Chapter 4: The Missing Archaeologist

Trace? Joyce may not be a qualified lover, but he is definitely a qualified secretary beyond the standard, and in almost the shortest possible time, he has collected a large number of materials, data and anecdotes about the civilization of the Two Rivers Valley (Mesopotamia) for Li Jie, and even many specious arguments have not been missed, and after comprehensive combing, Li Jie still can't find a precise connection between this ancient human civilization and demonic writing.

After all, it is a civilization thousands of years ago, and after a long period of time, the information that can be collected and sorted out is very limited, but this does not mean that there is nothing to be done and helpless.

In order to further fulfill the requirements of the BOSS, Trist gave a list of a group of international scholars who have studied Mesopotamian civilization, among which the most authoritative and in-depth research is recognized as a professor at the University of Tokyo, president of the Japanese Wedge Society, archaeologist, and paleographer - Michio Tani.

This led to Lee's trip to Japan, where he will travel to Tokyo to visit the archaeologist privately.

And for the sake of convenience, of course, Li Jie can't use his identity, after the battle of Los Angeles, even if he guesses with his knees, he knows that there must be many ill-intentioned opponents who are secretly eyeing him.

Using the blues? Li's identity was originally to win people's hearts and expand his influence, but now he wants to do important things, and he doesn't want to be known too early, so he naturally needs a new identity to facilitate his actions and go into the dark.

The only fly in the ointment is that while enjoying a less obtrusive status, you also have to endure many of the problems that ordinary people need to endure, such as noisy environments.

Li Jie chose the left window position, after the plane door was closed. It's been taxiing on the airport runway for a long time. On the other side of the row with him, in the right-hand aisle, sat an old man in his sixties, still holding his mobile phone and talking loudly. Regardless of the flight attendants, they waited patiently and reminded them in the side position, and their spitting posture was really a bit like no one else.

After a few minutes, the busy old man finally stopped under the repeated persuasion of the flight attendants, and stopped talking endlessly, and seemed to be a little unsatisfied, not realizing that he had walked around in front of the ghost gate.

However, there was no silence for a moment, and the unconscious creature became noisy again, this time not on the phone. Instead, he began to frequently strike up a conversation with a young woman sitting between him and Li Jie. This is a typical oriental intellectual woman, by human standards, she can be called a big beauty, with long black hair naturally draped over her chest, wearing a professional suit, and a fair complexion.

This self-proclaimed Joe? Norton's old man is the quintessential professional man, sugardaddy in American parlance, with his hair neatly combed back with thick wax, a haute couture suit and an open shirt placket that exposes his thick chest hair and sprays a heavy perfume. At first glance, it belongs to the type with a considerable income and good social status. At this moment, he was relying on his eloquence to show off unscrupulously, but his head was getting closer and closer, forcing the woman to look embarrassed and approach Li Jie's side. so that there is nowhere to hide.

Apparently Joe? Norton didn't notice the woman's retreat, but he didn't want to stop easily, but when he planned to continue to chase after the victory, Li Jie, who finally realized that this idiot's journey would never stop if he didn't solve it, stood up suddenly, looked down at the beautiful woman beside him and said softly:

"Ma'am, I'm not comfortable sitting by the window, please switch places with me."

He didn't use an inquiring tone, although his voice was calm, it was so straightforward that it was difficult to refuse, not to mention that the woman was originally Joe by his side? Norton's harassment was annoying, and at the moment he thought that Li Jie was carrying forward his gentlemanly demeanor to relieve himself, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to stand up, rubbed Li Jie's back and sat by the window, because the space was too narrow, the two inevitably had some physical contact, and even Li Jie was keenly aware of the wonderful touch of each other's soft front chest rubbing against the back, and a faint fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose, which was enough to make a normal man's heart beat faster.

His move obviously made some people stunned, looking at Li Jie, who had changed his position and made him by his side, the old pervert Joe? Norton was stunned for a moment before he reacted, showing a very dissatisfied expression, thinking that this uninteresting guy had ruined his good deeds.

"Hey! Mr! It's not a good idea to force someone to exchange places with you like this, and I think you should trade it back with that beautiful lady! ”

He protested almost immediately, with a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and even more shamelessly threw the ungentlemanly statement on Li Jie's head, as if he did not feel that his previous behavior was inappropriate.

Timos? Walker is Chinese-American, even if he changes his appearance, Li Jie habitually chooses the physical characteristics of Orientals, not to mention that he is going to Japan, and the image of Orientals is more conducive to his actions.

However, this has caused a new misunderstanding, due to some complex historical reasons, most Japanese people are actually both respectful and awe-inspiring towards the Americans, at least on the surface, not to mention that there are still a large number of American troops stationed in Japan.

And as a senior executive of an American company based in Japan, Joe? Norton was obviously accustomed to the humility and awe of the Japanese towards him, and naturally exuded a condescending majesty, reprimanding Li Jie as a Japanese.

In his arrogant heart, it was obvious that most of the young Japanese would not dare to argue with him, even if he was reluctant to eventually change his position, and the beautiful woman who realized the status gap next would surely be more in awe of himself, which would be conducive to a new and beautiful in-depth exchange.

It's not that Joe Norton is too naïve, it's purely experience, and he has encountered a lot of similar things in Japan.

It's a pity that this time the script was not staged as he expected, hearing this somewhat stern reprimand, Li Jie turned his head directly, and the brilliant gold loomed in the depths of his deep eyes!

Joe? Norton only felt that the light around him suddenly dimmed, and the whole world in front of him was only those fierce and terrifying eyes, and the indescribable horror aura swept madly, and he was like a small lonely boat in the vast sea. The stormy waves overturned the sky. Lightning and thunder, torrential rain. It could be submerged at any time and could no longer survive, and even breathing became extremely difficult, and the hairs on his body stood on his body, and the spirit shivered......

He was stunned.

This bizarre feeling is actually only in Joe? Norton just appeared in his heart, and in the eyes of others, Li Jie just turned his head and glanced at the other party, and then looked away again, and Joe? Norton's face had turned pale to the extreme, and his body trembled slightly. I couldn't speak any longer, and I was stunned in my seat.

With the strong aura of Li Jie's legendary life, only a trace of it needs to leak slightly, and even the weaker low-level demons will be deterred, let alone Joe? Norton is just an ordinary old man, his current situation, in layman's terms, is directly frightened to collapse, any wind and grass is enough to make him frightened, his brain has become chaotic and sluggish, and he can no longer do anything. Thinking normally, naturally you can't bother Li Jie.

This is still the effect of Li Jie not wanting to attract the attention of others and trying to converge as much as possible. It will only last for a day or two at most, and the other party will slowly recover, but it is enough to ensure the quiet of his journey.

The woman who switched positions with Li Jie didn't know that such a complicated thing had happened in just a few moments, in her opinion, Li Jie just couldn't get used to the harassment of the old pervert to herself, and successfully solved the troubles, so that the opposite was difficult to retreat, and naturally had a good impression of this ordinary-looking tall young man, and after hesitating for a moment, he thought that he should express his gratitude, lowered his head and said in a very low voice:

"I'm Rina Ito, and I'm grateful for your help, sir."

She used standard Japanese, and her slightly deep voice seemed quite pleasant, and it was even more faintly lazy, obviously due to her natural intonation.

"You're welcome, Miss Ito."

Li Jie also naturally replied in pure Japanese, since he decided to make a trip to Japan, the corresponding preparations must be done.

With his super memory and body control ability, it is not difficult to learn a language and achieve the level of daily communication, it only takes more than half a day's work, and even the accent can be imitated vividly, and there is absolutely no difference between him and the native Japanese.

Ito Rina's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a gentle smile, and she was about to continue to say something, but she didn't expect Li Jie to suddenly throw out a sentence:

"We don't have to worry about what we just did, Mr. Norton won't bother us anymore, and I want a quiet environment for this trip to rest, okay?"

Although he used the questioning sentence this time, the tone that was almost obvious to the point of being excessive and completely non-commensual directly stifled what Ito Rina wanted to say below, opened his mouth, and after a while, he could only nod obediently, and said "Hi Yi" softly, not daring to speak again.

Li Jie got what he wanted without being disturbed, but Ito Rina began to think crankily in her heart, although her obedient nature made her obediently shut up, but as a young and beautiful woman, few people of the opposite sex would have such an unceremonious attitude to talk to herself, and it could even be said that she completely ignored it, this unprecedented encounter made her feel a little inexplicably aggrieved in her heart.

At the same time, of course, she also noticed Joe, who was sitting eerily quiet by the aisle? Norton, this old pervert was pale and sluggish, and he was whispering inexplicably all the way, not knowing what he was muttering, and it looked completely different from the previous high-spirited and unruly person, which made Ito Rina inevitably curious, the difference between them was too great, was there something that he didn't know?

The man next to him who doesn't even know his name, although he looks ordinary, has a very special mysterious temperament...... Ito Rina was in a state of flux, but she didn't realize that she had been constantly peeking at Li Jie.

Of course, Li Jie didn't know anything about this, he just didn't bother to deal with the other party, made a gesture of closing his eyes and resting his mind, and his mind was completely focused on the upcoming next move.

In this somewhat peculiar quiet atmosphere, just a dozen hours passed quickly.

When the plane landed on the ground of Tokyo's Narita Airport, there was another small episode, and Ito Rina seemed to be very eager to stand up, passing by Li Jie and squeezing out of the aisle, but he was a little surprised by the fact that he gently stuffed a note into the palm he put on the armrest.

Li Jie spread out the note and saw that there was the name of Rina Ito written on it, and a series of addresses and phone numbers below, the font was not as delicate and delicate as ordinary women, but the lines were sharp and faintly a little strong and powerful. He didn't see the beautiful woman take out a pen and paper to write the note, and could only guess that the other party had used the time to go to the bathroom to prepare it.

It seems that even if she is herself, she is a little distracted, this woman who is as weak as water on the outside, but she dares to act boldly and boldly in her heart.

Looking at Rina Ito, who was the first to step out of the cabin in front of him, Li Jie glanced at Joe Norton, who was still in a daze beside him, waved his hand freely, and stuffed the note into the waste bag in front of his seat.

When I walked out of Narita Airport, the hour hand was already pointing to 20 o'clock in the evening. Li Jie did not go to the booked hotel, but chose to take a taxi directly to Tani Michio's residence.

He was obviously anxious to obtain information about Sumerian civilization, and did not see any need for delay.

Neither the predecessor nor the deity have ever been to Tokyo, or even Japan. Fortunately, this megacity of 10 million people is not particularly congested, and perhaps the years of struggling with small spaces have given people in this country a lot of experience.

After another hour and a half of driving, he finally arrived at the final destination of the trip, a high-end apartment in Shibuya.

With Li Jie's methods, even if he keeps a low profile, it is naturally not difficult to obtain an archaeologist's address.

This high-end apartment is also managed in a hotel-style style, the lobby is quite spacious and bright, and the decoration is also very stylish, and it is possible to have such a luxury apartment in downtown Tokyo, at least it is also the president of the club, and the senior white-collar level, which also shows the rich net worth of Michio Tani, a university professor.

Taking the elevator directly to the floor where Gu Xin Daoxiong was, it didn't take much effort for Li Jie to find the other party's residence, and after walking to the door, he was just about to ring the doorbell, but he suddenly stretched out his arm and stopped in mid-air, because the door of this apartment was actually hidden, and from the slightly transparent gap, the light inside could be faintly seen.

"Professor Tanigin? Anybody home?! ”

Li Jie, who had already found a reason to visit at night, noticed something unusual, as if his excuse was useless, he raised his voice and shouted, but still did not get any response.

Pushing open the hidden door, Li Jie frowned as he slowly walked inside, because through perception, he was clearly sure that the entire apartment in front of him was empty, without any breath of life.

This seems a little strange, since the owner is not in the house, why is there no lock on the door?

There are only two possibilities for such a situation, either he accidentally forgets about it, or an unexpected situation happens, so that Michio Tanizo can't even lock the door and leaves in a hurry.

Looking at the living room with the lights on in front of him and even a cup of tea on the table, Li Jie's eyes suddenly turned cold. (To be continued......)