April 2009, late spring.

The night is thick and the air is slightly cold, in Hyde Park, south of Chicago, tulips are quietly blooming, moonlight is spilling petals, and a warm feeling lingers in the flowers, Hyde Park, the only ancient building left from the exposition there, while collecting tens of thousands of precious objects, and to the east is the Museum of Science and Technology.

There is no subway station near Hyde Park, there are few tourists in late spring, and on the dusty benches, the middle-aged man curls up to rest, his clothes are complete, but it is difficult to hide the dirt, the stains left over from fried food are all over his chest, and his long hair is luxuriant, but because it has not been washed for a long time, it takes on a kind of gray like an old thing.

"Professor Mance, the Hyde Museum is the private property of the Henkel family, and the internal security company is in charge of the professional family direct security company for many years, according to a certain headmaster who did not want to be named, the elite security personnel are likely to have thin dragon's blood, given the delicate relationship between the headmaster and Henkel, if your actions are discovered, theoretically all the consequences will be borne by yourself until you successfully withdraw from the academy, of course, in view of the upcoming launch of the Kuimen project, data modeling shows that even in the worst case, the headmaster will not leave you alone, So, I wish you a great evening. ”

A beautiful female voice sounded in the miniature headset.

Professor Mance's eyes were still closed, patiently waiting for the time to come, after years of surveying, the burial ground of the King of Bronze and Fire had been basically located, located in the Gorge area of the ancient eastern country, but the secret party had limited knowledge of the Nibelungen, and the only way to open the door was to use external forces.

Since the last patriarch of the orthodox Yao clan died unexpectedly in Tokyo, the Chen family replaced the Yao family as one of the five acting clans.

Mance sighed in his heart, if it was not necessary, he was extremely reluctant to ask Chen for help according to the plan of the principal and Schneider, Chen Motong was his proud student, and the relationship between the two sides was extremely poor.

As a result, an ancient alchemical artifact of the Henkel family became a substitute, which was an index of Henkel's youth as a sweep across the west, hunting down dragons, and according to information obtained from within the family, the broken short-handled scythe called the Dead Man's Scythe came from a certain monarch and had a considerable ability to dig for the Nibelungen.

And the most important thing is that someone used encryption on the hunter's website to make secret contact, and after Norma deciphered it, the agreed time for the attack was tonight.

At present, the Moniach is about to arrive at the target location, and considering the time of the convergence and exploration, Professor Mance decisively changed the communication transaction to the fisherman's profit, and the A-class hybrid who has mastered the Dustless Land undoubtedly has this qualification.

It was past midnight, 1:35 a.m.

Outside the Museum of Science and Technology, a sudden fire broke out in the grass and quickly spread.

The alarm sounded, the fire system in the museum was activated, and several strong men went out with firefighting equipment, and the fire was quickly controlled, but the flames caused the lighting to explode, and there were no casualties for the time being.

Unlike the crowd that would come and watch the crowd, the few tourists who stayed in Hyde Park immediately left because of the widespread use of firearms, including a few young couples who had no interest in the situation, after all, a casual news story could find tragic examples.

After clearing the field, the hunter team advanced from all directions, dozens of smoke grenades were thrown, and thick smoke suddenly rose around the museum, and the snipers at the observation point lost their effective vision.

Dense gunfire rang out, Professor Mance quickly got up from the bench and walked behind the tree, his face was still a little dazed, he originally thought that the so-called attack time should be stealing or something, if the hunter team succeeded, then he would "volunteer to help", if the other party failed, the muddy waters would also facilitate further action.

But he didn't expect that it would be a real attack, and the firepower was at least comparable to that of an infantry platoon.

Hyde Park is located in the heart of the city, and the local COP can be reached in a maximum of ten minutes, and this is clearly not an event that state law can handle, and federal law has been seriously provoked, and the FBI is bound to be involved in the follow-up investigation.

Professor Mance gritted his teeth and chose to approach secretly, now it's not a matter of the alchemical item Dead Man's Scythe, this is an attack, neither the Secret Party nor the Kassel Academy can turn a blind eye.

There are not a few ounces of dragon blood in the body, and it is not crazy to this extent, and the treasury of the core financial bank of the consortium is also treated like this.

The gunfire intensified, and after a few roars, the outer defenses of the Henkel Family Museum were breached, and the hunter team lost six people, leaving a quarter to control the retreat route, and the rest to attack the interior with professional tactics.

In the distance, COP's helicopter gunship took off, and the searchlights fell like a horse.

Lying on his stomach in the half-grey grass, the grass still warm from the flames blocking the view of the night vision devices, Professor Mance calmly replaced his two pistols with Friga bullets, and the hunters who remained outside were five well-armed.

Spirit: A dustless place

Serial Number: 66

The releaser centers on itself and forms a huge force field, and the surface of the force field flows with high-speed air currents, forming something like an "enchantment" that allows other people or objects to enter the field without being harmed.

Professor Mance held his gun in each hand, and with successive pulls of the trigger, the Fliga bullet burst out of the muzzle, and the air flow in the dustless area greatly reduced the volume, and the bullet hit the crack in the hunter's neck with the equipment, revealing the subtlety of the gunmanship.

The five collapsed in the blink of an eye, and the paralyzing component of the Fliga bullet left them unconscious.

Mance stepped forward to pick up the communication equipment, and the attack team in the channel encountered stubborn resistance, and after paying more than a dozen lives, the secret storage room of the museum was breached, the security team on duty was wiped out, and the civilian personnel were knocked unconscious and restrained in the reception room on the second floor.

The only four remaining members of the hunter squad took the Dead Man's Scythe.

[Fallback group, please answer when you hear it.] ]

A retreat check came from the contact device.

Mance asked Norma to interfere with the signal, and the current sound grew, and he replied, "Everything is normal." ”

The other side was silent for a few seconds, and then continued: "Meet at the exit and wait for us to pass." ”

"Understood."

Termination of Contact.

Mance slowly leaned towards the window at the exit of the museum, then picked up his pistol, his answer incorrect.

Half a minute later, the helicopter gunship was already on the edge of the city center, when a stun grenade slid out of the doorway, with a very slight sound, followed by a strong flash of light and a loud burst of noise.

On the exhibition balcony on the second floor of the museum, the three of them rappelled with the help of hooks, bullets sprayed from the muzzle of their rifles, and three ballistics overlapped to block and strafe.

Mance unfolded into the dustless space, shielding out the barrage and the waves of the shock grenades, turned and smashed the glass into the room, where the alchemical grenade from the Kassel Equipment Department exploded.

The wall of the museum collapsed in an instant, and the three of them also fell together because the shock wave damaged the balcony above, and the bullets hit in the gap between the landing, leaving no time to breathe.

At the end of the three, Mance got up from the hall on the first floor, clenched the handle of his gun and calmly watched his surroundings.

"Kassel Academy, Professor Mance."

In the darkness, a man in a normal suit descended the spiral staircase, carrying a metal box in his left hand and a black mask on his head, the distance between each step was not bad.

"Who are you?"

The masked man didn't answer, but leaned down slightly, the power in his body was released, and his speed immediately climbed to a level comparable to that of a beast, and he changed direction several times on the way, seemingly narrowly avoiding all the bullets.

Faced with an enemy already in close proximity, Professor Mance turned on his spirit for the third time tonight, and the dustless land expanded, smashing into the back of the masked man's neck like a giant hydraulic machine.

The man was forced to stop moving, but his head gradually lifted in the face of the great force, and the mask shattered, revealing the ordinary face that had been camouflaged by the after-sales makeup technique of the production department of the Norr Holy Capital.

Mance's pupils shook as he clearly heard the sound of a broken cervical vertebrae.

In an instant, the long alloy spike hidden in the spine ejected, pierced the man's skull and successfully pierced Professor Mance's shoulder, and the powerful paralyzing ingredient contained in the tip was injected into the body.

At the end of the battle, the Spirit Realm collapsed, and the man quickly cleaned up the scene and turned away with a metal box while reporting the action record to Noah's Ark.

[Bloody Soldier Type II: No. 15549]

[Operation affiliation: Perimeter - Hunter Squad 27]

[Team Intelligence Status: No Disclosure of the Group's existence]

[Action Result: Success]

[Expected similarity: 80%]

[Reason: Encounter with an orange target (90 days remaining in the mark), Mance Rundstedt]

[Solution: Stun to get rid of]

[Logical note: Subsequent retreat will be carried out according to the plan]

……

The next day, the sky was clear.

Admissions Office in Kassel.

The college was as calm as ever, and apart from the occasional bloodshed caused by club activities, it was no different from a regular university.

Today is the day of exchange students, advanced students report, every year the branches and the secret dragon blood family around the world will send students to the Kassel Academy according to the custom, this requirement is very high in the internal regulations, in some cases even similar to the ancient foreign ministers to deliver protons to the center, and before the official start of the school, there will be a half-semester preparatory process.

"Name."

The man sitting behind the desk asked.

"Natsu no Hara."

The girl smiled a bright smile.

Successfully mixed into the half-breed base camp.

"Age."

"17 years old."

The girl looked a little shy, and when it came to age, this kind of behavior was normal, and Susie behind the desk didn't think much about it.

"Gender."

"Huh?"

Xia Mi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and stretched out her finger to her face, she is such a standard beautiful girl who still needs to ask about gender, it is a great shame.

Susie's smile was very elegant, and she said gently: "You came from the Sun Island branch, you should know the consequences of the fall of the half-blood, generally speaking, before the fall, the most obvious internal manifestation of the half-race is the loss of the understanding of being a normal person, so the gender answer is very important." ”

With that, Susie wrote "female" on the form.

Natsumi: "......"

Isn't it important?

Susie got up, Xia Mi could only follow and leave the seat, the two sides shook hands, the former said: "If there is a need for a club, you are welcome to join the Lionheart Club, the Lionheart Club is a serious and fair student organization, which undertakes part of the self-care operation of the college on weekdays, whether it is academic or personal life, it is of great help and benefit......"

"I'll think about it first." Xia Mi hurriedly replied.

Susie smiled and nodded, then walked around the desk to the front and sat with her schoolgirl.

A few seconds later, the door of the admissions office was opened, and a middle-aged man with sparse hair holding a briefcase to the two of them, pulled out a chair and sat down, and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, someone looked for me just now, you are Xia Zhiyuan, it's really beautiful, no wonder the professor asked you to be an assistant after reading the archives, of course, our Kassel Academy is a completely serious place, and the premise of this matter is your consent and voluntariness."

Xia Mi glanced at Susie, who claimed to be the receptionist just now, the smile on the other party's face was flawless, and it was as if what happened just now had never happened.

Natsumi: "......"

Okay, so good (stroking the palm)

The middle-aged man opened the briefcase, and inside was a brief message, "This is the personal profile that Professor Mezcal chose to make public, as well as the salary allowance and credit bonus during his time as an assistant, that is a young excellent professor, but he is a little cold-hearted, and he got a lifelong rating when he just came back a few days ago, and there are some things I can't say much now, but Professor Mezcal is currently carrying out research on the reproduction of the ancient Mingguang Armor, and your words before advancing are blazing sun, which is very lucky." ”

"Professor Mezcal!?" Susie was visibly stunned for a few seconds, and asked out loud in disbelief.

There are some similarities between the technical professor's assistant and the medieval apprentice, but the latter tends to cast a wide net when chosen, in a sense, this is the alchemy master taking in apprentices, considering that Mezcal has no disciples at the moment, the possibility of this student inheriting Lucius's name in the future is already a little bit, and even a trace is enough to make any half-blood family very excited.

The middle-aged man bowed his head, and the annual enlarged meeting of the faculty and staff was held the day before yesterday, usually choosing the end of spring as the reporting time, and several old antiques attended by the secret party launched an "attack" on the new alchemy master, and Lucius must pass it on, which is the consensus of all parties.

After the discussion, the two sides took a step back, and Mezcal decided to recruit a disciple, but not from the Dragon's Blood Family, and on the contrary, the secret party agreed to Mezcal's participation in the Nibelungen Project, as for the specific content of the plan, it is still top secret.

Xia Mi looked at the profile, surprised, frowned, pondered, hesitated, until he met the indifferent eyes in the photo, and immediately realized, and then his face was expressionless.

A week ago, she got two exchange student places in the Eight Snake Family, which was a year's reward for her teammates who were injured and performed the task alone for their hard work, but unfortunately, someone nodded and got on the luxury plane and agreed to meet at that time.

"Damn." Natsumi squeezed the profile.

This guy has such a prosperous life outside.

"Xia Zhiyuan-san, what do you think?" The middle-aged man asked.

Susie secretly pinched her junior's waist, as long as Professor Mezcard is not a madman, even if he usually gets scolded a few words, it is completely worth it.

"I agree." Natsumi's tone was firm, as if she had made up her mind to be cruel.

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at Susie and said, "There are still empty beds in your dormitory, let Xia Zhiyuan live in, I will go through the formalities later, in addition, the advanced students recommended by the branches of the Lionheart Club You let people take them back in the evening, next time be careful not to fight again, otherwise we will cancel the student's enrollment record." ”

"I see, teacher." Susie replied.

"Then hurry up, Professor Mezcal should be in the faculty quarters right now, don't keep him waiting too long."

Susie gently dragged Natsumi away.

(End of chapter)