Morning in the Tower of Swords

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! It hurts me to death, what did this little girl grow up on, and why are her hands so strong?"

"...You can really bear it."

"Nonsense! When she screams in pain, isn't that a confession?! Impossible!"

Jogo, dumbfounded, pulled the claw that Laplande had shaken with Skadi just now, touched the bone carefully, found that there was no fracture, and then sprayed her with the wound medicine.

The curative effect of the wound medicine was immediate, and Laplande was a lively dog ​​again immediately.

In the end, Laplande also went to carry out according to Jogo's order. Jogo was the only "guest" in the bar, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry to act at all, and he didn't even drink the wine in the glass. It was sitting quietly, listening to the sound of the bartender wiping the glasses.

He has been holding a glass and wiping it for about 10 minutes, and if he keeps wiping it, the glass will be scratched by the soft cloth.

"You heard what I just said, didn't you?"

"No, no, no, I didn't hear anything!!"

The bartender shook his head frantically in fright.

"No, you should hear it. I just said it to you on purpose, so that I have no reason to let you go. Do you still want to pretend?"

boom!

On the bar stand above the bartender's head, a hand ax with an ax blade embedded in it was in vain. He was so shocked that he dropped the wine glass that he had just desperately wiped on the ground and smashed it to pieces.

"...You, why do you say that?"

Why?Of course it's because the red light on your fucking body is almost blinding me.

Eagle Vision, the standard blood skill of a master assassin, is actually a sixth sense, able to distinguish the target and clues at a glance in the bustling crowd and complex environment.

In the Assassin's Creed game, red marks represent enemies, blue marks represent allies, gold marks represent mission goals, and white marks represent clues, and unrelated groups of people will be regarded as half by Eagle Vision by default. transparent.

But in fact, Jogo's eagle eye vision at this time is more than that, because on top of the eagle eye vision, there is a sixth sense evolved from his skills, called "Eagle Sense".

The eagle's sense is not just a skill, but a mysterious sixth sense. It will make the assassin seem to be blessed with the precision of a double, and can hear the conversation and heartbeat of the marked target person across the street. , and even predict the opponent's next actions and whereabouts to a certain extent.

Does it sound like a domineering and knowledgeable person in an advanced stage?Similar things can also be done by Katakuri, the second son of the Flour Minister under the Four Emperors.

Jogo, who has mastered the theory of knowledge and domineering and is also protected by the spirit of the eagle, naturally upgraded to the sense of eagle when he obtained the eagle vision, so when he saw the bartender for the first time , he has already noticed the hostility of the other party.

But in order to ensure that the hostility was not due to the fact that he entered the bar with a weapon and an infected person, Jogo deliberately arranged tasks for Skadi and Laplande in front of the bartender. As expected, his heartbeat became more and more restless. The animosity is also growing, especially when Jhogo speaks of the "regular warlocks of Letania".

But this guy's cover-up skills are very good on the surface, and he deliberately performed nervous behaviors such as constantly wiping the wine glass. Not your average informant.

"Tell me, for whom do you work, or should I ask, who is your master?"

When Jogo asked such a question, it implied that the bartender had already guessed his identity. An informant might work for the police, and an agent might work for the government, but those who work for the master... only nobles servant.

Letania's system is essentially the same as Casimir's, except that the knights have been replaced by magicians, and the high-ranking ones are still the nobles. Of course, Casimir now has more emerging capital forces, so In fact, it should be said that Letania is more like Ursus.

Even though Letania's attitude towards the infected is pretty good, it's not because the nobles in power sympathize with the infected from the bottom of their hearts. The difference between it and Ursus in this respect is that it is a well-educated, The difference between a good child who keeps toys and a bad child who is indulged by parents and beats and tramples on toys at will.

But a toy is still a toy and will never be a real "family member". When a "child" no longer needs it, it will be discarded, destroyed, or given to the "bad kid" next door who hasn't grown up yet.

"...Since I've been seen through, even if you kill me here, you don't want me to betray my master's name, and you outsiders will still be enemies of the entire Leitania! Have you thought it through?"

At this time, the other party has changed his posture in an instant. From the ordinary bartender who was trembling just now, he has instantly become a loyal soldier who generously died for his master. This question is indeed worthy of vigilance.

But Qiao Ge just smiled, and even raised the wine glass in front of him to signal to the other party.

"Of course I figured it out. How could a small organization like ours be against an entire country? It's just to confirm your identity, so that those cunning winter spirits won't cause trouble, right?"

The Winterlings are the aboriginal people of Warren Mud. Many years ago, when the Letanians invaded Warren Mud, there was a tragic war with them, but now they have been suppressed almost, and the purebred Winterlings are almost dead. There are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled, and many mixed-race descendants who were born after intermarrying with the Letanians.

But whenever someone wants to do something but can't find a reason or a scapegoat, they will use the winter spirits to confuse the public, such as the revenge of the winter spirits, the curse, and find a few half-breeds who can sing ancient winter spirit songs Come out to sing songs in the middle of the night to disturb the people, and all the crimes can be pushed away in a logical way.

So when Jogo mentioned the Winter Spirits, the other party immediately understood, which meant that he didn't want to make trouble, but stood on the same front with the nobles of Letania, and hoped that the big guys would push the pot together. Winter spirits.

"So that's it, I will report it according to your original intention, but before the master agrees to reply to you, please don't try to do anything out of line in Wollenmud, and you need to express your sincerity, otherwise you will mess with If there is any trouble, you will suffer the wrath of the master."

"No problem, thank you."

Jogo immediately raised his head and downed the drink in his hand, and the bartender turned around and walked towards the back door of the bar.

But at this moment, under the cover of the wine glass, Jogo suddenly stretched out a small blowgun and shot an almost imperceptible needle into the back of the bartender's neck. Without realizing it, it gradually disappeared from the naked eye's field of vision.

But in the eyes of "Eagle", his body shape, footprints, heartbeat, and even the future direction of travel inferred based on his pace speed and muscle deflection are clearly marked.

Next, it's time for a "wolf" to act.

"Hehe, how could a small organization like ours be against Letania? Because it's not just Letania, but all of you, rotten, rotten, hopeless things..."

"Ahem...I'm sorry, the disappearance of Dr. An Tuo is a great loss to us. There is no doctor more respectable than her in the whole town, but I think you have also seen it, cough...we All the gendarmes are not in the town, there are only a few temporarily hired people, and the maintenance of law and order alone is already stretched."

Severin, Sergeant Warren Mudd, the sheriff and the highest official of the chamber personally received Yaye, Lily of the Valley and Texas. He was wearing a solemn black uniform and had a pair of very obvious Karp on his head. With huge horns like a Lini ram, he is a typical Letanian male.

However, while smoking a cigarette, he seemed to tell them sincerely that Dr. An Tuo disappeared in the fire, and the body has not been found yet. Here, he has been able to determine the real situation of An Tuo.

Among the three, Yaye still held a sliver of hope, while Ling Lan just hoped that her elder sister Yaye would feel better, so they couldn't help but believe each other's words. Say it to death.

But a senior "gang superstar" like Texas didn't think so. When a group of people walked out of the meeting room, she spoke out her thoughts.

"This man is lying. He deliberately smoked to cover his face when he was talking to us, in order to hide his guilt and avoid direct eye contact with us. The evidence is that he has no addiction to cigarettes at all."

As soon as Texas finished speaking, he slapped the bottom of the snack box skillfully, and a Pocky was immediately thrown out, just in time for her to hold it in her mouth. Lily of the Valley was dumbfounded, and the nine fox radishes whirled around lap.

"It seems a little strange. His cough is indeed not like being choked by smoke. It seems that there are some phlegm and wheezing sounds in it. This officer should have a respiratory disease, but it may also be caused by excessive smoking. , why is Miss Texas so sure he doesn't actually smoke?"

Yaye cast a puzzled look at Texas, and stared at De Gouzi, who was holding a Pocky stick in his mouth, and subconsciously sucked his mouth. He froze all over, and quickly ate Pocky with a few mouthfuls, almost exposing himself Used to be an old smoker.

Then of course she could easily see that Severin didn't inhale the smoke in his lungs, but spit it out after inhaling it casually. Apart from making the room smoky, it was a lonely smoking, which was equivalent to inhaling his own second-hand smoke .

"Of course it is the detailed observation ability of the dry logistics industry. You have to deal with all kinds of teachings and nine streams, so there will be more things. In short, believe that I am not wrong. This sheriff must have hidden something from us. If the doctor's guess is correct, then probably It's the news of Dr. An Tuo's death... Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have said so much in front of you."

"It doesn't matter, Miss Texas, you don't have to worry about my thoughts, just like what the doctor told us, whether An Tuo is dead or alive now, we have to find her first, there is no time to look forward and backward, Please speak freely."

"Well, since you're so persistent, I think next..."

Before Texas finished speaking, someone came straight towards them from the other side of the corridor of the conference hall. Out of vigilance, she immediately shut up, waiting for the visitor to express her intentions.

"Hello, everyone from Rhodes Island. My name is Tatiana. I can be regarded as Chief Severin's assistant and also his junior. There are some things that are difficult to explain to you as a chief, because recently The form is a bit complicated, and the officer is worried that it will involve you in unnecessary trouble."

She is also a typical Laitanian Caprini. She has light gray hair and two slightly curved horns. To be more petite and concise.

The characteristics of animals are generally the same. In terms of beauty and magnificence, males are usually exclusive to them, because they need these points to attract females, while females are much more monotonous and hardly need to fight for it. In some species, females even need a point to attract females. Spiral orifice against male coercion.

Facing Tatiana's initiative to chat, Linglan subconsciously turned her gaze to Texas, who claimed to be "experienced in the world", but Texas remained silent, and turned her gaze to Yaye again .

After all, among the three, Lily Lane is just a rookie operator who just came out of the training camp, and her medical skills are in the internship period, while De Gouzi is a contract worker dispatched, and her identity is more like a bodyguard. Genzhengmiaohong" can only represent Rhodes Island as an official cadre of the medical department.

"Hello, I am Yaye, the representative of Rhodes Island, Miss Tatiana. We have indeed learned a little about the situation of Warrenmud, but our purpose is only to confirm the safety of Dr. Anto. Will it get you into trouble?"

"Although I'm sorry, it's true, because Dr. Anto has a high reputation in Wollenmud. Almost all the townspeople respect her, especially the infected people under her care. Since Little Yaye... ...No, since Dr. Yaye has understood the situation, he should have heard that a group of people called the Integration Movement have been wandering around the town recently, stirring up the emotions of the infected, right?"

If they hadn't heard the doctor talk about the Mudrock Squad beforehand, they would have believed this reason. After all, the integration movement that had dealt with Rhodes Island before had such virtues.

But Tatiana may not have deliberately deceived them. Even as the secretary and assistant of the head of the council, there were many things she could not know.

"It is true, but this does not stop us from looking for Doctor Anto. It is not the first time that the integration movement and Rhodes Island have conflicted ideas, and this time they will still be the defeat of Rhodes Island! If Warrum The German authorities cannot help, so let us do it ourselves."

"...Sure enough, Dr. Yaye and Dr. An Tuo have almost the same temper. When you believe that something is correct, you will step out without hesitation no matter how dangerous it is. It seems that this is Rhodes Island. style."

Tatiana sighed. Although her expression was calm, she could see deep sadness from the bottom of her pupils.

"I'm sorry, as the assistant of Chief Severin, I have to agree with the position of the chief, so some things cannot be directly informed, but we do owe Dr. Anto too much, and it is too much to repay, so I will do it Let me guide you to the former clinic of Dr. Anto."

"That's enough. Let Miss Tatiana lead the way, and we'll set off immediately."

When Tatiana turned around and led the three of them towards the gate of the meeting hall, Texas deliberately slowed down and stayed at the end, reaching for the Rhodes Island communicator at his waist...

"Got it, you just follow the normal procedure, let the people behind you think that everything is under their control, and let us know if there is any situation."

Jogo leaned over the eaves, while quickly replying to the message from Texas, while hiding his figure in an unexplained shadow, no matter which direction the witnesses looked from, they would only think it was A black statue blurred by rain.

This is not the ability of animal spirits, but a hidden skill that can only be mastered by master assassins. When this skill developed to the end of the first industrial revolution in the Victorian era in the 19th century, a female master assassin in the British Brotherhood, Evie Frye can even completely eliminate her sense of existence in any place, which is almost equivalent to being invisible on the spot.

Just keeping still and keeping the breathing rate to a minimum is simply a weakened version of wolf spirit possession.

Although Connor has not yet reached this level, there is no problem in deceiving ordinary people's vision at medium and long distances. Unless there is also a Pegasus Sight or Platinum Star here, he will definitely not be found.

And what he is quietly "appreciating" is the upcoming opening ceremony below.

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"What happened? If you don't do your 'main business' well, what are you doing contacting me at this time? I plan to go to your place for a drink or two in the evening!"

The two Letanians met on the opposite side of the narrow street from the roof of Jogo's house, and one of them was the bartender who didn't know that he had been marked by Hawkeye and poisoned.

However, compared to the cautiousness of the bartender, the guy who connected with him was careless. Compared with the intelligence personnel serving the nobles, he was more like a second-generation ancestor.

In fact, he also represents the attitude of the nobles of Letania to the small town of Warrenmurd. When taxes are needed, they remind of the once prosperous tourism industry in Warrenmurd. When it was time to fill the scene, the gendarmes from Wollenmud were forcibly dispatched to serve as guards of honor, and they did not return for a month.

Because the noble lords haven't even officially started the wedding yet, but are arguing with each other about which mobile city should be ruled by both relatives.

And when Warrenmurd encountered natural disasters due to the mistakes of the natural disaster messengers, which eventually led to food shortages, and when the 'accidental' fire caused public anger among the infected, there were no military police to maintain order and help the people tide over the difficulties, the noble lord Now they remembered that there was still a troublesome group of infected people coming here, so they all watched from the sidelines.

As if none of this was their fault.

All in all, it is a tool town. When you need it, you can pick it up and knock it hard without mercy. If you don't need it, you can throw it aside and let it stand the wind and rain.

Of course, the subordinates and servants of these nobles will definitely not take Wollenmud seriously, and some intelligence personnel here are even arranged here because of their nepotism. Before the disaster, it was a tourist town.

"Shut up! How many times do I need to remind you before you can tell the occasion and speak! If my identity, which has been so hard to gain a foothold, is exposed by you so casually, do you know how much damage it will cause?!"

Perhaps this bartender is one of the few serious espionage personnel, and he hates these guys who sneak in public funds for travel.

It's fine if you just hang up the phone, but you often come out for nothing without concealing your words, so that's why the intelligence network here is messed up.

"How could it be exposed? After all, this place is still my territory, and even if it is exposed, so what, those untouchables in the meeting hall dare to arrest you? Just do your bar business with peace of mind."

"you!?"

For some reason, he has seen the faces of these so-called colleagues many times on weekdays. He should be used to it, but today he feels particularly angry. When piercing him, he smiled slyly while piercing him, and stretched vigorously after piercing him.

At the thought of this, he couldn't help it, and immediately reached out and grabbed the other party's collar.

"Hey, you, what's the matter with you? Did you drink too much!?"

The other party was caught off guard by this hand, but when he tried to break free, he found that the bartender's strength was surprisingly strong, as if he had suddenly possessed his hooves, even his eyes became red, and his nostrils began to blow the surrounding area like a range hood. He sucked in all the air, and his face was really distorted and not human.

It's almost like the most gentle creature on the ground crying with anger.