The whistling train shuttled through the wilderness, facing the scenery that kept drifting backwards, Ike lost his mind for a while, and he was always in the same small place for a short time, and every time he saw the vast outside world, he couldn't help but feel a little like a world away. Ling, who had been following him all along, also looked at the scenery that swept in front of him, and a rare trace of worry, anxiety, and overflowing excitement flashed in her beautiful golden pupils from time to time.

Back in the recent suburbs of Ribus Station, the train station has always been one of the most populated places for locals, even in this small metropolis. The crowd of people rushing to the border was endless, and no one cared about the origin of the group of people mixed in the crowd.

"It's really not your style to say goodbye or something, isn't it your job to appease the students compared to these?" Randy Ike, who had come to see him off as a representative of the Academy, spoke.

"What's the solution, it's reassuring to make sure that you guys are really leaving this city." Randy sighed exaggeratedly, "And pacifying the students, that's the job of a knight instructor, not me." Of course, if those lovely students come to me for enlightenment, I will be more than happy to help. ”

"Oh? From the tone of your voice, it seems that there is something wrong with him? Ike raised an eyebrow.

"Well, it's all something in the Crossbell period, and the Gray Rider God, as a symbol of the suppression of military power, was originally on the same side as Crossbell, but they didn't meet directly." Randy had a rare honest answer.

"Hey, from a hunter to a police officer and finally an instructor and spy, it seems that Randy is really useful, otherwise I will give that sentence to that female policeman by the way?"

"It's called Mi Lei You~" Ling added with great interest on the side.

"Spare me, we're just good colleagues." Randy smiled wryly and replied, "Wait, what do you mean, what's your next stop at Crossbell?" ”

"That's how it was planned at first." Ike replied disappreciatively to Randy's forced change of subject: "But there was a little episode, you have to go back to Liber, and it just so happens that I have this opportunity, and I plan to go to the south of the empire to have a look." ”

"Libel? Southern Empire ... Could it be that ... Randy frowned, these two places were not unfamiliar to the hunter, but if these two places were connected, it would be easy to think of the existence of a certain place.

"Don't think too much about it, you're an instructor now." Ike rudely interrupted Randy's association, and replied with some seriousness, "It's my instinct, but I'd advise you to pay attention to those students, especially the blonde bad boy." ”

"Blonde boy? You mean Ashu? What happened to him? Randy, slightly surprised by Ike's serious expression, asked.

"I can't tell, but I always have weird feelings." Ike replied with a shake of his head.

"Weird... Randy thought for a moment and continued, "Although this student is a little troublesome, his actual combat results are quite good, do you think he is from 'our side'?" ”

"Who cares if he's a hunter or not, those are irrelevant." Ike scoffed, "I'm talking about - deeper"

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"Ike。。。。。。 Ike...... Ike!!! ”

"Huh?!" The shouting broke Ike's distraction, and Ling, who was standing in front of him, shook Ike's shoulders over and over again, stretched out his hand and pointed to the radio in the train carriage to signal, "Really, when are you going to be in a daze." The train has arrived, the old capital. ”

"Ah, thanks, Ling." Ike patted his cheek at the front of the seat, and took out the duffel bag containing the sword case from under the seat to thank him.

"Is it okay Ike." Ling asked a little worriedly, "Otherwise, let me be with Ike-"

"No problem, no problem, it's not going to Longtan Tiger's Den, rest assured. And the doctor's anger is much more terrifying than the tiger's den in Longtan, since it is the doctor who contacts it personally, then there must be something important. Ike gently rubbed Ling's hair, "By the way, say hello to Estelle and the others for me, if you run into them." ”

As the roar of the train started again, Ike stretched out after watching the train leave, picked up the duffel bag placed on the ground, and walked out of the train station without hurrying.

After leaving the slightly dimly lit train station, the street is finally visible as the light gradually brightens. However, although the cleanliness and order of the streets and the artistic buildings are very much in line with the image of the former imperial capital, the slightly dull gray style makes it difficult to imagine that this is a city full of sensuality known as "Baiya", but rather that it is completely opposite to the name in terms of color.

"It's still the same, this deceptive place." Ike looked at this rather historical old capital with some nostalgia and muttered to himself, "In order to make people forget the gunpowder and gunpowder smoke or something, it is so funny at any time... Well, it's okay to leave it alone anyway. After a few vulgar complaints, Ike pulled out a large and old map from his duffel bag, which was densely circled with the territory of the Erebonian Empire, "I think it should be around here... Towards the direction of the old capital on the map, he pointed to the four sides of the street with his finger, carefully put away the map and suddenly looked at the surrounding scenery and people, the light in his eyes flashed, and he casually walked to the sparsely populated lane, and the figure disappeared into the street in a trance. The skill that Dark Fang relied on to become famous, with the help of concealing his own breath, the deviation of the person's gaze, the refraction of light, the change of smell with the direction of the wind, and the invisibility achieved by the fusion of all conditions, even the people who appeared on the street with Ike were unaware of the sudden disappearance of people.

On the roof of an inconspicuous residential building diagonally across the street, two figures are holding binoculars and looking around the residential building, with an unobstructed roof and a view of several streets, plus a line of sight above other residential buildings, making this residential building an excellent place to observe the city.

"Well, can you find him?" A prominently dressed red-haired girl asked the man crouching in front of her with a telescope.

"No, he walked into a room on the street, and he couldn't see the inside of the house from this vantage point." The man dressed as a hunter shook his head in reply, looked around and pointed to the roof in front of him, "If you want to be able to see the inside from the window." ”

"It's easy to be exposed if you look at it for too long, especially when it's that Ike on the other side." The red-haired girl shook her head, "No... Who lives in that building? ”

"There doesn't seem to be any important ——! in that residential area" The man dressed as a hunter did not lose his voice, and without hesitation, he picked up two chainsaw guns, threw one of them to Shelly, and quickly rushed to the staircase.

"Originally, I just wanted to find some clues, but I didn't expect to fall into a big fish." Ike's figure appeared in front of the stairs with the sound of the landing, and looked at the two people who rushed towards him with a calm face, "It should be said that I am lucky~ or your luck is too bad." ”