In the afternoon, Queen's Road is full of traffic.

Yellow taxis, double-decker red buses, Ford pickups line up at traffic lights at intersections, and shuttles speed through the sky.

Compared with the night, Queen's Road during the day is less atmospheric, and the beauties in the giant vertical screen lose their neon lights, just like the actors of the stage play lose their lighting and are eclipsed.

The poster of the Grand Theater is painted with a card and a white blindfold mask, which is the world-famous opera "The Phantom of the Card", and the handsome young man standing under the poster retracts his gaze, wearing a trench coat and holding a black umbrella, walking into a narrow alley, and coming to the front of a coffee shop after a long turn.

"Pastoral Cafe".

There were many customers in the store during the day, but Lin Xiao knew that they were all agents of the investigation team. The level is not as good as Lin Xiao's standing up and saluting, and the higher level is bowing his head.

"After this commission is completed, it is enough to be promoted to a senior operator." Lin Xiao said in his heart.

As a global organization, the "Investigation Team" has many seventh-order national scholars and sixth-order grandmasters, and has a complete rank system.

No matter how strong an operator is, he must complete the commission step by step before he can be promoted, otherwise it is easy to bury hidden dangers.

This is like recruiting a powerful general in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, and he must first accumulate meritorious deeds before he can be knighted.

Saying hello to the smiling Kanban Niang, Lin Xiao came to the back hall and walked into a secret door, passed through the underground stairs, and arrived at the base of the investigation team.

In the general affairs area, his two teammates, Sigrid and Chu Yun, were waiting in front of the double mahogany gates early, and there was a beautiful red figure next to them.

Lin Xiao was a little surprised: "Jolena? ”

The blonde girl with high ponytail glanced back, her expression was cold, and she nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

"She moves with us." Chu Yun took a cigarette in his mouth, "The team leader saw that in the previous two operations, our team and the temporary workers coordinated well, so they continued to arrange tasks in the form of '3+1'. ”

Lin Xiao: "I understand. ”

This is the Commonwealth's excellent matchmaking mechanic, and the basic principle of 'use it to death'!

Sigrid hugged the paperboard, with a red bow in her high maroon ponytail, and whispered, "Raven, it's time for us to meet the team leader." ”

Chu Yun nodded, and a white flame ignited in his palm, disintegrating the cigarette butt into light particles and floating.

Lin Xiao complained: "That's how you used the 'power of decomposition' given by Nidhogg?" ”

Chu Yun was indifferent: "You care about me." ”

Sigrid: "No, don't fight! (((?Д?)))”

Without saying a word, Jolene calmly walked forward, her red leather gloves gripping the metal doorknobs on both sides and pushing them open.

"Before I walked in, I didn't say hello." The voice was cold.

The fishtail woman in a white suit and black tie sat behind the rosewood table, raised her gaze, and raised a smile: "However, it doesn't matter if it's your words." ”

"I opened the door." Jolena raised her chin haughtily, her red pupils staring straight ahead, "I don't know the rules of the investigation team. ”

"Let's just delegate the task, team leader." Chu Yun naturally changed the topic.

"It's about the Demon God Altar, and the commission has to be paid higher." Lin Xiao interface.

At the same time, the eyes of the audience fell on the face of Lin Xiao, who had a righteous color on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I am thinking about the team. ”

"Naturally, there will be no shortage of source dust and star coins, but this time the information is more abundant than last time, and it is not an emergency,"

Margaret crossed her hands, held her chin, looked at Lin Xiao and said with a light smile: "So there will be relatively less source dust, and of course, the safety factor of the team will be higher." ”

Although Raven is the nominal captain of this team, Margaret can see that the three of them are faintly headed by Lin Xiao, and the strong are respected, which is understandable.

And Jolena belongs to the type of disobedience, and I have a headache myself...... So just throw it to Lin Xiao and let him train it.

"What is the specific commission?" Jolene asked.

Margaret handed out four entrustment documents, handed them over to everyone for review, put her hands on the bridge of her nose, her eyes were deep, and she said slowly:

"The target is an absconding fifth-order card maker with a risk rating: A-level commission, mastering the forbidden card-making technique, and his original identity is a card-making professor at the Red Lion Institute of Technology, named Ole Ness."

"Red Lion's professor?" Jolene's red eyes flashed incredulously.

It was one of the three top card master colleges in the Federation, and Honeysuckle's long-time rival, their card-making professor turned out to be a believer in the Demon God, which really surprised Jolena.

Margaret nodded: "He lives in the mansion of the federal capital 'Xington City', has a regular schedule, goes out to buy goods every Saturday, goes out to dinner with his wife and daughter every Sunday, has a Samoyed, and is a university professor, and the neighborhood has a high opinion of him. ”

"It's been a peaceful day." Lin Xiao said.

Often, the more this background, the higher the chance of a murderer and a card breaker!

"There's nothing wrong with having a peaceful life." "It's a pity that last week a circus toured to the city of Sington, and there was a rare fire-breathing lion spirit that ...... The fire-breathing lion, without warning, vanished into thin air. ”

"You suspect that the university professor did it?" Chu Yun frowned and said.

"It's not a doubt, it's a certainty, because the card maker can make cards that 'encapsulate' the spirit objects, and those spirit objects are different from the spirit cards, they are still alive, and if they are killed, they will leave a corpse, and the card maker is using the corpse to make cards."

Margaret said indifferently: "The investigation team in Starton City was ordered to investigate, and accidentally got a clue from a salesman - oh, I forgot to say, the salesman is interested in Professor Ole's wife. ”

"According to him, his wife's crying can be heard every night from Professor Ole's mansion, but the sound is very faint because of the good sound insulation."

The salesman suspects that Professor Ole has a tendency to be abusive, and he takes advantage of it, and then he visits Professor Ole's house on a weekday to flirt with the wife, and finds Samoyed digging in the backyard...... Happily digging out a bone, he ran away with it in his mouth. ”

"The salesman swallowed, and as he approached the hole, he saw faintly golden hair—the lady was blonde—and he lay on the ground and shook his hands to open the pit...... Margaret said.

"At that moment, he heard a call from behind him, a little girl, Professor Ole's daughter, asking him what he had found?"

Margaret shrugged: "The salesman fled, and the police dictated this, and the next day when the investigation team came to the door, Professor Ole had already moved his family, according to DNA analysis, the hair tissue remaining in the dirt was not human, but the missing lion of the circus, and the remaining breath of the demon god was detected in the professor's house." ”

"There is a suspicion that Professor Ole is trying to use forbidden methods to synthesize the mythical monster 'Chimera', a synthetic beast with a lion head and a sheep's body and a python tail that breathes fire, so as to protect the Demon God Altar - and that Demon God Altar is most likely located in Star Map City, under Professor Ole's other villa."

"So the city of Xington handed over this case?" Chu Yun asked.

Margaret said, "Unfortunately, this is the Federation...... My colleagues are not credible, and the only people I can rely on are you. ”

This team with Lin Xiao is also one of the few teams in my hands that can deal with the Demon God incident.

"Please go to Star Map City, Professor Ole's villa tomorrow, and investigate the synthetic beast 'Chimera' and the Demon God Altar."

Margaret said: "The internal environment of the villa is not yet clear, you guys, be vigilant!" ”

One fifth-order master and two fourth-order card masters, this is the cutting-edge power I can dispatch.

Margaret could understand why Professor Ole had been seduced by the 'arrogant demon god'.

University professors are always looking at the top, and it is common for them to go astray when they find that conventional means cannot make a breakthrough in card-making skills.

It's just that his wife and daughter are suffering......

Margaret lowered her gaze and sighed imperceptibly.

Get out of the office.

"Crafting monsters from corpses...... It's disgusting. Sigrid whispered.

"Relying on Samoyed to find clues, the PAW team has made a great contribution!" Lin Xiao hugged his arms and said.

Jolene frowned: "I'm worried about that Samoyed, it's already ......"

"That's not what we should be thinking about." Chu Yun said coldly, "The wood is already in the boat, all we have to do is to complete the commission, and then-"

Chu Yun glanced at Lin Xiao: "Get paid." ”

Lin Xiao knew that Brother Chu Yun said this because he wanted everyone to give up their personal feelings and handle the commission more efficiently.

Skull

hesitation, sympathy, sentimentality, fear...... These emotions will become the weakness of the card master, and then expose the flaws when facing the card master.

Putting oneself out of the case and focusing only on one's own remuneration is the best way to resolve the commission.

Lin Xiao nodded: "Agreed, and the remuneration can be discussed again!" ”

Qiao Lina always felt that Lin Xiao had something similar to the heavy sword man, her red pupils flashed, and she said, "Tomorrow I will take your vehicle and go to the vicinity of the mission site together." ”

Chu Yun nodded and said, "Tomorrow morning, you wait for us at the door of the Card Master Association, and I will come over after picking up Lin." ”

Lin Xiao groaned slightly.

Speaking of vehicles, shouldn't I also buy a vehicle card for the convenience of going out?

But a C-class motorcycle costs 50,000 star coins, which is so expensive......

*

Thursday, June 9.

The quarterfinals of the Starry Sky Cup will start tomorrow, and you will face off against the ghost bride who is good at 'charming'.

If you can get another piece of arrogance shard today, perhaps, it will be enough to resist the 'charm' effect of the sixth order.

Before going out, Lin Xiaogu appeared an amethyst-like arrogant fragment, and the black flame source power in his hand was injected into it, warning:

"I'll see your brothers and sisters later, don't give me tricks!"

Arrogant fragments, rippling circles of purple light, very humble:

'You are my brother, and you are also the brother of several others~! ’

Lin Xiao could understand the general idea and was satisfied.

"Today's mission is dangerous, everyone be mentally prepared." Lin Xiao looked at the three cards in his hand.

Daifuku: |? w?`)

Leopard tight thighs!

Ice Spear: ('Д′*)9

For everyone's sake, we must work hard to become stronger!

Meteor Sword: (ー'′ー)

How big is it, won't it be solved with one sword?

……

…

In Xingtu City, the high-end villa area is quiet and quiet, like a container inside, without a trace of noise overflowing.

The weather is hot and dry, the crows flutter their wings and fly up the branches, and the red eyes reflect the duplex villa with a pool and garage, and in the second-story window, there is a tall man with a cold face.

"Chimera, this noun often refers to impossible ideas, unrealistic dreams......"

Professor Ole muttered to himself, staring at the card between his fingers, and his tone trembled slightly: "But I really did it. ”

"Chimera, Monster Card, Epic Quality, Fifth Order."

Like Spirit Cards, the Fallen Card Master can craft monster cards from forbidden materials such as corpses and resentful spirits.

The monsters summoned by the monster card often do not obey the instructions of the card faller, but will kill the card faller, even if it will make the monster itself go up in smoke.

However, as a believer in the arrogant Demon God, Professor Ole obtained a trace of the power of the Demon God through the Demon God Altar, and then made and successfully controlled this monster card.

Ole took a deep breath, clenched the card, and felt the fire in his palm slightly hot.

I don't care if it's a monster, a demon god's dependent, or a hybrid synth.

It is enough to be able to make cards that exist in mythology and broaden the boundaries of card making.

Knock knock.

There was a knock at the door, and Professor Ole glanced back at his young daughter.

"Dad, why are we moving to a new home?" The little girl winked and asked, "And Bran, has it been sent to the country?" ”

"Bran is sick and needs to go to a pet hospital for treatment."

Professor Ole leaned down, stroked his daughter's soft hair, and said softly, "Would you like to let your mother take you back to the countryside for a few days?" Dad is lately, and there may be a guest coming to visit. ”

"Can I play with the guests too?" The little girl's eyes sparkled like jewels.

"Hmm...... There will be a chance. Ole lifted his gaze and looked at the door.

At the door stood a blonde woman with red and swollen eyes, glaring at Ole plaintively: "Does it have to be like this? ”

"It has to be this way." Ole said calmly, "That's my philosophy. ”

"Even if, that's, wrong?" The woman asked in a trembling voice.

"No idea would be wrong, even if it was an 'unrealistic dream.'"

Ole picked up the card in his hand and smiled: "As you can see, I used innovative technology, and then I completed this dream!" ”

"Innovative technology?! You're so self-righteous, Ole, think you're a martyr, you're an academic genius, you're a card maker, fuck, you're a card master! ”

The woman raised her middle finger, picked up her daughter and hurried out, leaving Professor Ole frowning and looking at the card in his hand.

Walking into the garage, the woman looked at the underground staircase emitting purple light, her face was pale, she picked up her daughter and got into the car, and started the engine.

"Mom, what do you mean by the card faller?" The little girl asked, puzzled.

"A madman who deserves hell." The woman whispered, "Let's go back to the countryside and stay with our grandparents for a while, okay?" ”

"And what about Bran?"

"Bran." The woman sighed, "Bran... Stay in Daddy's card. ”

The sedan drove away from the villa, and there was professional equipment on the hillside in the distance.

Sigrid put down her binoculars and reported:

"Professor Ole's wife and daughter left in a car, and will be intercepted by the fourth team."

"Let the hemlocks be careful, and don't take age and gender lightly." Chu Yun frowned and said, "Ole's wife and daughter may be both accomplices and card fallers!" ”

Jolena stood aside, browsed the entrusted information, and said slowly: "Ole Ness, a professor of card making in the Red Lion, a fifth-order card master, is suspected of holding a monster card "Chimera", and is committed to recreating the card in mythology...... He did not hesitate to use the forbidden card-making technique, which must have something to do with his card-making philosophy. ”

"No matter how paranoid his philosophy is, this is not a reason for him to make taboo cards and threaten the lives of others."

Chu Yun said, "The goal of our mission is to infiltrate the mansion to confirm whether the Chimera really exists, and try to avoid a head-on confrontation...... Then, find and destroy the Demon God Altar! ”

Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

Dive into the investigation, I'm good at this!

First annihilate all the card fallen masters and monsters......

Wouldn't you be able to dive into the investigation with peace of mind?