0045 Akatsuki Chamber of Commerce
"After that, if you ask the Akatsuki Chamber of Commerce, what reason should you use? It would be too far-fetched and deliberate to say that they were suspected of framing the Demon Dao Chamber of Commerce. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
It was noon, and the dark day was empty, and the underworld hunters who had rushed back to the headquarters of the Operations Department from the southern district were sitting in the hall on the first floor waiting for lunch, and Li Ya was sitting next to Lu Yao, looking at the display board in her hand to browse the information of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce that she had found.
Judging from the public information, it is an ordinary chamber of commerce that deals in food, and its business spans the human and demon worlds, without any bad records, although there are too many guards when transporting goods, and it is a suspicion that the security measures are too strict, but you can't accuse others of being too concerned about your business.
"I want to ...... Why don't you use the name of consulting 'white' intelligence? Wei Yi was still observing the threatening letter contained in the file box: "Their headquarters are in the Demon Realm, right? β
"There are twenty-three organizational entities that are more closely connected to the demon world than the Akatsuki Chamber of Commerce, and there are even more individuals." Lu Yao waved her hand to update the text and data on the display board.
"Snort - we knocked on the door directly, pulled out the card, 'Catch the case in the underworld and answer a few questions', how happy." Hong Ying said as he stared at the exit of the kitchen - although the food delivery imp didn't even leave the door.
"Hmm......" Wei Yi thought about it, and the food imps flashed out one by one and put lunch on the table, so he shook his head and gave up thinking: "Eat first." β
"If you want me to say, Xiao Hong is rarely justified." With the words, Ren Kui walked out of the study with his big lunch box, sat down at the dining table and began to put vegetables in it: "With the ability of the president of Akatsuki, he should already know why you are looking for him, and then he will say it directly." β
"We're not being spied on." Lu Yao raised his head and said in a very confident tone.
"If you are still being monitored in the stronghold, I will not do it as the director," Ren Kui finished taking his meal, turned around and walked towards the study: "But you are not invisible all the way back and forth, right?" Eat slowly, I'm not going to be here to embarrass you. β
"Hmm......" Wei Yi looked at the light screen in front of the hooded girl, which happened to switch to a portrait of a man with a long thin face and eyes narrowed like foxes.
President of the Akatsuki Chamber of Commerce...... Cao Yan...... Is it ......
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"What to do, do you want to knock or call the door?" The eastern part of the underworld is known as the place where the underworld is most like the human world, and the style of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce located here naturally tends to be the same, with carved beams and painted buildings, red bricks and blue tiles, and the entire small building with a courtyard looks like it was completely moved from the human world, and there is even a pair of stone lions at the door, and the word [Red Moon] on the lintel plaque is also a pen walking dragon and snake, strong and powerful, but there is no porter to guard the door to welcome guests.
After the hunters stopped outside the gate, Hong Ying stepped forward to knock on the door, but found that there was no knocker on the vermilion gate at all, and he was stunned for a while. "I guess somebody will open the door." Wei Yi looked at the closed door, "Wait a bit. β
"Huh? How-" "Squeak-" At the same time as the red-haired young man's half-way question, the sound of the door slowly opening behind him sounded. "Mr. Wei Yi, Mr. Hong Ying, Miss Li Ya, Miss Lu Yao," opened the door by two tall, wearing red armor and holding a long generalβat least they looked like military generals, and one of them clenched his fist to the Mortal Hunters: "The lord has been waiting for a long time, please come with me." β
"Well, that's a lot of work." Wei Yi returned the salute and led his colleagues to follow the military general into the courtyard of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the most obvious single building, there is a large flat school yard, surrounded by sandbags, stone locks, weapon racks, and some cargo boxes marked with Akatsuki, scattered soldiers in red armor exercising, and a cavalry squad patrolling around the courtyard wall.
"There is also an environment to the way this is spoken...... Could it be that Akatsuki's boss was once a prince? "I think at least I'm a general." "Searching for related information......
The trappers behind him whispered while observing the environment, and in order to avoid embarrassment, Wei Yi took the initiative to take two steps forward and talk to the generals who led the way.
"Could it be that your lord knew we were coming?" The captain of the Underworld Hunt remembered what his director had meant before: "It seems that your chamber of commerce is very well-informed." β
"In such a small city, there are few things that can avoid me...... Our scouts," the general who led the way paused suspiciously: "The lord is far-sighted, and our subordinates dare not speculate." β
β¦β¦ He just wanted to say "our army...... However, I have the impression that the historical dynasty did not have an army called "Akatsuki......
Thinking about it, the red helmet general led the underworld into a small building, the outside environment is still a little solemn and cold, but the small building is a strong cultural atmosphere, calligraphy and paintings, bookcases, tea rooms, flowers and birds and other elegant decorations and furniture abound, even flowers and plants seem to have a lot of spirituality. "The Lord is waiting for you, so I won't go in and take my leave."
The general took the trappers to a door on the third floor of the small building, and turned to leave with a fist.
That's a ...... Wei Yi took a breath and stepped forward to push the door open: "Excuse me." β
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"Welcome, everyone." Inside the door looks like a study, with bookshelves on all four walls, and you can see hanging scrolls with beautiful calligraphy and paintings, and directly facing the door, behind the only desk, is sitting the target of their trip - Cao Yan, the president of the Akatsuki Chamber of Commerce, when he saw the Immortal Hunters pushing the door in, he also put down the pen in his hand and got up to greet him. He was not tall, wearing a scribe's green robe, a dark blue half-length cloak hanging from one shoulder, his long hair was simply tied behind his back, his face was slightly slender, his facial features appeared slender, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with a slight smile, and Wei Yi noticed that there was a pair of twin swords tied strangely to the same side around his waist.
"Fortunately, President Cao." Wei Yi hugged him like a general outside, only to see his eyes narrowed even more thinly: "We are here to inquire about something." β
"'White', huh?" Cao Yan waved his hand, and a few Taishi chairs that didn't know where to hide floated over and stopped in front of a few people: "Please sit down, this matter is a bit long." β
"Thank you," Wei Yi nodded, pulled over the chair and sat down first, "I guess, we don't need to explain the specific reason?" β
"Naturally," Cao Yanshi sat down, "It's good to hear that stupid name one less time." β
β¦β¦ The hatred is not small......
"First of all, for the sake of convenience, let me ask first, how much do you know about 'Qionghua'?" Cao Yan didn't directly introduce Bai's situation, but asked a question first.
ββ¦β¦ Jade? Hong Ying scratched his head.
"The great immortal cultivator sect in the human world thousands of years ago was sealed due to the vain attempt to soar from trapping the demon world, and was recently managed to lift the seal by an organization called the 'Sleeping Dragon', and then fell." Lu Yao read another piece of information.
"Sure enough, as well informed as the rumors." Cao Yan applauded Lu Yao gently, and the hooded girl looked at him inexplicably.
"Could it be that the demon realm they are trapped in?" Leah reacted quickly. "Exactly, the trajectory of the Ice and Snow Demon Realm that Bai was in at that time was calculated by the Qionghua faction, and used the sword array to pull it out of the gap in the 'gauze tent' to absorb the power," Chairman Akatsuki said slowly, "But this is a huge oolong incident. β
"Hit the passenger car by mistake?" Wei Yi asked after a moment's thought.
"Originally, the Qionghua faction's method of capturing the weak demon world to absorb strength had already been tried once, although they were escaped by the demon world, but the trajectory was recorded, so they were ready to capture it for the second time," Cao Yan nodded slightly: "Although everything went according to plan, what was captured in the end was not the weak demon world that had almost no combat power for the first time, but the 'white' lair that was one of the most ferocious in all the demon worlds, and the consequences were obvious." β
"So who won this great battle?" Hong Ying had a yearning expression. "Double defeat, you can find out if you pay a little attention to what happened after that," Cao Yan looked in Lu Yao's direction: "The fierce battle between the two sides accidentally met Qionghua's conditions for 'soaring', confusing the gauze tent and the crystal wall, 'Bai' took the opportunity to escape, and Qionghua was beaten into the void by a Nine Heavens Xuannu." β
"One...... Only? Leah blinked and thought he had misheard.
"After that, although the reason is unknown, 'Bai' turned from only pursuing personal strength to the assassin business," Cao Yan did not intend to explain: "If you can find someone to contact and submit the details of the mission according to the rules, they will send members to contact you if they are interested, and unlike rumors, they will also accept some commissions that are not assassinations, as long as the reward is sufficient." β
"Like assisting a chamber of commerce in a certain city against a certain high-end force of its competitors?" Wei Yi stared at Cao Yan's expression.
"Hehe, I'm beginning to understand why Ren Kui's old fox named a few of you to set up a new department," Cao Yan smiled and didn't answer, his eyes that were already narrowed into a slit looked even narrower: "So, has your question been answered?" β
"Obviously, this matter has nothing to do with you," Wei Yi closed his eyes and stood up to take his leave, "Thank you for your cooperation in the hunting work." β
"Of course, it's the duty of the inhabitants of the underworld, isn't it?" Cao Yan picked up the teacup that appeared in his hand at some point: "Da Li, send off." β
"Obey," the military general who brought everyone up before appeared at the door, "Everyone, please." β
"Yes, what a nice group of young people," Cao Yan waved his hand to let the teacup and chair retreat on their own, sat back behind the desk, and said to the air in front of him, "What do you think?" 'White'? β
There was silence in the study.
"Actually, I'm curious why you let go of that guy who wrote a threatening letter under your name," Cao Yan leaned back, folded his hands on his abdomen, and said in a leisurely tone: "With your ability, it should be easy to find out who it is, do you not want to, disdain or ...... Inconvenient? β
Quiescence.
"Hmm, it turned out to be ......" After a while, Cao Yan sat up straight, supported his chin with both hands and began to check the accounts on the desk: "Not there"