At night, the Sea Prison is like a skull placed on the sea rocks, and from time to time there are a few painful wails from the cold and damp dungeon, which make people's scalps tingle like ghost screams.

The prisoners, who had been working in the quarry for a long time, were already exhausted, and they lay in a deep sleep in the thatch of the prison, and the guards on the night patrol could not wake them up even if they deliberately stepped on their bodies.

A dazzling high-altitude light swept by, and the illuminated prison instantly brightened as day, and then fell into darkness again.

No one noticed the female prisoner in the corner with her back to the iron fence, who had been pretending to sleep, and as soon as a squad of heavily armed prison guards walked by, she took the opportunity to quietly hide behind a fat nun, whose rhythmic snoring successfully drowned out the sound of Dorothy's squirting.

While it was time for lunch today, Dorothy had quietly stolen a candle from the candlestick, and the flint used to light the candle had been exchanged by Dorothy with a silver bracelet with a few men with flower arms, and Dorothy didn't want to know how the loach-like guys got their hands on these strange things, all she knew was that it was useful for her actions tonight.

"Click, click. Dorothy carefully controlled the force of the flint's impact.

It may be because the prison is too humid, and the flint is struck several times without any sparks, and the night is slightly cool, but Dorothy is sweating profusely because of nervousness.

"Hurry, hurry!" Dorothy's hands trembled, and she had to carefully observe the situation outside the prison with every two flint strikes, and she did not dare to imagine what serious consequences would be if her small actions were discovered by the prison guards.

At that moment a slight cough came from the darkness, and Dorothy quickly hid the flint in the weeds, and then fell to the ground, not daring to move.

The light of three or two flashlights shone in from outside the iron fence, sweeping over each prisoner lying on the ground one by one, and Dorothy buried her head in the grass, her eyes wide open and nervous to the extreme, and the sound of her heartbeat echoing in her ears.

With a strange "squeak", the prison door was pushed open, followed by a series of footsteps echoing through the small space from far and near, and Dorothy could clearly sense that a prison guard was walking in her direction.

Closing her eyes tightly, Dorothy's whole body tensed, and she was ready to be discovered.

"Do women snore when they sleep? The guard's voice was full of playfulness.

"Hey, I said, let's go, my buddy is dying on the night shift, so hurry up and hand over to the next shift. A voice at the doorway urged.

"Why, I'm not going to go out for a break tonight, I've chosen a place to your satisfaction. The guard spat in the fat nun's face, then stood up.

"You kid don't want to die! The last few assassinations of the prison guards have happened in the middle of the night," the voice of the other prison guard was visibly nervous, "Have you heard about the buddies who were carried into the morgue last night? A friend of mine who manages the morgue told me that those three guys died horribly. ”

"Hmph, I don't know how to write the word 'afraid' when I'm so old," the first prison guard's tone was full of arrogance, "Those fools don't even know how to bring weapons when they go out, they deserve to die, if I meet that assassin, even if he has nine lives, it won't be enough to die." ”

"Okay, don't brag, when this really happens to you, don't be scared and pee," the other guard sneered, "I heard them say that the guards who have been assassinated recently are all active guys among the nuns who participated in the arrest of the 'Rhine Monastery' some time ago, do you think it is really God punishing those who offend him?"

Speaking of the latter sentence, there was a palpable fear in the guard's voice.

"Fart! God wants to punish these inferior prisoners, what does it have to do with us, besides, I have to go to the Holy Church every week for worship, God should bless me!"

The first guard had reached the door, and the sound of the chains striking reached Dorothy, her chest heaving violently, and Dorothy was secretly glad for the rest of her life.

"You guy who runs the train with a mouth, and spends all your money on spending all your time drinking and praying to the gods, why didn't I see you spend your mind on taking care of your old mother?"

"Oh, I'm going to get off work soon, don't mention such a bad thing..."

“...”

As the sound of the two guards talking gradually dissipated in the evening breeze, Dorothy also looked out into the night outside the prison through the gap in the weeds, and the prison was quiet, and it seemed that the temporary crisis had been resolved.

"Assassinating the prison guards?" Dorothy thought back to the conversation between the two prison guards just now, and she couldn't help but wonder what was wrong, "Could it be..."

"Impossible, how could it be him..."Dorothy shook her head halfway through the thought, and didn't continue to think about it.

In Dorothy's mind, it was more cruel to let a man who was keen on literature and art to advocate cruel and violent art than to kill him, and the man he remembered was not like that, at least not before he was separated from himself.

Determined, Dorothy decided to complete her plan before thinking about anything else.

With the lesson she had just learned, Dorothy was noticeably calmer the second time she carried out the plan, rubbing the flint and steel in the dry weeds for a while, and then striking the two flints together, this time she succeeded in lighting the candle.

The faint light reflected Dorothy's slightly excited face, and she had lost a lot of weight after days of intense work.

Carefully taking out the long slip of paper from the compartment of her clothes, she put the removed rabbit-shaped fire paint into her pocket, and in a fit of nervousness and uneasiness, Dorothy slowly unfolded the note.

It turned out to be a stick figure.

The small fishing village is nestled on the seaside, the evening sun, sand gulls, coconut palms, and Guifan, all the scenes are so familiar, the lush banyan tree in the center of the painting stretches its branches and leaves in the breeze of the garden, and under the tree are middle-aged men and women chopping wood for cooking, their faces are filled with warm smiles.

"Brother..."Dorothy's nose was sour, and tears were rinsed.

Because Dorothy saw that at the top of the big banyan tree, two children were next to each other in the direction facing the blue sea, one of the little girls was smiling brightly holding a colorful leather ball, while the other little boy was leaning against the trunk of the tree and leisurely looking at a picture book.

"The boy is the older brother, the girl is his sister, well, his own sister..."

Tears fell onto the paper, the candles were blown out, and Dorothy hid her face and wept, knowing that from now on she was no longer alone, because there was a brother in the world who always thought about her.

The streets of the Xinlan business district are bustling with people, and in recent days it has been evident that some strangely dressed Gentiles and "lantern representatives" from various parts of the empire have appeared in the large entertainment venues of the imperial capital.

With the gradual approach of the "Wanbang Lantern Festival", you can feel that the royal family of the imperial capital attaches great importance to this event, not only a few days in advance began to arrange some infrastructure for the installation of lanterns around the imperial palace, railway station and Truf harbor, but also at night in the imperial capital administrative area of the king park and in the business district of the queen park began to set off some large fireworks, lively activities often last more than an hour.

As it approached midnight, the "Rabbit Candy Shop" was still open as usual, and by this time there were very few customers shopping at the candy store, but the staff wearing "rabbit suits" could still be seen walking around the house.

On the roof of the candy house, the familiar knife-wielding boy sat upright on the eaves, like a black cat that came out of the night, with a pedestrian carriage passing through his feet, and a long knife as black as ink in his hand.

Li Shiyi had been here for a while, and he didn't want to conflict with Freya's quick temper, so Li Shiyi simply went to the roof by himself, ignoring the fireworks that exploded in the night sky on his side, his eyes always fell on the direction of the "Fraor" bar.

Behind Li Shiyi, the figure of a young man was slowly approaching, and the knife was not unsheathed, because Li Shiyi had already guessed who this sneaky guy who climbed upstairs was.

"Well, Senior Brother, can I sit here for a while?" Al scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

Li Shiyi didn't answer, just moved to the side.

"I want to apologize to you," Al said sincerely, "for my reckless behavior that day." ”

"Those four minotaurs are locked up in the beast cage in the Imperial Arena, and there is no danger to their lives at the moment," Li Shiyi said, "In addition to the minotaurs, there is also an old wolf with a lot of scars, and judging by the condition of its injuries, it should be that time is running out." ”

"Senior brother, you..."

"Tell me when the action is," Li Shiyi suddenly lay down on the sloping roof, the "Orion Constellation" in the night sky was above his head, "I have plenty of time after the mission." ”

"I must save the Minotaurs, as well as the other races that are innocently suffering, but at this stage I better focus on completing the task, after all, it is difficult for me to complete the task of rescuing them alone. Al gritted his teeth.

"Hmm. Li Shiyi said yes and then stopped talking.

Al's gaze fell on a folder in Li Shiyi's hand, and the words on it were not unfamiliar to him.

"Senior brother, are you also following the assassination of the prison guard?" Al asked.

"I was just thinking if I was the murderer, what was my reason for doing this?"

"What's the idea?" Al also lay down, and the stars were shining in the sky, "Mr. Conrad said that there was no direct evidence that this was a terrorist attack carried out by the Raven Corporation. ”

"I thought that the man was behind these horrific events, but contrary to my assumptions, the man never arrived at the scene of the crime that night. ”

"Who?" Al turned his head to look at Li Shiyi's indifferent side face.

"The magician of the Fraorl bar, Kasa. ”