Strange Cards

Chapter 451 Origin: The Madman's Ideal

Beihai looked at Shigure, who was reaching out her hands to him, and then handcuffed Shigure before speaking.

"Take him back, I'll interrogate him."

"Please clean up this area; it doesn't look right."

After Beihai finished speaking, two men came down and pressed down on Shiyu's shoulders. Shiyu did not resist at all and let them put her into the car.

"team leader."

"That little girl in the car..."

Beihai looked at his subordinate who was asking him a question, and then he noticed that Shiyu was standing on the car door to prevent it from closing, and was looking at him with a strange smile.

"Ignore that girl; she wasn't involved."

"Just take him back."

Beihai spoke to his subordinates, but he was speaking more to Shiyu.

Everyone who had come into contact with Shigure knew of his terrifying strength, and Beihai knew clearly that even missiles could not harm Shigure.

Shigure's former nickname, "human walking nuclear bomb," was no joke; it applied whenever Shigure had an idea.

He can destroy everything with ease.

Bei Hai did it for himself, and also for his subordinates who were willing to risk their lives for him.

We must keep Shigure, this unstable time bomb, under control.

……

When Gu Nian returned with two baskets of fruit, Gu Yue had already set up the pot and was waiting there.

Gu Yue called to her daughter to help her wash the fruit, and looked at Gu Nian, who was standing aside, ready to help.

"Don't come and make things worse."

"Nannan, just help me with the work. Your brother-in-law needs to talk to you."

"They're already waiting in the garden, hurry up and go."

"Your brother-in-law is waiting for you."

Gu Nian paused for a moment, then walked toward the small garden that Gu Yue had mentioned.

Qi Nannan, who had just washed the apples, watched Gu Nian walk away and spoke to Gu Yue.

"Mommy, where did Uncle go?"

"Didn't my uncle say he was going to teach me something?"

Gu Yue looked at her daughter and gently nodded her head.

"Dad needs to speak with your uncle, so don't bother them."

"Uncle will be staying at home for several more days, so we'll stay here for the next few days as well."

"You have plenty of time to look."

Qi Nannan nodded blankly, then handed the washed apple to Gu Yue.

When Gu Nian arrived under the ancient banyan tree, Qi Wu had already brewed two cups of tea and was waiting there.

Seeing Qi Wu opening his mouth but not knowing what to say, Gu Qing chuckled and then spoke.

"Just call me as before, brother-in-law."

"You came to see me, probably about the script Shigure gave you, right?"

Qi Wu nodded, took out the already opened script from behind him, and threw it on the table.

"Xiao Nian, what exactly is your ability to write a script like this?"

"I need to know."

"Is it necessary to know?"

"must."

"Even at the cost of one's life?"

"Even if it costs me my life."

Gu Nian looked at Qi Wu, whose face was full of determination, and sighed before speaking.

"Well, it's time."

"This grand drama of salvation should also be known to some other people."

As Gu Nian spoke, he grabbed his left hand with his right hand, and with a forceful pull, removed the mechanical arm from his left hand and placed it on the table.

"This is the price I pay for having that ability."

"I'll cut off my own arm, and at some point in the future."

"Willingly offer up one's life."

"Would you willingly offer your life?"

"Speak plainly, don't beat around the bush."

Gu Nian used his remaining right arm to unbutton his clothes, then took out the silver-gray Joker card from the inside pocket of his coat.

"You should have seen this card before I did."

"The previous owner of this card was my sister's and my older brother, the strange card Joker that Gu Ri possessed."

"The reason I willingly joined the Otherworlders back then, and even followed in my brother's footsteps wholeheartedly, was precisely because of this card."

"Its power is prophecy, the ability to foretell the future."

"The future has already been determined."

Qi Wu looked at Gu Nian, who had a calm and collected expression, while the veins on his hands were bulging.

"The future holds infinite possibilities! It can't be a pre-ordained stage!"

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Gu Nian seemed to have anticipated Qi Wu's reaction. He reached out, took out a script, and handed it to Qi Wu.

"Brother-in-law, look at the date when this script was written."

"Wait until you've finished reading the script for this scene."

You will understand me.

Qi Wu opened the script, and after reading it, his pupils instantly contracted when he saw the time written at the end of the script.

"This is..."

Qi Wu stared at the line of characters, which, like the surrounding text, exuded a sense of age and time, his face filled with disbelief.

Because that line of text indicated the date the script was written, and this particular scene clearly depicted Shigure's betrayal.

The script was written a year before Shigure joined the Hunters.

In other words, the script for this drama was already finalized when Shigure was still seventeen years old.

Gu Nian looked at the stunned Qi Wu and gently tapped the table, gesturing for him to have a sip of tea before speaking.

"how?"

"..."

"Did Gu Ri convince you in the same way?"

Gu Nian shook his head, finished his tea, and then leaned the teacup against the table.

"My older brother convinced me with just one thing back then."

"That means putting six different-sized dice in six cups, shaking them, and then guessing the numbers."

"I didn't guess any of them correctly, but the older brother who was standing far away accurately reported the number in the cup."

"Then he showed me a script, just like I show you a script, and then I joined the Otherworlders."

Gu Nian turned the teacup upside down, letting a leaf fall into it, and then said.

"If your concern is whether the otherworldly beings will turn around and eliminate you hunters, you can rest assured about that."

"Our ultimate goal is simply to rewrite the already predetermined fate of this world. We are just a bunch of madmen who have come together for this ideal, nothing more."

"Countless madmen have sacrificed their lives to rewrite the ending. We have exhausted all means to keep this world going."

"It sounds impressive, but it's nothing special."

"Everyone has their own reasons for wanting this world to continue, and mine is very simple."

"To live up to my older brother's hard work, and to let my parents and sister continue to live happily in this world."

"And Shigure did it all because of the promise he made to his loved ones before they died: to protect this world."

Gu Nian said, as he caught a falling leaf and then flung it into the sky.

"Here I can borrow a quote from Shigure."

"This world is so beautiful that you would be willing to die for it."