Chapter 344 The True Shadow Master
Jie's sincere invitation caused a huge uproar among the followers of the Church of Balance.
"Shen, you can't go!" Master Meimu firmly objected: "This must be a trap!"
The friendly relationship between the Navoli Brotherhood and the Shadow Cult is well known to the world, and in the eyes of the Order of the Balance, the Brotherhood is also an enemy.
The evil spirit invasion more than a year ago was caused by the Brotherhood coming here to conscript men, which triggered a conflict and destroyed the balance here.
Let Shen follow his father's murderer to meet the leader of another hostile organization...
Isn't this just asking for death?
Therefore, not only did Meimu strongly oppose it, but the members of the Church of Unity also expressed their doubts with concern.
But at this time, Kennen said to Zed: "Zed, I believe in you. But for safety reasons, I can't let Shen go alone."
"Huh?" These words again aroused excitement among the believers.
Senior Kenan, do you believe such a ridiculous story?
"It's because this story is so absurd that I believe it a little bit." Kenan sighed: "The Zed I know may be cruel and ruthless, but he is definitely not stupid."
"Even if he wanted to deceive us, he should have used a more convincing explanation."
"Moreover, our hiding place has obviously been exposed, and the combined strength of the Shadow Stream and the Brotherhood is much stronger than ours—"
"If Zed really wanted to harm us, he could have led a large army to attack head-on instead of risking his life to help us put out the fire with an extremely lame lie."
"This..." Everyone was speechless.
Kenan's words were well-reasoned and calmed the overly excited emotions of everyone present, allowing everyone to gradually regain their rationality.
Everyone looked at Jie in silence, as if they were finally convinced.
"I'm willing to go with you and Shen to verify what you said." Kennen finally made a decision.
"Thank you, Senior Kenan." Jie sighed deeply, "I will contact Master Ku Shuo now to arrange a meeting later."
As he spoke, he took out a jade slip with strange shadow runes imprinted on it from his bosom.
Those runes revealed a dark and evil energy, which seemed to have dyed the white jade into a sickly gray color.
"What is this?" Shen was still confused.
"This is a rune imprinted by the forbidden technique of Shadow Stream." The knowledgeable old senior Kenan immediately recognized this rune:
"You can think of it as a 'shadow clone' that the caster leaves on other objects in the form of runes and can exist for a long time."
"Through this 'shadow clone', the rune holder can achieve remote communication with the caster's real body."
The principle behind this thing is probably similar to that of Janna's bluebird clone and Swain's crow clone, but because the caster's ability is limited, the effect is definitely not as good as the clones of the goddess and the devil.
The rune tattoo that Zed left on Kayn as a communication tool for Kayn as an undercover agent is this kind of "shadow clone".
only……
The shadow clone on Kayn's body was left to him by Jie.
Who left this shadow clone on Jie's body?
“This is…” Kenan felt a powerful shadow force from the rune, which meant that the caster was definitely a powerful shadow master.
This suddenly gave him a bad feeling: "Jie, who is the owner of this shadow clone?"
“Senior Kenan, it’s just as you thought…” Jie sighed deeply.
He also sold out his master's last secret: "It's bitter, Master."
"You all thought that I stole the Shadow Tears from the forbidden area, but in fact, the Shadow Tears have always been in the hands of Master Ku Shuo."
"Strictly speaking, he is the true Lord of Shadow."
"What?!" These words were like a bomb dropped into the crowd.
The members of the Church of Balance, who had just managed to calm down, were suddenly furious again.
"Nonsense! Nonsense!" Master Balance said bitterly. Not only did he become the leader of the Navoli Brotherhood, but he also took away the sect's forbidden items and practiced the most forbidden shadow magic? !
The nature of this news is really terrible.
Not only did it insult the senior leaders of the Church of the Balance, it also trampled upon the beliefs they had always upheld.
For example:
Master Kushuo's confusing operation is like the leaders following Levi in the middle of the struggle, and suddenly found that Levi secretly jumped to Piltover to become the Speaker of the Senate, and quietly became the second Philos family...
The shock that the followers of the Church of Balance are experiencing at this moment is almost this severe.
What is collapsing is their faith. Once faith collapses, people’s hearts will be scattered and it will be difficult to lead the team.
The Order of the Balance is not far from its final collapse and disintegration.
It is also foreseeable that with the shameful death of the spiritual totem of the Order of the Balance, no one in Ionia will believe in the bullshit doctrine of Balance for at least several dozen or even hundreds of years from now on.
"No, this is impossible!" The followers of the Balance Church instinctively refused to accept it: "Master Kushuo is the Twilight Eye of Balance—"
"Twilight Eyes may be sacrificed, but it will never go bad!"
Everyone believes so.
"Robbery!" Master Meimu asked angrily, "You evil villain, your intentions are so sinister!"
"It's not enough that you destroyed the Order of the Balance. Do you also want to completely destroy the Way of Balance that has been passed down in Ionia for thousands of years?"
“No.” Jie shook his head solemnly: “The Way of Balance is an objective truth that cannot be destroyed by anyone.”
“The Master of Balance may make mistakes, but the Way of Balance will never be wrong—this is because it is the truth and the objective law of nature!”
"And you—" Jie looked at everyone present with a serious expression: "As believers in the Balance, are you going to give up your beliefs just because of the betrayal of a Master of Balance?"
"Or, in order to 'protect' your beliefs, you are willing to deceive yourself and refuse to accept objective facts?"
Neither of these options belongs to a true believer in balance.
A true believer will not avoid mistakes on the road ahead, nor will he give up the truth in dismay because of a mistake.
This is the quality that the leader teaches Jie.
"This..." Shen, Kennen, Meimu, Akali and others fell silent.
Everyone suddenly realized that Jie's understanding and persistence of balance seemed to be even deeper than theirs.
Could it be that... Jie really didn't betray the balance?
Is he just silently guarding the path of balance in his own way?
Such an absurd yet true thought unconsciously arose in everyone's mind.
At this time, Jie finally took out his evidence: "Everyone, please be quiet. I will use this shadow rune to contact Master Ku Shuo and arrange a meeting later. Of course...you can listen to his voice."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere became more solemn.
Everyone's mood was extremely complicated.
Shen held his breath nervously. He didn't know whether he should look forward to having a living father.
Finally, as the shadow rune on the jade slip flickered, a miniature shadow clone quietly emerged from the light ...
The figure revealed by the outline of this shadow clone was none other than Master Ku Shuo who had passed away two years ago!
"Master Kushuo." Jie greeted the shadow clone respectfully.
"Jie, is there anything wrong?" A deep male voice sounded slowly.
That voice was extremely familiar to everyone present.
"Father..." Shen no longer dared to face him.
"Master Ku Shuo." Mei Mu muttered to himself.
They all tried desperately to tell themselves that this was a trick, a conspiracy by Zed. But considering Kennan's previous analysis of Zed's behavior logic, they really couldn't deceive themselves.
Meanwhile, the conversation between Jie and Master Ku Shuo was still going on : "Master Ku Shuo, I need to meet with you to discuss something in detail. I hope you can tell me if you are still at the Navoli Brotherhood headquarters."
"Oh?" Master Ku Shuo's voice remained the same, but the temperament in his words was completely different.
In the past, his tone was gentle and peaceful, like a modest gentleman; now, his tone is sharp and suspicious, like a treacherous hero.
Master Kushuo refused to reveal his exact location, and only asked, "Jie, why did you have to come back to see me?"
"As I told you before—" Jie explained, "The Wind Leader's envoy heard that the Shadow Cult and the Brotherhood have close ties, so he wanted me to help introduce them to you and bring them to discuss cooperation."
“Leader?” Master Kushuo’s voice sank, as if he was a little unhappy: “Zhe, I should have told you that the Brotherhood and the Leader have nothing to cooperate with.”
Yes, although Jie Yi tried his best, Master Ku Shuo had actually already rejected the Leader's request for help.
But Jie still wanted to continue fighting.
Because Jie believed that this was his last chance to call back Master Kushuo's original intention and get him back on the right track.
If he fails this time, he will have to completely break with the past and part ways with his master forever.
So Jie tried his best to persuade him: "Master, no matter what, we and the Wind Leader are now comrades in the fight against Noxus..."
"Comrade?" Master Ku Shuo didn't even wait for him to finish and interrupted him with disdain: "Ridiculous."
"The Leader played the role of savior in the province of Barue to win people's hearts. Why should our Brotherhood bear the consequences with them?"
"I think these so-called 'Baru Saviors' are only after Ionia's land and power - they will only be our future competitors, not our friends."
"This..." The air became very subtle.
Honestly speaking, as the leader of the Navoli Brotherhood, there is nothing wrong with Master Ku Shuo's analysis.
But the problem is, he is a master of bitter talk!
Talking all the time about power and interests, is this still the former master of balance?
Shen couldn't hold back his expression anymore.
He prayed in his heart that all this was just an illusion of Jie.
Otherwise, he really didn't know how to face the reality and face this father whose temperament had changed drastically.
"Master, it's hard to say." At this moment, the hearts of the members of the Church of Unity are already devastated.
What made them even more devastated was that in front of Master Kushuo, Jie played the role of the good guy.
Seeing that Master Ku Shuo did not listen to his advice, he changed his perspective: “Master Ku Shuo, no matter what, this is an opportunity.”
"Now the main forces of the Noxian Empire are gathering in the province of Baru. If we can cooperate with the Leader to achieve an unprecedented victory there, it will be a huge boost to the war in Ionia as a whole..."
"Yes." Master Ku Shuo nodded.
But what he said was: "The main force of the Noxian Empire is now gathered in the province of Baruo--"
"The main force has been attracted away by the Leader. Isn't this a good opportunity for our Brotherhood to expand its territory and influence in Navoli Province?"
"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains. A wise man should know how to be a fisherman, not a clam that is eaten by fish."
Shen, Kennen, Meimu: "..."
They all couldn't believe that such mercenary and shameless words could come from Master Ku Shuo.
"Alright!" At this time, Master Ku Shuo shouted coldly: "Jie, if you want to come back to see me, that's fine."
"It just so happens that the Brotherhood has a very important military operation recently and needs your help."
"Now that the main forces of Noxus have gathered in Barue, the Navoli front is empty and the war is gradually easing. This is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Brotherhood..."
"Huh..." Shen, Kennen and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, no matter how power-hungry Master Kusho has become, at least...
At least at least...
He was still fighting the Noxians, still fighting to protect Ionia.
That's what everyone was thinking.
But Master Kushuo added: "The Presidian resistance has occupied too much territory in Navoli, and Irelia's fame has overshadowed ours. This is not conducive to the development of the Brotherhood, and even more detrimental to the future of Ionia."
"So, now, while the Noxians are powerless to interfere—"
"Zed, I need you to help me assassinate Irelia and help the Brotherhood to annex her people in one fell swoop!"
Jie: “…”
Shen: “…”
