Johnny knew he shouldn't ask too much, and it was unkind to ask about someone's abilities.

The commission was complete, and the information was enough for the Brotherhood to make a big deal with any nation, and it was worth far more than the dangerous goods that happened to be obtained.

They will sell for a good price, and they may even make political demands to the state to break away from the underground and become legally protected and government-funded official organizations.

If Johnny is 'respected', he will make the person who arranged for Kurt to enter the mine pay the price of blood!

With the ticket and the Barclays Consortium in hand, Bill leaves the shipyard alone, and when the matter is over, he is about to embark on a journey.

The departure time is printed on the ticket, and there are still four hours before the departure, and the destination is ......

The capital of the Norman Kingdom, Brittus.

"Coincidence?"

"How is it possible, there is no coincidence, it is all artificial. ”

Shaking his head, knowing that there were other people watching him, he could no longer look at any coincidences with a normal mind, and there was a smell of conspiracy everywhere.

Even though he knew his name and home address, Bill was still confused.

A steamship parked at the pier with sails and chimneys on board can move forward in two ways at the same time, saving energy and increasing efficiency.

The dock workers removed the containers from the ship, carefully loaded them onto the trucks, which were full and drove away.

Feet on the sand, aimless.

Three hours before he boarded the boat, he walked west along the shoreline, gradually moving away from the pier.

After climbing over two sand dunes, I suddenly saw a familiar scene, the broken smuggling boat was still stranded there, the waves crashing against the plank, and the smuggling boat was crumbling but still strong.

He felt a little kind!

Boarding the smuggling boat, because he didn't know where else he could go.

Stroking the hull, the planks had begun to rot, the smuggling boat was empty, and someone probably found the smuggling boat and removed the body and cargo, leaving only the broken ship.

"The place where the nightmare began, now becomes my only reliance. ”

Leaning against the mast, take out the Book of Shadows.

There was still a lot he didn't understand about the power of shadows, and the shadow circle appeared, squeezing his hand into the shadow space, and Bill suddenly remembered the phantom of the smuggling ship in the space.

"I almost forgot. ”

"The smuggling ship is at my feet, but there is its shadow in the shadow space. ”

Consciousness penetrated and saw the 'smuggling ship' again, floating peacefully in the shadow stream, unchanged, unable to move, and unable to take it out.

He had thought about it and had some clues, but he couldn't be sure.

"When I left that world, I used the power of shadow to drive the smuggler ship and let it take me away. ”

"The shadow once covered the entire smuggling ship, and at the last moment of escape, the shadow stripped off the hull and remained in that world, and the smuggler returned to sea in its normal form. ”

"Stripping ......"

Bill never imagined that objects eroded by shadows would be restored to their original state, and the Book of Shadows has limited information about shadows, and new discoveries have inspired new ideas.

Take out the pitch-black dagger.

"Let the power of the shadows disappear, and the dagger will return to its original color?"

"How do I reclaim the power of the shadows?"

The control shadow turned into a solid, and a black shadow appeared on his left arm, swimming along the veins of the veins, and a black 'substance' suddenly floated above the palm.

The fingers contract, the shadows gather, and the ambient temperature decreases significantly.

The fingers stretch out, and the shadows spread out, like ice water falling on the palms, forming shadow spots on the surface of the skin.

The shadow spot wriggles and burrows back into the body.

Trying to awaken the power of the shadow in the dagger, he ran his fingers over the blade of the knife to connect the shadows to the shadows, but the pitch-black dagger remained unmoved and did not react.

"If you want to get the shadow out of the dagger, you probably need stimulation to make the shadow turn back into a swarm before it can channel. ”

The dagger slashed through the fingers, and the blade was stained with black blood.

The stinging sensation came, and the black power instantly turned into aphids, scrambling to rush towards the black blood, dense and creepy.

Bill is no longer afraid of bugs, and when he can control them to his advantage, those little things become cute.

It's just that when they show their jagged fangs and scramble to devour the black blood, they make a metallic grinding sound, which is extremely harsh and unpleasant.

Quickly plug the ear, approach the dagger with the injured finger and try to recall.

The black blood is quickly eaten by the bugs, and they instantly discover new food.

"Shhhh

The arm shook incessantly, and the swarm of insects frantically poured into the wound, bridging between the dagger and his index finger, and Bill felt like the wound was poured with ice water, and the blood almost coagulated!

The chill is biting, and the mind is trembling!

The wound slowly healed, and the dagger lost its shadow power, turned into powder, and was blown away by the sea breeze.

Only the pain continues.

In the shadow space, the insect swarm is raging, and even the space is being eaten, like a locust plague!

After eating the shadows in the space, the swarm finally had enough to eat, and gradually settled down, turning into shadows to fill the space.

Bill lay on the deck, twitching unstoppable.

In the aftermath of the catastrophic accident, the Sivar mine was littered with ruins, and although the fire was extinguished and the disaster ended, the economic damage was incalculable.

Lieutenant Bam, Jenny, and four soldiers disappeared suddenly, no one knew where they were or why, and the soldiers and police searched the entire mine without finding their bodies or bodies.

The entire mine is in turmoil.

It's just that the Sivar mining area still welcomes a lot of guests.

He personally went to the mine to offer condolences, including Mayor Jikransi, escorted by a police car and handed over the condolences to the affected miners, followed by newspaper reporters.

Surrounded by journalists, the mayor announced that the Sivar mine would be temporarily taken over by the city until a new manager was dispatched by the Central Military District, and that mining would resume after the cause of the explosion had been clarified and the mine had been cleared.

As it gets dark, the mayor sees off groups of guests, and finally has time to return to the makeshift tent to rest.

"Exhausted ......"

He leaned back on the chaise longue, his eyes closed, his fingers tapping on the armrest, his heart heavy.

It happened so suddenly that the mayor was unprepared, and although the reporters had left, there were more important guests to receive in a moment.

That's a distinguished guest.

As soon as the distinguished guest came from Brittus to inspect the work in the mines, the mayor scratched his head and felt that his head was bigger than usual.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mayor, for interrupting your rest, but Dr. Brigg and Professor Bedley have arrived at the mine and are waiting for you at the mine. ”

The secretary gently woke up the mayor, who rubbed the corners of his eyes, exhausted.

"Professor Beddory!!"

The mayor reacted and suddenly jumped up from the chaise longue, Dr. Bragg was already very difficult, and I heard that Professor Bedoli had an even more eccentric personality.

And he is the most authoritative scholar and professor in the development and utilization of new energy, and even the prime minister and the king attach great importance to what he says!

"Damn, didn't you say Dr. Brigg was the only one coming?"

"Did that guy Bam find?"

"I haven't found it yet, Sheriff Shawe is personally leading people to look for it, but no one has seen Lieutenant Bam since the explosion, not even Miss Jenny. ”

The secretary was also embarrassed, because there were too many implications in the explosion in the mining area, and if the upper echelons held them accountable, no one could get out of the way.

"Drop the chain at the critical moment, don't tell me the two of them eloped!"

"And Sha Wei, how can he personally lead people to look for it, the mining area is full of landslides, and his father specially told me to take good care of him, what does the police chief eat, don't you know what to stop?"

The mayor had already sorted his clothes, put on his coat and walked out of the tent, not forgetting to give instructions to the secretary.

"You immediately find Shawei and tell him to leave the mine and return to Jikransi, there is nothing to do with him here, just say that this is the mayor's order!"

The secretary left in a hurry, and the mayor was followed by two police officers, who came to the vicinity of the mine.

The mine had almost completely collapsed, and Dr. Brigg and Professor Bedley were talking, grim.

"Mr. Mayor, you're finally here, the idle is over, now we need to explain!"

Dr. Brigg was unusually irritable, and Professor Bedley stood by with a gloomy expression.

"Professor Beddoley, Dr. Brigg, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. ”

"I will explain the things in the mining area slowly, in fact, I have just taken over the mining area, and I am still confused about many things. ”

The mayor apologized repeatedly, and although the nominal chief minister was very high, he had to remain humble in front of the members of the research institute and the prime minister.

"Lieutenant Bam, why did I hear the soldiers say that he was missing, wasn't he afraid to see me hiding?"

"No, how could it be, Lieutenant Bam was definitely not that kind of person, and Jenny and a few soldiers, all of them disappeared. ”

"Could he have been bribed by the enemy and fled with state secrets?"

"I don't know ...... this."

With a fierce gaze, Dr. Barclay stared at the mayor, and the mayor suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Okay, let's not speculate, everything speaks with evidence. ”

Professor Bedley spoke slowly, his voice steady, his hair gray, and his sharp, deep eyes behind thick lenses.

"Mr. Mayor, how much do you know about the mining of coal cores in the Sivar mines?"

"I'm sorry, Professor Bedley, I don't know, what do you mean by coal?"

"A new energy source that can drive a steamship the size of a thumb from the coal city to the capital, and the Sivar mine is one of the mining sites for coal cores. ”

"It's normal that you don't know, it's a state secret. ”

Lifting the frame, Professor Bedoli leaned on his cane and headed deeper into the mine, where miners were cleaning the mines.

"State Secret ......"

"Professor Beddoley, why are you telling me such a thing?"

"Because sooner or later you'll know, wait a minute, let my assistant give you a copy of the progress of the coal core research, and the mine explosion, Mr. Mayor, Dr. Brigg, do you think it's really an accident?"

"What do you mean by that?"

The mayor was confused, although he had been in politics for more than 20 years, he had never encountered such a thing.

"It may be Lieutenant Bam, who once asked me to stop mining, but I strictly refused, and it is not ruled out that he blew up the mine without permission to prevent the coal core excavation work from continuing!"

Dr. Barclay immediately thought of this possibility, and chose to blow up the mine at night to minimize casualties, which only a soft-hearted fellow could do.

"It's not impossible, but now that there is an accident in the mine, he is missing, which is just the right motive for escape. ”

The mayor is getting older, and with so much information, even fine sweat breaks out on his forehead, and countless possibilities are instantly thought.

"Has the enemy invaded the Guikronsi to this extent?"

"I hope it's all fake, or I'll have to take the blame and resign!"

Rounding the landslide, we finally arrived at the special mine location, where Dr. Barclay had been and was so familiar with the road.

"What sound, like someone singing?"

Professor Beddory, leaning on his cane, suddenly stopped and listened.

"When this kind of thing happens in the mining area, there are still people in the mood to sing?"

"Mr. Mayor, you should get the gloating guy out and send him to a deep mine to dig coal cores!"

Dr. Brigg was even more furious, squirting saliva and scolding.

"Shhhh

Professor Bedoli's index finger was outstretched, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

"Listen, the song seems to come from the ground?"

......

Jikransi is still bustling with people, ordinary people continue to live, busy and fulfilling, and in a small hotel, women pack their bags and sit on their beds.

The man had disappeared for ten days, and she still didn't want to leave, thinking that he would definitely come back.

The hotel attendant knocked on the door and delivered a very thick letter.

"Letter to me?"

The woman was so excited that she couldn't wait to tear open the envelope.

A pile of gold pounds fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and the woman ignored it and opened the letter.

In the middle of the night, there was a heart-wrenching cry from inside the house.

On the street, before it gets dark, Sunny's Bar is already crowded with customers, which is completely different from the deserted in the past.

Ever since the owner of the bar published a missing person notice in the newspaper, there have been a number of do-gooders here, claiming to know Adam's whereabouts.

The barkeeper was expressionless, holding a money bag in his hand, listening to the men.

"Boss, I guarantee with my personality that Brother Adan only passed in front of my house half a month ago, and I didn't see the missing person notice at that time, so I couldn't stop him. ”

"Boss, my divination ball shows that the person you are looking for has just been caught in a fire and has now been taken in, and he will be back soon. ”

"Boss, divination is a trick to deceive, Adan was a guest at my house, my family lives in Denniutun, he didn't encounter a fire at all......"

They scrambled to tell Adam's whereabouts loudly, the bar spring door suddenly opened, and the postman squeezed into the crowd to deliver an unsigned letter to the boss.

"Boss Reis, there's your letter. ”

The bar owner nodded, placed the money bag on the bar, and opened the envelope.

The intelligence provider stared at the money bag and kept his eyes on it.

Suddenly, the money bag was knocked over, and the gold pound scattered along the bar and fell into the crack in the floor.

The informants immediately lay on the ground and rushed wildly, shining with golden light, reflecting their faces full of lust and greed on the money.

No one noticed that Boss Lacey had already turned away, his expressionless face finally leaked out of sorrow, and tears crossed the corners of his eyes.

Only the female soothsayer looked up at the boss's back, not knowing what she was thinking, but she soon returned to the battlefield and continued to fight for a gold pound.

In one room, Fat John was sleeping on a large bed wrapped in cashmere.

Suddenly, he cried out, and the room was filled with pain and wailing.

"Don't!"

"Get out of here!"

"No! I don't want to be a monster!"

Suddenly getting up, John was awakened by a terrible nightmare, covered in cold sweat.

When he saw the gorgeous scene in front of him, he gasped and patted his chest.

"Ha-ha-"

"The nightmare is over, the nightmare is over......"

"Mina, Mom, wait for me, I'll be home soon, the nightmare is over!"

As it gets late and the smuggler ship is wrecked, Bill finally stops shaking.

In the shadow space, a pitch-black dagger and the phantom of the smuggling ship were suspended side by side, and the dagger flickered and flickered, like the phantom of the smuggling ship, without substance.

It's just that the dagger is more 'real' than the smuggling ship.

Raise your hand and try to materialize the shadow, the shadow spots flowing from your arm to your palm.

The shadow turned into a pitch-black dagger.

Bill got up and found himself able to move, not trapped in place by the shadows, and not regurgitated.

With a twist of thought, the pitch-black dagger turned into a shadow spot again and crawled back into its body.

"Lonely, closed, helpless. ”

"Pain in exchange for power. ”

"Even so, I don't want to experience the cold again. ”

Stretching out his palm, his palm trembled slightly, his hands were already stained with blood, and no matter how he washed them, he was powerless to change them.

......

"It's time, it's time to leave. ”

"Hey, where else can I go but to the land of coincidence guidance?"

"I will cherish this life. ”

"Let's wait and see, see who can have the last laugh!"