When the spotlight that illuminated half of the stormy night was extinguished, the captain, Professor Ferdinand von Bock, ordered the anchors on both sides to be raised, and the Monyach, disguised as a tugboat, was slightly lowered into the seven-force wind.
Like a tipsy giant swaying slightly against the water waves.
On a rainy night, the Monyach blew its sailing whistle, and a dull and loud buzzing sound passed through the entire dark port, disturbing the night watchman who was sleeping huddled in his coat in the duty room and twisted restlessly.
Bones changed his sleeping position.
In three minutes, if no one lands on the Monyach, the modified warship will leave the port and enter the deep lake alone to return to Kassel College, ensuring that there will be no witnesses to what happened tonight.
The crew on the entire ship moved to cover up all contraband that might be investigated. Three snipers on the roof, deck, and cabin lifted the black raincoats on their backs at the same time, and quickly began to put away their weapons.
Within ten seconds, he dismantled the anti-material weapon in his hand into parts and hid them in the tugboat, and then rushed to the side of the deck in the heavy rain behind Professor Ferdinand, who was looking at the dark port area.
“Is it successful?” Although he almost guessed the answer in his heart, Professor Ferdinand still asked the three commissioners behind him in a low voice.
"The mission is accomplished. We succeeded Professor Berg. We won the battle tonight. The ace of the execution department is unmatched." One of the female commissioners whispered. The three of them saw everything through the sniper scope. Tonight
There is no use for the alchemical bullets loaded in their magazines.
Hearing the affirmative reply, Professor Ferdinand's brows relaxed. The wrinkles on the Germanic's unique wide forehead that could catch raindrops were wiped out into a rough flat paper, and the dark green pupils were full of pressure.
The thick clouds finally dissipated, parting the clouds and mist to see the light.
The enemy is a pure-blooded dragon. It is inevitable that Ferdinand will be so nervous. When the situation is not completely in his hands, anyone will have 100% worry in their heart even if they only have 10% worries.
The courses taught at Kassel College are "Dragon Literature" and "A Brief Analysis of the History of Dragon Philosophy".
In other words, his specialization is in the language and philosophy departments. He actually knows nothing about combat. He is able to board today's Monyach purely because he is proficient in large ship driving skills and has excellent skills in sailing in storms.
Experience, apart from Professor Mans Rundstedt, there is probably no other person at the Kassel Academy who can compare with his boating skills.
This is why he could only wait anxiously on the ship when the Owlbirds from the Executive Department rushed into the port. Although he was the only instructor for this mission, he was essentially the one driving the ship and it was not his turn to direct the operation.
What's more, who can command the trump card of the execution department?
During the mission, when the 'S'-level bloodline of the ace of the execution department is stimulated to the extreme, if he accidentally looks into the golden eyes as bright as the scorching sun, the so-called wartime commander will completely lose the ability to give orders to him.
Courage, right?
Facts have proved that Ferdinand's guess was not wrong. The commander did not give many effective instructions in tonight's operation. When the ace of the execution department collided head-on with the third-generation species, the surging blood and intertwined...
The field is enough to prevent his vocal cords from making a louder sound than the sound of swords and bones cracking at the scene. In other words, more than 80% of the actions tonight were judged, determined, and implemented by the ace of the execution department alone.
Now that the task has been completed without exceeding the scheduled time limit, and without causing any additional impact, it can be proved that all decisions made by the other party are absolutely correct.
Under the rolling thunder, dense footsteps came from far to near in the darkness. Ferdinand on the Monyach was shaken all over. Before he could see clearly the figure rushing out, there was a group of adult-sized figures in the air.
The black shadow was thrown onto the deck. The moment it fell, it made a heavy metallic sound. With the remaining force of the throw, it slid along the water to the center of the deck.
Lin Nian, who put on a black raincoat and walked out of the port area, ignored the boarding ladder not far away, jumped from the shore, grabbed the deck handrail with one hand, and climbed onto the deck lightly from Ferdinand's side. After landing on his feet, he stood firmly.
His still-hot golden eyes swept across the deck, and Ferdinand and the three sniper specialists quickly averted their eyes.
At this time, their peripheral vision also saw the package wrapped in black canvas that was thrown up on the deck. It was actually seeping with some black liquid. It was mixed with rainwater and made a sizzling sound when it flowed through the steel deck.
Upon seeing this, Ferdinand felt a sudden thought and couldn't help but quickly walked forward and squatted down to determine what was in the black package.
"Dragon's blood, extremely poisonous." Ferdinand's wrist, which he had just crouched down and stretched out his hand, was suddenly tightly clasped. When he looked up, he found that the 'S' class that had been on the side of the deck had appeared in the center of the deck at some unknown time.
Next to him, the golden pupils between the lowered heads reflected the dead black package and said lightly, "It was cut into pieces. It's a bit ugly, but there is no threat for the time being."
"It should be noted that the third-generation pure-blood species have very strong resilience." After being stared directly at by those golden eyes for a few seconds, Ferdinand nodded and slowly stood up, taking off the protective gloves he had just put on and asked in a deep voice? "
Have the necessary insurance measures been taken?”
"The bronze chains excavated from the ancient tombs of the Surme Dynasty have their own alchemical matrix? The more powerful the bloodline of the target, the more restrained it will be. I couldn't break free during the test? She must not be able to break free even if she is seriously injured and on the verge of death." Lin
Nian said, after they had a brief exchange of information, dense footsteps sounded on the boarding ladder on the side. Groups of executive department specialists were silent and quickly began to board the ship. After boarding the ship, they ran non-stop, starting from both sides.
People passed by and began to return to their posts for finishing procedures.
“Did she say anything during the battle?” Ferdinand asked, looking at the black humanoid package.
"No." Lin Nian said, "At the beginning of the battle, I stabbed her vocal cords with the refined knife from the equipment department. After that, she only let out some roars to vent her emotions. She probably thought that she was fighting with me.
It would be unwise to spend time repairing your vocal cords."
"It's a pity." Ferdinand said with some regret, "I originally wanted to take this opportunity to dig out more information from the pure-blood dragons."
“I’ll try to leave it complete for you next time,” Lin Nian said.
"Only you can say this, but next time I may not have the opportunity to personally set foot in a battlefield of this level. If you weren't among the formation members this time, maybe Schneider wouldn't let me be the captain.
." Ferdinand shook his head.
"There is always a chance. Although the number of second-generation and first-generation species combined is only a few dozen, third-generation species and servant-level things can still be seen once every few years. This is Professor Schneider's exact words."
Nian watched several commissioners wearing heavy full-body protective suits carefully lift the black body bag and put it into a coffin made of fine iron. A thick water pipe was moved to the side of the coffin and a large amount of mercury was poured into it. Finally, a handheld
The drill specialist nailed fifty rivets on the coffin surface to seal the coffin.
It seems a bit ironic to wake up from the coffin after a thousand years and then enter a new coffin again.
Ferdinand waved to the wheelhouse, the whistle of the Monyach sounded for the second time, and the ship sailed towards the black boundless waves and left the port, leaving only the deep and silent night in the port area.
“By the way, have you dealt with that group of gangsters?” After the coffin was moved away, Ferdinand turned to look at Lin Nian, who was looking at the port area in the distance and asked.
"All the legs and feet were broken and left in the factory. Summer is about to begin. The weather has been very warm recently. Treatments have been done to stop the bleeding of those who were seriously injured. Being exposed to the rain all night will not kill anyone. If they die, it will be their bad luck.
." Lin Nian said, "After the storm subsides tomorrow morning, people from the college will rescue them, and they will also be 'hypnotized' to erase their memories. No one will remember what happened tonight."
“It seems that many unrelated people were seriously injured. Did the third generation do it?” Ferdinand asked.
“I did it.” Lin Nian said.
"Oh, that's really pity for them. If they wanted cash instead of arms, maybe the transaction tonight would be completed more smoothly, right?" Ferdinand turned around and said.
"100 fully automatic rifles is not a problem for the academy, but the key is that the people who want these weapons are bad people. We can't really hand over so many guns to them. Since we are not preparing for a real deal at the beginning, then
Why do we bother to actually prepare those weapons?" Lin Nian said, "They are all bad people, and we are good people. Good people and bad people do not need to talk about morality. Morality is a matter between good people and bad people.
It only talks about iron fist and power."
“It’s very much in line with the executive department’s thinking. It seems like you have adapted to that place.”
“One task a month, anyone can adapt to it. It’s summer vacation now, so if I have nothing to do, I’ll just do part-time jobs. I’m going to start school next semester, so there won’t be many opportunities like this.”
“Students who are currently studying can also be deployed by the executive department, so you don’t have to worry about this.” Ferdinand comforted him.
"No, what I mean is that I need to save credits after school starts. According to the style of the school board and the executive department, I probably won't be able to receive that much remuneration from this mission. Most of the remuneration will be based on
The grade points are converted to me, so I have to seize the opportunity to work during the summer vacation." Lin Nian said quietly.
""He was stunned for a moment and didn't know what expression to make.
While Professor Ferdinand was in a daze, a female commissioner with a high ponytail that could not be drooped by the rain walked quickly onto the deck, walked straight towards them, leaned close to Lin Nian's ear and whispered softly.
Said a few words.
"It's better to go right away. Thank you, senior sister, for your hard work." Lin Nian nodded slightly after hearing this. The female commissioner with high ponytail seemed to be inspired. Her cheeks were flushed with excitement on the rainy night. She saluted, turned around and trotted towards
Under the eaves of the boat.
“What did she say?” asked Ferdinand.
“The mission commander has reported to the central control room that the mission has been completed, but Director Schneider from the Execution Department said he has something to tell me, so I have to excuse myself for now, Professor Ferdinand.”
After Lin Nian and the other party nodded lightly to each other, they turned around and walked quickly to the communication room of the ship. The female commissioner with a high ponytail standing on the cornice of the ship dragged off his raincoat and walked in front of him to lead the way into the cabin.
deep.
“The rare ‘S’ rank”
Watching Lin Nian's straight back from a distance, Ferdinand took out his cigarette and thought to himself. When a heavy rain hit his fingers holding the cigarette, he was stunned for a moment and looked up at the dark clouds that were still thick.
Tian Tian sighed and put back his cigarette.
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Lin Nian walked into the liaison room. The swaying incandescent lights reflected the shadows in the cabin. From time to time, water waves hit the windows and made a dull banging sound. The red landline phone was knocked on the table in the center of the room. He stepped on
He held the phone to his ear and said, "This is Lin Nian, Class of 2009, Cassel College, Temporary Commissioner of the Executive Department."
"Well done." The first thing that rang on the other end of the phone was a hoarse male voice like sandpaper polished steel. There was only one such distinctive voice in the executive department. He never had to introduce himself. When he spoke, the phone
The person opposite will know his identity.
"After all, there were some accidents, but I learned a piece of information. The pure-blooded dragons of the King of Ocean and Water can be resuscitated in advance only by relying on the blood of living creatures. They are born with the power to manipulate liquids. I killed them during the mission.
The hands of several gangsters and the blood spilled on the ground woke her up in advance."
“Well, that’s good. Based on this information, we can deduce the mechanism of the awakening of the servants under the other three monarchs. It’s a big discovery. Is there anything else to gain?” Schneider said.
“That third-generation species recognized the violent blood.” Lin Nian suddenly said.
There was silence on the phone for a few seconds.
“Have you ever communicated with her?”
“One or two sentences.”
“What exactly did she say?”
“She calls the phenomenon of violent blood the ‘path to godhood’ and denounces it as a forbidden power.”
“Have you told anyone else about this news?”
"No."
“Very good, how is the body now?” Schneider changed the topic directly after getting the answer he wanted.
"The corpse has been packed in a box. I have to say that the vitality of pure-blood dragons is indeed different from ordinary people. Even if I cut her into pieces, she still didn't die. Maybe the only way is to put the corpse in it like what is recorded in the classics.
Burning them to ashes in a volcano can prevent them from resurrecting, right?"
"That is limited to first-generation species and nobler things. We have reason to suspect that this typhoon was attracted to Illinois when it passed through Wisconsin. Even third-generation species have this power." Schneider said, "But even so.
, the second-generation species and the third-generation species can still be killed by us. After the corpses on the Monyach are brought back to the academy, we will start research and seal them. During this period, we need you to guard them every step of the way to avoid trouble."
“Research and seal? Won’t the academy kill her completely?” Lin Nian frowned slightly when he heard these two words.
“Living things are always more useful than dead ones, especially dragons. Her body can also provide residual heat for hybrids’ dragon-slaying operations. Naturally, we won’t waste this firewood. Or do you think this is too cruel?”
"Cruel? No, I'm just worried that I have to work hard to kill her again." Lin Nian sat on a chair and took off his windbreaker, and dark red blood dripped from his sleeves to the ground.
“I take it you are also injured?” Schneider heard the inadvertent change in Lin Nian’s breathing.
“Actually, I almost forgot if you didn’t tell me.” Lin Nian raised his foot and stepped on the blood dripping on the ground and stood up.
“Don’t be complacent. It’s normal to get injured in a battle with a third-generation species. After all, your opponent is a pure-blooded dragon. The biggest enemy of the mixed-race species is what you met today.”
"It's not as serious as you think. The first time I climbed to the seventh level in actual combat, I felt a little uncomfortable. The 64x speed and the 128x speed are completely different. Even in the case of violent blood, some muscles were strained, but
At most, the skin is cracked and a lot of capillaries are broken." Lin Nian pulled up and bit the black T-shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. Under the illumination of the incandescent lamp, the whole body looked like a piece of white A4 paper.
, it seemed as if the paper was accidentally torn by huge force, and blood gushed out from dozens of delicate wounds all over the body.
“Do I need to go back to the academy to correct it?” Schneider asked calmly.
"Skin trauma, I'm dealing with it myself right now." Holding the phone, Lin Nian opened the medical box on the wall of the liaison room and began to skillfully stop the bleeding and perform stitches. His muscles and skin were tough despite the heavy blood.
The earth is like gold, stone and iron paper. Only the current normal conditions can effectively treat wounds.
“Oh, just in time, I have something interesting to tell you while you are treating the wound.”
"Minister, has anyone ever told you that anything 'interesting' coming out of your mouth feels threatening? That your next sentence is like, 'I know what you did last summer.'"
This feeling." Lin Nian bit his towel and said vaguely.
"I'll tell you first, and you can ask questions later." Schneider said calmly, and Lin Nian tilted his head and shut up decisively.
“In recent months, in a coastal city in China, Norma discovered that someone had been jumping back and forth on multiple IP addresses to search for information about Kassel College.”
“A coastal city in China?” Lin Nian paused while sewing, and captured the key word for him.
"You guessed it right, it's the place you were thinking of." Schneider said, "One of the several IP addresses captured by Norma came from a junior high school in that city called 'Shilan Middle School'.
, if my memory has not faded, that 'Shilan Middle School' should be your alma mater."
"In other words, this incident happened in my hometown? Someone in Shilan Middle School is looking for Kassel College? Isn't it possible that it was a mistaken ping? I told my classmates about the name of the college before entering the college.
Is it possible that one of them became interested in this and searched for relevant information about the college on the Internet?" Lin Nian pondered for a while and said, "It should be the entrance season for high schools in China soon, right? I remember that in 'Shilan Middle School'
However, there are many students whose families are well-off and want to take the TOEFL in their second year of high school to study in the United States. It is not impossible to find us by checking the school in advance."
"Norma has considered this possibility. There is a filtering algorithm in her computing system for the situation you mentioned. The website of Kassel College is not transparent on the Internet. The search rate will increase at a fixed time every year. Norma according to
The algorithm can accurately filter out which IPs are mistakenly pinged, and which IPs are purposeful, targeted, and sustainable. Once determined, search his historical browsing records based on the locked IP, and it will be accurate in a short time.
People are looking for us."
"Norma is so powerful? It seems that I have to pay attention to everything I do on the Internet from now on." Lin Nian looked a little strange, "So now do we know who the person who has been looking for us is?"
“Yes, that’s why I say this is interesting.” Schneider said calmly.
“Who do I know?” Lin Nian asked.
“One of the few acquaintances in your social circle.”
Lin Nian grinned. He didn't know why the first thing that came to his mind was a panda with droopy eyebrows. But he immediately shook his head and gave up this unrealistic idea. If that guy could enter Kassel College
, he stood on his head and crawled around the boys' dormitory.
"Okay, there is an acquaintance of mine who is intensively looking for information about Cassel College. I remember that when such things happen, shouldn't they be handed over to the admissions office for interviews? That's how you found me in the first place, so naturally you can
Use the same method to find that person."
“The admissions office was able to find this person, but they were unable to deal with the illegal mixed-race gathering that was going on in that city,” Schneider said.
啧.
“Are you on another mission?” Lin Nian finished sewing up the wounds on his body without changing his expression, disinfected them with alcohol spray, and put on clean spare clothes again.
“Two things coincidentally overlapped at the right time, and I don’t think there is anyone in the executive department who is more suitable for you to solve this problem.”
"How to calculate the one-month vacation between two missions? Although I don't mind one or two more missions, but the rigid rules and regulations of the Executive Department cannot be circumvented, right? Those are the rules left by the first-generation Executive Department Minister, even if it is the current Minister
It’s not easy for you to break the rules in public, right?”
"As for this issue, since the mission location is your hometown, we can tell the public that you have returned to your hometown for the summer vacation." Schneider said calmly.
"That's an invincible reason." Lin Nian put on his windbreaker, "Putting aside the mission, what should I do with that acquaintance after I find him? Give him a direct warning or take him back to the academy?"
"After the summer vacation, it will be the new semester. I think you can take him with you to take the exams for the semester." Schneider said, "In addition, I will let Norma use PAD to send details about the task of illegal mixed-race gatherings as electronic documents.
Here you go, you are the commissioner for this operation and can mobilize all the resources available to the local college."
“Is it my misunderstanding, Minister, I think you seem to pay more attention to this prospective student who needs me to meet than the mission in the coastal city?” Lin Nian suddenly asked for no reason.
Schneider was silent for a rare moment: "Why do you think so?"
“It’s just intuition.” Lin Young chuckled, “Minister, tell me, which of my acquaintances might be a monster hiding in the crowd like me?”
“Chu Zihang, a 2007 student of Shilan Middle School and the stepson of local business tycoon Lu Tianming.”
After opening his mouth slightly, Lin Nian said nothing.
After a while, he hung up the phone and looked out the window at the darkening rainy night.