Yuan Gang was slightly taken aback when he heard Lin Qiye's request, then a hint of appreciation appeared in his eyes.
"Some things, once they've happened, can't be changed. Even if you know them, you can't change anything."
"I know." Lin Qiye nodded calmly.Previously, he hadn't thought there was anything strange about the captain and Wu Xiangnan, but after facing Han Shaoyun this time, he felt that these two people were unusual.Lin Qiye didn't hear all of Chen Muye and Han Shaoyun's conversation, but he did hear the keywords "Shangjing City," "disappeared," "Black Impermanence," and "ten years," which shows that Chen Muye's identity is definitely extraordinary.
The two scars on Wu Xiangnan's hands also puzzled him. What could have left such wounds that even resurrection couldn't erase them? Moreover, judging from the few words left by Chen Muye, Wu Xiangnan's past seemed to be quite glorious.
Not only him, but the rest of the 136th squad also seemed to know nothing about the past of these two people. Lin Qiye wanted to learn more about them, not only to dispel his doubts, but more importantly, to help them in the future.
He always remembered the kindness shown to him by the captain and Wu Xiangnan.
Most importantly, Lin Qiye's intuition told him that Chen Muye's story was definitely not simple and might involve the Night Watch's core secrets. If so, then the current peace... might only be temporary.
Only by uncovering the mystery behind him can we prepare for the future.
"Well, their affair isn't exactly a secret. Some of the more senior night watchmen know a thing or two, so telling you won't hurt." Yuan Gang pondered for a moment, seemingly considering where to begin.
"Let's talk about Wu Xiangnan first. He's not involved in many things, and it's simple to explain... Do you know the [Blue Rain] special team?"
"Blue Rain?" Lin Qiye shook his head. "I don't know."
"Then I should have told you about the great calamity five years ago when the Yamata no Orochi invaded the East Sea."
"I remember."
"Five years ago, after the [Masked] team fought against the Yamata no Orochi, a human at the pinnacle of power arrived just in time. Along with him, a special team, [Blue Rain], also descended."
"At that time, there were five special teams in the Great Xia Dynasty, and [Blue Rain] was the fifth one, namely 005... Wu Xiangnan was one of its members."
Lin Qiye asked in surprise, "Was he a member of a special team before?"
"That's right. Back then, the [Blue Rain] team was very strong. At that time, [Mask] was just a newly formed team, and its combat strength was actually not as good as [Blue Rain]. Later, when [Blue Rain] arrived, they directly took over the battle from [Mask]."
"Under the combined attack of that human's ceiling and the entire [Blue Rain] team, they successfully severely injured the Yamata no Orochi. The wounded Yamata no Orochi then escaped. The human's ceiling was ordered to stay and guard the coastline, while the [Blue Rain] team was responsible for entering the fog to pursue it."
"Enter the mist? Isn't the mist deadly?" Lin Qiye asked doubtfully.
"That's true, but some special forbidden items can temporarily grant someone the ability to walk through the mist. Once you reach that level, you'll naturally understand," Yuan Gang continued.
"Originally, the order from the Night Watch's higher-ups was 'attempt to hunt down Orochi, and if that fails, retreat immediately,' and the forbidden artifact could only guarantee that they could walk through the mist for 24 hours. Everyone thought they could return..."
"But 24 hours later, they completely lost contact."
"About 80 hours later, Wu Xiangnan emerged from the mist alone in a raft. When our people found him, he was already unconscious."
"He slept for about a whole day before waking up, seemingly having suffered a severe blow; he was completely listless. Later, after speaking with him, we learned that the [Blue Rain] squad... had been wiped out."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye frowned deeply.Yuan Gang took a sip of tea and continued, "According to him, they were chasing the Yamata no Orochi all the way, but when they realized they couldn't catch up, they were planning to turn back. However, they seemed to have lost their way in the mist and entered a strange world..."
"They suspected that the place... was Takamagahara."
"Takamagahara?" Lin Qiye was taken aback.
It's Takamagahara again. If he remembers correctly, the God of Time's task for Wang Mian was to find Takamagahara and retrieve something from it...
"That's right. The reason why the [Blue Rain] team was wiped out was because they encountered a god who resembled Susanoo in Takamagahara. After fighting with Yamata no Orochi and running through the fog for most of the day, the members of the [Blue Rain] team were basically exhausted. And then they encountered Susanoo there..."
"In the end, the entire [Blue Rain] squad... was wiped out!"
"Because of the special nature of the forbidden area, Wu Xiangnan was killed three times in the battle and it took him an hour to fully regenerate. When he woke up, all that was left around him were the corpses of his comrades."
"It was during that battle that his hand was injured by Susanoo's Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, rendering him unable to wield a sword again. Even rebirth could not erase the injury. From that moment on, the 'Undying Swordsman' of the [Blue Rain] team was reduced to a complete cripple..."
"Later, during his escape from Takamagahara, he was attacked repeatedly, dying four times in total. He was also killed three times by the mist in the fog before finally surviving and returning to the territory of Great Xia."
Lin Qiye was completely stunned. He never expected that Wu Xiangnan had such a past...
"Since only one member of the [Blue Rain] squad survived, and that member was rendered both physically and mentally incapacitated, the Night Watch leadership revoked the [Blue Rain] name. From then on, the five special squads of Great Xia became four..."
"Wu Xiangnan disappeared from the hospital about six months after the incident. What happened after that, how he came to Cangnan and became the deputy captain of Squad 136... I have no idea."
Yuan Gang sighed deeply, "He's a pitiful man too..."
Lin Qiye lowered his head, the two red marks on Wu Xiangnan's hand reappearing in his mind, and his brows furrowed slightly.
In other words, Wu Xiangnan became a cripple because of the sword wound left by the Kusanagi Sword. Since even rebirth cannot remove it, what method can be used to heal it...?
Lin Qiye believed that when Wu Xiangnan was first rescued, the higher-ups of the Night Watch must have tried every possible method, but even so, they still couldn't heal the injury.
Are we supposed to go to Takamagahara (the Plain of Heaven) ourselves, kidnap Susanoo, and ask him if he has any solutions? That's just too outrageous!
Since humans can't solve it, perhaps...
Will those deities in the mental hospital have a solution?