狼刺客 Wolf Assassin
本性如山水，善意似草木。
草木生又灭，山水岿而坚。
Hills and rivers, nature's way,
Kindness grows like grass and wood.
Plants may fade, then bloom in May,
All shall still stand where they stood.
旧时，有只小狼随大苍狼学习捕猎，他聪明勤勉，却总也捉不到食物。这日，大苍狼下令让小狼独自觅食，否则就得挨饿。小狼返回山场，潜在暗处，不久就逮到了只兔子。不想，那小狼并未立刻扑食，反倒小心翼翼地收敛着气力，帮兔子舔伤止血。
兔子见状，挣扎着逃脱了，小狼又疾奔去追。兔子慌不择路，跌入塘中他扑腾着想游回岸上，却被追来的小狼一爪摁回水中。须臾，眼瞧兔子就要溺死，小狼又急急将其捞起，不断轻蹭他的脑袋，帮他缓过气来。兔子醒转，正不明所以，暗处忽传来大苍狼的呼嚎，小狼张皇失措，伸爪按住兔子，可用力太甚，只听咔嚓一响，抬爪再看，兔子已七窍喷红死透了。
小狼伤心地啜泣不已，大苍狼上前一问，这才明白:原是小狼不忍杀免子，所以屡次饶它性命，可又担心自己挨饿，始终也不愿放过它。听罢大苍狼道:“你以为自己心慈手软，其实给自己和兔子都平添许多苦痛，思前想后，翻来覆去，倒不如从开始，就给彼此一个痛快。
小狼似是从这话中悟出别番道理，后来他自创了一手扔镖暗杀的把式又快又狠，自认这是给对手最大的仁慈。
Once upon a time, a young wolf followed a grey elder wolf to learn the art of hunting. Despite his cleverness and diligence, the young wolf struggled to catch any prey. One day, the pale elder commanded him to find food alone or face hunger. Then the young wolf, hiding in the shadows of the mountains, finally managed to catch a rabbit. However, instead of eating it alive, he gently licked the rabbit's wounds, as if to heal them.
The rabbit took the chance and fled into a pond, struggling to swim to safety, but the young wolf in pursuit forced it back into the water. Just as the rabbit was about to drown, the young wolf rescued it, softly nudging its head and helping it breathe. The rabbit woke up conscious but bewildered. Suddenly, the distant howl of the grey elder startled both of them. In his panic, the young wolf accidentally crushed the rabbit under his paw.
Heartbroken, the young wolf wept bitterly. As the elder approached and inquired, it became clear: the young wolf couldn't bring himself to kill the rabbit, so he repeatedly spared its life. Yet, he also feared his own hunger, and that's why he refused to let go. Acknowledged, the grey elder then advised, "Your false kindness brought misery. Instead of hesitation, both of you would have been better off with a swift end."
The grey elder's words seemed to have dawned upon the young wolf. Later, it honed a lethal technique of hurling whirling blades from afar for stealth kills, believing this to be the ultimate form of mercy towards its adversaries.
