Chapter 50: The Translucent Bureau (I)
Lin Zuzu suspected that he had misheard.
The request was unexpected, perfectly avoiding all the answers she had expected. She even thought that the lion of the Hongji Society would ask for the house she lived in now, but she never thought that it was this ordinary and ungraded knife.
However, the glamorous cat demon still looked at her with a smile, as if she knew very well what she was talking about.
"It's not a famous knife." Lin Zuzu reminded.
Although the quality of the standard knives provided by the government is guaranteed, knives do not have a unique number like firearms. So even if you take this knife and do something bad, there is no way to do things like planting blame. Besides, she's just a small squad member, and she can't carry a cauldron.
What she was worried about was that the cat demon was unwilling to wade into troubled waters, so she made such a perfunctory offer, and she would do things casually in the future.
"It's okay, just give it to me when it's done." Hong Ji affirmed categorically.
- Never let go of your knife.
Itin's words echoed again, but the girl was stunned for a moment before replying, "One word is a deal." β
In fact, this knife is no longer the one she originally chose in the training ground.
In the past few months, whether during training or after fighting, she doesn't know how many long knives she has replaced as consumables. She didn't have the ability to wrap her blade in vindictiveness for a long time, and to protect her weapons from being destroyed. The broken notch, the gradually dulling blade forced her to hold on to a new silver blade repeatedly.
So give it, just give it, there are enough knives that can be replaced, and it can be "seamless".
Hongji inadvertently glanced at the bar on the other side of the reception room, and then smiled and said, "So, now let's talk about the details of the fox's disappearance~"
The girl described the situation of the day in great detail, and kept saying that she entrusted the youth and the cat demon to find clues.
"So, these two children are also walking together~ It's really amazing to be able to find this place~" Hongji's squinting amber eyes were bright.
"Oops......" Xu Xinzhao was a little embarrassed, after all, in terms of opening an office and collecting intelligence, the wild woman in front of her is the real boss, let's see if there is a chance to learn from it.
This reaction made Sugar Candy "snort" again, don't overdo it.
"I've learned everything about it, and I'll give you an answer in three days at most." Hongji is worthy of being an old Jianghu, and in the incident that the three of them seem to have no clue, she seems to have a direction to investigate soon.
"Then thank you Boss Red for bothering and quit first." Lin Zuzu stood up and bowed slightly.
"Wait for my good news, go slowly~"
Hongji's face was still that kind of easy smile, she watched the back of them leaving, and after making sure that they had reached the gate with her senses, she suddenly said to the empty room:
"Bai, why are you doing such a loss-making business?" After laying down such a childish and ridiculous game with such a purpose, such an absurd request was made.
As the bar stool on the bar table twisted and fluctuated with the air, a glamorous figure revealed its true form. The fox demon Bai Jiu raised the wine glass in his hand, took a sip of bitter but mellow alcohol, and slowly spoke:
"I'm just going to confirm one thing."
Something that I probably didn't even notice.
Loss? Not really.
If she's willing...... Let go of the knife in your hand for your own sake......
That's simply β it's a lot of money.
On the other hand, Xu Xinzhao, who had completed the task, was in a good mood.
Even though Sugar Candy still stood on the girl's shoulder and wouldn't let him hold him, he was still very excited, chattering and talking to the angry cat demon.
In contrast, Lin Zuzu was very quiet.
A life was taken on the battlefield in a second, and Xiaobai has been missing for more than ten days.
But her instinct always told her that it wasn't that serious.
Or is she confusing intuition with desire?
It's just that no matter how she deduces, there is always a sense of disobedience that always lingers in her heart.
The three pushed open the security door and walked out of the building.
"Let's go for supper later~ Celebrate the success of the first mission! ~" Xu Xinzhao proposed.
Although Tangtang still didn't say anything, his eyes lit up with anticipation, so the young man immediately made persistent efforts.
"Speaking of which, thanks to Sugar Candy, I followed that demon and found the entrance, which is so clever~"
Xu Xinzhao said as he tried to pick up his kitten from the girl's shoulder.
"What did you say?" Lin Zuzu frowned and stopped suddenly, and the iron gate slowly closed behind them.
"Huh? It's the day before yesterday, we were investigating around here, and Tangtang happened to find a demon who was going to the black market, so we followed......"
"Daytime?"
"Yes, I ......remember," Xu Xinzhao replied after thinking carefully. It should have been around two o'clock in the afternoon. β
Something is wrong, it's so logical. Lin Zuzu's brain was running at high speed.
"What's wrong?" It may be that the girl's expression is too serious, which makes the young man nervous.
"It went so well." Lin Zuzu added, "I'm not questioning your strength. β
At every stuck node, they will always encounter something that allows them to continue their investigation, as if it were ...... Someone arranged everything and let them walk step by step on the established path.
For example, when she was at an impasse, Ling Wei's sudden appearance gave her a new idea. Where does the information about this Demon Rift come from? Was it really so coincidentally found out by her? Or did someone sell her leads? For example, the owner of this building.
Now that I know that Xu Xinzhao and Tangtang also inadvertently arrived here with others, it is hard not to suspect that they were deliberately lured.
"I'll go back for a moment."
The iron door just closed and made a soft sound, but Lin Zuzu opened the door in time at the moment when the deadtongue popped out, and the sugar candy on her shoulder was startled, and immediately jumped back into Xu Xinzhao's arms.
She ignited all her fighting spirit, turned into an afterimage, and rushed back to Hongji's office in just a few seconds.
She gasped slightly, looking around the roomβit was the same as before, only the Red Devil was located.
"Forgot something?" Hongji raised her head from behind her desk and said unhurriedly.
The girl did not answer immediately, but carefully sensed the situation in the room, and she tried to focus beyond smell and hearing.
You're really smart, you seem to be getting stronger.
Not far away, Bai Jiu stared at the girl with one hand on his chin, a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.
Her sudden acceleration just now made even a three-hundred-year-old fox demon only have time to place a basic stealth spell.
At this time, Xu Xinzhao was late with Tangtang. The moment he entered, he found a beautiful man with fox ears in the room, leaning lazily against the bar. He wears a loose white shirt with beautiful muscular lines looming between the neckline.
Feeling the young man's gaze, Bai Jiu narrowed his eyes of different colors, which flashed with a dangerous light.
Although I don't know why the stealth technique is useless to this weak psychic ability, it is not good to let these little ants do bad things.
The young man was startled, and just as he was about to shout, he was pressed by Sugar Candy with his little paw in a panic. Although the cat demon couldn't see Bai Jiu, the powerful demonic aura that suddenly appeared reminded her that she must not act rashly, after all, he had already understood his coldness.
A heavy murderous aura struck, and a person and a cat were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out. With this breath, Xu Xinzhao also identified that it was the big demon that appeared in the old mansion.
"Don't talk too much." Bai Jiu's voice sounded in their heads.
One person and one cat suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and they almost nodded frantically. Hongji on the side looked at the young man with interest.
Bai Jiu raised his finger and swiped it in the air, giving them a simple ban - as long as they wanted to say it, their tongues would be paralyzed, and at the same time, as a spellcaster, he would also know.
Anyway...... Boss White wouldn't harm humans, would he? Sugar Candy looked at the girl with some concern.
They're just arguing and making awkward noises, right? In the information that Xu Xinzhao understands, the girl and the fox demon should be the kind of CP who loves and kills each other and deduces forbidden love.
"What's wrong, do you want to regret it?" Hongji looked at the girl calmly.
Lin Zuzu looked left and right silently, and walked straight to the bar, Bai Jiu also got up from the high chair at the same time and moved towards her.
In Xu Xinzhao's eyes, a person and a demon are constantly approaching each other.
One-step, two-step, three-step...... They got closer and closer, but they didn't mean to stop.
The girl's face was almost touching the other person's chest, and as long as she raised her head at this time, she might kiss the beautiful lips of the white-haired man.
And the powerful and beautiful fox demon seemed to be looking forward to it.
Xu Xinzhao, who saw the whole picture of the incident, couldn't help but gasp.
Seeing that Lin Zuzu was about to crash into the arms of the fox demon, she suddenly stopped and stopped at the position of the fox demon Bai Jiu, the target of this trip, who was less than a punch in front of her.
"It doesn't seem to be here." She sighed softly.
(End of chapter)