Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 643: 396, Observer_2 Chapter 643: 396, Observer_2 Shadow snapped the silver button shut and stuffed it back into his collar.

“What are the containment conditions for the Door of Shadow?” Qing Chen asked.

With a thick smile, Shadow said, “Still interested in this taboo item? Well, it doesn’t hurt to tell you; its condition is that you must be forever single.”

Qing Chen: “???”

Such a strange containment condition, was Shadow going to stay single forever?

Curiously, he asked, “What happens if the host of the Door of Shadow ends their single status? What defines that status, a marriage certificate, feelings, or intimate relations?”

Grinning, Shadow said, “I know what you’re thinking. A taboo controls the rules and isn’t so easily fooled, those who try to exploit loopholes in taboo items end up with grim fates. Whether it’s falling in love, entering into intimate relationships, or sham marriages, it all counts. As for what happens if the host ends their single status… many of the previous hosts have disappeared, perhaps devoured by the void inside the Door of Shadow. They might be buried in Taboo Land № 071 now, serving as fertilizer.”

Qing Chen pondered; although he currently had no lover, this item seemed unusable for him.

Unexpectedly, it was a very dangerous taboo item.

He looked at Shadow: “Don’t you have someone you like?”

Shadow paused for a moment: “No.”

“What if you do in the future, aren’t you worried?” Qing Chen wondered.

“My days aren’t long anyway,” Shadow said carefreely: “So there’s unlikely to be any change in the time I have left.”

It had been said before that Shadow didn’t have much time left.

But…

“You haven’t coughed for a long time recently,” Qing Chen said earnestly.

Shadow waved his hand: “That was just a show for others, many people thought I got injured in the struggle of Shadows, so I gave them a clear symptom to corroborate their thoughts. What better way to seem like a sick person than constant coughing?”

“So you have a long life ahead?” Qing Chen asked curiously.

“No, just 3 more years,” Shadow stated calmly: “I sold my fate to a taboo item for a certain matter.”

Qing Chen was stunned: “For what kind of matter were you willing to sell your fate to a taboo item?! And what kind of taboo can even trade someone’s fate?”

Shadow burst into laughter: “You can’t be serious. On a serious note, I gave you command and you ended up selling my subordinate to draw fire and block the attacking waves for you. How should we settle this? At first, I thought you had the courage to be the bait when I saw you going to carry out the trade yourself. But you secretly added Qing Zhou to the deal with Deer Island, making Jindai see Qing Zhou and direct all their main forces against Qing Ye and Qing Qu.”

After a moment of thought, Qing Chen asked, “Didn’t we plan to trade for Jindai Yasuhara? The outcome was good, right?”

Shadow couldn’t help but laugh bitterly: “Aren’t you afraid that one day when you take over the position of Shadow, Qing Ye and Qing Qu won’t listen to you?”

“Can’t you just tell them it was your decision?” Qing Chen ventured.

However, just then, Qing’s shadow took out his phone, switched back to the communication channel with Qing Ye, Qing Qu, and others, and turned on the speakerphone.

Qing’s shadow asked, “How is it going?”

From the communication channel, Qing Ye’s heavy breathing was heard: “Damn it, Qing Chen sold us out so thoroughly, Jindai’s experts seemed to have all come my way. Seriously boss, you better not let me see that bastard anytime soon, or I swear I’ll kill him.”

Qing Chen fell silent…

The next moment, the communication channel transmitted Qing Qu’s agonized voice: “Boss, I strongly request severe punishment for that bastard. I was chased by Jindai Killers for ten blocks straight! The last time I felt this endangered was when I encountered that old guy Zheng Yuandong!”

Qing Chen raised his eyebrows, he had heard of He Jinqiu in the Inner World, as the latter was one of the twelve directors of the Federation’s largest neutral intelligence organization, Hu’s, with Li Changqing also being one of them.

However, he had never heard of Zheng Yuandong.

Was this the first time Qing Chen was hearing this name in the Inner World?

Before he could ponder further, Shadow spoke up: “The Qing Chen who sold you guys is right here sitting beside me, I’m looking at the speakerphone.”

There was a moment of silence in the communication channel.

It was as if time was frozen by Qing’s shadow’s time power.

Qing Chen looked up expressionlessly at Shadow, only to see him silently laughing, rocking back and forth.

After a long while, Qing Ye broke the stalemate, his cheerful laughter resounding: “Hahaha I didn’t say anything just now. By the way, Qing Qu, where are you now? I’ll take you to a good place for drinks!”

Qing Qu: “Sure, sure!”

After that, the two abruptly ended the communication.

Shadow laughed aloud: “You see, they already know you sold them out, so you better watch out, these two might come after you for retribution.”

“You just can’t stand to see me at peace,” Qing Chen said grumpily: “I’m curious about one thing, what is Zheng Yuandong’s identity in the Inner World?”

As one of the largest time traveler organizations in the Outer World, Kunlun, Shadow undoubtedly knew that its leader was Zheng Yuandong, so there was no point in hiding this.

After some thought, Shadow said: “He is one of the Federation’s most mysterious Observers and also the most expensive Assassin.”