Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 5326 (Five Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Six) Betrayal

"I did, but...but I didn't tell him anything right away." The man said, "If I had told him, I would have felt...uncomfortable, as if I was very afraid of him, so...so I continued with what I said just now and told him 'Don't even think about it!' When I said it...my tone was very firm."

The Gray Hand Man asked again, "How did he react after you said this?"

"He opened his arms and waved them," the man said, "while mumbling something."

"What is he reciting?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I don't know what it is... I thought it was a spell, but... I also thought it couldn't be. I just felt that... he was a blue-armored man... even in a place like that, he... shouldn't know how to cast a spell." The man said, "No matter what happened before, no matter what will happen later, I just... don't want to believe that the blue-armored man can cast a spell."

The Gray Hand Man asked: "There are some things you have always been unwilling to believe. Is it the same in the real world?"

"Yes...that's right." said the man.

"When you encounter something you don't want to believe, even if you have seen or heard it, can you still not believe it?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Yeah." The man said, "You can see it, hear it, but you can also... not believe it. It's not just me, other people have told me the same thing."

"Who told you that?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I... am someone I can't afford to offend." said the man.

"Your superior?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Yes," the man replied.

"What did your superior tell you?" asked the man with gray hands.

"He said, don't think...what I see is what I should believe." said the man.

The Gray Hand asked, "Do you agree with what he said?"

"I agree." said the man.

The Gray Hand asked again, "Did he say anything else?" "Yes," the man said, "He also told me... I can't believe anything I shouldn't believe."

"Anything else?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Yes." The man continued, "He said that if I believed something I shouldn't believe, it would be... my own bad luck. He also said that what I should believe and what I shouldn't believe is not something I can decide on my own."

"Do you agree with all of this?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I...didn't completely agree with it at the time." said the man.

The Gray Hand asked again, "What do you disagree with?"

"It was when he said 'It's not my decision'. At that time... I thought there were some things I should be able to decide on my own," the man said.

"Did you contradict your superiors?" the Gray Hand asked.

"No." The man said, "I...can't afford to offend him. I won't refute him."

"Did he say anything else?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"He seemed to see that I... didn't seem to completely agree with what he said." The man said, "I don't know if he saw it. If he did, I don't understand how he saw it. Maybe... my eyes betrayed me."

Gray Hand asked, "Do you think you figured it out? What did he say?"

"He asked me...if I had any other ideas." said the man.

The Gray Hand asked, "How did you answer him?"

"I said I... don't have any other ideas at all." said the man.

"Are you saying one thing and thinking another again?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

(End of this chapter)