The old man was silent for a moment. "Some things, knowing too much too early won't do you any good."
"Nonsense." Shirō Makino glanced at the old man.
"It wasn't nonsense before, but it is now." The old man sighed.
"Then tell me slowly from the beginning." Shirō Makino looked at the old man.
"From the beginning?" The old man said as he walked, "That's a long story."
"It's fine, I have time to listen," Shirō Makino said.
The old man walked to the veranda and sat down on a bench. "Let's start with the Dark Domain."
Shirō Makino didn't refute. It wasn't easy to meet the old man today, so he had to get to the bottom of things.
"What do you think of your parents?" The old man asked casually after sitting down.
Shirō Makino was speechless.
Wasn't he supposed to start with the Dark Domain? But the old man had always been unreliable, so he was used to it.
He thought for a moment. "I don't know."
This question wasn't easy to answer.
Love? He didn't even know what they looked like. All these years, he hadn't heard from them at all. He didn't even know if they were dead or alive.
Hate? That was impossible. No matter what, they shouldn't have abandoned him.
Other people's children were able to live happily with their parents, and had a healthy and happy childhood. But in his memories, there was nothing related to them.
But he didn't really hate them.
Because he was living a good life now.
To this day, the words "father and mother" were just a noun to him.
There was no other meaning.
But deep in his heart, how could Shirō Makino not want to know who his parents were? How could he not want to have the chance to ask them why?
But since the old man asked him, what else could he say other than "I don't know?"
The old man looked at Shirō Makino and said quietly, "Before we talk about the Dark Domain, I have to tell you something. Many things are different from what you think. Your parents love you very much. Like any other parent in the world, they love their child, which is you. For you, they would give up everything. Including our lives! "
Shirō Makino sat there silently, looking at a hanging grapevine in front of him. There was even a crystal clear water droplet on the tip of the tender green vine. It was incomparably fresh and looked especially lively.
The technology of the virtual world was amazing!
It was too real!
"From the moment you were born, you displayed astonishing talent. You even attracted the attention of many influential figures."
The old man looked emotional and looked at Shirō Makino. "When they saw you, they decided on the spot to let you enter Three-Immortal Island."
"Three-Immortal Island?" Shirō Makino raised his eyebrows and looked at the old man in confusion.
The old man said calmly, "Demon Island."
"Demon Island sounds better," Shirō Makino said.
He did not have that memory, but Lin Zijin did!
To Lin Zijin, that island was Demon Island.
The old man said, "Your parents didn't agree to this at the time. No parent would want to be separated from their own flesh and blood. Especially when you were just born! "
"How cruel," Shirō Makino said.
The old man glanced at him. "But it's useless. The elders of the family and those influential figures who were alarmed unanimously decided on something. Your parents were powerless to change it."
"Those elders are really good-for-nothings," Bai Muye said with a smile.
The old man ignored him and continued, "Your parents caused a ruckus, but the result was not changed. They were also punished."
The old man said it casually, but Shirō Makino's eyes were a little red.
He wanted to say something, but he could not say anything. He felt very sad and panicked.
"You were sent to Three-Immortal Island to receive training and learn all kinds of knowledge." The old man glanced at Shirō Makino. "By the way, since the Black Domain has been reopened, there's no need to seal your memories."
As he said that, he took out a talisman and slapped it on Shirō Makino.
In the next moment, Shirō Makino felt a large amount of information in his mind.
"Brother, where are you going? Can you take me to play? Those people are so annoying. They won't let me play! "
"Brother, I'm scared! They're so fierce! "
"Brother, they're bullying me!"
"Don't be afraid. Brother will help you beat them up!"
"Brother, does it hurt?"
"Heh, it's no big deal. Zijin, let me tell you, if the grass wasn't too slippery today, I wouldn't have lost!"
"Yes, Brother is the best!"
Too many memories were about Lin Zijin.
The little girl with short hair and makeup had been following him around since she was young. Every day, she would call him big brother and ask him to take her out to play. She would tell him all kinds of things on her mind. When she was bullied, she could only run to him and cry.
He would also fight with children his age for her without hesitation.
Although he lost more than he won, he had never been afraid.
From then on, he had always been Lin Zijin's hero.
Other than that, there were many memories of studying and living on the island, memories of being brainwashed, memories of making friends with his companions, memories of hating the island for not having freedom …
Some memories were very clear, as if they had happened yesterday.
Some had become blurry, leaving only a few vague shadows.
The clearest was the memory of escaping with Lin Zijin!
As he tried to recall, the images flooded back like a tidal wave.
That was the craziest thing he had ever done since he was young.
With the help of a few good friends, he brought Lin Zijin and escaped from that island!
"Do you remember anything?" The old man asked.
Shirō Makino nodded silently.
"When you escaped from that island, your parents did too many things in the dark. Otherwise, do you think you could succeed with your laughable plan? "The old man shook his head.
"Your parents never gave up on taking you away from there. So when you escaped with Lin Zijin, your father was so happy that he laughed and said that this was his child!"
The corner of Shirō Makino's mouth curled up slightly, but he still didn't say anything. Instead, he silently recalled all the details and process of escaping, as well as … the process of meeting the old man.
At that time, he was still young. No matter how intelligent he was, his knowledge and experience determined that his horizons were not very high. There were many things he didn't understand at all.
Now that he thought about it, many things could be verified with the old man's words.
"Then why did they never meet me?" Shirō Makino asked.
"Back then, they were imprisoned in an ancient ruin, and their superiors asked them to complete a mission. It was an especially difficult mission." The old man sighed, "Not many people could complete that mission, and under normal circumstances, they wouldn't have been able to complete it."
"So, that was their punishment?" Shirō Makino asked.
The old man nodded, "Yes."
"When they finally escaped from that ancient ruin, and completed the mission with flying colors, your parents' first request was to see you!" The old man sighed, "But at that time, an emergency occurred, and they were sent to carry out another mission. This time, they were gone for seven or eight years …"
"So I was like a hostage?" Shirō Makino asked.
"At that time, more or less." The old man nodded.
Shirō Makino's forehead was filled with black lines as he looked at the old man, "What kind of family was I born in? Those people … Who are they? "
The old man sighed softly, "Our family isn't very prominent, and most people have never heard of it. The people up there … are from families like ours. "
"The resources on Three-Immortal Island can be said to be the best in the world!"
The old man looked at Shirō Makino, "The people who come out of there are all top-notch elites in this world. Any word from them can have a huge impact. "
"The people nurtured by Three-Immortal Island must work for Three-Immortal Island."
"They also have a rule: no matter who they are, those who betray the island will die."
"How domineering." Shirō Makino chuckled.
"So, now you understand how much trouble you caused when you escaped from the island with Lin Zijin, right?" The old man said.
"Lin Zijin … is from the same family as me?" Shirō Makino asked.
"Yes." The old man gave him an affirmative answer.
"Can I understand it that way?" Shirō Makino looked at the old man, "Since I was born, my fate was decided by someone else and sent to Three-Immortal Island to become a pitiful worm controlled by this faction?"
The old man nodded.
"If the higher-ups of my family had refused at that time, this wouldn't have happened, right?" Shirō Makino asked again.
"It's our family." The old man looked at Shirō Makino, "I'm your great-uncle!"
"Biological!"
"I'm your father's biological uncle!"
The old man emphasized.
Shirō Makino raised his head and looked at the old man. A smile gradually appeared on his black and fat face. Then, he asked, "What about my biological grandfather? At that time … When my fate was decided, what was he doing? "
The old man said, "He's dead. If he's alive …"
The old man shook his head with a hint of regret on his face.
Shirō Makino sighed and did not continue asking about this. Instead, he asked, "You haven't answered my question just now."
The old man was silent for a while before nodding, "Yes."
"Then, my parents fought … No, they kept fighting, but it was useless. They were suppressed. The first and second missions were actually to send them away so that they wouldn't put their attention on me. Their mission was a narrow escape. As for me, I was on that island. Everyone there desperately instilled that we were a group of abandoned orphans. We were pitiful worms that no one cared about, no one wanted, and no one loved, right? "
This content was in Shirō Makino's memory!
Now, he remembered it.
The old man sighed and nodded again, "Yes."
"There's really a bunch of capable people in our family!" Bai Muye said with a smile.
The old man's mouth twitched slightly, but he could not refute it.
"When I escaped from the island with Zijin, my parents had already returned? They secretly helped me, right? "Shirō Makino asked again.
"Yes! To be precise, the people who secretly helped you and Zijin were me and Lin Caiwei! "The old man said lightly.
"What happened after that?" Shirō Makino asked.
"During your escape, someone on the Three-Immortal Island wanted to kill you, but Lin Caiwei and I joined forces to stop them. Your parents heard the news and rushed to the Three-Immortal Island. They … almost destroyed the island! "The old man looked at Shirō Makino," Can you imagine that scene? "
Shirō Makino shook his head, then nodded and said, "I can't imagine what that scene was like, but I felt it. If the people closest to me were being hunted down, I would do the same. Whoever stopped me would die! "
"Your parents were almost in a crazy state at that time. If the other party hadn't given in at the last moment and made a compromise and agreed to negotiate, countless people would have died together with your parents that day. "
Shirō Makino clenched his hands tightly.
It was hard to say what he felt in his heart, but there was a huge sense of pride.
That was my parents.
They didn't not love me.
Shirō Makino looked at the old man, "I have another question."
"Go ahead." The old man stretched out his hand, broke off the tip of a grape vine, and threw it into his mouth to chew.
"At that time, someone wanted to take Zijin away, but she accidentally heard it and ran to me. That was why I decided to escape with her. I want to know, what was going on? How could such a big thing be heard by a little girl? "
"This …" The old man was a little hesitant.
"Tell me, don't let me live in confusion, right?" Shirō Makino looked at the old man, "Uncle."
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