Chapter 34: By the River
In the heart of the city, where land is at a premium, is Midorishima, a city that is hard to believe is part of a crowded city with its quaint buildings and lush vegetation. This is the Imperial Palace of Japan, the residence of the Emperor, the most noble and mysterious place in the Japanese capital.
The Imperial Palace of Japan was built in the 16th century during the Tokugawa Ieyasu period and was destroyed at the end of World War II, and the current building was mainly rebuilt in the sixties of the nineteenth century.
Night shrouds the most mysterious part of the Japanese Empire, and the palace is terrifyingly quiet, except for the constant chirping of birds, which makes people feel that there is still a glimmer of life here and not a complete dead place.
Beneath the thin, not completely enclosed ice, the water of the palace moat appears calm and poetic, and it is impossible to tell if it is flowing without looking closely. In the darkness, on the side of the moat near the wall, two holes were suddenly opened, and two heads in black hats poked out.
"The location on the map is correct, right?" A head wrapped in a black hat, poking out of the water, asked impatiently.
The other black shadow looked left and right, then took out a scroll wrapped in oilcloth from his diving suit, opened it to take a closer look, and then nodded and confirmed: "That's right, it should be here, deep underwater, there should be a sewer left over from the early days of the palace's construction, which can lead directly to the underground secret passage of the palace." ”
"Who would design a secret passage in such a filthy place?" The first to speak grumbled, "I don't want to think how disgusting it would be to climb in." ”
"Hey!" The black shadow holding the scroll sneered, "If you didn't have to work hard, you thought there would be no one to guard it?" ”
"Whatever. Can't we get in? The shadow from before chirped.
"Of course. Since it's here. Naturally, we can't go back empty-handed, and we at least need to find out the way and prepare for the treasure hunt in the future. The other dark shadow said in a gloomy tone.
With that, the two of them stopped making a sound, just put away the scroll, and quietly sank to the surface.
The water in the moat was pitch black and cold, and the lower the visibility became, and the two men did not dare to turn on the lighting. At the bottom of the river, he searched for the sewer entrance marked on the map. After searching for nearly an hour, the two of them found something in an inconspicuous corner.
It was a rusty cast-iron fence, and the sludge at the bottom of the river had already wrapped the fence, and if the two of them hadn't been prepared, even if they swam here, they would have been hard to spot.
One of the men in black grabbed the iron gate and shook it vigorously, but found that the iron gate seemed to grow at the bottom of the river, and there was no displacement at all.
Another man in black gestured towards him, and he immediately stepped aside. I saw a bright purple flame in the other person's hand. Everywhere the light stood, the water of the moat was severed. Billowing bubbles and brownish-yellow smoke are emitted.
This man knew that time was pressing, and he did not dare to delay, and manipulated the light flame to quickly cut towards the iron gate that was the thickness of an arm's arm. After about a minute or so, the junction of the iron gate was cut off by his light flame, and another man went up and slapped it fiercely, smashing the iron gate open, revealing a circular hole that could only allow one person to pass through guò.
The man in black put away the flame of light, and the two of them went through the round hole one after the other, and swam in.
At the same time, on the banks of the palace moat, three figures appeared.
"Master, they must be planning to enter the palace, which is heavily guarded, although that treasure is worth the risk, but if you know that you will die, why should we intervene?" The Seven Illusion Ancestor's unique voice sounded, and his tone was full of hesitation.
The tallest one in the figure said: "As the saying goes, fortune is in danger, since we have all tracked it here, how can we let it go?" Especially since the other party is an organization that is difficult to understand from the enemy, if they let them get that treasure, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not do anything unfavorable to my Huaxia, we have to guard against it! ”
It was Kong Xianglin's rough and heroic voice.
Another figure also said approvingly: "Xianglin's consciousness has made great progress!" It seems that there is still a chance for promotion. "Exactly seventeen.
"I said leader, can you not ridicule the little brother?" Kong Xianglin scolded with a smile, "How can I progress and not be a small soldier under your old man?" ”
Seventeen smiled, and then said with a sinking face: "Xianglin is right, we ventured to hide in the Yasukuni Shrine before and obtained such a heavy secret. The female ninja who swept away Kaoru Hara was not easy to match, I guess her identity was different, and we must be friends and foes, and this time we can't let the True Blood of the Scales fall into the hands of the enemy, so no matter what, we have to go in and have a walk.
The Seven Illusion Ancestor shrugged his shoulders helplessly, with a dejected expression written on his face, and said: "Alas, it seems that my old man has been on the thief ship this time, I don't care, anyway, I don't have much combat power, if there is really danger at that time......" He turned to Kong Xianglin, "Master, the disciple can only ask for more blessings according to your previous orders." ”
Kong Xianglin nodded and said, "Well, since I have already said it, it is natural to speak." But there is one thing I can say ugly ahead, the seventeenth boss has already said, when the time comes, the benefits will be distributed according to the amount of contributions, if you don't work hard, you can't share the baby, but no one else is to blame. ”
The Seven Illusion Ancestor's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and then said with a sneer: "Master, what you said is true? Then he turned to Seventeen, "Master's boss, what do you say?" ”
Seventeen nodded, "Of course it counts." ”
"Even the true blood of the reverse scale can be divided?" Seven Illusions asked.
Seventeen smiled and said, "What about the true blood of the reverse scales? Ownerless things, if you contribute the most, will Xianglin and I still be able to grab it from you? ”
Seven Illusions smiled awkwardly: "As the two of you, I don't think you will naturally do such a thing, but I always thought that the two of you are people of the country after all, so don't you have to hand over things to the country?" ”
Seventeen and Kong Xianglin looked at each other and smiled: "It's useless for the country to ask for this thing, not to mention that if you want the horses to run fast, you can't help but give the horses grass, the country still understands this truth, you can rest assured!" ”
Seven Illusions no longer have worries, but are positive. To say that he doesn't covet the true blood of the scales, it's really nonsense, but before he thought that even if he got that treasure, he wouldn't have any share, so he didn't have any motivation. But now that the two of them have laid out the carriage and horses, whoever contributes the most will give it to whomever he wants, and he naturally wants to get a piece of the pie. He didn't think about the two of them refusing to fulfill their promises afterwards, and after these days of contact, he continued to observe and confirm that the two of them were still reliable.
The plan was decided, and the three of them no longer hesitated, changed into underwater equipment, and dived into the moat of the Japanese Imperial Palace. (To be continued......)