【Ruijin】Eye of the Storm

The black car was parked outside the gate of the building. Daniel, who was in the passenger seat, nodded at the sentinel in charge of driving, and got out of the car first.

He took a step back, stretched out his hand to open the door of the back seat, and nodded to the two children sitting in the back seat of the car: "Get out of the car."

They hesitated for a moment, and then got out of the car one by one.

The two children were only in their teens, wearing rough unlined clothing with faint dirt oozing, standing thinly in the late autumn wind.Daniel looked at them for a moment, then signaled with his eyes to the sentinel standing aside to take out two padded jackets that had been prepared from the trunk, and put them on with his own hands.

He paused for more time in front of Kim.The blond boy looked up at him, his cheeks flushed abnormally, and the blue eyes looking at him looked confused and shrunk.

The boy's eyebrows and eyes were eight points similar to Qiu's. Daniel sighed in his heart, and couldn't help raising his hand to touch his head.Unexpectedly, at the moment when the palm was about to fall, another silver-haired boy who was a little older than him standing beside Jin suddenly slapped Daniel's hand away.

He was very strong and did not hesitate in his movements.Daniel was stunned, and after slowly withdrawing his hand, he saw that the boy named Gray was like a wolf cub whose territory had been violated, firmly blocking Jin, who was thinner than him, with his body.

The coat he had just put on slipped from his shoulders to the ground. Gray turned his head, stared at Daniel's purple eyes with obvious hostility and distrust, and threatened in a low voice: "Don't touch him."

The guard sentinel frowned and called out "Master Daniel".Daniel raised his hand to stop him from talking, half bent down and looked at Gray with a gentle tone: "...I guess you are Gray, right?"

The silver-haired boy pursed his lips, but did not answer.

"This is the sanctuary," Daniel didn't care, and continued on his own, "My name is Daniel, and I'm Qiu's friend."

The sanctuary, also known as the training base for special induction people, has always been regarded as an affiliated institution of the tower.

Hearing Qiu's name, Jin, who had been in Grey's arms all this time, moved his body immediately, revealing most of his face: "...do you know my sister? Do you know where my sister is?"

His voice was soft and hoarse, Daniel opened his mouth, and before he could answer, Gray gave Jin a soft "shh".Jin glanced at him, and immediately kept quiet obediently, and the whole person became quiet again.

"Why did you bring us here?" Gray turned back and continued to ask Daniel, "Are we going back to Dengru?"

"There's no need to go back, kid," Daniel shook his head, "This is your new home, and you can start your life together here."

"..."

The silver-haired boy looked up at the iron gate in front of him and the huge building behind it, with a rare look of bewilderment flashing across his face.Jin in his arms coughed a few times, Gray looked down at him, and when he raised his head again, he said to Daniel as if he had finally made up his mind: "He has a fever, you can cure him, we will stay .”

Daniel nodded without hesitation: "Of course."

The two were taken all the way into the convalescent room, where they were received by a young female guide therapist.Daniel seemed to have some other urgent business, so he briefly explained to the other party and left in a hurry.

The therapist put Kim on an IV, and Gray stood beside him, holding the left hand that Kim offered.

It took one afternoon after the potion was hung up, and the heat on the forehead disappeared quickly. They had the most sumptuous dinner in memory together in the convalescent room—both of them had a vague feeling in their hearts, and this should also be part of Daniel's arrangement. ——then were placed in the same room to rest.

It was already three days later when I saw Daniel again.

Jin walked into the office, turned his neck and looked around curiously.Daniel was sitting on the sofa across the coffee table from him, and when he saw him come in, he waved to him.

Jin walked towards him, and as soon as he sat down, he immediately asked, "Where's Gray?"

Daniel smiled: "He just came here, I asked him to wait for you downstairs."

Jin blinked and said "Oh".The blond boy paused for a few seconds, then said again: "I seem to have seen you before."

Daniel was a little surprised: "Me?"

The blond boy nodded: "You came to Dengaru and talked to my sister by the door, I saw it. So, are you really my sister's friend? Then my sister—"

"You will know about that later. But Kim," Daniel interrupted him, and changed the topic without leaving a trace, "I found you and Gray today to hear your thoughts. It's been a few days here, and I feel how?"

Jin didn't know what he meant, so he tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's very lively here, and there are many people I haven't seen before."

Daniel nodded, and continued to ask tentatively: "Do you know what a sentinel and a guide are?"

Sure enough, the silver-haired adult guide saw the blue-eyed boy on the opposite side and shook his head in a daze, sighed and continued to explain: "Then, I believe you have felt it yourself, you are not an ordinary child."

Jin's eyes widened suddenly, and Daniel quickly comforted him: "Don't be nervous, everyone here—including me, we are all the same as you. This is a...school, specially designed to train people like you and Gray... Special child. Kim, your sister hasn't had time to tell you, but you are indeed a wizard awakening."

"Usually, the development stage of the sentinel gene will start from about ten years old and continue until adulthood. The immune system of the guide who is close to full awakening will decrease and it will be easy to get sick; while the sentinel will become grumpy and capricious. , the sensitivity to the surrounding environment will also increase, which is called rejection. If you continue to stay in Dengleu, you will be in great danger."

Jin looked at him half-understanding, as if he was still chewing on the unfamiliar word "guide" in his heart.Daniel picked up a washed apple from the table and put it into Jin's hands: "Jin, what makes you luckier than most guides is that you always have a close sentinel by your side. Gray's presence protects you to a certain extent. I lost you, whether it is from the physical or psychological aspects, otherwise I am really worried that you will not last until the day I find you."

Jin immediately clenched the apple in his hand.He didn't know how to describe the feeling deep in his heart, maybe he hadn't fully recovered from such a shocking new worldview. "What should I do?" Kim asked softly.

"You are the children who came out of Deng Gelu," Daniel said, stood up and walked to him and rubbed his head, a fleeting light flashed through his golden pupils, and his tone was deep, "Just be your last What I’m good at—surviving, right here, trying to survive.”

"That's what your sister wants to see," he added at the end of the sentence.

Jin took the apple and went down the office building, and as expected, he saw Gray standing against the wall at the corner of the first floor.The other party saw him and said nothing until Jin walked up to him step by step.Jin didn't know what topics were involved in the conversation between Daniel and Gray. Since the other party didn't seem to intend to share with him, he hesitated again and again, and finally gave up the idea of ​​asking.

What does it matter?Jin thought, he was a guide and Gray was a sentinel, they were still essentially the same kind of people, and that was enough.This conclusion dispelled some of the trembling fears in Jin's heart since he entered here. He likes the relationship between him and Gray to be described by words like "intimate", which can make him feel extremely at ease.

In the next few days, they were arranged to go to the gene bank with other children with special constitutions in the sanctuary to take genetic samples and take ID photos. The rating of the sentinel guide is a long-term comprehensive evaluation task, which needs to be obtained The information is very complicated, so the results will not be announced immediately.After completing the first simple sampling work and basic body data entry, they returned to the Sanctuary.

The children who were regarded as special gene carriers were distributed uniforms of different colors according to the different physiques of sentries and guides, and settled in dormitory buildings in two completely isolated areas.All personal communication tools are confiscated, no one is allowed to leave the base without authorization, and everyone must wear smart anklets equipped with special monitoring programs. The sanctuary will arrange courses and actual combat training according to the characteristics of the two groups of people, and assist sentry and guide abilities awakening.

Jin's first class was scheduled for the morning of the second day, the first morning in seven years without Gray waking up, so Jin unexpectedly failed to get up in time when the alarm clock rang.When he hurriedly dressed and ran into the classroom like a gust of wind, everyone's eyes instantly focused on Jin.

Standing on the podium was a female guide who seemed to be in her early thirties. She coughed and turned everyone's attention, and then said to Jin, "Find a seat and sit down. It's not an example."

Jin hurriedly agreed, walked around the aisle to the last row.He looked left and right, bent down and put his hands together to ask a purple-haired boy wearing black-rimmed glasses softly, "Well, can I sit here?"

The purple-haired boy followed the sound and slowly moved his gaze from the computer screen on the desktop to Jin, and whispered "ah" as if he was frightened.Kim thought he hadn't heard clearly, and repeated his question again.Only then did the other party come to his senses, he hurriedly removed the debris he had piled up on the empty seat beside him, and hurriedly nodded in response: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you, you sit down..."

Satisfied, Kim sat next to him and took out her brand new textbook and pen from her bag.In Jin's opinion, the course content of the guide's physiological profile was downright boring. After listening to it for a while, he began to lose his mind uncontrollably.For a while, I thought of Grey, who was doing some kind of training at the base, and for a while, I thought of Qiu who suddenly disappeared.He glanced around inadvertently, and found that the purple-haired boy was concentrating on writing something down in his notebook.Jin stared at his notebook curiously, and couldn't help but said, "You are so serious."

The purple-haired boy was startled by his sudden voice, and quickly explained: "Ah...because there will be a test later, I'm actually not sure."

"Is there still an exam?!" Jin exclaimed, failing to control the decibel, and was given a stern look by the lecture guide on the stage.The instructor called Jin's name and asked him to stand up to answer the question. The blond boy hissed, but he had to stand up slowly as he was in a bad mood.Just when he was in a dilemma, the purple-haired boy suddenly tugged at his sleeve, and Jin looked down, just in time to see him pointing somewhere on the textbook he had spread out.With his heart behind his back, Jin Fu read the short paragraph of text according to the prompts of the deskmate, and finally survived the crisis of the tutor's question without any danger.

"Wow, thank you so much..." Jin immediately made an exaggerated expression of gratitude to the people next to him after sitting back in his seat, "You helped me, then we will be friends from now on Hey, I'm Kim, what's your name? Are you a guide too?"

The other party smiled embarrassedly: "It's all trivial, nothing. Yes, my name is Zitang Huan, and I am also a guide. Actually, I have known you for a long time, don't you know? You are already very famous in the sanctuary. "

Jin was taken aback: "Why?"

"Because you are the child who was brought back by the head of the tower," Zitang Huan said, "this is not the treatment that ordinary people can have."

"Tower?"

This time it was Zitang Huan's turn to look suspicious: "Jin, don't you know the tower?"

The blond boy honestly turned his head into a rattle, Zitang Huan just wanted to explain to him, but was interrupted by the reminder bell for the end of get out of class.The classmates who were also guides started to pack up their things and leave. Jin thought for a while and suggested to Zitang, "Why don't we go have dinner together? We can talk about it while we eat."

"The training in the sanctuary usually lasts for two to three years, and the sentries and guides who pass the final examination can be directly assigned to the tower to start formal work."

"Although that's what I said... But whether you can successfully enter the front line in the end depends largely on the results of the level assessment. I heard that sentries and guides below the C level, even if they are assigned to the tower, basically can only do Work on logistics and supplies... Jin, Jin?"

"... Ah!" Hearing Zitang's call repeatedly, Jincai turned his head reluctantly, still holding the spoon in his right hand, "What's wrong, Zitang?"

Zitang Huan pushed his glasses: "You have been looking outside since just now, what happened?"

Jin hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "I have a friend here, I thought I could meet him in the cafeteria at least during meal time."

"Is it a guide?" Zitang asked curiously.

Jin shook his head: "No, Gray is a sentinel."

"Ah, that's it," Zitang understood, "The sentinels can't eat with us, there is another canteen that will provide them with special meals."

Hearing this answer, Jin's emotions obviously dropped.Unwilling to give up, he asked Zitang: "Then how can I meet him? We all live in the same place, so there is always a way, right?"

Zitang Huan was a little overwhelmed by his excited tone. He looked around in embarrassment, leaned down and approached Jin, and said in a very soft voice: "Jin, what is the relationship between this sentinel and you...? That? , Sorry, I have no other meaning, but...in principle, in the sanctuary, guides are not allowed to contact the sentries."

"Ke Gray is my best friend and the most important person," Jin said angrily, "and also my family, why can't I see him?"

Zitang Huan quickly waved his hand: "No, no, it's not what you think. Seriously, you really need to supplement your basic knowledge... The main reason for not letting the sentry and the guide get along too much is to protect the safety of the guide. Because the Sentinels who are still studying in the sanctuary are newcomers who have not yet fully learned how to control their genetic instincts. Once they are stimulated by the guideline emitted by the guide, they may cause big trouble. Moreover, the grade evaluation has not yet come out, in case there is a grade If the unmatched sentries have already paired up privately before this, the tower will definitely not agree to the combination. So, ah, even, um, even if you..."

Zitang Huan paused for a moment, his face suddenly turned red strangely, and his voice became softer, and after a long while he hesitated to answer the second half of the sentence: "...Even if you like Gray, you have to wait until the rating You can only find him after you come out!"

Jin was choked by a certain word in his words. He vaguely felt that Zitang seemed to have misunderstood something, but after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to feel that there was no loophole in the other party's logic.Of course he likes Gray, no one can refute that.From the time they lived together, before they were discovered to be members of the special constitution group, he had been unable to leave Gray.Jin also began to feel a little confused, the vague sprouting of feelings began to grow wildly from the barren youth, making it difficult for people to tell whether it was mixed with other ingredients.

But what did Gray think?

Jin couldn't figure it out, so he just pursed his lips and stopped talking, and obediently drank the soup in front of him in one gulp.

The courses of guides are mainly divided into four parts: the basics of sentinel to the crowd, the theory of guidance, mental training, and practical skills exercises. Most of the time is completed in a closed and safe teaching building.The learning process is very boring, but when passing the classroom, Jin can occasionally see from the window on the north side of the corridor that the sentries doing physical training on the other side of the base are doing long-distance running with heavy loads, and they run more than 40 lock up.He was eager to find Gray among them, but there were too many of them, so he never saw him.The training of sentries seems to be much harsher than that of guides. Jin has even seen sentries who were directly seriously injured and unconscious in confrontation events, and were carried away from the school field on stretchers by the medical class for first aid.Their training never has a rest day, whether it is sunny or thunderstorm weather, it cannot be interrupted.Obviously everyone is only in their teens, but once they fall behind or fail in grades, regardless of gender, they will be immediately punished mercilessly by the instructor sentry.

On the other hand, the training on the guide side is much gentler, perhaps because the number of guides is naturally rare and they are inside the protected organization. Most of the time, they just learn how to use their guide spiritual power to psychologically control the target person under the leadership of the tutor. It is implied that it is also here that King finds a plausible explanation for his innate ability to "read minds" for the first time.

In the traceable history of sentinels, the guide crowd is the most suitable existence as national spies and intelligence personnel.Because their abilities have special advantages in intelligence acquisition and screening, most of the sanctuary's corresponding courses also aim at this.

But during the busy training interval, what Jin worried about most was still Gray.He always felt that there seemed to be a part of his brain that was closely connected with Gray, because he could often detect some mood swings that did not belong to him from there, and recently, fatigue and depression occupied most of it. most of the time.

After half of the basic course, they finally started their first formal combat training.When Jin came to this training room for the first time, he was stunned by the sight in front of him—this is a closed building with dozens of embedded semicircular practice fields separated from each other on the ground.Each venue is controlled by a separate computer, and can simulate a variety of geographical environments and weather conditions according to different training requirements.

"Before training, you must first summon your spiritual body," said the adult guide who stood aside, "the spiritual body is an animal that resides in the four-dimensional space around you and is embodied by spiritual power. Also a reflection of the latent emotions of Sentinels and Guides. Our experience shows that in many combat situations they can be of great help."

Immediately, someone among the students raised their hands and asked, "How can I successfully call out the spirit body?"

"According to the natural aptitude of each guide, the way to summon the spirit body is also different." The instructor clapped his hands, "Don't be afraid, just close your eyes and feel your brain, and then try to visualize its appearance. Try it."

All the guides looked at each other in blank dismay, and could only try as usual according to the instructor's prompts.After a while, the more talented guides successfully summoned one after another, and all kinds of spiritual animals appeared one after another in the training room, birds, beasts, birds, and even dolphins jumped into the nearby fountain pool.

Jin spread his hands and looked at the lines in his palms.He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

My... mental body.He concentrated and said silently in his heart.

Suddenly, the depths of his mind seemed to be pulled by something, and Jin's heart moved, and he quickly opened his eyes.A pale golden light appeared in the air, and a reddish-brown red panda jumped out from the gap that resembled a crack in time and space, and landed lightly in front of Jin, leaning on the pads on the soles of its limbs and feet.

Jin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, squatted down slowly with his eyes wide open, and met the eyes of the magical animal in front of him.The other party tilted his head, squatted halfway on the ground with his furry ears propped up, and his big tail with a strong sense of presence swept up dust left and right.

Jin's outstretched hand paused in the air above the little panda's head, and finally covered it with determination.At first glance, I feel that the touch of my hand is no different from that of ordinary animals. The red panda's fur is hard and thick, and it also has a real warmth. It looks so cute that it is not threatening.Jin tapped its forehead with his fingers, and the little panda let out a fuzzy cry, resting its front paws on Jin's knee and looking up at him.

"I have to give you a name," Jin laughed expectantly, put his hands under its forelegs and hugged his entire spiritual body into his arms, "I'll call you Vector!"

"Vector" stuck out his tongue and licked the exposed side of Jin's neck, as if to express his affection for the new name.

Zitang's voice came from the other end, and Jin followed the sound, just in time to see Zitang Huan trotting towards him with a Siamese cat sitting on his shoulder, and it seemed that he had succeeded for a while.The Zitang family seems to have special skills in the field of summoning spirit bodies. Before Jin could elaborate with him, he was interrupted by a commotion from a distance.

The west door of the training room was suddenly opened from the outside, and a dark-skinned sentry bent over and stepped in from the outside.All the guides present at the same place felt a sense of attraction, held their breath unconsciously, and cast curious gazes at him.The sentinel glanced at the training ground, first nodded to the guide who was in charge of Jin's side, and after receiving a response, he waved behind him.Immediately afterwards, a group of children similar to their age filed in from behind the sentinel and consciously lined up at the other wall of the training room.Jin took a look at their attire, and it turned out to be a sentinel uniform with the exact opposite color of the guide uniform on his body.

"They're all sentinels... do you want to train with us?" Jin heard Zi Tanghuan behind him talking to himself.

It turned out to be the sentinel class.Jin immediately thought of Gray, hurriedly walked a few steps forward in the crowd, and squeezed into the first row with difficulty.His blue eyes quickly scanned the neat queue opposite, and finally saw his familiar silver hair at the end of the last few rows.

He couldn't restrain the joy in his heart at all, and he didn't care about the people around him, so he jumped up immediately and shouted "Gerry" excitedly.

Everyone's eyes instantly turned to him.Jin didn't care. Seeing that Gray on the opposite side was also looking in his direction, he jumped a few more times, and immediately raised his arms and waved vigorously at him: "It's me! Gray!"

Gray on the other end seemed a little surprised. He took a step forward almost subconsciously, but he seemed to remember something, and quickly glanced at the dark-skinned leader sentry, then frowned. He shook his head slightly.

Jin froze for a moment, and the obvious defensiveness in the other party's eyes made him slowly withdraw his hand in doubt. Before he could understand, he was pulled back by the collar of his own guide, and at the same time, he also gained a "keep up" from the other party. Quiet" warning.

"Today's actual combat training requires the cooperation of all guides and sentries." The instructor glanced at the adult sentry standing over there, "According to the number of people, the Silver Lord Sentinel has randomly grouped all of you, and each guide cooperates with you." Three rounds of sentry training, the main training subjects are the ability of the guide to give spiritual hints and the sentry to avoid mental attacks in the actual combat mode."

"The intelligent system in the combat area will monitor your status at all times, and the goal is to take away the badges worn by the other party. And the team whose badges are taken away, or who is judged by the system to be unable to continue fighting, the grade of this class is——No pass."

The sunken hemispherical area on the ground turned out to be where the battle started.

Wearing a badge numbered 3, Jin climbed down the escalator to the bottom and stood still.He touched the surrounding walls, which seemed to be made of specially reinforced materials for the maneuverability of training.At this moment, the sound of someone jumping down came from behind him.Jin turned his head and looked into the playful eyes of a girl with long black hair.

"Oh - aren't you the silly boy just now?" She stood there lazily with her arms folded, and her tone of voice obviously didn't pay attention to Jin.It was only then that the blond boy noticed that her chest was the same as his own, with a card marked 3 pinned to it.

Jin gave a fake cough, put his hands on his hips, straightened his body, and tried to make himself appear more imposing: "Are you my training partner?"

The girl stunned her hair: "It's me, your opponent in the first round is me. My name is Kelly, fed, before beating, let you give you a chance to report a name."

Jin waved his fist unconvinced: "It's better not to jump to conclusions too early? For the sake of you being a girl, I will give you a little bit."

The hidden radio embedded in the wall timely sent out an electronic voice without any emotion: "A round of exams has begun."

Jin only heard a sneer from the opposite side, and the next second, the female sentinel named Kelly stepped forward without hesitation and punched Jin on the cheek.Jin was taken aback, and subconsciously turned sideways in the opposite direction to dodge. Unexpectedly, there was a sneer from the other party in his ear. Kelly seemed to have predicted his actions, and directly caught Jin with her left leg, and kicked him over the ground. land.

Jin let out a cry of pain at the moment of the fall. He supported his upper body with his arms on the floor behind him, and saw the female sentinel on the opposite side staring at him with a condescending look.

King didn't like the look, it made him feel like he was back in Dengero all over again.He got up in twos and took an attacking stance, and shouted at Kelly: "Come again!"

"Don't tell me you plan to fight hand-to-hand," Kelly said. "Didn't anyone tell you? It is absolutely impossible for a guide to defeat a sentry with just fists. You'd better save your energy and at least take out some of your guides." True skills' come and compete with me."

Jin raised his face and retorted neither humble nor overbearing: "My sister also told me that people should not say 'impossible' lightly."

A trace of unknown emotion flashed in the eyes of the long black-haired female sentinel, but she quickly hid it.Under Jin's gaze, Kelly sighed: "Oh, I said you are an idiot, but I never thought you would be so stupid."

After saying that, she rushed towards Jin like a bolt of lightning, and approached the guide directly with a powerful aura.

"Your card, I accept it bluntly." She said this, and immediately stretched out her hand to Jin's chest at an incredible speed.

The alarm bell rang in Jin's heart, and he hurriedly took a big step back, crossed his arms and raised his arms to block in front of him in defense.He saw Kelly's squinted blue eyes through the gap between his hands, and a thought flashed through his mind.He stopped abruptly, withdrew his arms and stopped avoiding blindly, but chose to look directly into the opponent's pupils.

"Stop!" he yelled in his mind.

As if being violently clamped by an invisible force, Kelly's fingers barely stopped a few centimeters in front of Jin's badge, and she couldn't move.For the first time, the female sentinel showed an expression of disbelief, her eyes widened in surprise and looked at Jin, her blue eyes flashed with murderous intent.

The guide's spiritual suggestion obviously succeeded for the first time, and Jin was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, it was this relaxation of thinking that reduced the depth of the suggestion.Kelly sensitively sensed the temporary slackening of the restraint around her body, and reacted quickly and jumped away. A pale light condensed in the open palm of her left hand, and a dart-shaped weapon in the shape of a pink star appeared in her hand.

Kelly launched a second attack on Jin with lightning speed, and the sharp edges directly cut through the cheek of the guide who hadn't had time to dodge. Jin didn't care to check his wound, and ran in the opposite direction.Unexpectedly, Kelly passed through the side of Jin's body and came to his back, kicking hard at his knee.

Before Jin could resist, someone clamped his hands back with considerable force, and the tip of the weapon was aimed at the lateral carotid artery.The explosive power of the sentinel was astonishing, and the situation was reversed in an instant. Jin was pressed face down on the ground by Kelly, and the sharp pain came from the twisted joints and bones, which made him scream out.

Just as the sound of "exam end" sounded again on the radio, a hand grabbed Kelly from behind and pressed Jin's wrist.Kelly turned her head abruptly, but was startled when she saw the face of the uninvited guest clearly.After a while, the girl took the initiative to let go of Jin, and threw her Xingyue Blade back into the four-dimensional space.

The blond-haired guide regained his freedom, rolled over and collapsed to the ground panting.Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Grey, whom he had been thinking about day and night.

The silver-haired young sentinel had a cold face, and finally let go of Kelly's hand after watching the Xingyue Blade disappear into the cracked space.The female sentinel with long black hair raised her eyebrows, looked at the "classmate" in front of her with one hand on her hip, and said in a mocking tone: "You really know each other. Why? Can't you bear me beating him? But your friend's own skills It’s not as good as a human being, and that’s an obvious fact.”

"The exam is over, there is no need for you to stay here, let alone activate the Yuanli weapon," Gray replied without raising his eyes, his tone was blunt and indifferent, without any emotion.He walked up to Jin in a few steps, just in time to see Jin grinning at his own hair, although because of the color on his cheeks, this smile looked a bit miserable and embarrassing.The guide thought that Grey was here to help him stand up, but before he could speak, he was choked by Grey's arm that was reaching for his chest.

The silver-haired sentry pulled off the badge on the golden chest and threw it into Kelly's arms with his backhand. The black-haired girl caught her "trophy" with one hand and raised her eyebrows.

Jin, who was left aside without authorization, was a little angry, and was about to explode when Gray interrupted: "You lost. According to the rules, the badge belongs to her," Gray said lightly, "Jin, your next opponent is I."

Kelly's eyes flicked over the two of them for a moment, and she suddenly covered her mouth and smiled: "...It's really interesting."

"Your name is Jin, right?" She turned around and passed Gray and raised the badge on Jin's hand, "I remember you. If there is another time, remember to ask me to form a team."

After finishing speaking, she cast a meaningful look at Grey, and left in a chic way.

There were only Jin and Gray left in the venue. Jin slowly got up from the ground and patted the dust off himself.

Seeing Gray again, Jin clearly noticed the change in the other's temperament.If Grey, who lived with him in Dengaru, was calm and reliable, then Grey now looks even more lonely and cold.He lost a lot of weight, but his eyes became more aggressive, like a wolf dormant in the snow.He could almost imagine how Grey went through the torture-like super-intensive training at the sentinel. He never doubted Grey's excellent ability. After all, he was Grey. clear.He watched the changes in the other person, and for the first time made Jin feel unavoidable dissatisfaction with this so-called "school" in his heart.

"...I always wanted to find you before." The young man said sullenly.

Gray was arranging his gloves with his back to him, and the movements of his hands immediately paused after hearing this sentence.He turned around, wearing the badge numbered 3 on his chest too.

"I can't see you, it's a rule." Gray said briefly.

Jin was so annoyed by this sentence, he ruffled his blond hair anxiously, and walked back and forth in anger: "So, why does it have to be Gray?!"

"..."

Gray didn't know how to explain it to Jin in a very short time. Suddenly, a thin gap opened in the air between the two of them. The next second, a gray wolf jumped down from the gap. , Standing on the ground in front of Jin.

The gray wolf had a pair of lavender eyes, and it should be considered a medium-sized body among ferocious beasts, but it seemed to have strong limbs and graceful muscles.Jin Shang was in a daze, but the wolf walked up to Jin by itself, rubbed Jin's calf with its soft neck, and let out a series of whimpering sounds from the bottom of its throat, not sure if it was expressing excitement or other emotions .

Jin squatted down to stroke its back fur, and the gray wolf sat on the spot and lowered his head to let him move. When Jin was caught off guard, he stuck out his tongue and licked the delicate skin on the inside of the guide's forearm.The warm touch is instant and timely, on the skin