Chapter 2: The Killer Comes After Evil

By the time Naru settled down and took a seat at the bar in the tavern, it was already dusk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The fiery clouds that wandered away from the sky were like fingers stretched out from the sky, shrouded in the glow of the sun, and the stars faintly appeared in the face, and the coming of the night was so unnoticeable.

However, compared to the bustle of the day, the tavern at the end of the afternoon is a little deserted.

This is a small restaurant made entirely of stone bricks.

It doesn't have any signboards, just a weathered wooden door that glows a dazzling red in the afterglow of dusk to attract customers.

From the small iron windows, outsiders can see that the space inside is actually very spacious, and the semi-circular dome is very bright by the ornate crystal chandeliers.

Ming glanced around and saw only a handful of diners sitting scattered in the corner, which somewhat reassured him: "A beer, no ice, thank you." ”

"Just a drink?" The tavern keeper wiped his hands from his canvas apron as he held up a clay cup with a slit and scooped it full of beer, "My whole roast chicken here is delicious, don't you want a roast chicken filled with onions and peppers?" ”

However, his enthusiasm quickly waned when he looked up at Ming's identity. The boss's words were still in his mouth, and his face showed an expression of stepping on the ****, as if he had seen something unlucky.

Naruto took off his cloak nonchalantly, and the people in the shop noticed that he had a sword: the saber itself was normal, and Yongle City had not been liberated until three months ago, so most of the people in the city carried weapons except for children. But the boss found that Ming was still carrying a crossbow arrow on his back, and he was full of daggers of different sizes on his waist, like a fully armed warrior.

"No, if it's convenient, I'd like to find the cheapest room for the night." Naruto smiled politely, but his face was covered in bruises and broken skin, which greatly diminished his smile.

"Sorry, it's full today."

"But I don't think there are many people here......" he nodded thoughtfully.

Finding that there were malicious eyes around him, he added: "Could it be that you don't welcome a handsome guest like me here?" ”

After finishing speaking, Ming wiped his hair and put on a very stinky and beautiful pose, as if he was afraid that others would not know how arrogant he was.

"To be precise, people don't like arrogant and introverted people."

The boss picked up a rag to clean the wine glass, he was a short and fat middle-aged man, with two pinches of art on his lips, and when he said this, his tone was teasing, and the corners of his eyes swept over Ming's wrist intentionally or unintentionally. "Especially someone like you, who doesn't shy away from ...... Killer. ”

"It's an assassin." Naruto corrected, taking a sip of his beer. "Well, it's a terrible feeling to be recognized everywhere you go, this wine tastes like horse pee, I really hope you won't knock me more money for it."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and shook it, wearing a bracelet that resembled the style of handcuffs.

If it weren't for the pearl-shaped moonstone inlaid on it, the complicated lines would not look like mass-produced items, and others would really mistakenly think that Ming was a prisoner who had escaped.

On the bracelet, a ring-shaped blood-colored eagle claw pattern is carved to life. It is the culprit of the unwelcome Ming, and it is also the eternal brand that symbolizes Ming's identity.

"No, I never rip off customers, but from the next drink, you have to pay twice as much, because the next person who enters the store may be scared away by you, and my business will be difficult."

The boss said lightly that the previous shock and dissatisfaction were perfectly integrated into his gestures inadvertently, and he often dealt with people like Naru.

"I can see that there is a prejudice against handsome people in this world. Otherwise, no one would have been chasing me this morning. Naruto shrugged lightly with scars all over her face.

"Oh? The reserve team members who killed the sky would also be cornered? The boss pretended to be surprised.

Looking at his expression, Naruto felt that he could get some words out of his mouth, so he echoed and said:

"The reserve team has no human rights, not only will the kiln order you are forbidden to enter, but you will be like a plague everywhere." He gulped down his beer and burped contentedly.

Naruto was born to be a cheerful person, so as soon as the topic opened, his mouth couldn't stop trembling

"You say that if I really want to be a plague god, at least I can spread the plague to get revenge on those cynicists. But guess what? As a killer, I have to implement the policy of serving the people, oh, to be precise, serving the employers, not allowing me to do, not to be rude to civilians, and not to swear so as not to tarnish the image of the organization. ”

"Listening to you say that, there is still face to be seen in Juetian?" The boss pursed his lips with a smirk.

The killing heaven in the mouth of the two is one of the best assassin organizations in Juetian. To put it nicely, it is a mercenary group that uses people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

And to say that this organization is actually an alliance of killers who often roam the black market, whoever pays more money helps whoever kills, and the external image is extremely poor, and the members are also outrageously ugly. When people talk about it, it is like hearing a tiger's color, which is also the reason why Ming is not welcomed.

"The face is forcibly attached to the face by people who want to save face," Ming stared at the empty cup reluctantly, "It is because I am shameless that I can ask for a glass of wine from you." ”

He seemed to be quite proud when he said this, not only did he have a smug expression on his face, but one thumb was also pointed at himself exaggeratedly, which was unbearable to debunk.

But let's be honest, Naru's cheerful personality always brings him good luck. For example, his bracelet is actually a device used by Killing Heaven to identify newcomers. When the world sees the ring-shaped eagle claw, it will associate it with the horror of killing the sky. Therefore, the person who wears the bracelet will inevitably be targeted in life, and Naruto can only accept it and use laughter to dismantle the injustice of the world.

"Hmph, no matter how much you say, isn't it all your own choice to go down the path of the killer? With all of them already wearing the oath locks, what reason is there to complain about others? ”

The tavernkeeper arranged the empty glasses with interest. The oath lock is a bracelet that any newcomer who kills the sky will wear it to tell the world that he is a killer.

"Then how many of the assassin substitutes that kill the sky are truly voluntary? Don't talk about others, at least I'm forced. If you don't accept the status given by the organization, you have to starve to death on the streets, or be sold to the frontier as slaves or duck prostitutes. When I was eight years old, I was still peeping at my childhood sweetheart taking a bath, who would have thought that I would become a mercenary ten years later? ”

Naruto opens up to the boss as if he had met a close friend. As a junior member of the Heaven Slayer, he had recently been selected as a candidate for the rank of Professional Assassin.

In order to convert himself and escape the hellish training of killers, Naruto put on an oath lock and swear a poisonous oath in the testimony of the Assassin instructor.

From then on, Naruto began to carry out assassination missions on the premise that everyone else knew who he was. It is said that this tradition has continued since 100 years ago.

The high-level leaders of Killing Heaven believe that the person who cannot hunt the target in an extreme environment - that is, in a state of exposed identity - is not worthy of being a killer, and the best of the elite who kill the Heavenly Killer is therefore not long in life.

"Are you here for a drink, or are you here to talk to me about life? If you fart any more, I'll kick you out. The tavern keeper filled his empty glass with beer, "I'll invite this one." ”

"Thank you." Naruto nodded in acknowledgement, holding the wine glass in both hands, and finally got down to business, "Because I want to get information from you, do you know anything about the clues about the bounty target Lendl?" ”

With that "you know" look, he held out two fingers and pointed them towards one side of the tavern wall.

Following Ming's gaze, he saw someone's wanted flyer posted on the mottled wallpaper. The paper is yellowed and wrinkled due to moisture, but the picture is still legible.

"Lendl? You say that serial murderer who attacked women in the middle of the night? Hey, who doesn't know him in the whole Yongle City, he's been arrogant for a while, but no one can catch him. ”

The boss twisted his little stubble and stared at the wanted for a moment, then looked at Naru's whole body carefully, as if trying to see something bad in him.

There are two notices on the wall with the heads of the characters, probably to emphasize the intentionality, and the pictures show a fat old man with a brush beard and evil eyes.

"Maybe I'll be able to catch it, I've heard that his last crime happened in front of your tavern." Naruto looked the other man in the eye with sincerity, and he tried to find the answer in it.

That's what he's here for.

As a killer, Ming has to complete a certain number of assassination missions every month to make ends meet, and the tasks themselves are randomly assigned, so this also includes bounty tasks for eliminating harm for the people.

"I hope your arrogance is proportional to your good fortune, otherwise teach others to hear it, and your words will make your head move." The boss warned him, "Why should I take the risk of telling you the news? What's in it for me. ”

"I'll pay." Ming narrowed his eyes and glanced around, and after confirming that no one was looking, he untied a money bag from his belt, "Three hundred silk ears, of course, it doesn't include wine money." ”

"Oh?" I have to say that the price of 300 is very attractive.

After all, a farmer's income from hard work in a year is only 500 yuan. For this dilapidated tavern, three hundred taels was a huge amount of income.

"That's a lot of money, but why should I believe you?" Naruto knew that the boss was moved, but he was still a little skeptical, "The people who have come to me these days are Zhen Guoshou, and there are killer substitutes like you, I say the same to each of them, if everyone pays me so much like you, I don't need to open a tavern in the troubled times." ”

"Just because they didn't pay you three hundred as I did." Ming responded with a beautiful smile, "Money can make ghosts grind, and naturally they can also exchange information that others can't ask." ”

As an orphan, Naruto knows the world better than the average person, and is more likely to notice small details that ordinary people don't pay attention to: the tavern is open for business after a murder in front of the door.

That's why he chiseled into the idea that he only wanted to talk and see what could be found out of his mouth.

"It seems that you are smarter than the people who came to me before."

The boss looked at Ming with a smile, "Go in and talk?" There are a lot of people here, and it is not convenient for us to trade. He leaned over to Ming's ear with a beer.

"No, just say it here." Ming waved his hand, "Anyway, after tonight, his wanted warrant will disappear from the city, and he can't afford to light a candle in a dark room like this, I hate crampedness." ”

"I hope your strength is as vast as your cheerful personality, what do you want to know?"

"The more detailed Rendel's rules of action, his fighting methods, his good use of skills, and the race he belongs to and the forces behind it, the better."

"Everything you need, you are satisfied," and before he knew it, the boss had replaced the title of Nari with an honorific.

"But with all due respect, the information I know is not so familiar. I can only tell you what I have seen with my own eyes, and as to whether these dictated contents are worth three hundred dollars, after I have finished speaking, there will be no refund service. ”

"If you can catch people by spending money, I think the soldiers of Zhenguo Shou have already withdrawn the bounty, and they won't give me money in vain." Naruto nodded, pushing the cloth bag full of coins towards the other party.

"Come on, I like to deal with assassins like you, unlike the people who came to ask for clues before, they didn't even want to give me a copper plate."

The money bag was carefully tucked into the apron, and the tavernkeeper's big red nose lit up like a light bulb.

"You're in luck, Lendel often starts his activities in the evening, right nearby. Some time ago, he was looking for women, but as soon as he was wanted, he was hungry. ”

"Go on." Ming took a sip of beer and put it in his mouth and went into concentration mode.

"Well, I don't think I need to go into more detail about his image. A balding old man with a messy beard and two long whips tied behind his head. Then there's his way of fighting, Rendell always acts alone, and so far, I haven't seen him carry an entourage or bodyguard, but it's worth mentioning that he knows some summoning spells. ”

"Do you know what faction's spells? Huifa, or Clan Yao? How high is the color level of a spell? Naruto.

"I don't know for sure, because every time he hunts women, Lendl uses only one magic, and that is to summon the Abyssal Beast. The size is about the size of the giant played by the troupe, not tall, but very strong, like a standing buffalo. As for the color scale of the spell, I only know that the summoning array of the spell is blue, and I don't know if it will help you. ”

"Blue? Okay, it seems to be an upper-middle level mage, but other than that, is he human, or something else? Ming knocked on the bar and motioned for the boss to continue.

"There is no doubt that it is a person, as if it were fake." The boss swore and patted his chest. "Actually, he only drank at my place last night, and it scared the hell out of me."

"I wish I hadn't scared you when I took off my cloak."

Naruto lifted her chin thoughtfully and handed the empty glass to the boss along with the money.

The reason why he emphasized whether Lendl was human or not was because it was the most vicious demon who conquered Yongle City three months ago.

Even though the lost territory has long been regained today, Naru still believes that there are a large number of demons in the city, and this creature cannot be killed by simple treatment.

"At first, I was worried about whether this information was worth three hundred silks, but now it seems to be a good deal."

Sensing the darkness of the sky outside the store, Naruto put back on her cloak and tied a random knot on her chest to wave goodbye to the boss.

I don't know if it's because he drank too much to take care of, and the boss said strange things when he sent him:

"Good luck, the information that my Lendel dictated is more genuine than that of an amateur intelligence monger." He rubbed his hands like Ming had just done when he first entered the store, and his smile was overflowing.

"Lendl? Hehe, don't you want to test me if I'm drunk? Or is your real name that too? ”

Ming looked the boss up and down, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this oily middle-aged man had nothing to do with the old man who was about to die on the wanted list.

"Young man, what kind of killer is it to get drunk after three glasses of wine, go back to raising pigs as soon as possible. Well, Lendall's wine is special, though. I'm guessing you're starting to have weak legs, right? ”

"What ......"

"Bang!"

Before Ming could draw his sword, the whole person lost his center of gravity and collapsed to the ground, and he finally figured it out: "You...... You are Rendell. ”

Before he could say anything, Naruto saw the diners who had been sitting in the corner getting up one after another, and strange people with red light oozing through their eyes walked towards him in all directions.

At the same time, on the left and right sides of Ming, two circles of circular circles with blue halos slowly unfolded from one point.

In the center of the circle, two huge human heads with horns appeared, and as Lendl himself said, the monsters summoned from the circle were shaped like standing bulls, their burly muscles crumpled like tightened towels and full of brute force.

"Hum!"

The first to respond was Naru's bracelet, and on his wrist, the thumb-sized night pearl lit up with a blue-white latent light, which symbolized the use of spells and the arrival of crisis.

With the summoner's rude gasp, Lendl left the bar. "Also the owner of this shop, my esteemed guest."

After speaking, he clapped his hands, lifted the money bag containing three hundred silk err above everyone, pointed at Ming and said, "Although it is a pity that it is not a woman, but now, we are closed." ”