Chapter 396: Making Something Out of Nothing
The 22nd arrived early, and there were not many people in the bar, so she was eating ice cream and scrolling on her phone as if bored, so as to avoid the acquaintance of the frequent customer she disguised as to greet her.
As time went on, the bar became lively, but it was a small black market, and no matter how lively it was, it would not be as lively as a flea market.
Whenever someone came in, she would always raise her eyes to glance at the visitor while sitting in the corner, and with just one glance, she could grasp the person's octanomal features with a well-trained look.
Sometimes she would leave her seat with ice cream and walk past other tables, looking down at what customers were putting out for sale, items she wasn't interested in, but what mattered was information.
As long as the paper on her desk with the words written on it is not torn off, it means that the owner of this table is only leaving temporarily and will return later, and no one else will occupy her table.
She stopped at a table owned by a short-haired Caucasian woman, with the words "The truth about the serial disappearances of Romanian forest villagers."
"Man, or beast?" she asked.
"People. Said the Caucasian woman.
"Say more. ”
When shopping for shellfish in the antique market, buyers also have to touch, knock, and smell the goods in their hands, and they can't just look at them and pay stupidly, so she is entitled to ask Caucasian women to reveal more information before deciding whether to continue the conversation.
Some inexperienced sellers accidentally reveal too much information, although it may not be meaningful to others, but ninjas already have a huge database of information, and they can guess eighty percent after horizontal contact and cross-comparison.
"Bloodthirsty, extremely dangerous, all I can say is this, this is what I bought with my life. The Caucasian woman rolled up her sleeves and had a long scar on her arm, as if it had been cut by sharp fingernails, and it was clear that she did not know the physician-like transcendents, and that the wound would probably have left a scar.
The 22nd didn't say anything and walked away on his own.
Caucasian women clenched their fingers irritably, looking a little disappointed and anxious.
Customers on the black market are most interested in information that can bring them benefits, if it is a supernatural animal that causes the continuous disappearance of villagers, many people will be interested, but if it is other supernatural beings who are doing evil, few people want to meddle in things, and the sky is falling and there are tall people on top, let the members of those large organizations take care of it.
No. 22 is a little interested, maybe some new transcendents are doing something, there is a certain value of attention, if you can get more detailed information, maybe you can let her colleagues stationed in Eastern Europe go to check the situation, observe and record the abilities of the new transcendents - she had heard about a magical archery girl in a fishing village in a black market in South Asia before, so she submitted the relevant information to her colleagues in South Asia, and she didn't pay attention to the situation after that, that was not the scope of her mission.
There is no need to worry about this matter, at present, more than half of the elites in the base camp are looking for the reincarnation of the Mori Zhitian Bodhisattva, and the colleagues stationed overseas are stretched thin, and the work pressure is very high.
In addition, some customers are also selling all kinds of information or items, such as "the woman wearing the hijab has recently moved", "there is a dragon in Yungui somewhere", etc., the seller about the dragon is surrounded by several people around the table, and they are bargaining with the seller, everyone is most interested in this kind of information, what if it is really a dragon supernatural creature?
No. 22 smiled, this piece of information has just been investigated by other colleagues, and someone is deceiving people with the recording of the tiger roar, and the main owner of eighty percent of the liars is this seller, so there are really people who believe in the existence of dragon transcendent creatures?
Boom.
The bell hanging in front of the bar rang, and another man in a raincoat walked in through the rain porch.
No. 22 glanced at the door casually, and his heart skipped a beat in an instant!
Number 15?
Number 22 couldn't believe his eyes, it was number 15 who walked in through the door?
Of course, No. 15 was not wearing a ninja costume, but dressed like an ordinary person, and after entering the door, he glanced indoors, and his eyes met with No. 22 for a few tenths of a second.
Of course, Number 15 didn't recognize Number 22, and Number 22's seamless disguise made it impossible for her to be seen through, and even the Sect Master couldn't see through her disguise from the outside.
But for a moment, there was a wave in No. 22's eyes, reflecting the shock in her heart, after all, she never imagined that she would meet No. 15 here.
15 and 22 don't know each other's assigned mission locations, but 22 is sure that this is her mission location, and 15 shouldn't be here, let alone appear in the black market as his true face.
What's going on?
Could it be that the 15th was assigned some other mission? This possibility cannot be ruled out.
In addition to the superiors and subordinates, the tasks of each ninja are confidential, and they are also confidential to their colleagues, to say that No. 15 was newly assigned a special task by No. 2, in fact, it makes sense, after all, No. 15 is the best of the new generation of ninjas, and it is normal to be among the ninjas at a young age.
However, No. 22 did not receive instructions from his superiors to connect with No. 15, so unless there was a major emergency, she should not reveal her true identity to No. 15, especially in a dangerous environment like the black market, although customers and managers would probably not dare to kill her even if they found out about her identity, but a beating was inevitable.
Number 15 didn't notice the waves in Number 22's eyes, because the bar was dimly lit, and when she pushed the door in, basically all the customers were looking at her, and Number 22 was just an ordinary stranger to her.
Every customer comes in like this, and they will receive the attention of the first comer, and everyone will judge whether the newcomer is an acquaintance or a dangerous person through observation, and whether there is a good product in hand.
No. 22's heart shook violently but she didn't look away, because looking away represents a weak heart, but it may attract the attention of No. 15, and she waited for No. 15 to take the initiative to look away, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
No. 15 didn't hold anything empty-handed, either to buy something or to sell information.
Generally speaking, you can enter the black market with a package, as long as the package is detected by an X-ray machine and there are no explosives, it doesn't matter if you carry a weapon, and you don't need to search your body, otherwise no one will come.
Number 15 walked straight to the bar, ordered a cup of ice cream, chose a place to sit down, wrote something on a piece of paper, and began to eat ice cream, no different from the other customers, she was able to come in without any problems, either as a regular customer of this black market, or someone vouched for her.
No. 22 was curious about what was written on the paper, but she shouldn't snoop on it, so she suppressed her curiosity and focused on her own business.
She can recognize No. 15, because she used to cover for No. 15, disguised as No. 15's face to take pictures, record videos, etc., in some cities, no different from the cover for other colleagues, they are all carried out in batches. Wen Ting Pavilion
No. 15 is very young, his face is still the appearance of a high school student, his appearance is not alluring, he belongs to the upper middle, and he may be able to mix in the position of the class flower in some classes, and no one would have thought that such a young girl would be ranked as a ninja.
No. 22's mood is a little complicated, No. 15 should be the kind of beautiful and hard-working type, talented and good, and he has been mixed up for a few years more than others, and his status in the organization is not as good as others......
Wait!
No. 22 thought of a possibility - maybe No. 15 was actually not that strong, and was able to become a shinobi because she was extremely wealthy, and she bought information on the black market and handed it over to the organization, claiming that she had stolen the information herself?
It may seem silly to do so, but if you are rich enough, billions of dollars can be donated to charitable organizations or foundations without blinking, and you can't speculate on the thoughts of the rich with the minds of ordinary people.
However, there doesn't seem to be a clear rule in the Ninja Academy that you can't do this......
Otherwise, how can we explain that the 15th appeared in such a public place in its true form?
It is impossible to recognize the wrong person on the 22nd, even if it is a twin, the facial features cannot be 100% the same, the general outline of the appearance is determined by nature, and the details of the appearance are determined by the diet, life experience, and maintenance of the day after tomorrow.
After eight o'clock in the evening, the bar became lively, some people entered, some people went out, but more people came in, and the occupancy rate of the bar had exceeded eighty percent.
Some people are chatting, some people are talking about business, but no one is loud, lively and not noisy.
At this time, a person walked to the opposite side of No. 15 and sat down.
No. 22 knew that he shouldn't care, but he couldn't help but peek at it, and then she was stunned, even more shocked than when she saw No. 15 come in, if No. 15 saw her eyes at this time, it would definitely arouse suspicion, but fortunately, No. 15 only had a side face facing her.
Even if the Sect Master swaggered in in a ninja suit, Number 22 would not have been so shocked to the point of gaffe, because the person sitting opposite Number 15 ...... She hadn't seen it.
The 22nd came very early, almost as soon as the black market opened, there were only a few people in the bar when she came in, and every customer walked in, she remembered their faces, she was very confident in this regard, but sitting in front of the 15th, she was completely unimpressed.
Could it be that the black market managers or employees who came in early are only showing up now?
She quietly stepped outside for a few days, whether it was a bartender or a waiter, she had seen it, and this kind of black market generally does not hire too many waiters for the sake of secrecy and privacy, and larger black markets with no waiters are common.
In addition, if it is a waiter, at least he should wear a uniform and distinguish himself from the customer, let alone sit across from the customer, so this person should not be a black market employee.
But this is strange, where did this person come from?
There are not a few people who have been to the black market on the 22nd, and they have never encountered such a strange thing, and it seems that the only possibility is that this person came to the black market before the 22nd, and has not shown up until now, so where is she hiding these few hours, what is she doing? Could it be that she has been in the toilet with diarrhea?
No. 22 looked down at the ice cream that had been eaten, and if he had diarrhea tomorrow, it would be time to report it to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau......
Number 33 interjected, "And then, do you know the identity of that person, and what did Number 15 tell her?"
No. 22 shrugged helplessly, "There was no accident at the time, and you also know that colleagues will not interfere in each other's tasks, I thought that No. 15 was on a special mission, or that she secretly used money to buy intelligence, so although I had doubts, I didn't identify myself in front of No. 15." The two of them talked in low voices for a while, nothing to trade, and then they left one after another, and I stayed until dawn. ”
No. 33 understands that there is nothing wrong with the way No. 22 handled it at that time, and no one can predict the prophet, and if she is in the position of No. 22, she will definitely take the same way, that is, turn a blind eye.
"You didn't report to Number 2 that you met Number 15 on the black market after you left?" asked Number 33.
No. 22 shook his head, "I'm not a talkative person who likes to make small reports, and if I report this matter, maybe others will think that I am jealous of my colleagues who are younger and more promising than me, and I'm not sure if No. 2 assigned a special task to No. 15, so I put this matter down." ”
Unless there are special circumstances, but asking people about the task is the basic principle of ninjas, if there is a ninja who usually likes to ask around, maybe now he is suspected of major betrayal, but there are no such talkers among ninjas.
"You said on TV that if anyone has seen No. 15 recently or has a track record of No. 15's whereabouts, please give you clues, so I came here, but then again, maybe I'm not the last ninja to see No. 15, and there may be other colleagues who have seen her after me. Number 22 said.
"Not so far, you're the only one who's seen the 15th in the near future. Number 33 sighed.
"Don't rush to conclusions, maybe someone else will be delayed. "No. 22 is not comforting No. 33, but comforting herself, she was worried before she came to No. 33, and sincerely didn't want to be the last person to see No. 15, otherwise although she didn't do anything wrong, if the sect master had three longs and two shortcomings, she would definitely not be able to forgive herself.
Now, they all know that this possibility is becoming more and more slim.
"It seems that we can only start with the person who met with the 15th. Number 33 said, "Have you ever been to that black market again?"
"Nope. ”
"What does that guy look like? remember?" 33 held his breath, this was almost the only clue, if 22 answered in the negative, it would be all over.
"Of course, I won't remember other people's looks for so long, but because of the strange things, I always remember her face very clearly. ”
No. 22 had been wearing a mask and talking just now, when she took off the mask again, and it had changed into an unfamiliar face, and her figure had also changed.
This face also looks quite young, maybe between 33 and 22 in age, with good facial features, but I always feel a haze between my eyebrows.
No. 33 took out his phone and wanted to take a picture of No. 22's face, but the light was too dim and the photo was not clear enough.
"Why don't you go back to the apartment building with us?" Catherine and Yiyi may have been waiting for them. Jiang Chanji proposed.
No. 33 consulted No. 22.
"Okay, I have one more thing for you. "The 22nd agreed.