"Mason, I'm in the safe zone."

As the three of them approached Abstergo's Manhattan building in New York, Zakang, who had gone to the "Safe Zone" lobby of the Stars Society, finally sent back the news belatedly.

"It took you thirty minutes to get to that place?"

Mason looked at his watch and said in a surprised tone:

"You went with your legs?"

"It's not, it only took me five minutes to get here by taxi, but I just took a shower and had a massage, but unfortunately it was a disappointment that I didn't provide additional services."

The guy said to Mason crookedly:

"Our colleagues are quite good at finding a place, and they got a hotel here to open their doors to do business, and I took out my ID card before I was allowed to enter it.

However, the fact that there is no charge for everything is encouraged. ”

"Wait, the safe zone is a hotel?"

Mason's heart jumped, and he immediately asked:

"And what's the name of the hotel?"

"What is it called'Continental Hotel', I heard that it is still a global chain, and it will be fully acquired by the Stars Club as a foothold for us people in this world.

I've heard that the first stop of the Stars Club Pioneers is here, and there are a few B-rank squads that live in this world to share free information. ”

Za Kang replied in a relaxed tone:

"The food here is good, I've just filled my stomach and I'm about to go downstairs to talk to my peers."

Mason, who already sensed the danger, had an even bigger headache when he heard the name "Continental Hotel", and clenched his fists after hearing that the hotel had been fully acquired by the Stars.

It's a fucking mixed worldview!

He said to Zakang:

"John, it seems that our plan of action needs to be changed now, you can get out of there after you find out the news, don't alarm the others, and go find a random place outside the city and wait for us.

We'll go over and meet you as soon as we're done here. ”

"Huh?"

Zakang was suddenly a little surprised.

As he stepped out of the luxuriously decorated elevator and headed towards the restaurant, he asked:

"Listening to your tone, it seems like something terrible has happened, say, have you found something bad with your little cleverness?"

Mason was about to explain when he saw Barbara shake his head and silence him.

So he changed his words and admonished:

"It's nothing, I'm just afraid that you will drink and make a mistake, and you can't say a word or two, remember not to stay there for too long."

"Hey, what do you think of me?"

Konstantin scoffed at Mason's concerns, and after a few more conversations, the communication was cut off. Mason took the headphones out of his ear and glanced at Barbara, and the Batgirl whispered:

"The communication line is not secure, at least two 'noises' were detected in the data signal on John's side, he is being monitored, and there is a problem with the hotel."

"Of course there's something wrong with it!"

Mason crushed the headphones in his hand and said to Barbara and Erkeg beside him:

"That Continental Hotel. I had seen this name in Old K's notes, which was the base camp used by the killers of this world to hand over tasks.

It's a world chain, but behind it are secret assassins who run it.

It's just that this secret was not known to the Star Society because of Lao K's special identity, and now it seems that the assassins in this world have effectively concealed the background of the Continental Hotel and paralyzed the Star Society by the way. ”

He skillfully attributed the "secrets of the past" that appeared in his mind to Lao K's "accidental discovery", and continued along this topic:

"I now suspect that the stars will be able to buy that hotel as a safe haven for the trailblazers, which must have been pushed by some guys in the world behind the scenes.

At worst, not only would the monitors of this world be aware of the existence of the Stellar Society, but even all of the Stellar Society's actions in this world might have been monitored by the Assassins throughout the entire process.

Including our actions now.

Sounds incredible.

But if the monitors of this world can hack into Barbara's control system from futuristic technology, it proves that the world is far beyond the ordinary we see.

Mr. Hunter also reminded me that although the overall strength of this world is average, the hidden power is dangerous. ”

After Mason's "terrible" guess, the second bucket and Barbara immediately glanced at each other, their expressions became extremely serious, and His Excellency the captain thought for a moment, and said to his companion:

"24 hours! Whether or not our mission is completed, we must leave here after 24 hours!

John's side didn't want to startle him for the time being, just let him stay there with our companions, and then take him with him when we were done. ”

After saying that, he glanced at the skyscrapers of Abstergo's company not far away, and said to Barbara:

"Can you hack the system there remotely? We needed to find something in its deep database, and I was going to sneak right in, but it didn't seem like a good idea to venture any more right now.

I suspect there may be a dozen Master Assassins hiding there, waiting for our reckless actions to catch turtles in an urn. ”

"Nope."

Barbara tried.

A blue light danced in the pupils of her left eye, which became intermittent after a few seconds, and she shook her head and said:

"There's a very clever physical firewall out there, and you have to be authorized to connect the interface to the database, or you'll trigger an alert."

"I'll go."

The second barrel moved his neck and hands, and said to Mason:

"Give me the cloak and I can do this. If I expose you, you don't have to worry about me, just leave. ”

"What nonsense?"

Mason snorted, took out the folded invisibility cloak and threw it to the second bucket, and said:

"If we leave you here to die, we'll be killed by Batman when we go back to Gotham. You better take care of yourself, just so that everyone's life in Gotham will not be troubled by the master. ”

After speaking, he took out a special syringe and stuffed it into the second bucket of hands, and instructed:

"If it's really blocked there, use this, it's a strengthening serum extracted from the blood of the old spider, I haven't tried it yet, and I don't know if it can give the spider senses.

If you can, don't use it. ”

"Permanently strengthened? Or is it a temporary reinforcement? ”

Jason took the syringe in his hand, remembered the scene where Mason was injected with this thing in Crime Alley and almost died, and pouted:

"It's not going to kill me, is it?"

"Temporary reinforcement. Permanent enhancements are quite complicated to make, and instead of worrying that my medicine will kill you, you should be a little more careful of the hidden killers in this world. ”

Mason shook his head and said:

"The assassins of this world are evil, and they have a way to kill you without triggering self-healing, after all, you don't have an Edelman-reinforced braincase.

I'm not kidding, two barrels.

If you can avoid fighting them as much as possible. ”

"Got it."

The second bucket put on an invisibility cloak and took a palm-sized data plug-in from Barbara, and quickly disappeared into the night ahead.

While waiting, Mason kept looking around, and it seemed that at any moment, a few men in black could jump out of the darkness and stab him.

Not only would he keep the handy Precision Rifle Widow Maker handy, but he would also take out all sorts of dangerous alchemy items and engineering grenades and put them in the most convenient places.

This vigilant gesture was immediately caught by Barbara, and the Batgirl whispered:

"Mason, it's really rare to see you so nervous since I met you, and you've made me a little anxious, can you relax?"

"You don't understand, Barbara."

Mason's hand rubbed against the kinetic pistol at his waist, and he whispered:

"Abstergo, Hotel Continental, Golden Apple, Assassin Brotherhood, Templars. The fusion of so many elements is enough to make the danger here tenfold.

There is something wrong with this world.

It has big problems!

The longer I've been here, the more I feel like something isn't right, you know that feeling? ”

He pursed his lips and said:

"It's like you're stepping into a quagmire, like an ignorant beast stepping into a trap. I have an uneasy premonition that the Stars will definitely make a big deal here, and I just hope we can stay away when that happens.

Don't get bloody. ”

——

At the Continental Hotel in New York, Zakang didn't realize that he was being monitored, and he would still be farting and chatting with a dozen B-class personnel of the Stars Society in the restaurant.

Relying on the Eagle Sword of Su Jie that he had specially taken from Selena before leaving, Zakang quickly opened the chatterbox of this group of peers.

He lied that he had come here to get another powerful weapon, and as the Eagle of Sujay passed the tasting in the hands of these guys, Konstantin quickly got the news he wanted to hear.

"Yo, this sword is really good, it seems that your squad is lucky, but it's not the best."

An old drunkard in his forties stroked the snow-white blade of Su Jie's Eagle and said to Za Kang, who was flirting with a colleague dressed as a dancer:

"This sword is supposed to be a replica forged by ordinary people in this world through the knowledge of ancient artifacts, not a real Isu artifact.

I've seen the real Isu Treasure 'Excalibur' in the Star Castle.

It's in the possession of one of our A-class personnel who don't have a very good brain, and it's said to be indestructible, and can even change the minds of everyone around it according to the user's will.

That crazy A-class has already conquered several vassal worlds with it. ”

"Is it so powerful?"

Za Kang said in surprise:

"As you can see, I'm a spellcaster, and I thought the so-called Ancient Arcana was nothing more than extremely sharp plus some special abilities, but the kind of thing that can change thinking like you said belongs to the realm of rule-level Arcana, right?"

"Or do you think that everyone is doing a serious task and not doing it, what are they doing in this world?"

Zakang's question was immediately ridiculed by the others.

The dancing girl sister who was flirting with him just now sat on Za Kang's lap, picked up a glass of wine and took a sip before saying:

"Isn't it because this unique world is rich in these things that are too powerful to be reasonable? Not to mention the things that can affect people's hearts like the Broken Steel Sword, the Isu armor that has been found in the past few months alone is enough for everyone to make a trip here. ”

"Yes, armor that is invulnerable and resistant to magic and can be modified by a variety of technologies."

Another B-class shook his hand and said:

"Last week, someone made three sets in the desert of Egypt, and it was said that they were sold at a high price at the previous trade fair. I heard that a few days ago, an A-class member of the Warlock Grand Mentor faction also came here.

It is said that he came for the 'Sword of the Conqueror'.

It is the gossip that circulated before, and it is said to be an artifact used by Genghis Khan of this world to conquer the world.

There is news that it appeared in North America and was almost taken by our people, but those guys were unlucky to be found by the natives of this world and killed. ”

"Hey, that's because they're weak, and they can't blame others."

Someone scoffed at this, and arched the fire and said:

"So many people left here safely with good things, but they were the only ones who got good goods and died here, even though they had already entered the treasure house but even took their lives.

The weak are not welcome here. ”

Everyone is happy to say everything you say, but the more Zakang listens to it, the more he feels that something is not right.

He felt like there was something wrong with the mentality of these guys.

It's like ignoring all possible dangers, and only the low-hanging fruit is left in your eyes, and you are full of joy in the good things that are about to arrive.

It's like a bunch of greedy goods.

But the members who can mix into the B-rank in the Stars Club come from various worlds and have all experienced the experience of parallel world development, no matter how unbearable they are, they should have the most basic reason.

Right now, this "collective frenzy" of walking into a restaurant and enjoying a delicious buffet in a dangerous world is clearly not quite right.

This made Konstantin take his heart.

He chatted with the lard-covered creatures in the dining room for a while, and then left, spitting out a smoke ring to cover his eyes with a dark green spot of light, and surveyed the surroundings.

Entering the "extrasensory" state, he quickly caught a strange power emanating from the top floor of the hotel, a discovery that caused Konstantin to raise an eyebrow, and then put the eagle of Sujay on his waist to board the elevator.

He was going to see what was hidden on the top floor of the hotel.

As a result, the elevator stopped when it went all the way up to the seventh floor, and under the surprised gaze of Za Kang, a tall man wearing a black trench coat and sunglasses walked in.

He glanced at the button on the thirteenth floor of the top floor on the elevator control panel, then at Zakang, and said:

"You're going to the top floor?"

"yes, what's the problem?"

Konstantin took a cigarette in his mouth and said in an unhappy tone:

"I went up to blow the wind and felt like I was going to be stupid to be around those idiots. Dude, who are you? If you weren't a companion of the Stars Society, you wouldn't be able to enter this building, so you're also here to look for treasures? ”

In the face of Za Kang's inquiry, the cool brother with sunglasses replied calmly:

"A-Class, Leader of the 'Blight' team, Albert Wesker."

“？？？”

Za Kang, who was smoking and was still a little careless, almost choked in his throat with a puff of smoke, he coughed a few times, and looked up and down at the cool brother in black in front of him.

After a while, he changed to a smile on his face, nodded and replied:

"Hello big guy, big guy, I'm C-class budding John Constantine. When they said there was an A-class here, I thought they were bragging, but it was true.

Are you really here for the legendary 'Sword of the Conqueror'? ”

"Konstantin? C-class personnel? ”

The A-class boss frowned when he heard this name, he looked up and down at Zakang with strange eyes, coughed a few times, and said:

"No, it's just a boring legend, just as boring and dangerous as the rest of this world. But C-Class Constantine, the top floor of the Continental Hotel is not an area you can go to.

I temporarily requisitioned it.

Maybe I should ask you to leave now? ”

"Thanks for the reminder, I almost strayed into danger because of my curiosity."

When Zakang heard this guy say that the top floor was in danger, he immediately took it seriously, did not refute or insist on going his own way, and walked out very obediently before the elevator closed.

"Konstantin, wait."

As he was leaving, Wesker in the elevator stopped him, and when he turned around, he saw that the A-class boss took out a very delicate-looking syringe from his pocket and handed it to him, saying:

"C-class personnel will encounter great risks in this dangerous B-class world, you can take this biorepair fluid with you, it may be able to save your life at a critical moment."

"Huh? And this good thing? ”

With a flattered face, Zakang accepted the healing object from the other party, and replied politely:

"Then I'll thank you."

"See you soon, Konstantin."

Wesker in the elevator showed a fleeting smile, and as the elevator closed and the eyes of the two were cut off, Wesker in the elevator shook his head.

This brother in sunglasses crossed his arms and whispered:

"In the past two years, after 9 consecutive squads have been wiped out by the space-time heterotope of the 'Scourge Star' John Constantine, there are still people who dare to recruit him into the team.

Either the ignorant are fearless, or the hungry rookie.

But either way, they are cannon fodder in this world. ”

After speaking, he took out a special communication device and hung it in his ear, and whispered:

"I'm close to my target, and I'm about to make contact."

"Don't worry."

The voice of His Excellency Warlock, one of the three great mentors of the Stars Society, came from it, with a touch of coldness and lowness, and he said:

"Observe closely, don't touch it yet, wait for my command before acting."

At the same time, outside the elevator, Zakang, who returned to his room, looked at the "bioremediation solution" that had been given in his hand, and he pinched it with two fingers as if he was pinching something highly poisonous, and threw it into his bag.

Za Kang pinched his nose and complained:

"The first time we met, I gave things away, I really thought I was out on the first day! But is there anything on the roof of this building that needs to be dealt with by A-class personnel? Thinking about it, Mason's call just now seemed to be a little too hasty, and it was all about telling me to get out of here

Not good!

Lao Tzu may be being monitored!

There's something wrong with this place! But I'm still curious about what it was on the top floor that could change the minds of the pioneers so smoothly?

Was that Wesker, who was by no means a good guy, here for that kind of thing?

Tsk, dangerous stuff, it's getting more and more fascinating. ”

(End of chapter)