In the evening, the Three Gorges Reservoir of the Yangtze River, Kuimen.

"The temperature is normal!"

"The water temperature is normal!"

“…… Each device has completed the self-inspection and is operating normally, and no suspected target of the Dragon King has been found so far! ”

A larger exploration ship than the Moniach floated silently on the river.

The Vidal, although registered as a probe like the Moniach, carries more firepower than the Moniach, and its firepower is even higher than that of ordinary cruisers.

This is the support of the Gattuso family, the entire half-breed society knows that the Gattuso family is bankrupt, but no one thought that they would be able to take out this level of equipment in the case of bankruptcy, and even maintain it very well.

"Still haven't found anything?"

Hearing the report of his subordinates, Caesar, as the captain of the ship, shook his head and looked at the sparkling river.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched a red shadow on the surface of the water, like a fiery sword, cutting the river in half.

The Vidal's search had been going on for a day, and it still hadn't found any targets other than schools of fish.

Hearing Caesar's words, I remembered a lazy voice behind him, and even smoked Coke while talking.

"After all, it's the Yangtze River, even if it's a radar that has been transformed by the Equipment Department, it's completely a needle in a haystack to find the figure of the Dragon King in this kind of water body. Not to mention that this dragon king is very likely to still have a human body, it is very difficult to find him so quickly! ”

Fingal was dressed in beach pants and lying in a hammock on the deck, answering Caesar's words in a foolish manner, and those who didn't know thought he was on vacation.

Hearing this, Caesar frowned slightly.

Fingal's words are not wrong, it is indeed a bit wishful thinking to find the dragon king with only the retrieval device of a ship, but-

"Didn't you suggest that this is one of the most efficient ways to find the Dragon King Norton?"

Caesar asked.

He adopted Fingal's own opinion, and who knew that Fingal now casually denied what he had said, and did not seem to have the slightest restraint.

"That's hypothetical! Dragon King Norton is the king of bronze and fire, if he has the same authority as the previous Constantine, maybe he also has some fire element shield around his body, then his body temperature must be higher than ordinary creatures, we only need to detect infrared and water temperature to roughly determine his location. ”

Fingal sighed helplessly, spread his hands, and said what he thought.

Radar is only an auxiliary, what really matters is the water temperature detector and the infrared detector, as long as the assumption is true, these data will inevitably show some pattern.

"But who knows that these data have not changed at all, it seems that this assumption is wrong, the king of bronze and fire is not necessarily a big furnace, that guy is a chicken thief than I thought, his body temperature is likely to be the same as that of a fish, his abnormality cannot be detected by infrared detection alone, and radar detection cannot distinguish the difference between humans and large fish."

Before discussing finding a needle in a haystack, it is also necessary to discuss whether it is possible to distinguish the difference between the needles, otherwise it may not be recognized if it is detected.

If the hypothesis is true, and the temperature of the dragon king Norton's body is extremely high, it is not difficult to find the location of the dragon king.

But if the hypothesis is not true, they obviously cannot effectively distinguish the difference between the dragon king and the fish.

Just like it is now.

"So what should we do to expel all the big fish in the neighborhood?"

Caesar made a suggestion that was not a suggestion.

Fish react differently to noise, some of which can attract fish to others, while others will repel them.

If you can't tell the difference between the dragon king and the fish, then you just need to expel the fish, and won't only the dragon king be left?

"It's really the style of a local tyrant, but I suggest you don't do it."

Fingal shook his head again.

"Why?"

Caesar was a little puzzled.

"There is no information on the range of the dragon king's movement at the moment, and with the swimming speed of the previous generation, the range we blocked is at least two hundred nautical miles in diameter. Not to mention that we can't do it to drive away fish on such a large scale, even if we can do it, when we completely expel the fish, maybe Dragon King Norton has already hatched! When the time comes, we can only play with balls. ”

After complaining a few words, Fingal took out a copy of "Ecological Investigation of Fish in the Yangtze River Basin" and added.

"The most important thing is that it is almost time for the Chinese sturgeon to spawn, this is our national first-class protected animal, and it is still a critically endangered species, so don't sacrifice these endangered species for this unreliable plan!"

Unexpectedly, he eats those junk foods every day, and he doesn't seem to care for his body at all, and he actually has the idea of caring for environmental protection animals.

"Okay."

Caesar nodded.

He can also understand the protection of endangered animals, but he still can't understand Fingal's words, such as-

"What do you mean by our country, aren't you German?"

His gaze was a little puzzled.

"Do as the locals do! In fact, I have always felt that this is my spiritual mother country, and only such the Yangtze River and the Yellow River can raise a handsome and upright soul like me! ”

Fingal's very infectious tremor arrived.

“……”

Caesar was speechless.

What happened when I suddenly felt that the wind review in the "Two Rivers" basin was killed? If the Yangtze River and the Yellow River had the right to reputation, they would definitely ask Fingal for huge compensation.

If he continues to be entangled like this, there is a high probability that he will be taken to the ditch by Fingal, in whom he has already experienced what it means to be invincible, so Caesar ignored his strange answer, but started a different topic.

"Since this method is useless, what method should be used?"

Hearing Caesar ask to this extent, Fingal was a little puzzled.

"Caesar, I really want to ask you one thing, slaying dragons is such a big thing, why do you ask me about such a waste?!"

No matter how you look at him, he is an unreliable type, why did Caesar still chase him and ask, and even really followed his advice? What a virtue he can!

Although Fingal had a refreshing feeling of salted fish turning over at first, he became a little weak after a long time.

The dragon slayer asked him a little transparent, what did Caesar think?

Could it be that you have taken a fancy to your body and want to soak yourself?

"I heard that your ability to find people is top-notch, and you are a member of the student council, and you have taken the initiative to apply to join the Norton program, you must have a very strong passion for dragon slaying, aren't these reasons enough?"

Caesar replied earnestly.

Although he managed to take the lead and become the captain of Team B with the last effort of the Gattuso family, he really didn't have many talents at his disposal.

Angers had no intention of extending the political battle to the students, but he did not take special care of it, and Schneider, who was in charge of the Executive Department, refused to give the Gattuso family a chance to get their hands on the Executive Department, so Caesar's most reliable subordinate was a member of the original Student Council.

Fortunately, the student union has a big business, although he himself didn't know that he still had the department of information and Fingal's subordinates, but after being mentioned by well-wishers, he immediately discovered this talent.

Based on the principle that he does not need to suspect people and does not doubt them, Caesar directly entrusted Fingal with important tasks, which led to the previous situation.

"My ability to find people is top-notch?"

Hearing Caesar's words, Fingal was slightly stunned.

If it were someone else, they might be surprised at who discovered their strengths at this moment, and complacently said that they really didn't have the same strengths.

However, at this moment, Fingal scolded directly.

"Damn who has a grudge against me, they want to hurt me like this!"

He originally wanted to go on vacation, who knew that he would be called by Caesar as a donkey, no wonder Caesar looked at him so strangely, it turned out that there was a villain who beat him behind his back!

"Hurt you?"

Looking at Fingal's angry appearance, Caesar was a little puzzled.

"Of course it's hurting me! What I'm best at is briquettes, and finding someone is just a side hustle! And the dragon king Norton is not a human, how to find this! ”

Fingal said a few words of indignation, and then pressed Caesar.

"Who is saying this bad thing about me, won't his conscience hurt?"

He won't let that rumor-mongering bastard go!

Hearing Fingal ask, Caesar recalled that the person who informed him of this at the time really had no intention of keeping it secret, and that there were people around him who heard it at the time, and it should have been able to say.

Caesar replied.

"It was Su Mo, an S-class freshman, who recommended you to me."

If it weren't for Su Mo, he wouldn't have known that he still had Fingal's subordinate.

"Su Mo? I don't think I offended him! ”

Hearing this, Fingal was slightly stunned, and then immediately realized.

"Wait! I understand! It must be Natsumi, that guy is taking revenge on me! ”

After the news of the last time the night watchman's wallet was exposed, Fingal needed to get money to make up for the hole immediately, so it needed a certain amount of topicality and popularity of the post.

At this time, the younger brother captured a photo of Su Mo and Eri Yi going out alone.

If it was in the past, Fingal would never dare to offend Xia Mi so clearly, and he would not dare to sprinkle green light on Xia Mi's head.

But this time, Fingal, who was forced to the edge of the cliff, didn't care about Xia Mi's autumn reckoning, and directly spread the rumor that Xia Mi was deflated and dumped as the driving force behind the scenes.

If you want to say that you have offended someone to suffer such revenge, Xia Mi is undoubtedly the most suspicious person, and you don't need too much evidence to determine that she did it!

With an S-level personality, there is a high probability that he will not care about him, but Xia Mi is different, this little girl has a small heart.

Although it was Su Mo who informed, it must be Xia Mi who blew the wind on the pillow!

"This isn't revenge, after all, your level of mathematics is indeed admirable, and the plan proposed before has also verified a lot of possibilities, but you haven't found the Dragon King yet."

Caesar said sincerely.

Although Fingal looks like a wastewood, in most of the day's relationship, Caesar has actually seen that this guy is actually quite reliable in his field of expertise, otherwise he would not ask for his opinion.

"Instead of thinking about why Natsumi recommended you, let's continue to think about the search plan for Dragon King Norton, we are very short on time."

"Solution? Nothing to say. ”

Hearing Caesar's urging, Fingal shrugged his shoulders.

"Let's look slowly, if you Gattuso family can mobilize an entire fleet exactly like the current one, or build a formation of submarines to search, you can easily stretch the search time to less than two days. Anyway, your Gattuso family has a lot of money, even if it goes bankrupt, it shouldn't be difficult to build a fleet, right? ”

Hearing Fingal's request, Caesar was a little dumbfounded.

"It shouldn't be difficult to call it, it's simply impossible! This is not the open sea, it is the Yangtze River reservoir. If we dare to do this, the troops stationed on the side will directly turn us into fireworks on the spot! ”

At this range, not to mention that the force is comparable to that of a cruiser, even if it is an aircraft carrier, it is not enough for other people's missiles to bomb.

"Not to mention, the current Gattuso family can't pull out such a fleet! The Vidal you see is the last possession of my cheap daddy, and this is the last one. ”

Caesar reluctantly spread his hands, shattering Fingal's illusions.

The Gattuso family is really in decline, not pretending.

This Vidal is Pompeii's asset, originally raised in the Yangtze River for fishing and play, but after buying it, it has not been used once, but in order to meet his desire to modify, many weapon adaptation systems have been made.

While all of these systems were useful in the Norton project, the ship was not technically part of the Gattuso family, but had already been put up for auction as collateral.

The reason why they can still use it is because the ship has not been sold, and they have the right to maintain and custody for the time being.

"Then there's no way, you can't do a wide-area search with a ship, otherwise you can just stare at Bronze City!"

Fingal spread his hands and said.

If they can't actively search for the figure of the dragon king, all they can do is wait for the rabbit.

"Well, that's all there is to it."

Caesar nodded, then patted Fingal on the shoulder.

"If we haven't found any clues tomorrow, we'll go directly into the water to investigate the inside of Bronze City, and you can rest well today!"

With that, he prepared to leave.

But before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Fingal.

"Wait, wait! What did you say? Did you just say 'we'? Did you say 'we' go to Bronze City together to find out the news? ”

He asked, his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes! I see that you have a good diving performance and a very good bloodline, so you are more suitable than others to be my partner! ”

Caesar nodded with a natural expression.

Both he and Fingal have learned practical lessons and people, and they don't need additional training to work with each other.

"Mom, I'm not going!"

Unimpressed by Caesar's top hat, Fingal immediately expressed his resistance.

"Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done for you A-level and B-level masters, what kind of fun is my E-level making up, isn't it good for me to fend for myself?"

"But you're an A-grade, aren't you?"

Caesar asked rhetorically.

Fingal is just a student whose authority has been reduced, not that his bloodline has degenerated, don't look at him as an E-level, in fact, there are not many bloodlines in the entire school that are better than him.

"But I'm a piece of waste!"

Fingal wept and still didn't obey.

"I knew that I would go to Su Mo's side, I heard that the S-class they played all day today, if it was better to mix with them, I would have to face the danger of my life here!"

Seeing Fingal, who had no problem calling himself a waste, Caesar was a little overwhelmed.

He scolded people the hardest, but he just felt that the other party was a waste, but Fingal actually admitted this to himself, so that he couldn't even use the agitation method.

Seeing Fingal's appearance, Caesar believed that if he asked something like "Would you rather be a coward for life or a hero for five minutes", Fingal would have chosen a coward without even thinking about it.

Fingal's lower limit is so low that it is like chewing gum stuck to the soles of his feet, and he can't pick it at all.

After a few seconds of silence, Caesar asked, confused.

"If you don't want to do the mission, why did you apply to the Norton program in the first place?"

"Because I've sinned against people! I originally wanted to avoid it, but who knew that this secret plan had something to do with dragon slaying! ”

Fingal said with a sad look on his face.

Because of the confidentiality agreement, when he knew that he was participating in the dragon slaying project, he could no longer quit.

There is no doubt that he offended Xia Mi, but he didn't expect that he couldn't escape the other party's revenge in the end.

“……”

Caesar was speechless.

He thought that although Fingal was a fool on the outside, he was actually like him in his heart, surging with a strong fighting spirit to slay dragons, but he didn't expect that the reason for his participation in the Norton Project was simply to avoid trouble?

He didn't know how to evaluate it, so he could only change the topic.

"You just said that the S-class played all day today, and they didn't perform the mission?"

Caesar was curious about this.

Whether he wants it or not, groups A and B are in competition in the matter of slaying dragons, he thought that Su Mo should start an investigation as quickly as himself, but he didn't expect them to have fun all the time?

Is this because of confidence, or is there another plan? You can't give up looking for the Dragon King, right?

Hearing Caesar's question, Fingal nodded with envy and hatred.

"Yes! I heard that they are still fishing during the day, grilling fish directly on the deck to eat, and there are beautiful girls with them, how can we be so hard. ”

“…… Didn't you lie here all day? ”

Caesar asked speechlessly.

You have done almost nothing this day, where is the pain?

"I'm tired!"

Fingal was right.

After saying that, he muttered again.

"However, it is understandable that there is no movement on Su Mo's side, the equipment on the Moniach is not as complete as our Vidal, they do not have an infrared detector, and the accuracy of the equipment is not enough, and they can't find it at all if the Dragon King doesn't take the initiative to show traces."

Hearing this, Caesar turned his gaze to the empty river, which was in the direction of the Moniach.

"What are you thinking? Thinking about how to overturn Su Mo and become a new dragon slaying hero? Or are you afraid that you will be cut off by them in the end? ”

Fingal asked curiously.

"No!"

Caesar shook his head.

"I'm just thinking, as a fellow dragon slayer, my equipment is a little stronger than Su Mo's, is this unfair to Su Mo and them?"

Since it is competition, what he wants is naturally victory in a fair state.

“…… I think you're thinking a little too much. ”

Fingal said in a tactful tone.

"I don't mean to give up my advantage, I just think this treatment is a bit cheating."

Caesar shook his head.

This asymmetrical advantage made him feel that even if he won, there seemed to be no glory to speak of.

What Caesar didn't know was that at this time, Su Mo, who they thought was standing still, had actually taken a small step in the Norton plan.

For example, they were at the bottom of the river, chatting with Norton, the Lord of Bronze and Fire.

(End of chapter)