More and more clear, or rather, more and more confusing. Anyway, from waking up from a headache with a hangover until now, Ed has been battling the sunny corners of the city for most of the day. Most of the people in the city don't know what he does, and most of the people in the city don't care about what he does, because what he does has nothing to do with most of the people in the city, just like what most of the people in the city do.

Damn work - I really want to sit at home and watch TV with a cold drink. Today is a rare good program, the rugby final.

"To hell with rugby."

Eddard, who came out of the elevator in the lobby on the first floor, let out a low curse that had suddenly started in his heart and couldn't stop, otherwise he felt that he might even have a tendency to stop. And now he doesn't have so much energy to waste on this pointless and simple thing to consume.

What he needs most now is energy, a place to have lunch. The fight with tithes and the medical attempt to have a surgical tooth extraction took a lot of his energy.

"Tithe......"

As he stepped out of the hospital gate, Ed paused, looked down at his toes, and whispered the name. And not far from him, the armored pickup truck had been completely burned to the ground, leaving only a black shell. Particularly black black shell.

For Bakitardon XVI. What happened at 2174 Main Street, Ed had three questions.

First, Susan's parents, Tails and Holly, died at the scene of their death, which seemed to be a drug addiction attack after falling into a state of madness and then dying unexpectedly, and the police's forensic scene identification also said that the two had indeed taken drugs when they were alive. But Ed always felt that something was wrong. He had been there, and was one of the first to go, but he didn't find any signs of drug use there, and even the home didn't feel much like the home of a couple of addicts. There is an inexplicable sense of disobedience in it.

Second, Tithes - After the incident, Tithe, who is the drug addiction nurse for Tails and Fireholly, arrives at the scene, takes the fifteen-year-old girl, Susan, and also takes down a low-level button man soldier of A.R.X. Why would she do that? What did she want to do with Susan?

Third, the death of the two lives of A.R.X-Tails and Holly is small, but the forces involved in their deaths are more terrifying than the other, and the most terrible of them is undoubtedly this super criminal group that can sit on an equal footing with giants like Albert even in the dark world, and is also a member of the "Empty Court", the supreme authority of the underground kingdom. When he learned that the minions who were suspected of being gang members who had clashed with him at that time turned out to be the subordinate forces of such a behemoth, although Ed did not exaggerate too much, he was really shocked in his heart, and immediately had a question - what is the connection between the existence of a high-level person like A.R.X, and the death of two addicts?

Now, two of the three issues have been resolved. The connection between A.R.X and the death of the Tails Holly couple is very clear, and Tails and Holly were originally A.R.X's low-level buttoners, one of the countless cannon fodder. It doesn't matter if they're dead or alive, but they ruin A.R.X's business at the same time as they die, and most importantly, they don't even know where to get the goods they're trading - and that's why they're chasing Tilo and Susan, and that's why Tilo will take Susan.

With her experience and experience, she probably knew how bad Susan was after she had taken a picture that night with the unlucky guy she had smashed half of the table and stuffed it into the cupboard, especially since Susan didn't know about her parents, didn't know about the gold coin, and couldn't find the gold coin after the death of the Tailsholly, A.R.X would never have let Susan go.

Although it is unknown why, Ed can determine that Tilo is protecting Susan. This was the only plausible explanation he had now deduced for the rabid dog's return to the dark forest, baring its fangs for bloody hunting.

However, this further gave rise to a new problem, a problem that, once solved, would almost destroy this whole damn shit in one step - as Pafrenza said, of course, among all the people involved in the incident, he could certainly be the first to rule it out, Tails and Horry are dead, those A.R.X's own minions are still in Marcy's hands for the time being, and Tithe's meaning is that she and Susan's hands are also clean - then the hellish Alpha Buhoda gold coin, Where the fuck did it go?

Ed thought as he walked down the steps in front of the hospital before suddenly stopping. He saw his cheap car, the bookshelf above its head, and a large pile of books on it and the ground around it, like a chicken that had been splashed with a handful of corn.

"Ah......h

Ed slapped his forehead. He'd forgotten it all, but now he remembered it again. But don't worry, it's not a big problem. Like tithes before him, he now simply needs to turn around and walk into the hospital parking lot, where he can easily find a new means of transportation. And this time it shouldn't be too cheap, at least not with the cheap one who just retired in front of Ed. Should.

Finally, saluting his companion who had been with him for a short time, Ed turned back and walked to the parking lot of the hospital. But at this moment, a buzzing sound suddenly sounded from his arms.

Ed pulled out his phone, glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and then turned it on and put it to his ear.

"Miss Eliqi, I didn't expect to be able to hear your voice again so soon."

"I didn't expect that, Mr. Eddard."

On the other side of the phone, Eliqi's soft, mature voice rang out, but it didn't sound like she was smiling and talking. It was a novelty, and Ed thought that the woman who had been wearing the black fox mask for so many years would only allow four hours a month to dress up without a smile on her face. Now it's obviously one minute of those four hours. Ed was flattered.

"It's a bit sudden, but I have something bad to tell Mr. Eddard."

"Please."

Ed replied nonchalantly as he walked. Neither he nor Tiro had made any breakthrough with Paflorenza, but had only made a clear picture of the current dire situation. He wanted to hear what bad things could happen at this time.

"There's movement in A.R.X."

“……”

Ed's gaze froze, his steps paused, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Tell me the details."

"Our intelligence network has received the latest information that the A.R.X, knowing how to use it, has probed the hiding place of Shilo and the girl named Susan. Now a mobile tactical team under the command of A.R.X has received orders and is rushing there. ”

Hell!

Ed almost blew up the phone in his hand, but when he thought of the ridiculously high price of this little thing and the gaze of Marcy next to him like a broken watermelon when he paid for it, he finally controlled himself and took a deep breath.

"You mean, Tilo's hiding place has been exposed, and A.R.X has already started to act?"

"That's right, that's the case now."

"I remember Albert had a very high opinion of Tithe's ability to hide."

"This ...... All I can say is that Mr. Eddard-A.R.X's intelligence capabilities are also very, very high. All of the five major groups that now rank among the twelve seats in the empty court are all at a similar level of intelligence, with the exception of the owls. If we have the means that we can get some information that they can't, then I think they have the means they have to get some information that we can't. This is perfectly normal. ”

"Okay, no more talk." Ed sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Where is Albert now, I have something to say to him." ”

"Hey, didn't you ask me about the empty court? I thought I'd be sure to grab a good question with your detective's keen nerves after I mentioned it. ”

"Thank you, Miss Eligi. But don't bother, I know about the empty court. Ed said quietly, "But I don't know that there are only five seats in the empty court now, and seven seats are vacant?" ”

"It's ...... Some historical reasons, Mr. Ed. Historical reasons for Titans. ”

"I might find out when I have time, but I'm not interested right now. Let me talk to Albert. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ed. The boss has no way to talk to you right now. He was receiving a distinguished guest. ”

"Guest?"

"Because of what Mr. Ed entrusted to his boss before."

"I see." Ed frowned, "Then we'll talk about it later." Now give me the address of the A.R.X target location. If Tia hadn't gone back for the time being, then that little girl would have been the only one in that place now. ”

"Yes, Mr. Ed. I'll send you the address now. In addition......"

"Also?"

"Be careful, Mr. Eddard." There was a hint of unprecedented solemnity in Eliqi's voice, "The A.R.X Mobile Tactical Team in this operation is not an ordinary private armed force, and it is completely different from their other low-level armed forces. Especially their captain - his predecessor, like you, came from the Interstellar Foreign Legion. ”