Volume 1 The Mystery of the Hidden Dragon Chapter 5 The Viper Mercenary Regiment

Time passed day by day.

The desert in the clouds was not calm during this time, but most of them were rumors of chasing after the wind and shadows, the intelligence network of the Great Wall Guards was still under investigation, and Miza had disappeared, and the team had no tasks to do.

Hua Mulan still urges the intelligence department to track down Misa every day, and invites everyone to go to his house to taste his craftsmanship after three days.

On this day, as always, Armor was meditating at home, when suddenly a herald came to the door, claiming that someone was looking for him by name.

"Who is he?"

Armor was a little confused.

Who would know him as a wanderer, could it be a friend before his amnesia? This is the first person to name him since Amnesia.

"He said that his name is Sirol, he is from the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and he said that he came specifically for you, and Captain Mulan is receiving him, so let me inform you of the past. ”

Hearing this, the armor became even more confused, and some vigilance was born.

He was pretty sure he hadn't heard of the name, and the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce had a deep background in Haidu, and he was a wanted criminal in Haidu, so his first reaction was that it was not a good person.

However, Kai had forgotten why Haidu wanted him, and if he hadn't happened to read the wanted warrant during his wanderings, he wouldn't even know about it.

Kai came all the way to the meeting room with doubts, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Mulan sitting in the main seat, and a Haidu man dressed as a merchant was sitting opposite, looking very unfamiliar.

Hearing the sound, the merchant turned his head to look at it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately got up and performed a Haidu courtesy, and said with a warm smile:

"Hello, honorable Lord Cain, you can call me Sirol. ”

"Kain, are you calling me?"

Armor's eyes moved slightly.

He looked at Sirol carefully, this man had deep sunken eye sockets, a high nose bridge, a very typical Haidu appearance, thin and lean cheeks, flexible eyes, revealing a shrewd temperament.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I heard Captain Mulan mention just now that you unfortunately have amnesia, and Kain is your original name. Sirol explained.

“...... You might as well call me armor. ”

Armor shook his head, he didn't remember the past, but he was used to his new name.

The two sat down again, and Mulan spoke, her tone a little complicated:

"Kai, this Mr. Sirol is a director of the South Sea Chamber of Commerce, and he claims to have accepted your family's request to help you clear your grievances and take you home. ”

"Grievance?"

Armor frowned slightly.

"I'll explain it from the beginning. Sirol cleared his throat and said slowly: "Your Excellency, you are wanted by Haidu because of several bloody cases, but after the investigation of Haidu's law enforcement agencies, they found that the criminal is someone else, and you are actually wronged and have taken the burden for the real criminal." When your family found out about this, they asked someone to contact the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and finally found me and wanted me to contact you and tell you the details, and I heard that you had joined the Great Wall Guards, so I came to visit. ”

"My family?" Armor wondered.

"Yes, you are from a demon family in Haidu, because you were suspected of being a criminal before, so they couldn't go against the will of the Haidu law officer, and they could only agree to want you, but now that it has been found out that you didn't do it, they plan to find you back and help you clear your name. ”

Armor rubbed his temples, only to feel a slight tingling in his brain.

It seemed that some memory fragments were flooding, making him feel as if he was indeed from a certain demon family in Haidu, but vaguely, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he had no clue.

"Is that so......" Armor muttered to himself, an inexplicable impulse in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Is that someone in the family looking for me to go back?"

"This ......" Sirol rolled his eyes and said, "I don't know, after all, they only asked an intermediary to find me." ”

The armor suppressed the inexplicable throbbing in his heart, exhaled a breath, and said slowly:

"Then tell them, Haidu...... I'm not going back. ”

"Why?" said Silrol.

Armor shook his head, not explaining.

Although Sirol's words triggered his missing memories, the strong intuition in his heart still did not disappear, and he felt that something terrible would inevitably happen when he returned to Haidu.

Hua Mulan listened for a while, looking at the performance of the armor, it seemed that what this Sirol said was true, her expression immediately became more complicated, and she thought that the armor didn't want to go back because of the Great Wall guards, so she couldn't help but say:

"Armor, if this has something to do with your past, you should go back and don't have to ...... for us"

"It's my choice. ”

Armor interrupted her, and without further explanation, replied softly.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

At this time, Sirol smiled, broke the silence, and said: "I will tell them, put aside the matter of whether to go back or not, and let's talk about the matter of clearing up the grievances." ”

"Speak. ”

"That's right, Haidu has already investigated the real murderer, but this real murderer has also fallen into the clouds, his strength is strong, and you need to go out in person to capture the real murderer...... Of course, I will act with you and provide the necessary assistance. ”

Hearing this, the armor groaned secretly.

The real murderer wanted by Haidu was someone else, which made him think of his own residual dream, and if he was just a bystander to the killing that night, it seemed to be in line with this dream.

The wanted in the past was carried by his own before the amnesia, although the current armor can't be remembered, but the "former self" is also him, and he feels that solving this legacy problem may help improve his missing self-awareness and help control the magic armor.

On the other hand, he just needs a reason to convince Mulan to agree to go out to solve Miza's hidden danger by herself......

Thinking of this, the armor nodded expressionlessly, and said resolutely:

"I promised, without further ado, we'll set off later, and meet in an hour. ”

When Sirol heard this, he couldn't help but smile.

"Need help?" asked Mulan.

Before the armor could speak, Sirol interjected, shook his head, and said:

"Captain Mulan, this is a private matter of the Haidu family, and we don't want the Great Wall Guards to get involved. ”

Mulan frowned and glanced deeply at Sirol.

Kai's eyes narrowed, but he didn't refute, and calmly persuaded:

"It's enough for me to go alone, you don't have to risk my personal affairs, besides, my punishment is not over, it's okay to act alone. Besides...... You'll also have to track down Miza's whereabouts, so don't get down to business. ”

He is not yet fully in control of the Demon Armor, and if the team acts together, they may repeat the mistakes of the past, being injured by the Demon Armor that is out of control, and the armor does not want the team to take risks for their own personal affairs.

Moreover, his own punishment has not been canceled, and the armor plans to personally hunt down Miza and act separately to make up for his mistakes.

"Okay, that's it, then I'll go down and prepare first. ”

Sirol couldn't wait to get to his feet, saluted, and turned to leave.

Looking at his departing figure, Mulan frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

"I'll go back and clean up. ”

At this time, the armor also got up and prepared to leave.

"Wait. Hua Mulan stopped him, took out an emerald green jade clasp from her pocket, handed it to the armor, and instructed: "If anything happens, crush it, and I will receive the news." ”

This is the standard communication device of the Great Wall Guards, which uses part of the magic path technology of the Jade City, binds more than two jades to make each other resonate, and once the daughter jade is crushed, the mother jade will react - many of the alarm devices in the cloud villages asking for help from the Great Wall Guards are made with this technology.

The armor nodded, put away the jade clasp, and went back to pack his luggage.

In fact, he didn't have anything to bring, mainly to take his weapons, and then bring some dry food and water bags, and travel lightly.

An hour later, the armor came to the Great Wall Pass and joined Sirol.

Sirol led a team of hundreds of escorts, including three sand boats, all the bodyguards were from the clouds, covered their heads with white cloths, they couldn't see their faces, and their posture looked quite brave and fierce.

"Let's go, my people are ready. ”

Sirol was surrounded by several guards and greeted him with a smile.

The armor glanced at these bodyguards, these people had a faint fierce temperament, and they were afraid that there were a lot of lives on their hands, and they couldn't escape his intuition.

"These people are the escort of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce?"

"Oh no, these are the Sand Sea mercenaries I hired, and the Chamber of Commerce has been running out of manpower lately. Sirol explained with a smile.

Hearing this, the armor nodded, and secretly kept a heart.

The desert in the clouds is quite chaotic, giving birth to many sand sea mercenaries, and with their strength and ferocity, it is not uncommon for Sirol to hire such guards.

The two boarded the sand boat together, and after a while, the team set off, kicking up billowing sand.

On the wall of the Great Wall, Hua Mulan looked at this distant team, her brows became tighter and tighter, and the strange feeling in her heart became more and more intense.

......

The sun was high, dry and hot, and the rising heat distorted the vision.

Out of the confines of the Metropolitan Protectorate, the sand boats are full of sails, gliding and galloping, and the same sand sea scenery recedes in the field of vision, all of which are staggered sand dunes, and occasionally sparse and scattered vegetation will appear as embellishments.

During the high-speed sliding, the dust and sand came to his face, and the armor also found a strip of cloth to cover his face, and the flying sand hit the face towel, making a muffled sound.

Sirol kept turning his head to look at the side of the armor's face, as if he wanted to stop talking.

"What do you want to say?" asked lightly without replying.

"I'm curious, how bad is your amnesia?"

Armor asked expressionlessly: "Does it make sense for you to ask me about a person who doesn't even remember his name?"

Sirol coughed to hide his embarrassment.

Kai paused and muttered:

"Speaking of which, how much do you know about my past?"

Although his intuition was always warning, making Armor instinctively refuse to retrieve his memories, it was still difficult to suppress his curiosity when he met someone who seemed to know his past, so he couldn't help but ask.

Even if he couldn't get his memories back, he could know some past deeds, and he felt that it might help him to control the magic armor.

However, Cirol's answer disappointed him, and he shook his head and said:

"I didn't know you before, but this time I just came to you on the commission of an intermediary, and that's all I know about you. ”

“...... All right. ”

Sirol paused, and then said: "When we catch the real culprit and wash away your grievances, your family will contact me, and you can ask them in person when the time comes." ”

The armor didn't answer, but there was a slight wave in his heart.

He always had a contradictory feeling, on the one hand, he instinctively rejected contact with the so-called family, and on the other hand, deep down in his heart there was a desire to be close.

Shaking his head, he lifted the topic and got down to business: "Tell me about the real murderer." ”

Sirol perked up and said:

"According to the information I have so far, this person has a mysterious origin, I only know that he is from Haidu, he has a strong demonic power, and the last time he appeared was five days ago, he appeared in Jade City, this is his portrait ......"

Armor took the portrait and looked at it, confirmed that it was a stranger he didn't know, silently remembered it, and returned the portrait.

"Jade City...... A bit far. ”

"Yes, we're almost going to cross the sea of sand, so we'd better not delay on the way and get there as soon as possible. ”

Sirol accentuated his tone, emphasizing the urgency of time.

The armor was silent for a while, and suddenly said:

"Since Jade City is so far away, how did you receive the news from five days ago?"

Sirol's smile froze, and after a few seconds, he explained: "Our South China Sea Chamber of Commerce has a special intelligence channel, and as you know, our mechanism skills are very special, and we have always maintained a relationship of trade and competition with the Secret Jade Society of Jade City, and they have infiltrated each other......"

Armor looked at him and said nothing.

Sirol quietly wiped his sweat.

At this moment, a masked escort approached, tall and thin, with narrow eyes and a hint of cunning, and looked at the armor with interest.

The armor noticed something, glanced back, and said lightly:

"Something?"

"Tsk, I'm the leader of the guards, you can call me Kunluo, get to know me?"

Kun Luosha laughed hoarsely and took the initiative to reach out his hand.

“...... Armor. ”

The armor glanced down, and saw that the other party's palm was wrapped in a thick sand-proof bandage, the color was gray, as if it had not been washed for a long time, and there were some coagulated blood stains, so he didn't hold it.

Kunluo's palm froze in the air for three seconds, and then withdrew it as if nothing happened, his narrow eyes narrowed to only a slit, and he said in a low voice:

"I heard that you used to be a highly dangerous wanted criminal in the Yunzhong region?"

“...... What do you want to say?"

"I'm curious, how capable are you to let the Great Wall recruit you in spite of your crimes?"

Armor saw the eagerness in Kunluo's eyes, and his heart was clear.

"You want to try?"

"Can't you?"

"I'm not interested in working with you. ”

"Anyway, you have nothing to do, wouldn't you have some fun?"

As he spoke, Kunluo's hand slowly grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, and a fierce light loomed in his eyes.

The two looked at each other in mid-air, and the atmosphere became tense.

At this time, Sirol suddenly inserted between the two, cut off the gaze of each other with his body, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Excellency, my escort leader is playing with you, we are on the sand boat, it will not be good if we break something...... Kunluo, your mission is to protect us, not to find fault with the guests, stop joking. ”

With that, Sirol glared at Kunluo vaguely, his eyes secretly annoyed.

Kunluo let go of the hilt of the sword, looked at the armor's unwavering expression, and smiled meaningfully:

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry, anyway, it's a long way to go, and we always have a chance to learn. ”

When the words fell, Kunluo didn't look at Sirol's ugly face, and Shi Shiran walked away.

Only then did Sirol turn around and apologize to the armor, and explained in a low voice:

"These Sand Sea mercenaries have always been brave and rude, so don't take it personally. ”

“...... Doesn't matter. ”

Seeing Kunluo disappear, he felt a faint killing intent from this person's attitude.

God is mysterious, not good......

It seems that you have to be careful on the road.

The armor remained silent, as if nothing had happened, and looked back at the sea of sand in silence.

Seeing that Armor wanted to be alone, Sirol walked away with a sense of humor, leaving Armor alone in the stern of the boat.

As the sand boat moved forward, the outline of the majestic Great Wall finally disappeared from the horizon behind him, and the armor retracted his gaze, looked at the vast desert in front of him, and whispered:

"Miza...... Where are you hiding?"

......

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and night falls quietly.

Above the Great Wall, the military aircraft archive.

Mulan's flickering candles cast dappled light and shadow on the wall, and by the light of the flames, she was flipping through a thick confidential file that recorded the internal information of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce in the possession of the Great Wall Guards.

In the morning, she met with Sirol, who claimed to be the head of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and watched the armor leave with him, Hua Mulan always had a faint suspicion in her heart, so she asked the chief to get the qualification to view the secrets to look through the files of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce.

"There is no information about this man......"

Mulan closed the file and her expression became serious.

She carefully checked it from the beginning, and among the directors of the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce recorded in this file, there was no such person as Sirol.

But there was no problem with the chamber of commerce certificate that the other party showed in the morning, otherwise the Great Wall would not allow him to enter.

"Could it be that there is a gap in the file?"

Mulan groaned, not sure that the other party was a fake identity.

After all, the South China Sea Chamber of Commerce is a force subordinate to Haidu, and the information held by the Great Wall is naturally incomplete and lagging, and perhaps Sirol is an unknown director or a newcomer later.

After thinking about it for a while, Mulan decided to send an official letter to the Nanhai Chamber of Commerce in the name of the Great Wall to verify Sirol's identity.

It's just that the news will be delayed for many days, and if Cirol really has a fake identity and other plans, then I'm afraid it will be too late......

'The armor is calm and reliable, and can be independent in everything, if you encounter a trap, it will not be so easy to be hit. But the problem is, he is an amnesiac after all, and he is born at risk of being deceived......

Mulan's eyes change, and she struggles inwardly.

On the one hand, she feels that Kai is a reliable man, and on the other hand, she feels that the other party has amnesia, so she needs to be taken care of by others, and these two emotions are not contradictory.

Thinking of this, Hua Mulan's eyes were certain, and she immediately got up and left the archives, and without saying a word, she went home and changed into a military uniform, brought a weapon, and then called Baili Shouyue and Dunshan over.

"Captain, did you call us something at night?"

Baili Shouyu looked at Mulan, who was ready to go, quite puzzled.

Mulan didn't lift her head.

"Prepare yourself, let's set off at once and go after the armor. ”

"What's going on?"

"I just checked the file, and there may be something wrong with that Sirol, maybe it's a fake identity. ”

"Could it be that you're overthinking?"

“...... Maybe I'm too careful, but if something really happens, we can support the armor as soon as possible. ”

"But your hurt ......," Baili kept the promise and stopped talking.

"My injury is a small matter, and Armor is our partner, and we can't let him face the risk alone...... This is a new mission for the squad, do you hear that!"

Mulan's tone was solemn.

"Understood. Baili Shouyu's face was straight.

"Woo-" Dunshan touched his round head.

The three of them quickly cleaned up, notified the high-level, temporarily handed over their duties, and got permission to go out, so they took advantage of the night to leave the Great Wall, followed the direction of the armor's departure, and disappeared into the yellow sand shrouded in the night.