Chapter 88 Reliable "Leader"
While the waiter was shouting, Odysseus chatted with Xio. When he learned that the enemy had followed Xio all the way here, he took out his pocket watch to check the time: "It has been 32 minutes since I received the notification. The enemy's support should have arrived."
Odysseus analyzed: "I guess the person who followed you is at least a Sequence 7. Now with their helpers, the two of us are definitely not their opponents."
Xio was slightly stunned, thinking that the "Leader"'s analysis was correct, and suddenly became a little worried.
While organizing his extraordinary weapons, Odysseus continued: "The reason why the other party did not act immediately is because they noticed that there were people from MI9 around.
"But according to the practice of MI9, they will currently send a Sequence 8 with two Sequence 9s to follow.
"If we add up, we can barely escort you to MI9."
"MI9?" Xio was somewhat resistant when he heard the name of this department.
Odysseus said, "Don't worry, I will talk to them. They dare not do anything to you."
Then he warned, "Hide in the carriage for a while, don't come out to show off, let the people from MI9 block the way first.
"They will get a lot of pensions when they die, but you don't."
Hugh nodded immediately, "Oh."
From the "leader's" analysis, she could feel the "leader's" reliability, so she was willing to trust the "leader" completely and listen to whatever he said.
...
The waiter who received the "leader's" order did not quite understand the "leader's" intention.
The "leader" didn't know who he was inviting when he said to invite "them".
The waiter followed the "leader's" instructions and came to the alley on the left side of the door. It was empty and there was no one.
He cleared his throat and shouted, "'Leader' here is key information about Bruce! "
Except for the barking of dogs in the distance, there was no movement around.
The waiter took a deep breath and was about to shout again, when suddenly, a hand reached out from behind and patted the waiter on the shoulder.
The waiter was startled and turned around, and saw a young man in his thirties standing behind him.
The other person had a stern face: "Does the 'leader' have information about Bruce?"
The waiter swallowed: "Yes... yes, the 'leader' said so."
The other person asked again: "Where is the 'leader' now?"
"In the living room inside."
The man frowned: "When did you come?"
"Just now."
"Take me to see him."
The waiter nodded: "Originally, the 'leader' also said that you should go in and talk. "
"Us? "The young man couldn't help but look back at the door of No. 199 Hairun Avenue. He had always felt that their surveillance process was very secretive. When did the "leader" find out?
Then he realized that the "leader" was a senior figure in the intelligence community and should have guessed it according to convention.
Thinking of this, he put his index finger in his mouth and blew a loud whistle.
A few seconds later, a man and a woman came out from the surrounding shops and houses.
The man in his thirties shouted, "'Leader', please let us in to talk."
Then he took the lead and entered No. 199 Hairun Avenue.
The waiter following behind admired the "leader" to the extreme. After shouting in the alley, someone really answered, and it was indeed "them".
At this time, the "leader" had already sat in the seat where he had been at the party, and Hugh stood behind him like a young waiter.
"Please sit down." Odysseus smiled and said, "Let's introduce each other first. This is Hugh Dilcha. It was she who obtained very important intelligence for MI9. "
Odysseus knew very well that MI9 must attach great importance to Bruce's intelligence. Even if he was not the member in charge of this matter, he must have received a notice to collect relevant intelligence.
Three people from MI9 sat opposite Odysseus. Since the "leader" asked them to do so, they also briefly introduced themselves. The man who patted the waiter's shoulder just now was called Cyril, and he was the leader of the three.
The other man and woman were about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and there was nothing impressive about their looks. The woman was called Leona and the man was called Gene.
Odysseus said again: "Let's talk about how to get the information to MI9 as soon as possible."
Cyril still had a stern face and said: "Please ask Miss Dilcha to dictate, and we will go back and tell her, right?"
He paused and said: "As for the reward, it will never be in arrears."
"It's not a question of reward." Odysseus briefly recounted Hugh's description just now, as well as his own guess about the enemy, and then said: "If one of you leaves here at this time, you will be attacked immediately.
"We only have two options now. The first is for you to send out a distress signal and we'll wait for reinforcements here.
" "The second option is to send Dilcha to MI9.
" "It should be noted that if you use the first option, the enemy will launch an offensive after you send out the signal. We have to be prepared to face an attack from at least five or six Beyonders led by a Sequence 7.
" "Although the second option looks dangerous, we are on the move, and they are also on the move, so it's difficult for the enemy to set an ambush in advance."
Cyril frowned: "You shouldn't have called all of us in!"
Otherwise, he could have kept one or two people in the dark. Odysseus smiled and said, "At this time, we must concentrate all our strength."
In fact, he wanted to tie the three people from MI9 to himself and Xio.
Cyril sighed and said, "We don't have much time."
Odysseus nodded in agreement. From the moment the people from MI9 entered the room, the enemy commander should make the final decision: attack immediately? Or wait for the opportunity?
He smiled and said, "If you are not sure, drive your carriage here and we will go to MI9 immediately."
Cyril asked, "Mr. 'Leader' thinks we should escort Miss Dilcha back to MI9?"
Odysseus nodded, "Yes."
If it was at Gal's Herbal Medicine Store or Odysseus's home, he would definitely suggest holding on, because Odysseus has many arrangements in these two places, which can completely withstand the attacks of several extraordinary people.
However, in order to avoid the members from noticing that the "leader" is proficient in magic circles, the gathering place of the Mysterious Research Society did not make any defensive arrangements, nor did it leave a back door, and there was no way out at all.
In this case, it would be better to fight the enemy in motion. This is Backlund after all. In order to avoid attracting demigods, the enemy dare not make too fierce attacks on the street.
Cyril pondered for a while before saying, "Okay, listen to Mr. 'Chief'."
Then he said to Gene, "Go drive the carriage."
"Yes." Gene stood up and walked out quickly.
Odysseus picked up the cloth bag containing extraordinary weapons, came to the wall in the direction of the door, hid behind the wall, and looked out through the glass of the door with his side face.
After seeing Gene driving the carriage over, he took out the metal crossbow and put a metal arrow on it: "Do you have guns?"
Cyril and Leona both pulled out a revolver and turned on the safety.
Odysseus said, "Follow me and point the muzzle of the gun at one o'clock!"
After saying that, he rushed out first.
As soon as they came out, Gene just stopped the carriage at the door.
Almost at the same time, two men rushed out of the shop opposite, running towards this side while drawing their guns.
Their position was exactly one o'clock for Odysseus and the others!
Before the two men raised their guns, Odysseus, who had been prepared, had already fired a metal crossbow, and the exquisite metal arrow hit one of the other men in the heart.
Bang bang bang bang~
Cyril and Leona raised their guns faster than them. They each fired two shots, both hitting the target, and the two enemies fell in a pool of blood.
The sudden gunshots made the pedestrians around scream and dodge, and the street was suddenly a little chaotic.
Odysseus smiled and said, "Good shooting skills."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, observing the situation around him, and motioned Hugh to get on the carriage first.
After the four people got on the carriage one after another, Gene, who was sitting in the driver's seat, waved the reins: "Go!"
The two horses neighed and pulled the carriage forward quickly.
Inside the carriage, because of the victory in the first battle, although the four people were carefully observing the outside of the car window, they couldn't help but curl up their lips slightly.
While staring outside, Hugh asked, "Mr. 'Chief', how do you know there will be enemies in that direction?"
"It's very simple." Odysseus smiled and said, "Because that is the direction of the horse and the driver. If I were the enemy's commander, I would definitely arrange people to kill the horses and the driver after learning that the enemy drove the carriage over.
"If there is such an arrangement, they can't attack from the direction of the carriage, right?"
Hugh nodded slightly, very impressed.
Cyril also said, "I have heard of Mr. 'Chief's' wisdom for a long time, but today I know that there is really no falsehood in it."
Odysseus smiled and said, "I guess you won't use wisdom to describe me, but 'cunning', right?"
Cyril and Leona smiled slightly and didn't explain.
At this time, Gene, who was driving, suddenly shouted, "Enemy attack! It's the Fire Crow! "
As he shouted, he pulled the reins hard and turned the carriage into an alley.
When turning the corner, Odysseus and others in the carriage saw from the window that a group of fire crows were flying quickly towards the carriage.
After the carriage turned, the group of fire crows also turned and caught up.
Although the two horses were running hard, the speed of the fire crows was faster than the horses.
Odysseus immediately stood up and broke the rear window of the carriage. When the fire crows were about to catch up with the carriage, he threw a blue axe to the back.
This axe was the "ice bomb" he had used before. After hitting one of the fire crows, the axe immediately exploded with a soft "bang".
The area around the small explosion within four or five meters was immediately covered with a layer of frost, and even the fire crows were frozen.
Cyril was slightly surprised at the effect of the "leader's" weapon in his heart, and said coldly: "Arsonist!"
At this time, Gene in front reminded again: "The enemy is on the car! Ah..."
As he shouted, gunshots were heard outside. It was obvious that Gene was injured. Chapter 89 The Art of Explosion (Additional chapter for everyone's recommendation votes!)
Boom!
There was a sound from the roof of the car immediately, but fortunately with Gene's reminder, Cyril and Leona had already raised their guns and fired at the roof of the car where the sound just came from.
Bang bang!
Odysseus quickly reminded: "Don't rush to shoot!"
When Cyril and Leona were slightly stunned, two small pieces of wood fell from the roof to the back of the carriage.
Odysseus had already realized that the enemy's fire crows just now were to drive the carriage into this alley.
The door could not be opened in the alley, and there was no way to get out from inside. If the driver's reminder was lost, and the enemy attacked from the roof again, it would be hard to defend against.
And Gene had just reminded someone to get on the car, and his reminder should have been heard by the enemy, but then there was still a sound from the roof, and Odysseus felt very suspicious!
So he reminded the two members of MI9 not to rush to shoot all the bullets.
After seeing the two fallen pieces of wood, Odysseus received admiring looks from the other three people.
But now was not the time for praise and small talk. Cyril pointed his gun at the roof and said, "Fire alternately."
Leona nodded and quickly stuffed bullets into the revolver.
But three or four seconds passed, and the enemy still did not get on the car.
Odysseus and Cyril continued to say at the same time, "Not good!"
Cyril quickly took out the bulletproof shield folded under the seat, and Odysseus stepped forward to help. The two of them held it above their heads together.
There was no need to remind them at this time, Leona and Hugh were hiding under the shield.
Boom~
A big fireball hit the roof of the car, blowing up half of the roof.
The flames spread to the carriage and set the leather seats on fire.
Fortunately, this was the carriage of MI9, and there were bulletproof shields in the carriage, otherwise Odysseus and the other four would have been injured.
But the fire in the carriage was getting bigger and bigger, choking the four people and making them cough.
"Cover me! Ahem..." Odysseus said, and took out the very sharp knife from the cloth bag and cut open the back part of the carriage.
Cyril and Leona held up their shields and fired at the roofs on both sides.
The enemies chasing them on the roofs on both sides squatted or slowed down to avoid them.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Odysseus used his sharp knife to remove the back wall and door of the carriage, as well as the burning seat, and threw them off the carriage, so that the field of vision suddenly became much wider.
At this time, Cyril and Leona put down their shields and quickly loaded bullets into the revolver. Just now, they had emptied the bullets in their guns to cover Odysseus.
The pursuers realized this and immediately caught up and fired.
However, they fired while moving and at a long distance, so they all missed the target.
At this time, Odysseus raised his crossbow again. His metal crossbow had a hit effect and shot another enemy.
At this time, Cyril said, "The road ahead is blocked!"
Odysseus looked back and saw that the other end of the alley was indeed blocked by a carriage.
The carriage they were riding in also slowly stopped at this time.
There were only three people left in the pursuit. Odysseus and the other four tacitly drew their cold weapons, prepared to take turns to cover each other, and climbed onto the roof to fight back.
At this time, a middle-aged man among the pursuers raised his hand, and balls of flames ignited around him, and quickly condensed into a group of fire crows, flying towards the carriage.
Cyril immediately turned around and climbed to the driver's seat: "Fight for a while!"
Obviously, this middle-aged man was the Sequence 7 "arsonist"!
This made Odysseus and the other four people lose the idea of counterattack instantly. A Sequence 9 holding a gun can still deal with a Sequence 8 enemy.
But it is generally difficult for Sequence 8 to deal with Sequence 7, because most of the ways, at the level of Sequence 7, have mastered many difficult-to-resist Beyonder abilities and have obviously become much stronger.
Therefore, in modern times, starting from Sequence 7, they are called "Middle Sequence" Beyonders, and below Sequence 7 are "Low Sequence" Beyonders.
Facing the opponent's Fire Crow attack, Odysseus once again took out a blue axe from the cloth bag.
Bang!
The "Ice and Snow Bomb" exploded, blocking the Fire Crow's attack.
Then Odysseus and Leona used a crossbow and a revolver to shoot at the "arsonist" alternately, trying to prevent the opponent from using Beyonder abilities again.
Hugh climbed to the driver's seat, pulled out a pistol from the gun bag of the seriously injured Gene, and joined the shooting.
However, among the pursuers, in addition to the "arsonist", there were two other pursuers, who also shot at Odysseus and others with revolvers.
Odysseus and Leona were shot one after another, but because they were not fatally injured, they still insisted on shooting.
At this time, Cyril finally killed the driver of the carriage blocking the alley, moved the carriage away, and Hugh took the reins to let the carriage move forward again.
When turning out of the alley, Cyril jumped on the carriage, and first he and Odysseus moved the seriously injured Jean into the carriage, and then Cyril drove the carriage.
This carriage without the rear shed attracted the attention of many passers-by. However, after seeing the wounded above and the revolvers they were holding, the pedestrians hurried away in a hurry, fearing that they would be involved in some inexplicable danger.
Odysseus opened the knight's suit with a defensive magic circle, and then opened his shirt to check his chest.
The defensive magic circle of this knight's suit can block the bullets fired from the revolver, but this is not a pleasant experience. When hit by a bullet, it is like being hit by a hammer, and there will be a bruise.
He was hit by two bullets in the chest just now, and it was painful to take a breath.
Gene and Leona did not have knight's suits with defensive magic circles. Gene was shot in the abdomen. Although he did not die on the spot, he also lost his combat effectiveness. Judging from his face, he has already shown signs of excessive blood loss.
Leona was shot in the right shoulder, and at this time, her right arm could no longer be lifted.
Odysseus took out two doses of medicine from his pocket and threw one of them to Leona: "The glass bottle is for internal use, and the porcelain bottle is for external use."
After that, he opened the other dose of medicine, opened the glass bottle, poured it into Gene's mouth, and then let him lie down and sprinkled the white powder in the porcelain bottle on his wound.
Sure enough, the bleeding stopped soon.
While they were treating the wound, Hugh was on guard with a gun. She suddenly said, "They are chasing us."
Odysseus got up and saw a carriage chasing behind him. The driver was the "arsonist"!
Because there was still some distance between the two sides, Odysseus calmly checked the weapons in the cloth bag. Today, he brought two "ice bombs", and now there were only two red "fire bombs".
There were only five metal arrows left, and as for the sword and the cane, they did not play a big role in the battle with the "arsonist".
After thinking for a while, Odysseus said to Cyril, "Turn into the alley ahead!"
The alley ahead was a high and thick wall between two factories.
After entering the alley, Odysseus held a red axe and asked Cyril to slow down. When they were about halfway through the alley, the "arsonist" chased into the alley.
Odysseus threw the axe with all his strength: "Lie down!"
As he spoke, he quickly fell on the carriage.
The "arsonist" thought it was another extraordinary weapon with ice and snow attacks. He raised his hand quickly, and a red fireball appeared beside him and was thrown out suddenly to prevent the axe from falling to the ground, avoiding the appearance of ice and affecting the running of the horse.
But the moment the fireball was thrown out, the "arsonist"'s spirit sensed the danger, and he jumped up from the driver's seat very quickly and landed behind the carriage.
Boom~
The moment the fireball came into contact with the axe, there was a violent explosion, which directly blew down the walls on both sides.
Fortunately, there were factories on both sides. Although many people were frightened, no one was injured.
Because it was in the alley, the flames of the explosion spread to both sides, and the carriage behind was immediately engulfed by the flames.
The "arsonist" rolled on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner to avoid the shock wave of the explosion. He used his ability to manipulate flames to avoid being hurt by the flames of the explosion. The fragments of the axe were also blocked by the carriage, so he was not injured.
However, the carriage was already covered by the fire, and the horse was killed on the spot. In the fire, the door was pushed open, and one of the "arsonist's" subordinates climbed out of the carriage with only the frame left with a burning body.
But as soon as he landed, he was burned to death.
The "arsonist" had also operated many explosions and set fires many times, but the violent explosion and flames just now, as well as the burning frame now, still made him feel a little shocked.
He really couldn't figure out what could be so powerful?
At this time, the carriage of Odysseus and others had turned out of the alley and completely got rid of the pursuers.
Cyril, who was driving, couldn't help but ask: "Mr. 'Chief', are you carrying large-caliber shells used on steel giant ships?"
Odysseus smiled and said, "That's the hidden weapon issued by the 'Mechanical Heart'."
"'Hidden' weapon?"
Just that sound, can it be called a hidden weapon?
There were no more pursuers on the road, and finally the carriage stopped in front of a large courtyard in the West District, but there was no sign.
There were soldiers standing guard at the door. Cyril showed his ID and immediately ordered the soldiers to send the wounded to the hospital.
After the two wounded left in other carriages, Odysseus said to Cyril: "You go in and report, we will wait for you here."
Cyril was slightly stunned: "This... This is not in accordance with the rules."
"Goodbye."
"Wait, wait." Cyril realized that if the "Chief" didn't want to enter MI9, he really couldn't force him to go in.
After all, this is a senior intelligence officer of the "Mechanical Heart", and Archbishop Horamick Hayden is protecting him. MI9 can only follow him, but cannot arrest or interrogate him.
Cyril tried in the end: "I am mainly worried that you are too dangerous outside."
Odysseus said slowly: "Then you can report faster."
Cyril had no choice but to go in alone. Soon, he and several of his superiors came out to greet him.
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The name of "Chief" is very famous in Backlund's intelligence community. In addition, Odysseus is escorting Hugh Dilza for MI9 this time, so several officers of Cyril came out to greet him in person.
This officer is the chief of the Operations Department. He is in his forties, a little plump, and has a beard on his upper lip: "Mr. 'Chief', please come in, please come in!"
Odysseus raised his hand and said without being introduced by others: "Chief Danesi, let's talk here."
They are all in the intelligence work. Although they have never met, they must have seen each other's resume and information.
He turned slightly and introduced: "This is Miss Dilza. She received a commission from 'Hound' to investigate Bruce's case.
"During the investigation, she encountered an unknown reason for hunting, so she asked me for help, and I sent her here.
"Because your commission has caused a lot of inconvenience to Miss Dilza, I have three requests for this."
Danesi, the chief of the Operations Department, hurriedly said: "Please speak."
"First, this commission is too dangerous, and the reward will be doubled." Odysseus said.
As he spoke, he looked at one of Danesi's subordinates, a man in his thirties with short hair and a high Adam's apple, as if there was an egg stuck in his throat.
Odysseus sensed the anger that was being suppressed from the other's expression and eyes.
But Odysseus had never met the other person before, and did not remember offending this person, so he did not take it too seriously.
At the same time, Danesi immediately asked the people around him: "How much reward was promised at that time?"
One of his subordinates replied: "The reward given by the Mystic Research Society is 20 pounds."
Danesi said happily: "I will give 50 pounds."
Odysseus said: "Second, tomorrow at noon, Miss Dilcha will treat me to lunch in order to thank me for the protection I provided. I hope that your investigation will not affect our lunch, and you cannot use extraordinary abilities to interrogate her!"
Xio had not made such a promise before, but she knew that this was an excuse for the people of MI9 to release her before noon tomorrow.
Then she began to think: How should I thank Mr. "Chief"?
Danesi immediately said, "I know what you are worried about. We would rather develop Miss Dilcha into our informant than persecute her for such an excellent talent."
Odysseus continued, "Third, in the near future, we should protect the safety of Miss Dilcha and her family without affecting her normal life as much as possible."
"That's for sure." Danesi smiled, "It is very likely that other clues will be found during the protection period."
Odysseus extended his hand and smiled, "Mr. Danesi, I am very happy to meet you today. Your subordinates are all great, calm and determined. I think this is inseparable from your excellent leadership ability."
Danesi also shook Odysseus's hand very eagerly, "Are you exaggerating or your behavior is admirable? I don't know how to thank you for your help today."
The two of them shook hands vigorously, like good friends for more than ten years, and looked very close.
"We have always had a very pleasant cooperation." Odysseus smiled and said, "Our respective goals have not conflicted with each other."
Danesi nodded, "You are right.
"But the thanks that should be expressed should still be expressed. I will send someone to deliver it later. "
How can I do that?"
"This is what you deserve."
"..."
The two of them argued for a long time before Odysseus said goodbye. Danesi immediately sent a car to take the "leader". He stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the carriage go away, and said to his subordinates: "Please ask Miss Dilcha to go in and record her statement."
After Hugh followed him into MI9, the smile on Danesi's face disappeared instantly. He said to his subordinates: "Upgrade the assessment of the danger level of the 'leader' and send a more advanced investigation team to investigate the details of the 'leader.'"
He just heard Cyril say that the "Mechanical Heart" equipped the "leader" with a powerful extraordinary weapon, and MI9 didn't even know what the "leader" looked like. Such a person must be given enough attention.
Odysseus returned to No. 199 Hairun Avenue, and as expected, he received a "thank you" from MI9, a "Good Citizen Award Certificate", and a bonus of 60 pounds.
He smiled and said, "This guy is really perfunctory. "
Odysseus had long heard that Danesi was a man who appeared to be friendly on the surface but was insidious and cunning in private.
But he did not expect that this guy could be so stingy!
After thinking about it for a while, Odysseus asked the waiter to post the certificate in the most conspicuous place in the living room, and then gave each of the two waiters a bonus of 1 pound, and used the "teleportation array" in the basement to leave.
Taking the carriage back to the herbal medicine store, Odysseus first applied some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing potion on his chest. After feeling much better, he continued to make the "Flame Arrow".
That night, he stayed at another base, No. 176 Riverbend Avenue.
By all accounts, Chibman's accomplices should have found Simon.
...
North District, No. 16 Ernst Avenue, "Nanmu Ballroom".
Late in the evening, Ms. Mandy, who was dressed in a professional suit and had a rather elegant demeanor, asked the waiter to invite Lord Asibourne into her office after hearing that Lord Asibourne was coming to visit in person.
Before that, Asibourne's butler had come once in the morning and once in the afternoon, but Mandy did not meet him as instructed by Mr. Gall.
In the morning, when Mandy learned from the newspaper that Lord Asibourne's house was on fire, she was not surprised. After all, Mr. Gall had decided to warn Asibourne yesterday afternoon.
But what surprised Mandy was that Mr. Gall did not let her issue a commission to the extraordinary mercenaries, and the purpose of the warning had been achieved. Mandy spent the whole day thinking about this matter and was worried about it.
The fact that Mr. Gal didn't complete the warning through her showed that he was a little disappointed with her previous slowness. She also reflected on this for a whole day. She didn't know when she started to be a little slack in intelligence work.
Mr. Gal used other channels to solve the problem this time, which was undoubtedly a warning to her!
At this time, the waiter knocked on the door and said that Lord Asibourne was brought.
Mandy came back to her senses, took a deep breath, and concentrated on dealing with Asibourne.
In her opinion, Mr. Gal asked her to decide whether Asibourne's matter would end here, which showed that Mr. Gal still trusted her. Of course, she couldn't live up to Mr. Gal's trust.
Asibourne brought a land deed. He said that he admired everything Mr. Gal had done for the women of Backlund, so he bought the large shop on the left side of the "Nanmu Ballroom" and gave it to Mr. Gal to express his respect.
Mandy felt that Asibourne was very sincere, so she accepted the land deed and chose to reconcile with the lord.
Aceborn finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally got a good night's sleep.
...
Around nine o'clock on Wednesday morning.
Hugh Dilcha, dressed in a knight's uniform, with messy hair and a little greasy from staying up late, finally returned to the rental house she and Fors shared.
Fors, who was dressed casually, had to rush to finish her manuscript today, so she got up very early. When she saw Hugh coming back, she quickly asked, "Hugh, what important commission did you investigate last night? You didn't even come back all night?"
Last night, Hugh asked someone from MI9 to send a letter to Fors, but many things were not convenient to say. She only told Fors in the letter that she was going to do some investigations at night and would not go back.
Because this was not the first time there was a mission at night, Fors did not take it too seriously, thinking that it was due to the environment when Hugh wrote the letter, and she could not tell the specific content of the mission in the letter.
Xiou yawned and said, "I went to MI9 yesterday!"
Fors stood up suddenly, looked at Xiou again, and asked with concern, "Are you...are you okay?"
It is said that this is a department where lynching is rampant and the judicial authorities have no right to intervene.
If a wild Beyonder like Xiou who has no backing is caught there, there is almost no chance of coming out alive.
Xiou waved her hand, "It's okay..."
She recounted her experience yesterday afternoon. To be honest, she herself felt a little magical.
She was chased by a Sequence 7 team, but she only suffered minor injuries. She entered MI9 to record her statement, and everyone was polite to her.
"Leader"! All this is because of the "Leader"!
It was the "Leader" who repelled the Sequence 7 and escorted her to MI9 safely.
It was the "Leader" who helped her negotiate with the people of MI9, so that the people of MI9 did not use any lynching on her or interrogate her with Beyonder abilities.
Thinking of this, Xio said seriously: "Thanks to the protection of the 'leader', otherwise this commission would definitely get me into big trouble!"
Fors nodded: "I do have to thank the 'leader', but... but the 50 pounds of bounty you earned, the leader will not even look at it, right? How should I thank him?"
Xio said: "At that time, the 'leader' used the excuse that I wanted to treat him to a meal and asked the people from MI9 to release me this morning.
"I thought about it and asked the 'leader' to have a meal."
Fors was slightly stunned: "Just a meal?"
"What else?"
Fors glanced at her friend's flat chest: "That's right, your face looks a little cute, but what about your figure? Except for some perverts, no one would want to hit on you."
Xio rolled his eyes: "Thank you for the compliment!"
...
Until Wednesday morning, Odysseus finally completed the orders to the "Mysterious Queen" and Klein.
He happily wrote a letter to Alia, a subordinate of the "Mysterious Queen", asking her to pick up the goods at any time. He also prayed to the "Fool", asking Mr. Fool to "tell" the "World" that the weapons he needed were ready.
Soon, the "World" responded, hoping to complete the transaction immediately.
So Odysseus sacrificed a brand new "Flame Arrow" and a piece of letter paper recording the formula and process of making its bullets to the "Fool".
A few minutes later, Odysseus used the gifting ceremony to obtain 6 00 pounds in cash to complete the transaction.
Odysseus was just about to go out and buy a Feneport grilled fish or a Disi grilled meat to reward himself, but his pocket watch suddenly lit up again.
He immediately guessed that it was very likely that Hugh really wanted to treat him to lunch.
Unfortunately, the character of the "leader" was made up after all, so it was best not to go to dinner with others, as that would reveal many of Odysseus's own habits.
So Odysseus took out a 5-sule note and asked his clerk Kena to sell grilled fish and grilled meat, while he took a carriage to 77 Hilton Avenue, disguised himself as the "leader", and used the "teleportation array" in the basement to meet Hugh. Chapter 91 No Such Person
Wearing a mask and a hooded cloak, Odysseus came out of the basement of No. 199 Hairun Avenue. He first saw Hugh Dilcha sitting in the living room, and the lady behind her in a light yellow dress.
The lady had long brown hair and beautiful features, but her expression was lazy. She should be the "magician" lady.
Fors saw that the "leader" really came out of the basement with no other doors, and suddenly recalled the plot of a novel she had read before.
The novel mentioned that there was a very strict room that was often haunted. Later, after an investigation by a priest, it was discovered that the room was actually an entrance to hell.
Thinking of this, Fors smiled slightly and thought: Mr. "leader" from hell.
Seeing the "leader" open the door and come out, Xio immediately stood up and smiled, "Mr. 'leader', to express my gratitude, I have already reserved a table at the Backlund Hotel. Please go and have a meal."
The Backlund Hotel is one of the first-class hotels in this international metropolis. It cost Xio 3 pounds just to reserve a table, and the table was in the lobby, not in a good position like the sofa area.
Eating a meal in such a hotel costs at least 10 pounds per person!
"Don't spend money." Odysseus smiled and said, "I said that yesterday, just as an excuse to Danesi and the others."
Without waiting for Xio to continue, Odysseus raised his hand and said, "If you really want to thank me, let me entrust you with something in the future. After this thing is completed, you don't need to charge a commission.
"I haven't thought about it yet, let's wait and see."
Xio nodded. This kind of thanks is indeed more valuable than treating people to a meal: "Okay, if you need me, just let me know."
"Okay." Odysseus talked about another topic: "You are a Sequence 9 now, right? "
Xiu answered honestly, "Yes, I am an 'arbitrator'."
Odysseus commented, "For some reason, it is difficult to find the potion formula and the main materials needed for promotion through this channel."
"That's right."
Odysseus asked knowingly, "Do you need me to help you find the potion formula for Sequence 8?"
"The formula has been found, and there are clues to the main materials."
Odysseus nodded, "If you need help, you can come to me. Just consider it my investment in you."
Then he looked at the two ladies in front of him, "Well, you two, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first."
Xiu said, "I'm sorry to have you come all the way here."
Odysseus waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.
Xiu and Fors watched the "leader" enter the basement. After they said goodbye to the waiter, they took a carriage and left No. 199 Hairun Avenue.
In the carriage, Fors said, "Based on my observation, the 'leader' is not a pervert. His help to you may really be just for investment, with no other intentions.
"Don't be too disappointed. Maybe in two years, you will grow taller and your breasts will be bigger."
Xio looked at her good friend helplessly and said, "Thank you for your encouragement."
Then she said, "I just rarely meet extraordinary people who help others. I feel a little surprised."
"This is Backlund!" Fors smiled and said, "So many people gathered here. There will always be kind people among them."
Then she changed the subject and said, "There is one thing I must remind you. Even if you don't go to the Backlund Hotel for dinner, the 3 pounds for the reserved seat will not be refunded.
"In order not to waste the 3 pounds, should we go to the Backlund Hotel for lunch as originally planned?"
Xio sighed helplessly, "Okay, let's be extravagant this time to celebrate and thank you for helping me find the main material for promotion, and also congratulate you on getting the formula for promotion. "
… No.
51 Henry Street.
Odysseus and Kena had fish and meat for lunch today, which looked very rich.
After lunch, just when Odysseus was about to take a nap, Max Livermore, the captain of the "Mechanical Heart", suddenly came to visit.
Odysseus invited him to the lounge in the backyard: "Any urgent task?"
Generally, when Max visits during working hours, it is basically for official business.
"After receiving the information you provided yesterday, we immediately sent two team members to No. 166 Anas Road to investigate..." Max, with sharp lines on his face, went straight to the point and talked about the purpose of coming to Odysseus today.
Odysseus made tea for Max while listening to his story.
Yesterday afternoon, a man in his thirties came to the herbal medicine shop to buy "sunflowers". Odysseus noticed that something was wrong with the other party, so he used "spiritual vision" to observe the other party and found that the other party's spirit was entangled in some black mist. Odysseus suspected that the man was affected by dark magic or rituals, so he started chatting with him and learned that the man was called Bernie and lived at 166 Anas Road.
Afterwards, Odysseus drew a portrait of Bernie and sent this information to the "Mechanical Heart".
As a result, when the "Mechanical Heart" sent people to investigate Anas Road, they found that there was no man named Bernie in that residential building, and no traces of dark magic or rituals were found in that residential building.
The "Mechanical Heart" went to the police station to look for information. Although there was a man named Bernie around, he was an old man in his seventies and looked completely different from the portrait.
This made the "Mechanical Heart" immediately alert. Max said: "We infer that someone is indeed performing a dark ritual, but not at 166 Anas Road!
" "And Bernie is likely to have been coerced or deceived to come to your store to buy 'sunflowers'.
"Although there is no way to prove these speculations, based on past experience, this is definitely not a simple dark ritual case!"
Max drank a sip of tea and then said, "We have not found any clues so far, so I would like to ask you to think about whether you can provide some other clues?"
Odysseus took the pipe and filled it with tobacco while thinking.
He slowly lit the pipe, took a few puffs and suddenly asked, "How did you determine that there were no traces of dark rituals at No. 166 Anas Road?"
Max replied, "Using a seal and observing with spiritual vision."
Odysseus asked again, "In other words, you can only be sure that no one performed dark rituals during your investigation?"
Max said, "If such a ritual was performed, there must be some traces left, so we..."
At this point, he suddenly thought of a key point.
Odysseus pointed out the key point for him: "The 'Golden Sunflower' that Bernie bought is enough to erase some traces of evil rituals!"
Max stood up suddenly: "I will take people to search door to door, I hope the criminal has not escaped yet."
"He will definitely not escape." Odysseus smiled: "Because if he escapes at this time, you will definitely notice it."
Max held his cane and walked quickly to the door. He suddenly turned around and asked: "You have been promoted to Sequence 8. Do you want to participate in this operation?"
He mainly hoped that when there were further clues, he could immediately discuss it with Odysseus. After all, this herbal shop owner had a lot of information about Backlund's Beyonder Realm.
Odysseus might be able to help them analyze the clues that the "Mechanical Heart" seemed to be at a loss for.
And if Max went to the herbal shop for consultation at that time, it would probably give the criminal time to escape.
Odysseus smiled and said, "Sorry, the herbal medicine shop is very busy today."
"If the information you provided can help us solve an extraordinary case, I can apply for a 60-pound bonus for you." Max said, "And if you also participate in the investigation of the case, I can at least apply for 160 pounds for you!"
He smiled and said, "You just need to sit in the carriage and answer some of my questions."
Odysseus immediately stood up and said, "As a good citizen of Backlund, it is my duty to help you solve the case.
"Let's go, I can't wait to fight a desperate battle with the evil forces! "
Although it was urgent, Odysseus still went to the basement to bring a weapon.
The weapon he used this time was the metal crossbow. First, because the "Mechanical Heart" knew that Odysseus was Mr. Gal, and there was no need to hide it.
Secondly, if Odysseus saw the criminal escaping, he certainly couldn't ignore it. Hiding in the carriage and shooting arrows was the best means of attack.
The two took the "Mechanical Heart"'s carriage to No. 166 Anas Road. This is a six-story residential building. Although it looks a bit shabby, it is a prosperous area because of the developed business around it.
From the car window, you can see the clothes drying on the balcony upstairs and some cooking utensils in the kitchen.
Under Max's coordination, more than a dozen policemen soon arrived. On the pretext of searching for the murderer, they searched door to door from bottom to top.
Max, who changed into a police uniform, had an oversized revolver on his waist. , following the policemen slowly.
Some residents cooperated very well, while others were reluctant, but after seeing the search warrant, they had no choice but to let these rude policemen in.
When they searched the third floor, the two policemen knocked on the door of a household for a long time but no one answered. When they were about to ask the administrator of the residential building to open the door with a spare key, the door was broken by a huge force, wood chips flew everywhere, and the two policemen were knocked down.
Rushing out from the door was a man with a swollen body, a circle taller and thicker than a normal person, and black hair all over his face and hands!
Bang~
When the man was about to kick the policeman at his feet away, Max, who had noticed it, fired a shot and hit the enemy in the head. The shot even opened the skull, revealing the wrinkled brain inside.
But the man did not die, but broke the window and jumped downstairs. Chapter 92: The traces of the "Rose School"
Max's huge revolver is a magical item. The bullets it fired, in addition to having a little armor-piercing ability, are almost as powerful as grenades.
This bullet just hit the man's head and the eyeball of his left eye fell out.
But the man just screamed in pain, then stared at his only remaining scarlet eye, broke the window in the corridor, and jumped down from the third floor.
The reason why this guy escaped from the front was that there were two members of the "Mechanical Heart" team guarding there behind the building.
Downstairs in front, there was also a member of the "Mechanical Heart" and two armed policemen guarding here.
It's just that the bloody head of this man scared the two policemen so much that they forgot to draw their guns.
Bang bang bang~
The member of the "Mechanical Heart" had a stronger psychological endurance and fired at the man continuously.
The man was shot twice in the chest and abdomen, but he still turned at a very fast speed and ran to the position of the carriage, trying to use the carriage as a cover.
He ran very fast. Max, who jumped down from the third floor to chase him, and the members of the "Mechanical Heart" who were lying in ambush below, were as slow as a snail compared to him.
Fortunately, there were not many pedestrians on this road. The few people who heard the gunshots immediately ran away and looked for cover, otherwise they would be frightened by the bloody scene.
The man ran across the road and got closer and closer to the carriage.
Suddenly, a cold light shot out from a carriage. It was a metal arrow with a simple wind magic circle.
The strong man dodged quickly. Although it did not hit the vital part, the metal arrow penetrated his shoulder.
But this injury was not worth mentioning to the man. He was about to continue running when the second arrow shot again, this time hitting the man's leg.
Although the man had a strong ability to resist attacks, being shot in the leg would affect his running, so he had to jump away to avoid it.
The third arrow was shot at the man's hip. The pain from his head and the urgency to escape made the man roar and rush towards the carriage that shot the arrow. He wanted to knock the carriage over and kill the people inside.
Fortunately, Odysseus blocked him and Max and his teammates caught up.
Bang~
The oversized revolver fired again, hitting the man's left shoulder, and immediately tore his skin and flesh, exposing his shoulder blade.
The huge force of the bullet made the man stagger and almost fall.
Odysseus in front seized the opportunity and shot an arrow into the man's heart.
The man stopped immediately, making some creepy roars while scratching his chest hard to pull out the arrow.
Bang~
Max's oversized revolver was fired for the third time, hitting the man's back, a large piece of flesh and blood was blown away, and the heart pierced by the metal feather arrow also fell out of the chest.
The man screamed, fell forward, and lay on the ground twitching.
Max came closer and fired another shot at the man's back. He was relieved only when the man's heart was completely broken.
Several members of the "Mechanical Heart" team came over one after another. Max put his gun back into the gun bag and gave a thumbs up in the direction of the carriage.
Odysseus on the carriage smiled slightly, took the arrow he had just put on the crossbow, looked at the bloody man on the ground, and whispered: "Werewolf!"
Then he laughed and said: "This way is really resistant to beating."
After saying that, he guessed that this guy was 80% to 90% a member of the "Rose School".
Odysseus had received news before that after being hit hard by the "Mechanical Heart", the "Rose School" indulgence faction exposed several strongholds.
However, the people in those strongholds had already evacuated. Judging from the clues left behind, the "Rose School" seemed to have evacuated from Backlund in an orderly manner.
At that time, Odysseus was a little surprised. How could an extraordinary organization that everyone hated to be beaten withdraw so "openly"?
In his opinion, the fact that the "Rose School" exposed so many bases at once was to actively provide clues to the official Beyonders, just like holding a loudspeaker and shouting "I'm leaving" while leaving Backlund.
At that time, he suspected that the retreat of the "Rose School" was a show for others to see.
It might be for the official Beyonders such as "Mechanical Heart" or for Sharon and others. Anyway, there were many viewers.
With the exposure of this werewolf, the previous play of the "Rose School" retreat was also in vain.
Under Max's command, the "Mechanical Heart" quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and the blood and flesh on the road were also cleaned up. They
did not dare to communicate with such cultists, but simply took the bodies away and waited for the Beyonder's characteristics to precipitate.
Then, under the leadership of Max, they entered the room of the "werewolf".
Odysseus, who was in the carriage across the street, saw that two policemen rushed out of the room not long after entering the door, and vomited in the corridor. I think they found something very bloody inside. About twenty minutes later, Max, with a gloomy face, came out of the room, got on the carriage, and sat opposite Odysseus: "This group of lunatics."
Odysseus asked about the faint stench of corpses on the other party: "Is there a corpse up there?"
"There are three corpses." Max said: "One of them has been severely decomposed, but because the windows are sealed, the smell has not spread to the outside.
"That's that guy's bedroom. He has been sleeping with a rotting corpse recently."
Odysseus frowned: "Okay, okay, no need to explain it in such detail."
Then he was a little surprised: "Why didn't he get rid of the body? Normal people would not expose their corpses at any time... Well, their thinking may really be different from that of normal people. "
"There are some speculations within the church about this." Max explained: "Because similar things have happened before, some members of the 'Mechanical Heart' believe that the rotten corpse should contain materials needed for some dark rituals of the 'werewolf'."
Odysseus nodded: "This speculation is reasonable. "
Then he asked, "How long has this guy lived here?"
"More than half a year." Max said, "I think he is the 'secret line' arranged by the 'Rose School'.
"It's just that this guy's recent condition doesn't seem to be very good, so he needs some dark rituals to stabilize his condition. In order to avoid being discovered by the official extraordinary people, he used his ability to obtain one or two subordinates..."
After the werewolf uses its own wolf poison to soak into someone's body for a period of time, it can turn the other person into a subordinate who only obeys its own orders.
These subordinates will gain some of the "werewolf" ability, but the life of this monster is very short.
Max continued, "This 'werewolf' is more cautious. The subordinates he transformed are all homeless people. No one will notice if one or two of these people are missing, even if ten or eight are missing.
"Yesterday he asked a subordinate to go to the Gar Herbal Medicine Store far away in the West District and buy 'Golden Edge Sunflower' to dispel the traces of dark rituals in the room.
"So we didn't find any clues in our first round of investigation.
"And because the werewolf has the ability to counter divination, we didn't find any clues using extraordinary means of divination. "
Odysseus frowned, "Why do I always feel that a key part has been missed?"
"Your feeling is right." Max took out two portraits, which were provided by Odysseus. One was Bernie who was recommended by Odysseus to buy the "Golden Edge Sunflower".
Odysseus didn't know the name of the person in the other one. That was the buyer received by the clerk Kena when he was not in the herbal medicine store. He directly bought the "Golden Edge Sunflower".
Max said: "We didn't find the body of this Bernie up there, we only found the body of the other person who bought the 'Golden Edge Sunflower'!
"He died not long ago, and he lived for a while after buying the 'Golden Edge Sunflower'. He probably died this morning."
Odysseus clapped his hands, "I understand what the key part is! This 'werewolf' looked very crazy when he was running for his life just now, but he is usually quite cautious.
"Since someone has been sent to my store to buy the 'Golden Edge Sunflower' in the morning, even if there is still a need, it is impossible for him to buy it in my store again! Even if he went to buy it, Bernie would not be so honest to tell him the address here.
"It's as if... it's as if Bernie deliberately told me that there is a 'werewolf' in a bad state here."
Max took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff and said: "This is also a place I can't figure out. Bernie's appearance is too strange."
"Someone tipped off." Odysseus said very confidently: "The other party knew that I was an informant of the 'Mechanical Heart', so Bernie appeared and attracted my attention."
Max stretched his hand out of the car window: "This is indeed a reasonable guess, but who sent Bernie?"
Odysseus thought for a while and said: "I tried to contact the members of the Temperance Faction of the 'Rose School' in Backlund, but you don't have too much hope, you may not be able to contact them."
The first suspect is of course Miss Sharon. She got the clue of this "werewolf", but she was afraid of exposing herself, so she told the "Mechanical Heart" this clue through Odysseus.
But the problem is that Odysseus had no contact with the Temperance Faction before this. How did Miss Sharon know her identity as an informant?
Max nodded: "It's better to have clues than nothing. I will continue to look for Bernie through the police. Maybe some wild Beyonder found the trace of the 'werewolf' and contacted us through you."
Odysseus said "hmm": "I can't rule out this possibility."
Then, the carriage with the "Mechanical Heart" took Odysseus back to the herbal medicine store. When they came to the lounge behind the herbal medicine store, Odysseus made sure that there was no one in the yard, and suddenly said to the air: "I have something to ask the 'Mysterious Queen'."
After waiting for a minute or two, he repeated again: "I have something to ask the 'Mysterious Queen'."
He kept repeating this for more than half an hour. When Odysseus was about to give up, a phrase suddenly appeared on the table in front of him: I'm here. Chapter 93: Some people always like to die
. For a long time, Odysseus often found clues about the activities of the "Rose School" Temperance Faction in Backlund from some intelligence.
Sharon and Maric should have been sent to Backlund several years ago to handle all matters related to the Temperance Faction in Backlund. They were also using this metropolis to avoid the pursuit of the Indulgence Faction.
But before that, Odysseus had no place to need the Temperance Faction, so there was no contact.
On the return carriage, Odysseus thought of three ways to contact them.
The first way was to try his luck at the "Brave Bar", but Sharon had just fought with the Indulgence Faction, and she and Maric should have to hide for a while, so the probability of contacting them was not high.
The second channel was to contact Sharon through Klein, but whether it was Mr. Gar or Odysseus, they were not very familiar with Klein.
If he suddenly asked him to contact the "Rose School" Temperance Faction, Klein would most likely simply say: I don't know such a person.
The third channel is the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette.
When Odysseus saw the phrase "I'm here" appear on the table in front of him, he said, "I thought you had an 'Invisible Servant' staring at me all the time."
The voice of the "Mysterious Queen" came from the air around him: "There are many people who need to be watched by 'Invisible Servant', and you are just one of them."
Her voice was a little unreal, as if the signal was not very good: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Odysseus looked forward... In fact, he didn't know where to look, so he had to look forward and said: "I hope you can help me contact the Temperance Faction of the 'Rose School'."
After the air around him was quiet for a second or two, Bernadette said: "I don't have any channels in this regard."
"You do, but you may not know." Odysseus smiled and said: "Do you remember the night when the informant of the 'Substitute Punisher' was killed?"
"I remember."
"At that time, you said that you had just attended an extraordinary party." Odysseus said half-truthfully: "According to some intelligence I got before, there is indeed a gathering of extraordinary people in that area, but the level is very high, and not every extraordinary person can join.
"And I learned from another intelligence that a famous 'Wrathful Soul' once appeared at that party. She is an important member of the Temperance Faction. "
It was indeed learned from "a piece of intelligence obtained before", and that piece of intelligence was called "the original work".
Odysseus clearly remembered that Bernadette and Sharon had met at a gathering of extraordinary people many times.
In addition, Odysseus did get some intelligence and knew that there were two very high-level extraordinary gatherings in Backlund, one of which was the gathering attended by Sharon and Bernadette.
There were not many gatherings that could interest Bernadette, so Odysseus boldly guessed that Bernadette went to the gathering where she socialized with Sharon that day.
After the air around them was quiet again for a second or two, Bernadette suddenly said: "Compared with your outstanding intelligence gathering and intelligence analysis capabilities, my intelligence officers are all idiots."
Odysseus thought: This "praise" has a bit of Roselle's tone.
After a while, Bernadette said again: "There happens to be a gathering tonight, I can help you contact her."
Then she asked: "What do you want to see her about? "
It's like this..." Odysseus did not hide anything and gave a brief account of today's case.
This is not something that needs to be kept secret, and although they are all secret organizations, the slightly more normal secret organizations, such as the "Dawn of the Elements" and the "Psychological Alchemy Society", will also draw a line between themselves and the lunatics of the "Rose School", and they don't even mind striking them down.
Bernadette is the leader of the "Dawn of the Elements", and her style of doing things is quite different from that of the "School of the Rose", so she probably doesn't have a good impression of the "School of the Rose".
And since we're looking for help, it would be boring to hide it.
Based on these ideas, Odysseus told Bernadette the truth.
Finally, Odysseus said, "I'd like to ask the 'Ghost', the second person who came to buy 'Sunflower' and told my buyer the address of the 'Werewolf', was she sent by her?
"Is the purpose to let us find the trace of the 'werewolf'?"
"Yes." Bernadette said: "The reward is to help me find out the news about the thief 'Black Emperor'."
Odysseus was stunned and said: "This task is a bit difficult. I was also there. To be honest, I still don't understand how that guy left the scene? I don't know which direction to look for him."
"Just help me pay attention to the intelligence in this regard. I will pay you again if you get the news. It doesn't matter if you don't get the news." For Bernadette, it was just a message, and the corresponding reward didn't need to be high.
Odysseus nodded: "Okay."
Bernadette said that it was easy to deal with.
Then, the "Mysterious Queen" left, and Odysseus thought about the case again, but still didn't get any clues, so he simply went to continue writing "Comprehensive Guide".
...
South District of Daqiao, Passion Bar.
There is no fighting competition tonight. Simon, the bar owner with yellow teeth, smoking a cigarette, is ready to leave after finishing the glass of wine in front of him and find a casino to gamble.
Just when there was only one sip of wine left in the glass, three people pushed the door open and came in.
Simon took a look at them and immediately realized that they were not here to drink. First of all, the three men were dressed too brightly, and they didn't look like people who came to this kind of small bar. Secondly, after they came in, they looked around, as if they were looking for someone.
Simon immediately realized that they might be looking for him, so he
turned his head away. But it was too late, one of them had already seen Simon and pointed in this direction.
The three of them came over quickly and surrounded Simon in the middle.
Simon's subordinates also stood up immediately and confronted the three men.
The leader of the other side was a man in his thirties with brown hair. He ignored Simon's subordinates and asked Simon directly: "I only ask you one question, and then I'll leave.
"Where does Lelouch live?"
Simon was a little nervous inside, but he still pretended to smile calmly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Who are you talking about? I haven't heard of it.
"If you buy me a drink, maybe I'll remember it."
The leader recalled the rules of the bar and said to the bartender, "Give me a drink."
At Simon's signal, the bartender mixed a glass of the most expensive wine in the tavern and pushed it in front of the brown-haired man: "1 pound."
The subordinates of the brown-haired man were about to question the bartender, but he stopped him. He took out 1 pound from his wallet and put it in front of Simon: "Go ahead."
Simon put away the banknotes and smiled, "I'm Lelouch's agent, but I don't know where he lives!"
The brown-haired man didn't say anything nonsense. He slapped Simon to the ground, and his subordinates punched the bartender in the face.
Hula la~
The bartender hit the wine cabinet behind him, and many bottles fell to the ground and broke.
Simon's subordinates immediately rushed up to rescue the boss, but were easily solved by the two subordinates of the brown-haired man.
At first, the drinkers were still clamoring to help Simon, but seeing that the other party was so good at fighting, they ran away one by one, and some even took away chairs and wine glasses.
The brown-haired man grabbed Simon's collar and lifted up the bar owner: "Your teeth are too ugly. I'll help you pull them out. Maybe new teeth will grow in a few days."
"I'll tell you!" Simon said quickly: "I heard him tell the cab driver the address, at... at 176 Riverbend Avenue!"
The brown-haired man tore open Simon's clothes and took out his wallet. Not only did he take back his 1 pound, he also took away the other 20 pounds in cash in the wallet.
Then he threw Simon on the ground, winked at one of his subordinates, asking him to keep an eye on Simon, and he took another subordinate to the address Simon had just reported.
Simon, who was sitting on the ground, covered his cheeks and thought to himself: The back teeth are loose, is it a good enough performance?
...
51 Henry Street, Gar Herbal Medicine Store.
In the evening, Max sent someone to deliver 200 pounds in cash, which was the intelligence fee for this case.
At present, the "Mechanical Heart" has killed a "werewolf". In the absence of obvious clues, the case has come to an end for the time being, so he applied for intelligence fees for Odysse.
Regarding Odysse's intelligence fees, Deacon Ikanser once had a special approval: pay on the same day.
After all, Odysse is their ace intelligence officer, helping the "Mechanical Heart" to solve major cases. When Ikanser met with the captain or deacon of the "Night Watcher" and the "Substitute Punisher" in Backlund, he felt that his chin could be raised higher.
After getting the money, Odysse thought about it. Max promised 160 pounds before, but now he gave 200.
But then he understood: "I shot four arrows at that time, 10 pounds per arrow?" He
put away the money with a smile, and Odysse continued to sell herbs. He left the herbal medicine store at around ten o'clock in the evening.
Today he still planned to go to No. 176 River Bay Avenue to rest. He didn't wait for his opponents in the Extraordinary Fighting Arena yesterday, so they should come today.
Odysseus got off the carriage on the street adjacent to the Riverbend Avenue. He walked into a small hotel, spent 1 soli, asked for a relatively clean room, and then took out the mask and costume of "Lelouch" from the "Wild Knowledge" and put them on. He
opened the window and looked around. Seeing that there was no one on the misty street, Odysseus jumped out of the window and walked quickly to the Riverbend Avenue. When he was
still some distance away from No. 176, Odysseus's spirit felt that someone was looking at him. He sighed in his heart: In this world, there are always people who like to die.
As if he didn't notice those eyes, he quickly opened the door and entered the house, and made the final preparations to welcome the guests who would arrive tonight.
No. 176 Riverbend Avenue was actually the room that Odysseus prepared for the "leader" to establish his prestige. He originally planned to kill a group of people who were trying to find out the whereabouts of the "leader" here to make a name for himself.
Who knew that after renting it for about two years, no one had found the trace of the "leader", so these arrangements had never been used.
But today, the magic array here can come in handy. Chapter 94 Odysseus's Inventory
The "Master of Magic" that Odysseus defeated last week, and Chibman who later chased Odysseus, belong to an extraordinary organization called the 3N Party.
This organization has three leaders, and Chibman, who is skilled in fighting, is one of them.
The leader who led the attack on "Lelouch" today was another leader named Celt. The brown-haired man who interrogated Simon before was his subordinate.
Celt saw "Lelouch" enter the house, and soon the gas light came on inside.
After waiting for a while, when the gas light went out, Celt waved his hand and walked quickly to the door with three subordinates holding weapons.
One of the subordinates kicked the door open, and Celt went in first, but as soon as he entered the door, his feet were empty and he immediately fell down.
Fortunately, Celt reacted quickly, twisted his waist in mid-air, turned half-way and grabbed the door frame, exerted force on his hands, and with the help of his subordinates, he returned to the door.
Celt looked back and saw that the floor inside the door was normal, and there was no trap.
Moreover, even if there was a trap, it had been stepped on just now, and there should be obvious collapse!
Celt asked his subordinates: "What did you see just now?"
He was a little surprised that his spirituality did not sense the danger?
One of his subordinates, Ford, said: "I saw you suddenly fall down and fall into the floor."
"Fell into the floor?" Celt, who was about 27 or 28 years old and had short hair, thought about it for a while, took the three-pointed thorn from his subordinates, and stabbed the ground in front of the door.
As a result, the three-pointed thorn sank into it, but Celt felt that nothing was stabbed.
"This is a strange trap." Celt stabbed the surroundings with the three-pointed thorn again, and soon felt the real floor a little ahead.
After confirming again and again, Celt sneered: "Little trick, jump over!"
Celt was afraid that "Lelouch" had already jumped out of the window to escape, so he still took the lead, jumped into the room suddenly, and landed steadily.
Then he walked quickly to the stairs, wanting to chase "Lelouch".
"Ah~"
Suddenly, there was a scream from behind. Celt turned around and saw his subordinate Ford falling into the floor!
At this time, they were already in the middle of the living room, far away from the door.
No one dared to move, fearing that there was a trap in front of them.
Celt's other subordinate Fitzger said with a tremor in his voice: "Damn it!"
As if to match this sentence, a cool breeze suddenly blew in the empty living room, and there seemed to be a faint sound of crying in his ears.
Celt realized that this trap was not simple, and the atmosphere around was obviously wrong, so he said: "Go back along the original path."
He planned to set fire directly to force "Lelouch" out.
For the extraordinary people, if it was an ordinary ghost, they would not be afraid.
Just as they retreated, a bloody hand suddenly stretched out from the middle of the floor. The three extraordinary people were startled, and then another hand stretched out.
Celt understood: "It's Ford!"
Fitzger on the side quickly reached out to pull, and sure enough, a man covered in blood was pulled up.
With the weak light, Celt saw that the person being pulled up was indeed Ford. He was about to ask Ford about his experience, but suddenly saw Tut with a ferocious expression, with only whites of his eyes but no pupils.
Celt immediately reminded: "Let him go!"
But it was too late. Ford rushed over and bit Fitzger's shoulder who was pulling him.
Fitzger screamed in pain and tried to pry Ford's head open, but he couldn't pry it open.
Celt stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand and crushed Ford's jaw, and then separated the two.
Fitzger's shoulder had been bitten to a bloody mess. He pulled out a dagger and said to Ford viciously: "You are crazy!"
But he soon found that something was wrong with Ford. This guy made a sound that was not human from his mouth and rushed up again to bite others.
Celt kicked Ford away and immediately said: "Go!"
Ford had turned into a zombie. He had just left everyone's sight for a short while!
There is a problem here, definitely a big problem!
But just as they took a step back, the door they had kicked open slammed shut with a loud bang, as if from nowhere.
Celt and the others felt that not only was the door closed, but there seemed to be a "spiritual wall" separating the inside and the outside.
At the same time, the ceiling above suddenly lit up with a pale white light, and eight white skeletons appeared from the pale white light. They were hung by an invisible force, and quickly fell to the ground. The eight skeletons all had red light flashing in their eyes, holding weapons in their hands. The red light was like strange eyes, looking coldly at Celt and others!
It was a skeleton warrior!
Fitzger and the brown-haired man Gran were suddenly a little nervous. They often participated in fighting competitions and had no lack of combat experience, but they rarely dealt with such undead creatures.
"Don't be afraid!" Celt said, "These skeleton warriors are very weak!"
As he spoke, he looked at the second floor. He knew that "Lelouch" was hiding somewhere upstairs, controlling everything.
The skeleton warriors began to charge at the living creatures in the house. Celt put on his gloves and kicked Ford, the zombie who rushed over again, towards the skeleton warriors, completing the process of "bribing".
Then Celt raised his hand: "Weaken!"
The pale white glow on the eight skeleton warriors disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their bones turned yellow and tiny holes appeared one by one, as if they had suddenly become osteoporotic.
Celt rushed forward, smashed a skeleton warrior with one punch, and rushed to the stairs.
Seeing that these skeleton warriors were so easy to deal with, his two subordinates also raised their weapons to fight with them.
Celt was very careful when he took the first step on the stairs. After he did not feel that he had stepped on empty air, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to go up.
This is the kind of staircase divided into two sections. There is a small turning platform in the middle, which divides the stairs into the lower half and the upper half.
After Celt reached the position of the small platform in the middle, he turned sideways and was about to step on the upper half of the stairs to continue going upstairs, but he found that the lower half of the stairs in front of him was actually the downward lower half of the stairs.
He was a little confused, and his mind was trying to recall whether he had turned sideways just now?
Or did he turn wrong? Turning left, it turned back?
Celt turned his head and saw that the upper half of the stairs was on his side. He turned in that direction again, and the lower half of the stairs in front of him was actually the downward lower half of the stairs!
This made Celt, a Sequence 7 Briber, feel uneasy. As a Beyonder at his level, he had certainly heard stories about Beyonders encountering evil spirits.
It was said that some evil spirits had terrifying abilities that could make Beyonders circle in a very small area forever, and never get out until they were exhausted, and then the evil spirits would devour their souls.
But...but "Lelouch" was not an evil spirit!
"Ah~ Help!"
A cry for help came from downstairs. Celt saw that the skeleton warrior had been knocked down, but a red strange mouth suddenly appeared on the roof of the first floor, with scarlet suction cups and sharp teeth growing inside.
At this time, this strange mouth was doing the "sucking" action, and Fitzger's wound on the shoulder, which had just been injured, suddenly turned outward, and blood spurted out like a fountain, and finally the blood column fell into the mouth of the red strange mouth.
Gran, who had brown hair, had trembling hands as he went to help Fitzger hold down the wound.
It was no wonder that Gran had a poor psychological quality. He had never seen such a weird monster and such a weird way of attack.
Celt raised his legs and prepared to go downstairs to rescue, but after a certain moment, what appeared in front of Celt was the upper half of the stairs!
He was trapped here! Trapped on the small platform in the middle by a strange force!
At this time, Fitzger's voice was very weak, and it was impossible to hear what he was saying, and his muscles collapsed rapidly.
Gran's pressing did not have much effect at all.
Seeing his companion turned into a mummy in front of him, Gran stood up trembling all over, his eyes dull: "The underworld... This must be the underworld... This monster must come from the underworld... It has turned this place into the underworld... This is not a place for living people..."
At this time, the zombie Ford pounced on Gran and bit his former companion.
Fortunately, Celt had just crushed the jaw of this zombie and did not cause much damage to Gran, but this seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. He screamed wildly, lifted the zombie on his back, broke the window, and jumped out.
Then, Celt on the stairs realized that Odysseus had deliberately let Gran go because he felt someone was watching him.
This meant that Odysseus had put all his attention on him!
Celt encouraged himself: "It's just a sequence 8."
He had already thought of a way to break the power that trapped him. He jumped up suddenly, grabbed the railing on the second floor, and used his arms to reach the second floor.
There was a small living room on the second floor and a not very long corridor. There were two rooms
on each side of the corridor. At the end of the corridor, a black shadow was squatting on the ground, touching the ground with one hand.
The ground was full of lines and symbols, and no one knew what they were.
After Celt went upstairs, the black shadow raised his head. It was "Lelouch" wearing a mask and an old black coat.
Celt said coldly: "It turns out that you are making trouble!"
He looked at the lines and strange symbols under his feet again, and was very curious in his heart. How did "Lelouch" create those traps just now? Just relying on these lines and symbols?
"Does everything just now seem terrifying?" Odysseus smiled and said, "That's because when I made these arrangements, I happened to be studying the abilities of the underworld and the 'God of Death' path.
"Now, it's just you and me. Before you die, I will let you understand what you just encountered.",