If Yassen had been a player, he would definitely know a saying widely circulated on the forum: the weirder the lineup, the more handsome the player will be.
Because the most utilitarian lineup must be relatively fixed - after all, there will always be the so-called "optimal solution". Although this optimal solution has a high probability of not being able to pursue racing, no injuries, self-limiting difficulty, etc.
Challenging intensity, but always having enough universality.
For example, when starting a game, I usually don’t like to bring in turtle-type players who are adapted to the path.
In another world line, there is no "Warrior" profession in the adaptive path. This also means that the original adaptive path is basically either a hunter or a rogue. Although their strength in pvp is quite good...
...But when you download the book, you will obviously feel that the damage is a bit scratchy, and because you jump around, you will easily die suddenly in a strange mechanism that shouldn't kill people...
But this does not mean that there are no masters in this type of profession - on the contrary, the probability of top experts emerging in this kind of operational profession is quite high, much higher than the probability of mass professions with high minimum limits.
Just like the old saying in martial arts novels in the past, it is said that when walking in the world, the old, weak, women and children are the ones you should not mess with... That's roughly what it means.
Yassen still couldn't hold back, and carefully asked the words that made Aiwass feel the most comfortable:
"...who are you?"
Upon hearing these words, the faces of the white-haired vampire and the little girl in his arms showed an unusually synchronized smile of teasing and satisfaction.
"'us?'"
The two-month-old son asked in unison, and then chuckled at the same time: "'Humph...'"
That strange synchronization rate is like a puppeteer controlling a puppet and speaking ventriloquismally, which is chilling.
"Compared to who we are..."
"Iben" showed a sinister smile with evil intentions: "Shouldn't you ask more... why the Moon Son and Eagle Eye are looking at this place at the same time?
"What are you trading that can attract the attention of these two groups of people at the same time? What does this have to do with rescuing Sherlock?"
"..."
After hearing this, Phantom Thief Yassen looked at Alice next to him.
At this moment, their expressions became extremely complicated.
That is by no means a confusion caused by not knowing anything. They have a very clear understanding of their current tense situation.
In other words, they even knew that Hawkeye and Moonchild were already targeting them.
——Now that you know this, you still dare to do this?
Seeing their reactions, Aiwass, disguised as "Ritualist Ibn", raised his eyebrows.
He stared at Yassen for a while, then looked away and looked at Alice.
Aiwass asked directly: "If my prediction is correct...the things you trade are not expensive, right."
His words seemed like questions, but they sounded like statements.
"No……"
Alice responded subconsciously.
And Aiwass continued to ask: "Is it related to Mr. Yassen?"
"I……"
Alice suddenly realized that she had said something she shouldn't have said, so she subconsciously turned to look at Yassen.
Although she was not acquainted with Yasen and had never met him twice...but she was still afraid in the face of such strong pressure.
Yet for Aiwass, not answering was also an answer—and obviously relevant.
"It has something to do with Sherlock?"
Aiwass looked into Alice's eyes and said immediately before she made a sound: "It doesn't seem to be involved, or you don't know - it has something to do with Yassen's cross-dressing technique?"
"Woo..."
"Well, it's related. So it's some kind of material? No, then it's intelligence? It's not..."
Aiwass didn't need her to answer at all.
For Alice who is new to the world, her subconscious eyes, actions, and reactions are enough to reveal her true inner thoughts.
That is more credible and more naked real information than words that have been considered and organized - even if you close your eyes, it will be useless. For a fifth-level moon child, he can easily hear it from this distance.
Hear the sound of Alice's heartbeat and the subtle smell of blood on her body when she is nervous or relaxed.
"...enough."
Yasen felt helpless and interrupted the ruthless pursuit of the "Iben Ritualist": "I'm telling you directly... there is no need to bully her like this. She is still a little girl... we can be considered half allies,
Isn't it?"
He did not directly say that they were allies - after all, he was not sure what these people's true attitude towards Shylock was. With a respectful and cautious attitude towards Shylock, even if the other party suddenly turned into Pope Aiwass, he would never
I won’t trust the other party’s identity easily…
If he could be deceived into stealing important information related to the safety of his friends, he wouldn't be called Yasen.
Regardless of whether the other party is a friend or an enemy, as long as the other party is also unsure of his position, he has room to pull. And the trump card in his hand is more information about Sherlock - if the other party is a friend, that's fine too
Rescue Sherlock together; if the other party also plans to snatch Sherlock away, he will be able to drive the tiger away and devour the wolf...
On the other side, Alice became tearful as she realized clearly that she had inadvertently exposed too much information. He sighed, picked up the too-light suitcase in his hand with one hand, and put it on the table.
"oh?"
Aleister used Ivester's characteristic drawling tone and joked: "Is it okay to open this thing directly in public?"
"No problem. After all, strictly speaking, it's not a treasure..."
Yassen said, took out a small key and opened the locked suitcase.
There were only a few things packed into the large, seemingly heavy suitcase.
Opening the box, there were three or four pieces of women's clothing inside. They looked like the ones Alice was wearing. There were also jewelry boxes stacked up like lunch boxes. The box was obviously very light before.
, but they will make a loud collision sound, because they are gradually shaken from the state of being wrapped in clothes to the edge of the box.
Upon seeing this, Aleister looked at Yassen with a perverted look: "Is this... what you are going to wear in the future?"
The reason why Yassen is called the Phantom Thief is because he has superb cross-dressing skills. Whether he is an old man, a child or a woman, he can change as he pleases. This is obviously a special skill that belongs to the path of beauty, and belongs to the same category as Isabel.
Actor's profession.
But no matter how strong his cross-dressing ability is, it is still not a tantric-level extraordinary skill. He still can't make clothes appear out of thin air...
Apparently being stared at by a little girl like this made even Yasen a little unable to hold back.
He coughed lightly, avoided the topic, and whispered: "The main transaction is actually this..."
As he spoke, he took out a heavy key from the pocket of the third skirt.
It was a silver key about the size of a palm, with a hollow diamond-shaped tail. It was engraved with Elvish runes, which meant "all things are separated by this blade."
"This is……"
Aiwass stared at the key and his expression changed slightly: "You still say this thing is not valuable?"
"What's this?"
Even Alice herself, who transported the item, obviously didn't know what it was.
She was even shocked - because she didn't know why this thing appeared inexplicably under her skirt.
The reason why she thought the things inside were not valuable and related to Yasen... was because in her understanding, these were just some old clothes given to Yasen.
Yes, all the dresses and jewelry in this box belong to Alice, and they have even been worn by her in public.
Because her mission was to give her clothes to Yassen so that the Phantom Thief could play herself in public and enter Duke Harcourt's birthday party.
The relationship between Harcourt and the two Dukes of Vendôme is not very good. As the son-in-law of the Duke of Vendôme, it is obviously impossible for Yassen to enter Duke Harcourt's birthday party. And he has to get from Harcourt.
Something vital has been stolen from the Duke... which is why Alice cooperates with him.
This was originally Hawkeye's mission - it is said that it was rare for Hawkeye to reach some kind of unified interest relationship with this rogue.
But when Alice saw the strange key, she realized something was wrong.
——She obviously found these clothes one by one from her own home! Before she put them into her suitcase, she also checked the pockets of all the clothes to see if she had accidentally left them in.
Things... After all, after these clothes were given to Yasen, she had no intention of taking them back.
Giving one's own clothes to the phantom thief who is a popular figure in Iris is not something worth resisting for the bold and naughty Alice. However, wearing clothes worn by others on herself... Hikari
Just thinking about it made Alice feel a little uncomfortable, even a little itchy.
She stood up immediately, looked at Yasen beside her with some vigilance, and subconsciously distanced herself half a step away.
——Even though she is naive, she is still more or less an assassin.
Now, her instinct clearly told her that she was being used!
Obviously, the information the middleman gave to her and to Yasen were completely different from the beginning! So much so that she didn’t know the whole story of the transaction... If it weren’t for the "Iben Ritualist" who suddenly appeared in the middle, she would have
I am afraid that I will feel complacent about having completed the organization's tasks.
Alice only felt cold all over her body. It was already a hot early summer, but even in the noisy bar that was like a furnace, she felt waves of ringing in her ears...
...Alice has quietly completed many times this kind of secret transaction by taking advantage of her identity as the daughter of a duke and her professional advantage as a reporter.
Every time, the name is "for the sake of destroying the Children of the Moon" and "for the sake of those poor and pitiful children."
But now it seems that who knows how many contraband items that can make people rich overnight are hidden in the "goods of hope" she transported?
How many of them are bad things that can harm people's lives? And how many are sensitive documents or items that, if discovered, could put the Harcourt family in crisis?
It would be fine if she voluntarily transported it, but she had no idea about these things from the beginning - this was undoubtedly a despicable deception.
——Although she lacks experience as a transcendent and an adventurer, Alice's experience as a "new aristocrat" is rich enough.
Once doubt begins, it cannot be ended. It is like a cancer that feeds on and grows from the metastasis of tumors called "deception."
She instinctively made checks and balances to protect herself: "That's it, Mr. Iben..."