"……You are late."
"Sorry, sorry, the city gates are more tightly guarded today..."
On the afternoon of January 7, 795 in the New Calendar, two cloaked figures appeared near the Tania Parliament Hall. Then they took off their hoods and entered the Jianghu Guild's building in Tania City.
In the station, which is filled with the atmosphere of ancient martial arts, not many people are present at this time. It seems that they are still busy outside for the life and death of this principality. Even the person who comes to receive him is not Duan Fenglei with a scar face.
It was a bearded man who had been on the same team as Duan Qing.
"According to the information sent by our people, it seems that you haven't left the city in the past few days, right?" Duan Shanyue heard this and did not choose to believe it. Instead, he squinted at Duan Qing: "Why, it started as soon as we met.
Are you hiding it from us?"
"Uh...ah hahaha, you guys have been very strict lately." So Duan Qing had to say haha: "Even cats and dogs like us remember it so accurately..."
"We don't have time to take care of those cats and dogs." The second-in-command of Jianghu leaned his burly figure on the seat in the center of the hall, but his eyes passed over the faces of the two people: "It's a pity... you are nothing.
Cats and dogs.”
"Can I take it as a compliment?" Duan Qing touched his nose and replied in a low voice: "I actually received your invitation..."
"It's a notification."
As if he was emphasizing something, Duan Shanyue stood up from his original position: "If I hadn't happened to come back to take care of the logistics shortage, I wouldn't have been sitting here waiting for you to come... What was on the message from the elder brother?
?”
"You don't know?" Duan Qing's eyes showed a trace of doubt: "He... already knows the true identity of Er Wu Zai, let me come and discuss countermeasures..."
"Really? Why didn't I know..."
The bearded man pondered for a while, as if he was reviewing the memories in his heart, but finally shook his head, with the same doubt on his face: "Maybe I have been too busy outside recently.
, so there are some things you didn’t tell me..."
"Really?" Duan Qing asked with a strange face: "Then what was the notification you received?"
"The people from the Wings of Freedom have arrived outside the city." Duan Shanyue's face immediately darkened: "But they didn't come overtly, but they were sneaked over in batches. There are probably some clues that we can find so far.
A scale of several hundred people..."
"Our people are retreating." He looked in the direction of the two men: "But if we consider a team of more than a thousand people, it will take a lot of time to build the same level of defense, so we need to use something... to delay
one time."
"Then you thought of me?" Duan Qing pointed to his nose: "Do you know who I am?"
"It's not like I'm asking you to go up in the open." Duan Shanyue replied disdainfully: "You can just show your face and scare the snakes or something. At least let them not act rashly and wait for this period of time. Of course...
...If you want to take action, we won't stop you. After all, you are good at this! We believe in your strength..."
"Hey, what do you think I am, a bomb?" Duan Qing curled his lips and responded: "Where's Grayson? Where's the Sword of Justice?"
"They are still fighting on the front line." Duan Shanyue shrugged: "Since their competition has only been a team competition, the front line firepower from the Sword of Justice has never stopped. Except for the stragglers on the Talon Plain,
They didn’t let any of the empire’s guild forces slip through. I think…”
"This is probably why Wings of Freedom smuggled so many people away."
"It makes sense." Duan Qing pinched his chin: "But no matter what, it shouldn't be my turn. There is no direct conflict between me and Wings of Freedom..."
"But you are related."
Duan Shanyue chuckled: "That woman... is called Xue Ling Huan Bing, right? We formed a team together in the Emerald Forest, and I heard that you had some contacts with her later..."
"Isn't it someone from the Wings of Freedom who spread the news?" Duan Qing pressed his forehead and sighed, avoiding the sudden gaze of the woman next to him, "Aren't they afraid of the family scandal being publicized?"
"For cats and dogs, it can be considered a family scandal, but you are not." Duan Shanyue's face darkened: "Then... you admit your relationship with her?"
"No, no, absolutely not." Duan Qing hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "He is the backstage of Wings of Freedom and the boss of a big company. How can a person like me reach such a high level...right? Hahahaha..."
Duan Qing seemed to be secretly trying to appease the emotions of a certain woman next to him. Duan Qing rubbed the back of his head and giggled for a while. Finally, he gradually became quiet in the cold station hall: "...So, you want us to be scouts?"
"Well, this is a request as a collaborator." Duan Shanyue said reluctantly: "We don't care about the method, as long as you don't let them mess with us before the League Cup is over. The new game will start tomorrow night
By then...most of the leaders and captains, including myself, may not be able to be online at the same time."
"This is easy to handle. If you all vote, won't it be over?"
"Get out!"
Duan Shanyue snorted angrily, and then crossed his arms: "Forget it, only the Sword of Justice family is unlucky, we don't want to give up this League Cup, the number one position in the league... we don't want to let it go yet.
Give it to someone else."
"Just you?" Duan Qing retorted subconsciously: "If I remember correctly, it seems that you only have two people to enter the next round, and only Duan Fenglei's family is left in the team...not to mention the Freedom Team.
Wings, even the second best player in the world has more selected players than you."
"They were all built with the help of human sea tactics. How can they be compared with us?"
"Ha, what about the previous Five Elements Quetu? He has never even beaten a non-professional player..."
"Then, that's because...are you here to pick up the work or are you here to cause trouble? If you don't want to do it, just leave!"
"Why are you staring? My defeated general..."
"What are you? A has-been player?"
The increasingly fierce scolding ended quickly within ten seconds, and then came to an abrupt end with the two people running out and the sound of a heavy door closing. Duan Qing sighed helplessly, and whispered silently.
Finally he put down his arm and showed a weird smile: "Look, I asked you not to try such a thing..."
"Oh, I still find them unpleasant to look at." Duan Qing shook his head and sighed: "After so many years..."
"Do you want to keep trying?"
"...Let's close the team first." Duan Qing looked up at the clear sky: "This trick doesn't seem to work."
The proposal in the underground passage a few days ago did not come to fruition as Duan Qing wanted. It seems that the two options he proposed at that time were not the correct way to solve the existing problem - the underground black market.
The passages extend in all directions and cover almost the entire city of Tania. It is almost impossible for a few of them to find the hiding place of an unknown target in such an environment. And in the Valia Tavern
After the accident, there was no movement from the old black camel who had contact with Hank. It seemed that he was also inevitably affected by the city guard's search in the past few days. When Duan Qing and others came to find him, that
The shop had also closed early, leaving no traces of people or goods, not even traces of footprints. It looked so clean, as if it had never been there before.
Under the never-ending surveillance and search by the guards, the preparation and improvement of the team encountered great difficulties from the beginning, so it didn't take long for the Fool's Adventure Group's plan to fail, and then they returned without success.
The trip to a certain library did not end satisfactorily. This was not only because the guards there had become tighter, but also because the huge library, which was nominally the headquarters of the Mages Council, had been
It also stopped operating. It seemed that they were annoyed by the city guards who came and went here all day long. In the end, they had to close their doors and no longer accept customers. When Duan Qing risked being discovered several times and sneaked past, he saw
They were surrounded by rows of guards and a closed door, which seemed to be warning "This is a forbidden area, no entry or exit is allowed", and at the same time, it was also showing a mocking expression towards him who had not cherished the good times of the Mage Council before.
Face. It wasn’t until much later that Duan Qing knew the reason why old man Wiggins, the curator, had closed the door tightly. But now, except for an inexplicable word he heard, he got nothing.
"Breaking...the established destiny..."
This was something he heard when he was near the library one time. The voice was somewhat familiar, but Duan Qing, whose mind had been in chaos for the past few days, couldn't remember where he had heard this voice before, so he had to try for a while.
After that, they gave up the search for this afterthought target and turned their attention to other places that might provide them with clues. After another visit to Queen Maggie's territory, they received a certain message
Duan Qing thought of a new idea, and then came up with the first paragraph when he met Duan Shanyue.
"It seems Jianghu really doesn't know anything." He speculated.
"Not sure, maybe the one about Broken Mountain is real." Xu Yu Liushang shook his head: "That old guy...maybe he is hiding it from his brother."
"I don't see any benefit that is worth him doing such a thing as 'concealing', and with Duan Fenglei's acting style, he won't tolerate it to this point." Duan Qing mused: "But they must know
That list must also know that Horsman is about to die, so..."
"They must have noticed that something is wrong." Duan Qing said slowly, "They are probably the ants on the hot pot now and don't know what to do."
"I always feel that this is not something that people from the Wings of Freedom can do." Xu Yu Liushang also shook his head and said: "They are too far away from here and cannot penetrate to such an extent. Otherwise... they would have already destroyed the principality.
After defeating it, is there any need to spend so much effort?"
"Maybe, but..." Duan Qing and Xu Yu Liushang looked at each other: "If they weren't complicit, who else could do this?"
"Sword of Justice? Are they the final enemy?"
"...It's not impossible, but it's too ridiculous." Duan Qing shook his head: "The fight was so fierce in the front, and then he destroyed his own position later? How deep does it take for a city to do this?
Something so tragic happened..."
"Then... do you want to test it? Use the same method?"
"Well, it's better not to use it. Those guys' intestines are not as straight as Jianghu's, and the difficulty of testing must be higher. Moreover, I have had some troubles with several of them... By the way!"
"Where's Huan Meng? Where's Nan Tieshan? How's their deal going?" Duan Qing suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Didn't that guy claim to know something? If he dared to lie to me... I would definitely take off all his pants.
, hanging on his trench coat!”
"Don't worry, there are still some places in Tania City that we haven't visited yet." Xuyu Liushang said while holding back a smile: "Think carefully, there are still key figures that we haven't found yet..."
"The only thing I can think of... is probably the Speaker." Duan Qing shook his head: "We have also investigated before, and the guards of that hospital are still very tight. It is no different from being under house arrest..."
"Where's your nurse? We can ask her to inform you..."
"Give it back your nurse! She is the surviving daughter of Silenko." Duan Qingyi replied righteously: "Pamir has been to Fars Fortress in person. He should know about Captain Silenko's deeds, although he does not
I must know that woman is the captain’s daughter, but..."
"Shh..."
The woman whose eyes were fixed on a magician in the distance suddenly made a gesture of silence, and at the same time pulled Duan Qing into an alley aside: "That man... seems to have recognized us."
"What are you afraid of? He has known us for a long time..."
Looking at the cloak that covered him tightly, Duan Qing retracted his words, then looked at the edge of the alley speechlessly, his expression gradually became a little more exciting: "Is a dog's nose contagious? So
You can see the disguise... Wow! You scared me to death!"
"Sir." The face belonging to the codeword Ninglan immediately appeared behind the two people: "The news about Mr. Nan Tieshan has arrived."
"Oh? What about him?"
"The identities of those people have been found out." Ningyu Ninglan replied in a low voice: "He has already written a message for you regarding the specific situation, so..."
"Just a moment."
Before the other party could finish speaking, Duan Qing's figure had already disappeared in a blur, and then appeared in front of the two women again when a magician's performance passed by the alley: "Okay.
, the target is locked... where are Mengzhu and Xiao Hongchen?"
"The other members of the team are still underground, do they need to be notified to assemble?"
"No, let's go find them."
Duan Qing's voice followed his figure and turned to the back of the alley: "The other party is indeed a team, called the Angel's Scapegoat. They were buried in Tania City a long time ago. The president's name is Yiwan
Ganges River water, but according to the intelligence, this person is most likely just a bag... Oh, you may not understand me well, right? It doesn't matter, let's go down first."
"Before you guys came, we had dealt with a lot of strange people." Amidst the sound of running footsteps, his voice gradually became deeper: "One of them is called Hongshan Lao Dao...hehe."
"It's impressive."
This chapter has been completed!