At the same time, a box car enters Karakuri City.

The curtains opened slightly, and a pair of eyes looked at the crowd outside the car, and the atmosphere was very lively. And of course, after all, the Automaton Fair, the festival of European puppet makers, is taking place here. Even now, there are all kinds of stalls set up by merchants, various singing and dancing performances, costume parades, and all kinds of dolls in shops, stalls, and on both sides of the street.

No matter who it is, they will look at it curiously, but the owner of those eyes does not show any emotion, just looks at the eyes like the props they are used to.

Lowering the curtains, the young man with black hair, eyes, and clothes smiled at the half-aged man sitting in front of him, and said, "General, do you see it?" There are dolls everywhere, and it's just annoying. ”

"Isn't that spectacular? I am very proud that my country has a college like Wal-Urges. It is a very honorable thing that outstanding talents and the latest technologies from all over the world are gathered here. The half-aged man replied in a hoarse, low voice.

"That's right, that's not good. Why can't our empire even manage a single university? Why should that man be backed by autonomy and do whatever he wants? Can you believe that? General, you are obviously using state funds to conduct research, but you take the results for yourself? It's the same with this fair. Every year, the latest techniques from various countries gather here, but the empire only looks at them with a bare eye. Don't you think that's pretty stupid? The young man said sarcastically, looking at the middle-aged man.

"Your Highness! Please be cautious. If it is heard"

"The dignified hero, General Guredan, is so unplanted!" The young man raised his voice and raised his head slightly. Not without irony, he said: "Before, too, when I heard the name of the Iron Demon King, I even wanted to propose to come back after a while. ”

"Your Highness" Gu Leidan's face twitched, and he defended: "The strength of the Iron Demon King is not trivial, and he can even fight against a country with the strength of one person, if you are not careful"

"Ha Lu, I know what I said. I haven't seen it, but I'm a little scared of you and other big guys. ”

The young man lifted the curtain again and looked out of the car.

Gu Redan knew that the young man in front of him was not afraid of Tony. Even if Tony hadn't left the city, I'm afraid he would

"But it's also great. The Iron Lord is just here for a moment. If he's still around. I really don't know what to do. ”

The young man grinned.

Gu Leidan's mouth was closed again, and he couldn't see through the young man in front of him, the black prince Edmond, the first heir to the British Empire.

There was a moment of silence in the carriage, and Edmond ruffled the green hair of the girl beside him. A dark smile is drawn at the corners of his mouth. Looking at the general with shadowy eyes: "The so-called 'Karakuri magic'. Is it really that convenient? ”

"Of course, there is no power in this world that can surpass Karakuri magic."

Guredan's affirmative attitude made Edmond laugh and pat his thigh: "That's really arrogant. But in fact, it's not okay to be so weak! The laissez-faire of the empire fueled Edward. Rutherford's momentum allowed him to monopolize the research results. If this continues, sooner or later we will be overtaken by France. I also look very unpleasantly at Russia's movements, and the emerging United States is even more arrogant, and Germany is even more dangerous. ”

Guredan watched quietly, he could already guess what Edmond was going to say.

"But now it's a good opportunity, look," Edmond said, waving his hand, pointing out of the car, "The advanced techniques of various countries are concentrated here, as long as the skills of those guys are completely snatched and treated as something of my empire." It's the British Empire that really deserves to reign in this world—no, it should be me! ”

Although he had long known about Edmond's ambitions, he was still shocked by hearing these arrogant words.

Gredan swallowed his saliva and sarcastically said that he had been swallowed up by the young man's delusions, and then said: "Although the Iron Demon King is gone, he has met with a student who has done well at the night party, and he has left the cross, a knightly order composed of the sons of various German families, to the student, and he may have some plans to drive him. ”

"Are you scared?" Edmond asked softly.

Guredan didn't speak—he acquiesced. Not afraid of a student, of course, but the unfathomable Tony.

Hahaha!

Edmond laughed loudly, slapped his thigh, and said, "You are the only man who can be said to be the 'equal' to that Rutherford, and you are actually afraid of a rising star."

Although he was ridiculed, Gu Redan was not annoyed, but said seriously: "Even Rutherford, he is still afraid of the Iron Demon King. Your Highness, the Iron Demon King can be feared by the world, and he has his own ability, and he must not be taken lightly. ”

"But he's not here, is he?"

Gredan was silent, and that was why he dared to accompany Edmund here, otherwise he would have to wait and see for a while.

"It's just a student, and no matter how much you make the Iron Demon look at you differently, you can't be your opponent. What's more," Edmond looked at the green-haired girl and said proudly, "As long as you are a magician who controls the puppet, you can only surrender to my feet!" Even the makers of it are the same! Hahaha! ”

Edmond's laughter echoed in the relatively spacious carriage

Wu Jian came to the dean's office, and there were only three people in the room except Wu Jian. Avril, who brought Wu Jian over, automatically stood next to Edward, and next to him stood against the wall was Magnus, and of course Edward was sitting behind the desk opposite Wu Jian.

After Wu Jian came in, he casually found a place and sat down. While trimming his nails, he said, "Say, what are you looking for me for?" ”

No one blames Wu Jian's attitude, and Avril even gave Wu Jian a thumbs up. Seeing that the secretary not only did not speak for himself, but also praised the student for disrespecting him, Edward couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Shaking his head, Edward asked Avril, "Did you tell him everything about the puppet killer?" ”

Edward smiled bitterly again and said to Wu Jian: "Puppet killer, strictly speaking, it's not that the puppet is killed, but the puppet is crazy. ”

Wu Jian did not speak. Edward continued: "Listen to the victims. Their puppets lose control, and then either vandalize or disappear in a frenzy. It is said that at the time of the runaway, a wonderful song was heard at the scene - it was a more terrifying and eerie event than the ogre. ”

Wu Jian nodded, motioning for Edward to continue.

"Wu Jian. I want to entrust you with this matter. ”

"Oh why? You can't be without one, right? Wu Jian glanced at Magnus.

"Magnus has other tasks, and I have to say the best fit. It's just you. ”

Wu Jian glanced at Edward. As if to say that this is also a reason?

Edward smiled and explained, "The previous Ogre incident was already panicking, and it was finally stabilized. If there is another puppet killer incident, it will be a difficult rift to repair the school's reputation, and it will even cause chaos among students. So it has to be done secretly. But every move of the school will attract attention, and the incident of the puppet killer has already begun to spread, and it is inconvenient for us to take action. ”

Edward paused, wanting to see Wu Jian's reaction. But disappointed him, Wu Jian didn't react at all.

After closing his eyes slightly, Edward continued: "Since it is inconvenient for the school to make a move, it is most appropriate to entrust a person who is suitable for covert investigation and handling. But that person must be strong enough to handle this incident. And if the entrusted person has something long, it's not good. So, only you can do it, Wu Jian. ”

After speaking, Edward looked at Wu Jian with a smile, as if Wu Jian would definitely agree.

After staring at him for a while, Wu Jian chuckled lightly and said, "Do you want to test my strength?" But you don't have to do that to see - trouble always comes to me."

(Or maybe I'm going to get in trouble with others.) ）

Wu Jian added such a sentence in his heart.

"Hehe, Wu Jian's strength can be said to be an unknown realm, of course I will be curious" Edward narrowed his eyes, and his sharp eyes shot at Wu Jian from the gap: "But listen to what you mean, it seems to know the reason for the matter." ”

Hum!

"I'm not a god, you better think about what to use to impress me, I don't do things for free."

"Oh?" Edward was originally ready to attract Wu Jian's reward (he thought he would), but after Wu Jian took the initiative, he asked curiously, "I wonder what reward Wu Jian wants?" ”

Wu Jian leaned on the armrest, supported his cheek with his left hand, tilted his head and closed one eye, and the corners of his mouth turned upward: "I heard that you have a copy of "Solomon's Key", I wonder if Lu Dao can give it to me?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Magnus, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly opened his eyes, and his magic power was also agitated, and he could summon the puppet out at any time. And Avril also became serious, looking at Wu Jian with very terrifying eyes, and her right hand was also on the hilt of the knife. Only Edward remained the same, as if he had no particular thoughts about it.

"Hehe, it's just a book, if Wu Jian is curious, I can show it to you. But what does Wu Jian want to do with the book over there? It doesn't seem to be of much use to you, does it? ”

"It's useless, but I'm a person who likes to collect weird things."

"I see, but this book is something very important to me, so I can't use it as a reward. Wu Jian, let's make another request. ”

"Forget it, you don't have anything that interests me. But don't worry, this time there will be a lot of trouble, and you can't hide it if you want to. ”

Is this something that can be reassured?

Even Edward couldn't help but smile wryly, and Avril tightened her grip on the hilt. Wu Jian's words don't seem like irrelevant people. If you can, you can only torture it.

However, Edward secretly shook her hand and motioned to ignore it.

"Besides, if you want to see my strength, then this incident is destined to disappoint you, because I don't need to show my strength at all, and you can't see it. If you want to find out, it's better to do it yourself. ”

Wu Jian raised his index and middle fingers, nodded at Edward, and walked to the door. Although there is Edward's block. Avril still wanted to stop Wu Jian several times. But in the end, I gave up. Edward's blocking is on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is also because of Wu Jian's strength, and the fight will definitely make the entire academy know about it. And listening to Wu Jian's tone, although he understands the truth of the incident. But it is also required to deal with this incident.

"That's right." Wu Jian walked to the door. The door was opened. But you suddenly turned around and said, ""Solomon's Key, you should think about it, you can also put forward conditions." If only it were divine ingenuity. ”

After Wu Jian went out of the city (he waited quietly behind Wu Jian from beginning to end), Avril couldn't help but want to ask Edward why he didn't catch Wu Jian and ask for clarification, but when he saw Edward's thoughtful look, he endured it. It's okay to joke about it, but when you're serious, you'll still do the job of a secretary - at least it won't disturb Edward's thinking.

"Is it just divine ingenuity?" It took Edward a long time to hold back this sentence, and as for what he was thinking, no one knew what he was thinking

After coming out of the building, Wu Jian saw Xiao Zi probing his brain behind the tree. After seeing Wu Jian, she immediately smiled and ran over.

"Lord Wu Jian!"

"Xiao Zi."

As soon as Wu Jian bent down, he hugged Xiao Zi - fortunately, the strategy (training) was already completed every night, although he pouted, but he was not as excited as before.

"Lord Wu Jian!" Xiao Zi rubbed Wu Jian's face with a smooth little face, and said with a smile: "Glass is looking for you for something!" ”

Wu Jian nodded, and just hugged Xiao Zi and asked her to lead the way.

When I came to a lake (Wu Jian has been here for so long, I found that the environment of this school is really good), and Glass sat there, and Ilulli was also standing beside him.

Seeing Xiao Zi sticking to Wu Jian's body, Glass looked at Ye Ye in surprise (I didn't care about it before), she would allow Wu Jian to be so close to other women. After thinking about it, Glass quickly understood what happened night and night, and the eyes that looked at Wu Jian became complicated, but there was also a hint of relief.

"There is a task." Glass said coldly.

"Oh."

Wu Jian simply answered, then found a taller stone and sat down, teasing Xiao Zi (just face).

"Hee-hee-hee-hee, it's so itchy, Lord Wu Jian!"

Glass's eyebrows were raised, and he said in a patient tone: "Because you ignored the orders of the military department before, although your meeting with Tony seems to be advantageous, but ignoring the order also puts you in an awkward position, and this task must be completed." ”

It can be seen from the tone of the glass that the situation is not so serious, and it must be Tony's side who helped deal with it.

After Wu Jian figured it out, he asked, "What kind of task is it?" ”

"Go be bait!" Glass said forcefully, and then explained, "The target is Professor Arianti of the college's engineering department, and the military wants to investigate the professor's secret research, but she is closely protected, so I want you, the student, to contact her and distract her." If you can, you can also use your ability to cheat the girl and get her research! ”

Speaking of the back, Glass glared at Wu Jian with the eyes of a female public enemy with anger.

Wu Jian didn't care, but thought about it: Well, are you a scientific research talent? It seems that it is also necessary to search for talents in this area, and it will definitely not be me who can cope with the whole situation alone, and it is better to have all kinds of them.

Wu Jian nodded, and he could be regarded as agreeing to this task.

"Then you should hurry up, the time is noon today. You must contact her and lure her away from the research room, and Xiao Zi and the intelligence department personnel will start an investigation. ”

"So fast!?" Ye Ye helped Wu Jian ask out.

Without looking at the night, Glass kept staring at Wu Jian and said, "That's right, in other words, the matter is so important and urgent. You should also note that this is a real espionage operation, and the professor's research is also very important to the Academy. If you find out that something is wrong, you may be expelled from school on suspicion of espionage - no one can save you. So you give me a little care, don't say you leak when you see women!! ”

"I know."

Glass nodded with satisfaction, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he found that Wu Jian looked at him as if he was looking at him very strangely, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just weird, I thought you'd not come to see me for a while after I pushed you to that incident. And you don't have to come here in person for this kind of mission, right? It's okay to ask Iruri or Purple to come and spread the word, do you really want to see me? ”

Glass's face suddenly turned red and he stammered, "You, you, what nonsense are you talking about!?" I'm just worried about where I stand! If you are allowed to do nonsense, I will be your guarantor, but I will be unlucky!! Listen to me! I'm here to remind you how important this mission is, and you have to do it for me! ”

After roaring, Glass walked away in a huff. Before leaving, he also took Xiaozi away from Wu Jian's arms by himself.

Looking at the back of the glass, he pouted his mouth every night, stuck it to Wu Jian's back and said: "Obviously I am still newly married, so I will hook up with girls here, and I won't even let go of the glass!" ”

Glass is not only a maker to Yeye, but more like a mother, so it's no wonder she's complaining. (To be continued......)