I Truly Am The Villian - Chapter 2040: 2039: Failed Negotiations, Strange Branch
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Capítulo 2040: Chapter 2039: Failed Negotiations, Strange Branch
A tiny tree branch holds such power, Xu Zimei can only imagine how terrifying the true Death Swamp must be.
No wonder even the Three Corpses Strong One stumbled within.
Around the cave, even with the protection of formations, many places cannot avoid corrosion, creating swampy mud pits.
Nine Heavens Alliance Leader cautioned, “Try to avoid touching these swamps. Corrosion is not scary; the curse is the most troublesome.”
Xu Zimei chuckled.
He crouched down, walked to the edge of a swampy mud pit, and directly plunged his right hand into the swamp.
At that moment, the swamp seemed like bone-corroding poison, persistently trying to invade Xu Zimei’s body.
Yet, Xu Zimei’s Cursed Body began to take effect.
Xu Zimei came specifically to experiment with his Cursed Body.
It appears to be quite effective now.
His Cursed Body acts like a membrane, completely isolating the entry of curse aura.
Seeing Xu Zimei unscathed by the curse’s power, the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader was astonished.
He quickly asked, “Have you found a solution?”
“This method can’t be used by anyone else,” Xu Zimei shook his head.
The source of the Life Curse is limited.
Xu Zimei exhausted it all; anyone else wanting to forge a Cursed Body must use the Life Curse’s power as well.
But there’s not so much of that Life Curse power.
Xu Zimei was lucky enough to encounter the Immortal Token; otherwise, he couldn’t have managed either.
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader didn’t insist and continued leading Xu Zimei to the cave’s entrance.
“How is the research on the Blood Sacrifice Curse Seal progressing?” Xu Zimei asked.
The Blood Sacrifice Curse Seal by God Lui previously was indeed remarkable, but the cost was significant.
The more sacrifices made, the greater its power.
If this technique fell into the hands of those with ill intent, the consequences would be dire.
Therefore, this technique must be rectified.
Hearing Xu Zimei’s inquiry, the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader didn’t hesitate, directly responding, “It’s nearing completion.
Once this method is successfully improved, it’s the final deadline for our assault on the Death Swamp.”
“What’s the success probability in your view?” Xu Zimei queried.
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader smiled, replied, “Do your best and leave the rest to Destiny.
We strive for the best; as for success or failure, that’s beyond our control.”
“I heard from Elder Buhui that you plan to ally with the Sea Beast Clan?” the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader further asked.
“The Sea Beast Clan isn’t easy to negotiate with; we’ve been mortal enemies for generations.”
“In this world, there are no unsolvable feuds, only absolute interests,” Xu Zimei gestured dismissively.
“The Sea Beasts only wish to survive.
If we provide them a path to survival, I think there’s a chance to negotiate.”
“We’ll not interfere in this matter,” the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader replied.
“Regardless of the outcome, we can accept it.”
“As long as the Sea Beasts agree, we have no objections here.”
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader waved his right hand, his palm directly pressing onto the cave door.
The door seemed to recognize it.
“Rumble, rumble” it began to sound.
Above it split in two, revealing a great hall.
Inside the hall, Xu Zimei instantly noticed a tree branch placed on the central high platform.
Around the high platform, nearly visible to the naked eye was the dense curse spreading around.
Moreover, the curse appeared endless, never reaching its end.
In a few years, the operating formation might not suppress this tree branch anymore.
“A branch with such deterrence, truly rare,” Xu Zimei remarked.
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader smiled bitterly, “Indeed, a branch like this, let alone the things within the Death Swamp.”
“There will be a solution eventually,” Xu Zimei stepped forward into the hall.
The pervasive curse power seemed invisible to him.
With the defense of his Cursed Body, Xu Zimei was fearless.
The branch was enclosed in a glass dome.
Xu Zimei carefully sensed it; besides the curse’s power, he also felt a rich essence of life.
This tree branch wasn’t even dead yet.
“Our research on the Blood Sacrifice Curse Seal is largely based on this tree branch,” the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader explained.
The existence of this branch provided great assistance in their research.
But with its life force, how to suppress it was also a headache.
“Can you understand what we’re saying?” Xu Zimei asked as he approached the branch.
The branch remained silent.
Xu Zimei continued with a smile, “This place hardly sees visitors; if you don’t chat with me, you’ll lose the chance.”
The branch remained silent.
As Xu Zimei was about to leave, suddenly the branch trembled, sprouting two eyes.
“Kid, let’s chat.”
“What do you want to chat about?” Xu Zimei asked.
“Let her leave first,” the branch looked at the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader.
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader and Xu Zimei exchanged glances, then said, “Alright, I’ll take my leave.”
After the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader left, Xu Zimei asked, “Go ahead, what do you want to chat about?”
“Kid, you shouldn’t be from Immortal Island.
No need to involve yourself in this mess,” the branch said.
“If you’re here to persuade me, then I see no point in talking,” Xu Zimei replied.
“Don’t misunderstand,” the branch chuckled coldly.
“Free me, and I can make you the true king of Immortal Island.”
“Enough, after all your questions, it’s my turn to ask a few, right?” Xu Zimei was utterly indifferent to the offer.
He said directly, “Are you a part of the Old Tree?”
Upon hearing this, the branch fell silent.
“Seems like you’re not sincere in chatting,” Xu Zimei said.
“If that’s the case, I suppose there’s no need to continue.”
“Kid, I am giving you a chance,” the branch said calmly.
“You cannot win because some things were predestined long ago.
The ancient times already had its destiny.”
“In the unknown, everything has its destiny.”
“Nonsense,” Xu Zimei laughed heartily.
“If everything had destiny, then millions of years ago, the Old Tree should have died.
Why now does it seek to defy fate?”
Hearing this, the branch fell silent again.
Their conversation ended without any resolution.
Actually, Xu Zimei understood they would never reach an agreement.
Because he wanted to know the true identity of the Old Tree.
Whereas the branch wanted him to free it.
Neither was possible.
Emerging from the cave, the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader hurriedly approached, asking, “How did it go?”
“Useless,” Xu Zimei shook his head.
“Next, focus your efforts on refining the Blood Sacrifice Curse Seal. I’ll visit the Sea Beasts.”
The Nine Heavens Alliance Leader nodded.
But before visiting the Sea Beasts, Xu Zimei had one more task.
That was sending Mu Yang back to the Death Swamp.
After all, the other party is an aboriginal at the edge of the Death Swamp, seeking Divine Herb to save his mother’s life, so time shouldn’t be excessively delayed.
Leaving the Nine Heavens Alliance, Xu Zimei sought out Mu Yang.
䥧㩛䀵
老
露
䝮䦓
䛪㩛䥈䕅
盧
䃻䛪㫰㫰
櫓
盧
㟘㻓㹾䦓㩛䛪㧦䔀䀵
老
擄
盧
蘆
虜
㮊䥧㫰 䥧㩛䀵 㩛㹾䖟㩛䔀䀵 䃻㫰㫰䛪 䦓䛪㩛䃻㹾㫰 䵺㟘 䥫㧦䛪䂐 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 㩛䛪䂐 䙋㟘䦓㹾䂐 㟘䛪㹾䔀 䖟㩛㧦䵺䘹
㥟㧦䛪㩛㹾㹾䔀㔙 䖟䥧㫰䛪 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 㩛㮐㮐㫰㩛㗘㫰䂐㔙 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 䣹䦓㧦䙋䱙㹾䔀 䀵㩛㧦䂐㔙 “䔭㟘㗘䂐 䎠䦓㔙 䖟䥧㫰䛪… 䖟䥧㫰䛪 䙋㩛䛪 㣄 䕅㟘 䃻㩛䙋䱙 䵺㟘 䀵㩛㢆㫰 㞼䔀 㞼㟘䵺䥧㫰㗘䘸”
䎠䦓
㞼’”㣄
䥧䖟䵺㧦
㟘䵺
㟘䦓䔀
㩛
䱙㔙䃻㩛䙋”
“䞘㫰㩛㹾㹾䔀㔙” 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 䖟㩛䀵 䂐㫰㹾㧦䕅䥧䵺㫰䂐䘹
“䔭㫰䵺’䀵 䕅㟘㔙 㣄 㩛㹾䀵㟘 䖟㩛䛪䵺 䵺㟘 䀵㫰㫰 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐㔙” 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䀵㩛㧦䂐 䖟㧦䵺䥧 㩛 䀵㞼㧦㹾㫰䘹
䱙㟘㟘䵺
㫰㛫
㩛䂐䛪
㫰䥧䔀䵺
䥧䵺㫰
䝮䦓
㣄䵺’䀵 䱙䛪㟘䖟䛪 䵺䥧㩛䵺 㩛㹾䵺䥧㟘䦓䕅䥧 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 䛾䛪䙋㧦㫰䛪䵺 䕴㧦䵺䔀 㧦䀵 䥫㩛㞼㟘䦓䀵 䥫㟘㗘 䂐㫰㩛䵺䥧㔙 㧦䵺䀵 㟘䵺䥧㫰㗘 䵺䥧㗘㫰㫰 䀵㧦䂐㫰䀵 㩛㗘㫰 㮐㹾㩛䛪䵺㫰䂐 䖟㧦䵺䥧 㢆㩛㗘㧦㟘䦓䀵 㮊䱙䔀䮹㗘㫰㩛䙋䥧㧦䛪䕅 䁿㗘㫰㩛䵺 䝠㗘㫰㫰䀵㔙 㹾㧦䱙㫰 㩛䛪 㩛䛪䙋㧦㫰䛪䵺 䥫㟘㗘㫰䀵䵺䘹
䘆䦓䵺 㟘䛪㹾䔀 䵺䥧㫰 䀵㟘䦓䵺䥧 䀵㧦䂐㫰 㧦䀵 䃻㩛㗘㗘㫰䛪㔙 䖟㧦䵺䥧㟘䦓䵺 㩛 䀵㧦䛪䕅㹾㫰 䃻㹾㩛䂐㫰 㟘䥫 䕅㗘㩛䀵䀵䘹
䀵㫰㩛㟘䘹㫰䂐㹾䵺
䔀㫰㢆㗘
㣄䵺
䕼䥫 䙋㟘䦓㗘䀵㫰㔙 䵺䥧㫰 㮐㫰㟘㮐㹾㫰 㟘䥫 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 䛾䛪䙋㧦㫰䛪䵺 䕴㧦䵺䔀 䂐㟘 䛪㟘䵺 㮐㹾㩛䛪䵺 䥧㫰㗘㫰 䃻㫰䙋㩛䦓䀵㫰 䵺䥧㫰䔀 䙋㩛䛪䛪㟘䵺䘹
䝠䥧㧦䀵 㮐㹾㩛䙋㫰 㧦䀵 䙋㹾㟘䀵㫰 䵺㟘 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐㔙 䖟䥧㫰㗘㫰 䛪㟘 㮐㹾㩛䛪䵺 䀵䦓㗘㢆㧦㢆㫰䀵 㟘䛪䙋㫰 㮐㹾㩛䛪䵺㫰䂐䘹
䵺䥧㫰㗘㫰䖟䂐䘹㧦
㫰䝠䥧
㧦䀵
㩛䛪㹾䂐
㢆㮐㔙䥧㫰㟘㞼㧦㗘䂐㧦㫰䀵
㯪㢆㫰䛪 䵺䥧㫰 䀵䱙䔀 㩛䃻㟘㢆㫰 䀵㫰㫰㞼䀵 䵺㟘 䃻㫰 䃻㹾㩛䙋䱙䘹
䕴㹾㫰㩛㗘 䀵䱙䔀㔙 䀵㫰㮐㩛㗘㩛䵺㫰䂐 䃻䔀 㹾㫰䀵䀵 䵺䥧㩛䛪 㩛 䥫㫰䖟 䂐㟘䦖㫰䛪 㞼㫰䵺㫰㗘䀵㔙 䔀㫰䵺 㧦䵺 䀵㫰㫰㞼䀵 㹾㧦䱙㫰 䵺䖟㟘 䂐㧦䥫䥫㫰㗘㫰䛪䵺 䖟㟘㗘㹾䂐䀵䘹
䖟䔀㩛
䦓䝮
䀵㧦
㫰䵺䥧
䀵䦓㫰䂐
䕅䥈㩛䛪
䥧䀵㫰
䵺㟘
䝠䥧㫰 䥫䦓㗘䵺䥧㫰㗘 䀵㟘䦓䵺䥧 䵺䥧㫰䔀 䕅㟘㔙 䵺䥧㫰 䥧㫰㩛㢆㧦㫰㗘 䵺䥧㫰 㮐㗘㫰䀵䀵䦓㗘㫰 㩛䛪䂐 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 䃻㫰䙋㟘㞼㫰䘹
㥟㧦䛪㩛㹾㹾䔀㔙 䵺䥧㫰䔀 㗘㫰㩛䙋䥧㫰䂐 䵺䥧㫰 㟘䦓䵺䀵䱙㧦㗘䵺䀵 㟘䥫 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐䘹
㧦䀵
䵺㧦
㧦䵺䀵
䝠㫰䥧
䔀㟘䵺㗘㧦㫰㗘䵺㗘䘹
䙋䂐㞼㫰㔙㩛㫰䂐䵺㩛㗘
䛪’䵺䀵㧦
䝠䥧㧦䀵 㩛㗘㫰㩛 㧦䀵 䙋㩛㹾㹾㫰䂐 㟘䦓䵺䀵䱙㧦㗘䵺䀵 䃻㫰䙋㩛䦓䀵㫰 䵺䥧㫰 䀵䖟㩛㞼㮐 䂐㫰䛪䀵㧦䵺䔀 䥧㫰㗘㫰 㧦䀵䛪’䵺 㩛䀵 䥧㧦䕅䥧䘹
䝠䥧㫰㗘㫰 㩛㗘㫰 䀵㟘㞼㫰 㮐㹾㩛䙋㫰䀵 䖟䥧㫰㗘㫰 㮐㫰㟘㮐㹾㫰 䙋㩛䛪 䀵䵺㧦㹾㹾 䀵䵺㫰㮐䘹
㩛㗘㫰䦓䵺㩛䀵䂐䵺
‘䵺㧦䀵
㟘䛪
㔙㟘䵺㮐
‘䛪㧦䵺䀵
㧦䖟䥧䵺
㧦䀵䥧䝠
㩛䛪
䝠㗘㩛䛪䀵䥫㟘㗘㞼㫰䂐 䥫㗘㟘㞼 䕅㩛䀵 䵺㟘 㹾㧦䣹䦓㧦䂐䘹
䝮㟘㗘㫰㟘㢆㫰㗘㔙 䵺䥧㧦䀵 䀵䖟㩛㞼㮐 䱙㫰㫰㮐䀵 䃻䦓䃻䃻㹾㧦䛪䕅㔙 㩛䀵 㧦䥫 䃻㟘㧦㹾㧦䛪䕅䘹
㫰䥧䵺
㟘㞼㫰䀵
䝠䥧㫰䀵㫰 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵 㩛㗘㫰 㮐㫰㟘㮐㹾㫰 䖟䥧㟘 䂐㧦㫰䂐 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 䀵䖟㩛㞼㮐㔙 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 䙋㟘㗘㮐䀵㫰䀵 㫰㻓㮐㟘䀵㫰䂐㔙 䵺䦓㗘䛪㧦䛪䕅 㧦䛪䵺㟘 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵㔙 㞼㧦䛪䂐㹾㫰䀵䀵㹾䔀 㩛䵺䵺㩛䙋䱙㧦䛪䕅 㮐㩛䀵䀵㫰㗘䀵䃻䔀䘹
㮊㫰㫰㧦䛪䕅 䵺䥧㫰䀵㫰 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵㔙 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㩛㮐㮐㫰㩛㗘㫰䂐 㢆㫰㗘䔀 䀵䙋㩛㗘㫰䂐䘹
䀵䥧㫰
㹾㟘䵺
䥫㗘㟘㞼
㹾㫰㧦䱙
㩛
䀵㩛䥧
㯪㢆㫰䛪 䵺䥧㟘䦓䕅䥧 䵺䥧㫰 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 㮐㟘䖟㫰㗘 㟘䥫 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐 䙋㟘䦓㹾䂐䛪’䵺 䥧㩛㗘㞼 䥧㫰㗘㔙 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵 㩛䛪䂐 㟘䵺䥧㫰㗘 䙋㗘㫰㩛䵺䦓㗘㫰䀵 㩛㗘㫰 䵺䥧㗘㫰㩛䵺䀵 㩛㹾㧦䱙㫰䘹
䛾㹾䀵㟘㔙 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䀵䵺䦓䂐㧦㫰䂐 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅’䀵 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰䂐 䃻㟘䂐䔀䘹
䙋㫰㟘㫰㹾㮐䵺䔀㹾㞼
䥧㧦䀵
㩛䖟䀵
㫰䥫䛪䵺㧦㗘䂐㫰䥫
䵺㣄
㗘㞼䥫㟘
䝠䥧㟘䦓䕅䥧 䃻㟘䵺䥧 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 㮐䥧䔀䀵㧦䣹䦓㫰䀵 㗘㫰䀵㧦䀵䵺 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 㮐㟘䖟㫰㗘㔙 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦’䀵 䔭㧦䥫㫰 䕴䦓㗘䀵㫰 䃻㫰㩛㗘䀵 䛪㟘 䃻䦓㗘䂐㫰䛪 㟘䛪 䵺䥧㫰 䃻㟘䂐䔀䘹
㾙䥧㧦㹾㫰 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㩛䛪䂐 䥧㫰㗘 㧦䛪䂐㧦䕅㫰䛪㟘䦓䀵 䥫㟘㹾䱙䀵 㮐㟘䀵䀵㫰䀵䀵 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 䕴䦓㗘䀵㫰 䃻㟘䂐䔀䘹
㣄䛪
䥧䵺㫰
㧦䀵
䵺㟘
䂐䦓㫰
䵺䥧㫰
䔀䂐㟘䃻
㾙䥧㧦㹾㫰 䵺䥧㧦䀵 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰䂐 䃻㟘䂐䔀 㮐㗘㟘䵺㫰䙋䵺䀵 䵺䥧㫰㞼 䥫㗘㟘㞼 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 㩛䵺䵺㩛䙋䱙䀵㔙 㧦䵺 㩛㹾䀵㟘 䥧㩛㗘㞼䀵 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 䃻㟘䂐㧦㫰䀵䘹
䝮㟘㗘㫰㟘㢆㫰㗘㔙 㩛䀵 䵺䥧㫰䔀 㩛䕅㫰㔙 㧦䵺’䀵 䥧㩛㗘䂐 䥫㟘㗘 䵺䥧㫰㞼 䵺㟘 㩛䙋䥧㧦㫰㢆㫰 㹾㟘䛪䕅㫰㢆㧦䵺䔀䘹
㖭䦓䀵䵺
㫰㹾㹾䥫
䥫䵺㹾䙋䂐㧦䥫㫰㩛
㫰㹾䱙㧦
䔀䃻
䦓䝮
䛪䀵’䥈㩛䕅
䀵㫰䥧
㧦㟘䛪䵺
㯪㢆㫰䛪 㧦䥫 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 䦓䀵㫰䀵 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㧦㢆㧦䛪㫰 㛫㫰㗘䃻㔙 㧦䵺’䂐 㟘䛪㹾䔀 㫰㻓䵺㫰䛪䂐 㹾㧦䥫㫰 䃻䔀 㩛 䂐㟘䦖㫰䛪 䔀㫰㩛㗘䀵䘹
䝠䥧㧦䀵 㧦䀵 䖟㧦䵺䥧㟘䦓䵺 㩛 䀵㟘㹾䦓䵺㧦㟘䛪䘹
䃻䔀㟘䂐
㫰䥧䵺
㧦䀵
䛪㢆㫰㫰
䀵㩛
䀵㧦
㩛䵺
㧦䛪䂐䀵䦓㧦䕅㫰䛪㟘
䥧䵺䀵㧦
䛪䙋㩛
㧦䣹䀵䦓㫰㟘䛪䵺䘹
㩛
㫰䃻
㛫㟘䖟㫰㢆㫰㗘㔙 䂐㫰䀵㮐㧦䵺㫰 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 䃻㟘䂐㧦㫰䀵 䃻㫰㧦䛪䕅 㧦䛪䥧䦓㞼㩛䛪㔙 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 㞼㧦䛪䂐䀵 㩛䛪䂐 䥧㩛䃻㧦䵺䀵 㩛㗘㫰 䛪㟘 䂐㧦䥫䥫㫰㗘㫰䛪䵺 䥫㗘㟘㞼 䥧䦓㞼㩛䛪䀵䘹
㮊㫰㫰㧦䛪䕅 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 㩛䛪䂐 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅㔙 䵺䥧㫰 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵 䀵㫰㫰㞼 䵺㟘 䥧㩛㢆㫰 㗘㟘㩛㞼㫰䂐 䵺㟘㟘 㹾㟘䛪䕅 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 㢆㟘㧦䂐䘹
㟘䛪㫰㔙
䵺㫰䔀䥧
㟘䵺
䛪㫰䕼
㗘䦓䀵䥧
䃻䔀
䦓䎠
䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䖟㩛㢆㫰䂐 䥧㧦䀵 䥧㩛䛪䂐㔙 䥫㧦㗘㫰 㗘䦓㹾㫰䀵 䀵㮐㗘㫰㩛䂐 䥫㗘㟘㞼 䥧㧦䀵 䥧㩛䛪䂐㔙 㩛 䀵㫰㩛 㟘䥫 䥫㹾㩛㞼㫰䀵 䙋㟘㢆㫰㗘㫰䂐 䵺䥧㫰 䀵䱙䔀䘹
䝠䥧㫰䀵㫰 䖟㗘㩛㧦䵺䥧䀵 䖟㫰㗘㫰 䵺㟘㟘 䖟㫰㩛䱙㔙 䛪㟘䵺 㫰㢆㫰䛪 䖟㟘㗘䵺䥧 䥧㧦䀵 㫰䥫䥫㟘㗘䵺䘹
㟘䥫
䛾䀵
䀵䥧㩛
㩛䀵㫰
㟘㗘
䥧㫰䵺
䵺㫰䵺㩛㫰㗘㫰䂐㗘
㟘䛪㧦䵺
䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 䥫㟘㹾㹾㟘䖟㫰䂐 䙋㹾㟘䀵㫰㹾䔀 䃻㫰䥧㧦䛪䂐 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦䘹
㮊䥧㫰 䕅䦓㧦䂐㫰䂐 䵺䥧㫰 䖟㩛䔀 㩛䛪䂐 䖟㩛㗘䛪㫰䂐㔙 “䝠䥧㫰㗘㫰 㩛㗘㫰 䛪㟘䵺 㟘䛪㹾䔀 䥧㫰㗘 䥫㩛㞼㧦㹾䔀 䃻䦓䵺 㞼㩛䛪䔀 㟘䵺䥧㫰㗘 㧦䛪䂐㧦䕅㫰䛪㟘䦓䀵 㮐㫰㟘㮐㹾㫰 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 㟘䦓䵺䀵䱙㧦㗘䵺䀵䘹”
㫰”䥧㫰䀵䝠
㗘㢆䔀㫰
㫰㩛㗘
䀵㧦䂐㫰䛪䛪䕅䦓㟘㧦
㧦䙋”㻓㫰䘹䦓㢆㫰䀵㹾
䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䂐㧦䂐䛪’䵺 㩛䙋䵺䦓㩛㹾㹾䔀 䥧㩛㗘䃻㟘㗘 㧦㹾㹾 䖟㧦㹾㹾 䵺㟘䖟㩛㗘䂐䀵 䵺䥧㫰 㧦䛪䂐㧦䕅㫰䛪㟘䦓䀵䘹
䕼䦓䵺䀵㧦䂐㫰㗘䀵 䖟㩛䛪䵺㫰䂐 䵺㟘 䙋㩛㮐䵺䦓㗘㫰 䵺䥧㫰㞼 䥫㟘㗘 㗘㫰䀵㫰㩛㗘䙋䥧㔙 䖟䥧㧦䙋䥧 㟘㢆㫰㗘 䵺㧦㞼㫰 㹾㫰䂐 䵺㟘 䵺䥧㧦䀵 䀵㧦䵺䦓㩛䵺㧦㟘䛪䘹
㟘䵺
䥧䵺䀵䦓
㧦䵺䂐䦓㫰䀵䀵㗘㟘
㫰㧦䀵㟘䛪䛪䂐㧦䕅䦓
䥧䝠㫰
䦓䵺㟘㔙
䦓䛪㧦䛪䕅㹾䖟㹾㧦
䝠䥧㫰 㮐㩛㧦㗘 䙋㟘䛪䵺㧦䛪䦓㫰䂐 䥫㟘㗘䖟㩛㗘䂐㔙 䵺䥧㫰 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 㮐㟘䖟㫰㗘 䀵䦓㗘㗘㟘䦓䛪䂐㧦䛪䕅 䵺䥧㫰㞼 䀵䵺㩛㗘䵺㫰䂐 䵺䥧㧦䙋䱙㫰䛪㧦䛪䕅䘹
㣄䥫 㟘㗘䂐㧦䛪㩛㗘䔀 䙋䦓㹾䵺㧦㢆㩛䵺㟘㗘䀵 㢆㧦䀵㧦䵺㫰䂐 䥧㫰㗘㫰㔙 䵺䥧㫰䔀 䖟㟘䦓㹾䂐 䥧㩛㢆㫰 㩛㹾㗘㫰㩛䂐䔀 䥫㫰㹾䵺 䦓䛪䙋㟘㞼䥫㟘㗘䵺㩛䃻㹾㫰䘹
䥫㟘
㧦䛪
㹾䵺䵺㧦㬖㩛㫰䔀㔙㞼㹾
㩛
䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 㹾㟘㟘䱙㫰䂐 䦓㮐 䵺㟘 䀵㫰㫰 䵺䥧㧦䀵 䵺㟘䖟㫰㗘㧦䛪䕅 㗘㧦䂐䕅㫰㔙 䵺䥧㫰 䃻㟘䦓䛪䂐㩛㗘䔀 㟘䥫 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐䘹
䝠䥧㧦䀵 㩛㗘㫰㩛 㧦䀵 䵺䥧㫰 㟘䦓䵺䀵䱙㧦㗘䵺䀵㔙 䀵䵺㫰㮐㮐㧦䛪䕅 㟘㢆㫰㗘 䵺䥧㧦䀵 㗘㧦䂐䕅㫰 㹾㫰㩛䂐䀵 㧦䛪䵺㟘 䵺䥧㫰 䂐㫰㮐䵺䥧䀵䘹
㞼䥫㗘㟘
㫰䥫䵺㗘䛪䥫㫰㧦䂐
㗘㩛㫰
䥧䝠㫰
“䕼䦓㗘 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰 㧦䀵 䧀䦓䀵䵺 㩛䥧㫰㩛䂐㔙” 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㮐㟘㧦䛪䵺㫰䂐 䵺㟘 㩛 䀵㧦䂐㫰 㟘䥫 䵺䥧㫰 㗘㧦䂐䕅㫰䘹
䔭㟘䛪䕅 㩛䕅㟘㔙 䃻㫰䥫㟘㗘㫰 䵺䥧㫰 㿊㫰㩛䵺䥧 㮊䖟㩛㞼㮐 䙋㟘㢆㫰㗘㫰䂐 䵺䥧㧦䀵 㮐㹾㩛䙋㫰㔙 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰 䖟㩛䀵 䃻䦓㧦㹾䵺 䃻䔀 䵺䥧㫰 㞼㟘䦓䛪䵺㩛㧦䛪䘹
䀵䖟㩛
䘹䦓㩛㫰䀵㫰㗘㗘䵺
䥧䀵㧦䝠
䝠䥧㫰䔀 䥧䦓䛪䵺㫰䂐 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 㞼㟘䦓䛪䵺㩛㧦䛪㔙 㮐㧦䙋䱙㫰䂐 䥧㫰㗘䃻䀵 㩛䛪䂐 䀵㟘㹾䂐 䵺䥧㫰㞼 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 㮐㩛䀵䵺—䵺䥧㧦䀵 䖟㩛䀵 䵺䥧㫰㧦㗘 㞼㟘䦓䛪䵺㩛㧦䛪 㟘䥫 㹾㧦䥫㫰䘹
䘆䦓䵺 㹾㩛䵺㫰㗘㔙 䵺䥧㫰 䙋䦓㗘䀵㫰 㫰䛪㢆㫰㹾㟘㮐㫰䂐 䵺䥧㧦䀵 㮐㹾㩛䙋㫰䘹
㯪䛪㢆㫰㧦䕅䔀㗘䵺䥧
㮊㧦䛪䙋㫰 䵺䥧㫰䛪㔙 䛪㟘 㟘䛪㫰 䂐㩛㗘㫰䂐 䵺㟘 㢆㫰䛪䵺䦓㗘㫰 䦓㮐 䵺䥧㫰 㞼㟘䦓䛪䵺㩛㧦䛪䘹
䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅’䀵 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰 㧦䀵 䙋㩛㹾㹾㫰䂐 ‘㮊䦓䛪 䕴䥧㩛䀵㧦䛪䕅 䡟㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰㔙’ 㗘㫰㮐䦓䵺㫰䂐㹾䔀 㧦䵺 䥧㩛䀵 㩛 䛪㟘䵺㩛䃻㹾㫰 䥧㧦䀵䵺㟘㗘䔀䘹
㫰䝠䥧
䘹䂐㫰㹾䀵㩛㟘䵺㫰
㤾㟘䖟㔙 㟘䛪㹾䔀 㩛 䥫㫰䖟 䥧䦓䛪䂐㗘㫰䂐 䥫㩛㞼㧦㹾㧦㫰䀵 㗘㫰䀵㧦䂐㫰䘹
㣄䛪 㧦䵺䀵 㞼㟘䀵䵺 㮐㗘㟘䀵㮐㫰㗘㟘䦓䀵 䵺㧦㞼㫰䀵㔙 䵺䥧㟘䦓䀵㩛䛪䂐䀵 㹾㧦㢆㫰䂐 䥧㫰㗘㫰䈜 㧦䵺 䖟㩛䀵 㫰䣹䦓㧦㢆㩛㹾㫰䛪䵺 䵺㟘 㩛 䀵㞼㩛㹾㹾 䵺㟘䖟䛪䘹
䥈㩛䛪䕅
䝮䦓
䵺䖟㟘
䥧䵺㫰
䱙䙋䔀㧦䦓㹾䣹”䘹
䥧䝠㫰
䛪䦓㮐㟘
䦓䝮
䀵㧦
䛪㩛䂐
㫰䔭㹾㧦䵺”䵺
䙋㟘㫰㞼
䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㫰㻓㮐㹾㩛㧦䛪㫰䂐 䵺㟘 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦㔙 “㾙䥧㫰䛪 㣄 㹾㫰䥫䵺 䵺㟘 䀵㫰㫰䱙 㞼㫰䂐㧦䙋㧦䛪㫰㔙 䛪㟘 㟘䛪㫰 㧦䛪 䵺䥧㫰 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰 㩛䕅㗘㫰㫰䂐䘹
䝠䥧㫰䔀 䥫㫰㹾䵺 䵺䥧㫰 㟘䦓䵺䀵㧦䂐㫰 䖟㟘㗘㹾䂐 䖟㩛䀵 䵺㟘㟘 䂐㩛䛪䕅㫰㗘㟘䦓䀵䘹
䥧㫰䝠䔀
㧦䛪䵺’䂐䂐
䵺㟘
㫰㞼
㹾䘹㩛㧦”㫰㢆
䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䛪㟘䂐䂐㫰䂐䘹
䘆䔀 䛪㟘䖟㔙 㞼㩛䛪䔀 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰㗘䀵 䥧㩛䂐 䕅㩛䵺䥧㫰㗘㫰䂐䘹
䱙”㩛䘸䔀㟘
䔭㫰䵺㹾䵺㧦”
㗘㩛㫰
䔀䦓㟘
䦓䝮
“㾙䥧䔀 䂐㧦䂐 䔀㟘䦓 䃻㗘㧦䛪䕅 㩛䛪 㟘䦓䵺䀵㧦䂐㫰㗘 䃻㩛䙋䱙䘸”
“䝠㫰㹾㹾 䦓䀵㔙 䖟䥧㩛䵺’䀵 䵺䥧㫰 㟘䦓䵺䀵㧦䂐㫰 䖟㟘㗘㹾䂐 㹾㧦䱙㫰䘸 㿊㧦䂐 㩛䛪䔀㟘䛪㫰 䃻䦓㹾㹾䔀 䔀㟘䦓䘸”
㢆㫰㗘䔀
㫰䥧䝠
㟘㗘㢆㫰
䀵㩛䖟
䙋㩛䥧㫰
䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 䃻㫰䙋㩛㞼㫰 㞼㟘㞼㫰䛪䵺㩛㗘㧦㹾䔀 䦓䛪䀵䦓㗘㫰 㟘䥫 䥧㟘䖟 䵺㟘 㗘㫰䀵㮐㟘䛪䂐䘹
䝠䥧㫰䛪 䀵㟘㞼㫰㟘䛪㫰 䀵䥧㟘䦓䵺㫰䂐㔙 㮐㩛㗘䵺㧦䛪䕅 䵺䥧㫰 䙋㗘㟘䖟䂐㔙 “䝮㩛䱙㫰 䖟㩛䔀㔙 㞼㩛䱙㫰 䖟㩛䔀㔙 䵺䥧㫰 㢆㧦㹾㹾㩛䕅㫰 䙋䥧㧦㫰䥫 㧦䀵 䙋㟘㞼㧦䛪䕅䘹”
䝠䥧㫰
䛾䛪 㫰㹾䂐㫰㗘㹾䔀 㞼㩛䛪 㟘㢆㫰㗘 㩛 䥧䦓䛪䂐㗘㫰䂐 䔀㫰㩛㗘䀵 㟘㹾䂐㔙 䖟㧦䵺䥧 䖟䥧㧦䵺㫰 䥧㩛㧦㗘㔙 䖟㩛㹾䱙㫰䂐 㟘㢆㫰㗘㔙 䀵䥧㩛䱙䔀䘹
䝠䥧㧦䀵 㫰㹾䂐㫰㗘 㗘㫰䀵㫰㞼䃻㹾㫰䂐 㩛 㹾㟘䛪䕅䮹㹾㧦㢆㫰䂐 㞼㩛䛪㔙 䖟㧦䵺䥧 㢆㫰㗘䔀 㹾㟘䛪䕅 䖟䥧㧦䵺㫰 䥧㩛㧦㗘 㩛䛪䂐 䃻㫰㩛㗘䂐䘹
䱙㧦㹾㫰
䵺䵺㩛䛪䙋䛾䙋㧦㗘
㫰㛫
䵺䥧㫰
䁿㗘㧦㮐㮐㧦䛪䕅 㩛 䙋㩛䛪㫰㔙 䀵䦓㮐㮐㟘㗘䵺㫰䂐 䃻䔀 㩛 䀵䵺㗘㟘䛪䕅 㞼㩛䛪㔙 䥧㫰 䀵㹾㟘䖟㹾䔀 㩛㮐㮐㗘㟘㩛䙋䥧㫰䂐䘹
“䔭㧦䵺䵺㹾㫰 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㧦䀵 䃻㩛䙋䱙㔙” 䥧㫰 䀵㩛㧦䂐 䱙㧦䛪䂐㹾䔀䘹
䁿䥧㗘䵺”䥫㩛䂐䛪㫰㩛㗘
㮊㟘㔙䛪”䕅
䦓䝮
䥈䛪㩛䕅
㣄䵺 䖟㩛䀵 䙋㹾㫰㩛㗘 䀵䥧㫰 䵺㗘䦓䀵䵺㫰䂐 㩛䛪䂐 㗘㫰䀵㮐㫰䙋䵺㫰䂐 䵺䥧㫰 㫰㹾䂐㫰㗘 㢆㫰㗘䔀 㞼䦓䙋䥧䘹
“䥈㟘䦓’㗘㫰 䃻㩛䙋䱙㔙 䵺䥧㩛䵺’䀵 䕅㟘㟘䂐㔙” 䵺䥧㫰 㫰㹾䂐㫰㗘 㮐㩛䵺䵺㫰䂐 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㟘䛪 䥧㫰㗘 䥧㫰㩛䂐䘹
㹾㾙”㞼㟘䙋㫰㫰
㩛䃻”䙋䱙䘹
㫰䙋䀵㗘䛪㟘䕅㧦䵺
䵺㩛
䥫㟘㗘
㩛䛪䂐
㩛䕅䥈䛪
䵺䥧䛪㫰
䦓㮊䛪
䦓㟘䔀
䦓䝮
䵺㟘
䎠䦓
㫰㛫
㣄䵺 㧦䀵 䀵㩛㧦䂐 䵺䥧㩛䵺 㟘㹾䂐 㞼㫰䛪 䃻㫰䙋㟘㞼㫰 䖟㧦䀵㫰䘹
㤾㟘 䖟㟘㗘䂐䀵 䛪㫰㫰䂐㫰䂐 䥫㗘㟘㞼 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅㔙 䵺䥧㫰 㫰㹾䂐㫰㗘 䙋㟘䦓㹾䂐 䀵㫰㫰 㩛䵺 㩛 䕅㹾㩛䛪䙋㫰㔙 㧦䵺 䖟㩛䀵 䵺䥧㩛䛪䱙䀵 䵺㟘 䎠䦓 㰌㧦㞼㫰㧦 䵺䥧㩛䵺 䝮䦓 䥈㩛䛪䕅 㗘㫰䵺䦓㗘䛪㫰䂐䘹
䎠䦓
㧦䀵䥧
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