Chapter XVI Necessary Conditions
"Charles Robert......" Luna muttered, accompanied by surprise, followed by a pain caused by nerve endings reaching Luna's brain, Bertha hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and after a moment's rest, Luna relieved herself and asked, "Why did you want to see him?" ”
"I know your troubles," said William, "I am very sorry for Mira, I know that you dare not face Mr. Robert, but this is the only condition of this game. ”
Luna slowed down and asked, "On what terms?" ”
"It's one of the things you need to participate in that game." A deep, familiar voice came from the door of the laboratory, and all eyes followed it: it was Mr. Augustus.
Huang Xiu bowed to Mr. Augustus, who walked in, "Master, you're here." ”
Mister Augustus greeted him, then walked straight over to Luna, "May I take a look at your parchment?" ”
"Yes." Luna handed him the parchment, and Mr. Augustus held it up and said, "I just got the news that the Overseers have sent a mission letter to each team in order to achieve the fairness of the game, and this parchment paper in my hand is your mission letter, and if you want to participate in the game, you must follow it." ”
"What's that?"
"Your letter says to find Victoria's Secret, which of course is not a catwalk," Mr. Augustus explained, "The informant you need to find in the mission letter is Charles Robert, and of course the game is time-limited, and you have to find Charles within 24 hours, no, Mr. Robert." His expression became serious, "Otherwise, maybe someone else will be tasked with assassinating him."
"Why?"
"Because Robert is the highest knight of the Hakoba nobility, in the government of Whartont, his knighthood is so high that almost no one dares to touch him." Huang Xiu, who was on the side, added, "If Franklin is a thorn in the eye of the regent, then it is estimated that Charles Robert is a thorn in his flesh." ”
"Protector?" Luna was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "You can't be John Johnson!" ”
"Yes, that's right." William said calmly.
"How could he be here!" Luna asked urgently.
"Calm down......"
"How could I possibly calm down!" Luna yelled, "That's Jack the Ripper!" ”
"Jack the Ripper!" The three people on the side were stunned by Luna's statement. After a while, William spoke, "Son, can you just repeat what you just said?" Luna looked up at his face, and the happy face suddenly became cloudy.
"William, I'll talk to you about that question later." Luna turned to face Mister Augustus and said, "Can you tell me about any other clues on this parchment?" ”
"Yes," Mister Augustus said, narrowing his eyes at Luna, "and according to Huang Xiu's investigation, other clues include the regent Adolf Barbas, his henchman Jackson Adams, and his mistress Lydia Jolie. ”
"So what?"
"We don't know anything else." Augustus shrugged.
Luna lowered her head, thought for a moment, and said, "I see. With that, Luna straightened her weapon, pulled the scarf around her neck to cover her face, and prepared to walk towards the gate.
"Wait a minute." A voice stopped her, and Luna looked back to see Lucius, who was studying the Sleeve Blade, and said, "I forgot to tell you, Ares needs a lot of bioelectricity to support the data transmission between the two realms during the battle, and in order to prevent the power outage, I have installed an air power sensor device for him." ”
"What do you mean?" Luna asked.
"It means that if you have nothing to do, you can shake it in the air and it will have electricity."
Luna nodded, "Okay, I got it. ”
"And." Lucius said patiently as he repaired his sleeve, "Remember to come back and show me your eyes." ”
"Why?" Luna asked.
"It's a quid pro quo." Lucius stroked his mustache, then looked at William on the side, "I'm right. ”
"Well, I don't think Luna will refuse, after all, it's not the first time he's had eye surgery." William smiled, then walked over to Luna, "Alright, it's almost time for you to go." ”
"I know, then I'll go out and change my clothes first, and then I'll go."
William patted Luna on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, be careful on the road." ”
Luna nodded and walked out of the lab. Coming across Alice and Cavlyn in the hallway, Luna grabs Alice's hand and walks towards the other side of the door. Categorin gently told them to be careful on the way, then opened the door and returned to the lab.
Once in the hall, Luna changes her clothes and leaves with Alice. Walking down the dark sewers towards the exit, he meets Bertha.
Luna looked around, squinting and asking helplessly, "Alice......
"Huh?" Alice turned her head and looked at Luna quizzically.
"Look, no one really knows we've been here." Luna pointed to the corpses around her, "You see your sister doesn't ......" At this moment, Alice's eyes suddenly became vigilant, and she quickly pushed Luna away, and she also dodged to the right, and the two of them each pounced on the ground.
Two pit marks were left on the ground where they had taken refuge, and then they looked around: the guards had formed a circle around them and drew their swords at their waists. Luna realizes that there is no chance of escape.
Alice and Luna quickly stood up, flicking their elbows outwards before their swords came out. The encirclement became smaller and smaller, and the two kept circling in circles. However, none of the guards dared to come forward to fight.
No one on either side dared to make a move, and at that moment, a dagger slashed through the air with astonishing accuracy, striking one of the guards in the neck, killing them with a single blow. Immediately afterwards, the second dagger also maintained full strength and stabbed the back of the second guard, and the other party made a muffled sound, and then the body was like shattered into powder and scattered in the air, leaving only one dagger to the ground.
Looking in the direction from which the daggers came, Bertha was standing, several daggers still in her hands.
The rest of the guards were stunned, no, they must have been frightened, Alice did not hesitate, kicked her right foot backwards hard, rushed forward, and then quickly swung the blade in her hand, and there was no mud or water wherever the blade went, cutting the guards in half along with their weapons, and falling to the ground and turning into dust.
"They look like data." Luna said.
"Nope." Alice said, but didn't stop, and after slashing down the next guard, she said the second half, "They may be NPCs for this mission." ”
The last guard was so frightened that he dropped his weapon and sat down on the ground.
"What about this? Did you put it? Bertha asked, as she began to collect the dagger from the corpse, wiping the blood from it.
Alice shook off the blood from her blade and retracted it from its sheath, walking over with Luna, whispering in response to Bertha, "You can do it." ”
As soon as the words fell, Bertha picked up the flying knife that was still wiping in his hand and threw it, and the cold-drenched blade landed steadily on the soldier's head with idling, and the soldier's hands and feet slowly spread out.
Perhaps because of the deviation of the trajectory, the throwing knife didn't kill him, and he slowly moved his hand to the door of his head with the blade inserted, and then grabbed the throwing knife, trying to pull it out. It didn't take long for another throwing knife to finally hit the junction between the neck and the head with the cold light.
As a stream of blood flew up, he stopped moving, stopped talking, and after a few seconds, the man was reduced to a pile of powder.
Alice took a handkerchief from her jacket pocket and handed it to Luna, who gently wiped the blood off her face as instructed by Alice.
After a few moments, Luna said, "The mission has to go on." The three of them each pulled up the headscarf around their necks to cover their faces and walked outside.