Late at night.

Stephen Sand's private residence in the windmill area, outside a detached villa.

A man in a trench coat walks down a cobblestone path, he calmly crosses a high fence, the magic alarm flickering, but it doesn't sound.

The man's right index finger pressed against his lips, as if there was some magic in the action, and he made his way through the mechanism and the alarm-ridden courtyard without causing any movement.

Crossing the hallway, he seemed to let his guard down and removed his index finger from his lips.

He entered the hall, then skillfully went around to the second floor, and was about to push open the door to the study, but when he put his hand on the doorknob, he seemed to feel something and turned back sharply.

At the end of the corridor on the second floor, there stood an old man in a neat suit.

A soft bell rang out, and then a dim light came up.

"Master, you have turned over the wall of your house again......" The old man looked at the footprints on the lawn outside the window, showing a helpless look:

"That's not how the Silence Field is used."

The man said calmly, "I learned it a long time ago, and no matter what skill you have, you have to learn and use it. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly hesitated:

"Did they sleep?"

The old man nodded: "Madame and the two young ladies have already fallen asleep, and at dinner tonight, Madame also asked me to clean up the study......"

The man sighed: "I know I know...... I have to sleep in the study when I come back late, am I not very conscious? ”

"Nope." The old man said solemnly: "Madame is angry today, and you are not even allowed to sleep in the study." ”

"She filled my study with cacti."

The man was stunned: "Then where do I sleep?" ”

The old man coughed: "Stables? That's what Madame meant. Of course, you can ignore it, at least I can understand that you are indeed busy with business. ”

The man rubbed his temples very nervously:

"So, the reason why you stayed up so late waiting for me to come home is just to tell me the news?"

The old man shook his head: "Not really. ”

He handed a delicate invitation to the man's hand.

The man was stunned for a moment, then opened it and looked at it, his expression becoming more subtle.

"Tomorrow's breakfast time, it looks like you're busy."

The old man's tone was calm, but somewhat gloating.

"Damn, how can there be such a stubborn person?"

The man waved the invitation in his hand with some excitement: "Isn't the rejection of my reply obvious enough?" ”

"Or maybe this warlock can't read?"

The old man thought for a moment: "I don't think so, sir. ”

"Let's think about it from another angle, if the guest reads your refusal and still insists on visiting, it means that he has something important to do – at least important to him."

"That's why I'm going to say, you're busy tomorrow for breakfast."

The man nodded thoughtfully.

"So, is breakfast still the same as ever?" The old man asked.

The man shook his head very reluctantly and said:

"Prepare one for him, too."

"I seem to have some impression of this warlock, as if he was from the last negotiation team, and it is said that he has something to do with the big shots of Paradise Lost."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but yawn, hesitated, and finally didn't push open the door of the study.

He was going to run to the rooftop and spend the night.

Although he is known as "Grumpy Akai", his status in the family is very humble, and his wife and two wives are existences he cannot provoke. In order to appease his wife's anger for days, he could only do this.

It's just that when he just stepped up the stairs, the old man, who was the butler, didn't go, and he was still there.

"Anything else?" Akai was a little puzzled.

"It's gone, sir." The old man sighed lightly: "I just want to remind you that there are some things that you can't do quickly." ”

"I understand what you're trying to make up for, but don't let that affect your state of mind."

"The state of mind of the demon hunter is the most important thing."

A haze flashed in Akai's eyes.

He nodded, no longer hesitated, and turned to go upstairs.

Tonight is another night that is difficult to sleep.

……

Meanwhile. The second floor of the Lettuce Hotel.

Xu Nan has never fallen asleep, and the little male cat incarnated by Xie Yutong has long been asleep on the sofa.

He sat by the window and waited patiently.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and blew open the window, creaked, and then there was no sound.

"I remember that it was forbidden to cast spells in the public areas of Stephen Sand."

Xu Nan opened his mouth coldly.

A small head suddenly peeked out of the window.

"I have a spell casting license."

The other party said stubbornly.

Xu Nan stood by the window, glanced down, and saw a pale yellow magic carpet that was constantly shaking in a regular wave form.

"Like you have an expired airship license?"

He couldn't help but tease.

The other party was furious: "Do you still want that thing?!" ”

Xu Nan coughed: "Yes." ”

"This is very important, thank you for being willing to go out in the middle of the night to help me......"

His words were interrupted impatiently by Emma:

"Okay, don't be hypocritical, the things are here, record them for yourself."

Her eyes became slightly fierce: "What if I find out that you are using the things here to do evil...... Hum! ”

Xu Nan took a file record, he glanced at it, and smiled gratefully.

Jiang Yuan is not in the city for a long time, and it is quite troublesome for him to get some official information about Stephen Sand - he has a good relationship with Roger, but it has not reached this point yet.

In fact, he asked Emma for help, which was also the last choice, basically he didn't have much expectations, but he didn't expect Emma to be so diligent, and he actually collected information for him overnight, which was amazingly efficient.

Xu Nan opened the file bag and quickly checked the information he wanted, and it didn't take long for him to show a relieved expression.

Sure enough, it was similar to what I guessed.

His eyes narrowed.

"Looks like someone is going to be out of luck." Emma leaned against the window and stretched, and then knocked on the window door with some dissatisfaction: "Won't you invite me in and sit?" ”

Xu Nan was stunned: "Is this necessary?" ”

Emma said irritablely, "Of course it is necessary! ”

"Why do you think I'm doing things for you?"

With that, she squeezed in through the window without saying a word.

Emma's petite figure is naturally not difficult, and judging from her skillful skills, it is obviously not the first time.

The movement of her climbing the window was not small, and the poor little earth cat was awakened and looked at Emma with some trepidation.

Xu Nan made a gesture of silence, and Xie Yutong quickly jumped on the bed and hid in the corner of the wall.

Emma was unimpressed.

She pulled over the chair and sat down, and muttered:

"I have something to ask of you."

Xu Nan shook her eyebrows, sure enough, Emma would not help herself in vain......

He asked, "As long as it has nothing to do with Senior Sister Jiang, I can discuss it." ”

What Emma thinks about Jiang Yuanchi, Xu Nan has long understood; But Jiang Yuanchi rarely mentioned Emma in front of Xu Nan, which couldn't help but make Xu Nan think about it. But no matter what, this woman actually wants to kidnap her chief mage all day long, which is unforgivable!

It's just that he still needs Emma's help, so he has to be more upright, at least not so directly.

"It has nothing to do with ginger."

Emma said calmly, "I want to join your city, and I can give you any official title." ”

Xu Nan frowned.

You're stupid!

Emma, one of the Six Apostles of Stephen Sand, was busy like a ghost all day long, and suddenly came running to say that she wanted to join her city...... Isn't his sinister intentions obvious?

To put it bluntly, is it because Jiang Yuan is late?

Xu Nan thought so, but he was not so resistant in his heart. He's thinking about the pros and cons.

As a big city destined to shock Huanyu in the future, Anonymous City must have more masters. At present, the high-end force of Anonymous City is very embarrassing, and only Xu Nan and Jiang Yuanchi can barely be called strong.

In fact, Xu Nan, a strong man, has to be discounted.

If war breaks out, even if he is fully prepared in other aspects, but lacking in high-end force, he will still suffer a lot.

At first glance, there are still a lot of benefits to pulling Emma into Anonymous City, at least there is another fourth-order mage in Anonymous City.

As for her bad intentions.

Well, as long as you keep an eye on it in the future and don't let her kidnap Jiang Yuanchi.

Thinking of this, Xu Nan readily agreed:

"That's fine."

"I'll arrange it for you when I get back."

Emma was a little depressed:

"Huh? Don't you ask me why? I've got a lot of rhetoric ready. ”

Xu Nan shook his head: "We are a small city like Anonymous City, and now we welcome all kinds of talents to settle in. ”

"As long as you don't dislike us for being backward and in danger."

Emma glared, "Isn't it an underground miner city where you guys?" Where is the danger lurking? ”

Xu Nan smiled but did not speak.

Emma didn't care, and directly took Xu Nan's advice as the wind in her ears.

In this way, Emma's joining the Anonymous City was decided.

It seems that she never expected things to be so simple, and Emma didn't know what to do.

She sat dry for a while, and Xu Nan ignored her, just took the file and looked at it vigorously.

"I heard you're going to visit Akai recently?"

She couldn't help but take the initiative to ask.

Xu Nan glanced at her a little surprised: "The news is very well-informed." ”

Roger has never been a talkative person, and he was a little surprised at how the news leaked out.

"There's nothing unclear about Stephen Sand."

Emma proudly lifted off work and uttered a famous Stephen Sand aphorism.

"That person is not easy to get along with, what are you looking for him? What does it have to do with this file? ”

Xu Nan looked at her with some amusement: "Why do you suddenly care about me?" Have you been idle lately? I've heard that the law enforcement team is busy with dogs......"

"That's the law enforcement team, not me." Emma pouted, "I've been really idle lately, otherwise why would I want to go to your city to play?" ”

Xu Nan was even more surprised.

Jiang Yuanchi was transferred to the law enforcement team to help, why can you be idle?

"Why don't you write me a letter of recommendation, and I'll go to your city first......" she said suddenly.

Xu Nan's eyes rolled: "Okay." ”

He is not afraid of Emma sabotage, although this woman is sometimes unreliable, but she is not a brainless person.

At this time, he also saw that the name was coming, and without saying a word, he directly wrote a letter to the Drifting Fire and the city hall, appointing Emma as the "Environmental Sanitation Protection Officer" - it was a false position anyway, and at the same time let everyone be respectful.

Emma took the letter of recommendation and seemed to be relieved, she stood up and paced back and forth in the room, as if she wanted to thank Xu Nan, but she was embarrassed to speak. Fortunately, Xu Nan was quite knowledgeable, he suddenly closed the file and yawned.

"I'm a little sleepy......"

"Are you going to stay and sleep?" He asked.

"How could I stay and sleep!"

Emma took the letter of recommendation and left in a huff, and before leaving, she hesitantly said thank you by the window.

Xu Nan closed the window with a smile on his face:

"The six apostles are all busy, Jiang Yuanchi has been transferred to the law enforcement team, Akai is tracking down Helena's whereabouts, but Emma is idle for no reason...... It's kind of interesting. ”

But what he cared about most at the moment was not that, but something recorded in the file bag on the table.

It's really fun.

……

Early the next morning, Xu Nan went to Akai's house early in the morning to visit, for fear that this guy would eat breakfast too quickly.

Fortunately, although Akai is eccentric, he still has basic etiquette.

Under the reception of the housekeeper, Xu Nan crossed the courtyard of the front hall and arrived at the dining room.

According to the housekeeper, Akai's wife and two daughters were still sleeping at this time, so it was a rare free time for Akai during the day.

Generally speaking, Akai will cherish this time of eating alone.

Today's arrival of Xu Nan obviously broke all this.

It's just that Xu Nan was a little surprised that judging from the structure of the house and Akai's status, this guy must be a rich man.

But the breakfast on the table was shabby, with only bread and milk.

Not even a sausage and an egg......

When Xu Nan took his seat, Akai was tearing a piece of bread, and judging from his movements, he was obviously quite skilled.

Akai looked at Xu Nan: "Every morning, I will eat for about five minutes. ”

"It could be even faster today."

Xu Nan smiled: "It won't take five minutes." ”

"Actually, I came to you today to report someone."

"He's a member of the law enforcement team, Thomas!"

"This person has a problem, and it's a big problem!"

Akai was a little surprised, and then frowned, revealing a little disgust:

"If you have a problem with Thomas, you can write to the inspection team and I can give you their address or contact information......"

"No, no, no!" Xu Nan said solemnly: "That's why I came to visit in person. ”

"You should know that Mr. Thomas has been tracking down the back of the head for two weeks, and there has been no progress......"

"Enough!"

Akai interrupted, "I can't allow you to slander a good law enforcement officer in front of me. ”

"Investigating the case is not alchemy, how can there be a 100% result?"

"I think I understand what you're here for, now, please leave, don't get in the way of my meal."

Xu Nan frowned, and decided to directly enlarge the move:

"He took my money!"

Akai's eating action stalled.

His expression grew serious:

"Really?"

……