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Chapter 999 Economic Crisis

A moment later, Klein, whose expression remained unchanged, pinched his fingers, and the note turned into a ball of deep yellow flames. Wisps of black smoke floated up, completely annihilating the traces of the "Planeswalker" formula. Dorian also wrote down the complete honorific name of "The Fool Who Doesn't Belong to This Era". He felt the note in his hand becoming hot and threw it away, watching it burn up before it hit the ground. He looked at Klein thoughtfully.

He once again suspected that "Mr. Fool" and the "Half Fool" of the Fourth Age recorded by the Abraham family were the same existence. Perhaps he had recovered from his madness and regained control of the power belonging to the King of Angels, so he called himself "Not of this era."

But since Gehrman Sparrow denied it, Dorian was not going to argue. Instead, he was calculating the time for the next full moon night, preparing to try chanting the Fool's Name first to see what the effect was, and then Slowly reveal the matter to family members.

In this way, even if you are watched by malicious beings and die suddenly due to contamination, other people will not be implicated.

Hopefully, it will be effective. In this way, perhaps the family members can avoid the influence of the gibbering, try to advance to the mid-level, and even become demigods, possess divinity, and be able to revive the glory of Abraham...

As he was thinking about it, Klein continued to use the unchanging words He asked in a cold tone:

"Except for your family's sealed artifacts, where are the other extraordinary characteristics of the 'planeswalkers'?"

Did he want to bypass us and look for other characteristics... Dorian thought for a few seconds before answering. Said:

"In addition to the two copies of the '0' level sealed artifacts kept in our family, the 'Box of the Old Days' in the hands of Botis is also considered one, but it is likely to be contaminated by the 'starry sky'. Even if it is restored to extraordinary characteristics, it is difficult to get rid of it... In addition, the Church of God of War and the Witch Sect also possess a powerful 'Planeswalker' sealed artifact... The last remaining extraordinary characteristic has been missing since the Second Age. , There is no record in the family. "

As expected, as Arrods said, there are no living "planeswalkers" in the world. The fate of this path seems to be to become a handy sealed object, or to become a marionette. Being put out to pasture... Klein thought with some emotion, and suddenly realized that the "apprentice" was just like the "seer". In addition to the additional extraordinary characteristics at the top of the sequence, there were only six copies of Sequence 2 left out.

Could it be that the "planeswalkers" that disappeared in the second era were the ones owned by the "Ghost Empire"? No, if that's the case, there's no reason why the Abraham family, which was once quite active in the Fourth Era, shouldn't know... Could it be that Mr. "Gate" has additionally isolated his own Sequence 2 characteristics?

However, the owners of these "planeswalkers" are difficult to deal with. The Church of God of War is cooperating with the Einhorn family to attack Loen. As a believer in the night, it is impossible for me to contact them; the Witch Sect is unpredictable and is also hostile to Angel. Relationship, there is a true god above his head, which he cannot touch now.

As for the "Planeswalker" in the "Ghost Empire", Klein decided to follow Angel's warning and sincerely give up using it as the main ingredient for potions.

From this point of view, if I want to jump to another path and become an "apprentice" angel, the potion materials will still have to fall on the Abraham family's sealed artifacts... Klein thought for a moment, nodded and said:

"That's it, you can do it next time During the full moon or blood moon, chant Mr. Fool's honorable name and ask for his blessing, and we will find an opportunity to deal with the 'Saint of Secrets' and prepare for the next transaction."

Dorian was relieved after hearing this . , hesitantly said:

"Butis is very cunning. Not only has his whereabouts not been discovered over the years, he has tracked down several branches of our family and killed them...the most recent one was just a few months ago.

"If you, you guys Decided to attack him, I could be used as bait.

"He hates me more than all the other Abrahams."

Listening to Dorian quietly, looking at the determined expression on his face, Klein said indifferently:

"No need."

Huh?

Dorian was stunned and subconsciously wanted to say something.

"It's enough to have your student. She will be able to digest the 'Recorder' potion in no time and become a Sequence 5. She is more suitable and safer as a bait than you."

Klein pointed to the dull-faced person next to him. Forsi added.

This didn't seem to be something we discussed before. Although I did plan to do something for the teacher,... Forsi pursed her lips and finally did not dare to speak.

Rather than letting a teacher who is just an "astrologer" take risks, she who can record powerful abilities such as "travel" is naturally more suitable to become a bait.

Moreover, if I can contribute some effort in hunting the "Saint of Secrets", it will be helpful for my subsequent promotion and maintaining a good relationship with the Abraham family... Mr. "World" took this into consideration, Did you designate me to take part in the operation?

Thinking of this, Fors glanced curiously at Gehrman Sparrow beside him, seeming to glimpse a hint of inner gentleness in his cold and crazy behavior pattern.

But her glance was caught by Dorian, who looked a little confused. He didn't know what he thought of, smiled slightly, and stopped mentioning that he was acting as a bait.

Wait, did he misunderstand something... Klein, who was pretending to be cold, felt Dorian's strange gaze, and subconsciously glanced at Angel sitting in the corner, and found that the latter's deep purple eyes were also looking over. .

——Pop—— In the living room of the suite

that

Forsi and Xio rented together, as the rich colors melted and gathered, a cloaked figure was outlined from the air, dancing and falling into the sofa below. , almost rolled to the ground. Hugh Dilcha, who was flipping through his notes under the light, jumped up in surprise. He touched the dagger at his waist with one hand and pointed forward with the other hand. He was about to blurt out the order to restrict the enemy's movement.

Suddenly, she found that the figure falling on the sofa was somewhat familiar.

"Forsi?" Xio put away the dagger, took a few steps closer, lifted up the wrinkled cloak, and found that underneath was indeed his friend's smooth, slightly curly brown hair. "What's wrong with you? There was an error in the 'travel' ?"

Forsi, who slowly climbed up from the sofa, heard the word "travel", and her tired expression changed again. She shook her head sluggishly and said,

"It was Mr. World who sent me away. He came back... no, he threw me back.

"I didn't expect that deep down in his soft heart hidden under the cold mask, there was still a crazy heart..."

As he murmured, Forsi's eyes were on him. Her friend's face focused on her, and he suddenly hugged her.

"Xiu, you are the only one who is really always by my side..."

Due to the height difference, Xio was struggling like a child being hugged by an adult. After a few moments, he found the opportunity to speak:

"Forsi, I have joined MI9. They assigned me to the Abnormal Affairs Court to deal with suspects with extraordinary abilities... What I want to say is that after this, I may He will be very busy, and may spend the night outside, or even not go home for a few days..."

She was hugged tighter by Forsi.

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"...the new king has issued a decree to limit the purchase of food. It has not curbed the rise in prices, but at least it has cracked down on malicious hoarding. The food we have stored is enough for the winter, and more of it has been donated to the Church of the Night and the Loen Charity Student Fund according to your instructions...

"Viscount Gray Lint's dinner party has been canceled this weekend. It is said to be in response to the initiative of King Edsac II. There shouldn't be too many balls and banquets after this, apparently.

"You divide it into two After withdrawing 100,000 pounds from Backlund Bank for the first time, there is still 23,000 pounds left in the account. If you include the purchase agreements for the factories you specified in the Eastern District... there will be nothing left in the account until the beginning of next month at most. The balance is up. "

Hearing the last sentence of the housekeeper's report, Angel, who was sitting on the single sofa, froze slightly and asked in disbelief:

"Where are the other two accounts?

"That's a joint deposit from all three accounts. " "

Riback looked at the document in his hand carefully and then replied respectfully.

I didn't expect that just the initial construction investment after the "City of Dreams" was launched would almost bankrupt me... The factory in the East District is Sherman It is necessary for those industries to expand production, and the "Dream City" Pattis involves my anchor of faith, so I cannot neglect it... She took a deep breath and said slowly:

"First ensure the acquisition of those factories. If you miss this time Opportunity, when the war situation eases, it will not be at this price.

"I will solve the funding problem as soon as possible."

"Okay, Miss Theresa."

Riback bowed and left the study.

As soon as the sound of the door closing came, Angel stood up from the sofa, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the study, and looked at the vineyard next to the villa.

Under the crimson moonlight, the grapevines that had been picked were gradually withering like rows of hunched human figures, looking at her strangely.

Sitting in a winery worth tens of thousands of pounds, carrying a lot of demigod attributes in his pocket, but unable to realize them all immediately... Looking for help from Klein? All his money was kept in Mei Ge Manor and gradually donated to various charity funds. Miss "Justice"? She now invests all the money she can use in helping the poor and war victims. She hasn't even bought magical items for a long time...

It's not like she hasn't considered coming here to "rob the rich and give to the poor", at least she knows Cinder. Baron Lars, Duke Negan and others are all nobles with millions of pounds in their pockets. However, first of all, this easily attracts the attention of the church forces behind them. Secondly, Angel is not of this character, so he has never been able to put it into practice. action.

While thinking, Angel's eyes stayed on the map hanging in the study room, on the vast sea area of ​​​​the Suniya Sea area.

After a moment, her figure disappeared like a phantom and entered the mirror world.

(End of chapter)Chapter 1000: Farewell Late at night, on the route from Tuscat Island to Blue Mountain Island where Bayam is located, a steam and sail hybrid passenger ship spewed black smoke from its chimney and ran at a speed that almost caused the boiler to explode.

Another black sailing ship, nearly two hundred meters in length, with its front and rear tilted high like a crescent moon sailing on the sea, followed closely behind. The black mist it emitted was like an invisible giant hand that caught up with the passenger ship first and swept it away. shrouded within.

This is the flagship of the "Immortal King" Agaritu, the "Death" that every ship sailing on the sea avoids!

There are more than a hundred artillery pieces on both sides of it. The pirates with ferocious faces are loading ammunition and taking aim. The huge sails painted with black tombstones are beating and the speed is increasing. They are about to catch up with the passenger ship in front and carry out the first round of bombardment.

Soon, the distance between the two was close enough that the sailors and passengers above could see each other's expressions, but half of them were panic and despair, and the other half were excitement and violence.

Unlike other pirate kings, especially the "King of the Five Seas" who has formulated a rule not to kill prisoners, the "King of the Immortal" Agaritu's cruelty and bloodthirsty are quite famous in the five seas. Otherwise, this ship The passenger ship that had been overtaken had already given up resistance and sacrificed most of its belongings to save its life.

Suddenly, the bulging sail of the "Summer" shriveled up, and the excited pirates stopped their movements with stunned expressions. Even the thin black mist that seemed to cover the entire sea dispersed instantly, revealing the sky. Medium crimson moon.

Then, the huge sloop quickly turned its bow and seemed to turn into a black shadow, clinging to the sea surface and sailing towards the depths of the Sunia Sea in the east at a speed far exceeding that of the previous pursuit.

Although he didn't know what happened, the captain of the passenger ship seized this opportunity, put the steam engine in an overload state, quickly opened the distance between him and the "Sad Death", and headed towards the nearest Olavi Island to take his life. Run wildly.

After running several nautical miles away, the captain breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back with a telescope and found that the feared pirate ship had disappeared on the sea at some point.

And in the sky at the same position, a female figure slowly emerged. She looked left and right, as if she was looking for something.

The crimson moon above the head was once again shrouded in dark clouds, the howling wind blew, and a sudden storm was about to come.

...

"Strange, I have obviously deliberately distracted myself to avoid any hostility towards the 'Immortal King' Agaritu in my mind, but he still seems to have sensed it in advance, and he doesn't even care about the ongoing robbery. He turned around and ran away..."

Looking at the calm sea below and the passenger ship slowly dragging away black smoke in the distance, Angel was puzzled.

Having had the experience of dealing with the "Desire Apostle", she knew that the Extraordinaries of the "Devil" path had dangerous premonitions that could detect the malicious intentions against them in advance. Once a complete idea was formed in their mind and actions were taken to put it into practice, they would In turn, he was positioned as a "devil".

Next, if the attacker is not strong, the "Devil" will try to ambush or attack in advance. If the attacker is difficult to deal with, the "Devil" will quietly escape and avoid contact.

Therefore, Angel wandered in the Raging Sea for a while, and after approaching the Suniya Sea without much intention, he immediately conducted a targeted divination, using the person of an angel to break through the "Whisperer" of the "Death" Anti-divination, locked its location.

"It seems that there was still a slight problem with that divination. The position and time were deviated... This is the special nature of the 'Devil's' ability. Even if my sequence is higher than that of the 'Death Number', I cannot easily lock its position. ..."

Angel muttered, and used his eyes as mirrors for another divination, trying to confirm the location of the escaped "Sad Death".

But this time the result pointed to the direction of Bayam where she came from, and she was obviously misled again.

"I only caught a clue this time while the 'Immortal King' was plundering. If the 'King of Death' is allowed to escape, it will definitely lie dormant for a while, and there won't be such a good chance next time... With the status of an angel If you can't break through anti-divination, you can only use this method..."

Thinking of this, Angel looked up to the sky and said as if he was talking to someone:

"Please, another me."

A few seconds later, she. There was a faint laughter in her ears, followed by a hazy picture that came into her eyes.

It was the "Song of Death" with its head and tail raised high, like a crescent moon on the sea. Its hull was as black as ink, surrounded by a deep black mist, and it was traveling at an almost gliding speed on the sea. It didn't stir up any waves.

This is a divination performed by Angel's Mirror Man using the personality of the "City of Disaster". Although it cannot be made out of thin air and separated from the connection with mysticism, Angel has already come to the "Sad Death" to rob it. When you are in a certain location, you can penetrate the power of anti-divination and lock the opponent's position.

With the help of the people in the mirror and the "City of Disaster", I am the real master of divination... Angel smiled, and according to the direction determined by the divination, he got into the mirror world and quickly headed to the sea area.

But when she outlined her figure in the air and glanced at the sea below, she found that the "Sad Death" that was running wildly on the sea half a minute ago had disappeared again. A thin black mist that was almost invisible to the naked eye was heading towards The sea bottom continued to dive, and in an instant it was out of the range that Angel could sense.

It escaped again, and this time it simply dived into the bottom of the sea... Angel frowned, and was about to consider whether to risk following it, when he suddenly saw a string of bubbles emerging from the sea surface, and several figures slowly surfaced.

Some of them are struggling in the water, and some of them have their eyes closed and seem to have given up resistance. They are all different in height, short, fat, and thin, and in different clothes, but they have one thing in common: they all have their own place on the wanted lists of various countries. Among them, the tallest middle-aged man with a face as pale as a rotting corpse was the "Immortal King" Agaritu, who had a bounty of 120,000 pounds on his head.

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On Sunday afternoon, Leonard Mitchell, wearing a shirt and vest, with his hair specially combed, sat in the corner of a coffee shop in the North District, quickly flipping through the newspapers on the table.

"The four main armies of Intis have already set foot on the kingdom's land and are attacking eastward along the Honakis Mountains. West Vilas County has been plunged into war, and most of the cities have fallen...

" Roen is attacked from both sides, and Most of the army has been transferred to the northern Amanda Mountains to resist the Fusac Empire's offensive. There is not enough time to return to the defense. It only relies on local garrison and mobile forces. I am afraid that before the end of the year, Dixi County and South Wales County will be destroyed. It is threatened, and that is Loen's granary. Once attacked, the kingdom will reduce its food production by 60% next year. Before then, the price of food will increase in advance due to the expectation of shortage. Even the king's order will not help... ...

"Feneport has stepped up its offensive against Lunberg and other three countries. There are also troops gathering at the border of Loen. It is likely that they will officially declare war on Loen next spring..."

Flipping the "Backlund Daily" in his hand, Leonard's face became more and more gloomy, because in addition to the shocking battle reports, there were news about food price increases, material shortages, and curfew extensions. There was almost no news that could cheer people up.

Suddenly, a text message caught his eye:

"The self-proclaimed 'Immortal King' Agaritu and many of his most vicious pirates have all been brought to justice and have been executed recently. It is said that the navy has cashed in all the bounties. Up to 146,000 pounds..."

"The Immortal King"...the one with the lowest bounty among the five pirate kings?

Leonard muttered, tilted his head, and asked in a low voice as if he was talking to an invisible transparent person next to him:

"Old man, is this at least a saint?"

An old voice immediately came to his ears:

"If you are asking about the 'Death Number', then it is most likely the 'Whisperer' of Sequence 3. If it is 'Agaritu', then he is just like you, only Sequence 5. "

Is there any difference between the two... Leonard was stunned and immediately understood the meaning of Pales's words:

"You mean, can become. One of the pirate kings is actually the "Sorrow", and Agaritu is just its captain, or in other words, a puppet?"

"Yes, in fact, clues can be found from various news and rumors, such as The 'Immortal King' will never leave his flagship, let alone come to the shore, and the 'Sad Death' pays great attention to protecting itself. Even if it abandons its fleet and men, it will not put itself in danger... ...This is very consistent with the ability and cold-blooded behavior of the 'Devil' path... Do you remember the 'Apostle of Desire' that you tracked last time? Once they sense an action against them, they will react immediately, setting up an ambush in advance or simply attacking them. Escape.

"This time, Agaritu and his men were arrested collectively. This may be the reason why the 'King of Death' was cut off in order to survive. After all, it was Agaritu's name on the wanted poster, not the 'King of Death'. If a powerful Beyonder were to track it down for a bounty, the result would be like this. "

Pallez in his mind said in a tone that saw everything.

But to force the Sequence 3 "Summer" to flee, or even leave Agaritu as bait, he must be an angel at least, but As an angel walking in the world, there are so many ways to easily obtain money and power, so why bother chasing a "demon" path saint who can sense fatal threats for a bounty of more than 100,000 pounds,

except for having become an angel ? Could Angel, who was still selling thousands of pounds of extraordinary properties at the Tarot Club, really have such a poor Sequence 2...

When Leonard's thoughts kept pouring into his mind, Pales suddenly coughed slightly, asking him to turn around. Suddenly, he subconsciously looked up at the door of the cafe.

A young woman wearing a simple long dress and a brown cloak pushed the door open. She had curly brown hair and a few freckles on her oval face, which made her look brighter. Lively and cute, her big black eyes scanned the few guests in the cafe and quickly locked on Leonard.

Does she know me?

Leonard frowned in confusion and watched the other party walking slowly. , sitting opposite him, tilted his head slightly and smiled.

This familiar movement reminded Leonard of a woman he had been in contact with frequently recently.

"Sherman?" "

He asked with confirmation.

(End of Chapter)Chapter 1001: Operation to close the net? "Sherman?"

Leonard asked confirmingly.

The freckled girl with brown curly hair raised her eyebrows in surprise, feeling a little surprised to be recognized so quickly.

"Can't I just be some bold girl who wants to strike up a conversation with you?"

She asked while suppressing a smile, her expression lively and lively, making this face, although not beautiful, or likely to be forgotten after turning around, very attractive.

"Intuition."

Leonard smiled mysteriously without explaining much.

There are many abilities that can change the appearance. As the captain of the "Red Gloves", he knows that a certain sequence of the "Soothsayer" path can change the face, height, body and other external characteristics at will, and some hypnotic and suggestive ones can change the face, height, body and other external characteristics at will. Ability can do this as well.

But judging from Pales's warning in advance, Sherman probably did not use the "faceless man" seal to change her appearance, but used something that could make her "strange" in the eyes of others. Ability, and this power is ineffective against Pales who has returned to his angelic strength.

Seeing that he could not deceive Leonard, Sherman stretched out his right hand from under the cloak, with the back of his hand facing him, showing a silver-white ring on his finger with many complicated patterns engraved on it.

"It's called the 'Ring of Madness'. Not only can it detonate other people's negative emotions in battle and make them fall into 'madness', it can also make the wearer show an extremely ordinary face that is easily ignored and forgotten. Otherwise, I won't care about you." Whether you like it or not, it's too easy to attract other people's attention when you don't cover up your appearance."

At this point, she frowned, seeming to be troubled by this matter.

I don't know how many aristocratic ladies are willing to give everything to look like her, and even if she wears this ring, she still has a different kind of charm, like the girl next door, or her childhood sweetheart, or... Leonard A bunch of poems that I had memorized while playing the role of "Midnight Poet" suddenly popped into my head, but most of them were sentences that might cause misunderstanding when read out. I pursed my lips, but still suppressed my desire to chant, and turned to The waiter was called and ordered a cup of her favorite milk coffee with double sugar for Sherman.

"As the war continues, the business of Backlund's cafe is getting worse and worse, their coffee types have become smaller, and the taste is not so fresh..."

During the interval when the waiter left, Leonard took another look. When I reached the copy of "Backlund Daily" on the table, I felt something.

"Prices in the East End have also risen sharply. Bread has gone up by half a penny per pound. It is already twice what it was before the war. Even if I use overtime as an excuse to pay more wages to the cannery workers, I will use the canned luncheon meat to make canned luncheon meat." The leftovers were distributed to families with children, and they had to make a living with a whole family to support..."

Sherman also glanced at the newspaper and whispered.

"Not only the East District, but also the entire Backlund, or all the cities in Loen. When Intis reaches the hinterland of Loen, this situation will become more serious... Even if you sell your cannery and replace it with We can't feed many people with food."

Leonard sighed, not optimistic about the future development.

As an extraordinary member of the church, his income is not so sensitive to material shortages and soaring prices for the time being, but he can still feel an increasingly tense atmosphere. Even if a curfew is implemented and all police forces are dispatched to patrol, people in various urban areas The number of vicious cases has also reached five times that of previous years, and most of them are vicious cases such as home invasions, robbery and murder. The number of cases involving the power of occultism is increasing day by day, causing headaches for all night watchers and punishment agents.

Especially when Intis is participating in the war, the "Mechanical Heart" of the Church of Steam is restricted from moving, and the official number of Extraordinaries has been reduced by one-third, it is necessary to maintain the entire Backlund 400 by relying solely on the power of night and storm. Stability for tens of thousands of people is already very difficult.

Thinking of this, Leonard asked:

"Is your cannery operating well? I saw in the newspaper that many factories in the East District have been unable to operate due to lack of raw materials, which in turn has caused greater material shortages. "

There is no problem for the time being. Our raw materials come from the Rhoside Islands and are regularly sent to Backlund along the Tasok River by Elaine's fleet. But we don't know how long it can last, and Fusac's maritime offensive is getting worse." It's getting more and more fierce, and now Intis's fleet is also added... And every time the supplies arrive at the port, they will be made things difficult by the staff. If my cannery is not supplying the military, maybe these raw materials will not be delivered. Enter the factory... In addition, Miss Angelica recently took out a large sum of money, asking me to find a way to buy some when those factories are under operation, try to maintain production, and prevent those workers from losing their jobs..."

Suddenly took out A large sum of money... No, it couldn't be Angel who went to the sea to capture the "Immortal King" Agaritu and his family to receive the reward... Leonard's expression changed slightly, and immediately He asked curiously:

"Elaine? Red-haired Elaine?"

He had seen information about this female extraordinary person marked by red hair in the internal information of "Red Gloves". The other party was active in the past six months. The "Hunter" Path Beyonders in the Rhoside Islands are now likely to be Sequence 5, and they have many mid-sequence Extraordinaries under their command, which is enough to enter the sight of official Beyonders.

"It's her. She, like me, belongs to Miss Angelica. This 'Crazy Ring' was given to me by her. Of course, it belonged to Miss Angelica before... Speaking of which, maybe Elaine thinks The negative effects of this ring were difficult to deal with, so she gave it to me. "

Then she might also be Angel's "Little Arcana"... Leonard thought and was attracted by another keyword:

"Negative. "Effect?" "Well...it will cause the wearer to accumulate physical and psychological desires until they are uncontrollable and fall into madness.

"Such as the desire to eat, drink, talk, and..."

At this point, Sherman paused. After a pause, he stopped and took a sip of coffee, hiding his eyes that contained some emotion behind the mist.

What?

Leonard was startled and reacted when he saw Sherman's blushing face . Come over, cough lightly, and quickly change the topic:

"I invited you here this time to learn about the movements of the Aurora Society's 'Mr. , Extraordinaries continue to infiltrate Backlund, Nighthawks, and Punishers are preparing to join forces with the military's intelligence agencies to conduct a large-scale operation to eliminate those dangerous factors... To put it simply, Mr. K can close the net here. "

Thanks to Sherman's information, the Nighthawks have long been aware of the underground gatherings held regularly in the East District, and by tracking the participants, they have located the whereabouts of more wild Extraordinary people. Now, as the number of vicious cases of Extraordinary people in various districts continues to increase, , the benefits of continuing to keep the other party are already lower than the harm, so the "Red Gloves" are ready to find an opportunity to put an end to these illegal gatherings, especially the large party held by Mr. K, the god of the Aurora Society, is on the list No. 1.

"Mr. K hasn't done much extraordinary things recently, and he has stopped buying information about followers of 'The Fool' at high prices, but he has become keen on contacting good-looking attendees, both men and women. ...Of course I was contacted and asked if I wanted to join a powerful, mysterious organization. Everyone in it was very warm and kind, which was obviously some kind of lame excuse... and there were many unfamiliar attendees in his presence. Those who spend a lot of money to buy all the magical items, extraordinary bullets, and offensive spells they can buy, I suspect that they are the Extraordinary spies you mentioned. "

Sherman said with a frown.

No, that's not an excuse, maybe it's true, but the organization he was talking about is the "Aurora Society"... Leonard recalled the files about the Aurora Society within the Red Gloves, and thought of what they like Thoughtful about developing people who look far above average into new believers in the "True Creator".

After a moment, he nodded with determination:

"We will close the net at the next gathering... I will lead a team of 'Red Gloves' and carry appropriate sealed items to capture them in one fell swoop or kill them on the spot... You can participate as usual. Party, so as not to be identified as a leaker later, but do not participate in the battle, just follow the other wild extraordinary people to escape from the meeting place."

Sherman solemnly agreed, and then said with some worry:

"He is very powerful, please bring more people.

"Don't worry, with a whole team of 'Red Gloves' and sealed objects, we can handle it as long as the opponent is not a demigod." Leonard

smiled and puffed up his chest.

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The East District at night looked extremely eerie under the mist. Pairs of armed patrol officers passed by on the streets from time to time, symbolically maintaining the seriousness of the curfew.

But in the alleys they couldn't see, countless homeless people were sitting casually in corners, lying next to garbage piles, wrapping themselves in dirty clothes, stuffing old newspapers into the gaps between clothes, resisting the winter night of chill.

Deep in Broken Ax Alley, Sherman watched Leonard knock on the secret door of the gathering place. After standing for a few seconds under the scrutinizing gaze of the internal guard, the door was opened and a deep voice said: "Come in

."

Fortunately, for this day, I asked a subordinate with a similar figure to Mr. "Xingxing" to join the party long in advance and leave an impression on the guards... Sherman thought about it and waited for two minutes before entering the party venue in the same way. He took the cloak handed by the attendant and put it on his body, covering his face that could easily be noticed, and came to the living room.

She noticed that "Xingxing" was already sitting on the single sofa in the center. She quickly looked away pretending not to recognize him and found a corner to sit down, waiting for the "Red Gloves" to launch an attack.

And this will most likely start with Mr. Star pulling Mr. K into a nightmare... Sherman, who has had a similar experience, thought with great anticipation.

But until the blackboard on the side was filled with the contents of the transaction, each item was successfully traded, Mr. K announced that the party was over, and she was led away by the waiter through another secret door. None of the "Red Gloves" showed up, "Star" The husband sat calmly and even bought a box of pistol bullets with exorcism effect.

If he hadn't discussed how to carry out the arrest operation during the day, Sherman would have almost thought that he just brought the other party to this party.

After leaving Broken Ax Alley and heading to the North District adjacent to the East District, Sherman asked Leonard with a solemn expression in confusion after meeting at the agreed alley,

"What happened? Why didn't you start taking action?"

"I was planning to pull Mr. K into a dream, and once I started taking action, the other 'Red Gloves' hidden outside the party location would also start to act simultaneously." Leonard, wearing a windbreaker and black leather gloves, said in a low voice The voice replied, "But when I was about to do this, I found that... there was a demigod in the party venue watching everyone!"

(End of Chapter)