With a click, the lock on the cell door was easily opened from the outside.
The newcor stood at the doorway, his gaze falling upon the figure on the bed with tightly closed eyes.
He did not act imdiately.
A mont later, a calm male voice ca: "Stop pretending to be asleep, I know you're not asleep at all."
As his words fell, a temporary silence descended upon the cell.
Gandalf on the bed actually turned over, facing the wall.
The next second, he snored like thunder.
The man: ... He rubbed his forehead speechlessly.
"I say, isn't it a bit too deliberate for you to start snoring now?"
The man's voice carried a hint of helpless amusent.
The snoring from the bed indeed stopped abruptly.
After a long while, Gandalf grumbled, "You are a clever human..."
At the sa ti, Zhou Huai's consciousness arrived belatedly.
He had entered Gandalf's body.
His Clone indeed did not need sleep, but he himself still did.
If he hadn't been woken by the System's alert, he would still be deep in a beautiful dream.
Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf to sit up, letting out a big yawn.
Only then did he look at the figure who had suddenly entered his cell.
As he observed the other party, he felt a bit puzzled.
The assassins sent by the traitors were quite peculiar.
They hadn't directly tried to kill him.
After all, the current Gandalf was still wearing the chains of forbidden law.
If they truly wanted to kill him, he would have no ans of resistance.
However, when Zhou Huai clearly saw the other party's appearance, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
The other party looked to be in his twenties.
He was wearing a crisp Great Xia Military Departnt uniform.
It was his first ti seeing him.
Yet, he felt a strange sense of familiarity.
As if he had seen him sowhere before.
Seeing Gandalf "wake up," the other party revealed a formulaic smile.
He said very politely, "My sincerest apologies, Mr. Gandalf. The situation is special, and I had no choice but to disturb you late at night."
Zhou Huai was also sowhat surprised to see the other party being so polite.
He asked knowingly, "Who are you? What do you want with at this hour?"
The man cleared his throat and adjusted his collar.
"Allow to introduce myself, I am Chu He."
"I am the head of the Human Resources Departnt at Dawn Guild, specifically responsible for recruiting talented and capable Professionals to join our Dawn Guild. You can think of as the HR for Dawn Guild."
Zhou Huai showed a look of sudden realization.
No wonder he felt the young man in front of him looked familiar.
Isn't this the fellow who claid to be Yaso's teacher when Yaso participated in the trial tower?
At that ti, this Chu He also tried to forcibly take Yaso away, but Yaso escaped by committing suicide.
Later, during the National Examination, Gandalf also encountered Zuo Daolin of the Dawn Guild.
He had also disrupted Zuo ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) Daolin's plan.
Zhou Huai had always thought that the Dawn Guild would likely co to trouble Gandalf.
He never expected it to be at this ti, in this manner.
It must be said that the Dawn Guild's capabilities were indeed significant.
This was the prison of the Central Military Departnt.
Yet, this Chu He was able to enter so silently.
"Do you also intend to abduct by force, like Zuo Daolin did?"
Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf, his voice tinged with a hint of mockery.
However, Chu He shook his head and said very seriously, "I must clarify one thing here, I am not like that brute Zuo Daolin. I don't like to force people; I prefer to reason with them."
Zhou Huai chuckled inwardly after hearing that.
He wondered who it was that had poked Yaso into critical condition with a single finger back then.
At that ti, you certainly didn't seem like soone who wanted to reason.
Chu He naturally didn't know Zhou Huai's silent criticisms; he continued, "Mr. Gandalf, I presu you may not be entirely clear about your current situation."
"Your current situation is very dangerous. Many people in the Imperial Capital are already plotting to take your life. Whether they are traitors within your Great Xia Country or spies from enemy nations, they all want to nip you in the bud before you fully mature."
"At that point, even Marshal Zhao might not be able to protect you."
At this point, Chu He looked at Gandalf with utmost sincerity, his eyes filled with convincing power.
"Currently, only our Dawn Guild can safely rescue you from here."
"As long as you are willing to join us, I can assure you that from now on, no one will be able to harm you in the slightest."
Zhou Huai scoffed at his words.
"Aren't you speaking a bit too boldly?"
"With just a re guild organization, can you really contend with an entire country?"
Chu He, however, showed a confident smile.
"Mr. Gandalf, you currently do not fully understand the true strength of our Guild."
He paused, his tone calm, but the words he spoke were astonishing.
"If we wished, even the Free Federation would not be beyond our ability to contend with."
Zhou Huai's gaze turned cold.
This boasting was a bit excessive.
The Free Federation has an SSS-Class Professional guarding it, hailed as a walking god among humans.
What do you, a re Dawn Guild, have to contend with them?
Unless... unless your Guild also has an SSS-Class existence.
The question is, do they?
Currently, the only globally recognized SSS-Class Professional seems to be the one from the Free Federation, right?
Other than that, there seems to have never been any rumors about other SSS-Class individuals.
Of course.
One cannot speak in absolutes.
After all, he himself now held an SSS-Class Insect Emperor, Caesar, in his hands.
And no one knew about it either.
This world is very deep, and perhaps there truly are so powerful existences hidden from public knowledge.
Zhou Huai thought this to himself, but his words were anything but polite.
"Quite a bold claim."
"Even if what you say is true, why should I trust you?"
"Your Dawn Guild operates mysteriously and acts domineeringly; I don't consider you to be benevolent people."
Chu He's smile remained unchanged, as if he had long anticipated Gandalf's skepticism.
"Mr. Gandalf, we admit that so of our Guild's previous actions may have left you with a less-than-favorable impression."
"But you must understand, great achievents require disregarding minor details. Our goals are far grander than you imagine."
He took two steps forward, staring intently at Gandalf.
"We are not enemies of the Great Xia Country; on the contrary, we are safeguarding this world and all of humanity in our own way!"
"You will soon understand the current state of the Great Xia Military Departnt. It is internally corrupt, riddled with factions, and even has woodworms colluding with foreign enemies, selling out national interests."
"Marshal Zhao has grown old; he can no longer suppress those people. Principal Lin's death was just the beginning."
"Next, it will be your turn."
Chu He's words were highly inflammatory, as if he were an orator on a high platform, painting a magnificent and grand blueprint for the world.
Zhou Huai remained outwardly calm, but his mind was rapidly calculating.
Chu He's words were half-truths, half-falsehoods, difficult to discern.
But one thing was certain: the Dawn Guild was definitely an extrely formidable and ambitious organization.
They might not truly be accomplices of those traitors, but they were certainly not good-natured people either.
They were more like a group of... idealistic madn.
Just then, Chu He raised his wrist and checked the ti on his watch.
"My ti is running out."
He looked at Gandalf again, his eyes carrying a hint of urgency.
"Have you considered it carefully, Mr. Gandalf?"
"Are you willing to join our Dawn Guild?"
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