old dream

Chapter 152
In fact, after the limelight of the train incident in the western suburbs passed, Colin had already resumed the practice of finding objects.

As the interests involved are getting bigger and bigger, there is no other choice but to keep getting stronger.

Intent to focus on things out of sight for a long time, and the cracks in the heart shell were widened again.Every two days, Kelin will throw new markers into the sea. These thin wood chips will soon spread in the turbulent ocean currents near the shore, covering nearly several kilometers of sea area.

Now that this practice has been carried out for seven rounds, the number of markers that Colin can track at the same time has also increased to more than 300.More than 24 stars outline the trajectory of the water flow in Ke Lin's consciousness [-] hours a day.If this value is used as a reference, then the strength of his intention has risen by nearly one-third compared to the train incident.

As a wizard without lineage inheritance, Colin's progress rate is already quite astonishing.But this is still not enough, because at the same time, he is also facing more and more powerful opponents.

On the other hand, the "people behind" the northern organization would send a reply within a few days, which was actually beyond Colin's expectation.

Because I don't know the specific identity of him or them, for the convenience of thinking, I will call it here: "X behind the scenes".

According to Colin's initial prediction, this reply letter should appear at least ten days later.Because at the very least, the behind-the-scenes X needs a certain amount of time to find out the details of the "Lieutenant".

But they responded in about four days, indicating that they may have known about the existence of the "Lieutenant" earlier.

But what is more critical than this, and even more chilling, is that he was the agent who killed a Chi Xing.The purpose of doing this was to show strength, but judging from the results, X, who was behind the scenes, didn't seem to be afraid of it.

Colin presents them with some kind of threat of violence, but X, behind the scene, ignores the threat, or, without even realizing it is a threat, responds directly.

Could it be that their own strength can casually control wizards of this level?
Moreover, letting an outsider join the agent's competition so rashly also shows that in the eyes of the behind-the-scenes X, the status of the northern organization and the agents may be lower than Colin imagined.

It is not so much an agent as a mere tool.

Then, in the future cooperation with the behind-the-scenes X, if I want to achieve an equal or even a dominant position, I obviously need to expand more strength.

However, apart from the gradual practice of tracking the water flow, Colin seemed to have temporarily encountered a bottleneck in the rapid improvement of his extraordinary strength.

To further tap the power of the blood, a large number of stimuli are needed for testing.Not to mention that Ji Li'an was temporarily restrained by her new roommate, this in itself could not be accomplished overnight.

In the frequency exploration of "No. 30 Second District", Ke Lin has never encountered the existence that signed a contract with that mysterious woman.And she herself has no intention of revealing her master's whereabouts, and she chooses to keep silent about everything about him.

But even so, Ke Lin did not intend to let go of this rare source of information.Colin is inevitably curious about the message from "the dead", because it can answer the ultimate question unimaginable in his previous life: the destination of all people.

From the fourth time he entered this frequency, Colin kept asking the dead man other questions, no matter how the other party reacted.

Until one day, she finally opened her mouth to answer, confirming Colin's guess that she was a dead person:

"This body is indeed dead."

"But with the memory of this body after death, I can't answer your questions."

"……why?"

"The only thing I know and have seen with my own eyes is that there are at least three Styx rivers that delineate seven Hades kingdoms, and they belong to different foreign lands."

With her arms suspended, she lowered her head, and the black blood in the wound on her chest seemed to have not flowed clean after thousands of years:

"But the place where the souls of the Urju people return lies outside the seven kingdoms of the underworld. Are you a Urju people? Or are you a child of Liuzifer? From your appearance, you cannot be seen from this body Where will you be governed, I can’t guess whether what awaits you is restful sleep, eternal calamity, judgment or reincarnation, or other destinations that I don’t know about…”

Her voice was slow, with an ancient, elegant rhythm.And she seems to think that the Urju dynasty of the demon descendants still exists in the world.The point of view is also different from the current Anhe theory.This should be the words from before the sage kings, even before the human age.

"So please go back," she said:
"We will cross different Styx rivers, and end up in different Hades."

"Each way, forgive each other."

If she has not received any news from the outside, maybe her master has not visited this frequency at the depth of the red star for thousands of years.

Then the plan to seize this contract suddenly became far away.

But her answer still made Colin quite concerned, because through her, Colin confirmed the existence of the afterlife world for the first time.

If a person would indeed return to the kingdom of the underworld after death, the hundred years before his life might become an insignificant moment.

And what happened to me who was reincarnated in two lives?If you die, where will you go back to?

Colin shook his head, not letting himself think in this direction any longer.Because of the memory of his previous life, he is still used to paying more attention to this world and a more positive way of thinking.

Although he was occasionally curious, he actually didn't think seriously about what he would face after death.

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The remaining three agents in the old city were very vigilant. After the accident in the distribution center, they lost track together with the other five confidantes.Not only the original address was left empty.Even the gangs and bars under their own jurisdiction were left aside.

This was part of the reason why Colin's men met so little resistance when they entered the Old City.

But they have been in too deep contact with the secular world, too many people have seen their faces, know their living habits, where they go every day, and who they interact with.As long as they did not leave the Stade, sooner or later they would be found by these traces.

"When an extraordinary person faces ordinary people, the greatest advantage is actually not strength, but concealment."

Colin said to Giovanni, who listened with interest.Since accepting the classification idea of ​​"Four Lineages", Giovanni would listen to Colin's strange analysis from time to time, and occasionally make some corrections.

This kind of analysis is often at a very abstract level, some are far from reality, but some are surprisingly accurate.Giovanni often had similar feelings or experiences, but he did not try to express them verbally like Colin.After verbalization, there is often a further understanding.This kind of experience is like sorting out his own life, so even Giovanni now feels a little bit of fun.

"If witchcraft is considered a weapon, then it is clearly excess firepower. In the case of a surprise attack, one bullet is enough to kill a person. Then why do wizards still have an advantage over ordinary people? Because ordinary people will Guard against bullets, but not against witchcraft."

"So if he reveals his identity as a wizard to someone, then his greatest advantage will no longer exist."

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that most mental interference techniques have been banned.

Giovanni thought for a while:

"When an ordinary person knows that wizards exist, he may not be an ordinary person."

To some extent, firearms can also be regarded as a very good 'witchcraft'.It has no traces and is not limited by frequency. If calculated in this way, it even belongs to the second lineage.

And it was the sorcery that Giovanni was best at.

Colin nodded and continued:

"But correspondingly, wizards are weaker against firearms than ordinary people, because their attention has been diverted to more complicated witchcraft duels."

Tracking the traces of the spirit element, checking whether you have been locked by a certain ritual, taking care of and protecting the site, and so on.

When he focused on these considerations, he was more likely to miss some opponents who were just ordinary people.

Giovanni, for example, gained many advantages in the follow-up investigation in this way.

"Through the traces at the distribution center, those agents must have thought that their opponent was an elf envoy. For this, they will make a lot of preparations for witchcraft duels." Colin said:

"Then what if the opponent's attack at this time is explosives, sniper rifles, and portable light machine guns without any trace of spiritual essence?"

Completely by surprise.

Regardless of their status as wizards, these agents are actually just ordinary citizens. Even if they have contact with An He's local gang, they will not master the complete tactics against modern weapons.

Therefore, it may be more effective than witchcraft to use weapons on people without traces of spirit essence.

Use ordinary people against wizards, and wizards against ordinary people.Recently, this line of thinking began to take shape in Colin's mind.

But the question is, where are the "ordinary people" who can accept the fact that "witchcraft exists" and who can skillfully use modern tactics and trust them enough?
There happened to be one next to Colin.

Ricardo.

He started to carry the stimulus, and under the teaching of Giovanni, he grew at an extremely fast speed every day.

The wizard is more or less bookish, while Ricardo and Giovanni are more capable and decisive hounds.The target is the eight wizards whose identities have been exposed and who have lost their greatest advantage.Ricardo and Giovanni had already started to act after Baidu businessman Schmidt's "one ton of ammunition" was in place.

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On the other hand, the handover of the 42 underground bars in the old city is proceeding in an orderly manner under the arrangement of Benedict.

The situation has exceeded the student's best expectations, and the time is not yet mid-October, and their organization has already spread their own sales channels on a large scale.

But what excites Benedict the most is the various ledgers left behind by these 42 bars.These ledgers originally belonged to the scattered Anhe local gangs, but now they are integrated together.Through these complex and comprehensive records, Benedict was able to understand the old city market from a deeper level.

As for the operation of the underground bar, Colin has gradually let go of this young man who has made great progress.Although this matter itself does not have much technical content, with his excellent memory and sensitivity to numbers, Benedict can always handle complex details very well.

"Now we are expanding nearly 20 days faster than planned." He said:
"So... the problem of tight supply was exposed in advance."

After the previous blending, Ke Lin has more than 9600 cases and 3200 bottles of whiskey in his hands.But there are only [-] bottles, most of which have already been sold, or to Daniel in the ready-to-wear business.

"Now the store uses barrels, and the remaining volume is only about [-] bottles." Benedict said:
"Because of the bloody conflict just happened, the business in the old city still needs time to recover. But even so, the reserves of these [-] bottles can't last for two days..."

There seems to be a problem with the supply of goods in the northern organization, and the reserves in the distribution center are pitifully small.And among the 42 bars that have just been taken over, some reserve goods may also have been transferred in advance.

Therefore, the total amount of bootleg alcohol that Ke Lin obtained in the end was no more than 140 cases, and [-] cases of them had been blended with industrial alcohol, which had a certain probability of blindness or even death.According to Ke Lin's requirements for himself, they must not be sold on the market.

The remaining 180 boxes can be turned into 2000 boxes through rectification and blending, about [-] bottles, but this is just a one-day extension of the out-of-stock period.

The situation was much worse than expected, which meant that Colin had to find a new source of goods within these two days.

Because of the early reply from the behind-the-scenes X, the whole process was advanced by nearly ten days, so Ke Lin also had to face unplanned situations.

But Stade has already dried up due to prohibition, so how could a batch of wine be conjured out of thin air to fill the vacancy of tens of thousands of bottles?
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"Hey, you are the legendary Mr. 'Lieutenant'?"

The woman on the opposite side looked frivolously at the mask on Colin's face, her tone seemed a little disappointed:
"Thank you for finding me here, but I thought your appearance would be more scary."

This person is a wizard but does not shy away from publicity, and those hooligans say in private that she is the most beautiful agent.

Unlike the three agents who are busy running around now, because she has the source of goods, her position is stable and she is unscrupulous.

"If you want the goods, I have them here." Holding a slender tobacco rod, she slowly exhaled misty mist:
"I just don't know what you can give."

(End of this chapter)