Escaping the pestering of the police, Ivan returns to his room, closes the door and puts it on silent DND. Then he walked over to the windowsill and took out a glass jar from the drawer of his desk.

The glass jar was about ten centimeters high, and there was a peaceful sleeping Thumbelina lying inside, and he held the jar and stared at her—a ponytail girl wearing a black mask was lying on her side at the bottom of the jar, her eyes closed, and she looked peaceful, I really wonder how she could sleep so peacefully?

"Wake up!" Ivan shook the glass jar vigorously.

"Huh!?"

Tachibana suddenly opened his eyes, turned over with a quick movement, and jumped backwards with his legs, his back against the inner wall of the glass jar in an attacking stance, while looking up at the other party vigilantly. When she found out that the person in front of her was the target of the assassination, she didn't know whether the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water or regarded death as home, so she quickly recovered her indifferent expression, knelt down and said calmly:

"My mission has failed, kill me. ”

"You take me for a fool, what's the point of killing a doppelganger?"

Ivan looked at the lines of the mask on her face and asked coldly, "Answer my question, then you will die more easily." Whose subordinates are you, how many other accomplices do you have, and where are the specific positions?"

"I can't say. She replied lightly.

"I knew you wouldn't cooperate, but that's okay, I'll have enough time for you to speak. ”

Evan's pitch-black pupils contracted for a while, and when they spread again, a purple-black thundercloud storm had brewed in the depths, and powerful spiritual power surged out: "Tear off your mask first, so that I can observe your face distorted by pain!"

Buzz——!

As soon as the spiritual power touched the mask of the female killer, the mask covered with mysterious black lines vibrated into a calm and powerful fluctuation. The body of the female killer floated in the air, releasing a dark light, and the pattern of the mask stretched out from the plane, turning into a substantiated black thorn.

The thorns floated to form a lifeless face, dense with sharp teeth everywhere, and the dull red glow in the eyeholes flickered and dimmed. Sometimes it emits a millimeter, sometimes it forms an empty black hole, but it seems to release a breath of alien space, which is unsettling.

"Can't take it off!?It's not a simple mask......

Evan was taken aback for a moment, and found that the mask was releasing a strange power fluctuation, constantly repelling and dispersing his spiritual power.

Once the Shadow Mask is put on, it represents permanent slavery, and brute force cannot be taken off. The female killer hung her head stiffly, her body curled up spasmodically, her hands clenched into fists and trembled slightly, and she said in a low voice that suppressed pain.

"I don't care if it's a Black Shadow Mask or a White Shadow Mask!"

The thunder light in the depths of Ivan eyes became more and more intense, almost condensing into a materialized arc, constantly increasing the intensity of the release of spiritual power. At the moment when the impact of spiritual power increased to the limit, his face was distorted, and he gritted his teeth and roared:

"No matter how powerful it is, it can still be stronger than the true god? Bardock! Help me!!

With this loud shout, an invisible wave seemed to flow through the void, as if it was the advent of an unknown spiritual world. With the red imprint on the back of Evan's hand as the center, everything within a dozen yards seemed to become unreal, the air twisted and shook like a deep ocean current, and the spiritual ripples that could be detected by the naked eye covered the black shadow mask layer by layer.

Click——!

The Shadow Mask seemed to have been smashed by a giant hammer, creating a crack in the center, and then crawling out of several long cracks. Immediately, the whole body bloomed with dazzling brilliance, which shattered into a little fluorescence in the brilliance, and dissipated in a blink of an eye.

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"Absolutely not, it's a pity that your proud mask has collapsed. ”

Evan sneered at her, and saw a beautiful, indifferent face in the shattered light that filled the glass bottle.

The head on the snow-white neck seems to be a beautiful work of art, and it is difficult for even Menes, who is as beautiful as a cloud, to see such a perfect face shape. The delicate porcelain chin brings up a curved arc, as if it is the artist's most ingenious brush, which makes people want to copy it.

Her blue and purple heterochromatic pupils are like a pair of gems, her lips are pursed, and the two thin sword eyebrows under her forehead bangs are slightly frowned, giving people a feeling of not smiling. The straight, slender bridge of the nose seems to represent the strong and resilient character of the girl, and the pale face due to injury adds to her weakness. Her beautiful black hair hung unabashedly over her shoulders and shirt, giving her a goddess-like holy and ethereal aura.

"Mask...... Gone?"

Without waiting for Ivan to ask, Tachibana suddenly gently parted the ends of the hair on his forehead with his slender fingers and slowly stroked his face. After making sure that the Black Shadow Mask had collapsed, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and her thin sword eyebrows curved into a joyful shape:

"My name is Tachibana, the Killer of the Order, codenamed Niga. Because you killed Mostima and did something unforgivable, you were ordered to be killed. The reason for the surprise attack is because the last meeting has already made you wary, so you need to die once to dispel your doubts. ”

"Is this a voluntary confession? Very good, very good, since you know the current affairs, I will not be punished!"

Seeing that she suddenly opened her mouth to speak, Evan was a little surprised, and continued to ask along the topic:

"You're not here alone, are you??Who's your partner!?"

"My partner ......"

The orange slender and heroic eyebrows were tangled together, revealing a trace of sadness, and the mouth opened several times and then closed suddenly. After struggling, a dull smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said helplessly:

"I can't reveal the identity of the owner. ”

"Still not cooperative!?" Ivan furrowed his eyebrows, and suddenly showed an angry face.

“......”

At this moment, Tachibana's smile disappeared, his brows wrinkled together sadly, and his eyes looked at him melancholy. Although she didn't say anything, her expression calmed down Evan, who was about to be tortured.

"You...... Is there some mental limitation?" he asked, half-incredulously.

"Yes. ”

She nodded, her flat expression was like a pool of lake water, a stiff color appeared on her beautiful face, her red lips opened lightly, and she asked abruptly, "Do you want to keep a pet?"

"What pet, what do you want to express?" Ivan grimaced again, beginning to suspect that the guy was talking gibberish, distracting his thoughts.

"Do you want to keep a pet?" Tachibana said with a cold face, his eyes sparkling, and he said word by word, "I can't reveal any information unless my master allows me." ”

"......" Ivan was a little dizzy by her inexplicable words.

Without waiting for the other party to ask, she came up with an even more inexplicable sentence: "I am the killer of the organization, and I am the tool of the master, the master's orders are everything to me, and I can't lie in front of the master." ”

"Do you want to have a pet?" Tachibana puffed out her chest, her full chest bouncing naturally.

"I kind of get it. ”

Evan had a flash of inspiration in his heart, nodded silently, and said along with his feelings: "I'm the master, you're my pet, that's it, right?"

Hearing him say this, Tachibana's expression immediately softened, and he lowered his head obediently, looked at the bottom of the glass jar, and muttered in response: "Yes, I am your pet, and you are the master." Pets are not allowed to refuse questions from their owners...... Pets must answer questions from their owners......"

After saying this sentence slowly, she raised her face softly, her hair fell on both sides, revealing a beautiful face, and smiled softly at Evan with a smile that melted an iceberg. She smiled happily, and her pleasant expression was like a child who had tasted candy for the first time since she was detained.

"How many killers besides you. Evan asked tentatively.

"A partner, a guide, my partner is the clown owner, and the guide didn't reveal anything. Tachibana replied obediently.

"There are only three of them, so what about the strength of the other two?"

"I am the trump card of this mission, the strength of the clown master is below me, and the ability of the guide is unknown. But his task is to be in charge of intelligence work, and the cadres who are responsible for this kind of work within the organization are all civilian, and their strength will not be very high. She replied patiently.

"Very well, where exactly are they!?" Ivan continued.

"Eastern City, Grey Fort Manor, Building 6 and Seven. ”

"I confessed it all so well...... Somewhat suspicious. He looked at Thumbelina's obedient and well-behaved expression, and he always felt a little uneasy.

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In order to dispel the doubts in his heart, Evan chose to continue to ask:

"What is the organization you are talking about, who is in charge, and what is the conspiracy?"

“......”

Tachibana lightly opened her red lips, and was about to reply, when her body suddenly stiffened, and her expression was stunned, and her face showed a little struggling. After a few seconds, she lowered her shoulders, her eyes shining with a watery haze, and murmured:

"You are my master, and the clown is also my master, and he is not allowed to reveal that I divulge information about the organization. ”

Evan already had a general understanding of her situation at this time, so he tried it in another way: "You have only one master, and that is me, answer me, what is the organization?"

She stared at each other dimly with a pair of sparkling eyes, her expression changed several times, and suddenly calmed down strangely: "I can't answer your question unless...... The clown owner is gone forever. ”

"I don't know why...... I vaguely think you want the clown to die?"

Evan suddenly approached the glass jar, looked at the 'Thumbelina' who maintained a kneeling position, and suddenly smiled with relief:

"It's hard for me to determine if you're telling the truth or if it's a hoax. But the truth will soon come out, and neither you nor your clown owner will know what I'm really capable of. Now I'm going to Greycastle Manor and tear that funny clown to shreds in front of you!"

"Then please be careful with me...... Even the strength of Tachibana's body is far superior to that of a fourth-level mechanic, and Claire is even stronger than me. She prompted softly.

"Isn't there just three of them?, and what's going on with Clea!?" Ivan asked calmly.

"Claire is the other side of Tachibana, a different personality, an older sister and the most brutal and bloodthirsty killer in the organization. Unlike Tachibana, Claire is not very controlled by the Joker's owner, and retains a considerable sense of resistance. However, she also has a weakness, that is, the ring on the ring finger of the Joker's owner's left hand, which is a prop to control personality switching. ”

Tachibana blinked, and after a little thought, continued, "All you have to do is cut off the clown's owner's finger and take the ring, and you can turn Claire back into Tachibana. After that, return my doppelganger to the Body, and as long as she accepts my memories, she will become a pet completely loyal to you. ”

“......”

Evan had nothing to say at this time, looking at the obedient 'Thumbelina' in the can, and his heart was mixed. If he hadn't seen this female killer, he probably wouldn't have believed it in his life that there would be people in the world who were so calculating their own calculations.

As for whether what she said was true, he naturally had a way to verify them one by one - whether it was the 'divine eye' given by the Holy Book of Hades, or with the help of the vision of the evil king Bardock, he could observe things from a very long distance.

One by one, one by one

Grey Fort Manor, Building VII

The morning light filtered through the window of the room, and in the misty light, it looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl was sitting on a bench by the window, with a pair of heterochromatic pupils flickering slightly, as if she was immersed in her own reverie world.

There was only a bed, a desk, and a chair by her side. She sat side by side on the bench, the shadow of which stretched infinitely backwards along the moonlight, merging into the dark walls and projecting an infinite space.

"The induction of the doppelganger...... Gone. Tachibana suddenly raised his head and muttered.

"What does it mean to disappear?" a male voice suddenly came from the dark room.

Then, as if a crocodile had surfaced, a clown dressed in black casual clothes stepped out of the corner of the room. He walked over to Tachibana, touched her face, and asked in the most stern tone:

"Disappear or die, tell me clearly!"

"Either you die, or you're cut off by a higher level of spectral energy. Tachibana responded timidly.

"I don't know why, but I always feel a little uneasy. ”

The clown shook his head, looked at the orange with weakness in his eyes, and sighed helplessly:

"Forget it, let Claire come out!"

"Yes, master. ”

The orange hazy eyes suddenly flashed a little clear, and then came to his senses. She slowly stood up, her expression regaining her composure, and there was no superfluous expression on her face, only the coldness that penetrated deep into her bone marrow. She and the clown stood by the window, face to face, eye to eye, without saying a word. The cool night breeze blew through the window, and Clea's hair was torn by the wind, revealing a black collar around her white neck.

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