Chapter 43: The Defender
Time back to 1 hour ago, that is, at 7:20 p.m. on September 3, in Youkexin City, in the staff lounge of the cafΓ© on the second floor of the cemetery building.
Dressed in an orange cafΓ© staff uniform, an orange peaked cap, matte slightly curled black bangs on her forehead like a pot lid, and a pair of black glasses on the bridge of her nose, Heather walked neatly into the lounge with a plate.
After a while, Kurapika, dressed in a women's suit and wearing a ponytail wig, also walked in.
Heather looked at her watch: "The time is just right. β
Even in the empty lounge except for the two of them, Kurapika still subconsciously lowered her voice: "They are not suspicious, are they?" β
"Don't worry, I was standing next to Kurolo and Nion half a minute before the power went out, and I personally found the pen and paper for them, in order to prevent errors in the ink and paper specifications of the pen."
Heather raised the neatly folded paper on the plate: "Your eldest lady's handwritten divination poem has been dropped by me when the power is off, and Kurolo is now reading the [special version] I wrote for him, I hope he likes it." β
Kurapika was a little puzzled: "Even if the power is cut off, he should be able to activate the [Yuan] immediately." As a brigade commander, he could not be of mediocre level. β
"It's like if you're suddenly in the dark, you won't be able to see anything, and you have to wait for two seconds to gradually see things clearly in the dark, it's a human body structure, and it has nothing to do with talent. Only by closing our eyes a few seconds earlier like the two of us can we adapt to the darkness the fastest. β
Heather explains:
"At the moment of the power outage, Kurolo will probably think about [what's the situation?] Then he will immediately think of the [Hotel Power Outage], then [Will someone deliberately cut off the power], then he will think of [Will Nyon's prophecy be affected by this] and [If someone really deliberately cuts off the power, what is the purpose], and finally [Start the Circle]. It would take him about half a second from the moment he started thinking to activating the [Circle], and I would have dropped the prophecy written by Miss Nion with my [Special Edition] one step ahead of him, and then continued to make a slightly panicked gesture. β
"Moreover, I haven't produced any murderous aura from beginning to end, and I've been using [Jue], even Kurolo can't detect any difference between me and ordinary people. In his eyes, I was just an ordinary waiter, and this was his tip for me. β
Heather flicked a stack of change in his hand, about two thousand rings:
"After you helped me get Nion's autograph, I studied it carefully for a while, and I was able to imitate her handwriting to the point that it was nine out of ten like. Kurolo had never seen Nion's handwriting before, and there was absolutely no flaw in it. β
Heather ripped off her orange staff apron and cap, walked to the other side of the door and snapped her fingers, and a man and a woman about the same size as Heather and Kurapika walked in and greeted him, "Mr. Heather." β
These two are from Rodakin Dom's side and are absolutely reliable. When they entered, they neatly changed into the same clothes as Heather Kurapika, and their hairstyles were identical.
Heather stuffed the tips of the two thousand rings into the jacket pocket of the stand-in man and patted him on the shoulder: "Karlslo, you are still in charge of the waiter, as for Mu Shizi, you are the foreman in place of my friend." Be careful, both of you stay in the break room and try not to make a noise, and even if you want to go out, stay away from the customers on the left, and have someone else do the work for you. β
"Understood, Mr. Heather." The two bowed slightly.
Heather and Kurapika each changed into different civilian clothes, walked out of the cafΓ© and took the elevator to the ninth floor, where there was a meeting room that had been chartered by Batra and was provided by Heather as a temporary base for activities.
Once inside, Heather spread the folded divination paper on the table and read it with Kurapika.
The divination poem to Kurolo reads like thisβ
[An unprecedented crisis is quietly coming, and spiders will fall into a desperate situation of being preyed.] γ
[Everything stems from the unknown variable, and the sword of fire has cast its eyes on you. γ
[Only by finding the prosthetic leg in the spider's sibling can we obtain a glimmer of light in the darkness.] γ
[Colorful poker spreads from the sky, and the tide from all directions will drown you.] γ
[The spider's hands and feet are all broken, and the red fiery eyes bloom with a gratifying color.] γ
[All the hands and feet and the brain advance and retreat together, and the hunter hiding in the shadows will have no skills. γ
Beware of the evil guest from the myth, it will be your deepest nightmare. γ
[Spiders who commit homesickness will always get a respite, but in the end, everything will come.] γ
Heather smiled: "It's good that he didn't see the real divination poem on this page, otherwise Kulolo's brain would soon be able to guess the truth of the matter." β
"This divination poem...... It's a bit obscure to look at. Kurapika pinched her chin and studied.
Nion Nosra's divination poems have always been like this, obscure, and only the person concerned can deeply understand the meaning.
"It's actually easy to explain."
Heather picked up the divination poem and explained it in detail to Kurapika:
"The poem shows that our trap is very effective for the Phantom Brigade, and can even achieve the result of destroying them. Only if Hisoka exposes his identity as a traitor and is killed by them in advance, and then all of them act together, will there be a possibility of a reversal. β
"This divination poem is very respectful of my [Light Egg] and [Absolute Kingship], well, their power is indeed not blown. If you look at the content of the divination, the brigade still has a way to go. β
"What way?"
"Immediately set off for their homeland, [Meteor Street]."
Heather's expression was a little more serious: "I'm sure you also have some knowledge there. If they were to escape to Meteor Street in advance, it would be difficult for the two of us to intervene in the background, even if we borrowed the background connections of Rodakin Dom and Batra. But it's only a matter of time, if I really want to kill them when the time comes, it's a big deal that I'll join V5 to take advantage of the momentum. By the way, did you tell Nion that several of your bodyguards were gathered in the cemetery building for the auction, right? β
"Well, Mademoiselle lost her temper and refused to go with the new bodyguards assigned by the boss, and wanted to join us in the auction. But this is the order of the boss Wright Nosla, so she can't disobey it on the surface, so she takes the opportunity to escape and is found by Kurolo. Senior brother, Miss She...... Won't die, right? β
"Anla, I've said it several times, as long as our plan goes well, Nion is at best attracted by Kurolo's appearance and has a unilateral crush, which is considered her earnings."
"So, they did step by step into the trap according to your calculations, senior brother?"
Kurapika's expression was slightly excited, and the revenge thoughts that had been pestering and torturing him for five years were finally about to be achieved?
"Uh-huh~ Almost."
Heather pulled out two cell phones, one of his own, and the other he had retrieved from Ilfan, who had been pretending to be Ilfan to text Culolo.
"Wait, at most an hour, Kurolo will definitely send a text message to Ilmi to ask if [the Ten Old Men's commission to beat the enemy is true]."
"What if he did ask?"
"Then the next thing is to see the acting skills of our toilet god of war Sisosan, anyway, I have already told him the script, it depends on how he acts."
Heather sat on the couch and crossed her legs, her hands folded on her knees:
"If all goes my way, then Kurolo will inevitably leave three or four brigade members at the base, one or two of them who are not good at fighting, and then bring everyone together, including Siso, and aim for the cemetery building. And that's going to be the perfect situation for us. β
"Tonight, I'm going to make the Phantom Brigade disappear completely."