Chapter 15: The Night Watch in Action
As the sunlight outside the window faded and began to be replaced by crimson moonlight, Tingen's Night Watch team was finally ready to take action against Lady Sharon.
At dinner, Siga Teong came to the break room to replace Leonard Mitchell, who had been silent since a brief conversation, and brought Angel's second meal at Blackthorn Security. The enthusiastic and talkative Ms. Siga originally wanted to continue with those topics such as "two or three things about the extraordinary team in Tingen", but seeing that Angel was not in a good mood, she did not disturb her, but silently read the newspaper on the sidelines.
During this period, Angel also went to the bathroom on the third floor of the company under the leadership of Siga, and met Dali Simone, who had just woken up, dressed as a slightly mysterious "psychic".
According to Siga, contrary to Angel's previous guess, Daly did not belong to the night watchman team in Tingen City, but the night watchman in Enmatt Harbor in East Chester County, and this time she arrived from Enmatt Harbor because of a mysterious event involving an extraordinary item that required the help of psychics.
So the six combatants of the Nightnight Squad in Tingen don't actually include Dalie Simone?
Angel removed Daly from the list of the Night Watch team and found that this left three people vacant, but she did not continue to ask Siga about it, as it would appear that she was deliberately looking for information, and was quite suspicious when the Night Watch was about to carry out the arrest operation.
Soon, however, in the reception room of the Black Thorn Security Company after dinner, she met most of the combatants of the Nightwatcher team.
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"In Mrs. Sharon's invitation, the agreed meeting time with Ms. Granger is eight o'clock in the evening, and in order to avoid her failure to alarm Mrs. Sharon, we will start our action at seven o'clock."
Dunn Smith, who did not wear the black and white checkered police uniform uniforms uniformed by the Tingen City Police and changed into a slender black trench coat, sat in the back chair, looking through his old notebook the size of a palm, and the other "night watchmen" stood or sat around their captain, Angel did not stay in the lounge anymore, but listened on the sofa in the corner.
"Frye, Roy, and Siga, the three of you will ride with me in a carriage to Sharon Hoy's house on Olsna Street to carry out the arrest. I have applied for the right to use Seal 2-105, and when I arrive at my destination, I will be carried by Frye. Kornli is guarding Chanis Gate today and will not be involved in the operation. Leonard, you and Dalie stay here and protect Angel Granger until the end of the operation. β
This was the first time Angel had heard the word "Chanis Gate", and there was no clue about it in her memory, as if it was some special facility located in this building, and it needed to be guarded at all times.
Frye and Luo Yao were the other two night watchmen who arrived at dinnertime, the former was a pale-skinned, high-nosed man in his mid-thirties, who was silent and only nodded his head when Captain Dunn mentioned him. Luo Yao, a cold lady with long black hair, dark blue eyes, and slender eyebrows, replied in a low voice when she was assigned a task: "Understood." β
Siga had been sitting next to Angel, smiling and nodding slightly when she heard that she was going to be part of the capture.
Leonard Mitchell, who had asked Angel if he would like to join the night watchman, stood by the entrance, his back to the wall, a pair of green eyes swept the audience from time to time, and when he heard that his mission was to stay behind, he looked indifferent, as if he had already known.
With the addition of Kornlei, whom Dunn mentioned at the end, the six-man squad roster was fully revealed in front of Angel.
"Supernumerary" Dai Li was still wearing her black robe, sitting in the chair facing Dunn Smith, exuding a lazy atmosphere as if she had not woken up, and knowing that she was not involved in the arrest, she glanced up at Dunn, and then lowered her head again, studying the crystal pendant in her hand.
Mrs. Sharron's residence is located on Olsner StraΓe in the eastern part of Tingen, not far from the Black Thorn Security Company in the North End, and can be reached in about a quarter of an hour by horse-drawn carriage, leaving at seven o'clock with plenty of buffer time and not exposing itself by arriving too early. In the face of the known target, he did not choose to attack with the whole team, but cautiously left some personnel to guard the station and protect the important "witnesses", which is enough to show Dunn Smith's cautious style.
"Captain, didn't you say that when the personnel arrived, you would give a detailed introduction to Lady Sharon's abilities?" Siga Teang, who was beside Angel, raised his right hand and asked.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I almost forgot ......," Dunn replied after a moment's pause, flipped through his notebook, found what he was going to say, cleared his throat, and began to recount what he had learned from Angel about Lady Sharon's extraordinary abilities.
The other "night watchmen" seemed to be accustomed to it, and listened to the captain's speech with unchanged expressions.
Is this guy really reliable...... Angel's just glimmer of admiration vanished in an instant.
ββ¦β¦ That's all the abilities we've learned so far, and the biggest threat to us is the 'witch''s stealth ability.,Once the opponent enters the stealth state.,We'll be in a hard fight if we lack the means of range attack.,So I'll try to drag her into a dream remotely first.γ If successful, the rest of the group will go straight into the residence to subdue her. But Mrs. Sharon is likely to have the strength of Sequence 6, and my abilities do not guarantee success. Once in frontal combat, Frye will need to use 2-105 to try and steal Lady Sharon's stealth ability. As long as she can't become invisible, other abilities don't pose a threat to us when we're prepared. At that time, I will contain her, and your combat goal will be changed from capturing her alive to killing Mrs. Sharon on the spot, and our own safety will be of paramount importance. β
Dunn Smith quickly finished explaining Lady Sharon's extraordinary abilities and assigning the battle team a mission.
Angel used Cole Granger's memories of Mrs. Sharon and substituted her for Dunn Smith's battle plan, rehearsing it in her mind, and felt that Mrs. Sharon should be unable to fly this time.
For Mrs. Sharon, who is likely to be Sequence 6, but "success is not guaranteed", Dunn Smith should also have the ability to be no less than Sequence 7, once she succeeds in pulling Mrs. Sharon into a dream, she will become a lamb to the slaughter in isolation, whether to kill or capture, it all depends on the preferences of the "night watchmen". Even if she fails to dream and enters a frontal battle, the seal he calls "2-105" can steal her stealth ability, depriving her of the greatest reliance on escape or counterattack, the curse cannot be used and applied on the spot, and the fire and frost abilities may not be comparable to firearms in close combat. With four to one, with mental arithmetic or unintentional, even in the face of Mrs. Sharon in sequence 6, the chances of winning are very large.
And there are three squads with this combat ability, and there are three in the city of Tingen alone. According to Siga Teang, the style of the "substitute punisher" is more radical, and the "mechanical heart" is also full of heavy fire attack methods, no wonder the unofficial extraordinary people are all carrying their tails between their legs, once they expose themselves, in the premeditated arrest operation organized by the official extraordinary people, there is almost no chance of winning, even if they are bent on escaping.
With a touch of wax on Mrs. Sharon's tragic fate, Angel also understands why Dunn Smith opposes her participation in the capture of Mrs. Sharon. The seven people in this room are all extraordinary, and they may be the weakest ones, and the "assassins'" melee combat ability is useless in the operation, and it is just to add chaos when they go.
If he had the strength of Sequence 7 or even Sequence 6, he would have shot Mrs. Sharon's house a long time ago, so why wait here for the results of the actions of the "Night Watchman" to decide his next fate?
Angel sighed secretly, even if he had the opportunity to improve his strength, could he really be an "assassin" and "instigator" with a clear conscience, stepping on the flesh and blood of innocent people to be promoted?
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The four members of the "Operation Team" quickly set off, they sorted out their guns and ammunition, and the black-haired and blue-eyed Frye brought with him an object that looked like a blood vessel had been stripped from his body. The four of them rushed out of the gate, and after a while, the sound of wheels pressing against the stone road was heard downstairs, followed by the sound of the whip waving and gradually moving away.
Angel also met one of the clerical staff of the night watchman, a middle-aged man named Bright, who had a bushy beard, a suit and a top hat, and a faint smile on his face. He was more like a steward of a wealthy family than a member of this organization of the Extraordinary.
A civilian like Bright is not involved in foreign operations, but is responsible for the usual reception, room cleaning, paperwork, and guarding weapons, materials, and archives, and is required to take turns at night, just like the extraordinary person who guards the Chanis Gate.
"We originally had seven civilian staff, including old Neil Sr., who had been converted from a full member to a civilian member, and five of them were involved in the rotating weapons and materials pool, Kornley, the one who was on the rotating 'Chanisgate' today, chose to be the sleepless, and Viola didn't renew his contract, and now they can't rotate a little."
In the reception room, which seemed a little empty after the four of them left, Angel, Daly, and Leonard sat in a circle around the central table, and after Bright boiled tea for a few people, he went back to guard the arsenal. Looking at his departing back, Leonard sighed.
"This week there's another newcomer who is involved in the same mystery as you, and although he is not an extraordinary person, he is lucky to have survived and decided to join the 'Night Watcher'. Roshan thought he would be a civilian, and was overjoyed. But the captain told me that he would not be on duty for the time being after joining, and that Roshan didn't know about it yet...... Oh, Rosanne is also one of our civilians, she's on duty tomorrow, you'll see you. β
Why are you telling me this......
Angel kept a polite smile, listening to Leonard's introduction to the work arrangements of the civilian staff, but he felt a little puzzled in his heart, Siga avoided talking about the situation inside the "Night Watchman" during the afternoon chat, indicating that they had relevant restrictions, but Leonard was open-mouthed and explained everything and everything, is there any special reason?
Dalie Simone, who was sitting on the sidelines, didn't seem interested in these contents, she fell into a state of emotional depression after Dunn Smith and the others set off, either staring at the tea leaves floating in the teacup, or seemingly looking at the other two, but her eyes were not focused at all.
"By the way, the captain asked me to return the weapon to you, and I also have a question." Leonard had almost introduced the history of Chanisman, and clapped his hands as if he suddenly remembered. He pulled out a wooden box from his pocket and placed it on the table, which was the special bullet he had taken from Angel.
Leonard took out two revolvers, one large and one small, and put them with the cartridge box. Then he picked up a "Storm Convergence" bullet inscribed with intricate patterns and the sacred emblem of the Night Maiden, and compared it with one of his own demon hunting bullets as if he were on a carriage during the day.
"The 'Demon Hunting Bullet' produced by the Church gains additional lethality against extraordinary creatures by engraving the Hermetic script for sacrifice and the emblem pointing to the goddess of the night." He pointed to the smaller, but obviously more finely made, silver-white bullet that looked at it and cost a lot of money.
Angel sat up slightly straight, listening to his introduction, and Dalie, who was staring blankly on the side, also focused her gaze and looked at Leonard.
"But I carefully studied this bullet of yours in the afternoon, and the lines on it are in good order, and it should be an engraving with an effect similar to that of a demon hunting bullet, and it is not Hermesian, nor is it of any kind of writing I have ever seen. Like the Demon Hunting Bullet, it ended up using the emblem of the Goddess of the Night, but I was curious to see what exactly it was about. β
Of course, this doesn't belong to any text you've ever seen, because it's in English, or is it in flowery script......
Angel was a little helpless, she skillfully fooled the test of the lie detector seal in the carriage during the day, and thought that Leonard would not mention it again, but the young night watchman with a strong spirit of study still remembered it, and even carefully studied the lines on the bullet.
Fortunately, the "seal" has been put away, and Dali needs to use the seal to test the polygraph, indicating that she does not have the ability to do this herself, or cannot use it immediately, and the time has come to test my lying skills without blushing and heartbeat......
As Angel was about to lead this non-existent text to some ancient faith, Daly suddenly frowned, looked around, and then stood up.
"Something is wrong, the spirits in the vicinity are full of uneasiness......"