Shadow Mask Group

70 - Liu Chen Becomes a Target

Now is a time of rest for the members of the attacking division. They can go anywhere. As long as you don't leave the base.

Lao Tzu intends to go to the indoor garden. Because he hasn't been there in a long time. So that he had not found a small plant long enough at that time. The little plant he encountered back then was the reincarnation of his best friend. So he would visit her occasionally. He just went alone. Because Wu Anming and Xing Fu went to the dining room.

Upon arriving at the space garden, Lao Tzu was shocked to see the circumstances surrounding him. It's a mess, plants die. The ground cracked and became a basin.

Lao Tzu immediately ran to where the small plants were. When he fell silent to see the plant that was the reincarnation of his best friend was dead and withered. All other plants have the same condition. They looked to have withered a few days ago with leaves torn apart.

All the plants here, will be watered once every week. The room was also cleaned on the same day. So no attendant caring for the plants knew about the state of the garden of this room. Because they only come once a week.

While the members were busy with their training. So no one goes to the garden of this room. The ones who know about this are Lao Tzu and Kai. Which Kai is the culprit of the destruction of all these plants, although in fact unintentional.

"No-no" muttered Lao Tzu. He clenched his hands tightly. He bowed his head, "You, I have failed to take care of you. It was the second time I failed and ended up losing you again. I'm useless" he murmured.

Lao Tzu was actually a slave. So did his best friend, Tong Mu. They are not slaves in general. They were made slaves for training only. It was not only Lao Tzu and Tong Mu who were slaves to training materials. But there were enough people who were made slaves. Their age was also small, the same as the two at that time.

They must become strong in order not to die when chosen to be his 'Master' fighting opponent. Many died because of that Master.

All the slaves will be trained by some coach. It was done so that they could become opponents to fight Master, although they still could not possibly defeat that Master.

They were trained very hard by the coaches. In fact, they may not eat until sometimes they are hungry, coupled with the hard training that is undertaken. If there is any food, the food can be said to be unfit and only a little.

Lao Tzu always trained hard so that when he was chosen, he did not die. He survived by training. Once he was chosen by several people to be their fighting opponent. Lao Tzu always won at that time because he often practiced. Indeed, he and the other slaves were not just against their owners. But they are always against other people.

If they can't survive fighting with that person, then they will die. It is the strong who will win, while the weak will only die in such a arena.

The slaves were not only used as training materials, but they were also often used as an outlet for anger. This increased the number of deaths of the slaves.

Tong Mu was the closest slave to Lao Tzu. Tong Mu was also a kind, friendly and patient person. Even though they were treated badly, Tong Mu always thought positively and did not think too much about their treatment.

Lao Tzu used to love ignoring Tong Mu. He was upset because the boy could always smile, even in times of difficulty. The boy always took her to eat. Tong Mu was very considerate of Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu never criticized Tong Mu's treatment of him. All he thought about at that time was to practice, practice and practice in order to survive.

Until one day, Lao Tzu began to respond to Tong Mu's treatment of him. He asked why Tong Mu was always smiling when he was in such a miserable state. Tong Mu always replied that he was always smiling because of Lao Tzu. Tong Mu felt that Lao Tzu was always there for him, even though he was always ignored by the boy.

Another reason is because he always believed that there would be days when he was happy. That's what makes Tong Mu always optimistic and positive thinking about whatever circumstances he experienced.

Over time, Lao Tzu finally wanted to chat with Tong Mu. They become close. Tong Mu had a cheerful personality. Especially with Lao Tzu. (Tong Mu\=male)

Tong Mu had never been chosen at all by people to be their fighting training material. Quite often it is Lao Tzu.

One day, Lao Tzu must fight against his owner. Several times Lao Tzu hit the floor hard and was hit by a crushing blow from Master. Lao Tzu could not retaliate at all. Because at that time, the power of his Master was stronger than anyone he had ever fought against.

When Lao Tzu was slammed into the ground a few times, Tong Mu immediately climbed onto the arena and blocked the Master who wanted to finish off Lao Tzu. Because it was blocked by Tong Mu, the Master hit Tong Mu to get away. But instead of stepping aside, Tong Mu stood up again and protected Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu was severely injured. Tong Mu, who had been protecting Lao Tzu, was injured. Even worse than Lao Tzu. Because the boy kept forcing himself to protect Lao Tzu.

Several times Lao Tzu told Tong Mu to stop protecting him. But still, the boy was protecting her.

When Master was about to step on Tong Mu, many people came and arrested everyone who had already abused a child, including that Master. He was arrested by people from the white sect because his actions were considered wrong for them.

Seeing the helpers coming, Tong Mu became very happy. In fact, he was already very dying because of all the wounds on his body.

Lao Tzu grabbed Tong Mu's hand lying not far from him lying down. Lao Tzu was there feeling very guilty, because in order to protect himself, Tong Mu became seriously injured. But Tong Mu still smiled at such a time.

Lao Tzu asked why at such a time, Tong Mu was still smiling and his answer was because he was happy to protect the only person he loved and he was happy because there were many people who were helping them now. So they both can be free from the misery that has been faced.

Tong Mu tells Lao Tzu to stay alive. Some people from the white sect approached Lao Tzu and Tong Mu when they saw the state of the two children.

At the same time, Tong Mu had already closed his eyes. Lao Tzu immediately panicked, the person who was going to help him and Tong Mu also checked Tong Mu's situation. Unfortunately, the boy's life was not helped. Even at his last moment, Tong Mu could still smile, the best smile he had. Lao Tzu soon turns a blind eye to his dying state.

.......

Lao Tzu still lowered his head. Before long, a drop of water fell directly onto the ground. "Why? Why did you protect me then, Mu? I'm so useless. I can't protect you. Even now, I can't protect you"

Without Lao Tzu noticing, someone walked into the space garden. That person looked very surprised by the extremely messy surroundings. I also saw Lao Tzu not far from himself.

"Jian, who destroyed this place?" said the man. He was none other than Liu Chen. He stood beside Lao Tzu and did not realize that the young man was sad.

Lao Tzu shook his head with his head still bowed. He wiped away some of the tears left around his eyes. He did not want Liu Chen to see him cry like this.

But the movement of Lao Tzu's hand that rubbed his eyes made Liu Chen realize there was something strange. "What's Jian?"

Not getting an answer, Liu Chen held onto Lao Tzu's chin and raised it so he could see the young man's face. Liu Chen blinked when he saw Lao Tzu's eyes that looked slightly red and seemed to be crying out. It was only the first time he had seen a man with a cold expression like Lao Tzu crying like this. Did he not see wrong?

"No chairman Xun, I'm fine. Then, excuse me", Lao Tzu immediately left Liu Chen alone there.

Liu Chen looked at Lao Tzu's back which was getting further away. He looked around while breathing. "Why is this place like this? Who was the one who had already broken it?", Liu Chen shook his head. "I'm going to get some people to fix this place up"

When Liu Chen was silent and staring around, Liu Chen suddenly disappeared. Behind the beginning where Liu Chen was standing, there appeared a man who thrust a dagger into the empty air. He was surprised that his target had disappeared. He was immediately vigilant.

Not yet had the man turned his body back, he was already slumped on the ground with a face kissing the surface. Not yet able to respond, the man was immediately thrown up to several meters. Because Liu Chen kicked the man's body.

Due to Liu Chen's kick and a hard blow to the ground, the man was injured. He also appears to have fainted.

Liu Chen sighed resignedly, "Haish.. This is all because of Gong (Feng Ying). My life is not calm. At first I was happy because I was free of the two demons. But now? Haish.." he muttered.

Behind Liu Chen, Wu Xianlun walked slowly towards Liu Chen. He also hid his existence. He immediately swung the dagger in bright red and carved a rose towards Liu Chen. It was the dagger that the young man had bought while in Melati city.

Unfortunately, Wu Xianlun's attack only hit empty air. Because Liu Chen had already disappeared from there. Seeing that, Wu Xianlun sharpened his instincts to know the direction of the attack Liu Chen was going to take.

Wu Xianlun crossed her arms still holding her dagger to the front of her chest. A kick hit Wu Xianlun and made the girl retreated dozens of steps because of the powerful kick. He also coughed up blood. But he doesn't care about it. He looked around vigilantly.

Liu Chen appeared behind Wu Xianlun. Feeling that there was someone behind, Wu Xianlun turned her body while swinging her dagger.

The ice broke straight away. Because what Wu Xianlun attacked was just an ice clone. "Where is chairman Xun?" muttered. He's back on guard. But Liu Chen did not appear.

In a place covered with ice, Liu Chen appeared to be there. It was his hiding place at the moment.

Liu Chen's hideout was a place located underground, right below the ground of his room. He made the basement a few days ago and directly coated the room with ice to strengthen the surrounding soil. He did not want when it arrived the land fell and hit him.

There was a table and a chair made of ice. On the table there was also warm tea. Actually, the one who went to the garden of the room was his ice clone. While he went to the eating place in the headquarters. He asked for tea. When he finished, Liu Chen went into hiding again with a heart.

He made an ice clone so that others thought it was true. It wasn't just the members of the assassin division who were eyeing him as a hunted. However, the members of the information division also kept silent always watching him as their training. Liu Chen knew that he was always being watched.

Liu Chen slowly sat down on the chair made of ice. He grabbed the cup on the table and sipped it.

"Ah, this tea tastes good" Liu Chen said. He again put the tea cup and immediately supported his chin by using his hands.

"Huf.. Because of them I was in trouble. I have always been watched. After all, why would they target me as training material for the members? Is there nothing else?!" he muttered with annoyance. He grabbed his cup and sipped it.

Before long, a memory of his ice clone fighting Wu Xianlun, instantly entered his mind.

Liu Chen spouted his tea out of surprise upon seeing one of the parts of his clone's memories. "Did I not see wrong? Jian, cry? What's wrong with that guy? And again, what happened to the garden space? Why so messy? Haish.."

Liu Chen clucked in annoyance when he saw the memory part of the condition of the space garden. Who would dare to destroy that place?! Was that person not afraid of being punished, for having destroyed the headquarters facility?!

"Well.. For now I'd better not think about that space garden just yet. I will send one of the clones I made to observe Jian. I'm curious about the circumstances" Liu Chen murmured.

Although he was nowhere near his current clone, Liu Chen was still able to give orders from here. Immediately, one clone directly carried out an order from Liu Chen.

Liu Chen did this out of concern for Lao Tzu. Because it was not usually the young man who was crying. Never mind crying, he never even saw the young man smile. Even a thin smile.

"May he be fine" Liu Chen murmured. He could not come out of his hiding place at this time. Because he will get a problem that is quite troublesome according to him.

........

Meanwhile, Yelu appears to be standing vigilantly behind the pillars that are on the terrace of the headquarters. He observed Liu Chen sitting quietly in the garden in the courtyard. It had been quite a while since he had been watching Liu Chen like this. But there was no other movement at all from Liu Chen.

"Tck, is chairman Xun just going to sit around like that?! I won't get any information if I just watch him sit quietly here "inner Yelu with annoyance. His patience is running out now.

He had no information about Liu Chen. Because the young man just sat quietly without doing any activities. Yelu had no idea at all that it was just one of Liu Chen's ice clones.

The fake Liu Chen had suddenly disappeared. This, made Yelu surprised. He thought that Liu Chen knew of his whereabouts to the point of making Yelu instantly wary of looking around. But nothing happened to him.

His gaze was immediately directed at a pillar not far from him. He could see Liu Chen was behind a man. He wanted to scream to warn the man. But if he does, he will be found out. Though in fact he had already been discovered from earlier by a fake Liu Chen.

Yelu instantly hid behind the pillar that was nearby and would only witness what the fake Liu Chen would do.

"Aarrrkkkhh"

Yelu was wide-eyed when he saw that Liu Chen stuck the dagger he was holding into the hands of the man holding the pillar, making the dagger stick to the pillar as well as the man's hand.

In fact the fake Liu Chen got the dagger, from the dagger throw that the man who attacked him from far away had done.

"Chairman Xun had a very fast movement. Not only is it fast, but chairman Xun is also ruthless" inner Yelu. He gulped his own saliva when he imagined how the pain of a hand being pierced was like the man he saw. Just imagine, make it cringe.

Despite a month of fighting Liu Chen, he was always severely injured and had several times his hands and feet cut off, but he was even more horrified by what Liu Chen was doing at the moment. Than he was when his hands and feet were cut off.