The girl hid the pencil in her sleeve, but Cha Bai had already noticed.

She knew that even if she didn't use that hammer, the girl would be able to pierce the robber's throat with the tip of her pen in the blink of an eye.

The student's dress can hide that he doesn't care about the blood on his hands, but the muscle lines, breathing, and eyes can't hide them. Often a person who understands knows what that person's background is.

Cha Bai can detect that the girl in front of her is very powerful, at least she can't be killed with a hammer.

Messy footsteps rang out outside the public restroom.

Both women's ears moved.

"Thank you."

Half of the girl's face was stained with scarlet, warm blood. But he thanked Chabai in the gentlest tone.

The girl opened the window and jumped out.

Falling nimbly on the steel bars of the building below, looking back into the window, no longer stopping, and the red earrings disappear in the shadow of the city.

Cha Bai retracted the hammer and put it into the magic grid.

The incurrence of the police, the fact that she had just killed someone, and the girl's thanks and agile departure all made her miss the best opportunity to carry on the side quest she had just triggered.

"What the hell is this ......"

Two policemen barged in, their guns in their hands, and stepped past the first to fall, the kind, but dead aunt who gave the tea white sanitary napkins.

Just as they were calling for reinforcements, one of them heard a voice behind him.

But looking back, there was nothing.

If I had to say it, only the aunt who didn't blink her eyes closed her eyes.

Cha Bai had already walked out of the public bathroom, and because of the shooting, the pedestrians around him were evacuated.

When she got outside, after walking past the belated police car, she took out her mobile phone and typed the information from the "Chamber of Commerce Organization" into a text message and sent it to Li Nuo.

Then he touched the earrings.

And opened the branch of the [Caged Bird].

"Li Nuo, have you received a new branch?"

"Hmm...... Waiting for you to come back. ”

When she received the news, she was looking at a clothing store and touched her purse, the money in it was all surplus food looted in her "home", and she had planned to buy some food on the way back.

But now I have changed my mind.

"Can I spend money blindly?"

"Huh?"

Li Nuo, who was "at home", was stupid, and then thought of a certain nature of women...... So I casually agreed.

Turning to look at Marjie and Victor.

They were in the basement they found last night.

It's noon, and it's theoretically the time when Lockhart and his party had planned to kill a few of them, but the ending is reversed.

The sun is lazy.

Sunny.

Warm air blew down the hole above into the basement, and Marger and Victor fiddled with the cables in front of something that looked like a slot machine.

"How?" Li Nuo asked as he squatted next to him.

"Luckily, it didn't break." "Terminals, computers that are used to receive tasks," said Marje. ”

"Well, the technology in this world is so strange." Victor took a cigarette in his mouth and said while tapping on the keyboard to break down the data: "Obviously, there is already android technology, but the use of heavy desktop computers is still used, and the working method of the terminal is also old, so I can't see the characteristics of the development of the times at all." ”

Leno said: "This is the vaporwave world, without the humanism of the cyber world, all the stability is chaos. ”

Victor wondered, "Which is better than Night City?" ”

"Look what you think." Li Nuo pondered for a moment and said, "For example, the people of Night City are all criminals, and everyone is forced to become criminals by the rule of large corporations, but this society. He pointed to his feet, his pupils skimming into the air, and said, "A criminal is a criminal, and the reason for committing a crime is often not just for money, but for interest." ”

Victor bowed his head slightly, "That's worse than Night City." ”

Li Nuo shrugged his shoulders: "At least it looks good on the surface, it's not so naked, it's just extreme." ”

Two hours later.

Marje finished typing out the final code.

To open the terminal, you need the verification password of the "agent" before you can start accepting tasks issued by various countries.

Through Cha Bai's research on the "Chamber of Commerce Organization" and the killer mission that Lockhart took over, Li Nuo generally understood the so-called "career mission" route for players participating in the "Tournament".

"You need to complete the prelude to entering the 'professional organization' first, and then you need to get the qualifications before you can take over the task."

Li Nuo sat in front of the terminal, pondering while drinking tea.

"Due to Sauron's sake, the 'Tournament' has been lengthened, resulting in players having to join and complete at least one 'professional organization' task within half a year.

He drank the tea from the teapot and licked his lips.

Marger had a bad feeling: "You don't want to do it all over again, do you?" ”

"What do you think, according to the system's judgment, at least it must be that the player can't wear many hats." Li Nuo smiled and said, "It's good to do two." ”

Marjie took a deep breath: "I knew ......"

Li Nuo stared at Carslan's big eyes and said with an innocent look: "According to the rules, each group of participating teams is assigned an initial career function, from joining the professional camp to completing the required task time, a total of five months, and completing the requirements within the time frame will receive a large reward, and those who do not complete it will be counted as eliminated, and they don't say that they can't do more." ”

"What's more." Li Nuo said a very dangerous sentence: "A scumbag who doesn't step on two boats is not a good man." ”

Marjie looked hard behind Leno and reminded, "There seems to be an engine sound up there." ”

Li Nuo's body was shocked.

Immediately climbed out of the hole in the basement.

Forget about Cha Bai got out of a taxi, carried a big bag, and clumsily took out the money and paid the driver.

Marje wondered, "How did she get the driver to be willing to drive the car to the dump?" ”

"It's not this ...... that matters," Li Nuo climbed out from under and strode over.

Cha Bai turned around, and just as he was about to say something, Li Nuo reached out and gently touched a piece of imperceptible redness, swelling and bruise on her lips.

"Who did it?"

"Oh...... Nothing, robbery, swelling from the impact when I caught the bullet with my mouth. The guns in this world are more powerful than she imagined, and she added: "Killed already." ”

Li Nuo's expression returned to that lazy appearance for a moment.

Marje and Victor also came out.

Cha Bai took out a casual suit from the paper bag and said, "Marjie, do me a favor...... This outfit will help me change it, as long as it can be integrated with Li Nuo's divine official clothes. ”

Li Nuo looked at me with a blank eye: "When you ask me if I can spend money blindly, do you mean to buy me clothes?" ”

Cha Bai frowned and said, "The weapon box is fine, as long as you wrap a layer of black cloth, it's nothing to walk on the street, but the pertinence of your clothes is too strong." ”

Li Nuo was speechless, she was right......

Marger's clothes are doctor's coats, and it doesn't matter if he walks on the street.

Tea and white are a bunch of clothes, each with a different entry, and you can wear anything.

He is the only one who meets his best personal needs is the black outfit of this priest, which really doesn't look like what people of this era wear.

Chabai: "I'm sorry...... Marjie, and Victor, I don't have much money left, so I didn't buy it for you. ”

"Miss Chabai, it's not a big deal, but ......" Brother Ma took the clothes and said, "I have to remind you two of one thing. ”

The two looked over and rarely saw his sudden seriousness.

Marjie: "The house is extremely hard in the space, and in reality your abilities are not much different from ordinary people, but here, one of you is a witcher who has killed a demon, and the other is a sorceress of a mechanical body, understand?" ”

Cha Bai shook his head: "No, I understand." ”

Marje shouted, "Do it lightly!" It's not a nuisance! They have now developed to the level of demolition! ”

He pointed to the half-collapsed floor and said, "The cable of that terminal has been broken several times, what if I can't fix it?" There are a lot of unnecessary questions that can't be swayed by emotions and desires, understand? ”

Li Nuo was dumbfounded: "Hmm...... Oh, I'm sorry. ”

Cha Bai is also: "We were wrong......"

Feeling that he was pretending, Marger took out a cigarette and held it to his mouth in the sunlight, when a mechanical life came over and lit him.

"Sect Master, calm your anger."

"Sect Master, do you want us to take advantage of tonight to secretly kill the demon hunter and make you feel refreshed."

Li Nuo was shocked: "Hey...... What do you usually teach? ”

The mechanical lifeform replied sincerely, "We have, a training facility dedicated to hunting damned demon hunters. ”

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes: "Marjie, ......"

Marje immediately digressed the subject: "Let's get down to business." ”

The three of them don't have any big crisis in front of them now, they just need to summarize the information and decide what to do next.

It's simple.

Lockhart and his party were initially commissioned to kill the three of them from Akai.

The location of the vase that sealed Sauron has appeared, and it is likely to be in the hands of Akai, the hidden leader of the "killer organization".

Through the conversation of the Chamber of Commerce, you can know that Akai is very mysterious, everyone knows where he serves, but they don't know who he is, that is, this guy has some kind of means similar to "skills" to protect his true face.

There are only two ways to find him.

1. According to the phone card serial killer organization found by Lockhart, the middleman "Red Hair".

Second, the [Caged Bird] quest triggered by Chabai clarified that the girl with red pupils was related to Akai, found the girl, and followed her.

The conclusion is that whether it is the line of saving Sauron to defeat the [Borderline], or the line of the "Tournament" career mission that may be participated, the top priority is to contact Akai.

"About that girl...... I didn't have time to catch her at the time......" Cha Bai blamed himself a little.

Victor accosted at this time: "Sister Cha, I mean, why don't you just use that [Shuttle Gate] to find the person you are looking for?" ”

"Nope." Cha Bai said: "The location where the door goes is the area that needs to be headed, not the exact location after locking a single target, we are already in the right area, we don't need it." ”

Marjie continued, "And open that door, and the fortress will appear, and there is no need to be so reckless until all the dangers here are discovered." ”

Li Nuo asked, "What about the [Shuttle Gate]'s fetching leather bag function?" Pull her out directly. ”

"Impossible." Cha Bai shook his head: "The principle of using the 'Fetch Leather Bag' is that you must have a deep understanding of a thing, for example, we have used that function so far is nothing more than teleporting to each other, and the most outrageous one is that Li Nuo dragged Chunli out...... Come? ”

Cha Bai was stunned for a moment, and a question suddenly appeared in her brain, why did he ...... under the premise that she had to know a lot to find the thing Can you pull out Chun-Li?

Li Nuo instantly understood the meaning in her eyes, and immediately said: "When the economy is difficult, I will also draw some of the kind without clothes...... So for a lot of ......"

"I ...... I don't particularly care. Cha Bai said back to the topic: "There is no way, Li Nuo, you draw a rune, I will put the magic seal of the portal into it, as long as I can find the girl, I will paste the rune on her, since the girl has a relationship with Akai, there will always be a time to meet, and when they meet, they can catch Akai by breaking through the portal on the girl's body directly." ”

This girl is very important, in addition to the line of Akai, it is also related to the clue of "Qasim".

In other words, Akai is alone, accounting for the traces of the two people of Sauron's team.

Cha Bai recorded the girl's appearance, using the player with a floating hand to transmit the recorded information to Marjie, the video is a little blurry, but the girl's appearance can be seen in general.

"This girl looks familiar......," Li Nuo thought of Marger's distraction when he drove last night, because of this girl, who was characterized by red earrings.

Maljie is a little distracted: Umezu Taichen...... Kite?

Li Nuo leaned over and snapped his fingers: "What kind of fool are you doing?" ”

Marjie came back to his senses, Cha Bai and Li Nuo were sticking to him, Cha Bai felt strange, and Li Nuo felt interesting.

"Marger, what's wrong with you?" Cha Bai asked.

"Maybe it's a change of taste, are you scared by a fifty-year-old mature woman?" Li Nuo replied.

"What do you two think about the 'Tournament'?" Marger changed the subject.

Li Nuo followed him and said: "Simple, anyway, I have already tied up Lance and another guy in Lockhart's team, and when I find Sauron's vase, if I want to participate, I will directly collapse them and replace their team in the competition." But the premise has to look at Akai's killer career line, as well as the Chamber of Commerce's agent career line. ”

Marger picked up his clothes, turned around and walked into the house, and said, "Then it's decided, I'll change your clothes for you, I'll have a day of leisure, and tomorrow you go to find that 'red hair', and I'll sort out the ammunition to be used." ”

Li Nuo took out the one-carat diamond left on Lockhart from his pocket and handed it to Chabai.

"The diamond that popped out of Lockhart's body after killing him, or not?"

Cha Bai took it, but he was not happy, but his eyebrows were wrinkled a little aggrieved.

Li Nuo...... I'll follow you as usual...... You can't ...... either."

"Huh?" Li Nuo didn't understand.

At this time, Marjie told him through the headset: "Hmph~ You give a diamond from a man's body to a woman who has no concept of money but values you very much, do you think she will be happy?" ”

"I didn't think about it...... I'm sorry. Li Nuo hurriedly reached out to grab the diamond.

Cha Bai was a little stubborn and dodged over, holding the diamond tightly and walking towards the house.

"Marjie, can you make me a ring holder?"

Marjie was stunned: "Huh? ”

Cha Bai looked back at Li Nuo and asked, "Ring finger?" ”

Lenovo: "Hmm. ”

Nodding: "Yes...... Ring finger. ”

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Rain.

A building was surrounded by the Search Unit of the Police Division.

The fragments of the display on the ground point to the underground plaza.

The upper floor of the building was destroyed.

This is the building where Leno and Lockhart fought yesterday.

Black leather shoes trampled on the rubble, and Mr. Minamino of the Identification Department walked through the area and picked up a piece of filth on the ground.

"How can there be so much?"

Nanno turned his head and said to the people behind him: "There is a high probability that it is a gangster again, huh...... I'll need to go back and look into it again. ”

A police colleague behind him is calculating property damage.

"It's hard...... The unprovoked terrorist attack half a month ago destroyed an urban area, and it was also the scene that you surveyed at that time, Mr. Minamino, right? ”

"Well, yes, it's a very serious assault case, and it is said that someone saw Guanyin, the size of a building, appear."

"Huh...... Where did the superpower war come from. A fellow police officer asked, "Is there any resemblance between what happened back then and now?" ”

"Nope."

"By the way, is there any evidence or anything like that in that case?" "I mean, is there anything similar that can connect two cases together, so that we can close them with a reason," said his colleague. ”

Minamino: "Evidence ......"

In the room, a white vase with glasses printed on it sits on the table.

Minamino returned to the room, finished his work, and pushed the vase inside.

Sitting on the bed, his face contorted, the honest man turned into a middle-aged man with long pale hair, his eyes were extremely cold.

Looking at the vase, he muttered to himself: "This is the evidence at that time...... But I have no reason to hand it over. ”

At this time, the phone rang, and the number showed that it was a guy named "Red Hair".

He picked up the phone.

A voice came from there: "Mr. Akai, it has been found out that the guys who died in the so-called 'terrorist attack' incident are the 'killers' I introduced to you to join the organization a while ago. ”

"Is it intentionally targeted?"

"I don't know. But could it be that the Chamber of Commerce is starting to do something about us, you know, and I'm talking about resources. ”

"Red hair, tell that bastard who calls himself 'Finale', and let him simulate the appearance of the mastermind who killed those people through the traces."

The phone hung up and threw it on the bed.

He is called Minamino on the outside, and his actual name is Akai.

"Trouble again?"

The girl's voice came from the window.

Akai raised his head, looked at the girl's red pupils, and said with a smile: "It may be someone from the Chamber of Commerce, or it may be my enemy." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Recently, I have a wonderful new guy who can restore the appearance of certain groups of people through smell."

Akai stared at the girl.

"Sand Feather, you can do it when the time comes. There aren't many people I can trust. ”

Sand Feather cocked her legs and looked out the window, her red earrings reflecting the rain.

The TV broadcast the news: about yesterday's attack on the department store, the robber was killed on the spot, the police did not give the number of dead and injured, we will continue......

Akai looked at the TV and asked, "I remember that you went to that department store yesterday, and that robber, did you kill it?" ”

Sand Feather: "No. ”

Akai: "What are you going to do there?" ”

"I'll take the exam tomorrow." Sand Feather paused, looked at Akai, and said with a light smile, "There's a library there, I'll go there to buy books." ”

"Don't forget your college dreams?"

Sand Feather smiled, "I'm better suited to holding a pencil than a gun." ”

Outside the window, it was getting rainy.

Raindrops fell on the roof of the building, splashing the sound of water.

Akai stared at Sand Feather and said, "Come here." ”

The girl touched the hanging hair curtain, looked over, and said, "I have an exam tomorrow, and I'm not in the mood today." ”

……

[The train has arrived at the station, please prepare to get on the train]

Stop.

A bustling crowd poured in and out with a single broadcast.

Sand Feather wears a school uniform and walks into the train.

The train starts and enters the dark tunnel.

Sand Feather stood in front of the car door, looking at herself printed on the window.

The red earrings emitted a smell of blood that only she could smell, and her eyes were red from the window as if she had been stained with a drop of blood.

The unbearable story replays like a marquee in the car window, imprinted in the mind.

Everything is like a dream, opening your eyes is a dream, and closing your eyes is also a dream.

I finally closed my eyes, took out my headphones and put them on.

"Drop~"

The tape was swallowed into the player, the picture in my head was black and white, and after a burst of fast-paced trumpet sounds mixed with drumming and bass, the woman's brisk voice came out of the headphones.

("君たちキウイパパイアマンゴーだね", alias "You are kiwi, papaya, mango")

I was a little attracted to this mellow white wine

It's like an aperitif

Sincere or false people cast shy eyes

This abominable wanderer made me fall in love

If the sun is hung with a rainbow

It's okay to be hugged by you

Zi –

Sand Feather frowned slightly and took the player out of his pocket.

"Broken again?"

Beside her, a hand reached over, pulled the earphone out of her ear, and shoved in a new one.

Sand Feather looked over.

A handsome man who didn't open his mouth to speak stood next to her, wearing the same headphones and his languid black pupils skimming over.

The moment the red and black eyes collided, Marger didn't "hum" as usual.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a design, or the song just now, continuing the melody and lyrics.

If you can't wait, give your first kiss

Makes your whole body warm

You are kiwi papaya and mango

Joy is mixed with shy summer legends

You are kiwi papaya and mango

Get moving

Talk about a fruitful love

Light a mint cigarette and just want to borrow a fire from you

If I can meet you in a nap dream

Sand Feather didn't refuse the voice, but just asked in the melody, "Are you?" ”

Marger was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly, he laughed, not like him.

"Marjie."

"Sand feathers."

"Miss Sand Feather, you remind me of a game."

"What game?"

"My world."

(End of chapter)