Mystery: A Spark

"Hehe, it was just something I did on the spur of the moment. Um, during the battle just now, I accidentally burned down your Night Watchers' stronghold, this..."

“Houses can be rebuilt after they burn down,” Dunn said calmly.

But those who have passed away can never come back.

He didn't say the last sentence aloud, but Arthur already understood what he meant.

Dunn glanced at the Blackthorn Security Company building, now charred black in the distance, and said to Arthur:

"I need to deal with the Channisman matter first. If you need anything, you can tell me or talk to Leonard."

“I will if needed,” Arthur nodded and said.

Dunn glanced at Klein one last time, then turned and left.

He had to use his busy work to suppress the pain in his heart and dilute the grief of losing his teammates again.

Moreover, Luo Yao is still guarding the Chanis Gate, and we don't know what the situation is.

Although no bad news came from the Extraordinary Ones who went down, which meant that nothing serious had happened to her, Dunn still had to go and check before he could feel at ease.

After Dunn left, Leonard said in a somewhat somber voice:

"Teacher, if I had listened to you and played the role properly, and advanced to become Nightmare, would Klein still be alive today?"

Pales was silent for a moment, then replied:

"Maybe."

He also couldn't provide a suitable answer to this hypothesis.

Given that he had previously taken advantage of Leonard, it's perfectly normal for the kid to be wary and suspicious of him.

Pales didn't actually have any complaints about this matter.

only……

"However, the strategy you used to deal with me back then was indeed not very good."

"I... don't quite understand," Leonard said, somewhat puzzled.

“Heh, Anduin, if it were you, what would you choose to do?” Palles didn’t answer Leonard’s question directly, but instead asked Arthur.

"If it were me, if I felt that you had any ill intentions towards me, I would try every means to go to the church and expose you. In that case, either I or you would die, and either of us would definitely be gone."

"And if I find that you have no ill intentions towards me, then I will use your power to make myself stronger as soon as possible, so that even if any changes occur, I will have the ability to retaliate." Arthur thought for a moment and gave his answer.

"Do you understand, Leonard? Whether you go to your Church of the Night to deal with me, or use my power to quickly advance your own level, it's a good approach."

"But you chose the worst one."

"He thought I was your lucky charm, that he was the protagonist of the era, yet he didn't trust me. He only made a simple attempt at the role-playing method, and he dragged his feet when he was acting."

"But since you are wary of me and think I have malicious intentions towards you, why don't you try to find help to deal with me and eliminate this threat as soon as possible?"

At this point, Pales sighed softly and said:

"Such an indecisive approach to things, Leonard, you do bear some responsibility for today's turn of events."

After a pause, Pales continued:

"Kid, you need to grow more."

In fact, it can be seen from the original work that Leonard basically did not make any effective response to Parles' parasitism.

He was merely stalling in vain, but this did nothing to change the situation.

When faced with such a situation, being indecisive is tantamount to sitting and waiting for death.

At least for Arthur, he would definitely have to choose between being a suicide bomber and being Xiao Yan.

Either go all the way down this path, betting that the soul within you is not malicious, and see if you can forge a bright future.

Or just self-destruct on the spot, and we'll all end up lying on the floor together.

Arthur stepped forward, helped Leonard up, and asked:

"What are your plans for the future? Do you want to continue working as a night watchman here?"

Leonard was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"No, just like the teacher said, I need to grow more, otherwise things like today will inevitably happen again."

He took a deep breath, then made up his mind and said:

"I want to join the Red Gloves."

"Hehe, not bad. I thought you would be devastated by this setback." Pales's voice was somewhat relieved.

“I won’t just give up like this, because I still need to avenge Klein. But I’m a little worried. If I join the Red Gloves, I’ll need to go to the church headquarters, the Tranquil Sanctuary, for training,” Leonard said hesitantly.

"Heh, are you worried that I'll be discovered by the higher-ups in your church?" Pales chuckled.

"Ah."

"Don't worry, if 'parasites' were so easy to detect, my enemy wouldn't be so daunting."

"Of course, the 'parasites' also leave traces, and the Church of the Night will have ways to confirm this, but that is quite complicated and troublesome, and will cause losses and dangers, and may even affect their goddess."

"So, don't worry about that until you become a high-ranking member of the church."

Chapter 97 The Poet's Conjecture

In the original novel, the relationship between Parles and Leonard was quite strained at the beginning.

It was during the Red Gloves training at the headquarters of the Church of the Night that the two confronted each other, and their relationship improved somewhat, but they were still not very close.

It was only through various subsequent events that Leonard gradually began to trust Palles.

Now, having overheard Leonard and Parles' conversation, Arthur realized that the old man Parles had begun to truly treat Leonard as his student and teach him.

The relationship between the two can probably be compared to that between Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.

Although Leonard had previously addressed Palles as his teacher, it was probably only a nominal disciple relationship, much like the relationship between a university lecturer and student, where the lecturer only imparted knowledge and not life lessons.

But now, Palles is truly beginning to teach and mentor Leonard, treating him as his own personal disciple.

Because he began to impart mature philosophies of life to Leonard, something only someone who truly treats their poet classmate as a junior would do.

Arthur was delighted with this change from the original story.

Because this means that what he has done in this world has truly begun to have an impact.

And it's the good side.

As can be seen from the original work, Mr. Pales is actually quite extraordinary.

Because he successfully escaped twice from the three-eyed guy's relentless pursuit.

This is partly due to the thief's unique methods and partly because the three-eyed man was more interested in extraordinary characteristics than in the old man's life.

However, the fact that he managed to escape twice from the Three-Eyed's attacks and survive until the finale still demonstrates Mr. Palles's caution and decisiveness.

After all, in the original story, only one and a half people were able to escape from the pursuit of the three-eyed creature itself.

Pales escaped by shedding his tail twice, so he can only be considered half a survivor, and therefore, in total, he is one survivor.

As for the other half, it naturally refers to Klein.

Because he truly "escaped death", he can only be considered half a survivor.

It is precisely because they were able to escape from the powerful and oppressive Amon that their extraordinary abilities are even more evident.

If you escaped from someone who was only trying to make a quick buck, then there's nothing to brag about.

After all, a person's reputation is largely determined by their opponents.

Take Zhang Liao from the Three Kingdoms period, for example. Although he was enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts, his battle record still seems somewhat lacking.

This is because it was Sun Shiwan who carried him into the Temple of Martial Arts.

The record, achieved by defeating Sun Quan with 100,000 points, is somewhat questionable in terms of its actual value.

Compared to him, the prestige of Zhuge Liang is beyond question.

Because his opponent was the old tortoise Sima Yi, the future Emperor Xuan of Jin.

Moreover, this is a formidable figure who, even under the extremely unfavorable conditions of fighting nine mines with only one mine, was still able to force the opponent to retreat into the city and refuse to come out.

This fully illustrates that a person's achievements are largely reflected in the performance of their opponents.

After waiting for a while, the extraordinary beings of the three major churches finally managed to suppress the rebellion of the sealed artifact.

However, this is only a temporary solution.

To truly resolve the Chanismon issue, we need to request support from the Church of the Night headquarters and have them send people to repair the damaged Night Domain.

And those things naturally had nothing to do with Arthur.

So, after Dunn led the Night Watchers to collect Klein's body and take it to St. Serena's Church, Arthur said goodbye to Leonard.

Watching Arthur's departing figure, Leonard suddenly asked:

"Teacher, are there people in this world who can manipulate time?"

“Yes, I could do it in my prime, but only to a certain extent.” Pales didn’t understand why he asked that.

"Do you think it's possible that we Night Watchers would have suffered great losses in this incident, and that I started to grow stronger after experiencing all of this in order to seek revenge?"

"Then I met Anduin in the future and we became good friends. After that, the three of us—me, him, and you, teacher—worked together to send Anduin to the present, in order to reverse these tragedies that have already happened."

After hearing Leonard's words, Palles fell silent.

After a long while, he finally spoke:

“Leonard…”

"Teacher, do you also think what I said makes a lot of sense?"

"No, I just wanted to tell you to stop daydreaming."

"Also, read fewer of the novels written by Russell."

"This will affect your already limited IQ."

Leonard: ......