Catalog of the Lost - a searing epic

Jack remembers the sound of laughter like a silver bell, and he always remembers it.

It was a fantasy that existed only in Jack's dreams, a sound that could only be made by a child who frolicked and played carefree, and it was not the laughter of the children of the aristocracy when they saw the poor, and even less the forced laughter of hungry children in the midst of famine.

The day he first arrived in today's Nu Doorway, Jack closed his eyes, and the voice that only existed in his sleep became his only memory of that day.

It was only later that Jack learned that Tswy, the lord of Numen Hall, had happened to meet him on the road, and only after seeing the boiled foot that had fallen to the ground and the traces of vomiting did he dare to help him, as if Tsway had an irreversible sense of rejection for this kind of thing, and he did not ask for any reason for all the events that might endanger stability, as long as he did not forgive him.

But now, even though Zwei had saved him, Jack was still not grateful for it, and when he knew that he had survived and had gone around and gone back to his original place, he even hated him a little, and for a long time he was in a very low mood, and Lai was in the room that Zwei had arranged for him, closed like an old man, and had to be brought three meals.

This situation lasted for half a month, and finally, Zway personally came to his room and gave him an eviction order.

"It's time for you to leave," Zwei said bluntly, "I want you to know that we are not a charity that can take care of food and drink for the rest of your life, and I hope you can leave quickly." "

Jack was not surprised by this, he didn't think of Zwei as a good person from the beginning, because whether it was a nobleman or a lord, he had always seen the same thing, their personalities seemed to be carved out of a mold, all kinds of hypocrisy, maybe it was also his hypocrisy that Zwei saved himself, but he still had some hope for this person, even if he was not a good person, but as long as it was not so bad, it was good.

The desire for the ideal country still existed in Jack's heart, and under the circumstances of the time, only the lord could create the ideal country.

For that wish that does not exist in reality, Jack asks, "Why save me?".

"If you think I've done something wrong, then you can scold me and die somewhere there's no one. "

Jack wanted to hear an answer like 'Because you don't deserve to die' in his mouth, but unfortunately everything was not as simple as he thought, but since he said that he could scold him, then he must be completely scolded before leaving.

"Pretending to be a scumbag, you are all like dogs, from time to time on a whim, you will pick a beggar on the side of the road to give two iron coins, entertain yourself, feel that you are a good person if you have done a good deed, and when you turn around, you will swagger and snatch the beggar's money, why can't you beasts die? "

At least at the time, Jack had no hope for the damn world, but God had kept him alive, probably to clear him of his sins, he thought.

In the face of Jack's insults, Zway just sighed, then waved his hand, and in an instant, three people appeared out of thin air in the room and rushed towards Jack, Zwei couldn't bear to see the next scene, so he turned around and waited for the three of them to finish the matter, but the next thing was beyond his expectations.

A person was thrown out directly, and the arm hit Zwei's back, and the dagger he held in his hand also cut through the clothes on his back, Zwei didn't have time to confirm his injury, and hurriedly turned around to confirm the situation, only to find that Jack had been subdued by the two of them and couldn't move, but the posture of the two was very strange, the arm was folded, and the dagger was pointed at their respective throats.

Jack was pressed to his back by the knees of the two and couldn't move, but the hands of the two were also countered and couldn't kill him.

In order to confirm the injury of his companion, one of the countermeasures shouted outside the house, "Is the injury serious, this guy is very difficult!".

'Carving' wasn't the man's real name, but a code name, and Jack knew that very well, as it was the name of the black flag.

"You are black flags?".

Even though Jack recognized them, Moment, who had just been thrown out of the door, came back to his senses, grabbed the dagger and rushed at him, and just as he was about to kill Jack, Zway ordered to stop him, and then walked up to Jack and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am..."

Jack wanted to name his codename, but he had long forgotten it, and during his long wanderings, he called himself the name given to him by his parents, and for him, only the childhood with his family was worth remembering, and everything after joining the Black Flag was not important to him.

In the end, Jack could only vaguely admit: "I used to be a black flag, but... Wasn't the Black Flag gone seven years ago?".

"How is it possible", one of the people who was countered immediately retorted, "The black flag is always there, you are not a black flag at all, you are lying!".

Jack could no longer suppress his emotions, and after being suppressed, he found the two of them for a moment and reflexively subdued them, crushing them under him, and yelling: "There are not many people left in the Black Flag after the hunt! The middleman is also hiding because he is wanted! Black Flag can't still exist!".

After hearing the words hunt and middleman, the three Black Flags immediately confirmed his identity.

"You're the one who survived the hunt, you're... Black!".

Jack didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while, he was glad that the black flag still existed, but in the end, this happiness turned into sadness, and it was at this moment that he realized that from beginning to end, the black flag was a curse for him, and only when the black flag did not exist did he really live as a person, even in that environment, it was a difficult thing to live.

Emotions of joy and sorrow mingled in Jack's mind, and he let go of his hands, and the three Black Flags stopped attacking him.

Over the years, the Black Flags have never died, they have only lurked in darker places, and the organizations that used to undertake any commission are now only for the nobility, and the commission no longer requires the intervention of an intermediary, so the profession of intermediary has been abolished.

And the Black Flag has never had only one organization, in the Age of Lightlessness, five people with the same code name formed five Black Flags, and the five Black Flags had no connection with each other, and had their own networks, and after the end of the Age of Lightlessness and the opening of the Age of Law, because of the changes in the environment and the negative impact of hunting and bloody battles, the five Black Flags merged into one, and the organization was able to continue to exist.

The Black Flags did disappear for a while, and during that time, the Nameless began to reflect on their mistakes, canceling the experiment of creating people who could be recognized by the Catalog, leaving only the bloody battle that could take the Catalog from their hands, but the negative effects still pushed the organization into a desperate situation for a while, and the five Black Flags were hunted almost at the same time, and all the people who survived the hunt chose to participate in the bloody battle, except for Jack, who was also the only survivor of that period.

The quality of the Black Flag is not as good as it used to be, most of them have been sent early after receiving basic training, and the code name Black has become a legend among them, a true assassin who stands only under a name, and in their eyes, the person most likely to get the 'directory'.

And Jack is in a state of pain at this time, he wanders on both sides and doesn't know how to choose, return to the Black Flag, then he will step into that purgatory full of killing, and refuse to return to the Black Flag, so where is his ideal home?

At that moment, the sound of the dream came from outside the house, and Jack thought it was the Ideal Township calling him.

Jack didn't make any choice, ignored the others, and pushed Zwei out of the way.

He walked out of the room, just thinking about the silver bell of his dreams.

Slowly, the silver bell entered his ears, and it was getting closer and closer.

"I'm here, Ideal Township. "

Jack closed his eyes, ready to welcome the soul to heaven.

"Uncle, what are you doing?".

It's that tone! It's the tone that Jack has been looking forward to since childhood! The notes are beating! Jumping in his miserable childhood has robbed him of all the memories that belong to that period, leaving him uninhibited and carefree.

Jack opened his eyes and lowered his head to look at the source of the silver bells—a group of truly happy children.

"Is this the ideal town?" asked Jack.

"No," the children replied in unison, "this is the Nu Entrance Hall." "