Eliza muttered as she flew deeper into the Floating Walkway, "Sky Rest Area...... Where ......? ”

Shadowlord followed behind her, looking confused.

"There it is!"

I saw a branch of the walkway not far away to the right deep, and a street sign with exquisite workmanship was placed at the fork, and the logo of the Wind Society was printed in the upper right corner of the card, a hollow goshawk pattern. The text reads: Sky Rest Area, and to the right of the text is a silver arrow pointing to a fork in the road.

Eliza swooped around like a gust of wind and disappeared behind the sign.

Shadowlord shook his head, smiling wryly and following along.

The lounge area is a wide cloister with a tempered glass floor in the same style as the trail, suspended in the air by four steel cables, creating a space where the floating walkway protrudes outward. It may not be realistic to say that it can fit dozens of people, but it may feel quite spacious for a dozen people to enter. Four sets of crystal tables and chairs are placed in the center, flanked by newspaper racks, drink cabinets, snack carts, coffee machines......

It's work time, and the rest area is empty, except for the steaming coffee machine that is connected to the power and the snack cart with all kinds of snacks.

By the time Shadowlord reached the rest area, Eliza had already flown a little further, reaching the farthest corner of the Floating Walkway, and then stopped and waved at him.

The second lady's whim is not the first time. When she was in Lingxiao City, she sometimes went to some places that others didn't often go to because of impulse.

She would fly over a whole mountain to see the blooming fields on the other side; Go to the cliffs and sing with the newborn chicks; Wrap yourself up in a ball on a frozen day and listen to the fish chatting underwater by the frozen stream...... She always tries to find unusual pleasures in this city where there are rules everywhere, and therefore she has a richer experience and soul than any girl of the same age. Perhaps it is in this way that she has been able to grow into a singer with her own unique style.

Shadowlord walks over to where Eliza is standing, and finds a row of coin-operated binoculars. In order for guests to have a better view of the surrounding scenery, the curved glass walls on all four sides end before reaching the telescope area. There is no shelter around the place, creating a mini terrace surrounded by tempered glass on all sides, which is almost two meters high.

Although the telescope area is high, the weather is sunny and the clouds are light and the wind is light, so if you have the opportunity to take a walk here in between busy work, it is a very comfortable means of relaxation.

"From here, you can see a panoramic view of the city of Beranhill!" Eliza pointed to one of the binoculars that had been opened by a coin. She seemed to have just seen the entire city through this telescope, "Although it is not like Lingxiao City, there are man-made floating islands as big as Tiangong City, but there are many empty boats and land-to-air cars here, which are also spectacular!" Come and see? ”

“…… All right. "Shadowlords weren't interested in how spectacular the city was. But the thought that the band would be stationed in this strange city for the next few weeks, and that the Blackwings attack might have only just begun, gave rise to a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

In this extremely unfavorable situation for one's own side, if you can't grasp the topography and ecological environment of the city as soon as possible, once an enemy attack occurs......

Thinking of this, he had already begun to look through a telescope at the structure of the city.

Unlike the Steel Forest in Soaring City, most of the buildings in Belanhill are low-rise buildings.

A large number of bungalows, villas, and detached buildings divide the city into a large number of different neighborhoods with different styles. And every few blocks, you can see the apron of take-off and landing mini-airboats and land-to-air cars.

Floating fluorescent tracks cut the urban space like a baked mille-feuille. Each type of land-to-air car or airboat travels along the tracks on its own level. It seems to have pulled the original two-dimensional ground traffic into a three-dimensional style, and the upper and lower floors are separated by staggered cars, uphill and downhill merging, and vehicles coming and going are like ants carrying grain in a huge anthill, which is spectacular and efficient.

The top of all the tracks - the height is not clear when viewed from the top floor of the Hurricane Hotel, but it is clear that the track on the top floor is a bright red color unlike the other floors. Stacked on top of all the other tracks, flickering and flickering. The colors of the vehicles and airboats on that level of the track are also different from each of the others, and the license plates are all bright white paint with bright red numbers printed on the background. Looks like it should be...... Police?

I see...... Therefore, the police track is on the top layer and is completely separated from the civilian track. In this way, in the event of a traffic accident or dangerous situation, the police can completely avoid all congested road sections and directly parachute to the destination.

The city was designed to function efficiently. The flat residential structure provides the most comfortable living space for citizens, supplemented by a large number of green spaces and parks, ensuring that there are enough public facilities in the living environment for all. This kind of pie-style planning leads to the problem of excessive urban area, and the transportation capacity is solved by the high popularity of land-air cars and mini-air boats. At the same time, a well-established transportation planning network will be built to avoid traffic congestion in densely populated cities to the greatest extent.

To this end, there is also a giant airship production enterprise in the city, such as "Hurricane Society". On the one hand, it can absorb a large number of employed people in the city, and on the other hand, it produces a large number of means of transportation to meet the needs of the city, and the surplus can be exported to the empire and the alliance.

The city...... No, the country's managers have become more than shrewd. She also has super-first-class execution, and the absolute power that exists to achieve this execution.

"How? It's really spectacular, right? Eliza's words pulled the Shadowowl out of her thoughts.

He looked up from the telescope and took two steps back: "It's very different from Lingxiao City. ”

"Do you feel more confident now?"

“…… Emboldened? ”

"Of course I know you're not interested in scenery or anything." Eliza walked around in front of the binoculars, the wind blowing through her T-shirt and outlining her slender waist, "But you always need to understand the structure of the city, right?" After all, it's my first time, and if those black wings reappear, you know where to take me to hide. ”

"Second Miss......" the Shadow Owl said in surprise, "You suddenly became more shrewd?" ”

"Hmph...... "Eliza," said Eliza, nowing her head, "as if I were usually confused." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

"Okay, now it's time to get down to business!" Eliza fumbled her pants and carefully pulled a joystick-like gadget out of a zippered pocket, "Hey...... After so many years, it hasn't gotten old at all. ”

"This ...... Could it be!? "I've seen this little thing. As early as six years ago, when he was first brought into the Great Priest's Mansion, the butler Simon had personally taught Eliza how to use the lever. At that time, it was handed over to the second lady along with this lever, and the self-detonation collar that he now wears around the Shadow Owl's neck.

One end of the lever is equipped with a red button, which is covered by a transparent resin cap to prevent misoperation. Lift the cap and press the button, and the collar around the Shadowstar's neck will detonate. Deeply incision blasted arteries and organs, and his life was equivalent to being directly executed.

However, in the six years that he was bought by the second lady, he had never seen Eliza take out the lever except the day he put on the collar. Even more than two months ago, when he decided to undergo the Wing Humanization Test and had to infiltrate Mendel Lyceum disguised as a student, it was the butler who temporarily removed his collar with a universal operating lever.

So even when he saw it, he couldn't believe it was the same thing he had seen six years ago, and the lever that had been given to Eliza was the same item.

Eliza took the lever and turned it around, turning the capped end down, revealing the blue button on the other end: "It should be this...... Let me see...... Well, that's right! ”

With that, she pressed the blue button hard.

With a 'click' sound, the collar worn by the Shadow Owl cracked a crack in his back.

He stretched out his hand, and the loose collar slipped from his neck and fell into his hand: "Second Miss, what are you doing here?" ”

Without saying a word, Eliza picked up the open collar from his hand, held it in her right hand with the lever, and walked to the glass enclosure next to the telescope. Take two steps back, as if you were going to throw a stone at the surface of the water—

"Hey——! hey" With a tossing motion, the collar and lever came out of their hands, drew two arcs in the air, crossed the glass fence, and fell like distant ground.

After doing this, she really clapped her hands as if she had lost a stone picked up by the roadside, and said, "This is a thank you gift." You only saved my life in the morning, and I also learned about Entu, didn't you? ”

It seems to be ...... Is there such a thing?

But......

"That's my job...... What is there to be thankful for? ”

"No matter what...... Everything was thrown away. ”

The shadow owl was a little helpless: "You will be scolded if you go back like this, right?" ”

"No, it won't!" Eliza pouted awkwardly, "Anyway, you've passed the Wing Humanization test, and you're almost 20 years old." I just helped you take off the collar a few days ago, why should you be scolded......"

Shadow Owl thought for a moment, "...... Actually, I can also say that the collar broke on its own. ”

"No...... And it's a special time, and I can't let my servants be tied up in a self-destructing collar. The second lady returned to her usual dignified and steady look, "As you said, I may really be the target of the Blackwing Man." But why should I be their target? Have you ever thought about that? ”

The shadow owl paused for a moment and confessed, "No." ”

"But I thought about it. I've been thinking about this question all the way by taking the airship of the Shippusho Society. At this point, she looked at the Shadowlord seriously, "Do you think that with the way those Blackwings attacked, they just wanted to scare me?" Or do you really want to kill me? ”

The Shadow Lord's mind remembered the movements of the Blackwingmen as they fired, and his fingertips trembled a little. He calmed down for a moment before saying, "They really want to kill." And ......"

"Huh?"

"In fact, when you were in the Empire, you were already being followed."

"What!?" Eliza clearly hadn't expected this, and her eyes widened.

"Since June, there have been four waves of protos who have tried to stalk you." Shadow Owl said, "Do you remember the news that Zi Yin saw on the plane in the morning? It was said that there was a murder at the school gate, and the neck of a former person was broken. ”

"Hmm...... The body was found this morning. ”

"That's one of the people who stalked you."

Eliza gasped, her face a little pale: "Yes...... You broke his neck!? ”

"Not me." Shadowowl shook his head, "There were four of them, three of them were knocked unconscious by me and thrown into the bushes, and the last one was captured alive. I was going to ask for some information...... Unexpectedly, as soon as he used his hand, he committed suicide. ”

Hearing the word suicide, Eliza's body shook, and her hand suddenly rested on the pedestal of the telescope: "Oh my God......"

"Second Miss!" The shadow owl hurriedly took two steps over to help her, and sent her to the rest area of the crystal table and chair to sit down. Then I ran to the drink cabinet and took a glass of water and brought it over.

"I think you'd better go to the hotel to rest first, right?" The Shadow Owl said worriedly, "With so much going on today, you must be tired. ”

Eliza shook her head, but insisted on continuing his previous topic: "You just said that the original man committed suicide...... How could he have broken his own neck by suicide? ”

"Impossible." "That man committed suicide by taking poison, and the poison was hidden in his teeth. I checked. ”

"Then why did you find out...... Be...... Is that ......? ”

"I don't know...... Someone might have touched his body, right? ”

Eliza picked up the cup, drank the water in one sip, and said, "Those who followed me...... Didn't say anything? Would you rather kill yourself than give a reason for stalking me? ”

"Hmm...... The reason was that I didn't say it, but the guy I captured alive kept babbling and muttering something inconsequential. ”

“…… What are the words? ”

Shadow Owl thought for a moment, "It seems to say that 'the world belongs to humans'...... Something like that, right? ”

"Huh?"

“…… Is it a cult? ”

"Alas......" Eliza rubbed her brow with a headache, "Cult...... Oh, yes...... That's what I just thought about on the airboat. If it weren't a cult, who else would have a reason to attack the family of the high priest. ”

"Second Miss...... I think you're still ......."

"Got it...... Eliza stood up propping up the table, "let's go to the hotel front desk and meet someone else." ”

When the two of them came out of the floating walkway and walked to the hotel front desk, Virgil and Anthony had already checked in.

Gu Yang, who came out of the office area with a few packs of cigarettes under the leadership of Ziyin, had already fed his smoking addiction in the smoking area, and was standing at the front desk signing with a satisfied face at this time.

Seeing Eliza and the Shadow Owl coming in from the door, Gu Yang waved his hand to greet his lead singer: "I heard that the scenery in the sky rest area is good...... Well? Why doesn't your face look good? ”

"I'm tired......" Eliza didn't even want to say more than half a word.

Gu Yang took his key card from the front desk and stuffed it directly to her: "Then you use mine, don't wait." He turned his head to Ziyin and winked.

The Wind Club is the territory of the Ziyin family, and he naturally understands what Gu Yang means, so he instructed the maid Xiaoqing: "What are you still pestleing for?" Find a girl with quick hands and feet to take care of my lead singer! ”

"Yes, young master!" Xiaoqing agreed while quickly making arrangements.

Seeing Eliza enter the room escorted by the maid, the Shadow Owl breathed a sigh of relief.

From getting on the plane in the morning to now, I have experienced everything from being chased by fighter jets, crashing, and air battles, and then arriving at the Hurricane Society, being questioned by the president, and staying in a hotel...... It's nearly six o'clock in the evening.

Even in the summer, when the sun is shining and the sun sets late, the sky will gradually darken by this time.

Shadowlord slowly felt hungry...... Also, this busy day really didn't leave him time to eat and drink.

He subconsciously raised his hand and touched his neck—there was still the discomfort of being empty after the collar was removed. However, as Eliza said, he will soon become a wingman, and he will probably not need to blow up the collar again.

Lowering his hand, the Shadow Owl turned on the video headset and dialed Carl. Telephone in Orlando. While reporting, he walked to the dining area.