"Whew-"

Li Xiang took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and concentrated on controlling the magic power in his body to flow according to the special circuit.

With the help of Lori Ireel, he has now mastered the simple art of using magic. And now, Li Xiang is using Iriel to perform a magic trick with a search function.

Through the magic operation, the pre-engraved "marked" item is connected with the magician who performs the magic, so that the magician senses the location of the "mark" under him. It's quite a simple magic trick.

On the butterfly knife that Li Xiang gave to Erina Nagikiri, Li Xiang carved an extremely small and imperceptible magic mark on the bottom of the hilt. That is, the "marker" used to determine the location. The "mark" itself is small, and it becomes even more inconspicuous when it is concealed by the silver-black lines of the Damascus knife itself. It's hard for even magicians to detect, let alone with ordinary detection methods.

With the operation of the operation, the signal at the "mark" converged to Li Xiang, and through the transformation of the operation, the location of the mark became clearer and clearer in Li Xiang's brain.

A few minutes later, Li Xiang opened his eyes:

"The eastern suburbs, about 30km from here."

Stepping onto the motorcycle borrowed from Nagi Senzaemon, a few seconds later, the engine roared, and Li Xiang drove out like a wild horse, leaving only a thunderous echo in place.

"Hmm—here?"

Erina Nagikiri wakes up from a coma to find her hands behind her back and tied up with ropes, as in many classic movies and movies. She was now lying on her side on the ground in a windowless, basement-looking room with only a closed door.

The temperature on the ground was a little low, and after some effort, she sat up and forced herself to calm down, and Erina Nagikiri began to think.

Despite the confusion and grogginess in her mind, she struggled to remember what had happened before.

"I remember that I was supposed to be helping out at a new restaurant today, and when it was over, I got in the car and smelled a pungent smell......

"By the way, I remember it smelled of ether, no wonder I lost consciousness, but why was ether in Nagiki's car?"

"Oh? Miss Erina Nagikiri, are you awake? ”

Erina Nagikiri looked up, and the door to the room was opened by a person.

The person who opened the door was wearing the clothes of the driver of the Nagi family, and if he looked at his face alone, he looked like an ordinary middle-aged uncle, but he did not have the beer belly and fat common to middle-aged people. The eyes are always squinted, and with the smile at the corners of the mouth, he looks like a kind person.

In many movies, the killer often has a cold handsome guy or something. But the real killer in reality will never be as eye-catching as in movies and television.

Matsumoto Masaki is such an ordinary-looking person. After careful dressing up and makeup. Ability to fully blend in with the crowd. It also laid a good foundation for his career.

Those who knew him called him "Manshiya Matsumoto". It sounds like a good nickname, but the real meaning of this nickname is the abbreviation of "Matsumoto, the owner of the black-hearted Manshiya who does anything as long as you give money".

"Hello Erina Nagi, since you don't know me, please allow me to introduce myself to you, I'm Matsumoto Masaki. A freelancer. ”

Matsumoto Masaki closed the door after entering, slowly walked in front of Erina Nagikiri, who was sitting in the corner, squatted down, and continued:

"You may not believe it, but there is no grudge between me and a lady like you. However, a few weeks ago, I was asked to bring you here in perfect condition......"

Speaking of this, Matsumoto Masaki looked at Erina Nagi with an embarrassed expression and said, "This person is really excessive, right?" It is very troublesome to kidnap a rich lady, and it is insisted that it be intact. If you allow broken arms and legs, then the job is much easier. ”

A few drops of cold sweat seeped out of Erina's smooth forehead.

"But who makes the customer God, especially when this god is still rich. After all, people like us need to have more professional ethics, so I still tried to complete the employer's task. ”

Erina Nagikiri asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Who is your employer?" ”

"Tut-tut......" Matsumoto Masaki snorted again and again, "She is worthy of being the eldest lady of a big family, and she is different from the ordinary girl I was arrested by the gang last time." However, while I appreciate your calmness, as a professional ethic in our profession, I can't tell you about your employer. ”

Erina asked again, "Since you showed me your face, does it mean that I can't get out of here alive?" ”

"That's not it, after all, this job is still very dangerous, so my current appearance is disguised, and you don't have to worry about being killed. But...... I can't guarantee what the employer is going to do to you. ”

"It's strange to me that a delicate little girl like you carries a knife in her suitcase."

Matsumoto Masaki opened a box, in which several kitchen knives were neatly arranged, and took out a folded piece of metal from the pocket of his suit jacket, which was the butterfly knife that Li Xiang had given to Erina earlier.

"Can you tell me if there's any reason for that? For example, a childhood sweetheart's love token or a relic of a loved one? Don't look at me like this, but I've wanted to be a writer since I was a child, and I love this kind of touching romance. ”

Matsumoto Masaki's face was full of anticipation, and people couldn't help but believe that he said that he liked romantic stories, and it should be true.

Erina pursed her lips and said, "There's no story, as the heir of the famous family of cooking, it's normal for me to carry my usual knives with me." ”

"Alas, what a pity." Not hearing his favorite romantic story, Matsumoto Masaki's face was full of frustration, he put away his things and stood up:

"Well, since Miss Nagi is in good shape now, then I won't bother you, according to the agreement, in two hours, the employer will come here to hand over. Miss Erina should be careful not to try to run away and make everyone feel bad. Although in order to fulfill the employer's requirements, I can't hurt you, but there are many ways not to get wounds and marks, but Miss Nagikiri still cooperates, hello, hello, everyone. Is that right? ”

"Although what you say makes sense, I don't think it's good."