Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 237 191. The Real Shadow_3

Uncle Li Dong looked at the earnest expression of his student and smiled, ”Donʼt worry, I have been waiting for a long time. When the day comes, we will give this young lady a surprise.”

Qing Chen thought to himself that it might not be a surprise but a shock instead.

”By the way, Master, when I become a boxer on the stage, my appearance will surely be remembered by many, is that really alright?” Qing Chen asked.

”You and ʼQingʼs Family Qing Chenʼ are no longer the same person,” Uncle Li Dong said, ”Altering the traces of your future is rather troublesome, but changing the past trajectory of Qingʼs Family Qing Chen is not difficult for One.”

As he spoke, Uncle Li Dong took out his phone and flipped to a photo, the person in it bearing at most a faint resemblance to Qing Chen.

”If someone checks the records of Qingʼs Family Qing Chen, they will find that this personʼs appearance has no relation to you,” Uncle Li Dong said, ”You are now the son of a modestly wealthy family, and although your surname is Qing, you have no connection to Qingʼs Family.”

”But many people have seen me,” Qing Chen said.

”I have already confirmed that the number of people who have seen your face, know your true identity, and still remember you, are only a few. Others might have seen you in earlier years, but their memories are probably blurred by now. They wonʼt think much upon seeing this photo, only that youʼve become unattractive,” Uncle Li Dong said, ”As for those who still remember you, thereʼs no need to worry about Jindai Kongyin since sheʼs far away, nor about Li Yinuo. Only Xiao Yiyi in Qin Cheng might guess my identity. The rest are Qing Yan and the prisoners in Prison 18.”

”Hmm,” Qing Chen pondered for a moment, it should be right.

”Qing Yan died yesterday,” Uncle Li Dong said expressionlessly, ”And thereʼs no need to worry about the prisoners in Prison 18, they will soon be unable to speak.”

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Qing Chen was startled, understanding the implication that those prisoners were...

He knew about silencing by murder, but he had never imagined his master would take the lives of so many people to ensure silence.

That was wrong.

Qing Chen suddenly turned to look at Uncle Li Dong, ”Master, youʼre actually fulfilling the containment conditions of ACE-002 now, arenʼt you?”

Uncle Li Dong smiled without a word.

”If I am no longer connected to ʼQingʼs Family Qing Chenʼ as you said, then how can I participate in the Shadowʼs Strife, let alone claim further missions?” Qing Chen asked, puzzled.

”Itʼs alright, thereʼs no need to claim missions,” Uncle Li Dong said, ”The Shadowʼs Strife has always had two paths to choose from, itʼs just that one path is so cruel that many have forgotten it.”

”What path?”

”Kill all the other candidates, until only you are left.”

This was the most brutal path, also the simplest and most direct.

It was at this point that Uncle Li Dong truly resembled the Knight Leader who had long held a position of power.

This was the Uncle Li Dong that Qing Chen had seen when he first passed through to Prison 18.

”But if I donʼt look like ʼQingʼs Family Qing Chenʼ, then even if I killed all the other candidates, I still wouldnʼt gain the recognition of Qingʼs Family, right? After all, Iʼm not one of Qingʼs Family anymore, so how can I become the Shadow?” Qing Chen was even more confused.

”Donʼt worry, thereʼs still one more person who knows your true appearance, but I canʼt tell you who it is,” Uncle Li Dong said with a smile, ”Remember, the person who is forgotten by everyone else is the true Shadow.”

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