644 The Go Playbook. The Destined Fate. (1/2)
The Go playbook!
The three men standing behind Sir Bi were speechless.
'Eldest, we don't wish to discuss this repellent Go manual with you at all. What we're discussing with you right now is our life, death, and future! Do you not have any sense of priority? Are you unable to ascertain the relative importance of things?'
'The crisis is imminent now, yet you're still studying the Go playbook!'
Sir Bi said gently, ”This Go playbook… I have seen it before.”
The expressions of the trio behind him took on a look of shock.
”Then…”
Sir Bi heaved a soft sigh. Suddenly, there was a gurgling noise in his throat as blood rushed to his lips. Despite his best efforts, a hint of crimson still spilled from the corners of his mouth.
As he spat out a mouthful of blood, the trio behind him grunted in unison. Blood seeped from the corners of their mouth as well.
”Do you all understand now?” Sir Bi asked softly, as he gracefully wiped away the blood staining his mouth.
The trio was as pale as sheets, while their gazes flickered with fear. ”W – what's going on?”
Sir Bi sucked in a deep breath – his gaze dimmed, before he spoke with an exhalation of his breath, ”This time around, I've gotten all of you embroiled in this matter.”
All three men spoke simultaneously, ”We're brothers, it is understood that we are to share life and death with you. Any adversity is sweet as syrup, since the very beginning. We just don't understand what's going on now. What just happened? Why did we suddenly experience such terrible damage to our mental and physical states?”
Sir Bi glanced outside the window. His gaze was distant when he spoke, ”Back then... When Heaven's Inquisition still roamed the mortal realm, I spent a princely sum to ask him to tell my fortune. Do you still have any memory of this?”
The trio replied bitterly, ”Of course. It was the fortune telling session that almost emptied our savings. We won't be able to forget such a large expenditure, even if we wanted to!”
Sir Bi replied faintly, ”You know about the session, but you didn't know that I was already the Four Seasons Tower's civil official then. I was ambitious to see our country rule the world and witness peace upon it; I wanted to help the emperor take down Tianxuan and contribute to the unprecedented feat of emperors. Nonetheless, I joined the Four Seasons Tower by chance. By then, my future was lost; I didn't know what to choose any longer.”
”Because I had gone so terribly astray, I decided to seek my fortune, to leave my future in destiny's hands!”
”Heaven's Inquisition was, without a doubt, the best choice for me. He was the only option I could trust. Here is an individual who sees the astral providence and where fate lies!”
”I believe that all of you must still be pondering about the outcome of my fortune, but I have never revealed it to any of you. Do not get me wrong; It's not that I didn't want to tell you, it's because… I didn't fully understand the oracle then.”
”It was only when this Go manual reappeared before me that, suddenly, everything became clear!”
”I understand everything now.”
”This is my destiny. This is the destined fate that I can't avoid!”
Sir Bi spoke unhurriedly but the other three were growing increasingly puzzled as they listened on. They asked with no small degree of skepticism, ”Eldest, your narration confuses us. Please tell us in plain terms.”
Sir Bi chuckled and said, ”Back then, Heaven's Inquisition gave me a few words. These were the words that I kept in my heart without telling anyone – not even all of you, but it's these words that changed the course of my life.”