Arknights: It Was Game Over for Me a Bit Too Early

I don't understand. I really don't understand.

The Master seems to have been feeding me moves... using a fighting style like a giant beast...

But the Master also seemed to be holding back, because if the Master really removed his own restrictions and fought seriously... then I probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds...

But the result of this sparring match was my victory.

And the sentence the Master left before he left, "In the future, you must gather everyone together more often, even if you're busy, at least once every ten years?"...

I don't understand. Why did the Master's words sound like he was entrusting his last wishes?

Suddenly, Chongyue seemed to have remembered something. Cold sweat instantly dripped from his forehead. He quickly ran out of the barracks and towards the sword that had sealed "Sui's" consciousness.

The Master wouldn't...

No way...

Chongyue thought with some self-deception, but when he held the hilt of the sword, he was stunned.

The consciousness of "Sui" that had originally been entrenched in the heart of the sword had already dissipated, leaving only the authority that he had sealed in it along with Sui's consciousness.

Did the Master really... do that thing?!

In almost an instant, Chongyue went to the barracks to inform his deputy that he was going out, and then rushed to find Wang without stopping.

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"What?!!"

A loud noise came from the Prefect's office at the Sui Regulator.

Wang did not look at the table that had been shattered by his excitement, but walked to Chongyue in two or three steps, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Big Brother, this joke is not funny at all!" Wang almost gritted his teeth.

"Wang, I'm not joking! Since the Master is not here with you either, then hurry up and come with me to find Third Sister and the others!" Chongyue, on the other hand, had an anxious face. This feeling of being so anxious that his mind was exhausted was something he had almost never had since he became the border general of Yumen.

But now the severity of the situation made it difficult for him to maintain his usual calm mentality. He now just wanted to rush to call all the fragments he could see and go search for Hong Yu's whereabouts.

Although Hong Yu had been missing for a full two days, the hope was very slim...

But sure enough, Chongyue still planned to not give up until he had hit a wall. Everything could only be said to be settled after they had found Hong Yu first.

"We're leaving right now!" Chongyue grabbed Wang's arm and pulled the stunned him out.

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Ling's place, no.

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Nian's place, no.

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Xi's place, no.

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Shu's place, no.

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Ji's place, no.

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Jie's place, no.

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None of them.

...

Finally, despair and hope drove them back to the place where they had first left.

The capital city of Yan, Hong Yu's residence.

This place, which should have been empty, was now filled with many common people with sad faces.

Their appearance made the hearts of Chongyue and the others sink to the bottom.

"Excuse me, have you seen the Master?" Ling, who had left later, grabbed a somewhat familiar face, perhaps the owner of the restaurant she used to frequent when she lived here.

"Ling?!" that person's expression was first one of surprise and joy, and then sadness.

"You mean Lord Prefect, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! Where is he now?!" Perhaps the sadness that the person showed was too obvious. This expression almost made Ling's heart stop.

However, the person's next sentence directly made all the fragments present hold their breath.

"Lord Prefect... he's, ah, long been buried."

!

!!

!!!

What did he say?!!!!

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The evening rain in the forest was drizzling, with the unique coolness of the mountains.

However, this coolness, in the perception of the twelve fragments, was so bone-chilling.

When they saw Hong Yu's tombstone, all their previous persistence seemed to be a joke played on the giant beasts by heaven.

When he died... there wasn't even a single person by his side...

We don't even know the shock and grief of the first villager who found his body.

All that's left for us is the numbness brought by sorrow.

This really... wasn't another one of his cruel jokes.

He's dead.

"Everyone, this is a letter left by Lord Prefect. It says it's for you."

A voice broke the silence of the twelve people present. A person with a letter that didn't look thick walked over.

Chongyue took the letter and gently said thank you.

After that person left, everyone was silent for a moment.

After a while, Chongyue spoke up, "Let's go, let's go back and see what message the Master has left for us."

The others could only nod numbly and walked back slowly with heavy steps.

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[If I'm not mistaken, I'm probably already dead by the time you see this letter, right?]

[Maybe some of you have already guessed what I was going to do. I guess that person is Chongyue or Wang.]

[Of course, this was my own decision. You don't have to be sad for me anymore. Anyway, my own lifespan is about to come to an end. I'm very content to be able to pave one last road for you before I die.]

[Chongyue, your growth is what satisfies me the most. So after I leave, you will become the eldest among you. You must take on the responsibility of a big brother. I have nothing to give you when I leave, so I can only guide you a little more in martial arts.]

[Xi... I have already finished the painting she asked me to draw. It's in my house. If she thinks I didn't draw it well... please forgive an old man.]

[I have already finished writing the storybooks that Nian wanted to see. They are also in the house. If she can become a renowned author throughout the land, that would also be a very good thing.]

[I left some seeds on Shu's side. It will only take less than forty years for the famine in the Great Wild City to completely disappear. I have also solved the problem of demonic erosion. I keep my word.]

[As for Ling... I buried several jugs of wine under the banyan tree in the courtyard. Give them to her.]

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[Ahem, to be honest, I'm not very good at writing sentimental things, so this letter doesn't have much of my own feelings or anything. I just want to tell you to be yourselves, and forget about this old man.]

[By the way, if you have time, you should also get together more often. It's better for a family to get together.]

The letter slipped from Ling's hand and was quickly caught by Jie.

Wine?

He didn't even forget to buy me wine?

Yes, on the day he disappeared, I was still complaining that he would only buy his favorite tanghulu for himself when he went out and not remember to buy me wine...

Yes, he's gone.

He didn't forget that I like to drink.

A single tear slid down Ling's cheek, and then she broke down into tears.

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