Aoki had not expected that Shadow would ask such a question. In his impression, Shadow had always been a very efficient person, and would not waste time on small talk.
'Did he change his mind today?' Aoki thought to himself.
His expression did not change, and he nodded honestly, replying, "I'm curious, but if you don't want to tell me, I won't ask."
Towards Shadow, Aoki had always been respectful. It was not because he was one of the higher-ups in the Rocket Team, or the deputy leader of the Shadow Group, but because of his Heavenly King Stage strength.
Powerhouses were always easily respected by others, and Aoki had always believed in the law of the jungle, where the strong preyed on the weak. As such, Shadow was a genuine Heavenly King Stage powerhouse, and he had always been respectful towards him.
Hearing Aoki's words, Shadow was obviously stunned for a moment, then he laughed heartily, "Haha, you're really not bad."
From the first time they met until now, he had said 'not bad' so many times, but Aoki still did not understand what Shadow meant by 'not bad'.
When the first 'not bad' appeared, he understood. When the second one appeared, he thought about it and understood. However, when the third and fourth one appeared, Aoki seemed to finally understand. Shadow's' not bad 'was not as simple as he thought.
After laughing, the smile on his face gradually disappeared as he said, "In a battle, in order to protect me, he was heavily injured. I know a place on the Trial Island that can quickly heal his injuries. It's the gathering place of the Ghost Sirens that you went to."
His eyes gradually became blurry, as if he was trying to remember something, "That was when I first came to this trial island. Oh, right, I was one of the first batch of trial takers in the Rocket Team. "
Hearing Shadow's words, Aoki was stunned. The first batch of trial takers? Shadow had also walked out of this trial island?
As if reading Aoki's eyes, Ying continued, "It's just like what you think. At that time, the entire trial island had just discovered that only two of us survived. I was one of them, and you might have a chance to meet the other one in the future."
Although Ying did not say who the other person was, Aoki could roughly guess. It should be the other vice-leader of the Shadow Group, Ying!
"Let's go back to the gathering place of ghosts. I'm sure you've seen the stone pillar that's constantly emitting ghost energy, right?" Ying changed the topic back to his past.
"The water there is a bit deep, and it's not suitable for you to come in contact with it right now. Fortunately, you didn't think of going deeper to investigate, otherwise you might not have appeared here today." He continued, "You only need to know that not many people know about that place, and you also need to watch your mouth. When your strength reaches a certain level, you will naturally know."
Aoki narrowed his eyes slightly, then returned to his original expression and nodded, "Yes."
As for the stone pillar, Aoki did not want to explore it now. After all, even a strong person like Ying did not directly destroy it. Instead, he chose to preserve such a magical place.
Ying shook his head. Although Aoki's face was respectful and his answer was straightforward, he still saw the strange look in Aoki's eyes at first glance.
He did not talk about this topic for too long and continued, "Now that you have passed my first test, you are qualified to know who I am in the Rocket Team."
Aoki's heart skipped a beat. He already knew Ying's true identity, but he couldn't reveal it.
After all, even if he was in the Rocket Team, if he was not strong enough, he was not qualified to know about Ying's existence.
"Take out the medal I gave you last time." Ying directly asked him to take out the medal he gave Aoki last time.
From the Rocket Team's belt space, Ying took out a dark cloud-shaped medal and handed it to him.
After taking the medal from Aoki's hand, Ying rubbed the pattern on the medal and continued, "This medal represents the most mysterious department in the Rocket Team, the reserve member medal of the Shadow. The moment you receive this medal, it represents the beginning of the Shadow's test for you. The task you helped me to complete before was the first step of this test."
Without pausing this time, Ying continued to explain, "My name is Ying, you already know that. I am the deputy leader of the Shadow group. As long as you can complete a series of tasks I assign, you can join us. Although I can't tell you what benefits you will get after joining us, and what responsibilities you will have to bear, but I can tell you that there are many people in the Rocket Team who want to join us. Even those who are not strong enough don't know about our existence. "
"Now you have a choice. You can continue to accept tasks until you join us, or you can give up the task and continue to train on the trial island. You can start from a soldier or a captain in the Rocket Team and climb up step by step." Ying gave Aoki a choice that was not very balanced.
Hearing Ying's words, Aoki had already made up his mind. There was no conflict between joining the Shadow and climbing up the ranks in the Rocket Team. In fact, with the help of the Shadow, it would be much easier.
But in order not to let Ying see any clues, Aoki still lowered his head and pretended to think.
Ying did not doubt him. After all, there were too many things related to the Shadow group. He could not reveal too much now, so he could only rely on Aoki's intuition.
"I choose to continue the task."
After pondering for a while, Aoki said firmly. There was nothing to hesitate about for the decision he had made long ago.
Hearing Aoki's answer, Ying smiled, "You will feel lucky for your decision in the future."
Aoki nodded and did not say anything.
Some things were not easy to say, and he could not say it, but he knew that his decision was right.
At this time, a buzzing sound came from afar, from weak to strong, and suddenly sounded in the room.
Hearing this familiar sound, Aoki was a little surprised.
A big bee slowly appeared from the corner and flew to Ying's side. Its two needles intimately rubbed against Ying's arm.
"This is …" When Aoki saw the big bee, the expression on his face changed from surprise to realization.
If he guessed correctly, it should be at that time …
"Yes, this child hatched from the elf egg I got from you last time." Ying smiled and said Aoki's guess.
Sure enough.
Qing Mu came to a sudden realization, but he soon revealed a puzzled expression.
Even if the growth cycle of an insect was short, in just a week, the time it took to hatch and evolve into a big bee was too short.
Touching the big bee's triangular head, Ying saw Aoki's puzzled expression and said, "This child is talented, and it is very active in training every day. It just evolved into a big bee today."
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