Chapter 519: Going to the meeting alone (please vote for this huge chapter)
Bright sunlight shines on the cracked old wooden tables of the tavern.
The man put down the wine glass in his hand, placed his broad palm on the wooden table covered in starch by countless guests, and turned to look at the people passing by on the street.
He enjoys this kind of leisure time.
He remembered that many years ago, he often sat in such a tavern, drinking quietly, doing nothing but watching the slow-moving crowds outside the window.
That seems to have become a distant memory.
Busyness has been filling his years. He is either killing people or on the way to kill people.
He has so many memories that he can no longer remember the meaning of the words peace and leisure.
Until this time, he accidentally came into contact with that existence and got some time to rest.
"What's the best wine here? Do you have any recommendations?"
A young man from Middle-earth who looked a little immature sat in front of him and asked in relatively fluent Rhodan.
"You can try their 'Prince Ronnie', which is a strong cocktail based on vodka. According to the boss, his drink is related to Prince Ronnie from the Kingdom Era."
The man looked at the immature young man in front of him, his eyes paused, and he chuckled softly.
Then he looked out the window again, without stopping at He Ao.
"Little guy, don't listen to this bastard,"
The boss in front of the counter was wiping the table. He reached out and threw a menu over, "Prince Ronnie is so energetic. Please order what you like."
The thick menu book accurately landed in front of He Ao.
He Ao picked up the menu book and flipped through it while looking at the wine names. The boss's menu was very detailed. Each wine was noted with its strength and main ingredients, and some also had background stories.
The paper flipped and made a crisp sound.
"Claude."
He Ao suddenly said softly.
Claude is the C-class of Dawn marked by He Ao.
The man who was drinking slowly froze in place as he drank slowly. He suddenly turned his head and looked at He Ao.
"Shh, don't get excited, Mr. Bloody."
He Ao smiled calmly, his eyes resting on the 'Prince Ronnie' wine on the menu.
This wine was originally called Warrior's Wine, a cocktail made by the boss himself. The boss himself said that after drinking this wine, only the strongest warriors can walk out of the tavern standing.
When Prince Ronnie was still young, he challenged Ellen to various martial arts gyms. Every time he knocked down a martial arts gym, he would come to this tavern to drink a glass of warrior wine.
After many times, the boss felt that Prince Ronnie was more suitable for this wine, so he changed the name of the wine to Prince Ronnie.
He Ao raised his head, glanced at the man, closed the menu, and threw it away.
The heavy menu hung in the air several times and landed in front of the boss. The pages in the menu flipped rapidly, and finally landed on the 'Prince Ronnie' page.
The boss glanced at the menu that was neatly placed in front of him and said with a smile, "Good work."
He closed the menu and turned to make drinks.
He Ao raised his gaze and looked at Claude, whose face had calmed down.
"Are you from the institute?"
Claude stared at He Ao, his eyes were like sharp knives, as if he wanted to cut open He Ao's heart and see.
…
"It doesn't matter who I am,"
He Ao smiled, looked at Crowder's bright red eyes, took out a pen and a piece of paper from his pocket, and began to sketch quickly, "Mr. Crowder, maybe we can talk."
"What to talk about?"
Claude put his hands on his waist.
"Let's talk about your 'boss', Duke Ellen."
He Ao still lowered his head and sketched quickly, his tone calm.
During this short period of time, He Ao activated his super memory.
The first reaction in Crowder's thoughts quickly entered his mind.
Sure enough, the 'boss' is Duke Ellen.
There is no faster way to get information than to ask directly from those who know the information.
If the 'boss' is Duke Ellen, then Ruodan may be his base camp.
"Or," He Ao looked at Crowder. He turned over the sketch in his hand. The man in the painting was the 'father' described by Alifia last night.
He Ao's tone paused, "Which one should I call 'Prince Ronnie'?"
At this moment, Claude's calm face finally changed slightly.
These changes and the thoughts in his mind were all sensed by He Ao.
The ‘boss’ is ‘Prince Ronnie’? Is he Alifia’s missing father?
He Ao thought for a moment.
Something doesn't add up. According to Elifia, her father was an ordinary person until he disappeared.
Can a person in the main world become a B-class within five years and form a powerful force?
To be precise, the 'boss' should have been a B-level at least two years ago, otherwise he would not have been able to protect Jin Ya, who had assassinated several important figures in Ruodan, from Moonlight's B-level.
In other words, Alifia's father had to become B-level within three years of his disappearance before he could match the strength of the 'boss'.
However, it is not impossible to become a B-class in three years. After all, strictly speaking, it has only been more than a month since He Ao entered the transcendent realm.
Of course, it is also possible that Elifia does not understand her father, and Prince Ronnie has been hiding his daughter.
Or, some information is not completely true.
And there's another problem here.
Obviously, the 'boss' has the real power of the Ruodan Restoration Organization, but how can a 'missing prince' who only appeared after the fall of the country control the forces left behind by the old kingdom so easily without any foundation?
He Ao put away the sketch in his hand and continued,
"Five years ago, after the king died, Prince Ronnie appeared and became your leader."
When he said these words, Claude's expression obviously changed.
At the same time, the thoughts in Crowder's mind were also conveyed to He Ao's mind.
Prince Ronnie didn’t appear five years ago!
He appeared even earlier, and has always been the head of the underground extraordinary organization in the Ruodan Kingdom!
That's why he could seamlessly take over the power of the old kingdom after the king's death.
Some people in the restoration organization even suspected that the death of the last king had something to do with him.
This is almost contrary to Alifia's description.
There is a problem with the information previously obtained.
Someone is lying!
"It seems you don't know that much,"
…
Claude smiled, finally recovering from the shock that He Ao had given him, but then his expression froze, as if he had realized something, and his chest rose and fell violently, "Mind reading? Are you deceiving me?"
There are extraordinary people like "psychiatrists" who can read minds within Dawn. Naturally, Crowder has had experience with mind-reading skills and knows that this kind of power exists in this world.
"Let's go out and talk."
He Ao glanced at Claude with a smile and stood up slowly.
Claude's emotions were also under control at this moment. His identity could not be revealed openly, and it would be too ostentatious to act here.
Moreover, this tavern is the tavern that 'Prince Ronnie' used to frequent, and killing people here is likely to anger the 'boss'.
So he also stood up and followed He Ao.
The two of them walked out of the tavern one after the other and turned into an alley deep in the street.
There was no one around, so Claude took out a pack of cigarettes, took one out, lit it, and bit it in his mouth, "You seem confident? Do you think you can deal with me?"
"I have to explain that I have no hostility towards you, and I don't want to fight with you. I am a law-abiding person. I am just curious about some things and want to chat with you."
He Ao turned around with a smile on his face, "For example, your status should not be low in the Old Kingdom era. Do you know where Prince Ronnie's secret base is?"
"I have no idea."
Claude pulled out a scimitar from his waist, and the crescent-like blade shone with a little cold light.
He really didn't know that 'Prince Ronnie', the current 'boss', was extremely mysterious, and basically no subordinates knew the details of this prince.
"Then do you know where the last king's secret base is?"
He Ao then asked.
For a moment, a thought flashed through Crowder's mind, and then he forcibly extinguished it.
But this thought has been captured by He Ao.
It is not that easy to fight against 'mind reading'.
"That's why I hate you guys who can read minds the most in my life."
Claude spat.
The 'friendliness' and 'non-fighting' shown by He Ao just now made him 'aware' that this mind-reading guy might not be that strong after all.
In fact, the psychiatrist Liming was killed by the institute before was not very strong in single combat, at least far worse than him.
Although he cannot completely resist mind reading, he has also figured out some ways to deal with mind reading in battle.
Mind-reading has a range. As long as he goes beyond this distance, he can determine his own tactics. If he frees his mind appropriately, he can use conditioned reflexes to kill the opponent before he can react.
He specially practiced a move for this purpose to form a conditioned reflex.
Although there is only one move, in a fierce battle, this move is enough.
His muscles tensed and his body retreated dozens of meters in an instant.
Claude estimated that he should be out of the range of mind reading at this moment. He raised his head and glanced at He Ao, looking at He Ao's childish face.
He Ao still made no move, still standing there watching him calmly, his eyes calm and calm.
…
This guy was still too young, and was so overwhelmed by the extraordinary power that he thought he was invincible, yet he didn't even run away.
This was obviously the boy's only chance of survival.
Claude sneered, holding the scimitar, and the faint smell of blood filled the air.
His figure suddenly turned into a blood-red phantom, rushing towards He Ao at a speed several times faster than before.
He Ao turned sideways, as if preparing to duck to the right.
Because the direction Claude is about to attack is to his left.
Normally, he could indeed dodge Claude's scimitar this time.
However, the moment Claude's figure approached He Ao, his body bent at an almost incomprehensible angle. His entire body showed a ninety-degree right angle, and he abruptly changed his attack from the left to the right.
The crescent-shaped scimitar went straight to He Ao's heart.
At the same time, another scimitar appeared in his other hand, cutting He Ao's neck, blocking He Ao's escape route.
A cruel smile appeared on Crowder's face. This was a move he had practiced for a long time and had reached perfection.
Any dodge movements that the enemy may make are all in his simulation. He uses this move not only against people who can read minds, but also against other enemies. The instinctive conditioned reflex of the body is faster than the change of moves in thinking.
He paid enough attention to He Ao, so he didn't hold anything back and directly used his strongest killing move.
So far, no one has survived this move.
This will be a killer!
The young man in front of me is completely dead!
He Ao calmly stared at the scimitar that was digging into his heart. He mobilized the strength of his body and concentrated it on his right foot. Then he suddenly raised his knee and kicked Claude in the lower abdomen.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. The huge impact caused the concrete floor under He Ao's left foot to suddenly shatter, but his body did not move at all.
Claude, on the other hand, froze, hunched over like a cooked lobster, and flew backwards, hitting a wall at the end of the alleyway, smashing the wall into pieces.
He Ao put down his right foot, turned around, and walked out of the alley.
Claude struggled to get up among the broken bricks, but the blow just now by He Ao shattered his energy gathering point. The violent energy was destroying all the tissues in his body. In the end, his hand
Slowly hanging down, the body remained motionless.
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Ho walked back to the street.
He was able to kick Claude to death, and there was also the factor of Claude being too powerful.
The blood-red form of Claude should have a certain degree of physical immunity. It is not easy to kill him in normal state. Even using a bone sword will take a lot of effort.
But when he bent his body, the energy flow in his body changed, and the energy gathering points hidden in his body emerged on the surface of his body.
This allows He Ao to directly attack his energy gathering point without the use of weapons, which in turn makes He Ao's attacks easier.
With the death of Claude, the placed marks returned to He Ao's mind. Two of his three marks are still cooling down.
…
Both of these marks have been used in the dungeon world to modify the B-level selection.
At this time, He Ao also sensed the cooling time of these two marks, and there were still 7 hours left.
Theoretically, the cooldown time for modifying the B-level selection should be one month, but He Ao's previous guess was correct. The repair of the soul will indeed significantly shorten the cooldown time of the mark.
After he returned from the dungeon world, while his soul was enhanced, the cooldown time of the mark was also shortened by at least four-fifths.
While thinking about it, He Ao returned to the tavern. The boss had already placed the prepared cocktail on the counter and looked at He Ao with a smile, "Your 'Prince Ronnie', of course, you can also call him the Warrior's Wine.
"
He Ao raised the cocktail and asked softly, "Does Prince Ronnie still come to your place to drink often?"
"Prince Ronnie hasn't been here for many years," the boss smiled. "He left Ruodan and I don't know where he went."
"It's also possible that he returned to Ruodan, but didn't come back to drink."
He Ao raised his wine glass and chuckled.
"He once said before he left that if he came back, he would come here to drink as soon as possible,"
The boss picked up the cleaning cloth and wiped the wine utensils, and said with a calm smile, "He is a man of his word."
He Ao glanced at the boss's face, raised the wine glass in his hand, and drank the bright liquid in it.
A pungent feeling like fire exploded in his throat, making him feel like he was back on the battlefield in an instant.
He put down his glass and smiled, "Good wine!"
He put the money for the drink under his glass and left the tavern.
The tavern owner looked at He Ao's back disappearing into the street and took back his wine glass.
Good wine goes with heroes.
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The evening sunlight shines on the remote clinic.
He Ao sat on an old chair and looked at the two thin men opposite him with a smile who were fixed on the medical chair. After Lei Cheng's 'rescue', the two men finally woke up at the end of the day.
Came over.
Then Lei Chengcheng immediately contacted He Ao and asked him to come over.
And He Ao has been here for a while listening to the two people talking about their experiences.
"So you want to break in and steal something?"
He glanced at the two of them and asked softly.
"yes······"
The scar-faced man lowered his head, not daring to look at He Ao.
Although He Ao was smiling at the moment and his face was childish, he looked gentle and harmless under the warm sunshine. He looked like a good and law-abiding person.
But the scene in the building that night has been deeply engraved in his soul.
And it became the main source of nightmares during his coma.
"Approximately how long did it take for you to dig in? When did that yard start to have few people coming in and out?"
He Ao asked in a low voice.
"I can't remember," another skinny man replied,
"We live the same life every day, falling asleep when we are tired, and then being squeezed awake by that woman, repeating these days over and over again.
"I can only estimate that the time we dug in was six or seven days ago? And about two days before we dug in, almost no one came out of the yard. Only a few people came in during the day, and almost no one came in at night.
people."
…
"It should be," the scarred man seemed to recall some horrific memory, and continued, "We don't have the habit of looking at the time, but it was about that time that we turned in and got lost in the fog. When we woke up again
, I went to bed. I used to weigh more than 190 pounds..."
He Ao glanced at him and saw that this guy weighed more than ninety pounds at most.
After listening to the two people's words, he lowered his head and thought for a moment.
In other words, the Ruodan branch of World Tree had been contaminated at least eight days ago.
So, when were the C-level footprints in the corridor at the entrance of the Ruodan branch of the World Tree left?
Before being contaminated, or after being contaminated?
He Ao raised his head and looked at the two of them, "How many days have you been around before?"
The two looked at each other and hesitated for a moment.
Finally, the scarred man said, "We have been on the spot for five days. The shop opposite the yard belongs to my aunt. We have been watching the people going around there. Originally we had no intention of doing this, but we lost all our money recently.
, I really didn’t have any money, and then I found out that the people who came in and out of that yard were quite wealthy, so I thought I could make some money.”
Another skinny man also answered, "We took a special look. It seems to be a holiday there. No one came in or out for two days, so we went in specially..."
The time when the two visited the site should have included the contamination process of the Ruodan branch of the World Tree. They might have picked up something.
He Ao thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, quickly drew a sketch, and handed it to the two of them, "Have you seen this person?"
"It seems not..."
The scarred man shook his head.
At this time, the skinny man on the other side frowned slightly, seeming hesitant.
Seeing this, He Ao raised his pen and roughly sketched the figure of the person in the painting, drawing a complete full-length portrait.
At this time, the skinny man said uncertainly, "I seem to have seen... On the second night of our visit, I just came out of the gambling house on that street and lost all my money. I deliberately
I stared at the yard, and it seemed that this person was standing at the door at that time and had not been let in."
Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, "I only saw the back and side of that person. It looked a bit like him. I don't know if it was the person you drew."
"I see."
He Ao put away the portrait and stood up with a smile, "Thank you for your cooperation."
He has obtained the final piece of the puzzle.
Then he said goodbye to Lei Cheng and walked out of the clinic.
At this moment, the setting sun has disappeared on the edge of the city, and night is slowly falling.
He Ao raised his head and glanced at the sky, took a taxi and got in.
At this time, the phone received a message from Li Le.
[Latest news, Yueguang seems to have lost an important extraordinary body last night. The person in charge of Yueguang in Ruodan believes that there may be an insider inside Yueguang, and has sealed off the entire Ruodan headquarters.]
[Now, except for a Class C who arrived not long ago and some of his subordinates who are outside investigating yesterday's building collapse incident, all the remaining transcendents in Ruodan by Moonlight have been transferred back to No. 17 West Road.
]
The roar of the train could be faintly heard in the void.
He Ao turned his head and looked at the TV on the street.
The missing person notice from the morning was still playing on the TV.
Moonlight seemed to have really prepared a grand banquet, waiting for the arrival of 'Hao Yi'.
The roar of the train could be faintly heard in the void.
He Ao turned off his cell phone and took out a mithril test tube from his arms, in which the gray secret medicine was rippling.
This was given to him by 'Hao Yi' last night.
[Talent Sequence 72: Hidden Mage]
[Main materials: The gallbladder of the shadow snake, the heart of the chameleon tiger]
[Supplementary materials: Invisible grass roots, 100 ml of purified water, shadow piranha petals]
[Preparation method: Mix the snake gall of the Shadow Snake and the tiger heart of the chameleon tiger, mash it in an agate mortar with an agate pestle, filter the crushed residue with fine mesh gauze, and then mix the filtered juice into
Steam the roots of invisible grass for thirty minutes, then filter again. Mix the second filtered liquid with the petals of shadow piranha and purified water, steam for three hours, and immediately pour out the supernatant after steaming is completed.]
[Promotion Ceremony: Complete a much-anticipated ‘miracle’ in a state that no one knows about.]
