Chapter 4

Putting on clean clothes, Ren sat down at the desk with a pensive look on his face.

He was thinking carefully about the cause and effect of his death.

Although the memory is somewhat incomplete and lacks many details, Ren is very clear about the culprits that caused all this, mainly two people.

One is my classmate in the academy, named Ramsay, who used to be a very good friend, but also the executor who killed himself.

The other was Esperger, a true transcendent who was the mastermind behind his own murder.

Ren didn't know much about Eisberg, he only knew that his extraordinary profession might be "Ranger" or "Shadow Warrior", and the two had some things in common at low levels. It is difficult for outsiders to accurately identify the profession if they have not fought with them, or watched them with their own eyes.

Esberg is a master of swordsmanship and is the teacher of a well-known swordsmanship gym in Longshande City.

Ren has some talent in swordsmanship. He has learned swordsmanship from the teacher of the academy for three years. His strength level is in the upper middle class among his classmates, but when facing Eisberg, he can't even catch a sword!

He was able to know Asperger because of Ramsay's introduction.

Half a month ago, Ren fell out with his father and returned to Longshande, hoping to find a job to make a living. But except for a little swordsmanship and literacy, he has basically no other abilities, and he doesn't want to be a worker or a postman, so the dishonorable job, so he hit a wall everywhere.

Later, I ran into Ramsey outside the academy, and because the two had a good relationship, Ryan told him about his difficulties.

The next day, Ramsay took the initiative to introduce a job to Ryan, and entered the "Sword of Maloney" swordsmanship hall to work as an assistant for Asperger.

The Sword of Ma Jianni is one of the most famous swordsmanship gyms in the city. Even if it is only an assistant position, the salary is very considerable, several times higher than that of ordinary workers, and it is quite decent. At that time, Ren agreed without hesitation. , I am very grateful to Ramsay in my heart.

Since then, Ryan has officially started working in the fencing gym, and has gained a firm foothold with his good fencing skills. Asperger is also very satisfied with him, and occasionally gives him personal instruction on fencing skills.

Ramsey is also Asperger's assistant, and they work together in the fencing gym. The relationship between Ren and him is getting better and better. He almost regards him as a confidant in life and talks about everything.

until yesterday.

Before getting off work, Ramsay suddenly and mysteriously told Ryan that Eisberg had an important matter for them to do, and they met in a pub on Perfume Street after dark.

Ren didn't think much, arrived at the tavern on time, and then followed Ramsay to a strange carriage behind the tavern.

The windows of the carriage were all sealed with black cloth, so the outside could not be seen.

Ramsay took out two sets of fine leather armor in the car and put them on, and gave Ren a long sword, which was obviously prepared a long time ago. At that time, Ren was puzzled, but didn't ask much.

The carriage walked in the city for a long time, and Ren didn't know where it was, and finally stopped in a remote alley.

After the two got out of the car, Ren saw that Eisberg was already waiting.

Eisberg was also dressed in black leather armor, with two weapons hanging from his waist, one long and one short. He covered half of his face with a black scarf, and stood motionless in a corner, his figure hidden in the shadows. If he hadn't shown up on his own initiative, Rennes would not have been able to discover his existence.

Then Asperger began to lay out the action.

Until this moment, Ren finally understood what to do. Eisberg actually wanted to enter and kill people, and the target was a family in the house next to the alley.

He didn't understand why Asperger brought him with him. At that time, there was only fear and resistance in his mind.

But Eisberg didn't give Ryan a chance to refuse at all. He asked Ramsay to watch in the dark at the entrance of the alley, and told Ryan to follow him in and do it. Ren wanted to escape very much, but he knew very well that if he said he wanted to quit now, the first person Asperger would kill would be himself, so he had to bite the bullet and go in together.

The subsequent killings caused Rennes to suffer a huge psychological shock.

Eisberg's goal is a "mechanical craftsman" with a lot of money, but not a transcendent person. The two guards at home are just ordinary people, and they have no power to resist in front of a powerful transcendent.

In just a few minutes, Asperger bloodbathed the family, including the mechanic himself, his wife and two children, five or six servants, and guards, almost all of whom were murdered.

Only one guard was left on purpose by Asperger, and after losing his ability to move, he asked Ren to kill him.

After several times of torment and struggle in Ren's heart, in order to survive, he finally pierced the guard's heart with a sword.

Next, Eisberg called Ramsay in, searched the mechanic's house inside and out, and got a lot of property. They had a lot of experience, and many valuable things that were hidden very secretly were found out. Obviously, this was not the first time they had done this kind of thing.

Wren, who was not involved in the looting, was still in shock from the first killing.

Eisberg returned to the carriage with his belongings, and this time he was going to ride back with the two of them.

On the way back, Ren didn't say a word. But Ramsay has been consoling him, and promised to have his share after disposing of these things, which is enough for him to pay the tuition fees of the college, and there is still a lot left to live a decent life.

When Ramsey said these words, Eisberg kept staring at him, putting great pressure on Ryan.

Ren didn't agree immediately, his brain was almost at a standstill, and he returned to the previous tavern in a daze, changed his clothes and left.

On the way back to the apartment alone, Ren finally came to his senses.

The night's action is actually a trap, and Asperger and Ramsay want to drag themselves into the water and become a part of them. If he agrees this time, he will degenerate and go astray from now on, and there will be even more terrible things waiting for him in the future.

Ren immediately decided to report it!

Although he was forced to kill a guard, he had to do so. Even if he was tried, he would be charged with a lighter charge, which is better than being beheaded after committing more crimes in the future. And reporting Asperger was also a credit, enough to offset that crime.

So Ryan turned and headed straight for the church of the Justice Church.

However, not far after walking, at a corner of the street, Ren saw Eisberg's figure from a distance. He was so frightened that he was knocked out when he was about to turn around and run away.

When Lei Zhuan woke up again, he was beaten.

He found himself with a bag over his head, unable to see and gagged, and could only hear Ramsay swearing frantically, followed by beatings that lasted hours, during which time he lost consciousness several times.

The last memory is of being hit hard on the back of the head, the most fatal blow.

When Ren regained consciousness again, he was already in the river, his body was still the same person, but the soul in his head was no longer the previous "Ren".

Recalling all this, Ren couldn't help but sigh.

The predecessor was still too young, only nineteen years old, had never seen the dangers of the human heart, and did not have enough experience in dealing with them.

It was right to report Asperger, but he woke up too late. He should have thought about all this clearly on the carriage back, pretending to be moved by money, and agreeing to Ramsay's invitation first.

At that time, they didn't agree immediately, which already made Asperger and Ramsay suspicious. After leaving the tavern, the two followed behind secretly, and Renn didn't even have any precautions before.

When he switched to the Justice Church, Asperger immediately sensed his purpose, and of course he would not give him another chance.

If you go back to the apartment first and wait until the next day to report it, even if Ramsay is still watching secretly, during the day when there are many people, you will not be so easily stalked.

In fact, even if Ryan successfully reported Eisberg's crimes, he himself would not end well. A transcendent like Asperger, and judging from his behavior, needs to recruit people into the group, and there is likely to be a powerful organization behind him.

Even if Renn deserves the merits and does not need to be judged, he will not escape the result of being retaliated in the end.

"I still suffered from being young, so naive."

Ren whispered, and after a long time, he thought again: "Let me avenge this revenge for you, as compensation for occupying your body."

The former Ren died, but the current Ren continues to live.

He didn't know how to take revenge for the time being, but he never thought of giving up and fleeing to live elsewhere.

Right now, his biggest advantage is that Ramsay and Asperger don't know he's alive, and the enemy is in the dark. Although Ramsey knew the address of the apartment, he killed and threw the body himself, and would never come to the apartment to check afterwards, so as not to arouse suspicion.

According to the normal development, Ren's body was found in the river, reported to the city hall, and a sheriff was sent to investigate, but because of insufficient clues, nothing happened in the end.

Or, Ryan's body was never found and disappeared. He lived alone in Longshande, and the only person he had contact with was the people in the swordsmanship hall. If Ramsay doesn't report it to City Hall, the landlord won't find out that Wren is missing until the rent is paid next month.

"If I were Ramsay, I would definitely not take the initiative to report to the city hall. The longer the delay, the better for him."

Ren made a judgment.

"It will be more than half a month before the next rent payment. Only then will the landlord find out that the tenant is missing. After the report is made, the magistrate will go to the swordsmanship hall to find someone to investigate."

"Neither Asperger nor Ramsay would have thought that I was alive for half a month."

"But I can't continue to live in the apartment, otherwise after half a month, if no one goes to the swordsmanship hall to investigate, Ramsay will come to the apartment to check the situation and find that I am still alive and living here, which will lead to another murderous disaster .”

"I must remain missing and hide in the dark, so that revenge will be more convenient."

Ren quickly sorted out his thoughts and decided to leave the apartment immediately.

But there is one more thing to do before leaving. He moved the desk to reveal the wall behind him, knocked off a loose brick, and took an envelope from inside.

"This method of hiding money is too old-fashioned. If Ramsay comes to search the apartment, he will be found in less than a minute."

Ren shook his head with a smile, pushed the desk back to its original position, and poured out the money in the envelope.

The money is not much, a small stack of banknotes plus a dozen or so coins.

The currency system of the Orienth Empire is very complicated. There are not only printed banknotes, but also three kinds of metal coins with different denominations in circulation.

Coins are divided into three types: copper liso, silver crown and gold shield, while the face value of banknotes is equivalent to copper liso, called copper yuan.

A one-cup note is equivalent to one copper liso, and there are also 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 cub notes. A silver crown is equal to 20 copper dollars, and 50 silver crowns are equivalent to a gold shield.

In other words, a gold shield can be exchanged for a thousand copper dollars.

In daily life, people mostly use copper dollar banknotes and copper lisos, and occasionally use silver krona, and only when large sums of money are involved, will they be exchanged for gold shields.

For example, the tuition fee of Extraordinary Academy costs 20 gold shields a year.

This is already a huge sum of money for ordinary families. Even in Longshande City, there are not many families who can afford such high tuition fees.

Ryan counted six 100-copper bills and five 50-copper bills, and the rest were a dozen small-denomination banknotes and a small handful of silver and copper coins.

The money added up to more than a thousand copper dollars, which was exactly enough to be exchanged for a gold shield, with a little change left.

He rubbed the thin banknotes in his hand a few times, feeling the delicate patterns. The light green banknotes exuded the smell of ink, which was quite pleasant; several silver coins and copper coins collided with each other, making a jingling sound, which was also very pleasant to hear.

Although the smell and sound are slightly different from the previous life, it still smells and sounds very familiar.

The banknotes and copper coins were printed with the heads of several characters, including a mighty middle-aged man, a wise old man, and even one who looked very young.

Ren didn't know any of them, but each of them looked very friendly.

This is what he has saved in the past three years, not too much, equivalent to two months' wages of a worker, enough to live in Longshande for a period of time.

Put the money away and hide it in a close pocket.

Ren found a sun hat from the closet and put it on, cleaned up the traces of his return, then put the wet clothes he had just worn back into a bag, and took advantage of the opportunity of few people, bowed his head and left the apartment.