After a 13-hour flight, all three of them were very tired.
After leaving the airport, they took a hotel car and went straight to the Hilton New York City Center hotel they had booked in advance to check in.
Originally, Qin Zhibo felt that there was no need to live in such a luxurious hotel, but Koizumi Hongzi was more concerned about his status and had to book a luxury hotel when traveling far away.
Of course, she paid for the hotel stay.
The plane tickets for the three of them were paid by Qin Zhibo, and the only one who didn't pay anything was the principal Yingyou.
My friend, Yingyou, is actually also rich. Shui Wulian will send him money anonymously every month, and he has accumulated a small treasury from going back and forth.
But after arriving in the United States, Hondo Yingyou still has a lot of money to spend on his own, and since it will be inconvenient for Shui Wu Lian to send him money in the future, he will have to rely on himself for everything.
The last time we arranged for our hall Yingyou to contact Shuiwu Reina, Qin Zhibo did not tell him Shui Wu Reina's number.
This is to prevent our sister Yingyou from calling her sister at an inappropriate time.
Including Qin Zhibo himself, he will not take the initiative to contact Shui Wu Lina by phone if it is not necessary in the future, and will basically just passively accept the contact.
At present, the only confirmed method of long-term proactive contact is letters from fans.
The number of fans of Mizuno Reina is not small, and there are some letters from fans every day. Qin Zhibo can put the contact letters among them and send them out.
However, the cost of saving money for Hondo Eiyu is that Hondo Eiyu has completely become Koizumi Hongzi's bag-carrying younger brother.
…
When he arrived at the Hilton Hotel, Qin Zhibo declined the waiter's bag-carrying service.
Because in the United States, waiters are required to tip more when carrying bags. Qin Zhibo, as an old Chinese, feels that this is unnecessary, and it’s not because he has no skills.
In the lobby of the hotel, Koizumi Koizumi was dressed in a beautiful red dress and walked confidently at the front, attracting the attention of the foreigners around her.
Behind Koizumi Hongzi, Qin Zhibo is still wearing the traditional brown windbreaker, holding a brown leather suitcase in his hand, taking a simple and tough route.
Following at the end was the embarrassed Hondo Yingyou.
He didn't have much luggage, just a medium-sized suitcase, but Koizumi Hongzi's suitcase was too heavy to hold it.
"Why... Huh, Huh... Why are girls' luggage so heavy?"
While waiting for check-in at the bar, Hondo Yingyou was breathing heavily.
Koizumi Anko's suitcase is obviously about the same size as his own, but its weight is fully twice as heavy as his.
The same thing happened last time when I went to the Suzuki family villa. Sonoko's luggage was the heaviest and I didn't know what was in it.
Koizumi Hongzi turned around and said proudly: "Of course they are some things I want to use... Anyway, don't talk so much nonsense, just take them."
Qin Zhibo patted Bentang Yingyou on the shoulder comfortingly, saying that he had tried his best to reduce his burden.
Generally, the reason why girls have heavy luggage when they go out is that they need to bring cosmetics, makeup mirrors, etc. The bottles and jars put together are heavier than their clothes.
But besides carrying a small amount of cosmetics, Koizumi Anko's clothes are more important.
Since she has to attend the witch gathering, she cannot embarrass the red magic clan and must wear the most gorgeous clothes to attend the gathering.
The most gorgeous outfit of Koizumi Anko is a black and red witch dress. Although the fabric is relatively small, there are two golden snake sculptures hanging on the shoulders.
Yes, those two sculptures are made of pure gold!
In other words, there are two gold lumps in Koizumi Hongzi’s suitcase. Is this not heavy?
In addition, there are some magic crystal balls, tarot cards, and magic books that Koizumi Hongzi must bring with her when traveling. This is the self-cultivation of a witch.
Originally, she wanted to bring some strange specimens for collection, such as gecko tails, puffer fish, and eyes of unknown creatures.
But Qin Zhibo told her that it would be difficult to pass the security check with these things, so she gave up.
"It's just a suitcase... Why do you need a broom when you go out?"
There is also an old-fashioned long-handled broom standing on the back of our hall Yingyou.
The broom head of this broom is very clean, and it doesn’t look like it’s used for sweeping, but that still doesn’t change the fact that it’s a broom.
Of course, this is in the eyes of outsiders.
In fact, this is a magic broomstick, and the witch can fly on it.
Theoretically, as long as the magic power is sufficient, the witch can ride it anywhere, and the speed can be comparable to the world's top supersonic fighter jets.
However, the witch's body is often unable to support ultra-long distance, ultra-high speed, and ultra-low temperature flight, so it is far from reaching the theoretical value.
However, there is a magical item "golden mead" in the legend. After drinking it, it can break through this restriction, allowing the witch to withstand ultra-low temperatures and thin air, and even fly to outer space!
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After completing the registration, the waiter led the three people to the top floor.
Koizumi Hongzi’s book is the most luxurious presidential suite. One suite can accommodate three people, and it only costs 12,000 US dollars per night. It is really “affordable”!
Entering the suite, Koizumi Anko immediately occupied the largest room.
Qin Zhibo and Bentang Yingyou lived in the second bedroom and the guest room, which were quite adequate. If not, there was also a huge living room.
After each of them made some repairs in the room, they used the hotel phone to call the waiter to solve the problem of hunger first.
Koizumi Hongzi and Qin Zhibo took the menu in the room and skillfully ordered the dishes one after another.
But when it was our turn, Yingyou, he got stuck.
"This...Foo will eat and die, and there will be Biff Stark...and A, oh bah..."
Hondo Eiyu's English is not very good, and he speaks with a thick Japanese English accent.
Although his father is American, he grew up with his mother and received a Japanese education. He couldn't understand most of the things on the menu, and he couldn't understand what he could understand.
Seeing this, Qin Zhibo took the menu from his hand and said to the waiter: "Freeak and Apple pie."
"A glass of ks."
The waiter wrote the order and as soon as he left the room, Koizumi Hongzi covered her mouth and started laughing.
"Hahahaha~"
"Your English is too bad, right? Do you still want to settle in the United States?"
Although Koizumi Hongzi didn't know the specific identity of Eiyu Hondo, she had no intention of returning to Japan once she knew he was here.
This sarcastic remark made Bentang Yingyou blush a little, and he retorted: "You may not be very good at it, but your English is better than mine..."
Hearing this, Koizumi Hongzi's strange desire to win was aroused again.
"I am not only proficient in English and Japanese, but also Spanish, Egyptian, and some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics..."
“I can even learn Chinese, the most difficult language in the world~”
Seeing Koizumi Hongzi's eyes twitching, Hondo Yingyou's heart was shaken, and he felt as if he was facing a woman whose rank was many times higher than his.
In fact, it's not surprising that he feels this way, after all, Koizumi Anko's talents are basically focused on things related to magic.
For example, learning magic books requires mastering multiple languages.
Qin Zhibo himself also learned some additional languages because of studying the secret knowledge of the grimoires.
Currently, Qin Zhibo’s language skills are in 7 languages.
Among them, Lalaye language and Ghoul language, Qin Zhibo has unlocked the learning progress of these languages, but has not started learning them yet.
These two languages are not human languages. It seems that as long as you encounter them in person, you can unlock the learning progress and do not need to investigate corpses to obtain skills.
The learning of Lalaye language was triggered by the "Rawan Castle Textbook" found in the warehouse of the house of the murderer who longed for the eruption of Mount Fuji during the Twin Towers Incident in Nishitama City.
The ghoul language is naturally a recent harvest in the dreamland.
However, Qin Zhibo is skeptical about the fact that Koizumi Hongzi can speak Chinese.
"How old are you, how do you say this sentence in Chinese?"
"You're testing me, right?" Koizumi Hongzi rolled her eyes and replied in blunt and broken Chinese.
"It means 'how old are you'!"
Koizumi Anko showed a confident expression on her face, "How is it? Is it awesome?"
Qin Zhibo was a little surprised that the meaning was quite similar.
…
After lunch, Qin Zhibo took a short rest in the hotel and then went to the New York branch of the FBI Bureau of Investigation.
We took a taxi and arrived at the entrance of the Investigation Bureau, which was a square fortress-shaped building.
This is where the original owner worked four years ago, and it is also the "headquarters" mentioned by James, Shuichi Akai and others.
Although the administrative level here is not as good as that of the FBI in Washington, New York is the largest city in the United States and the world's financial center. Those who can work here are naturally the best of the best.
Qin Zhibo stepped into the investigation bureau. He first had to pass the metal detector and body search at the door, and then registered the visitors.
The black guard at the door asked Qin Zhibo about the purpose of his visit, and Qin Zhibo told the truth.
"I am former FBI agent Vince Qin, here to retrieve past file information."
The black guard was more vigilant and did not let him go immediately. He looked up at Qin Zhibo.
"I think I have met you before... But even if you are a former agent, you need permission from a supervisor to obtain information. This is a rule."
"I have James Blake's permission. He said someone has been arranged..."
As Qin Zhibo was talking, a detective in a green suit came down the stairs.
The man has a face like a weight, with medium-long hair that is somewhat flowing, a tall and sturdy figure, and a somewhat sinister appearance. When wearing glasses, he looks like a replica of vodka.
"Are you Vince Qin?" He walked up to Qin Zhibo and asked.
"Well, I am." Qin Zhibo nodded.
The man turned to the guard again and ordered: "James has already informed me, please leave this person to me."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Agent Kamel."
With the consent of the guard, Qin Zhibo officially entered the FBI gate.
"Come with me, the location of the reference room has been changed, it's here now."
Agent Kamel led Qin Zhibo to the right side of the first floor.
At the moment when they were face to face, Qin Zhibo saw some basic information about this somewhat fierce-looking agent.
His full name is Andrey Kamel, he is 27 years old and his rank is an ordinary agent.
Judy is also an ordinary agent, Shuichi Akai is a senior agent, and James is a field supervisor.
"Are you from Japan?"
Suddenly, Kamel, who was walking in front, asked.
"Well, I just got off the plane."
"Colleagues in Japan, are they okay?"
"well enough……"
"Where's Mr. Akai? How is he?"
Kamel's cold voice suddenly mentioned Akai Shuichi, and he also used the honorific title, which made Qin Zhibo a little surprised.
"It's hard to say..."
"Hard to say?"
"...Akai Shuichi has disappeared recently."
Qin Zhibo thought for a while and told the truth. After all, James arranged for him to take him to retrieve the information, so he should be a more trustworthy person.
"Mr. Akai is missing?"
Kamel turned back to look at Qin Zhibo, was startled for a moment, and then continued walking forward.
Arriving at a room on the left at the end of the corridor, Kamel opened the door with the key.
Behind the door is an old database. The files inside are all closed and have passed for some years, so there is basically no dispute.
"I have sorted out all the information you want to check, you can just take it back."
"But remember to come back..."
Although Kamel faces evil, he is still very careful in his work. He organized all the files that Qin Zhibo handled when he was an FBI and put them in a file box.
"Thank you."
Qin Zhibo walked to the lobby holding the file box, like an employee who had just been fired by his boss.
Just when he was about to go out, Kamel stopped Qin Zhibo again.
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Akai, is he okay?"
Before leaving, Kamel said this again.
"What? Are you concerned about his condition?"
"Yes, I once made a mistake that caused Mr. Akai's mission to fail."
Two years ago, when the FBI planned to arrest Gin, Kamel was careless and drove away the old man who showed up at the arrest scene, which ultimately led to the failure of the mission.
Kamel felt very guilty for ruining the mission and apologized to Shuichi Akai, and the two became friends over time.
Not long ago, Akai Shuichi's girlfriend in Japan died, and he went back this time mainly to take revenge on Gin. He knew these things.
"Mr. Qin, as Mr. Akai's leader, you must know about Mr. Akai's current safety."
"Tell me, I will also go to Japan as a reinforcement next week."
Kamel's words are true. After all, there are not many people in the FBI who can speak Japanese, and he is one of them.
Qin Zhibo looked at Kamel, thought for a moment, and replied calmly: "Don't worry, Shuichi Akai will be fine in a while."
"I promise you that."
…
After returning to the hotel with a lot of application materials, Koizumi Hongzi was preparing to do a divination for Eiyou, the main hall.
The reason was that our friend Yingyou complained about his bad luck. Even though he was very careful, he always made mistakes.
"For example, if the toast falls on the floor, the buttered side will definitely face down..."
"When I go camping with friends, I am always the first person bitten by mosquitoes..."
"When I take pictures with everyone, my eyes are always closed for some reason..."
"There's also guessing. I lose every time I guess guessing!"
"No matter how you think about it, my luck is really bad!"
After the words of Yingyou's complaint fell, the magic crystal ball on the table spoke in a high-pitched voice.
"The unlucky things you have are equal to the luck you were born with. They won't kill you, but they will haunt you for the rest of your life."
"Then how should I change it?" Ignoring the weirdness of the voice, I hurriedly asked.
"You can't change it, you're born with it."
"Ah? Why is this like this..."
Our hall Yingyou lowered his head in despair, but Qin Zhibo came over to comfort him.
"Don't be discouraged, Yingyou!"
"Think on the bright side, if the toast in your hand falls on the floor and always comes with the buttered side down, then you can butter both sides of the toast..."
"This way the toast will flip infinitely in the air and never fall down."