In the quiet and remote cabin, the two people looked at each other.
"What's next?"
Thales said worriedly: "I'm talking about you."
Quick Rope shrugged: "Find a good explanation for this scene. Louisa and the others should be back tomorrow morning, and I don't want to be caught in the act."
"Aren't you leaving right away?"
"Dean is dead, and Quick Rope from the same team is missing," Quick Rope rejected him rudely: "Do you think everyone in the darkroom is a fool?"
"I need to find a cover, Thales, someone who won't make anyone suspicious..."
"But a lie always needs more lies to complete it," Thales stared at Dean on the ground and pondered: "Unless we can ensure that this guy disappears mysteriously and no one knows about it, he will never appear again."
Kuaisheng rolled his eyes and showed a flattering expression.
"Well, if you are no longer planning to kill me or arrest me for doing something shameful, my dear Prince Thales..." Kuaisheng rubbed his hands, looking like he was about to sell insurance money:
"Can we go to the Xingchen officials in the camp and let them dispose of the body secretly? I am innocent, you are back home, everyone is happy..."
"Return to the original sentence," Thales snorted softly: "Do you think people in the secret science are all fools?"
Quick Rope blinked.
"But you are a prince."
Thales frowned.
"What I mean is..." Kuaisheng stretched out his hands, patted himself first, then politely signaled to Thales, and said with an awkward smile: "The kind that can see the light."
prince……
Can you see the light?
Thales sighed and refused: "The star army in the camp now has a complicated composition. The main force is searching for me in the desert. Among those who stayed, the local nobles and the central forces of the royal family did not buy each other. They gave me a lot of help.
It’s a bad feeling, but I’d better not expect them to keep their mouths shut for me.”
Kuaisheng raised his eyebrows.
"The bright moon is above, have you seen it? This is the chain of power," he shook his fingers and clicked his tongue: "Be careful, Thales, you have already begun to be trapped in it."
Thales gave him an unabashed eye roll.
"How about this? To your people, you can tell me half and half to cover me up," Kuaisheng scratched his head:
"For example, the spy in this dark room is here to catch you..."
Thales shook his head: "You have been out there for too long, Kuai Sheng. He underestimated those people's suspicious secret room and sent spies to hide for five years. As long as he has contacts with people, places he has visited, and news of daily concern,
Special behavior, intentional appearance... I don't think the secret department will miss these. Are you going to bet your life on the black prophet's carelessness, or on your simple kindness?"
Kuaisheng's face fell.
"Huh, maybe I shouldn't have appeared." He leaned against the wall in pain.
"It really shouldn't be." Thales murmured.
Kuai Sheng protested after hearing this: "Hey, I just saved your ass!"
Thales curled his lips.
"How do you know something will happen to me?"
Thales looked at Dean on the ground, thinking hard about a way, not forgetting to fight back: "I am the best at Jedi counterattack."
Kuaisheng gave him an expression that said, "Only if you believe in me will you find a ghost." He said seriously:
"Then we can only deal with him ourselves."
Thales sighed helplessly.
"Okay," the young man stood up and picked up his bag: "Where are we going to dig a hole?"
"It's just us two laymen digging a hole?" Kuaisheng patted Thales earnestly and shook his finger: "No, no, no, we will definitely be discovered."
"you mean?"
Kuaiseng looked like someone who had come before, and smiled mysteriously: "This is the Blade Ya camp, and we follow the rules here."
Thales pretended to be all ears.
"We have to find a professional, the kind who only cares about money and never asks too many questions." Kuaisheng shook his head, his eyes getting brighter: "He has rich experience and many connections, and he knows how to handle a situation quietly.
A corpse.”
Thales's heart moved: "Professionals? What you are talking about is..."
Quick Rope snapped his fingers.
"Yes, that's him."
Looking at Kuaisheng's faintly smiling face, Thales suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Ten minutes later.
"We'll be there just after turning a corner... Wait, look for the wind first... Okay, we can go... Hey, be gentle, be gentle, this guy is so heavy..."
Under the dim moonlight, Tails and Quick Rope worked together, struggling to carry a sack the size of a person, as they turned a street corner.
They bent over, stepped on their feet, and walked furtively through the alleys.
"Visiting him at this time...are you sure this is a good idea?" Thales gasped.
They came to an inconspicuous wooden door.
Quick Rope gritted his teeth and nodded: "Don't worry, Tampa will definitely be fine at home. Put it down first. You know, 'my house' is occupied tonight."
But the hand that was about to knock on the door stopped in mid-air.
"Strange," Kuaisheng stared at the lock on the wooden door: "The lock is outside...Tampa didn't come back?"
"Ha, you are really reliable." Thales put down the sack with difficulty and sarcastically hit his numb shoulders.
"The next thing we can do is...what are you doing?"
He was stunned by the movement of the fast rope.
I don’t know when it started, but Kuaisheng had three iron drill bits in his mouth.
He still held two of them in his hands and fiddled with the lock on the door.
"unlock."
Kuaisheng said vaguely: "We can't just leave the cat outside like this. We might as well go in and wait for him..."
"That's not what I meant!" Thales said anxiously, suppressing his voice: "Are you sure you won't be beaten as a thief?"
"Calm down, calm down," Kuaisheng said, "You don't understand the rules. You have your own way of doing this kind of business. As long as you have enough money, don't worry too much about other details..."
He saw that the lock on his hand was not moving at all, so he calmly changed it to an iron drill.
Thales frowned: "Wait, where did you learn to pick a lock?"
"You know, life was not easy when I first arrived in Camas," Kuai Sheng hummed and changed to a second iron drill: "I had to learn one more craft."
Thales' eyes widened.
"If your father knew about the craftsmanship, his son would be a thief in Camas..." he said in disbelief.
"I'm sorry for being a thief and embarrassing Nikaru and Sara," Quick Rope sarcastically said unapologetically, impatiently changing the third iron drill: "But seriously, Damn it, Tampa will definitely change it.
I got a new lock, this thing is tighter than a virgin, where did I say it?"
Annoyed and awkwardly, he shook the lock that could not be moved, and finally had to replace it with the first iron drill.
"Can you really do that?" Thales looked at him suspiciously.
"You don't understand, but I have been on the streets," Kuaisheng said nonchalantly, keeping his hands on his hands, but cold sweat began to break out on his forehead: "You know, not just anyone can become a thief...
"
Thales sighed and couldn't watch it anymore.
The next second, Prince Star grabbed the iron drill and lock from Quick Rope's hand and pushed him aside.
"Hey! Don't cause trouble."
Quick Rope stared and protested to Thales dissatisfied: "Unlocking is a technical job, not everyone can do it..."
during the time he spoke
Click.
A subtle mechanical sound.
The fast rope stagnated slightly.
Thales exhaled a sigh of relief, turned around, and threw the things in his hands casually.
Quick Rope hurriedly caught what Thales threw, and then froze.
Clang.
The iron drill in his mouth fell to the ground.
Kuaisheng stared blankly at the thing in his hand. His mouth was so big that he could fit an egg in it.
"Impossible", his voice sounded like he was crying with grievance.
That's a...
Two iron rods inserted...
It has been opened...
Lock.
Three seconds later.
"Why……"
Kuai Rope held the lock in his hands, with a look of sadness and indignation at being deceived, and said in a trembling voice: "Why are you so skilled!"
The Star Prince shrugged indifferently and opened the wooden door with a relaxed expression.
"Come on."
Thales pointed at the lock lightly: "Unlocking this thing..."
"Everyone can do it."
The fast rope froze.
After saying this, the prince, who was trying hard to hold back his smile, bent down and went to worry about the sack.
Only Quick Rope was left alone, looking at the lock in his hand in disbelief.
I feel like crying but have no tears, and my mood is complicated.
He looked at the lock and then at Thales' back.
"Maybe... no, definitely..."
"I must have pried it loose first." He said dryly.
Yes, that must be the case.
It must be.
Thinking of this, Kuaisheng's mood improved a lot.
If you say so...
Kuai Rope smiled and thought with satisfaction: My skills have improved.
In the past...
This kind of lock cannot be opened.
But just when the two princes leaned down and prepared to pick up the sack...
Two light swords stretched out from the darkness inside the door silently, and put their hands on the necks of Thales and Quick Rope respectively!
The two of them were shocked.
"Look, what guests did we come to?"
A face emerged from the house, but it wasn't Tampa's.
It was a strange young woman, wearing dark red leather armor, with her hair tied into braids around her forehead.
She held two swords, one on the left and one on the right, at the same time, with a slight smile:
"Two bad thieves."
As she spoke, the sword blade in the woman's hand turned slightly.
Thales' neck felt cold.
He exchanged a horrified look with Quick Rope and scrambled to raise his hands.
"Are you sure we went to the right door?" Thales gritted his teeth and said to the fast rope beside him.
Kuaisheng looked at the woman in the door with the same horror, and replied knowingly:
"That's right, when I came here last time..."
"Hey, don't gossip," the woman shook the sword in her hand and said contemptuously: "Thieves, mother didn't allow you to speak..."
The next second, while the woman's energy was distracted, Thales and Quick Rope swayed left and right in unison, taking advantage of the narrow angle of the door to dodge to both sides to avoid the sword's edge!
"Wow," the woman who lost her sword was slightly startled: "He is still a pretty good thief."
But the crisis has not been resolved.
In Thales' hell sense, footsteps sounded from both sides.
He froze again.
At some point, two strange men were standing behind them with expressionless faces.
One is burly and the other is lean.
But both of them raised their respective sword blades and pressed against the waists of Thales and Quick Rope.
Tails and Quick Rope had to raise their hands again.
These three people...
Thales's forehead was sweating slightly.
In the senses of hell, these three people exude a sense of coldness. The hands holding the sword are steady and strong, the muscles are tight and relaxed, the breathing rhythm is regular, and the power of termination in the body is rushing. They are obviously skilled hands.
Thales glared at Quick Rope angrily.
What are you doing?
Kuaisheng rolled his eyes helplessly.
I do not know either.
"Just two thieves," one of the unfamiliar swordsmen behind him said coldly, "Tampa is really good at exaggerating."
The woman in dark red clothes smiled slightly and raised her swords.
"Then finish it quickly."
Thales and the fast rope were shocked!
"etc!"
Quick rope blurted out in desperation: "You must be the bodyguards hired by Tampa, right! We, we are here, we are here..."
"I came to him to discuss business!" Thales took his words tightly.
The woman's swords stopped.
"Talk to Tampa about business?"
She frowned.
"By picking the lock?"
"Shady business, hehe, forgive me." Kuaisheng forced a smile.
The woman in red exchanged glances with the two swordsmen.
A swordsman kicked the sack on the ground, then frowned and said, "Is there someone in it?"
"To be exact, it's a corpse," Thales nodded awkwardly: "So we have to pick the lock... Do you understand?"
The woman raised her head suspiciously.
"Do you know Tampa?"
"Yes, we have a very good relationship. I am his business partner..." Kuaishou beamed, not forgetting to wink at Thales.
"Very good!" Thales nodded sharply like a woodpecker: "We are drinking together today..."
The woman in red and the swordsmen looked at each other again and nodded.
"Okay," the young woman hummed and walked out of the room, "come with us."
"Tampa isn't staying here tonight."
Thales and Quick Rope breathed a sigh of relief.
But the swordsmen behind them were not polite, they still used their swords to force the two of them.
"Pick up your goods," one of the swordsmen said coldly: "Be gentle and don't play tricks. You don't want to alert the patrol."
Thales and Quick Rope looked at each other helplessly, feeling the edge of the sword against their lower backs, and could only do as they were told.
Under the surveillance of the four swords, the two men carefully carried the sacks, chose secluded paths, and walked through the streets again.
They quickly moved to a new location.
"My Home" Tavern.
This made Thales and Quick Rope breathe a sigh of relief.
At least, this is where Tampa is.
"It seems they are indeed from Tampa," Quick Rope squeaked dissatisfied: "That stingy guy is really getting more and more suspicious."
The female swordsman in red knocked on the door of the tavern four times, rhythmically.
But looking at the familiar sign above his head, Prince Xingchen suddenly thought of something.
If these people are bodyguards hired by Tampa, looking after his house...
That house in Tampa…
Why is it locked from the outside?
And tonight, isn’t “my” pub being...
The door to the tavern opened.
Before they had time to think about it, Thales and Quick Rope were pushed into the tavern by the swordsmen behind them.
The moment Kuaisheng and Thales walked into the tavern, dozens of pairs of eyes shot towards them.
The two people carrying the sacks were stunned.
There were many people in the tavern, all of them armed and ready.
A suffocating murderous aura rushed towards his face.
"They..." Kuaisheng murmured.
Thales recognized it without him needing to remind him.
It's "Blood Whistle".
That mercenary team known as the Hundred.
That's right, they booked the tavern tonight.
But there was no such scene as the imagined scene of drunkenness and partying all night long.
On the contrary, the tavern was eerily quiet.
Even the whispers of these mercenaries were low-key and quiet, appearing to be well-trained.
Thales felt uneasy in his heart.
How is this going?
What happened to the tavern?
What about Tampa?
"Go inside," the female swordsman in red turned her head and said, "Tampa is inside, discussing business with our boss."
The blood-whistling mercenaries were sitting or standing. Some were leaning against the wall, some were leaning on pillars, some were holding tables, and some were even sitting on the steps, lying on the railings on the second floor, and even cats were in the corners.
Some people have relaxed postures, but their eyes are intense.
Just like soldiers guarding a bunker, Thales shook his head inwardly. Judging from the atmosphere, they were like soldier ants guarding an ant nest.
Seeing the two princes coming in, the expressions of these people changed.
His eyes were fierce and malicious.
Thales panicked and glanced at Quick Rope, who was equally surprised.
well……
Something doesn’t seem right?
Kuaisheng gave him a worried look in return.
rest assured.
Everything is under control.
Facing dozens of pairs of cold and terrifying looks, Thales braced himself, carried the sack, ignored the malicious smile of the fierce man on his left, and followed the female swordsman forward.
A mercenary holding a sword and carrying a shield stopped in front of them, raising his hands to stop them in their tracks.
He squinted slightly and looked at Thales and Quick Rope.
"Marina," the mercenary said coldly:
"They have weapons."
The swordsman in red named Marina looked back at Thales, looking at the daggers, scimitars and arm crossbows on their bodies, and then laughed out loud: "What, Sonny, do you think Boss and the others are afraid of this?"
Following Marina's laughter, many mercenaries who looked at Thales also laughed.
But compared to Dante's sword, compared to the friendly and casual atmosphere, Thales could only feel waves of murderous intent and coldness in the "blood whistle" crowd.
these people……
Thales looked around with an ugly expression, feeling like he had fallen into another pit.
It's still full of mud and water.
Sonny, the mercenary blocking the road, smiled and seemed to be amused by the joke. He patted Marina on the shoulder and moved out of the way.
Feeling anxious, Thales and Quick Rope walked into the center of the tavern carrying sacks.
Here, the mercenaries kept their distance and were scattered relatively sparsely.
There was only an empty table in the middle, with four people sitting there.
Thales recognized the man with the scar on his neck at first sight.
"Tampa!"
Kuaisheng's expression relaxed, and the sack rolled down from his shoulders. He endured the strange atmosphere around him: "Hey, I said why can't I find you..."
But Thales noticed that Tampa's expression was extremely ugly at the moment and his sitting posture was stiff.
"Quick rope? And you?" The tavern owner frowned and looked at the two people who entered in disbelief.
"Of course it's us! I said, you are really..." Kuaiseng's face stiffened, and his voice slowly became smaller: "Did I interrupt anything?"
Tampa didn't answer him, but his face turned even darker.
The other three people at the empty table turned their heads.
Thales's heart moved and he recognized the person in front of him.
Ricky with a smile on his face, a middle-aged man from the North with an indifferent expression, and a vicissitudes of life swordsman with his face covered.
It's them.
"Blood Whistle" was the first three people to come to the tavern to book a table.
"The only two people we met just now," Marina put her swords back into the scabbards on her waist and curled her lips at Ricky: "They were obviously picking locks, but they said they wanted to do business with him."
Ricky nodded and looked back and forth between Thales and Quick Rope.
What he looked at gave Thales a horrifying feeling of being seen through from the inside out.
"Thank you, Marina," he said politely, "It's been a big help."
Marina nodded knowingly and stepped aside.
"I recognize you," Ricky looked at the two of them and smiled softly: "Dante's big sword."
"And he's a newbie."
Thales and Kuaisheng forced out two sad smiles.
"Listen, Tampa," Quick Rope spoke first, looking like a heartless fool:
"We've finished the business you asked me to do. Come and hand over the business tonight..."
He kicked the sack under his feet.
At the empty table, Tampa looked strange.
Ricky turns to Tampa.
The tavern owner's face twitched and he coughed: "Okay, I understand. Listen, quick rope, you go back first, I will find time to discuss business with you tomorrow."
"Ah, I can see it," Kuaisheng rolled his eyes: "You are a bit busy right now...it's okay, we can do it again tomorrow..."
Marina on the side burst into laughter.
Ricky was thoughtful.
Thales gently tapped the rope, and the two of them bent down in unison, preparing to pick up the sack.
But Thales had only bent halfway when a boot stopped on the sack and blocked his chest.
"Listen to your mother and stand still, you thieves." Marina sat on a chair on the side, raised her slender thighs, and smiled and hooked Thales's chest.
Thales and Quick Rope glanced at the two swords on Marina's waist, and glanced at the mercenaries in front and behind, and could only straighten up in embarrassment.
Really bad.
It seems it's not that easy to escape.
The leader of the mercenaries, Ricky spoke.
"Oh, so, they are what you claim to be, your 'backup'? Your reliable 'security advisor'?"
Thales frowned.
Ricky sighed and put down his arms: "You are so funny, Tampa."
Tampa looked like he was being treated badly and covered his face in pain.
Kuaisheng showed a puzzled expression, and then squeezed out a smile: "Actually..."
Thales coughed and blocked his words in his mouth.
"Alright alright."
The young man spoke slowly. He looked at Tampa and then at Ricky. While raising his hands to show his harmlessness, he said cautiously: "I know, gentlemen, we may not have come at the right time... but to be honest
Yes, I don’t understand, and I don’t want to know what your situation is now, so no matter where you are..."
Tampa's face became more and more depressed. He coughed heavily and said in a bad tone:
"Then get out of here!"
Thales and Quick Rope bent down for the second time to pick up the out-of-reach sack.
But they stopped again halfway.
Marina's sword edge lay across their chests at some unknown moment.
"Ah, ah, ah."
I saw this woman with a delicate face opening her mouth playfully, shaking the sword in her hand, and said maliciously: "If you don't listen to mother, you will be spanked."
Thales and Quick Rope once again straightened up with ugly expressions.
Ricky sighed, raised his head and smiled: "You really don't understand the situation, but it doesn't matter, I'll tell you."
"The situation is very simple."
Ricky showed a friendly smile to the two of them, pointed to Tampa, and said softly: "We, the blood whistle..."