When he walked out of the small courtyard and saw the little girl lying behind the courtyard door, Baixiu felt a little complicated.

He originally thought that returning to Huaiyin was a good thing.

Yu Shu died.

There is always something you can do...

But when he really saw the vibrant little courtyard, he realized that he actually had nothing to do.

Yu Shu's family is living well.

In other words... there is no better way.

Bai Xiaochi stood side by side with him, walking among the shades of trees and sunshine in Huaiyin Town.

The head of the Bai family raised his head slightly, feeling the dim light falling between the forest leaves, and said softly: "Human beings are always small in the face of fate... Some things cannot be changed. No matter how powerful the extraordinary power is, it is useless."

Bai Xiu was silent for a while.

"He will not come back again." Bai Xiu said: "That yard, that mother and daughter, sooner or later they will know the truth..."

"The truth is... there is destined to be parting in this world, not just for them, but also for you and me. Thousands of people gather together, tens of millions of people part ways, millions of people depend on each other for life and death. In the end, the stories of all people in the world are tragedies.

Bai Xiaochi said calmly: "You are right. News of Yu Shu's death will reach that small courtyard sooner or later, but by that time, they may find the next hope. From the moment Yu Shu awakens his ability, fate

It’s already been doomed, isn’t the current ending good enough?”

Baixiu was speechless.

Yes.

This is already...the best ending.

"From life to death, everyone is like a mayfly." Bai Xiaochi said: "Hope is the motivation for a mayfly to live..."

Bai Xiu paused.

He rushed back to Huaiyin from Nagano. His original intention was to see how the relatives of Qu Long, the man who sacrificed his life, were living now... This was a very small matter, not worth alarming or bothering others.

So he rejected the family owner's previous kindness to go with him.

But...the head of the family still came.

And I did myself a very important favor.

If the owner hadn't appeared in time in the small courtyard, Bai Xiu might have said something... that he would regret.

After brewing for a long time, Baixiu said in a very soft voice: "...Thank you."

"It's rare to hear this word from your mouth."

Bai Xiaochi smiled.

"I..." Bai Xiu hesitated and sighed softly: "Are you usually very cold?"

"No...it's not indifference."

Bai Xiaochi shook his head and said: "I know you are not that kind of person. If someone helps you, you will definitely say thank you... But you are too powerful and can handle everything by yourself. Very few people have the opportunity to let you

Say thank you."

Bai Xiu was slightly startled.

That's really the case...

Over the years, many people have expressed their gratitude to him.

Judgment office, prison, command post, the Five Families... No matter where he went or what he did, he seemed to be able to help some people and solve their troubles.

And vice versa.

I say thank you very rarely.

"You came to Huaiyin this time..."

"Don't get me wrong, it's not just because of you." Bai Xiaochi said with a smile: "I like that little girl from Yu Shu's family. I specially found someone to pick that sunflower from the south. I came to Huaiyin this time just to see it.

she."

Okay...sounds reasonable.

Bai Xiu looked at the owner of the house with a complicated expression, and felt that Bai Xiaochi was different from what he remembered.

On weekdays, when I am in Nagano, I mostly live alone and practice in a quiet and solemn manner. I will only see the head of the family when dealing with important matters.

In my impression... Baixiu rarely saw the head of the family look like this.

And came to this small courtyard.

In other words... after arriving in Huaiyin, Bai Xiaochi took off that serious mask.

"Of course... what I just said is not just because of you." Bai Xiaochi first hesitated and then said: "Part of the reason why I came to Huaiyin is because of you."

In the tundra, Bai Xiu had just experienced an assassination.

The Bai family cannot accept the second or third game...

When Bai Xiu heard this sentence, he basically understood what the family leader meant.

"Next, let's go to the Tundra Ice Lake." Bai Xiaochi said calmly, "Bring Yu Shu's body back to Nagano. In addition... I also want to see the assassination scene."

…

…

It only took one day to get from Huaiyin to Tundra.

In the cold wind, two figures stood on the ice lake.

Bai Xiaochi looked at the endless white lake in the distance and asked softly: "Is this the assassination scene?"

This glacial lake is huge.

Covered with snow.

Visibility is extremely low.

But these are not important... With the sensitivity of [Thunder World Walker], even if the wind and snow are twice as strong, it will not affect Baixiu's sensing.

"Um……"

Baixiu walked forward slowly.

His sense of direction was excellent, and he could still find the assassination place in his memory in the wind and snow. Finally, he stopped and looked down at the lake covered with thick ice, "This is it."

Bai Xiaochi squatted down.

He narrowed his eyes and stretched out his palms.

A wisp of dark ghostly color condensed in the palm of his hand... Between the pale ice layers, the cracking sound of kacha kacha came out, and a wisp of blood that had long been melted and diluted was actually sucked up by invisible suction.

.

"...!"

Bai Xiu watched this scene with a somewhat shocked expression.

The dominance of the five Nagano families has long been established. Over the years, the Snow Forbidden City has maintained great peace. The masters of the major families treat each other with courtesy. Even if there are some contradictions and conflicts underground, they are all resolved by their subordinates according to their own abilities.

Therefore... the heads of the five families are not obvious, and their "power" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but their abilities and true strength have gradually been hidden behind the scenes.

A wisp of swaying blood condensed in Bai Xiaochi's palm.

He took out the test tube from his arms, collected the blood that had been frozen for a long time, and said softly: "Don't be shocked, [Zhao Ming] is not a heaven-defying ability... Compared to your Thunder World Walker, its power is

Still a bit too weak."

"Is it manipulating blood..."

Bai Xiu squatted down and stroked the thick ice. He really couldn't understand how this strand of blood was extracted.

Several days have passed since he left the tundra ice lake. Due to the harsh climate of the tundra, even a complete corpse, let alone a drop of blood, would be frozen into ice slag and completely broken if it was blown here for a day.

"You guessed half of it right, it's a small branch of the [Trait System]."

Bai Xiaochi put the test tube into his lapel without hiding anything, and said in a deep voice: "The five families are all from an ancient family who moved to Nagano before the New Year... The older generation once told me that the five families have blood flowing in their bodies.

I don’t know about the strange blood in other families. But in the Bai family, as long as you are a direct descendant with pure blood, there is a high probability that you will be able to awaken your extraordinary abilities."

Bai Xiaochi looked at Bai Xiu. He knew that Bai Xiu was a descendant of the Jiangbei branch.

For a long time, the Bai family members had not dared to mention the word "blood" in front of him.

But in fact...how can people who have truly awakened "S-level abilities" care about the so-called bloodline?

There was no change in Baixiu's expression.

Bai Xiaochi continued: "The abilities of the direct descendants of the Bai clan... will have a strange quality attached to them, which is [reverse flow]."

Bai Xiu frowned: "Reverse flow?"

"That is... a special ability that violates the common rules of the two worlds."

Two worlds, the ordinary world and the extraordinary world.

"You can understand it as... [Time Rewind]." Bai Xiaochi said calmly: "But it is not as contrary to the literal meaning. [Time Rewind] cannot affect the established conclusions of the material world, nor can it conflict with more powerful rules.

.For example, things like resurrection from the dead... If a person is really dead, then it is impossible to save him by going back in time. Moreover, going back in time requires paying a huge price."

Baixiu's expression gradually became serious.

"The blood I just extracted... I just used [Reverse Flow]. In fact, the extraction of that wisp of blood has reached the limit of [Illumination], and... it is only limited to dead objects." Bai Xiaochi shrugged and said calmly.

: "Maybe it's because my bloodline is relatively poor. Since the death of the previous head of the Bai family, the ability to [reverse flow] has been greatly diluted. Being able to have such a ray of blood should be considered a blessing among misfortunes."

Bai Xiu was a little confused: "The previous head of the family passed away, so the ability to [reverse flow] was diluted?"

"This matter...you will know sooner or later."

Bai Xiaochi said calmly: "The last head of the family was named Bai Shu... It is not accurate to say the head of the family. His name is not on the memorial plaque in the ancestral hall, nor is it in the genealogy. Although he is the 'head of the family' appointed by the Bai family,
To be continued...