Morning in the Tower of Swords

Tallulah suddenly recalled the disheveled photos of Chen Huijie that Dr. Bugs Bunny showed her, and immediately had many bad associations, each of which was inevitably slippery.

Of course it refers to the way Chen Huijie's tail is smeared with oil.

"Yes, she is nominally the resident police officer of Rhodes Island dispatched by the Guards Bureau. In fact, she is our patient plus an operator. In order to get you this spot, she has sold all her salary and performance this year. Now I'm eating free food from my brain-axe secretary every day, so you should care more about her."

"Did she also become an infected person!?"

Tallulah really wanted to go to Rhodes Island to visit Chen Huijie right now, but she couldn't do it. Even without Kosiche, she was still standing on the opposite side of Longmen. As long as Wei Yanwu continued to suppress the infected for a day, there would be no possibility of reconciliation.

"But I can't go back, I can only... I'm sorry for her."

"Please, is your integration movement a savage who spends his days in deep mountains, old forests, and wilderness canyons? Can you make long-distance calls? Just call Rhode Island and make up a random identity to transfer to her? ?”

"...It seems to make sense!!!Σ(?д?lll)"

Now, five months later, we are still a month and a half away from the hottest season of this summer.

"Welcome to this beautiful city that I am most proud of, Kiesta, respected Ms. Kelsey, I have heard about you and Rhodes Island for a long time, and it is a great honor to have the opportunity to cooperate with you."

The mayor of Kiesta, Herman Dalkos, warmly received the Rhode Island inspection team led by Kelsey in his office. Herman has a daughter who just graduated from Victoria State University with a major in origin stone research. , so his face looks like a very serious, but at the same time very coquettish middle-aged man.

Of course, this is not about his acting style, but because of his own Liberi race, his hair and beard are fresh and fashionable light pink, with a row of indigo highlights at the end, which is in line with the fashion of the Rhode Island Personnel Department. Expert Zilan has a fight.

What Herman said to Kelsey was not an official formula. In just five months, the reputation of Rhodes Island has been different from what it used to be under the operation of all parties. The medicines sold in the West Mill area have established Rhodes Island's authoritative status in the medical industry.

Moreover, Rhodes Island's influence in other aspects is also in the bud, especially on the tables of the upper class. Rhodes Island's food trademarks are almost synonymous with the fusion of top-notch novelty experiences and extreme delicacy.

But I have to mention by the way that although the logos of these emerging foods are uniformly "Kenalisa", the product name under it is still only hot sauce and "Laoganmao". I just fought for it.

He even signed an unequal treaty that "as long as the doctor turns into a cutie during non-task periods, he has to lie on Kelsey's desk for an hour before he can move freely".

All of the above are of course considered by Herman, but there is only one factor that he values ​​the most and is in the decisive position of this cooperation intention.

That is, even though Rhode Island has developed a variety of lucrative profit channels that can be called monopoly, they have not invested all their funds in the money-to-money and revolving profit model like those typical large commercial companies in Terra, and it is useless. To enrich armaments and increase force in order to achieve certain political ambitions.

Instead, they did not forget their original intentions and spent most of their profits on medical research projects, as well as the establishment of borderless medical stations with complete facilities and personnel and rescue stations for infected persons in various places. This fully demonstrates that Rhode Island and Rhine Life This kind of coquettish splashing goods is a completely different concept of conscience.

Herman is very willing to enter into business cooperation with external forces, because it will make Kiesta more influential, and it will be easier to seek self-protection and neutrality from various political whirlpools, but the premise is that this force cannot be so strong that it can directly Turning against the guest, he conspired to snatch Xista from him.

Because the essence of Kiesta is the ideal paradise he built for his late wife, even if one day it can no longer be profitable for itself as a tourist city, Herman will never sell it to other forces for operation, at most Just pass it on to your daughter.

And Rhodes Island, as a force with both influence and conscience, almost completely meets Herman's selection criteria. Of course, it is up to him to further test whether the information is completely true.

"You're welcome, Mr. Dalkos, in fact, the purpose of our coming here is not only to discuss business, but also to learn from you and your team about the advanced operation experience of Kiesta."

"Oh? Could it be that Rhodes Island intends to invest in a new tourist city?"

"It's not just investment, it's more accurate to say it's post-war reconstruction, because the main industry there was almost destroyed in the war, so we initially planned to build a characteristic tourist city, although it's completely opposite to Kiesta's style , but at least the operating experience should be interlinked.”

As soon as Kelsey said this, Herman immediately understood what was going on. This was clearly referring to the mobile city of Chernobog. Unexpectedly, Rhodes Island could not only cut off a piece of flesh from Ursus under the nose. , and even roasted and eaten in front of it, it simply refreshed Herman's understanding of the balance of power among the countries of Terra.

On the premise of guaranteeing Kista’s sovereignty, if Kista’s operational experience can be exchanged for friendships other than commercial projects in Rhodes Island, it will definitely be a sure thing.

Especially because Kiesta and Chernobog are incompatible. Kiesta is a passionate southern coastal (pseudo) city, while Checheng is a frigid northern inland city. It is impossible for church disciples to starve. The competition situation of the dead master.

"Of course there is no problem, why don't we start with..."

Just when Herman was about to get to the point, there were suddenly panicked shouts from outside.

"It's not good, Master Herman!! Missy, she..."

A silver-haired Liboli man ran in quickly from the office door, and the pair of feathers on his head looked very familiar. If he guessed correctly, his species should belong to the white-faced scops owl like the white cuckoo.

His name is Cronin, Hellman's assistant to the mayor, and also the messenger of the natural disaster of Ziesta.

"What happened, Cronin, what happened to her, Ceylon?"

"Miss, she...you should take a look at this, it was just received in front of the city hall, and I brought it here untouched."

Herman took a closer look, and saw that it was a piece of letter paper pierced by rose stems. The material of the paper was very high-grade, and the patterns on the corners were full of artistic styles favored by the upper class Victorians.

Herman is very familiar with this kind of paper, because it is a souvenir brought back by his own daughter Ceylon when she returned from studying in Victoria. A stack of them is now quietly lying in his own drawer, and the letter paper in front of him is What is written is also the handwriting of Ceylon.

"Dear Mr. Mayor Siesta:

I'm irresistibly drawn to what's about to happen here, and I've always had a soft spot for wild masterpieces, but...it has a philistine, sleazy set.

Let me cross out some vulgarity for it, and add a thick ink to it. Art must have considerable cruelty in order to achieve excellence.

Black obsidian surges, can the silent singer make noise?The beauty is coming, and the legless dancers are crazy about it!

Looking forward to your admission. "

The endless letter in Herman's hand was as heavy as a catty, every bird feather on his head was trembling, even if he couldn't understand the riddle of the letter with his qualifications, he could still understand it. Two important pieces of information can easily be drawn from this.

First, if this person is not a second child, then he is a complete lunatic.

Second, his precious daughter Ceylon is in his hands, but the ultimate goal of the other party should not be Ceylon, but to force him, the mayor of Siesta, to come forward in person, so Ceylon may be safe or not, it depends. What kind of person is he in the first message.

However, just as Herman was immersed in his anxious thoughts, he didn't notice that the sharp-eyed big lynx was staring at the letter in his hand with a weird expression like an old man looking at his mobile phone.

Then Kelsey poked the waist of Shi Huaiya, who accompanied her as a negotiating assistant, with her elbow calmly, and whispered to Cerebellar Axe with a weak "sound transmission" that almost did not move her lips.

"Where's the doctor?"

"...I don't make it."

The two witnesses of "Jin Moaning Disease" only needed to look at each other, and they immediately realized some kind of great wisdom.

If it wasn't for the doctor's guy getting sick, I would have eaten this blogger on the spot!

Kelsey even began to blame herself. We obviously have the most professional medical team in Terra, how can we let the critically ill patients out for fun?

But in any case, she can only pretend that she doesn't know anything about it. If people ask, just say that our doctor is a penguin.

Back in time, when Kelsey and Shi Huaiya had just set off for the City Hall from the Hermann Hotel where the Rhode Island inspection team stayed, a man wearing a pair of clumsy black-rimmed glasses also came to Xi’an from here. Strangely enough, none of the waiters and other guests remembered anything about him.

It's just the sentence "an ordinary man". If you want to ask him what he looks like, how tall he is, whether his butt is up or not, he won't have any impression.

'Planet Daily Reporter Glasses: The glasses that an alien man usually uses to disguise himself as a native of the planet have a strong camouflage effect. Even photography equipment cannot truly record your identity information. Only the magic detection effect can crack.

This item can provide a chance to spend 1000 standard units to use the skin of "Son of Krypton: Kal-El" once a day for 3 minutes. It will not accumulate when it expires. The matching mechanism is the same as the normal mode. Please use this function with caution. minute hero.

No one is willing to be mediocre, and no one can refuse mediocrity. '

This is a reward for Superman’s skin reaching 80.00% matching. Usually, Qiao Ge will wear it when he is wandering on Longmen Street. The main reason is that passers-by will rush over after recognizing him as the strange man who flew into the vastness of the universe. To give birth to him, or to try his hand at swordsmanship.

A sharp sword, a sharp eye.

Others have also experienced wet bowels, but only I have succeeded.

In fact, he was completely overwhelmed. The footage at that time was not recorded by the equipment, and there were only a group of audiences who "visited the scene" dictated it. The details of human memory are actually very unreliable, and the details of legends are even more unreliable. , but also peel off those croissant swimsuit skins that drunken people have blown beyond the solar system.

Putting it in Yan Kingdom and Longmen, the legend about him has become a strange thing similar to "Erlang God and Xiaotian Dog Fusion Evolution Fights Planet Devourer Parasitized by Symbiote Venom", and his appearance is even more "Brown Shengqing" Feng, eyes like bright stars, nose like hanging gallbladder, lips like fat, his face is comparable to Song Yu, and his appearance is like Pan An."

So even if Qiao Ge goes out without glasses, and points to his face to admit to passers-by that he is Superman, there is a high probability that he will only get a blank stare from the other party, or even a mouthful of spit.

"He~tui! Is your pretty (diao) boy (mao) worthy?"

Although there are still portraits depicting Superman, let’s just describe it this way, even if these portraits of Superman circulating outside are hung in the corridors of Rhodes Island, it is estimated that all the operators, including the doctor himself, will not be able to recognize who the above people are. Who.

Only a few conscience paintings that pay attention to the aesthetics of human body curves can give Linguang a clue.

However, this pair of glasses is really useful when used as a spy to infiltrate and hide his identity. Jogo will never admit that it can be used for other purposes, but this time his action without telling Kelsey is not to spy on Zista. trade secrets, but to ensure that Rhodes Island's business cooperation will not be obstructed.

Don't ask him how he knew someone was going to make trouble, this is also the reason why he couldn't tell Kelsey the plan in advance, because it can't be explained, so let's just think it was him who bumped into it by mistake on the way to "fall ill".

"Hiss~~~~ Well, the slightly drunk climate in summer coupled with the salty sea breeze that makes people lose their minds is really a good place for artistic inspiration. No wonder even a singer who doesn't take an unusual path like the Great Emperor will come. Participate in the Obsidian Festival at Kiesta."

The "sea" of Kiesta is actually an inland lake, but it is said that there is a natural tunnel leading to the sea at the bottom of the lake, and there may be some strange sea creatures in the lake that make the Agor people creepy, so it is regarded as a seaside city. It is also barely acceptable.

Just as he was greedily absorbing the fragrance in the air that seemed to be found in Skadi's bed, Jogo suddenly saw a pair of master and servant approaching a street cafe, a pink-haired young lady holding a parasol, and a A long-legged black cat with white fur and hot pants.

A strange light flashed across his glasses.

"Ah, a great show is always composed by 99% talent and 1% extraordinary coincidence. I guarantee you will be moved to tears when they find you, Miss Ceylon of Sesta, Just let our show..."

"Huh?"

"No! That's not what I'm going to say... Darling, next time when I'm speaking, please restrain your talent. At least don't add strange endings to me."

"Whoa!"

"Well, no one here can understand what you're talking about anyway, so I'll buy you a toy later, remember to keep it a secret from your mother Kelsey."

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"Miss, you just came back from Victoria not long ago, why don't you spend more time with the master at home? The Obsidian Music Festival will be held soon, and the flow of people outside is more complicated than usual, so it's not suitable for Miss to go out."

The person with a silver ponytail and a pure black film tail behind her is Hei, the bodyguard of the Dolkos family, a species of black panther. She has been arranged by Herman as Ceylon's personal bodyguard and nanny since she was 12 years old. , Ceylon was only 3 years old at the time.

Even during this period, Hei would still carry out Herman's various tasks, most of which were murders that he had to do for the safety of Kiesta. It can be seen that Hei was a highly skilled killer at a young age, which was different from her 12 years old. related to previous experiences.

Hei was born into a wealthy family of gem merchants, but was later deceived by a fraud gang with origin stones disguised as gems. Hei's family was eventually killed by this gang, and Hei was infected with the origin stone disease, and then sold to The slave market is bought by a band of mercenaries and bred to be a deadly child killer who won't put his targets off guard.

Until the day when Herman was selected by the mercenary group as the target of the black, by chance, Herman persuaded the black to become his subordinate instead, and the black helped Herman wipe out the mercenary group, and Herman also followed The gangsters found the family gang that ruined her family.

Of course, none of the family members of this fraud gang escaped, and all died under the crossbow arrows of Hei Yiren. Does this plot sound familiar?Sicilians call themselves experts!

All in all, Hei, who got his revenge, has nothing to worry about, and starts to concentrate on assisting Herman and taking care of Miss Ceylon. Although Ceylon also has a typical eldest lady's arrogant temper, she only treats Hei as close as a family member. It gave Hei the warmest and most precious emotional comfort in his life.

Therefore, the safety of Ceylon is what Hei cares most about, far more than her own life.

"It's not as exaggerated as you said, Hei, this is my home. Wouldn't it be absurd not to be able to stroll freely at home? And I have already planned the next series of origin stone geological exploration work. If you have doubts about the submitted volcano report, how can you rest assured if you don’t check it yourself?

But... Now it is more important to have a cup of coffee with the taste of hometown first. This is here, the Robin Cafe, we used to come together before going to Victoria, remember? "

"Of course I remember, Miss, wait a minute, Miss..."

Hei looked helplessly at Ceylon, who was immersed in nostalgia, and pushed the door into the cafe without even saying hello. Although Herman gave Hei the power to control Ceylon, and Ceylon has listened to Hei since childhood, But Hei, the cold-faced killer in the mission, couldn't help but instinctively pamper her.

To put it bluntly, the current passive security situation is also created by Hei himself. She has no choice but to follow Ceylon into the door together. If she can't dissuade her, she must at least provide personal protection at any time.

At the moment when the door was pushed open, the familiar aroma of coffee and a strange scent of flowers wafted into Hei's nose, just like in memory, but the elegant and tense music style like an opera performance had never been heard before. .

However, I heard that the original old shop owner has passed the shop to his son, and Heizhi is the new shop owner's taste in music.

"Welcome to my opening ceremony, two beautiful ladies, my lord... have been waiting for a long time."

Hei was the first to notice something was wrong in the cafe, because except for the piece that the man sitting in front of the piano was playing, every detail here was exactly the same as in her memory, even a little trace of the change of time Nothing at all, as if it appeared in her dream.

This can't exist in reality. Hei himself doesn't like petty bourgeois places like cafes. He only visits them when he's with his young lady. Therefore, during the years when Ceylon went to study in Victoria, Hei never visited again. Bird Café.