# 845
Chapter 845
Chapter 846: Three Chances
Hearing this response, Lin Qiye's brows slightly rose, as if somewhat surprised.
"Not a bad answer."
"Can I become a trainee again?"
"No." Lin Qiye shook his head. "Your trainee qualification has been revoked. This is an irreversible fact."
"But you said that if I found the answer, I could come back to find you..."
"But I never said it would restore your trainee qualification."
Lu Baoyou's brow furrowed tightly, an uncontrollable flame of anger kindling in his eyes.
But soon, he forcibly suppressed it.
He took a deep breath, his tightly clenched fists slowly relaxing, and continued, "I understand... Then I'll just keep waiting here, until you let me in."
His words were calm, his voice not loud, but every syllable revealed a tremendous resolve.
He was serious.
"Wait here?" Lin Qiye smiled faintly. "When did I ever tell you to wait here?"
Lu Baoyou didn't immediately grasp Lin Qiye's meaning, earnestly continuing, "I haven't entered the training camp's perimeter, nor have I disturbed the training inside. I'm just waiting outside and won't cause trouble for anyone..."
"No, you don't understand." Lin Qiye shook his head. "You indeed no longer qualify to become a Night Watch trainee, but... this doesn't mean you can't go in."
Lu Baoyou stood frozen.
"I'm allowing you to enter the training camp and train alongside the other recruits, but you don't have a trainee's status. The various scores in assessments are meaningless to you... Simply put, you're an auditor. You're within the training camp, yet游离于Night Watch之外."
Before Lu Baoyou could speak, Lin Qiye continued, "Of course, not having the qualification to become a Night Watch now doesn't mean you won't have it in the future. If one day you perform a great meritorious service, I believe the Night Watch will make an exception and re-enlist you as a formal Night Watch member.
This is destined to be a bumpy road full of unknowns. No one can guarantee you'll have a chance to join the Night Watch in the future. This means the effort you put in during this period may yield no return whatsoever..."
Lu Baoyou stared at Lin Qiye in a daze. It was a long while before he came to his senses. "Not a trainee, yet I can participate in training? Do the Night Watch regulations even allow this?"
"You don't need to worry about that." Lin Qiye said calmly, "I am the captain of the [Nightfall] squad and also a specially invited instructor of this training camp. Naturally, I have special privileges."
"...Alright."
Upon hearing these words, Lu Baoyou's right eye sparkled with light. Without much hesitation, he nodded vigorously. "Alright! I accept!"
Although he hadn't obtained the qualification to become a Night Watch trainee and stand legitimately within the training camp for training, this at least provided Lu Baoyou with a possibility... In any case, this was better than waiting daily at the training camp's entrance, wagering his own fate on others' pity.
He wanted to control his own destiny, even if the path was overgrown with thorns.
Lin Qiye nodded slightly. "Follow me in."
Lin Qiye turned and walked straight toward the training camp. Lu Baoyou followed closely behind. The officers witnessing this scene didn't step forward to block their path. They simply let them pass all the way through.
"Lin... Captain Lin..." As they walked through the training camp's gates, Lu Baoyou hesitantly began to speak.
"Call me Instructor."
"...Instructor Lin." Lu Baoyou couldn't help but ask, "Why are you helping me? Clearly our positions are different—we should be sworn enemies... You're so powerful. Why not directly annihilate my existence? Why help me instead?"
"Different positions?" Lin Qiye glanced at him calmly. "Position isn't simply black and white."
He stopped, extending his hand to point at Lu Baoyou's remaining right eye. "Position depends on how far your vision can see."
"What do you mean?" Lu Baoyou was puzzled.
"Before, why did you want to kill me?"
"Because it's the contract I signed with Lucifer. If I don't kill you within ten years, my soul will be taken, and I'll suffer for eternity... But if I kill you, I can gain even more powerful strength." Lu Baoyou didn't hide anything.
Lin Qiye was not at all surprised by this.
"You wanted to kill me because in your eyes, you only saw Lucifer, only saw your own strength and safety." Lin Qiye extended his hand, pointing toward the horizon of the wilderness, the gradually setting sun and the deep blue sky. "But this world doesn't only contain Lucifer and Michael, nor only you Lu Baoyou and me.
There are cities here, wilderness, oceans, the Night Watch, Great Xia, the Mist, and the countless outer gods hidden within the Mist...
If your vision is limited by yourself, then the position you perceive only contains the private grudge between Lucifer and Michael, only the life-and-death battle between us. But if you broaden your perspective, you'll discover that before our identities as agents, we are all human... Great Xia humans.
If Great Xia cannot persist in this world churning with undercurrents, then those who will perish aren't just us, but also our cherished family members and friends.
Which is more important—the ten-year deadline of life and death, or Great Xia's survival? Which should be prioritized... Have you truly understood this order of priority?
Your existence is indeed a threat to me, but if we look at it from a broader perspective, as long as you find your correct position and grow steadily, this would be a good thing for Great Xia."
Lin Qiye turned and continued walking toward the training camp. The breeze brushed past his deep crimson cloak as his voice drifted over. "Our positions have been the same from the start. You simply failed to see it clearly."
Lu Baoyou gazed at that deep crimson figure, standing rooted to the spot.
After some time passed, his gaze grew complicated. He took a deep breath and deeply bowed toward Lin Qiye's back.
"Thank you, Instructor Lin, for your guidance..."
"Don't thank me. I'm simply doing what I believe is right from my own standpoint." Lin Qiye said calmly. "Of course, positions are positions. I won't use this so-called righteousness and morality to hijack your conscience, making you abandon your own soul.
Considering that you're my junior, I'll give you three chances.
Three... chances to kill me."
Upon hearing these words, Lu Baoyou's body shuddered.
"During these three chances, you may disregard my identity, my status, and attempt any form of assassination against me. Whether you're part of the Night Watch or not, whether I'm the captain of [Nightfall] or not—this is a battle existing only between the two of us as sworn enemy agents. Even if I were killed by you, no one would hold you accountable.
Before the three chances are exhausted, I won't kill you. But if your third assassination attempt fails, I will directly annihilate your soul and flesh before Lucifer has a chance to act.
The one during the assessment earlier was the first.
Now, you still have two chances remaining."