Chapter 121: Traces of the Treasure (1)
After an autumn rain, the temperature plummeted, bringing Julu City into a bleak autumn in an instant.
The plane trees all over the street began to drop their yellow leaves, swirling to the ground, soaking in the accumulated rainwater until they rotted.
Pedestrians on the road also began to put on thick warm cotton clothes, with their hands in their pockets, walking in a hurry, as if they wanted to return to their warm homes as soon as possible.
Green Gao stood on the ninth floor of the martial arts hall, standing with his hands in his hands, although he looked at the scenery outside the window, his eyes no longer knew where to drift.
Behind the table, Annevia stood silently. As the weather cooled down, she also changed out of her sexy leather coat and changed to seasonal clothes. The upper body wears an orange slim shirt with a simple style, only the neckline is embellished with a white lace edge, and the lower edge of the dress is knotted and hung at the waist.
The lower body is a short gray skirt that is over the knee, and layers of folds form a pattern-like decorative pattern. Black cotton tights extend all the way to the thighs, creating small circles of strangulation on the firm, wheat-toned skin.
With the hard black leather boots on the soles of his feet, he looks like he is seven or eight years younger, and he looks a little girly, and the sense of danger like a scorpion in the past has disappeared a lot.
The room was silent, and Tia went out early to wait, and although Green didn't say anything, she had been actively avoiding the affairs of the martial arts hall.
"What's going on in the city lately?"
Green finally retracted his distant thoughts and asked.
"The families are still maintaining a wait-and-see attitude and have not made any moves, but they also have some suppression of the development of the martial arts hall. "Annevia is in charge of intelligence work, keeping an eye on the actions of each family, and regularly reporting to Green on the situation in the city.
This was the second week of Thea's journey, and instead of hiding his whereabouts, he left in the open, while Green sent him miles out of the city before turning back.
Although Thea is gone, the impact of Green's defeat of Chrysler some time ago is still there, and each family is a little puzzled that he only sent a junior to deal with the affairs of Julu City, and can't help but wonder about the current situation of the Lion family.
After all, Thea's elder brother is still in the military region, and he has continued to develop his power in the army, and his wrists are strong and intimidating. Obviously, the Humist family has not given up their plan for Asapshire, and the families have been waiting for the lion family's response.
After pondering for a while, Green decided: "The development of the martial arts hall can slow down, it has reached a bottleneck, let them all shrink their forces as much as possible, and be optimistic about their own territory." ”
Annevia nodded and jotted it down.
"By the way, how is the information I gave you last time, how is it organized?" Green turned to look at her, since he became the acting president of the Julu City branch of the Brotherhood, he had read a lot of information under the pretense of public and private, and wrote it all down after returning to the martial arts hall before writing it out silently.
With 31 points of spiritual power, he actually has the ability to never forget, and forcibly told Annevia all the information he has seen, so that she can sort out and classify and improve the intelligence database of the martial arts hall.
It's just that Green didn't expect that he, as the acting president, could only browse the ordinary information in the jurisdiction, and the information with a slightly higher degree of confidentiality could only be viewed after asking the higher level, and it had to be done for a reason.
"The information brought back by the adults is too much and too miscellaneous, and it has not been sorted out yet, so all the people have been working on this matter together. Annevia bowed slightly.
"Well, this is not in a hurry, you can take your time, don't stop what you are doing, and spread out the intelligence network as soon as possible. ”
"At present, it has roughly covered the north and south of the city, but there are many obstacles in the east of the city. I will step up my pushing. ”
The eastern part of the city is a wealthy area, and there is no room for the martial arts hall to interfere, which did not surprise Green.
"Well, then continue like this, you go down first. Green said with a wave of his hand.
Annevia nodded, bowed and saluted, then turned to leave, but after taking two steps, she turned back to look at Green, and said with some confusion: "My lord, there is a vague information, saying that there is a strong man suspected of being a heavenly knight in Asaph County. ”
"Celestial Knight? Green raised an eyebrow, intriguing a little.
Annevia briefly recounted the contents of the information, "This is a prostitute who has reported to her, and one of her guests, who is also a knight, happened to tell her that she had seen a knight flying in the sky near a small city not far below the giant deer city. However, it was getting late at that time, and I only saw the other party flash a burst of fighting light and disappeared into the sky, and the target seemed to be Julu City. ”
"The sky is indeed a competence only of the Heavenly Knights, but if the Heavenly Knights enter the territory of Assa, the information of the Brotherhood should be the first to receive the news. Are your sources reliable?" asked Green, frowning, after a moment of deep thought.
"We compared the information gathered in that area, and no one else witnessed it, but the man didn't swear it was nonsense. ”
"Well, I know about it, and I'll check the news from the Brotherhood when I get back. ”
"Yes. Annevia nodded, and then stepped back.
Green turned around and continued to look out the window, keeping the incident in mind.
......
Every week, Green would come to the Black Iron Bar to finish the business he had accumulated from the previous week.
But most of it is just trivial, but it needs his signature. Before, Thea was basically not very much at this time, so they were used to it.
Green sat in his original place as Thea, holding a booklet and casually ticking his name behind it, with a satisfied smile on his face.
He used to have to complete a silver-level mission every month, but now he used the authority of the guild leader to erase his mission for this month directly to avoid trouble.
After processing all the documents that should be signed, he picked up the latest information on the table and slowly browsed it.
The Brotherhood has an extensive intelligence network, and will also communicate with branches in other counties to confirm the accuracy of the information.
Although the Brotherhood says that it does not participate in the struggle of local forces, in fact, the intelligence of the major forces in Julu City has been collected.
Even the Baiyun Martial Arts Pavilion is under their intelligence surveillance.
"The slave princess I last forwarded to Decater was pregnant last week? ”
Green sighed twice, and just turned the next page when he heard a knock on the door outside.
"Come in. ”
Pushing open the door, the man who walked in made Green feel a little familiar, and he looked at the other man's distinctive hair that stood on end, and he remembered his name, Mills.
I once tried it before Green joined the Brotherhood, and the strength looked pretty good.
"President, I have a request. ”
It made him feel a little uncomfortable to see that someone who was once inferior to him was now sitting in the chairman's seat, but he still lowered his head and explained his intentions.
"You say. ”
"My guide, who is also my brother Olu, failed his third mission and was expelled from the Brotherhood. I applied to help him continue with the failed task and get him exempt from punishment. ”
Green didn't rush to answer, but looked at his information from the side.
After a few careful glances, he looked up at Mills and said, "You've helped him complete several tasks, and this is not in accordance with the regulations." If his strength is not good, it is not good to stay in the brotherhood. ”
"No, not like that. He was seriously injured in trying to save me, so the serious drop in strength led to the failure of the mission. I'm working on completing the quest to redeem the medicine that can heal his injuries, and it won't take long to accumulate enough points. So, I beg you to promise me!"
Mills' expression was very excited, and it was clear that the other party was important to him. However, Green can also understand his emotions, just as Thea introduced him to the Brotherhood, and the two are better than brothers.
"In that case, it's not that you can't be allowed to help him complete a mission. It's just that it's the last time, and even if it's done, it won't pay anything. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. Mills nodded heavily.
"Alright then, I'll approve of that. But you've already taken on four tasks this month, so don't force it if you can't. ”
Green didn't bother him much, and casually agreed. Seeing that his breath was a little unstable, he was obviously injured a little, and he specially instructed him.
"I'm fine, thank you, President, I'll quit first. Mills saluted happily and hurried away.
Green didn't take this to heart, and lowered his head and continued to check the information in his hand.
After going through the recent information twice, Green found no news about the Celestial Knight's arrival in Asapshire.
"If the other party comes in quietly and deliberately hides his whereabouts, it is normal that no one will find out. Green didn't suspect that Annevia would report the information indiscriminately, there must be a hint of truth in it. And the other party is still coming towards Julu City, which is very important.
Green thought about it, and then looked at the information from the previous months.
It wasn't until he turned back to the message from the Southern Headquarters half a year ago that Green found a clue.
"The well-known thief Capuso has stolen the Boots of Hermes, a treasure treasured by the Bennet family, and is now fleeing south, with the branches sending men to search for them. ”
The message detailed the thief's physical features, including a small build, particularly slender hands, and a burn mark on his neck.
The Noble Phantasm Boots of Hermes are named after the legendary fastest messenger god, and the effect is that the user can have the power of the sky without reaching the Sky Knight, and it is a functional Phantasm, but it has been damaged and can only be used three times a day.
Although it was flawed, it was still regarded as a treasure by the Ben Knight family, and it was carefully stored, but the family was in the middle of the road, neglected to defend itself, and was taken advantage of by a thief, and escaped from the pursuit along the way.
But then the next text message said that Capso had escaped from the empire with a sharp bend, canceling the previous order. So the news didn't attract much attention.
"I see, if I guessed correctly, the thief's escape was just a cover, and the real target might be Julu City. And he happened to be seen using the Boots of Hermes, so he mistook him for the Sky Knight. ”
Thinking of this, Green couldn't help but tap his fingers.
For. For. For. For.
"It's just my guess, but if I report it, even if I catch it, it's just a reward for some points, and it's not of much use to me. ”
Grimm finally decided to hide the matter for the time being, the thief was not very strong, maybe this was his chance.