Chapter 39: The quid pro quo of "good friends."
Maso was stunned for a first time when he heard what Hugo said, and then the whole person fell into a state of madness, although it was a hundred miles away, but the blood in Maso's body in the control compartment was boiling, this excitement was something Maso had not experienced for a long time, maybe he had never had it since he was attacked by his own brother a few years ago and finally ended up disabled.
And now, he's finally going to put an end to it all.
Hugo relaxed a little, he knew that tonight's business was not over, he needed to take a short time to rest, and at the same time, he also needed a period of time to sort out the various clues of what was happening at the moment.
In this way, Hugo and Marceau waited in two different moods, and after about a minute or so, they saw two figures appear in the corner of the building not far away, and as the two figures continued to approach, the faces of the two were also revealed, it was Akita and Matthew!
In fact, Akita and Matthew had already arrived near Hugo, and under Matthew's "suggestion", the two of them approached here, but out of a cautious attitude, Akita urged the horse to approach here at a slow pace to ensure that every step was relatively cautious and safe, which is why the two were so late.
When a certain distance was reached, Akita also felt the breath of Hugo through the soul ring in his hand, and hurriedly quickened his pace while urging Matthew to move quickly.
And when Matthew saw Hugo, his mind couldn't help but roll, and he secretly complained in his heart that he really took the initiative to dedicate himself to the Yama Palace.
After seeing Hugo not far away, Akita sneered at Matthew, "How do you feel now? ”
Matthew said indifferently: "It's not the first time I've encountered this kind of scene, but I'm still not alive and well?"
Akita sneered, "I hope you can still have such an attitude for a while." ”
Matthew still smiled lightly, but it was clear that the smile was barely smiling.
Soon Akita and the two came to Hugo, who looked at Akita and shook his head helplessly and said, "You still haven't listened to my arrangement." ”
Akita's face turned red and said, "I really can't rest assured, so..."
Hugo said: "Don't worry, the two of them are safe now, I saved them successfully before leaving, of course, it's not all my credit, you also have to thank him." With that, Hugo pointed to the "god-killing armor" controlled by Maso on the side.
Akita breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Shiba-shiba was safe and sound, and a boulder in his heart finally fell to the ground, although he didn't know how to face Shiba-shi in the days that followed, but as long as everything was fine, it was enough.
At this moment, Eva's voice echoed in Hugo's head.
"Tsk, it's really a little bit close. If your little assistant had arrived earlier, I don't think you would have been able to merge with me. ”
This time, Hugo did not ignore Eva, and said to her through the conscious soul: "I have no regrets about merging with your soul, and it turns out that it is the most correct judgment." Shicai's biggest threat to me is not Ikawa, but Mi Luoyang. If he had come to find that I had completely lost the ability to fight, he would have taken this opportunity to kill me, and he was not completely sure that he would have killed me just now, so he used his power to threaten me, so that I could help him lure the people behind this matter, and it could be regarded as minimizing his 'loss'. ”
Eva said, "But you chose to follow his wishes. ”
Hugo said: "Because I am also very curious about the strength behind it, if I can, I will also find out the true face of the other party." ”
Eva sneered, "Beware of greed and snake swallowing, if you go too deep, be careful that you can't extricate yourself." ”
Hugo said: "I will give you the same words, now we are grasshoppers on a rope, and if anything happens to me, you must do your best to help me." ”
Eva snorted coldly and said no more.
Although the two have carried out soul fusion at this moment, the time they have been together is still too short, and the two parties do not fully "understand" each other, so they can only communicate in this way at the moment.
After communicating with Eva, Hugo turned his gaze to Matthew on the side and said, "Yo, 'long time no see'?
Matthew sneered and said, "I didn't expect Zhuge to be like this, and he didn't kill you in the end." ”
Hugo tilted his head and said: "He is indeed a very powerful character, if he is not fully prepared, maybe he will really succeed, I have to say that the god of fate tonight is indeed on my side, and I will defeat it under various opportunities." It's a pity to let this guy run away, though. ”
Akita on the side couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and he opened his mouth to say something, but finally swallowed the words.
Whether Zhuge lives or not, it doesn't matter to Matthew, because the other party can no longer continue his life, and he has to think of a countermeasure to get out of it for now.
Just as Matthew's mind was racing, Hugo suddenly said, "Let me ask you a question, do the conditions you proposed before count?"
Matthew was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "What's the matter?"
Hugo said: "Exchange information for life, of course, this information has to be valuable. ”
Matthew stared at Hugo with wide eyes and said, "Is this true?"
Hugo nodded earnestly.
Matthew was silent again for a moment, then burst into loud laughter.
"Hugo, do you want to use me for another pastime before I die? Trade information for life, don't be kidding, if you want to know what's in my head, just let this person read it directly?"
Seeing this scene, Hugo was stunned for a moment, and turned his inquiring gaze to Akita, who was a little embarrassed, but lowered his head and coughed a few times, he naturally couldn't explain that his ability was recognized by Matthew, not what he said, but what he said at the moment seemed to be useless.
Hugo then turned his gaze to Matthew, "You don't believe me?"
Matthew sneered, "Should I trust you? ”
Faced with Matthew's yin and yang strange words, Hugo didn't care, just shrugged his shoulders calmly and said, "Naturally, there is no way to do this." ”
With that, a black cone had already materialized in Hugo's hand, and then Hugo stabbed the sharp black cone straight into Matthew's throat.
"Wait!"
Just as the black cone was about to stab Matthew's throat, Matthew suddenly shouted, and Hugo's movements stopped.
"What? do you have any last words?" asked Hugo.
Sweat oozed from Matthew's forehead, and the fear in his heart had reached the extreme at that moment, judging from Hugo's actions, he really didn't leave a trace of room for himself.
Just as Hugo made the offer, Matthew realized that there was some kind of conspiracy involved, and Matthew felt both anger and hope. The reason why he directly said the characteristics of Akita's ability is to expose the appearance of Hugo's conspiracy.
However, Hugo's reaction was beyond his expectations, as if he was annoyed and angry, Hugo directly chose to kill him, and there was no room for maneuver, which made Matthew really not understand the purpose of Hugo's previous problem, but there was no room for hesitation for him.
If you cooperate, you may live, and if you don't cooperate, you will only die!
Hugo stopped moving, but the black cone was still against Matthew's throat, as if he would stab it in the next second.
Matthew laughed dryly and said, "That.. I have no objection to the deal you have just proposed. ”
Hugo tilted his head and said, "You agreed?"
Matthew nodded, "I agree." ”
Hugo said, "You believe me?"
Matthew said, "Believe." ”
Hugo stared at Matthew, and after a moment burst out laughing, and then said word by word, "Thank you for your trust, my friend." ”
The scene looked really funny, but no one in the room laughed out loud except Hugo.
Matthew didn't care about this blatant insult, all he wanted was to live.
The black cone slowly faded in Hugo's hand, and Hugo also withdrew his arm, and then Hugo said: "I withdrew my weapon just because it was too tiring to raise my arm, and if your information is all false, then I don't mind revealing it again." ”
Matthew chuckled lightly, and he quickly regained his composure in such an unfavorable situation, and then said, "What do you want to know?"
Hugo said: "I'm not interested in all the letters in your head, I don't want much, and I don't want to ask Akita to help me absorb other people's memories every time, having a Glass before was bad enough, if I absorb you again, I'm worried that the consciousness spirits of the two of you will continue to fall in love in Akita's mind." ”
Hugo's words were really vicious, and his words pierced Matthew's most fragile and sensitive wound like a sharp sword, and even Matthew, who had a strong desire to survive, had an extremely ugly look on his face when he heard this.
Although Akita was surprised by Hugo's poisonous tongue, he thought that this might not be impossible, and frowned in disgust at the moment.
Matthew tried his best to calm the anger in his heart, and squeezed a tough smile on his face and said, "What you said... That's right..."
Hugo nodded silently, and then said, "If your brain isn't broken, we can talk about what we talked about in the ninth arrondissement." ”
Matthew took a deep breath and said, "It's about... Nightingale's?"
Hugo nodded and said, "He is the only reason why I won't kill you." ”
Matthew was relieved a lot when he heard this, he knew that he had a deep obsession with Nightingale Hugo, and the reason why Hugo chose to release himself in the first place was to exchange him for information about Nightingale.
Hugo said: "I hope you have collected the relevant information during this time, otherwise this last talisman will no longer exist." ”
Matthew paused as if to be in the middle of a group, and then said, "I did investigate the information about Nightingale, not only because of the deal with you, but also because of my curiosity. ”
"I learned about Nightingale's organization very late, probably not much earlier than you. After the Laser Stadium incident, TAROT led some of the desecrated groups who had followed him in the chaos into the New Victorian era, and I entered there by some chance, but I only stayed for a short time, because it was not a place where I could live. ”
Hugo nodded, Matthew was not wrong in what he said, the new Victorian era was a space world opened up by TAROT for the desecrated, unlike the Atlantean remnants who lived for refuge, the neo-Victorian era was more like an abstract utopian paradise world, where the profane people didn't even need to eat and drink, and there was no other material existence of life outside of it, when he and Gao Yang hid in it, Gao Yang was also very uncomfortable there, and people with a character like Matthew wanted to live there It was even more difficult to accept than killing him。
Matthew continued, "At that time, I heard a lot about the Blasphemy Family from some sources that I didn't know about before, and it also made me realize how huge the 'dark iceberg' hidden in Tsukishima is. ”
"But among these families, TAROT is undoubtedly the king, the most powerful, and the pioneer of that world, so all the other families are looking at him. ”
"At that time, I was shocked to recognize the strength of TAROT, but it didn't take long for me to find a strange phenomenon, that is, in TAROT's gathering place, Castle Black, there are often a group of strangely dressed people, the reason why they are dressed strangely is only because their group is wearing black hooded robes, although this kind of clothing is not unusual, but TAROT people do not wear Japanese costumes to walk in Castle Black, and they walk in groups. This aroused my suspicions, so I made a little private inquiry and learned that the mysterious black-robed hooded men belonged to a family of blasphemers named Nightingale. ”
Hugo interjected: "I wonder from whose mouth did you get this information?"
Matthew paused and smiled, "Hermit." ”
"Oh, is it?" Hugo sneered, the hermit is also an old acquaintance for him, thinking that when Matthew first came back to lure him to the eighth district, it was the hermit who led Haruki and a few people to besiege him, and now it seems that it is normal for the two of them to have a close relationship, and the hermit is also a member of the Great Arka, and it makes sense to know some of the internal situation of TAROT.
Matthew said: "At first I didn't care, but soon after I left the New Victorian era and returned to Tsukishima, the next time I came into contact with him was when Glass entrusted me with the 'joint task'. ”
The so-called "joint mission" is to conduct the streets with the informants hidden in the Manken Society, and transfer the information they have found to the Nightingale organization.
Matthew said: "It was at that time that I heard Nightingale's name again, and to be honest, I was shocked at the time, because I knew that Glass had a connection with TAROT, but I didn't want him to have a connection with the terrible Nightingale, and still have to help him with his intelligence work, which is very incredible, and it was at that time that I began to realize that this Nightingale is not simple." ”