Time goes back to mid-autumn nights, pink mermaids.

In the evening.

On the second floor of the annex building on the east side of the pink mermaid, in a private room, Yanan pulled up the curtain of the floor-to-ceiling window, sat quietly on a soft chair, and overlooked the new pier No. 3 near near through the light and thin, bright and transparent gauze curtain.

Here you can see the pink mermaid's backyard, just behind the castle-like main building, a rather large courtyard filled with evergreen ornamental shrubs dotted with colorful flower beds.

The back doors of the main building and the east and west annexes have a path that runs through the entire backyard.

Walk through a small door that opens all year round, surrounded by green vines and tiny flowers, descend dozens of feet down a zigzag staircase, and walk through a secluded and uninhabited small road to reach the breakwater of the new pier No. 3.

Across the breakwater, there is a large berth at the new Pier 3. A row of dozens of long trestles was like arms, and the longest trestle was nearly two miles long, stretching straight into the deep water.

Yanan held up a monocular and looked towards the No. 66 pier, the closest pier to the pink mermaid.

A slender sailing ship of one hundred and twenty feet long was quietly anchored in the berth, and two sailors sat in the bow, boredly smoking cigarettes and munching on a mixture of betel nut and hand-cut tobacco.

Occasionally, they spat into the sea, and the scarlet foam was like human blood, staining the water of the berth in a cloud of muffle.

Two sailors who seem boring, Yanan knows their identity.

The information he obtained from special channels was very detailed, and almost leaked the battle plan of the naval headquarters of the Kingdom of Saint Sia to Yanan.

They are the most elite combat sailors in the navy of the Kingdom of Saint Chia, all of them are masters of opening up the three seas and lighting up the seven veins, whether on the sea or on land, they have the strength to fight one against one hundred.

In the cabin, such a brawler sailors, there are a whole hundred.

Even if the local garrison of Tulun Port was dispatched with all their troops, these fighting sailors fought to the death with all their might, and even if they fought head-on with the Tulun Port garrison, it would be enough to delay for an hour.

And an hour, that's enough!

The fast sailing ship 'Mirage' had just arrived in the port of Tulum last night.

The seemingly inconspicuous small sailing ship is actually the crystallization of the highest technology in the shipbuilding industry of the Kingdom of St. Chia.

It is the fastest and most dexterous spirit on the stormy ocean, the darling of the storm, the petrel incarnated into a ship, and a thunderbolt condensed into a ship. Its builders boasted that before the birth of its sister ship, not a single ship in the whole of Metland could catch up with its shadow.

Coming out of the pink mermaid's backyard, a young man with normal movements can reach the 'Phantom' in just five minutes. In less than a quarter of an hour, they were able to leave the harbor area of Tulum Harbor.

An hour was enough for them to evacuate the port of Tulum away from the threat of fire from the two new batteries built on the headlands of the Golden Fleece and the Silver Bulls.

Yanan also knew that in the open sea of Tulun Port, on the southwest side of the island of Casica, less than two hundred nautical miles from Tulun Port, a crack but powerful Saint Sia naval detachment had been lurking there for half a month.

Four first-class battleships, eight second-class battleships, twelve new fast cruisers.

Abandoning those fast but weak frigates and high-speed boats, the detachment was full of capital warships with amazing firepower and strong defense.

This detachment can easily destroy the Garcyca detachment of the Delenian Imperial Navy, as well as the local fleet in the port of Tulum.

Of course, the Phantom would not have been so unlucky and was blocked by the Garcyca fleet. If there is such bad luck, then today is the day of the destruction of the Garcican fleet.

Yanan could understand why the Saint Sia Navy was so determined to invest such a powerful force and cost.

An immeasurable survey report is enough for the Santa Chia Navy to fight for it at any cost.

Three small landmasses with a total area equivalent to 1.5 times the size of the Delun Empire, rich in strategic metal deposits, and among the preliminary proven mineral deposit data, the reserves of gold, silver, and brass are amazing.

In addition, according to the confession obtained by the Santa Cia Navy, there is a great possibility that there are some extremely rare and strange special metal ores on those three small lands.

This is the overall survey data obtained by the Delen Imperial Navy, which took several years to lose dozens of ships in the furious sea in the southern part of the Black Continent, sacrificing thousands of naval soldiers and other surveyors, and paying a huge price.

The previous survey fleet has been sunk by the Santa Navy, and all the backup data has been destroyed, and the survey report that will be traded tonight is the only one left in the world.

Yanan breathed heavily, and couldn't help but sweat all over his body.

This report, this only remaining report.

Any country that receives this survey data and sends an official note to each country that, in accordance with the so-called "Public Law on the Exploitation of Overseas Colonies of the Medland Countries," that country will naturally have the right of first refusal for the development of this newly discovered colony for fifty years.

If the Kingdom of St. Sia gets this survey data, and if the Kingdom of St. Sia first sends an official note, then the right to develop those three landmasses will undoubtedly belong to the Kingdom of St. Sia and will be officially recognized by many powerful countries in Metland.

The Delen Empire can appeal, saying that this survey data belongs to the Delun Empire, but what about the evidence?

You have no proof!

The Delenn Empire can retaliate, and he can use all his naval power to take revenge on the Kingdom of Saint Thea.

However, the naval strength of the Kingdom of Saint Chia now far exceeds that of the Delen Empire. The only outcome of armed retaliation is likely to be the total annihilation of the Delen Imperial Navy.

Then, as long as the Saint Sia Kingdom is thick-skinned enough, they can still cry a few times in the international community, and the Delen Empire will naturally become the target of public criticism, which will be unanimously condemned and sanctioned by all countries.

Colonies are very sensitive, and the interests they represent are too great, and all countries must act carefully, and the slightest carelessness may lead to huge and disastrous consequences.

The Public Law on the Exploitation of Overseas Colonies of the Medland States was created to maintain the balance between the major powers of Metland and to maintain the delicate and fragile relations and order between them.

It is impossible for countries to have no bottom line, there must always be some constraints, and there must be some universally recognized rules and systems.

This information, as long as it fell into the hands of the kingdom of St. Chia, would almost ensure their exclusive interest in the three lands. This information is the key to infinite wealth and the passport to higher power.

Therefore, just ten days ago, after Yanan inadvertently intercepted this piece of information through special channels, he brazenly made a plan to intercept and kill halfway and take down this survey report.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to shake a little cleverness and decided in advance that on the same day as the survey report transaction, the Pink Mermaid would easily kill Franco, the consul general who betrayed the kingdom of Saint Chia.

Franco's betrayal was only known to the special department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of St. Sia, and with such a scandal, the special department to which Yanan belonged naturally blocked the news solidly.

Naturally, in Yanan's heart, this has become the perfect plan to kill multiple birds with one stone and kill several birds with one stone.

First, complete your own tasks and use perfect performance to add points to your own senior management in the department.

Second, using Franco's death to add obstacles to the Delenn Empire and the Gallic Republic, and even create diplomatic friction between the two countries, is naturally another rich credit.

Third, Franco died in the pink mermaid, such a big man died there, it is impossible to all of them, but at least it can eliminate most of Yanan's suspicions.

The Saint Sia Navy, at great cost, lost this survey report here, how could such a shameless deed be the act of Yanan, a petty employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who had just been assassinated by the Consul General?

Even if the naval headquarters of the Kingdom of Saint Sia knew about it in the future, and they would definitely know that this survey data was transmitted back to the Kingdom of Saint Sia from Yanan, Yanan could tell them with confidence

- 'It was the incompetence of the navy that lost the survey data, and he Yanan, just by chance, retrieved the survey report'!

- 'In the process, Yanan didn't put in any effort at all, just coincidentally, and accidentally got the report!' ’

How perfect the wording is enough to make the Navy Headquarters, which has become more and more arrogant in the past two years, speechless, and can only hold it in his throat.

Yanan could even playfully ask the Navy Headquarters - 'If this is such an important operation, why do you have to fight alone in Tulum Harbor without seeking the intelligence support and cooperation of the consulate'?

What's more, Yanan can even bite back at the Navy Headquarters - 'Is it because you secretly traded this survey report that led to the frenzied attack on our consulate in the port of Tulun?'

Look, let Consul General Franco die on a mid-autumn night, how much benefit and trouble Yanan can bring!

There is naturally a reason why Yanan would want to snatch the survey report that almost belongs to the Kingdom of Saint Thea.

Although, everyone is a child of the kingdom of St. Sia.

But the headquarters of the Navy is undoubtedly a die-hard member of the royal family of St. Sia.

And Yanan, behind him, are those great nobles of the Kingdom of St. Chia.

Whether this survey report is submitted through the naval channel or through the diplomatic channel of Yanan, the final result is naturally very different.

If the navy handed over the report to the royal family, the royal family would have all the benefits, and Yanan and the big nobles behind him would have a little soup and water at most.

If Yanan submits this report, Yanan and the bigwigs behind him can at least share half of the proceeds of the new colony through bargaining with the royal family.

And Yanan will ascend to the sky in one step and get astronomical wealth, and at the same time, his career will also be on the rise.

Of course, all the wonderful prospects depend on whether the people arranged by Yanan can get that damned, precious, and fascinating survey report smoothly today.

Time passed little by little, one carriage after another kept coming, and the personnel of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of St. Sia in the port of Tulun rushed to the pink mermaid with their families.

One by one, they smiled and greeted each other with red faces, and walked gracefully into the brightly lit and lavishly furnished hall.

A professional-level band that has already played melodious music.

The sommelier used a trolley to push bottles of sweet wine.

The hall grew more and more crowded, and with a burst of cheers, with the cooperation of a full-time male attendant, Consul General Franco swung a light bayonet sword, and with one sword slashed the cork of a bottle of champagne.

The aroma of the wine is overflowing, and the wine foam is splashing.

The hall on the first floor was full of cheers, and the officials of the Consulate General of St. Sia, together with their families, quickly immersed themselves in the joyful atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival Night celebration ball.

Took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time, at this point, the person arranged by Yanan should have been in place, Yanan walked around the room a little uneasily.

On the surface, Yanan is only a small employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of St. Sia in the port of Tulum, but in fact, he is a senior intelligence officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Internal Security Department, responsible for monitoring, screening, investigating, and disposing of all personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the port of Tulum.

In his hands, there is a capable force that belongs directly to him.

These people are extremely actionable, and their personal strength is not weak.

Yanan believes that they are good enough to accomplish today's task.

Of course, it would be best if Franco and his people died today, and it didn't matter if they didn't die. Yanan's focus is not here, he has arranged another secret force that belongs to him, whether those people's actions go smoothly is the most tense thing for Yanan tonight.

They were behind the pink mermaid, under the breakwater leading to the Sixty-Six trestle, hidden in the jagged rocks.

Just wait for Yanan to send the signal, and they will kill everyone who appears on the breakwater!

Yanan no longer peeked in the direction of the new dock No. 3, but turned his attention to the window on the other side of the room. Here, he could see the movement of the main Pink Mermaid building, especially the house of cards he focused on.

Time passed little by little, and finally, Yanan saw two four-wheeled carriages driving over.

A dark-skinned middle-aged man with a face with the distinct marks of the scorching sun and the storm, and an overbearing aura jumped out of the carriage first, clutching a one-foot-square cowhide briefcase tightly in his hand.

Then, eight sturdy young men streamed out of the carriage.

These young men also had dark skin, and their faces were also mottled with rust left by the scorching sun and the sea breeze and waves.

They followed closely behind the middle-aged man and went straight into the main building of the pink mermaid.

The moment Yanan saw the middle-aged man, his heart suddenly lifted, and he subconsciously cursed: "Damn, why is he?" ”

That domineering middle-aged man was a well-known hardliner in the naval headquarters of the Kingdom of St. Sia, Rear Admiral Agassi Don San Sino, who had the title of count.

Agassi is not only a powerful admiral, he also has super personal strength.

It was a monster-like inhuman combat force, and Yanan's heart was empty for a while, and he couldn't figure out for a while whether he wanted to continue his plan.

He knew that the Saint Cia Navy Headquarters took this matter very seriously, but he really didn't expect that they would take it so seriously.

"Self-defeating." In Yanan's heart, a deep sense of frustration inexplicably emerged.

He stood quietly in front of the window, in a daze of distraught.

Is it to continue?

Anan trembled all over.

Agassi is not easy to deal with, and the eight young men he brought with him are clearly elite naval officers. Will the secret man arranged by Yanan be able to seize the survey data from Agassi?

Reason told him that it was basically impossible.

But what if?

Greed was like a demon spitting out flames, burning Yanan's heart in a frenzy.

He hesitantly stayed in the private room, sweating profusely, and he unconsciously walked briskly around the room, panting as low as a madman.

There were enthusiastic cheers and applause from the hall next to him, and the intelligence officers of the Delun Empire and the Ice Sea Kingdom had already begun the Mid-Autumn Festival Night celebration reception.

There was a constant sound of champagne corks, each of which was like a drumstick of a big drum, slamming heavily on Yanan's heart.

Next, the pink mermaid kept coming. Especially after St. Hilde's Cathedral rang the bell for the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Celebrations, several groups of people came one after another.

Yanan hesitated, and kept hiding in his private room, peeking at the movement outside.

Until a couple of carriages arrived.

From one of the carriages, a man in a robe, a round hat, and an opera mask on his face stepped out.

Wearing an opera mask in the middle of the night is a no-brainer on weekdays, but on a mid-autumn night, no matter what you do, it's all right.

The tall man looked around, a large ruby ring on his hand reflecting a scarlet glare in the light.

Anxious and lucky, Yanan raised the monocular in his hand and peeked at the pink mermaid's main building again, just to see the full picture of the ruby ring.

This strangely shaped ruby ring made Yanan make up his mind to leave immediately.

Yanan left so fast that he escaped from the pink mermaid like a frightened mouse, and he didn't even have time to recall his two subordinates on different missions.

He left the east annex, the pink mermaid in the shade of the trees, crossed the street ahead, and stopped at the mouth of a gloomy alley. As he crossed the road, he even saw Joe with five subordinates, swaying like six big penguins, slowly walking towards the pink mermaid.

After walking down the street, Yanan hesitated again, and he stopped at the mouth of an alley.

He saw Joe with five of his subordinates to the door of the pink mermaid, then he saw Hanieway arrive, and he witnessed the shattering of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the house of cards he focused on, and a man covered in holes fell from it.

The subordinates brought by Haniewi began to attack the pink mermaid.

At the entrance of the alley, Yanan greeted all of Henness's female relatives affectionately in Santa Sia's warm slang, and then he quickly left the alley and evacuated the scene.

Yanan predicted that there would be people from the Delen Empire entering the operation, but he never dreamed that Haniewi would order an attack so recklessly.

Immediately afterwards, Yanan was not allowed to make any reaction, and the shelling of the old battery hit, Yanan did not dare to stay at the scene, and fled the pink mermaid as soon as possible.

In the brightly lit room, Joe took a short cigarette butt from the corner of Yanan's mouth, lit a thin cigar, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"So, the bloody case on Mid-Autumn Night is really complicated." Joe scratched his hair a little distressed: "This kind of brain-using thing, it shouldn't be me, I haven't used my brain much since I was a child." ”

"Gorkin...... Forget it, that guy is better at using fists than I am. ”

"Tifa is very smart, Weima is even smarter, these things should be calculated by them." Joe shook his head: "What does the ruby ring that scared you flee in the wilderness represent?" ”

Yanan coughed dryly: "On behalf of a person, a very terrible person." ”

The relationship between the Kingdom of St. Sia and the Golden Oak Church is excellent, so good that the Kingdom of St. Sia is like a faithful hound, and they can do whatever it takes for the benefit of the Golden Oak Church.

The nature of Yanan's work was special, and he naturally dealt with many of the top officials of the Golden Oak Church, or rather, served them.

So he knew the ruby.

The ruby, which has a special shape, carved and polished like an oak leaf, and is as red as blood, belongs to Rafa, the third holy judge of the Holy Inquisition of the Golden Oak Church.

According to incomplete statistics, in the past 20 years, because of various crimes, he has been purged by the high-level officials of various countries, including dukes and marquises, more than 50 people.

The clan is all wiped out, and the chickens and dogs are not left.

It is rumored that Rafa's ruby was dyed red with the blood of countless nobles.

The place where Rafa appeared was bound to be bloody, so Yanan fled in fright. Especially when the shelling of the old battery hit, Yanan was even more frightened, Rafa was in the pink mermaid, and someone bombarded the pink mermaid with Thor's cannon.

What does this mean?

Yanan didn't dare to think deeply about what was hidden inside.

Whether it was a coincidence, or it was for Rafa, Yanan didn't dare to carefully ponder the terrifying inside story that might be hidden inside.

"It's just that, Lord Rafa, it's impossible to go there for a mere survey of information." Yanan coughed a few times, and he said weakly, "The adults of the Holy Inquisition, they don't care about worldly wealth...... Golden Oak Church...... There is no shortage of worldly things. ”

"On a mid-autumn night, at the Pink Mermaid, there must be an even more amazing insider." Yanan looked at Joe and said sincerely, "However, thank you for your kindness and forgiveness. Listen to my advice, Dear Excellency Qiao, it is enough to investigate here. ”

"That survey data is enough for you to exchange for great merit and incomparably rich benefits."

"If the mid-autumn bloody case continues to be investigated, believe me, it is very dangerous, very dangerous!"

Ignoring Yanan's chatter, Qiao grabbed his hair hard, and after a while, he asked Yanan curiously: "The huge investment of the Saint Sia Navy has made me deeply understand the preciousness of this information. However, you are all gone, how did you get this information in the end? ”

Yanan looked at Qiao with a confused expression: "On the morning of the sixteenth, I went to a safe house, which was a safe house prepared for the subordinates who intercepted the data. I just wanted to see if they returned safely, and to see if something had happened during the night. ”

"Their captain, my right-hand man, the nimble iron mule Aham, died in the secret chamber of the safe house, covered in blood. In his hand, he was holding a sealed briefcase, which was the document, and indeed the document! ”

Yanan said bitterly: "Who can know for sure what happened inside the pink mermaid that night?" Who knows? Maybe it's luck, or it's a coincidence, or some other reason, anyway, the information is in my hands! ”

Yanan looked at Qiao faintly: "When this information is really in hand, I will find out how much pressure there is." It was so hot that I didn't dare to leave it in my hand at all, I had to find a way to get it out as soon as possible. ”

"So, you've made the stupidest choice of your life, you want to kill me, create chaos in Tulun Harbor, and then take advantage of the chaos to send this damn information out." Qiao stared at Yanan fiercely: "But, are you sure that after killing me, Tulun Harbor will be in chaos as you wish?" ”

Yanan looked at Joe very honestly: "I believe in your father's destructive power, he has the absolute ability to create enough chaos in Tulum Harbor, as long as he is crazy enough. And the death of a son is enough to drive him crazy. ”

Shaking his head slightly, Yanan smiled bitterly and unusually frankly: "Don't condemn my morality. Morality, without any value. What is it for people like us to kill someone, an innocent person, even for the sake of our own meager interests? ”

"If killing you wasn't enough, I could have done it to the others, you're just unlucky in the first place."

Joe pointed at Yanan a little annoyed, and then said in a deep voice, "Mr. Si Gengs, have you figured out how to sweep the tail?" Your identity is too sensitive. ”