The stars, but they become the gray wind

"Pfft! Two large... two large suitcases? Are you sure you got the number right?" Dorothy was so scared when she heard the number that she spat out the tea she had just drunk.

"It's confirmed. There are indeed two large boxes. According to the intelligence we've gathered so far, the guy exchanged some of the gold for at least £150,000, deposited most of the gold in the bank, and transferred £100,000 of it to the Atlas Company account."

"Let's not even mention that it's unusual for one person to possess such a large amount of gold. There are only a handful of wealthy people in the world who own this amount of gold. Not to mention that this guy arrogantly brought two large boxes of gold to the bank and exchanged them for a huge sum of at least 15 pounds. This behavior itself is quite suspicious, as if he was deliberately trying to attract attention.

"What's even more suspicious is that there's no information about this Carlisle and another business partner, Yuuki. No birth information, no record of any work experience, and no customs entry or exit records. It's as if these two people appeared out of thin air."

"Even if a spy forges an identity, they will try their best to create a fake identity with a complete life experience."

"And there's no clue or identity information for these two people. There's no doubt that these two people named Kalisi and Yuuki are full of weirdness and irrationality. They may not be spies at all."

Anjie commented to the two of them with great caution.

Beata, the princess's maid, became nervous and said in a panic, "That guy approached the princess, is he planning to do something dangerous?"

"I'm not sure, but these two guys are definitely not just ordinary spies."

(I'll check it out tomorrow and post one or two more)

Chapter 36 All Exposed?

Just when Anjie and the others decided to sneak into the villa that Carlisle bought in the center of London as Atlas' London office to look for clues because their investigation into Carlisle's identity had yielded no results, a two-dimensional portal with green hexagonal patterns suddenly appeared in the club room of Queen's School Mayfair, which was used by several people as the base of the spy team. Carlisle, with bright green eyes and strange green patterns on her facial skin like integrated circuits, calmly walked into the room through the portal.

"Is this the base most often used by those beautiful girl spies in the original work? They look exactly the same."

Carlisle walked around the room casually, and from time to time out of curiosity she picked up and examined the exquisitely crafted spy equipment and tools stored in the room. When she walked to the blackboard fixed on the wall, Carlisle skillfully found the hidden mechanism on the blackboard. As the mechanism was activated, the seemingly ordinary blackboard on the wall flipped to the back, revealing a row of weapon racks hidden on the back.

Looking at the weapons rack on the back of the blackboard, which contained many weapons in the style of the early 20th century before World War I, Carlisle showed a nostalgic expression.

"Webley MKVI revolver, Mauser C96, Lee-Enfield SMLE bolt-action rifle, MAS1892 revolver, Winchester lever-action rifle, and even Gew98 bolt-action rifle. Moreover, they look like original German-made products. If those antique gun collectors in the 21st century saw this, they would probably be excited to the sky, right?" Carlisle muttered as she looked at the weapon rack in front of her, which looked like a complete collection of firearms before World War I.

"Forget it, I've seen enough, touched enough, it's time to get down to business."

Carlisle flipped the weapons rack in front of her back to its camouflaged blackboard side, then pulled out a folded invitation from her coat pocket and placed it on the most conspicuous coffee table in the room.

"Alright, the letter has been delivered. Now let's see how Charlotte and Miss Angel will react."

After taking a final look at the invitation placed on the coffee table, Kalisi turned and walked into the green portal that had not yet closed. The portal quickly closed a few seconds after Kalisi passed through, and this small spy base returned to its former tranquility.

(1) Lin Yiqi Si V Jiusi Ju

After their investigation into Atlas's villa in central London also yielded nothing, the Principal Spy Team decided to return to their base in the school's club room.

As Ange, the leader, opened the door to the activity room and stepped inside, she suddenly raised her hand to stop Dorothy, who had followed her into the room. "Wait... Dorothy, something's happening," she said.

"What's wrong, Anjie?"

"Something in the room has been tampered with. Someone broke into our base while we were away."

Hearing Angel's words, Dorothy became alert instantly. She pulled out the revolver hidden at her waist and slowly entered the house with Angel, who also took out the revolver, to prevent someone from hiding in the house and attacking her.

.........

After confirming that no one was in the house, several people conducted a detailed inspection and inventory of the entire base. They found that no important information was lost or stolen, and no time bombs or other things were installed in the house. Only then did the Principal people feel relieved and check the invitation letter placed on the coffee table, which was the first thing they noticed during the inventory.

Anjie opened the invitation letter, glanced at the content, and frowned silently.

"Angie, what does it say?"

Dorothy asked curiously.

"We've been exposed. Not only has our infiltration into the villa been exposed, but our identities as Republic spies have also been exposed. Even my impersonation of the princess has been exposed. As for the person who broke into our base, it's most likely the Kalisi we met before. You'll understand for yourself."

Angel handed the invitation to Dorothy, and Dorothy read the contents of the invitation word by word to the others.

"I'm sure the Principal spies had a blast infiltrating my newly purchased villa, didn't they? I've also had a blast looking around your base. I have to say, you're truly professional spies for the Republic. I'm also very impressed by your cooperation and friendship with Princess Charlotte. I also found Miss Anjie impersonating Princess Charlotte and exchanging identities particularly amusing. Let me be clear, I'm not from either the Kingdom or the Republic. I simply want to make friends with you, so I cordially invite all of you to my villa for lunch tomorrow at 12 noon. I hope you can make it in time. As for your attire for the banquet, please feel free to choose. I wouldn't mind if you came fully armed!!"

At the end of the invitation, there was even a mischievous smiley face with its tongue sticking out.

"........."

"........."

After listening to the contents of the invitation letter read out by Rolosi, both Princess Charlotte, Beat and Chise frowned silently.

It was Beat who finally broke the silence.

"Well...well...our identities have all been exposed. What should we do next?"

"Tsk... It's so frustrating to reveal all our identities to a guy whose background we have no idea about. All our information and identities are exposed, but we don't even know where the other party comes from. It's too infuriating." Dorothy slammed the table in annoyance.

"That girl named Carlisle specifically stated in this letter that she is neither from the Republic nor the Kingdom. She even blatantly asked a group of us spies to have lunch with her fully armed? What on earth is this girl thinking?" Qianshi asked, looking at the invitation letter placed in front of everyone.

"Perhaps she felt she had caught us as spies and thought we wouldn't dare to kill her?"

"No, I think it's more likely that the guy has some ability or intelligence that he absolutely doesn't worry about us trying to silence him."

Angel spoke calmly to the others, but her eyes, like Charlotte beside her, were fixed on the word "identity exchange" in the invitation. It was as if the word had been traced over several times with a pen, with the ink marks on the word deliberately emphasized.

This behavior is as if the person who wrote this invitation letter deliberately reminded certain people that he knows some unknown secrets.

After noticing that Dorothy and Chise hadn't noticed the deliberately emphasized "exchange of identities" on the invitation, Anjie secretly winked at Charlotte and continued to say to everyone, "I'm going to accept this girl's invitation and see what she's up to."

Dorothy was stunned when she heard Anjie's decision.

"Hey, Anjie, are you kidding me? You're still going there on your own initiative when that guy knows everything about us?"

"Because she knows everything about us, it's even more necessary for us to find out what that girl named Carlisle is up to and what her true background is. I also have some other things to ask her."

Chapter 37: Calici is fed lesbian dog food

Oh, something else? What?

"It's just some personal things." Anjie brushed off Dorothy's group flirting and the fact that Jiu Wulin was Ling.

"So, that guy was able to sneak into our base quietly and knew all the details about all of us. Should we still go under such an extremely unfavorable situation?" Dorothy was obviously still a little worried about this invitation which was very likely to be a "Hongmen Banquet".

"Since our investigation into her has yielded nothing, and the other party knows everything about us, if we want to obtain useful intelligence and gain an advantage, the only option is to confront that guy head-on, right?"

"Ah... in the end... after all, we have no choice at all?" Dorothy sighed, holding her forehead.

"Right now, it seems this is the only option." Anjie analyzed it very calmly.

"In that case, even if this invitation is very likely a trap, we have no choice but to face it head-on. Princess, Chise, and Beat, what do you think?"

"Since the other party has taken the initiative to invite me, it would be impolite not to respond. I'll trouble you to protect me then, Anjie." Charlotte smiled and agreed to her lover's plan.

"Your Highness! This is very dangerous. That girl named Carlisle knows everything about us. What if she wants to hurt Your Highness?" Beatrice reminded Charlotte impatiently when she saw that she was easily persuaded by Angel.

"Don't worry, Beato, I'll be careful. Besides, Ange is here."

"But...but Princess...uh?"

Just as Beat was about to continue to refute, he suddenly felt a warmth on his head. Charlotte raised her right hand and gently rubbed Beat's hair. Beat was shocked by Charlotte's behavior and his cheeks turned red. He could not say anything to object.

"I also think Anjie's suggestion makes sense. In this situation, perhaps facing the other party directly is the best option." Qianshi, who had been standing by thoughtfully, also chose to support Anjie's idea.

"Alas... there's really nothing I can do about you guys, so I have no choice but to join in..." Dorothy sighed with a helpless look on her face.

.........

After some discussion, several members of the Principal team developed a preliminary plan to deal with tomorrow's banquet, which might be a Hongmen Banquet.

"When the time comes, we'll bring our weapons and equipment. I'll drive, taking the princess and Ange in through the main gate. Chise and Beata, you two will hide on the rooftop opposite the villa and help us keep watch. If the other side makes any unusual movements in the villa's courtyard, signal us immediately." Dorothy summarized the preliminary plan to everyone.

"If they show any ill will towards us, I will take the princess and Dorothy and evacuate from the second-floor balcony as quickly as possible using the C-ball. You will be responsible for meeting us on the opposite roof."

Anjie added the part where she was responsible.

"Since the families of the Nine-Year-Old Five Umbrellas and the Yiyi Family have no objections, then we will proceed according to the plan."

As the sun rose overhead the next day, the midday sunlight penetrated the foggy air of London, and a steam-powered car sped through the streets towards the villa in the center of London.

In the car was Dorothy sitting in the driver's seat, driving the car, and Angel sitting in the passenger seat was wearing his spy outfit with a top hat and a pistol hidden on his waist. In the back seat of the steam car was Princess Charlotte, wearing a black dress and a black veil.

On the rooftop opposite the villa in the city center with the sign of Atlas London branch, Chise and Beat, who had been waiting here early, were lying on the rooftop and using binoculars to observe the villa opposite.

"It's so strange. If they said they were going to invite the princess to lunch, why is there no smoke from cooking in this villa yet? Could it be that that guy named Carlisle really wants to do something bad to Her Royal Highness the Princess and the others?" Beat, who was lying on the roof, moved the telescope away and said with some worry.

"Shh, keep your voice down. Although we haven't seen any ambush in the villa so far, we still need to keep on watching." Chiseya moved the telescope away from his eyes and reminded Beat.

"Oh, I see... Ah! The princess and her family's car has arrived!" Looking at the familiar car parked steadily at the main entrance of the villa, Beat hurriedly raised the telescope again and continued to pay attention to the movements inside the villa.

.........

Angel and Dorothy parked the car in front of the main gate of the villa. Before getting out of the car, they checked the status of their guns to make sure they were ready to shoot at any time. Angel touched the C ball in her pocket to make sure she could use it to escape with the other two if necessary.

Anjie got out of the car, opened the back door, stretched out her right hand to hold Princess Charlotte's hand and politely helped her out of the car. Charlotte smiled warmly in response to her. The entire scene was faithfully recorded by a stealth drone that was hovering less than ten meters above their heads.

.........

"Haha, this really makes people... a little... envious."

Meanwhile, inside the house, looking at the real-time images of Ange and the princess transmitted by the drone in the holographic field of view, Carissa, who was sitting on the sofa, smiled like an aunt who had been fed dog food.

Chapter 38 Riddler Kalisi

Angel took Charlotte's hand and walked to the gate of the villa yard. Just as Angel reached out to press the doorbell, there was a "click" and the iron gate of the yard slowly opened by itself. Seeing this, Angel winked at Dorothy behind her. Dorothy understood and raised her hand to the holster at her waist, so that she could draw her gun and shoot immediately if there was any danger.

The three of them stepped into the gate cautiously, looked to both sides, and only dared to continue moving towards the villa after confirming that there was no ambush in the villa yard. In front of them, the main door of the villa was also wide open, as if actively inviting them in.

As experienced spies, Ange and Dorothy walked to the front door and made a detailed inspection to confirm that there were no trip mines or the like near the door. Then Ange gestured to Charlotte who was not far behind her and Chise and Beat who were observing the place from the roof opposite, indicating that it was safe here.

After the three of them carefully stepped through the door and entered the house, they suddenly heard footsteps from the second floor. Then, a girl with long purple hair and wearing a loose purple and black coat, who was very familiar to Anjie and the others, walked down the stairs slowly and gave them a smile that seemed very meaningful.

"Welcome, Miss Angele le Carré, Princess Charlotte, and Miss Dorothy MacEwan, to the Atlas office in London."

As Anjie looked at Carlisle, she noticed that the purple-haired girl in front of her still had the white bandage she had applied a day ago wrapped around her left knee.

"Ah... So Miss Anjie is really concerned about this? Speaking of which, I want to thank you very much for bandaging me."

Noticing that Anjie was staring at her left leg, Carisi said calmly.

Looking at the purple-haired girl in front of her, who exuded an unfathomable aura, Anjie said in an emotionless voice, "Sure enough...was that personality you displayed yesterday just an act?"

"I am indeed acting, yes, but aren't you, Miss Anjie, too? And I really admire your acting skills."

"So what?" Angel continued to answer expressionlessly, but both she and Dorothy had their right hands on the holsters at their waists.

"Ms. Anjie, you don't have to be too cautious with me. Since I said I just wanted to invite you to dinner, it's just dinner."

With that, Carlisle turned around and walked up the stairs, exposing her unprotected back to Ange and Dorothy.

Angela narrowed her eyes and finally put down her hand that was on the pistol grip of the holster at her waist. Angela put her hand behind her back and gestured to Dorothy to remain alert and be ready to draw her gun and shoot at any time.

"Everyone, please follow me. The restaurant is on the second floor. However... considering your familiarity with this place from searching here yesterday, you should be more familiar with the structure of this house than I am, right?"

"Since you know that we are very familiar with the structure of this house, why do you dare to invite us here?"

"Of course, in exchange, didn't I also take a good tour of your base? In a sense, we are even, and I also saw a lot of interesting things in your base. By the way, I really like that gun rack hidden in the wall." As she said this, Carlisle turned around and gave Anjie a pleasant smile.

"You've seen our base and know our identity as spies, yet you still take the initiative to invite us to come fully armed with weapons. Aren't you afraid that we will kill you and silence you?" Angel followed Carisi up the stairs and said in a threatening tone.

"Well... actually, I don't have any ill will towards you, Miss Anjie. I just want to make friends. Besides... since I dared you to come to the appointment fully armed, I naturally have the confidence to retreat unscathed."

Facing Ange's threat, Carlisle replied without panic.

"Oh? I'm curious what kind of confidence you have to ensure you can escape unscathed."

"For example... I also know about the story about you two that the deceased Captain Winston knew... 'Your Highnesses, Princesses'. I have to say, that's a very interesting story indeed."

"???" A hint of shock appeared on Anjie's calm face, but she quickly regained her composure.

"How did you know that?" Angel glanced at Dolores who was following Charlotte, and lowered her voice to ask Calisi who had a playful expression on her face.

"Why I know this is not important. I have my own information channels. However, dear Ms. Angel, you don't want the secret of your past with Charlotte to be leaked, right?"

"What do you want to do?" Angel's vigilance instantly reached the highest point, and her hand touched the holster at her waist again.

"Haha, just kidding! Don't worry, Miss Angel, I have no intention of using this incident as a handle to blackmail you two. On the contrary, I sympathize with your past." Carlisle narrowed one eye and conveyed a friendly look to Angel.

"Then how did you know this? Theoretically, the only people who knew about this should be me, Charlotte, and the deceased Captain Winston. How could an outsider like you possibly know this... Could it be that Captain Winston had told this story before he died..."

"How could you possibly know this secret that only people related to the royal family know?"

"As for Captain Winston, you don't have to doubt his loyalty. He never revealed a single detail about the incident between you and Charlotte until his death. You could even say he was extremely loyal to you two."

"If it's not Winston, then how could you... possibly..."

"Don't worry, I have no intention of using this matter to blackmail you two, so you don't have to delve too deeply into how I knew about this."

"The key point now is that, as the two parties involved, I will provide you, Miss Anjie, and Princess Charlotte with a choice."

"Choice? What choice?" Looking at Calisi who was like a riddle man in front of her, Angel frowned.

"A choice that leads to a better future, a choice that is absolutely worth it, Ms. Anjie. ????"

Carlisle narrowed one eye and put her index finger to her lips, giving Ange an ambiguous riddle.