Di Luo led the three of them to the second floor, stopped in front of the door of a room, and said, "You two wait here for a while, Zheng Hanfei, you and I will go to see the president." ”

Zheng Hanfei agreed, and instructed Gu Jie to be optimistic about Nan Ruoxun, so he followed Di Luo into the room.

"You're here!" As soon as he entered the door, Zheng Hanfei heard a voice that was extremely familiar to him, and looked forward, Ouyang Xiu was sitting on a soft and comfortable office chair, taking a sip of tea unhurriedly.

"yes." Zheng Hanfei said, "I didn't expect you to be very efficient, I was a little impressed by you." ”

"There." Ouyang Xiu smiled, "It's all for my father's sake, I don't have that much face." ”

"Lingzun is?"

"You'll find out someday." Ouyang Xiu sold a pass, stretched out his hand to the sofa on the side, and invited, "Please sit!" ”

"Death to save face!" Zheng Hanfei snorted disdainfully, and after sitting on the sofa, he immediately cut to the topic, "You should know what I want." ”

"Let's do it!" Ouyang Xiu opened the drawer of the desk in front of him, took out an ordinary envelope, and threw it to Zheng Hanfei, "This is the letter, I hope you can find useful clues." ”

Zheng Hanfei nodded, first carefully examined the envelope, and found that it was as ordinary as Ouyang Xiu said, before opening the envelope and taking out the card contained inside.

This card is the same as Ouyang Xiu's description, the appearance is pitch black, the font is bright red, and at first glance, it really looks like an invitation from the Grim Reaper. It reads as follows:

O cursed boy, listen to God's guidance: the gem of happiness, the venue of sorrow, you will meet the boy of your destiny. Clues, the only truth, he will be with you on the road to crushing the darkness.

After watching it several times, Zheng Hanfei couldn't help but sigh lightly, letting Di Luo and Ouyang Xiu, who were discussing, look at him.

"How? Any clues? Ouyang Xiu asked anxiously.

Zheng Hanfei nodded, pointed to the black card, and said, "First of all, this person seems to already know what will happen at Uncle Stirling's gem show, and will also expect me to go to the exhibition. ”

"That's right, that's what made me wonder after the case ended. This man seems to be a prophet. ”

"Also, didn't you notice that there is another word in front of the word 'shadow'?" As he spoke, Zheng Hanfei pointed to a certain place on the card, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"What?! How can it be? I've watched it several times. ”

"I don't blame you. The card was in red, so we just looked at the red letters, but we didn't notice that one of the words was black, which blended in with the card, and it was impossible to find it if we didn't check it carefully several times. ”

"What's that word that blends in with the black card?"

"The word 'remnant', in fact, this person is not called a shadow, but an afterimage!"

"Afterimage!" As soon as the words fell, Di Luo and Ouyang Xiu shouted at the same time, and a puzzled expression gradually appeared on their faces, but more of a surprise.

"You know?" Zheng Hanfei asked, his mind kept recalling this name, it seemed, he had heard of this name.

"Don't you know?" Di Luo looked at Zheng Hanfei and said in surprise, "The Remnant of the Thief, a veritable world thief, my father's Claudes Group was visited by him. ”

"Oh! I remember! Zheng Hanfei patted his head, "He has committed 3,000 crimes, almost never missed, white hat, white mask, black cape, black dress, he is like the French writer Maurice Loubron's Arsène Robin, Conan's monster thief Kidd and the Night Baron combined." ”

"yes!" Ouyang Xiu nodded, "Flexible mind, agile skills, first-class disguise skills, and most importantly, he is just like his name, turning into a shadow all the time, stealing important works of art without knowing it, and I almost lost in his hands several times." ”

"But why do such people know me? Wrote another letter to you, who was once an opponent? Zheng Hanfei returned the letter to Ouyang Xiu, with a puzzled expression, he had never known such a big person.

"I don't know" Ouyang Xiu shook his head, "Forget it, it's useless to think about this now." By the way, I heard Diro say, you want two of your friends to join the detective agency? ”

"yes, I don't know if it's okay?"

"How's their reasoning? What are you good at? ”

"IQ is enough!" Zheng Hanfei thought for a moment, "After all, they are all students of Quinn Academy. Reasoning? I'm not sure, but are you good at it? Xiao Xun is good at mathematics and English, Xiao Jie is good at analyzing people's mental activities, and he is also very careful in observation, by the way, they are both athletic and have good physical strength. ”

"That's ......" Ouyang Xiu thought for a while and said, "For your sake, let them take the test, as long as they pass the test, they can join, en...... You can also be next to them, and although you can't answer them for them, you can give them a hint when necessary, remember, you can only give them a hint once. ”

"No problem." Zheng Hanfei stretched out his hand and made an "ok" gesture, "Then I'll go first." ”

"Go ahead. Diro, take the three of them to the registration room on the upper floor to take the first test. ”

"Understood!" Di Luo responded with a word and led Zheng Hanfei out of the room.

After the door of the room was closed, Ouyang Xiu threw the card and letter on the table, pondered for a while, and then smiled slowly: "Afterimage?" I don't know if the next time we meet, under the eyes of two top detectives, you will be able to escape. ”

……

"This is it!" Di Luo pointed to the three big words 'registration room' on the door number, and said to the three people behind him: "You just go in, someone will receive you, I'll go first." ”

After looking at Di Luo's figure disappearing around the corner, Zheng Hanfei knocked on the door of the registration room, and suddenly, the heavy door made a low sound, giving people a sense of depression.

"Please come in!" A sweet voice came from the room, making Zheng Hanfei feel as sweet as eating honey.

Click! Nan Ruoxun quickly pushed the door, and due to too much force, the heavy door hit the wall, making a bang, and Zheng Hanfei jumped in fright.

"What are you doing here!" Zheng Hanfei couldn't help but accuse Nan Ruoxun, and there seemed to be a trace of anger on his face, "This is not a place for you to play." ”

"You don't have to worry about it!" Nan Ruoxun shook his head and rushed into the room.

Gu Jie sighed, glanced at Zheng Hanfei, with a playful smile on his face, and then followed Nan Ruoxun into the room.

What the hell happened to them? Especially Nan Ruoxun, who provoked her? Zheng Hanfei scratched his head in confusion, and walked into the room, no matter what, he couldn't wait stupidly outside the room, then the two of them still needed his help.

"Hello. Is it Nan Ruoxun, Zheng Hanfei, and Gu Jie? As soon as he entered the door, a girl about the same age as them met Zheng Hanfei's sight. With long jet-black hair, wearing a beige dress, black eyes slightly narrowed, and a sweet smile, you can't help but feel a sense of intimacy.

"Yes!" The three of them said in unison.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhongli Wan'er, I am in the third class of the first year of high school, and I am good at graph analysis and calculation." Zhongli Wan'er said enthusiastically, "The president has already told me about you, and from now on, I will be the examiner of your first round of tests." Excuse me, Gujie and Nan Ruoxun, are you ready? ”

"Ready!" The two replied in unison.

"That's good!" Zhongli Wan'er smiled, took out a blue folder from the drawer of the desk, opened it, took out two pieces of paper of the same size, handed them to Nan Ruoxun and Gu Jie, and instructed: "This is your test, what is written on the paper is a password question, please tell what the password is, the time limit is half an hour, and the timer will begin." ”

As soon as the words fell, the two of them took out a pen from their pockets and began to ponder the answer to the question.

"Do you want one too?" Zhongli Wan'er took out another piece of paper from the folder and asked Zheng Hanfei.

"Of course, reasoning, but it's my hobby!" Zheng Hanfei nodded. Although Ouyang Xiu didn't have to let him take the test, he still wanted to try the test, not only to exercise his reasoning ability and help his friends solve puzzles, but also to prove his ability to the other members of the detective agency.

"Give." Zhongli Wan'er handed it to Zheng Hanfei, then put the folder back in the drawer, took out a watch, and started to time.

"Huh?" Seeing the content on the paper, Zheng Hanfei couldn't help frowning, and immediately smiled.

"What? Untied? Zhongli Wan'er found out about Zheng Hanfei's abnormality and couldn't help asking.

"No, I'm just excited." Zheng Hanfei replied, "I would love to know who took the effort to come up with this topic, and it actually brought a trace of interest to my boring mood. ”