Time passed quickly. The assassination of the mayor pale in the light of the ensuing celebrations, even after the shock caused by the initial remembered exposure. Under the 70th anniversary celebration, the entire Crossbell Autonomous Region entered a state of revelry, except for the police officers on duty with sad faces on their faces, all the people of the Crossbell Autonomous Region were full of smiles, whether it was a businessman who made a lot of money, or a tourist who was purely entertaining, or the people of the autonomous region who were on holiday because of the celebration. No one doesn't like celebrations, not even those who are strict with themselves.

"Ike Ike, this way, this way!" With a sparkle in their eyes, Theo and Ling kept pulling Ike to run to one play spot after another, their hands full of items. In the frenzied atmosphere of the festival, it seems that even shopping can make people feel bold.

There were a lot of people celebrating the festival, and in Ike's opinion, in terms of the number of people alone, even Liber's festival was far less lively than here. Come to think of it, this festival is not only a carnival in Crossbell Autonomous Prefecture, but also a carnival of merchants, which has attracted countless tourists. With so many tourists, Ike didn't even think about it, and he knew that he could make a lot of money, and that stupid guy would never let go of the opportunity to make money. It's just that today I came to go shopping with a special escort. Ike looked at the two hands that were full of bags, well, and carried a bag.

Took the dress from Rein, and the puppet from Theona. Eventually, he couldn't get enough of it, so he put everything in Theo's room and headed out into the street again. Ike couldn't bear to think of Rhine. Speaking of most of his own people's funds are earned by this guy, although a little cynical, but as far as business is concerned, none of his own group of people dare to say that they can be stronger than him, fortunately, there is an existence to restrain him, but that existence seems to be developing more and more in the direction of his wife recently...

"What's wrong, Ike?" The keen Ling saw Ike frowning and asked curiously.

"Well, actually, that Rhein guy sent me something interesting." Ike pondered and replied, "Have you heard of the Black Auction?" ”

"It's a nasty name." Theo also recovered from his buying spree, and listened to Ike's words with a look of disgust.

"There is always a shadow under the sun. I heard that it was presided over by a certain councillor. It seems like it's become a routine, and if you follow this line up, you might find something interesting. Ike took out the envelope and handed it to Ling.

"Reich Councillor? Could it be that he secretly helped the secretary? Tio said.

"It's very likely that Crossbell is an independent city, and everyone wants to get a hand in this place, but those councillors are not stupid, and they won't easily give up their territory, and the councillor in Crossbell must be not small." Ike said.

"Ike, are you going to attend?" Ling looked at the envelope and didn't open it and asked rhetorically.

Of course, this kind of thing is not very common. If the locations are all in that place, there's no reason not to go. Ike frowned, "Ike has been at a loss since he came to Crossbell, those guys of the snake have not shown up for a long time, and it stands to reason that they would miss such a big celebration." Although the news confirmed that they had arrived, there was always a feeling that something was wrong, and it was like we had been wandering around the perimeter and had no way to cut in. Now, this auction will surely invite all the local forces to it, and we will use this as a basis to see if we can open up a new situation. ”

As it turns out, the streets of the festival are not suitable for discussion and planning, and the noise of crazy merchants and tourists will always lead you to strange topics, and after the topic has changed twice, Ike decisively abandons the rest of the discussion and takes the two of them to enjoy this rare celebration.

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"So the boss is going to go?"

In the evening, when the tourists have already scattered to find dinner, the once lively streets have finally become a little deserted. It is said to be deserted, but it is actually much more lively than in the past, after all, it is the first day of the festival, and even if it is night, the tourists are not necessarily much smaller. It's just a time difference.

On the bench in the small park in the harbor area, two men chatted with each other. It was getting dark, and God knew why the man was still wearing those sunglasses with large frames, sitting lazily, no, he was already paralyzed on the bench, as if no matter what happened around him, he couldn't cheer him up. It's just that the shrewd eyes keep looking around.

"How about you going to investigate the background of that Imperial Councilor?" Ike asked.

"That's not my job." Rhine sighed, "Since you care so much, why don't you let Phil investigate?" ”

"I need him to help me keep an eye on the movements of the rest of Crossbell." Ike shook his head, "We have a small number of people, and we can't mobilize those hunters like snakes. I can only ask you. ”

"Looks like I'm busy, too." Rhine complained, "Speaking of the councillors of the autonomous region, it is Speaker Hartmann, who comes from a famous family with ties to the empire, owns an extremely luxurious mansion in Mishuram, the recuperation of the autonomous region, and is an old acquaintance with President Markney of Lubacher, and has cooperated quite closely in various power-for-money transactions, smuggling trade, and money laundering activities. He's been sending invitations since we made a name for himself in Crossbell, and it's been a few years now. ”

"Have you ever participated? What kind of auction is it? Ike asked.

"It's hard to explain, but the people who can participate are politicians or wealthy businessmen, and the reason why it's called the Black Auction is because there are always some auction items that can't be put on the surface. For example, the ancient relics you've always wanted to collect, Boss. ”

A gleam in Ike's eyes lit up, "Don't you have the audacity, just one imperial councilor would challenge the authority of the church?" ”

"It's not that exaggerated, that's what I said, but as far as the few times I've participated, there has been no trace of ancient relics, and it seems that only the first few realms have appeared, and it seems that they have been repaired by the church. But there are quite a few other items. Rheinland explained.

"Tell me something I'm interested in."

"Hmm—it's hard to say." Rhine scratched his head, "Most of these auction items are stolen goods, God knows what they will prepare, there would have been a rough catalog, but this year I heard that there was an eye-catching 'treasure', and they didn't even give the catalog to the participants." ”

"Hehe, that's really impressive." Ike sneered, "The people invited are all big shots, since you dare to hang their appetite, it must be a pretty good treasure... Well, I'll just see it with my own eyes. ”

"Then I'll reply to the butler—" Rhein jumped up from the bench, looked Ike up and down, and suggested, "If you're sure you're going, I'd suggest you take Ling with you." ”

"Why?" Ike was stunned.

"It's very simple, I'm afraid that even if you have an invitation letter, others will think that you picked it up-"

Before Ike could speak, Rhine's figure had already run twenty centimeters away, beckoned to Ike, and blended into the crowd.

“。。。。。。” Ran Yin who disappeared into the crowd with his mouth open, thought about it and gave up cursing, looked at the crowd a little blankly, and looked at the civilian clothes on his body again, well, even if he is a person with strong tracking ability, he will probably not find it after he blends into the crowd. There is a frustration to write.

"Should I really find someone to pick out my clothes for me?"

"Huh? Ike? What are you doing sitting here? ”

His eyes casually swept in the direction of the sound, and then he was stunned.

The girl looked curiously at Ike who was sitting on the bench, because of the bending relationship, the long silver hair pouring down like a waterfall was casually pushed aside by her, and stood in front of Ike like a painting against the last rays of sunset.