Chapter 145 Slate
"Because no country can allow Japan to become a country where all its people are extraordinary. If he really succeeds, it will be a disaster for the people of this country." The Colorless King said very naturally.
Guo Changlu Dajue had been staring at him. The person who sat in his position had already mastered the art of identifying people to the highest level, but all he could see was his shallow and ordinary mask. The old man was somewhat skeptical as to how he could see the outside world without even opening his eyes. He could only observe the person's psychology from his body movements.
The old man was shocked at first, but soon he calmed down and looked directly at the guest and said, "That child... I am sorry for him, and those other people."
He did not dodge or avoid the main point, but said: "What your friend did in Yokohama was very good. She dared to think and act. Even I admire her. It was the mistakes of the previous generation. The next generation has to pay the price. It is our fault. He will not succeed because..."
"Because there are the Blue King and the others, right?" Pei Zhen seemed to see what the old man was thinking. Although he couldn't see him, Guo Changlu Dajue still felt that he was being locked in. "And that person. They won't let the slate get out of control. You have been carrying this country for long enough, and sometimes you wonder if you should pass it on to the next generation."
"But, but..." Pei Zhen walked forward leisurely and calmly. His footsteps echoed in the heart of the Golden King, and his words hit the mark of the Golden King's worries. This young man was like a master of dissecting human nature, laying out openly the worries he had every night when everyone was asleep.
"The Blue King is still too young. You want to train him vigorously, but there is not enough time. And there is also the Red King beside him. His fallen sword will cause deep wear and tear on him."
"And your friend," he said as if he had witnessed everything that happened before, "You have great confidence in him, but you know his character too well. He is like a timid hedgehog, but also like a free bird. He is extremely talented, but he is unwilling to set foot on the ground. The Silver King's 'unchanging' is too hard for you to endure. You have waited for him for more than half a century. Do you really... still have the same confidence as before about whether he will come down in the end?"
“In other words, as the Prime Minister of the country, you can gamble, but can this country also gamble?” He was like a tempting monster, but every word he said touched the heart of the ruler.
"What do you want to say?" Guo Changlu Dajue had already understood the ill intentions of this visitor. He no longer viewed the mysterious Colorless King as a newcomer or a young man. Just as he himself said, when he was willing to come out, it meant that he already had the power to protect himself and the people he cared about. Now, he also realized the strength of his other side.
He looked at him suspiciously, everyone has something they want. He did not hesitate to come out of his hiding, and even directly ordered his subordinates to find Fei Shiyuan and personally come to the old man who was a threat to him. What he wanted to do was...
"For a long time, this country has been supported by you alone. It has been under constant pressure from the outside world, and people with special abilities have been causing chaos inside. Even ordinary people are restless, and the crime rate has always been high. It has even reached a new high in the past period of time. Even though a dark organization has been broken up, its origin is also in Japan. You have made great efforts in that, but the number of crimes is still far higher than that in foreign countries. What is the reason for this?"
"This land is always plagued by disasters. There is also a Tianyuan barrier covering it. The threat of the cursed spirits is truly related to everyone. The conspirators want to stir up a rebellion from ancient times. They want to revive an ancient 'demon king'. The cursed spirits want to replace the status of mankind itself. They have joined forces and intend to take charge of the new order, and they are willing to shed all the blood of mankind for this purpose..."
“Ah, sorry.” Facing the Golden King, the Colorless King seemed to have realized something only later. “I forgot that you probably haven’t noticed the last part yet.”
He no longer mentioned the cursed spirit, but this only made Guo Changlu Dajue more wary of it. "It's just like parents who can't help but worry when they see their children are successful. Not to mention, your 'child' still has a lot of problems. Can you really... die like this?" He smiled and raised the last question.
Guo Changlu Dajue took a deep breath. He didn't expect that after agreeing to meet the Colorless King, he would receive this series of questions. What's even sadder is that what he said was true. The one who saw all this was a king with unclear goals and actions - Slate, slate, you really gave him a big problem.
"I'm curious, where do you get all this information from?" Guo Changlu Dajue asked calmly, "There are many things that even I don't know, just like your friend, when he was in Yokohama, he also had a lot of top-secret information. Where do you get this information?"
Pei Zhen smiled and remained silent.
"There's more!" The old man raised his eyebrows. He did not refute Pei Zhen's words, but simply agreed to it. However, he also keenly perceived the key point. "You've said so much, but all you've been talking about are other people's affairs. The one person you haven't mentioned is yourself."
"You excluded yourself," he stood in the position belonging to the Golden King, his tall body showing a strong oppression: "You didn't say what you would do. When the king is about to be in chaos, crises are rising and falling on all sides, and new disasters are about to be born, how will you join in and where will this country lead?" He really hated that simple and funny mask now. It was just a little material, but it cut off a major channel for him to observe the person opposite. Why didn't he think of this method before?
"I will do what I want to do." Pei Zhen said very briefly. Guo Changlu was silent for a moment, and he suddenly understood the meaning of it. This was undoubtedly a very subtle, indirect and obscure threat. He is making it clear that his position is chaotic. He is not on the righteous side as he expects, nor is he on the evil side either. From the beginning to the end, after he became the Colorless King, he never did anything that could truly be called a villain. The incident in Yokohama was also very difficult to comment on. Now some people still regard his friend as a "god" who changed their lives.
"You came here because you wanted something," the Golden King was not stupid. On the contrary, he was good at seeing through the essence of events. More than sixty years in power made him a politician in another sense, not to mention that his power was to develop the talents of others. This ability would only amplify his own abilities even more exaggeratedly. "You have a panoramic view of the whole situation, a clear vision, and a clear purpose. You are not here for me, because you pointed it out at the beginning, and I am about to die!"
His life was about to burn out, not because of illness, but some kind of exhaustion. His spirit and energy were "empty". If he didn't come, he would have to create a "missing case" for himself in the next period of time.
"You are too intelligent and sharp. You, like me, see the most basic source of all this. You know that power is the measure hidden behind this scene, so you never put yourself in danger from the beginning. In this country, the source of power for people like us is-"
"Dresden Slate!" they said together, their words overlapping.
Guo Changlu Dajue's eyes were exceptionally sharp, just like an eagle examining its enemy. At this moment, he lost all his previous weakness, as if the words of impending death were just a lie. "Do you know, I have been staying here for the past sixty years, just to suppress the power of the stone slab so that it would not affect the present world..."
"But you still rely on its power, don't you?" Pei Zhen was not in a hurry. He tilted his head and said very easily.
Guo Changlu Dajue closed his eyes. The previous words of the Colorless King actually had a great impact on him. Because what he said was true, he could not deceive himself. Especially the line, "Can you really... just die like this?"
He believed that his friend would come down from the airship in the sky for him, and he also believed that the country's underdogs would truly grow up to the point where they could shoulder their own destiny; however, his friend had no responsibility to the country, and the young king had too many things to face. No one understood better than him how lonely and heavy a person could be. And this colorless king with an ambiguous attitude and amazing talent...
He opened his eyes and stared at the young and mysterious king. "What do you want to do with it?" he asked in a strong voice.
"If you want to use it to do something bad, no matter how bad the outcome is, I will not let you take another step forward here!" He said in a low and firm voice.
Pei Zhen smiled and said, "What I am going to do is a big thing. But this big thing will benefit many people..."
They began to enter into another level of conversation. During this period, the Golden King's expression changed from astonishment to suspicion, and from suspicion to admiration, but then, he was deeply confused. They talked all night, and he still couldn't see Pei Zhen clearly, but he knew that this was probably the most talented person he had ever met.
Pei Zhen had had ideas about the Dresden Slate long before. He has always believed that the stone tablet and the "book" are probably treasures related to the origin of the world. They are not found in the world of spells and science, or they are not shown in the plot. Compared to the "book" that has always been reluctant to be published, the Dresden Slate is the treasure that he has the easiest access to.
The most obtainable [Gold] level treasure!
If he never wins the lottery, he can still look for it in the real world. The colorless royal sword has a deep connection with the stone slab, and his identity as a king allows him to naturally participate in the ownership of this stone slab. The Golden King's current state also allowed him to be convinced, so he was willing to come here in person, reveal part of what he was going to do in the future, and make some promises in exchange for the right to use this treasure.
And if this fails, he estimates that he will have to take another route.
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