The location of the military headquarters building is in the capital of the empire, which is still very prosperous as the center of the empire, and the overall level of civilization has roughly developed to the industrial age, but the technology tree is a bit peculiar, and it uses the spirit guide technology involving the spirit child technology.

Through the use of the ubiquitous free spirit children in the atmosphere, people have successively invented things such as spirit engines, spirit lights, spirit guide mechanical dolls, and spirit ammunition artillery, which are roughly the social level of a certain earth world during World War II.

However, compared with pure physical and chemical technology based on steam internal combustion, kerosene, and gunpowder, Lingdao technology is much more environmentally friendly, at least compared to the environment of a certain earth world, the air pollution index here is basically maintained at the original ecological level.

This seems to be the result of the invisible suppression of the development of pure physical and chemical technology by the spirit children present in the atmosphere.

It is rare to break away from the closed environment of the research institute and come to the bustling outside society, Jiang Yan is not curious about everything, but it is a pity that he has no time or leisure to stay here too much.

With a small cloth bag containing only a bottle of water and a few pieces of bread, he got on the train and headed to a rural village in the empire.

"Little brother, is you alone? Where are the adults in your family?" After the train started, within ten minutes of staying in the seat, a middle-aged uncle in a gray trench coat took the initiative to come up with a kind smile on his face.

A child who is only about nine years old is riding alone on the train, which is obviously quite eye-catching.

"Sir, it's none of your business, and please don't come near me. Jiang Yan refused directly with an indifferent attitude, because he intuitively sensed that although the uncle in front of him seemed to have a kind face, it was a bit fake.

Ordinary people may not be able to see it, but his innate keen perception and the training he received in the research institute can easily detect that this gray-clothed uncle is quietly looking at him, with a look that is by no means kind in his eyes.

"Uh......"

Being rejected so simply made the gray-clothed uncle's face stiffen suddenly, and there was obviously a trace of anger in his eyes. But under the watchful eyes of so many passengers on the train, he couldn't do anything out of the ordinary to a child, so he could only turn around and return to his seat in a daze.

The other party's seat was next to Jiang Yan's, and there was only one aisle in between.

Jiang Yan could feel that the other party's gaze still skimmed over him from time to time, but he didn't sense the threatening aura from the other party, so he didn't care, closed his eyes and directly entered a state of false sleep.

The little farce didn't attract much attention from the passengers, and as time went by, many people became sleepy, and the train car fell into a state of silence, leaving only the sound of the clattering wheels rubbing against the rails echoing in rhythmic regularity.

Half-asleep and half-awake, Jiang Yan secretly frowned. His keen perception allowed him to know that some malice was approaching him.

Jiang Yan quietly opened a slit in his eyelids, and saw that the gray-clothed uncle before was leaning on the seat as if he was asleep, but a pair of eyelids were slightly open, and the corner of his eyes was staring at him, and a hand was silently stretched out and touched the small cloth bag that Jiang Yan put beside him.

'Stealing?'

Such a thought flashed in his mind in an instant, Jiang Yan sighed, let his contract elf little slime get out from under the collar, remained invisible and climbed onto the cloth bag, and then aimed at the direction of the palm stretched out by the gray-clothed uncle, deforming a layer of fine needles.

When it is not necessary, the little slime likes to materialize on Jiang Yan's body, and in order not to be overly eye-catching, Jiang Yan lets it hide in the inner layer of his clothes when outsiders are present.

The cloth bag containing only water and bread was worth nothing at all, but it was also the only food on Jiang Yan's road, so naturally thieves were not allowed to move around.

The man in gray, who didn't know what kind of murder weapon was waiting for him in front of him, continued to stretch out his palm without realizing it, and pressed the 'needle blanket' prepared for him by the invisible little slime.

"Ahh

This movement naturally attracted the attention of the people nearby, so that the man in gray hurriedly straightened his posture and pretended to have just woken up, and finally passed away.

Then, he glared at Jiang Yan with surprise and resentment in a vague manner.

......

About half a day later, Billon City.

When the train arrived at the station, Jiang Yan picked up a small cloth bag and hung it on his shoulder, got off the train alone, took out a small note and looked at it.

"Hmm...... 22 White Bird Street, Nightingale Bar?"

The stronghold of this assassination unit is also a normal business on the surface, and the place Jiang Yan is going to now is this so-called Nightingale Bar.

But he didn't know the specific location, although the scale of this small city was much smaller than the emperor's, but it was also a city with a permanent population of more than 200,000.

After Jiang Yan went around for a while, he simply gave up.

Forget it, just ask the locals for directions.

Just as Jiang Yan was about to do this, a voice behind him that seemed to have been heard not long ago suddenly came and stopped him.

"Little brother, what a coincidence, we met again!"

Jiang Yan was about to take a step when he turned his head to look over, and saw that it was the gray-clothed uncle who had seen him on the train before.

It seems that Jiang Yan is being targeted, and if he doesn't solve it, he may be followed all the way to the branch stronghold.

'It's a boring nuisance. ’

Jiang Yan sighed, and helplessly asked the gray-clothed uncle who approached, "Is there something?"

The gray-clothed uncle asked earnestly with a kind smile that Jiang Yan saw as flawed: "Looking at your appearance, it seems that you are lost?" Uncle, I am a native of Billon City, do you need me to help you lead the way?"

"Oh...... Okay, then thank you, uncle!" Jiang Yan looked at him calmly for a few seconds, and after seeing the gray-clothed uncle suddenly burst into his heart, he showed a seemingly innocent smile and reported the street address.

Half a minute later, in a dark and uninhabited alley, Jiang Yan looked at the gray-clothed uncle who had been walking in front of him and had been leading himself deeper into the alley, and suddenly stopped.

"I said, what the hell are you trying to do?"

Although immature, there was a cold voice, which made the gray-clothed uncle stunned suddenly.

He stopped and turned around, looked at Jiang Yan, who didn't plan to continue walking deeper into the alley, and then looked at the small alley around that was empty, and the kind smile on his face finally faded.

"Cut, are you really alert?" glanced at Jiang Yan's small body that looked very thin, although Jiang Yan's attitude was a little wrong, the gray-clothed uncle didn't care too much.

Anyway, looking at the ordinary clothes of the little ghost, he doesn't look like a child of a family with an extraordinary status, on the contrary, the pale complexion that seems to be malnourished is more like the heir of a commoner or even a poor person.

This kind of kid who has no background but looks very likable is the favorite of his kind of people.

Presumably, after a good package, it can be sold for a very good price!

Thinking of this, a touch of greed and hideousness appeared on the face of the gray-clothed uncle: "Little ghost, I have put up with you for a long time!"