Lin took a breath of hot air on his hands and warmed his ten fingers. The clothes given by Wuhun Palace were indeed very warm, but the gloves were half-finger gloves...
This is because full-finger gloves will reduce the sensitivity of the samurai's fingers and make it difficult to control a full-screen smartphone, so we simply use half-finger gloves and still have some fabric left.
"Hold on, we have to wait another half an hour for the shift change. Then we can go to the camp to eat and rest." Uncle Sato next to him glanced at the two watchmen walking in front and curled his lips: "They all
You're not hungry yet, so don't complain."
At this time, the watchman in front turned around, glanced at the setting sun in the distance, and asked in English: "Where have we patrolled?"
"Let me take a look." Lin took out his mobile phone and looked at the map and said: "This is Lobster Mountain. After walking around the mountain road, you will then reach Prefectural Highway No. 54. Wuhundian has already arranged vehicles on the highway.
, will take us back to the camp for our shift change."
The watchman looked around and said, "There are no lobsters here. Why is it called Lobster Hill?"
Another watchman said angrily: "There are no elephants in the Xiangxiang Mountain just now, isn't it just a place name? Victor, we are not here for tourism."
"Okok, Neville, of course I remember my true mission of coming all the way to Fanying." Watcher Victor spread his hands and said: "We are here to defeat the Demon King for the sake of justice and peace."
"But speaking of lobster, I kind of want to eat lobster. After the investigation is over, I have to try Banzakura's lobster... I heard that Ise lobster is very delicious."
Lin raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this - 1.
As he spoke, Victor touched his chin and asked Lin and Sato: "But, I'm just here for the Demon King's ability. If I can grab the Demon King's ability, I can get a promotion and salary increase right away, and even become a watcher.
The second-largest person in the army after the Angel Captain... no, even the Angel Zach has to give way to me! If you steal the Demon King's ability, what rewards will there be in the Spirit Hall?"
The two watchmen, plus the two Wuhundian warriors, are the patrol unit sent by the joint investigation team to the central part of the Hida Mountains.
The Hida Mountains are actually very large. They are known as the Alps with blooming cherry blossoms. They span several prefectures from north to south. They have famous mountain climbing routes and ski centers. There are also rivers for hydropower development in the north, and there are even young volcanoes such as Norikuradake and Ontakesan.
The terrain is rugged, complex and changeable, with endless mountains. If someone drove here to commit suicide, they would probably only get a missing certificate in the end - if they died a little further away, no one would find out.
If you really want to conduct a thorough search of the Hida Mountains, let alone the Wuhundian monks, even if you throw in the nearly 30,000 police officers from the Banzhongying Police Department, they will probably only make a splash and make no sound with a plop.
Moreover, when there are many people, it is easy to get confused. They want to find the devil, not let the devil fish in troubled waters and run away in the chaos.
Therefore, the police departments in Toyama Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture and other areas are only responsible for thoroughly checking surrounding hotels and investigating stranger information, and do not need to go into the mountains to investigate; as for the investigation of the Hida Mountains, because the watchers have found the source of the trouble, the fish-man giant.
The followers of the Demon King found key information from the believers' residence, confirming that the Demon King was in the middle of the missile, so the joint investigation team divided their troops into the mountains to patrol and search.
The Wuhun Temple has the most warriors (emergency summons from all over Fanying), so the patrol team configuration is generally two extraordinarys from each country + two or three Wuhun Temple warriors, led by the samurai to patrol various mountains.
Moreover, everyone is equipped with signal flares. Once the Demon King is discovered, a signal must be sent out immediately - each patrol team is equipped with four or five extraordinary people. Even if they cannot defeat the Demon King, there is always a chance to send a signal.
This is also the reason why ordinary police are not allowed to investigate: in complex terrain like mountains, the devil's advantage over ordinary people is almost overwhelming. Any spell can make ordinary people incapacitated. Only extraordinary people can barely do it.
Resist the oppression of the devil.
Lin and Sato were originally just ordinary members of Wuhun Palace with acceptable qualifications and few connections. If they followed the normal pace, they would probably become Wuhun Palace's logistics instructors.
But they got a little attention from the higher-ups because they witnessed the ghost gang and the Crow Tengu of the Asgard God of Cookery with their own eyes.
And because of this little bit of attention, the two of them had gotten more opportunities to perform meritorious deeds in the past few months, and then they rose through the ranks and successfully became combatants of Wuhun Palace - samurai.
Sato glanced at the two watchmen and showed a polite smile of a social person: "There are rewards, and Wuhun Palace will not ignore anyone's contribution. But we warriors are here to implement justice, and we don't care about the size of the rewards.
."
Victor and Newt can basically represent the two typical foreigners in the joint investigation team: they come for justice and revenge. Like Newt, most of his relatives and friends died at the hands of the Demon King's followers, or they were affected by the source of the disaster.
; Those who come for profit, such as Victor, he just wants to obtain the powerful ability of the Demon King, and then use this power to strive for a higher status.
On the contrary, most of the Wuhundian warriors came just because of the mission. Like Lin and Sato, they had no idea of snatching the Demon King's ability - they knew that their strength was low and they were not qualified to participate in the extraordinary war, so they just planned to do it honestly
For this job of leading the way, it is best not to encounter the devil and patrol peacefully until the shift change time.
No wonder they have this idea, mainly because there are no weaklings among the extraordinary beings sent by other countries, and all of them are at least three cloud level onmyoji or samurai.
How can Yigumo warriors like Lin and Sato, who only know a little combat magic, compete with them for the Demon King's head?
Victor muttered, "The Fanying people are so boring," and continued patrolling.
Because it was already dark, they turned on their tactical flashlights to illuminate the mountain road, and scanned the grass up and down the mountain from time to time. Victor was quiet for a while, and then became restless again: "Can we really find the Demon King if we search like this?"
Compared with the lifeless Newt, Victor was more talkative and easy to get along with, so Sato thought about it and chatted with him:
"If the information is correct, the Demon King stayed in Shirakawa-go yesterday and will move northwest, then she will most likely pass by Mt. Elephant Mountain, Mt. Kokoro Mountain, Mt. Akamagi, and Mt. Ogasa.
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Sato, who had studied the map, said: "The patrol route covers the entire mountainous area. As long as she really moves here, she will definitely be discovered."
"What if she doesn't go to the mountains?" Victor asked.
"There are strict checks on highways, avenues, and railways. Even people walking on the street, regardless of gender, must undergo identity verification. As long as she walks on the street to buy food and drink, she will definitely be discovered." Sato said patiently.
Lin interjected at this time and asked: "Samurai Sakura seems to be sure that the Demon King will definitely enter the mountain, and he doesn't know where they are on guard... By the way, the information about the Demon King comes from your watchers, why is it instead?
Are you here to ask us?"
"It comes from the Watchers. What does it have to do with me?" Victor rubbed his stiff neck and said, "God only knows why Bright is always so lucky. He can find key clues and evidence just by walking around. Come early.
Fanying happened to meet a giant fish-man monster when he was relaxing... He held the clues himself and didn't even tell us."
Victor thought for a while and then said: "But, if you just listen to what he says and do it, it will be fine. Several of my colleagues have been promoted and raised their salaries because they worked with Brett, and they almost didn't do anything.
When they get hurt, Brett will always protect them."
Lin's tone was very envious, and he said longingly: "As expected of the 'Prince' Leopold, it would be great if I could follow him in doing things..."
Sato slapped Lin hard on the back of the head - Have you forgotten that you are a Soul Hall warrior? Are you so disloyal?
Lin rubbed the back of his head and said: "Oh, Uncle Sato, don't look at me saying I'm envious, but actually... I'm really envious.
You see, Mr. Leopold is just like the protagonist in an RPG game. You can get a promotion and salary increase with him and it is very safe. This kind of good thing is rare. This time we will catch the devil under his leadership, and it will definitely go smoothly.
of."
Victor also said: "Yes, yes, and Brett is easy to get along with and very popular. When this operation is over, I plan to hang out with him."
Lin raised his eyebrows——2.
Sato sighed helplessly: "I hope so."
While chatting and patrolling, they soon walked around Lobster Mountain and walked directly along the mountain road towards the highway. Victor, who had good eyesight, could even see a car parked on the highway. He stretched and smiled.
Said: "Okay, as long as we finish this journey, we can rest!"
Lin's eyebrows jumped wildly when he heard this - 3!
Lin slapped his mouth and said: "Well, Victor..."
"Huh?" Victor turned his head and looked at him, "What's wrong?"
"Actually, I'm quite superstitious. When performing a task, if I say things like 'whatever happens after it's over' or 'whatever happens', it might..."
"What could it be?"
"We may not be able to go back safely..."
At this moment, Newt kicked off his legs, rushed towards Victor in front, and shouted: "Victor!"
Victor was also extremely fast, but he had already lost the opportunity. He felt a strong force hit him on the back of his head, and fell to the ground unconscious as stars appeared.
Newt, who was nearly two meters tall, rushed over like a rugby player, letting out a low roar from his throat, with yellow-brown armor appearing on his body. It seemed that he wanted to knock the attacker away!
However, a phantom floated under the light of the flashlight, avoiding Newt's attack like a giant. Lin and Sato only heard the sound of cracking walnuts coming from the back of Newt's head, and then Newt fell.
Two D-level extraordinary beings, who were as powerful as Mikumo Onmyoji, were killed by the attackers in the blink of an eye!
Sato and Lin immediately retreated quickly and took out the flare gun in their gun bag.
But their speed was completely inferior to the Phantom's speed. Even with the illumination of a tactical flashlight, they could not see the Phantom's appearance.
As soon as Sato took out the flare gun, he was knocked away by the Phantom. Then Lin heard a scream and saw Uncle Sato being knocked into a tree and fainted.
At this time, Lin finally caught the weapon used by Phantom - it was a stick!
He ran in a hurry, even throwing away the flashlight, and it took a lot of effort to take out the flare gun. But misfortunes never come singly. When he ran away in a hurry, he didn't look at the road, kicked a thick root on the ground, and flew out and fell.
A dog eats shit.
Crap!
Lin completely ignored the pain in his body, and endless panic and complaints spread in his heart - it was all the fault of Victor, there was no need to set a flag, now it's better, the group was destroyed!
Lin turned over and was stunned for a moment - no one was chasing him from the direction behind him.
Could it be that... I managed to survive?
The bitter Newt, the ambitious Victor, and the worldly wise Uncle Sato are all dead, and I am the only one who survives?
Before he could feel the surprise of surviving and the guilt of surviving alone, he heard the sound of leaves being crushed behind him.
He actually ran behind me?
Lin raised his stiff head and saw the weapon that killed Uncle Sato hitting his head from above.
Today's last quarter moon was very bright, and the bright moonlight provided enough light, allowing Lin to see what weapon killed the four of them at the last moment of his life.
Look, the pink stick body, the white feather shape, and the red beak that looks like a bird's beak...
Lin was filled with incredible surprise: Wait, isn't this a magical weapon that is so famous that even children are shocked by it——
Kinomoto Sakura’s sealing staff!?
…
…
"Were you also attacked by Kinomoto Sakura?"
The Wuhundian warrior on the intercom was stunned: "Yeah?"
On a big rock on the mountain road, there was a red-haired girl who was only about 150cm tall. She was gnawing an apple in her left hand and holding a walkie-talkie in her right hand and said: "You are the third group of people who told me that they were knocked unconscious by the sealing staff.
Patrol."
"Did you see the signal flare and rush towards the direction of the signal flare?"
Walkie-talkie: "Yes, Sakura Daisuke, although we feel that the journey is a bit far and we should stay where we are, but the Iron Sun Extraordinary in the team insists on passing by, so we have no choice but to follow along."
The red-haired girl took another bite of the apple: "Then you walked onto the road and were attacked?"
"Yes, we can't see clearly who the other party is or how many people there are. We can only vaguely see that the weapon attacking us is the sealing staff. We woke up after about ten minutes of fainting. The people from the Iron Sun woke up.
Send out the signal flare right away..."
"understood."
Switching the intercom channel and waiting for the signal to connect, the red-haired girl said: "Kadel, where are you?"
"We are rushing towards the direction where the signal flares were sent." The European lone wolf said: "There has been fighting there for two consecutive hours. It seems that the devil wants to fight us to the death there."
The red-haired girl said: "Maybe it's not the Demon King. The weapons used by the attackers are too strange."
"That's why I endured it for three hours. That guy Brett guessed wrong."
Kadel hung up the phone, and the red-haired girl called Daize, Ursa and Youjian. She found that Daize and Ursa had already passed by, and Youjian was about to leave.
The red-haired girl threw the eaten apple onto the mountain and reached out to the side. The red-armored warrior beside her immediately handed over a big red apple.
As she ate, she thought - why is it the sealing staff?
Does the Demon King like to watch Cardcaptor Sakura? It is possible that, based on her age, she may have watched this animation when she was a child...
Could it be that the Demon King's abilities can only be used with a magic wand? This is also possible...
Or maybe, that was not the devil at all, the person who attacked the patrol with the sealing staff just wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
But what if the Demon King is really over there and is killed by Lone Wolf and the others?
Fanying is in urgent need of the power of the Demon King - Fanying has earthquakes, storms and landslides almost every day. If only he had the power to control the source of disaster...
The red-haired girl took a big bite of the apple, turned on the intercom, and asked: "Bright, where are you?"
"We are stationed at the pass." The cordial and hearty tone in Bright's voice could not be concealed even by the poor quality of the walkie-talkie: "Kyoko, what are your orders?"
Red-haired girl: "They have all gone to Area D to find the Demon King. Let's go too! You guessed wrong. The Demon King has no intention of revisiting his old place. He just wants to cause a scene before he dies."
"...Maybe. Well, Kyoko, I'm leaving too." Bright seemed a little regretful, but quickly said: "When the time comes, everyone will depend on their ability."
"Each one depends on his ability!"
The red-haired girl jumped down, and a red-haired warrior next to him came over with a three-meter-long spear, bent down, and said softly: "Kyoko, your..."
The red-haired girl took the spear and poked the Akabi samurai's knee with the barrel of the spear, causing him to kneel down on one knee with an ouch.
"Are you worthy of calling my name? Let's wait until your strength catches up with mine." The red-haired girl snorted: "But also, don't bend down in front of me, I'm not that short!"
…
On the other side, Bright, wearing a white windbreaker, was surrounded by watchmen and headed along the mountain road toward the area where flares were frequently fired.
A ray of sword light passed over Bright's shoulder and cut down an overhanging branch in front of Bright. Bright smiled and said, "Thanks, Celis."
The female watchman who was praised was not happy, but asked sharply: "Javier, how did you open the way? The branch almost touched Bright just now!"
Javier, the strong man leading the way, made a ashamed voice: "Sorry, I was distracted just now..."
"Javier, you can't open the way and just let me come..."
"Okay, okay." Brett said softly: "That branch can't hurt me. Celis, don't overreact. And Javier, you have always done a good job. It's normal to make some small mistakes.
It's fine."
"Hmm...Okay, Brett."
"I'll keep working hard, Brett."
A small episode passed like this, but at this time Bright suddenly stopped and looked around. The expressions of the four watchmen around him did not change, and they immediately formed a protective formation with Bright as the center.
The mountain forest is very quiet, with steep slopes on the left and dense trees on the right. The only sound in my ears is the rustling of the leaves in the wind, and the chirping of birds and insects in the distance. The bright moon has been obscured by snow clouds, and there are tiny snowflakes.
Riding on the dim moonlight, they refused to be held back by the wind and scattered to the earth, ending their short, pure and beautiful life.
After four seconds, Brett suddenly laughed: "I just think the scenery here is quite beautiful. Nothing happened. You are too sensitive."
The watchmen breathed a sigh of relief, and Celis said: "Then this operation is over, Brett, you can take a good vacation. You haven't had a vacation for a long time."
"Yes, yes, Brett, you are working too hard."
"Boss, you have done enough, you can take a break."
Brett smiled and said: "Speaking of rest, you don't have any rest either. You can take a vacation if you want, don't worry about me."
"No." Celis shook her head: "If you have a holiday, I will go with you on the holiday; if you don't take a holiday, I will also work with you."
"Me too, there will be many benefits from following you, and I don't want to miss any great things."
"Boss, as long as you don't drive me away, I will always follow you."
Brett spread his hands: "Okay, okay, with reliable teammates like you, I'm so happy that I want to work overtime for several months..."
"No, I have to take a day off!"
"Boss..."
The cheers and laughter of the watchers gradually faded away, and in the bushes next to where Bright and the others were standing just now, there were two men and women hugging each other.
Ren Suo was lying on the ground, and Qiao Muyi was riding on Ren Suo's body. Their bodies were completely close to each other, leaving no gap. Their eyes met each other, and it seemed as if they could clearly understand each other's inner thoughts.
Ren Suo held Qiao Muyi's waist with one hand, keeping her close to him; he held a mask with one hand to cover Qiao Muyi's mouth and nose. Qiao Muyi's soft breath made the palm of his hand feel a little itchy.
"It's okay." He said softly: "He can't find you, so don't be nervous."
Qiao Muyi's body stiffened. Instead of relaxing after hearing this, she continued to hug Ren Suo tightly.
Just now, Qiao Muyi was indeed nervous because she felt that she had been discovered by Bright, but when Ren Suo suddenly took off his mask and hugged her...
