and wants to hear what you say.
As a matter of fact, Aoki, as the leader of the East Island mage organization, his interests are directly threatened At most, some people raised it up and laughed at it, and he didn't hear it
It's impossible to go on like this. It's time-consuming.
Aoki was silent for a moment, and finally said, "I'm here to talk to you about our cooperation."
"What?"
Yes!
Aoki had the answer just after he said this.
Because he clearly saw it, but after he said this, the person in front of him trembled, even the teacup in his hand was in the air, and the tea in the cup rippled back and forth, raising a layer of water waves.
God attached to form, action can see such a big reaction, his heart must have a bigger wave!
What do you mean by "no desire, no demand" and "laughing at the world"? It's just a helpless decision he made. If there is a little hope, who is willing to give up?
The old leader was silent, holding a teacup in his hand. The tea in the cup rippled slightly, and the hot air covered his face, hiding all his expression.
Aoki is not worried, so dull looking at the table, waiting for his answer, the heart is not as impatient as just now.
He knew it was his turn.
“…… Go on
After a long time, the old leader said, his voice trembling slightly.
"Say what?" Aoki asked. "As I said, I'm here today to talk about cooperation. If you agree or not, I'll give you a word. Although the sun cult has been silent for so many years, the inside information is still there. If it can get out of the mountain again, it must be a great power!"
“…… But even so, we can't defeat Duan Qingtian and his shadow army. "
He let go!
Aoki thought of this, the corner of his mouth slightly up, with a smile.
If he can say that, it means that he has already agreed in his heart! It's just that in consideration of some aspects, he's not at ease. It's like a shopper will ask questions about what he wants to buy. With such a reaction, it's easy to do next
"There are not only us, but also other organizations in the world. The officials and people in the East are all big. Duan Qingtian leads the shadow army. All the families and organizations are united, and some Buddhists support that Ruyan Hehe, big trees attract wind. Do you think others don't want to kill them? "
"This..."
The old leader hesitated. He must admit that Aoki is right! There are so many organizations in a country, both official and non-governmental. It can be said that a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers blossom. For many years, it has always been in the limelight!
However, this situation will naturally cause dissatisfaction from various overseas forces, but their strength is far from being as strong as before. Several previous battles have ended in failure, and in the end, they have stopped fighting and dare not come out again.
But if we can cooperate
"Do you have a reliable candidate?" Asked the old leader.
"There are so many. What's your opinion?"
"Who do you want to work with?""Hiss The Fire Phoenix Temple in North America is arrogant and arrogant. They can't accept that they are not number one in the world. They are most hostile to Duan Qingtian and they can unite! "
“…… The Fire Phoenix Temple has always been unprofitable and does not get up early, and most of it works in the form of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. After it is completed, it relies on its own inside information and less consumption in fighting, and uses more energy to aim at its allies and seize the fruits of victory. To cooperate with them is undoubtedly to seek the skin of a tiger! " Said the old leader.
"Well?" Aoki frowned.
Indeed! There is some truth in what he said!
Huofeng temple has no profit and can't get up early. Although they have already reached a preliminary cooperation relationship with Huofeng temple after the last attack on Dongdao by the Gongmo cult, it's estimated that the relationship will break up soon and be replaced by a merciless attack.
"Well What do you think of the Shenying society in northern Europe? " Aoki asked tentatively.
Before that, the alliance had never had any contact with the Shenying society, but this time, considering the interests of the east island state and the unreliability of known allies, they had to find more people.
"Shenying society is very mysterious. We don't know the details. Even if we cooperate, we can't regard them as the main target. He can be elected, but we can't completely rely on these guys." Said the old leader.
"Well The ice demon sect in northern China? They are the closest to those people. If they are willing to attack, the north will be restless, and Duan Qingtian will be held back. If we attack from the southeast, maybe we can... "
"The leader of ice demon sect is a Wuchi. He never involves these things. Fame and wealth are all external things to him. It's not easy for him to show up? Do you have any way of persuading him? "
"This..." Aoki hesitated.
It's true that everyone knows the temperament of the ice demon sect. For this kind of guy who doesn't get oil and salt, the general way doesn't work, but Aoki really can't think of any good way.
"And," said the old leader. "You all know that the ice demon sect is in the north of them. Does Optimus know that? As a leader with brains, he is bound to reach a stable and united relationship with this close person. Otherwise, needless to say, you are Shenying society and Huofeng temple. Can't they cooperate with him? These guys are always a hidden danger to Duan Qingtian, but they are hard to remove. How do you think he will deal with it? "
“……”
Aoki was silent.
Yes, there are many mage organizations in the world, but none of them can really cooperate.
It would have been better if it had been, but since the defeat in the battle with Gongmo cult, everyone in the world has looked down on the alliance. Now they can't be equal to those organizations. How can they really cooperate?
It's called cooperation. In fact, it's just one-way thigh hugging.
"You didn't even think about the next step, so you came to talk about cooperation with me?" Looking at Aoki's appearance, the old leader knew that he should have no words, and he was also depressed.
Just now, he even felt that there was a little hope that it might revive the sun cult. But now, what's the hope? It's just a spiritual sustenance. It's just a relief
"Well, Nanyang Association..." Aoki is still unwilling, trying to say, but the tone has been much weaker than before, it seems that his heart has no spectrum.
"They? Do they have any advantages? "
"They have mysterious magic, they can drop their heads and raise little ghosts, and I heard that in some eastern cities, they have already done one vote, which is a blow to Duan Qingtian's gang. I think..."
"Is it?" The old leader picked his eyebrows. "I have also heard that they have received a huge blow near their own territory. Several priests have died. Dozens of people have been captured by the shadow army and two strongholds have been lost. Now they have to run away."
“……”
"Moreover, although we have been having a bad relationship with Duan Qingtian, at least we are not completely hostile now. Now Nanyang association is officially hostile to them. We are going to alliance with them at this time. Isn't this a burning fire?"
"I..."
"Well, we'll discuss it later. Maybe things will turn for the better. At that time, it's not too late for us to talk about cooperation." The old master drank the cup of tea, put it on the table, got up and thought about the door, made a "please" gesture, completely meaning to see off the guests.
"Are you going to refuse me?" Aoki also stood up and looked at the person in front of him with poor eyes.
"No, I can't do such mindless things. You're right. I don't have to hide. If there's hope, who wants to be silent all his life? It's just that I didn't have too much fantasy in this respect. I won't refuse you, but I can't promise now. Let's look at the situation first. You can understand it as I want to think about it again. "
Quiet.
With the fall of the last sound of the old leader, the scene fell into a quiet.They stood opposite and looked at each other as if they wanted to see something from each other's face, but they got nothing
“…… All right After a long time, Aoki said, turned to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door and went out.
"Don't make me wait too long. Think about it." Aoki stood at the door and said.
The old master stood in the same place, looking at his back: "I will."
Bang!
The door was closed. Once again, he was the only one left in the room. Not far from the door, the boy sat on a stone and looked at the green wood leaving, thinking.