A group of night watchmen in trench coats or coats—only night watchmen who can only appear here—emerge from the aisle, all of them holding their left or right arms up in a common rhythm, doing arm flexion and stretching movements, like holding an invisible dumbbell, racing against the clock.

While making this strange movement, the night watchmen did not stop, but with the same rhythm of bending and stretching their arms, they inevitably unified the range of their steps and walked towards Angel.

There was a certain rhythm in this strange behavior, which reminded her of an oriental mechanical dance group she had seen before the crossing, and they were also dressed strangely, acting mechanically, and swaggeringly through the market.

When the group approached, Angel recognized that the leader was the captain of the night watch, Dunn Smith, who was still in the upstairs office just now, followed by Leonard Mitchell, the "midnight poet" with an indifferent face, and Klein Moretti, the "soothsayer" who bent his arms hesitantly.

The trio surrounded two unseen night watchmen, one of whom was a grimacing man carrying a black iron box with the crimson moon inscribed on it representing the goddess of the night.

The other night watchman walking beside him was a woman, about 30 years old, with a beautiful face, wearing a masculine shirt and trousers like Angel, but unfortunately the strange bending of the arms ruined this neutral beauty.

As Angel observed, the female night watchman stood with her outstretched arm and slowed down, then stopped all her movements like a robot that had been pressed a switch, her expression glazed over, her eyes out of focus, and she fell behind from the mechanical dance troupe and fell last.

Leonard, who walked past her, changed slightly, stopped, reached sideways and nudged the woman's shoulder.

The latter, as if awakened from a dream, regained his fluidity and quickened his pace to keep up with the group.

The others seemed to have grown accustomed to all of this and did not show signs of surprise or panic.

What's going on?

Watching the team gradually get closer to her, Angel felt her scalp tingle, her heart beat faster, and she felt an urge to stay away from this group of people.

"I was just going to go to you, and it seems that I can save some trouble."

The mechanical dance group stopped about 5 meters away from Angel, and Dunn Smith, who was the first to start, still maintained the movement of repeatedly flexing and extending his right arm.

"Another member of the team who was originally scheduled to participate in the operation has left Tingen in a hurry, you should prepare and join the team for the next... ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Dunn appeared in a similar situation to the female night watchman just now, bending his right forearm, which had not yet been put down, stopped in mid-air like a shell, and the words that had not come out of his mouth also stopped.

Crane, who was standing behind him, was stunned for a moment, and was about to reach out and pat the captain's shoulder, but the stranger on the side with an indifferent face had already taken the lead and nudged Dunn on the back.

With a gentle push, Dunn's rusty machine was re-oiled, smoothing his movements, and the last word came out of his mouth: "...... Let's go. ”

Angel can understand now, this team of centaurs seems to be affected by some mysterious force, and from time to time there will be a negative state of body stiffness and speechlessness, and they keep swinging their arms, in order to let the teammates around them find themselves in this strange state for the first time.

And as soon as another person touched the unlucky one, he was able to quickly return to normal.

As for the source of the mysterious power......

Angel's gaze quickly swept over the two strange night watchmen, and finally settled on the iron box in the hands of the male night watchman. The latter felt her gaze, and the brown eyes looked back like a blade, and Angel noticed a scar on his face.

None of the three Tingen Nightmen known had similar abilities, and the woman was empty-handed, and it seemed likely that the last person was carrying the item......

Thinking of this, she moved her steps and quietly moved away from the iron box, before cautiously asking, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Time is pressing, let's talk as we go." Dunn pointed to the box that the Scar Male was carrying, "Borgia is carrying a special magical item, the seal '2-049', which affects the people around him, giving priority to targets within five meters of it, so that the target appears just now with Lorota ......" His finger moved to the female night watchman who had also been stiff before," ...... The 'sluggish phenomenon' will be removed as soon as a companion touches you lightly. ”

"Fortunately, 2-049's area of effect is only five meters, and it will only affect one person at a time, and the three closest to it are easy to target. You can follow us with this arm flexion and stretch now, and you can't stop until the mission is over. Once you are affected by 2-049, we will wake you up in time, and likewise, we have someone who has been tricked and needs your help. ”

Angel nodded in understanding, and she learned the movements of several people, raised her left arm, and bent and stretched her arms at the same frequency as everyone else, and joined the mechanical dance group to become the sixth member.

Then the group started walking again, walking in pairs to the exit of the basement.

It has been more than half a month since he joined the Night Watch, and Angel has also learned a lot of occult knowledge from Old Neil in his spare time, and has a certain understanding of "seals", which have certain negative effects and must be kept and controlled by the church.

Most of them are the result of the combination of the extraordinary properties of the deceased Extraordinary, as well as a part of the body tissue of the mutated Extraordinary, which is "sealed" by the Church if it is judged to be too dangerous or has too strong negative effects, and given a corresponding codename.

"2-049" is the code name for the seal within the Night Church, the first number represents the danger level of the seal, from 0 to 3, the lower the more dangerous, and "2" indicates that the danger level is not high, even in the Chanis Gate in Tingen, there are probably several pieces.

But less danger does not mean that there is no danger, judging from the performance of several people just now, "2-049" must be carried by multiple people, once the carrier is alone, this seal will show its danger.

Angel didn't know what this negative effect of stiffness would eventually turn into if it wasn't rescued by someone else, but even a few seconds of lag would be fatal in combat.

Thinking of this, she also understood why Dunn Smith needed to join the team and act together.

The negative effect of this seal is so obvious, but they have to take it with them, obviously to take advantage of some of the characteristics of the seal, it may be a battle, or it may be to find someone to find something, but there is a high probability of a battle or some other danger in the process.

As soon as someone is stuck in a sluggish state under the influence of "2-049", they must be immediately awakened by a teammate around them, otherwise they will become a fixed target to stay where they are.

According to Dunn, the seal will affect the three closest people first, so a team of three must be responsible for protecting the seal during the fight, otherwise teammates farther away will be targeted.

In this case, the more people left to fight, the better, and after someone who was scheduled to participate in the operation left for some reason, Dunn would come to Angel to fill in the gap.

"Leonard, you go up first and let Roshan and the others go to the third floor to avoid it, don't go near the reception room for a while, and then go and drive the carriage to the door, and you will drive it later, and let Cizer go home and rest first." Approaching the spiral staircase, Dunn commanded.

Leonard Mitchell nodded, took three steps and two steps to overtake the group, climbed the stairs and disappeared from view, even if he was so anxious, he did not forget to swing his arms comically.

What are you laughing at, wait a minute, I'll do the same...... Angel forcibly suppressed the smile on her face, she looked back, everyone was doing the same action, their faces were serious, but they looked funny, thinking that after a while, a few people would walk on the street like this, baptized by the eyes of passers-by, she suddenly felt a big head.

Several people went down the stairs back to the second floor of the Black Thorn Security Company, and walked into the reception room in a row, Luo Shan, who was originally waiting in the reception room, was nowhere to be seen, and should have gone to the third floor for temporary refuge, only the coffee cups on the table were still steaming in the hall.

"Let's go straight downstairs and take the carriage to Riel Bieber's house first, where we should be able to get further clues."

Dunn gave the next command, and the few nodded silently, keeping their arms flexed and extended, bypassing the sofa in the reception room and walking towards the door.

At the moment when the queue changed, Angel's Borgia movement carrying "2-049" in front of him suddenly became slow, and although he continued to maintain the movement of walking forward and raising his elbows and flexing, it was like a slow-down video, and quickly stagnated.

This unlucky bastard......

Angel was about to reach out and push him, but found that his movements were no longer obedient, his bent right hand could not be straightened, let alone touch Borgia in front of him, his legs were as if they were filled with lead, his thoughts became dull, and the footsteps around him and the noise of the street outside the window became more and more muffled.

Don't......

She watched as Klein appeared in her line of sight, moving frame by frame like stop-motion animation, leaned in, and reached out and nudged her shoulder.

The movements of Crane and Borgia in front of him became smooth again, and the frequency of the voices in his ears returned to normal, and the arm he was trying to straighten was raised forward.

It turns out that it was not Borgia who was affected just now, but himself!

Angel's mind became agile again.

This is the terrible effect of "2-049"!

Just now, watching the female night watchman Lorota and the captain Dunn get hit one after another, the slowed down movements like a broken robot just made her feel a little funny, but this scene appeared on her, and the feeling that her movements and thoughts instantly became dull was simply terrifying.

Angel couldn't imagine how long that state would last if no one woke him up, and would he go one step further, so that all movements, thoughts, and thoughts would come to a complete standstill, and eventually become a sculpture?

Thinking of this, she felt that the clothes behind her back were soaked with cold sweat.