Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 26: Trick Cloak: Fraud

"Aren't you interning at the funeral home? What are you doing here?" Xiao Ran was confused as he looked at Zhong Yi who appeared here.

"My internship is over, but I still have a few days before I start work. My uncle is a forest ranger here. He has something to do at home today, so I'm here to take his place."

Xiao Ran scratched his head: "Your relatives' occupations are all pretty shady."

As mentioned before, Cuiyun Park is the cemetery of Beimang Mountain. It feels cold during the day, not to mention at night.

Being a forest ranger here is the same as being a security guard in a cemetery.

"I want you to take care of it!"

After Zhong Yi finished speaking, he put one hand on his waist and reached out to Xiao Ran: "Give it to me."

"What??"

"Fine: fifty thousand!"

"Fifty thousand?? Why don't you just go and rob it?"

"If you don't call the police, I'll sue you for arson."

Zhong Yi raised his head and said proudly: "If you can't come up with the money, you can also..."

"Scan the QR code with your phone and transfer now."

However, unexpectedly, without waiting for Zhong Yi to finish speaking, Xiao Ran took out his mobile phone and prepared to transfer the money.

"you……"

"I only have one request!" Xiao Ran raised his head, his eyes unusually cold: "After the transfer, leave immediately."

Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Ran's eyes, frowned and said: "Then I want 100,000!"

"it is good!"

Xiao Ran hesitated for a second and nodded: "Okay, one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand."

“You! You you…” Zhong Yi glared at him, too angry to speak, and stomped his feet: “I don’t care about you anymore.”

After saying that, he ignored Xiao Ran and turned his back to Xiao Ran: "If I want one million, are you ready to sell everything you have to give it to me?"

Xiao Ran laughed when he heard that, grinning, "You won't, fifty thousand is a joke, one hundred thousand is a test, one million is an enemy, we are not to the point of being enemies yet."

Zhong Yi curled his lips, turned around, stared at Xiao Ran with his eyes dimly, and said after a moment: "You are so self-righteous. Just think of it as you owe me a favor."

"Then I'd rather give you 100,000."

Zhong Yi rolled his eyes, pretending he didn't hear anything, and walked a few steps back to look at Xiao Ran: "I'm at the duty booth, come find me if you need anything."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran watched Zhong Yi leave and then heaved a sigh of relief. He had a good feeling towards Zhong Yi and didn't want her to get involved in this matter.

After Zhong Yi left, Xiao Ran sat in the pavilion and waited.

After a while, a shadow quietly appeared beside Xiao Ran.

"Are you coming?"

Shadow nodded.

Xiao Ran took out some paper money and lit it. When the ashes dispersed, the shadow swayed a few times, grabbed the ashes, and disappeared into the bushes.

Xiao Ran stood up, brushed off the dust on his pants, and looked forward.

In the dim woods, a figure walked slowly.

Although it was not the first time they met, Xiao Ran still felt pressured when he saw the woman's face clearly.

He looked at the black cloak on Xue Hongling. The dark red patterns on it were still clear in the dark and emitted a strange glow. It was obviously a cursed object.

"You asked me to come here so late, you don't want to date me, do you?" Xue Hongling looked at Xiao Ran with a smile, "This is not a good place for a date."

Xiao Ran nodded: "It's definitely not a good place for a date."

"But it's a great place to kill people. It's a newly built park. There are no surveillance cameras, no passers-by, and there are graves everywhere. You don't even need to dig a hole."

"You want to kill me?" Xue Hongling looked at Xiao Ran in surprise.

Although this was not beyond her expectations, Xiao Ran's directness really surprised her.

"Do you think you can deal with me by yourself?" Xue Hongling's voice was full of teasing: "What's the reason? It can't be to avenge that family, right?"

Xiao Ran did not answer, but his eyes flashed with cold murderous intent.

Sensing the growing murderous intent from Xiao Ran, Xue Hongling suddenly became a little annoyed and asked, "Do you really dare to fight me?"

Before Xue Hongling finished her words, Xiao Ran had already responded with practical actions. He suddenly leaped forward, his body like an arrow shot from a bow, and his right fingertips slightly clenched to strike directly at the throat.

"court death!"

Xue Hongling didn't expect Xiao Ran to attack as soon as he said so, without giving her any room for maneuver. Her face was as gloomy as water, and she had to retreat quickly in a hurry. At the same time, she waved the cloak in her hand, and the wide cloak covered her body. Her figure also blurred at this moment.

Xiao Ran was prepared. He suddenly turned his body to the side and used a move from his tiger fist to kill.

With his hands folded in front of his chest, his fingers hooked, he pounced on the disappearing figure like a tiger. "Bang!!"

A sound like hitting wood came from under Xue Hongling's cloak. Xiao Ran felt something was wrong and immediately raised his leg and kicked her.

This kick was extremely fast and focused on the lower three routes. An ordinary person would have been hard to defend against it. However, to Xiao Ran's surprise, his kick missed the target. There seemed to be nothing in Xue Hongling's wide cloak.

"What ability is this?"

Just as Xiao Ran was surprised, Xue Hongling suddenly pulled out a dagger from her cloak and slashed towards Xiao Ran's head.

The short knife cut through the air, bringing with it a flash of cold light.

Xiao Ran's reaction was also extremely fast. He lowered his head almost at the moment the knife flashed, avoiding the fatal blow. Instead of immediately retreating to create distance between himself and Xue Hongling, he took two steps forward and pressed his body closer.

"Speed Talisman +1"

"Speed Talisman +1"

"Speed Talisman +1"

At the same time, rays of light blue appeared on Xiao Ran's body, causing him to speed up suddenly. He punched Xue Hongling one after another, each move going straight to the vital point without any reservation.

Sensing the changes in Xiao Ran, Xue Hongling stepped back with a gloomy face, relying on her cloak to block the attacks left and right.

But before long, Xiao Ran felt something was not right. Every one of his moves hit Xue Hongling, but as soon as his fists touched the black cloak, it was like mud sinking into the sea. Within just a few breaths, beads of sweat had already appeared on Xiao Ran's forehead.

If it weren't for his good physique, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

"Idiot, I thought you had some tricks up your sleeve, but it turns out you only have this little bit of skill. I guess I overthought. You seem to have only just gotten started, and you don't understand the rules between beginners at all."

In comparison, Xue Hongling became more relaxed and was even in the mood to make some jokes when facing Xiao Ran's attack.

"If I had known that you were just a beginner, I should have killed you that day."

Xue Hongling felt a little regretful. She didn't know Xiao Ran's background before and didn't dare to act rashly. She could only use other people's lives to warn Xiao Ran. She didn't expect that this guy was a complete rookie.

Hearing Xue Hongling's teasing, Xiao Ran's face became uglier. He suddenly jumped up and gave a flying kick.

Xue Hongling's eyes flashed with a sharp light when she saw this, and she held the short knife in her hand horizontally, like a poisonous snake emerging from under a wide cloak.

"puff!!"

Blood splattered on the ground. Xiao Ran rolled on the ground and got up in a panic. Most of the clothes on his chest were already stained red with blood. His face suddenly turned pale and horrifying.

He staggered to his feet, turned around and ran into the bushes.

"Want to run away?" Xue Hongling curled her lips, "I haven't had enough fun yet."

As he spoke, the cloak on his body suddenly opened, emitting wisps of strange black aura.

At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly felt a pain in his chest, as if he was punched by someone out of nowhere. The huge force made him stagger and fall, rolling down several meters along the slope beside the road.

Before Xiao Ran could get up, another force hit Xiao Ran's abdomen hard, causing his body to suddenly turn into a bow shape and slide several meters on the ground.

"You are attacked by the F-rank cursed item, Trick Cloak: Deception!"

"You are attacked by the F-rank cursed item, Trick Cloak: Deception!"

"Fraud? Is this her curse? Or is it another curse?"

Before Xiao Ran could think about it, continuous attacks began to hit him, and each force was very heavy. In a moment, Xiao Ran realized that the source of this force seemed to be the force he had just hit the cloak, and now it was continuously counterattacking him.

Seeing Xiao Ran getting up and running forward quickly after being knocked down again and again, Xue Hongling's face became increasingly cold: "You are so resistant to beatings, do you have any spell patterns for the trainer series?"

As she spoke, she raised her finger, and saw dark red curse patterns emerge from the back of her hand and drill into the ring on her finger like earthworms.

Suddenly, the gemstone inlaid on the ring began to flash an enchanting purple light.

"Boss, let's do it, that guy can't hold on any longer!"

In the duty room, two men stared at the images transmitted by the drone on the computer in front of them. They could clearly see that a red evil ghost was slowly emerging behind Xue Hongling.

Seeing this, the two raised their heads and looked at Zhong Yi who was sitting on a chair with his legs crossed.

Zhong Yi had a lollipop in his mouth. When he heard the two people urging him, he put his head on his hands and said, "Wait a little longer. This kid must have another trump card. Otherwise, how could he be so confident?"

"wait?"

The two looked at each other, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and shook their heads secretly. They both knew the strength of their team leader, and if they wanted to stop him, it would be a matter of a blink of an eye.

Facing the complaints and reminders from the two, Zhong Yi just rested his head on his hands, chewed a lollipop back and forth in his mouth, stared at the ceiling with empty eyes. When Xiao Ran rejected him, the gleam in his black and white eyes flashed through his mind, as sharp as a sword drawn from its scabbard.

That kind of confidence comes from Xiao Ran's complete certainty in himself.

Since this kid is so confident, let's wait and see. If it really comes to the last step and he can't hold on any longer, it will still be in time for me to take action.

Seeing that Zhong Yi was unmoved, the two of them could only look back at the screen on the computer helplessly.

At the same time, they were already prepared. If the kid couldn't hold on in the end, they wouldn't care about anything else and would be ready to take action at any time. Even if they couldn't save him, they would at least kill Xue Hongling on the spot.

"what!"

At this moment, one person suddenly noticed something, pressed the drone's view angle with his finger, and looked at the screen carefully: "Wait, what is that?"

(End of this chapter)