Chapter 5: Provocateurs
Watching the thief named Gori leave the living room and leave along the banks of the Tasok River without looking back, Angel locked the door and remained invisible, following him from a distance.
The sloppy intruder, unaware that he was followed by a disembodied extraordinary, was just glad that he had completed his task with ease, and walked briskly through the deserted streets, through Red Rose Street, through Rose Street, all the way to the East End, which bordered the Beckland Bridge District.
The East End, which has the largest concentration of poor people in Beckland, has a permanent population of more than 350,000, and there may be a total of 500,000 people with mobile "black households", most of whom are ordinary people from all walks of life begging for food, but there are countless gangs that make a living in illegal business.
Angel followed the thieves through the sewage-strewn streets, observing the largest slum in Beckland through dark vision, where countless homeless people sat or lay on street corners, yellow-skinned, ragged, cloudy eyes looking at the scurry-through Gaoli and the document bags under his armpits.
The latter, who seemed to know the rules of survival in the East End, showed the dagger sheath under his jacket, easily stopped the wandering homeless people around him, and continued through the streets and alleys, and soon came to a three-story building.
After knocking on the wooden door for three long and one short, the door opened inward, and a big man stood out vigilantly and looked around.
"Come in, the boss is waiting for you on the second floor."
Dahan let the door open and let Gao Li in, then looked at the street outside the door to make sure that no one was following him, and then carefully closed the door.
After entering the stronghold, Gao Li was completely relaxed, he re-pinched the document bag he had obtained, confirmed that the documents were still there, and then went up the stairs to the second floor, and came to a copper-clad wooden door.
"Knock-"
He knocked lightly on the door twice before pushing it open and entering.
There was only a dim gas lamp in the room, and instead of sitting on his favorite leather couch, his boss stood by the window with his back to the door, his head bowed, as if looking out the window at the street scene.
"Boss, the manuscript has been found, and it has not alarmed anyone."
Gouri held the document in both hands and reported to him.
"Good." The burly boss said in a brisk tone, then his body went limp, and he fell to the ground with a "bang".
Another figure covered by his body appeared in front of Gao Li's eyes, and the reply just now turned out to be "done for him".
"If you obediently hand over the manuscript to me, I can not kill you, and your boss."
The man with short black hair and a cloak said to Gorry with a sarcastic look on his face.
The latter's reaction was also very direct, he held the papers, turned his head and ran towards the door.
The black-haired man grabbed the chair next to the window and threw it towards the door, hitting Takari in the back with precision, causing him to let out a groan and fall to the ground, slamming his head against the door frame and not moving.
The file bag was also thrown into the corner of the room.
The loud noise alarmed the guards on the first floor, and the sound of stamping on the stairs outside the room was heard, but the man didn't care, he smiled and patted the dust off his hands, approached the door, picked up the chair again, and stood by the door.
The big man who opened the door for Gao Li just now was holding a revolver in one hand, pushing the door in the other, and when he saw the boss who fell to the ground, he was just about to step forward to check, when there was a roar from behind.
Bang.
The back chair was smashed to pieces, and the big man staggered down.
"It's easy, and if you wait here, the manuscript will be delivered to your door."
The man muttered to himself, kicked the big man who had fallen to the ground, and after making sure he was unconscious, looked back at the file bag that Takasato had thrown in the corner.
The document was being held in the hands of a woman who had appeared in the room at some unknown point.
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"yes, if you wait here, the manuscript will be delivered to your door."
Angel repeated Dominic's words and shook the bag in his hand.
I didn't expect that after two months, I would meet this "hunter" again in Beckland, and it was likely that he had reached the extraordinary of Sequence 8 "Provocateur", and it was on such an occasion.
"Is that you?"
The other party obviously recognized Angel as well, and his face was cloudy, and his eyes looked at the document bag in Angel's hand, and then turned back to her face.
In order to prevent this impulsive "provocateur" from jumping off the wall in a hurry, Angel summoned two black flames directly beside him, causing them to flutter slowly beside him, successfully making the other party's face a little more jealous.
"Okay, okay," Dominic hesitated for a moment, raised his hands and pressed down, making a gesture of surrender, "I don't want that thing, I'll just go, okay?" ”
The last time I met this guy, he was sarcastic in two of his three sentences, why is he so good at talking today?
Angel frowned, looked at the "provocateur" with an extraordinarily sincere attitude, and then looked at the layout of the room, and had a guess in his heart.
"I can let you go, but until then, tell me what this document is."
She said slowly, taking a few steps towards the only plush single sofa in the room and the desk in front of it.
With this action, Angel managed to spot a subtle hint of anxiety in Dominic's eyes.
"You don't even know what this is...... Ahem, well," the provocateur seemed to be about to speak out unconsciously, but stopped the car at the last minute, "this is a mechanical blueprint, do you know Turani von Hermosiuin?" ”
"I don't know."
Angel replied honestly, not blushing at all.
"I don't know...... Normally, he is known as the greatest scientist and mechanic after Russell the Great, the father of the second generation of differential machines, and has numerous patents for inventions. ”
"And the document in your hand is the design manuscript of the third-generation differential machine."
"Someone paid a premium for this manuscript, and I happened to have a little bit of tracking skills to find it."
Lies......
This manuscript was hidden in the study at 47 Red Rose Street half an hour ago, what tracking trick will get you there?
Angel laughed in his heart.
As she got closer to her desk, she could already faintly hear the faint sound of her suppressed breathing, and her judgment became more and more certain.
"I see, then I'll take this manuscript with me, you don't have an opinion, right?"
Angel raised the document bag in her hand and gestured to walk out the door.
"I don't dare to have an opinion."
Dominic's face changed several times, and finally stopped at anger and unwillingness, and replied with a pout.
But there was a little relaxation and joy in his eyes.
"By the way," Angel turned back a few steps and looked at the desk, with a mocking smile on his face, "It's hidden over there, is it ......?"
"Sonya, run!"
Before Angel's words were finished, the "provocateur" shouted, kicked his feet violently, his hands clenched into fists, and his thin and tall body flew towards Angel like a cannonball.
"Bang-"
The cold ice that had been prepared for a long time appeared under Angel's feet, and quickly spread to all sides, the cold filled the entire house, and the moisture in the air quickly condensed, forming patches of mist.
Blocked by the cold, Dominic's forward speed slowed down significantly, and she lowered her body, using her shoulders and elbows to push the opponent who pounced, successfully dodging both fists while pushing his body upwards, and retreating with her own strength.
The strength is so great, and the hunter path seems to be the type that is good at melee combat......
As soon as she made contact, Angel found that the opponent's strength was amazing, but the potion of the assassin's path also strengthened her body, and she did not lose to the opponent in strength.
The two quickly made contact and then separated, Dominic's body quickly regained its balance in the air and landed, Angel used the force of the impact to retreat to the door, just in time to see a brown-gray figure rushing out from behind the desk, nimbly bypassing the two people in the middle of the room, and rushing towards the only exit.
But Angel retreated in the same direction, and she leaned in, pulled out her revolver, and aimed it at the figure, so close that the muzzle of the gun almost touched the opponent's forehead.
"Ahh
Like a frightened rabbit, the diminutive figure let out an exclamation and stopped, not daring to move again.
Readjusting his body, Dominic, who was about to pounce, also stood still with a blue face.
"It's you, Miss Justice."
Looking at the action of Sonya, who has brown hair and is less than 1.6 meters tall, her whole person is about to shrink into the cloak, Angel laughs dumbly.
Unexpectedly, the master and servant who had met in the underground market of Port Enmat appeared here.
(End of chapter)