Chapter 995 It used to be the past, now it’s abnormal
After this unpleasant transaction was over, Alice abandoned Yassen here without any thought, turned around and left with the money box Yassen brought.
Although she doesn't like the money herself - the money earned from selling her "second-hand original clothes" will actually become the organization's funds. The Eagle Eye organization promises that the money will be used to improve the orphans.
The living conditions of Alice, and this is why Alice is willing to sell her clothes.
She was more or less a girl. Even though she had admired Yassen the Phantom Thief since she was a child, she once regarded him as her idol and did not dislike him wearing her own clothes... but those were her favorite clothes.
If she didn't like it, how could she wear these dresses to attend the grandest and most formal banquets?
But now that she had really calmed down, she suddenly realized where the money "used to improve the living conditions of the orphans" was spent.
Obviously...the Klay.
Although Alice is indeed naive, her social identity is that of a reporter after all. It is impossible for her to be unaware of the existence and rules of the Klay Party.
It is impossible to be so innocent and ignorant when working in the media industry. It is a dye vat full of all kinds of malice and evil.
Aren't those people also "orphans"? They were bribed by Hawkeye's subordinate organizations to carry out various illegal activities. And these children also have to get money from the superior organizations... Isn't this exactly what "use" means?
To improve the living conditions of orphans”?
It’s not that she didn’t know about this originally. It’s just that she always thought that the Son of the Moon was the culprit of all the chaos, sin, poverty, and depravity in Iris today. If she wanted to solve all kinds of problems, she had to solve the Son of the Moon first.
——On the other hand, if the Moon Child can be solved, those messy little problems will surely be solved on their own.
Therefore, these "less than perfect little problems" are regarded by her as "necessary pains on the road to expel the Children of the Moon".
——Until today, she suddenly realized that the organization had never truly trusted her. She was not even a person, but the middleman when the family completed the transaction with the Hawkeye organization...
When the filter is broken, clever IQ suddenly takes over the high ground.
Those things that she once knew but had been deliberately ignored are now flooding into her mind.
She plans to think carefully about what she has not told her after she goes back!
——Then let’s brew up some emotions and tears, and make a proper complaint to my father!
At this moment, the journalist lady, who was known for being "rebellious and independent" and always dressed hotly and acted frivolously when outside, seemed to be rejuvenated and transformed into the little girl she used to be.
But from another perspective... from "acting as an adult" to "acting as a child", it proves that she has indeed grown up.
However, until Alice left angrily, she did not realize what the "Iben Ritualist" had deliberately ignored.
Yasen stared at her back and chuckled: "Sure enough... she is still a child, right?"
“It’s pretty good.”
Aiwass, who played the role of "Iben Ritualist", raised his eyebrows and commented: "It's a bit young. The most important thing is that it's not firm enough."
"yes……"
Aleister, who was in his arms, also smiled and said: "Because I heard the bigger news, I unknowingly forgot my original purpose and questions... I really miss it. I also had such a time back then.
.”
"Back then?" Aiwass asked appropriately.
"Well, when I was still a clear and stupid college student."
Aleister, who looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, said briskly: "If I remember correctly, she seems to be a recently graduated college student."
Everyone present unanimously concealed the same thing from Alice.
——That's why there are Moon Son and Hawkeye watching this place at the same time.
Alice just felt a little confused, but her attention was easily attracted by Yassen's exaggerated performance, and she quickly focused on the extra key in the suitcase.
But in fact, the thing she ignored was the key.
Although the assassins of the Hawkeye organization are good at lurking, the Sons of the Moon can sense the blood of others. Even though the Sons of the Moon are exactly the same as ordinary people under normal circumstances, Hawkeye has already studied the Sons of the Moon - plus the ability to adapt to the path.
It can be said that their perception and intuition abilities are exposed under each other's nose at the same time.
"The child is gone."
Aiwass looked at Yasen and said, "Next, let's talk about adults."
The white-haired vampire laughed coldly, but Yasen didn't feel nervous at all, and instead leaned back.
"Speaking of which, this incident also convinced me that you are not a bad person."
Yasen said casually: "You don't want that child to get involved in any trouble, right?"
Indeed, Aiwass thought.
No matter what conspiracy her family is brewing, she is indeed innocent...and she risked her life to serve the country and humanity. It was for this reason that Aiwass released her after he was arrested.
.Otherwise she is just the daughter of a duke of the human kingdom. How could she leave so easily when it comes to such a big case as the assassination of the Eternal Pope?
But the white-haired vampire just sneered: "I just think she is in the way."
"Okay, okay..."
Yasen waved his hand, assuming it was a tough talk or a pretense of professionalism: "Now that the troublemaker is gone, I have to tell you something more important."
As he said that, he leaned on the chair, waved lazily, snapped his fingers, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, guys - please go out for a while, okay?"
The next moment.
Everyone in the originally noisy tavern suddenly shut their mouths simultaneously.
Diners, drunkards, sailors, minstrels...even the man who worked part-time as a front desk clerk, chef, bartender and boss, all stood up and wanted to leave.
"Hey, you can't leave!"
Yassen suddenly rushed over and grabbed the boss's sleeve: "Bring me some beer - I also want a red wine stewed beef, cream pepper veal tripe, chicken liver mousse, and a donut. Oh,
Another rice pudding, with ice and linden honey. Let me do the accounting—this gentleman’s account will be credited to me as well.”
"Don't even think about it, you despicable thief! Thief! Duck!"
While the boss struggled to free himself, he scolded him unceremoniously: "You have already recorded the account three times. This small business cannot stand such an unscrupulous default on your account!"
"Hey, I'll pay it back next time... I didn't bring any money this time... As you know, it's not suitable for me to bring money when I go out..."
"There's no next time, Yasen! Just drink plain water!"
The boss left angrily.
Yes, that is not mental manipulation.
——It’s just that everyone in this bar belongs to him.
As a phantom thief who has been active in Iris for more than ten years, his story is still so popular in Iris, and can even be written into a novel and sold overseas... All of this must be spontaneous, even if it is serialized for several years.
Thousands of episodes of life-style sitcoms or children's animations can't do it.
As a dedicated thief, he certainly has his own power.
He has always helped the strong and the weak, robbed the rich and given to the poor. Even though he gave away almost all the money he stole and completed a "reasonable redistribution", it does not mean that he has no ability to form a force. After all, he was
Many people were saved, and many people who were hated by others were severely punished by the Phantom Thief. It is only natural that these people would become followers of the Phantom Thief.
It is because he has a solid network of contacts in all walks of life that he can always issue accurate "notices of crime". He cannot investigate this kind of thing clearly by himself. After all, there are some crimes that only people in the industry can know clearly.
Understand its weight, laymen may not even understand the technical terminology.
After all, this was an era before search engines, and industry knowledge was such a high cognitive barrier.
...However, after he became thoroughly familiar with him, the "idol halo" around him dissipated, and people gradually changed from admiration to disgust.
As both nationally-known idols, he and Sherlock have similar but opposite situations - the more familiar Shylock is, the more people are awed and alienated from him; while he is being criticized for his increasingly unconcealed perverted behavior.
The "relatively conservative-thinking" Iris people are disgusted and alienated.
Aiwass knows some of his dark history - after all, Yasen has been an NPC who has appeared in many activities since the mid-term. The usual form of activities is that he hides the newly stolen treasures in a designated location, and then makes up a
The riddle allows the player who is a close friend to look for it. If he finds it, he will give him points tokens for the mosquito legs...
Considering that you can still copy the homework even if you can’t answer the riddle... Therefore, as an NPC who purely gives out benefits, Yasen’s popularity is quite high.
The most perverted thing about Yasen, and the thing that players admire the most, is that he will make a bet with the player in the main plot. Of course, this bet, he will lose - and if the player gets three punishments
If you choose the most outrageous option among the options: "dancing the cancan in the street wearing only underwear"...
——He will really do it. Yasen agreed without hesitation.
Although it sounds like a stylish act of "willing to accept defeat", his promise was too firm and even seemed a little impatient, which actually caused some players to have the weird idea of "he wouldn't have wanted to look forward to it in the first place"
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The official even designed a complete CG specifically for this option - he is wearing a fiery red skirt, but the makeup has been removed from his face, revealing his handsome and deep face that gives people a sense of vicissitudes, while his lower body is
Wearing only underwear.
Cancan dance is famous for its dance moves of lifting up the skirt and kicking the legs high. Its characteristics include exposing the bottom of the skirt and thighs, splits and high kicks.
When the police came to hunt him after hearing the news, he disappeared into the street with great agility while dancing the cancan, which became an urban legend that made people think that he was experiencing a group hallucination.
——Such a person can get quite familiar with the players.
That's why Aleister subconsciously regarded the other party as a pervert - after all, in a sense, she was the person who had the least position to criticize Yassen.
It was precisely because of his keen sense of goodwill and the fact that the other party sent Alice away that Yassen roughly determined the possible identities of Aiwass and his party, and confirmed that they were not the same as those Children of the Moon.
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So Yassen said: "Those Children of the Moon are not here to snatch the Key of Moonlight. They want this key to be useless... they want to destroy it.
"Because there are some Moon Sons who seem to be planning to use this key to do some particularly dangerous rituals. And this ritual may even affect the entire Moon Sons clan... In order to prevent accidents from happening, the Moon Sons of other factions want to destroy this
Take the key.
"They knew that the key was being escorted by Alice. So for her safety, even without your intervention, I would have 'accidentally' revealed the truth to her. In this way, they would not think that the key was still there.
That girl, and thus choose not to attack her - at least it can reduce the probability of her being attacked."
"So gentle."
Iben sighed and replied in a low voice.
Yassen shook his head and continued: "As for the Hawkeye organization... after all, this key was actually brought to me by them through Alice. They have held this key for more than a hundred years. In this way, even if our cooperation is
If someone leaks it, only she will be held accountable. It may be against her, or it may be against her father who may die at any time...
"I think they have stayed here all this time, obviously to prevent Alice from defecting. I'm afraid they are also monitoring me and not letting me talk too much to Alice."
Yasen said, subconsciously holding the key and pointing it at the light on the ceiling: "After all, this key... seems to allow people to physically reach the dream world. Sometimes I think, if I were
Just be a phantom. No need to eat, drink, or sleep. Live a carefree life...no need to worry about anything."
"——The dream world has thousands of entrances and exits. Once you enter, you may never find your way home."
Aiwass warned symbolically.
But he also knew that persuading people about this kind of thing would most likely be useless.
However, Yasen's words revealed another piece of information:
"You want to leave Iris?"
Suddenly, the white-haired Moon Child realized the subtext in Yasen's heart when he said these words, so he asked: "Do you have any intention?"
"Go to Avalon. I think Avalon is now the most powerful country in the human world."
Yassen replied nonchalantly: "Or go to Star Antimony, anywhere will do. As long as you don't go to the desert and let me eat sand."
"Then my suggestion is Avalon."
Aiwass also replied unceremoniously.
Hearing this, Yasen felt confident.
Regardless of whether he is related to the Pope or not... at least it can be determined which party he is from.
What he said was just an insinuation - and by the way, he also blocked the other party's perfunctory remarks such as "I am a Parthian, so I suggest you go to the ancient Parthian country."
But in fact, even if he didn't ask, Aiwass had no intention of hiding it from him.
He pretended to be Ibn, just because he was afraid of the reaction of those who imprisoned Shylock, so he suddenly silenced Shylock. Now that Shylock's specific location has been quickly determined, there is no need to continue the act. All that is left to do is
Rescue people first.
When he enters the dream world and finds an opportunity, he plans to find an excuse to take off his disguise.
As for whether what Yassen just said was true to his heart, Aiwass didn't care at all.
——Come if you want. Anyway, he is not a thief who causes harm to others.
If you can really put aside the messy political situation of Iris, you are indeed welcome to come anytime!
It just so happens that Avalon has been silent for too long, and it’s time for some rehabilitation master to open people’s eyes...
"But...one party wants to kidnap Alice, and the other party is also monitoring Alice. As expected, neither party is a good person."
Aiwass sighed in a low voice: "If it weren't for your help, Alice would probably die today. Both sides might accuse the other of killing her."
"After all, she is a 'talent' who has assassinated the Pope and was pardoned by the Pope. Coupled with her background...if she grows up, the influence she can bring will be too great. However, no one will
I know what kind of talent she will become in the future."
Mr. Phantom Thief pointedly said: "The only survivor of the regicide mission - everyone thinks she is very strong. In this case, silence is the best and most thorough choice. And today, everyone
You can put the blame on the other party.
"As far as I know, both sides no longer want to fight. But if Hawkeye and Moonchild really stop fighting and cooperate, it will be tantamount to tying some people to the stake - so they will intensify the conflict.
We have to fight harder."
"——That's why I ate them."
Aleister said dissatisfied: "I am not the kind of unreasonable person. Most of the things that I can eat are not good things. The traces of being preyed on by the Son of the Moon are obvious, so at least this will not leave the problem to the
On the other side - I think Lily thinks the same way, she probably also left traces of the power of shadow."
"Yes."
Lily's gentle voice came.
Hearing this, Aiwas reached out his hand and touched Aleister's nose.
"You little guy..."
He leaned into Aleister's ear and asked: "Didn't I say in the past that you won't suck other people's blood?"
"I ate them whole. It's not considered blood sucking, it's considered predatory. I didn't even kiss them, I just used my power to draw their blood."
Aleister turned back and smiled, revealing a pair of ferocious and sharp little fangs: "I am now a 'pure love' - how about I suck yours?"
Aiwass knocked Aleister on the head and did not respond to her.
Instead, he directly raised his head and asked: "When do you plan to fall asleep? It won't be postponed until the end of the month, right?
"I have a big deal with him - it won't be until the end of the month!"
"...I know, it's the Queen of Avalon's birthday. His letter was also read to me."
Mr. Phantom Thief replied: "I said I would go later because I wanted to deceive the child first. My suggestion is to leave now - give me twenty minutes to replenish the props reserve, and then we will leave directly. At this point
Someone will take a nap, so we can just find someone who knows how to take a nap and borrow his dream... Do you want to come with me?"
"Can."
The white-robed vampire nodded, cherishing his words like gold.
"Then let's go together," Aleister agreed readily. "I'll go find the sleeping person first. If he doesn't sleep well, I'll let him sleep deeper."
Lily did not respond, but quietly sneaked into Aiwass's shadow.
However, when it comes to entering the dream world to save people...
Aiwass also thought of another thing.
The mission he had promised to Ms. Hypatia before was just right for him to do together.
Taking on a lot of random tasks and completing them together sounds very friendly to his obsessive-compulsive disorder!