In the lobby on the second floor, Ka Xiu touched the antique-looking things around him with his hands as he moved forward. Three minutes later, he put his hand down from an oil painting at the corner of the corridor, then turned his head and looked not far away.
That study room.
His shoes made no sound when he stepped on the ground. Ka Xiu stood in front of the study door, and a man's voice could be faintly heard from inside.
The content seems to involve the Ace of Spades and the Dust Organization. There should be two people in the study. One is Matthew and Phil's father who is talking on the phone with someone, and the other is the housekeeper of the villa.
Cardiff captured a key message in it.
The Ace of Spades wants to retaliate against the Shachen organization's actions in recent months, and one of the locations is in Shirakawa City. Shachen has obtained a batch of antiques of unknown origin from other counties and plans to transport them to Shirakawa City this month.
Conduct antique shows and antique auctions.
Several of the antiques seem to have quite sad stories behind them. I don’t know if they were created by sandstorms or if they were originally there. Anyway, these are the final auction items.
Since the quantity of this batch of antiques is quite large, if it is resold to wealthy people in Shirakawa City and several nearby cities, Shachen will probably make a lot of profit from it. So Ace of Spades decided to disrupt this transaction, preferably during transportation
Just intercept the antiques.
Teach Shadust a profound lesson.
"On July 25, after midnight, the warehouse was located at No. 118 Beka Street, Shirakawa City. It was a black Ford truck for transportation, and the escort was a standard escort of three people, possibly armed with guns..."
Regardless of whether it could be used or not, Ka Xiu had written down this information first. Maybe it would be a life-saving straw then?
Things are unpredictable.
"Here." He finally found the source of the bitter smell. It was an antique vase used as a decoration at the door of the study. It was white and retro in blue. There was a faint gold rim on the top of the bottle, and a series of patterns extending to the bottom below.
.
Card Xiu tentatively pressed his thumb up, and a familiar feeling hit his heart, and cool air rushed in along the wound.
"Obsession energy: 1.1→1.2→1.3→1.4..."
"It's so cold." Kaxiu felt the energy of obsession rising, and at the same time endured the cold that made his muscles stiff and tremble.
despair……
The vase shook slightly and swayed slightly.
The voices inside fell silent.
Click! The study door suddenly opened.
A burly middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and a brown vest came out. He had a majestic temperament, meticulous hair, dark brown beard, and sharp eyes. His deep facial features made people think of an eagle flapping its wings at a glance.
The man glanced left and right in the corridor, but found nothing. He closed the door again, and the sound of chatting with the housekeeper could be heard.
"Go get 50,000 federal coins and put them in a document bag. I'll go down later and thank the gentleman named Levi."
"Wait, let's add another 20,000 to 70,000 federal coins..."
Living room on the first floor.
"Sorry, I suddenly felt upset. I've been waiting for a long time."
In the corridor to the side, Ka Xiu came over.
"It's okay." Matthew smiled slightly: "I was just talking to Phil about the Gray Seal Martial Arts School. He wants to learn some real fighting skills that can help him protect himself. In the next few months,
time, I’m afraid I’m going to trouble Mr. Li Wei.”
Next to him, Phil also looked over expectantly.
"That's no problem. As long as you really want to learn fighting skills and practice with me for a while, you will definitely gain something." Kaxiu held a cane in one hand and returned to his original position on the sofa.
The three of them had just been chatting for five or six minutes when a burly man in a white shirt walked down the stairs and came to the living room.
"Father."
Phil and Matthew stood up one after another.
"Mr. Jason." Card Xiu also stood up politely.
The man in front of him is none other than Jason Hudson, the father of Matthew and Phil. He carries a vague sense of majesty, and his powerful eyebrows and eyes are impressive.
"Haha, don't be formal, sit down and chat." Jason said to Cardiff with a smile, and then pressed his right hand to signal everyone to sit down.
As soon as Ka Xiu sat down, a tan file bag was handed over. It seemed to be bulging with something stuffed inside.
"Mr. Levi, thank you for helping me just now. Otherwise, my Phil would never see me again." Jason said while sitting on the sofa, pressing Phil's head with his hand.
"This is a little thought, please don't refuse." He directly stuffed the document bag into Kaxiu's arms and pulled his hand out very decisively.
"Then...I'll accept it."
Ka Xiu has nothing to be pretentious about. He left Fengnan City and came to Baichuan City to apply for a job as a coach at the Gray Seal Martial Arts School just to make money. If you want to practice the Wind Elephant Secret Martial Arts, special potions and ointments are essential, and these
All require a lot of money.
In addition, Kaxiu must search for legendary antiques and obsessive antiques as much as possible. Networking and financial channels are essential.
Maybe a connection with the Hudsons would be a good thing.
More than half an hour passed, and a cool breeze hit me.
Card Xiu took a deep breath of the night air, turned back and glanced at the brightly lit gray-white villa. He looked at the upper right corner, and a hint of joy could not help but appear between his eyebrows.
"Obsession Energy:1.9"
Two obsessive antiques, the purple wood cane provides 1 point and 1 obsession energy, and the white vase provides 0.8 obsession energy.
The energy source for the next retracement has been prepared in advance. Card Xiu had a guess in his mind that different retracement nodes should require different obsessional energy. After all, they represent different periods of Levi's strength. The youth training camp of the first retracement
The event requires one point of obsession energy, and the battle of annihilation should require more. However, no matter how much it is, it should not reach two points of energy.
It's probably stable, which gives Ka Xiu some confidence. Of course, Ka Xiu will not stop looking for the obsessive antiques.
He would visit the major antique stores in Shirakawa City every other day, hoping to catch the big and small fish he wanted.
"It's actually 70,000 yuan, which is quite impressive."
Card repair walked along the avenue towards his residence, and opened the "thank you" that Jason gave him. There were seven bundles of thick yellow banknotes in the tan file bag, each bundle was a hundred pieces, each
Each denomination is one hundred dollars in red Lebanese federal currency.
You know, the Hongli Federation is one of the three major hegemons in the world. The federal currency is quite valuable and has very good purchasing power.
"Tomorrow morning, I will go to the drugstore to buy medicinal materials. In the morning, I will visit the major antique stores in Shirakawa City. In the afternoon, I will go to the Gray Seal Martial Arts School..."
Ka Xiu murmured to himself. His schedule for tomorrow seemed to be fully booked. Although he was very busy, he had a rare sense of fulfillment.
After walking along the avenue for a while, there was a rectangular platform next to the sidewalk with a brass sign on it.
"At half past seven, the buses are gone. I wonder if there are still carriages?" He walked to the platform, holding a cane in his right hand.
In the metropolises of the Hongli Federation, even first- and second-tier cities, horse-drawn carriages have basically disappeared. Only small and medium-sized cities like Fengnan City and Shirakawa City can occasionally see horse-drawn carriages.
More than ten years ago, horse-drawn carriages were still very popular, but now they are gradually replaced by cars and buses.
A leaf fell from the ornamental tree by the roadside.
"Jingle Bell."
Not far away, a black-hooded two-horse carriage drove over.