It took two days to apply for a permit to carry a gun until it was approved for use.

On May 8, Phoebe and Wang Gong returned to the Army Training Base to receive weapons, and the Shadow Owl was bored and went to Central Park for a stroll.

Central Park has always been a frequented place for him. It is located in the heart of the city, between the Imperial Conservatory where Eliza studied and the Mansion of the Great Priest. On weekdays, he waited here for his master to get out of school, and after school, Eliza would ask him to stop for a moment in Central Park if she had some extra instructions or wanted to relax.

For Shadow Owl, it's always been a place to put memories away. From the moment his childhood memories were erased, he knew that for a primitive servant like himself, good memories should be a luxury. No...... Perhaps he didn't have any options in his life until his memories were erased.

Eliza is undoubtedly kind. Even though she had the power to execute herself at any time, she never did whatever she wanted to the servants like the other Primordial Wings, but genuinely cared about his feelings, as if he was no different from the Wings.

However, in this Qingyun Empire, winged people like Eliza are an absolute minority......

The shadow owl sat on the top of the highest rockery in the rocky area, watching the tourists passing by at his feet. A winged boy walks past the Shadowlord with his original servants. The boy walked in front of him with a heroic spirit, and the servant was a girl, bowing her head and following in her footsteps. Suddenly, without warning, the person walking in front turned around and slapped the girl in the face. The person who was beaten did not even stand still, but took two steps back and sat on the ground.

"Do you know why I beat you!?" The boy was right, "It's not pleasing to the eye!" It's ugly, dirty, and unlucky! ”

The girl covered her face with her hands and did not dare to make a sound, thinking that she had been treated so roughly more than once or twice.

"Say, did you peek at my swordsmanship match today!"

"I didn't look at it...... Master. The girl trembled with fear.

"Didn't you see it? I didn't see how I only won the second place! The boy walked over and grabbed her by the hair, "You don't just look at it, you lie to me!" Litter! ”

"I didn't...... I really didn't ......" The girl burst into tears, "I followed what you said, waiting for you outside the school gate, and I didn't know that there was a sword competition today, young master!" ”

"Hmph......" the boy grabbed the servant's hair and pulled it back, "a third-class cripple full of gibberish." ”

- Because the primitives had no wings, some of them maliciously called them "crippled".

Shadowlord watched the farce between the two on the same stage with a blank expression - for a park regular, it was not uncommon for the Wingmen to bully the primitives.

The girl cowered on the ground, and the tourists passing by the two ignored the scene.

The boy admired her anguished look from above, as if the pain of the servants could offset the frustration of not winning the championship in the sword fighting competition just now. At last, he seemed to have lost interest in bullying the servants, and impatiently commanded, "Get up." ”

The girl hurriedly got up, as if she was afraid that she would be slapped again a second late, and bit her lip as little as she could make a sound.

The Wingman Boy seemed to be satisfied with her reaction, and turned to continue walking, instructing, "Go back and change your clothes yourself, and don't make it look like I'm bullying you every day." And what's more...... Don't look at things you shouldn't see, lest they beat you again in the future, so why bother? ”

The girl wept silently, and replied, "Yes, young master......"

The shadow owl watched expressionlessly as the master and servant slowly left his line of sight, and the communication indicator on the video headset suddenly lit up.

- Maybe Phoebe and the others called, right? Have you gotten the weapon?

The shadow owl opened the blindfold screen while thinking, and was caught off guard by seeing that the caller ID read: Second Miss.

“…… How else would I contact you when I'm touring the Sheffield region? "Eliza did say something like that before she left...... But I didn't expect to be contacted......

The shadow owl grabbed his hair nervously, and his heartbeat, which would not speed up even if the sky fell, actually missed a few beats at this time.

Seeing that the wait button on the caller ID on the screen had jumped several times, he took a deep breath and picked up the phone.

“…… Second Miss? ”

"It's me." Eliza's usual brisk voice rang on the other side of the headset, "It's been so long to answer the phone...... Are you busy? ”

"Nope." The shadow owl stood up and looked down from the top of the rockery, "What do you have the second lady's command?" ”

"Can't I call you without being told?" Eliza's tone was filled with a smile, "I've been thinking about it for so long, I don't know what the situation is on your side?" ”

"You mean...... The thing that Tsubasa-humanization is? ”

"Hmm...... And that includes that. And also...... What did you do when I wasn't there? Is everything going well? ”

Neither side of the voice call could see each other's appearances, and despite knowing this, the Shadow Owl couldn't help but nod: "As you arranged, I was able to sneak into Mendel University without any problems." ”

"......?"

"Then something unexpected happened...... Well, it's a long story, but tomorrow is critical. ”

"Accident!?" Eliza's voice rose half an octave, "Are you alright?" ”

"I'm fine." The Shadow Owl replied, "It's just that a friend has been caught, and I'm going to rescue him tomorrow." ”

"Wow-" The other person's voice suddenly became a little happy again, "Have you made new friends?" In school? ”

"Not at school." Shadow Owl struggled to phrase it, "It's a mission to carry out the 'Winghumanization' together...... Well...... Friend? I think it's more suitable to be a companion. He is also an original man, a professional boxer. ”

"Sounds ...... It seems like a somewhat dangerous profession. ”

"Lei Wei is a back-to-back champion in the boxing ring...... He should be fine, when his opponent will be more dangerous. ”

"Really? His name is Lei Yan, I think I've heard of it somewhere......" Eliza's phone came the sound of trickling water and the chirping of birds. She paused, and seemed to think for a moment before continuing to ask, "Since you are such a powerful person...... Why was he caught? ”

The shadow owl didn't think at all, and said bluntly: "Because there are many people on the other side." One fights ten, and his way of fighting is very bad, so he was caught. ”

"Oh my God...... Eliza gasped, "What about you?" You need to ...... too Fighting? ”

"Hmm." "But don't worry—I'll win in order to get the 'Winghumanization' indicator." ”

“…………”

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a while.

"Hello?" Shadow Owl thought it was disconnected," ...... Second Miss? ”

“…… I'm still here. Eliza's voice sounded again, "I was just thinking, why did I say that it was just an investigation mission before, but it ended up being a big fight?" And why does that school have the power to detain normal citizens? Even if it is an abnormal incursion, even if the other party is not a wingman, then the local police station should be responsible for the execution? What power does the school have to arrest people? ”

"This ...... I don't know. ”

"yes...... Because you've never wanted to think about complicated things. Eliza sighed, but there was no reproach in her tone, "Sometimes it makes people feel reassured, and sometimes it makes people worry." ”

“……”

"Anyway, I'll go back the day after tomorrow. If the 'Winghumanization' test isn't over by then, you'll have to give me a good report on what you've been going through during this time. ”

“…… Got it. ”

Later, Eliza explained some plans for the return trip, saying that the record recording went smoothly, and the band would send her back to the Great Divine Mansion when she returned.

The Shadow Owl hung up the phone, jumped to the ground from the top of the rockery several times, tidied up his clothes, and walked in the direction of the hotel.

At the same time, in the fourth armory of the Qingyun Empire Army, Phoebe and Wang Gong were receiving weapons from the maintenance guards.

Phoebe uses a video headset to send a weapon permit to the guards in the duty room. The other party opened the license file, pulled to the bottom and displayed "Carl. Orlando".

The guard on duty changed his face for a moment, and then quickly dragged the scroll bar on the edge of the document up, and when he returned to the top, he saw that the authorized person column read: Phoebe, Wang Gong.

"Wait a minute." The guard gestured to the two of them through the bars of the partition and picked up the phone at hand, "Second Lieutenant Andrew, I have received a weapon permit here, it has just been transmitted, you may need to take a look...... Well...... Yes, it is...... Got it. Okay, I'll tell them to wait. ”

The guard hung up.

"How long will it take?" Phoebe asked, "We're going to debug our weapons today, and we're going to do the mission Lieutenant Orlando assigned tomorrow." ”

The guard glanced at her: "The second lieutenant wants to come over in person, you will listen to him later." ”

"Ensign?" Hearing this, Phoebe looked at Wang Gong.

The latter's eyes were on the ground, and he had no intention of making any contact with her gaze.

Phoebe leaned over and asked, "Aren't we just getting a weapon?" Why did the officers come? What's wrong? ”

"I don't know." Wang Gong replied in a low voice, "Let's wait honestly." ”

A moment later, an officer in the uniform of the Imperial Army approached from a distance.

Hearing the officer's footsteps, the guards got up, turned their heads, stood upright, and saluted each other with a serious expression.

The armoury window for receiving weapons is open on a wall woven with barbed wire. In exceptional circumstances, barbed wire can be directly energized to keep looters out.

At this time, Phoebe and Wang Gong were standing on the outside of the barbed wire, and the officer came out from a deeper part of the inside, most likely the management here.

Seeing the guards saluting him, the officer also stood up and saluted back: "Hard work." I'll send them both weapons. You go back and watch for a while, and I'll notify you after I've sent the weapon. ”

"Yes—sir!" The guard walked deeper into the armory, quickly disappearing from everyone's view.

Second Lieutenant Andrew walked to the management desk where the guards were sitting just now, glanced at the "Weapon Permit" displayed on the screen, pressed the switch to open the iron door on the separation wall, looked up at the two people waiting outside, and said, "Come in." ”

When the second lieutenant looked up, Phoebe and Wang Gong, who were through the barbed wire, could see his face clearly—this was a primitive second lieutenant with a fair complexion and good facial features. Although he is not very handsome, the knife-like cheekbones and high nose bridge make his appearance look full of majesty.

Phoebe had a look of surprise in her eyes when she saw his face clearly. However, the surprise only existed for a brief moment, so short that the camera hanging above her head failed to capture the subtle change in emotion.

Subsequently, Phoebe followed Wang Gong into the armory, and Second Lieutenant Andrew walked in front with a printed "Weapon Permit", and the three of them walked to the depths of the warehouse.

The Fourth Armory is one of the largest in the Empire, with as many as eight duty windows for receiving applications for permits. The interior of the armory is dizzyingly large, with weapon racks and containers the size of the sky, and all kinds of large and small firearms fastened to the metal mesh of the wall with anti-theft lock sleeves.

However, despite its size, the weapons stockpiled here are not advanced, and most of them are old goods that are two or three generations later than the most sophisticated weapons of the Empire. In fact, this is also reasonable, because the Fourth Armory is the only place in the Lingxiao City Military Region that will provide weapons to the original soldiers.

Second Lieutenant Andrew took Phoebe and Wang Gong around the huge armory, and finally stood in front of a silver weapon rack.

The second lieutenant turned to face the two of them, and at some point, there was also a gentle look on his knife-like face: "Phoebe, long time no see." ”

Phoebe swallowed her excited expression and looked up.

The second lieutenant seemed to see what she was worried about, and reassured, "I made the camera here stop working for the time being, don't worry." It's okay to speak quietly. ”

Andrew ...... I didn't expect you to come. Phoebe lowered her voice, but her surprise was palpable.

"yes, I'm late. Sorry......" The lieutenant bowed his head slightly.

Phoebe's rank was only corporal, but the officers in the armory with the rank of second lieutenant had to bow down to her. This scene should have been unreasonable, but Wang Gong on the side seemed to happily accept such a setting and stood aside silently.

"But then again, why did you come here?" Phoebe's surprised expression only lasted for a short time, and quickly turned into a worried look, "Is it ......?" ”

Andrew nodded: "The photos you sent, they have already studied. Although the shooting is not clear, after the restoration, you can still see through the clothes outside, and the root of the corpse's severed wings - engraved with a number that makes people care. ”

"Did the video headset given to me for the spy come in handy?" Phoebe frowned slightly, "Because it emits a special imaging light, the photos taken can pass through clothes and shine directly into the skin." I originally thought that this state-of-the-art technology ...... It would have been better if it hadn't been used, but ......"

"Thanks to the perspective function of this model......," the officer interrupted her, "but what exactly is that number?" ”

Phoebe raised her head, a little surprised: "You didn't find out?" ”

The officer shook his head: "The technical department is parsing it, but there are no items that match the number......"

"Then we ......"

"The top means - you'd better get out as soon as possible." Andrew's expression was serious.

"Me?" Phoebe pointed to the tip of her nose, "Why?" ”

"I'm afraid you're in danger!" Wang Gong, who had been standing behind without speaking, suddenly said.

Phoebe turned to look at him, then at Andrew, "Is that so?" ”

The officer nodded.

"But the investigation isn't over yet."

"I know......," Andrew said, "I know it, but no one wants you to take the risk." ”

"If I don't take the risk, no one will get to the bottom of the matter." Phoebe tried her best to suppress her voice, her emotions were palpable and excited, "When the problem breaks out one day, everything is irreparable, and all of us will become sinners for the ages!" ”

Andrew lowered his head in embarrassment: "I know ......"

"Of course you know, otherwise you'd have kidnapped me today instead of bringing me here to get a weapon!" Phoebe waved her hand, faintly angry, "Andrew, you tell me, besides me, is there anyone else who is willing to investigate this matter?" - Including yourself! ”

The officer shook his head slightly.

Phoebe sighed, "That's why I'm going to hold on...... Because it's become—only I can do it. ”