Then I Still Want to Hear It

"Don't you think you're meddling a little too much?" Zhang Heng asked.

"No, all we do is make minor repairs to the existing structure. We do not go against the larger course of events. Nor do we seek fame or profit. We are people who live in the shadows of history; most people do not even know we exist. That is why the Blade of Balance has endured for a thousand years. In fact, most of the time, we are merely observers. Within the organization, we prefer to call ourselves repairmen."

The Old Trainer said, "To return to the Blade of Balance, it consists of two parts. One part is the organization's core members. For the first generation of the Blade of Balance, that meant the summoner and the six strongest assassins of that era, seven people in total. The other part consists of people connected to assassins or those who rely on assassins for a living, including intelligence dealers, a small number of nobles, large numbers of commoners and slaves at the bottom of society, as well as weapons merchants, doctors, and so on. They are considered the Blade of Balance's outer members.

"However, as the Blade of Balance developed, both groups changed in number. Although the organization encountered several very serious crises, it generally continued growing. Most of that growth came from the outer members, while the number of core members remained relatively stable and underwent only a few expansions. About four hundred years ago, we also began opening our doors to other assassins, allowing them to exchange for intelligence and resources from the organization. Their status is basically equivalent to that of outer members, and the responsibilities they bear are correspondingly limited. In their eyes, the Blade of Balance is merely an organization that provides services to