Zero Zone, a random Kamen Rider at 4am

"OK, from now on we are also protected by the sheriff."

Ling waved to Mo Xuan and said, after watching him leave, Lingmei came to the stairs and looked up. A gray-haired young man was standing there, and he was not resting as she said.

"It's confirmed. The one who took out Dullahan was probably the Sheriff's Bureau's Criminal Investigation Special Task Force."

Ling nodded to her brother and said, if Mo Xuan heard this, he would definitely be very surprised, because the people who knew that Dullahan appeared were nothing more than the special service team and those cave thieves. Ling was not from the Sheriff's Bureau, so her hidden identity was almost about to be revealed.

"This is going to be difficult. If the special forces get involved, it will be much more difficult for us to find the box."

Zhe said that they were the helpers who helped the two people in the cave escape before, and their commission is still in progress. The stolen goods that Zhu Yuan mentioned are exactly the mission target of the brother and sister.

"Luckily, the space inside the cave is constantly changing, and the position of the box is also shifting. The good news is that the special forces have already gone off duty. We can take advantage of this time to have Nicole and the others enter the cave and take it down in one fell swoop."

Ling said with a relaxed expression. She didn't want to meet with the special forces at all, especially Zhu Yuan. She subconsciously thought that it was Zhu Yuan who easily dealt with the powerful Dulahan. If she and her brother faced such a person, they would be kicked to pieces.

So Ling, in a good mood, shouted out their family slogan.

"We are the legendary rope maker Phaethon... Ugh!"

"Don't keep shouting slogans like that. Walls have ears."

Zhe helplessly covered his silly sister's mouth and said that although the video store was their safe house, it was also open to the public. If someone came in, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“Except for the newcomers, no one in Liufen Street doesn’t know that we are rope makers.”

Ling opened her hand from her mouth and said casually, if it weren't for the fact that everyone knew about it, she wouldn't have shouted such a slogan.

Zhe suddenly felt as if the walls had eyes instead of ears. He turned around and looked towards the front door of his house, only to see Mo Xuan coming back with the videotape box in his hand. It seemed that he had forgotten something.

"A woman from Er, a legendary rope maker."

Mo Xuan greeted them politely in his hometown dialect, and the brother and sister were petrified on the spot. Although she was a legendary rope maker, the sister didn't look very smart.

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Chapter 21 Severe Humiliation

A moment later, Mo Xuan was invited into the screening room on the first floor. This was where the brother and sister usually watched videotapes. It was a private screening room with some snacks and drinks, as well as a computer with a frightening number of monitors. It created an atmosphere of both life and work.

"The Ropemaker, a long-time target of the Public Security Bureau, specializes in using certain electronic items to gain advantages within the caves. He often collaborates with cave thieves and is a major threat to New Eridu."

Mo Xuan took a sip of the tea handed to him by Ling and said, "This tea is good, or rather very good. Mo Xuan usually can't afford to drink it himself, so this is a kind of hush money, and he is happy to accept it."

"Brother Mo Xuan, you wouldn't believe that kind of official statement, ahahahaha."

Ling smiled awkwardly. This was all caused by her slip of the tongue, and she could only accept it now.

"My female boss really hates people like you. If she were here, you would be in the police car now."

Mo Xuan said this on purpose to scare Ling so that she wouldn't call him "movie guy" again in the future. He really doesn't watch movies.

"Since you didn't arrest us, it means there's still hope."

Zhe asked his silly sister to stay aside while he talked to Mo Xuan. The one who was in charge here was naturally the older brother, who knew better how to deal with bad guys.

"What are you turning?" Mo Xuan asked.

"Uh...wiggle room."

Zhe was choked by his own words. Facing the curious look of his sister beside him, he simply held her head and asked her to stay aside again.

"I just have one question. Have you ever hurt anyone?"

Mo Xuan was actually not interested in Ling and Zhe's side jobs, and he had never thought of arresting them and sending them to jail. However, some things still needed to be confirmed. If they were the kind of rope makers who harmed people, they had to be brought to justice.

"Of course not. We are good people. We often help lost cave robbers find the exit of the cave. How could we possibly harm others?"

Ling said with a little excitement that she hated those rope makers who did bad things the most. They ruined the reputation of rope makers and made all rope makers become the target of public condemnation. No matter whether they did good or bad things, they were all bad guys in the eyes of the Public Security Bureau.

"That's good. I believe you."

Mo Xuan nodded and said that although he had no evidence, Ling and Zhe did not look like bad people. Mo Xuan was not a detective and could not tell whether they were good or bad, so he made the decision according to his own code of conduct.

"Oh, that's it? You're not going to arrest us anymore?"

Ling had prepared many speeches, but Mo Xuan just stopped her, which made her very uncomfortable.

"You haven't broken any laws, why should I arrest you? I want to arrest those rope makers who exploit the Internet and empty loopholes to do bad things."

Mo Xuan said calmly that he was just lucky to have run into the secret of the brother and sister this time, and there was no need for him to kill them all. Mo Xuan also believed that they helped the cave thieves.

It is illegal to rob holes, but Mo Xuan is an Earthling. He does not think that all hole robbers are bad people. There are people who have to rob holes to make a living. He cannot simply condemn them. The holes are there, and there is no saying who they belong to. He will only catch those hole robbers who harm humans.

"No, no, according to the plot of the movie, you should either ask for hush money or take a beautiful girl like me back to your home and humiliate me a hundred times, turning me into... mmmmm."

Ling shook her hand and said, and Zhe went over and covered her mouth to prevent her from saying anything restricted.

For some reason, Mo Xuan felt that Ling seemed to be looking forward to such a development. This girl looked like a masochist.

"My sister usually watches too many movies, please be considerate."

Zhe said helplessly that although there were no restricted films here, there were borderline film reviews. If you watched too many films, your thinking would inevitably become perverted, especially those in the bizarre series.

"Now I've solved a mystery. It turns out the video store is just a sideline for you. You have a main business. No wonder you haven't starved to death yet."

Mo Xuan was amused by Ling's strange appearance. He said this with a smile, looking relieved.

"Pfft, ha, what do you mean, is our video store business so bad?"

Ling took Zhe's hand away from her mouth and said unconvincedly.

"Who was the previous tenant of your store?" Mo Xuan asked.

"you."

"What about the one before that?"

"still you."

Ling's momentum seemed a little weak. She thought about it and realized that in the past month, the only person who rented videotapes was Mo Xuan, and the others had disappeared like ghosts.

"In fact, business is only a little bit worse. It's because people in Liufen Street don't go to the movies."

Ling raised her right hand somewhat awkwardly, leaving a small distance between her index finger and thumb, and said, this was her last act of stubbornness.

"Mo Xuan, I know you're a good person, so please keep this matter a secret. In return, if you run into trouble in the Hollow in the future, you can always ask us for help. We'll give you a 50% discount."

Zhe knew that Mo Xuan really intended to pretend nothing happened, and he was still very touched. Apart from the dealings in leasing, they were actually not very familiar with Mo Xuan. His silly sister always told Mo Xuan embarrassing stories when he came to do business, so Zhe was also very understanding.

"Yes, I will. I just didn't expect that the legendary rope maker Phaethon would be you two siblings. You're on the Sheriff's wanted list, the kind that can't be removed even with a shovel."

Mo Xuan calmly accepted the bribe. Although the Public Security Bureau's "carrot" procedure was very good and would not let them get lost in the void, who wouldn't be afraid of the unexpected? The title of legendary rope maker was not for show. If there were any difficulties in the future that the Public Security Bureau could not solve, wouldn't it be another option to find them?

"Eh? Can I hit you?"

Ling said with a cute smile, raising her little fist. Mo Xuan raised his right arm to show her the arm muscles wrapped in the tight combat suit. Ling gave up consciously. She felt that Mo Xuan could kill two of her with one punch.

Chapter 22: Speaking of Local Dialect

"You said before that almost everyone in Liufen Street knew your identities. Are you really that united? No one reported you."

Mo Xuan thought of Ling's previous boasting, which made him a little curious. He thought that Phaethon was a highly confidential existence, but he didn't expect that all the neighbors knew about it, but he was the only one who didn't know.

"Well, everyone actually has some side jobs, you'll find out later."

Zhe said a little embarrassedly, and Mo Xuan almost understood what it meant, that is, everyone has a dirty background, either cooperate with each other or die together. Of course, no one would be so desperate as to report it. The entire Liufen Street is a place with simple folk customs, many talented people, and harmonious neighbors.

"There's an old saying in my hometown: 'A red flower becomes redder if it's close to a red flower, and a black flower becomes blacker if it's close to a black flower.' It's absolutely true."

Mo Xuan sighed and said, don't look at his surname Mo, in fact, he is getting closer and closer to red by following Zhu Yuan. As for this pair of wild brother and sister, they are really black.

"I have another question. Do you think I'm from Liufen Street?"

Mo Xuan turned and asked, he knew very well that he was a stranger who suddenly appeared in Liufen Street, but no one here had ever asked him where he came from, which was very strange.

"Isn't it?" Ling asked back.

"I'm a new resident, and I don't know as much about Liufen Street as the Public Security Bureau does."

"Oh, you're a newcomer, so why do we feel like you're just an ordinary neighbor? That's why I wasn't on guard against you during our previous conversation."

Ling thought about it and felt like she had discovered a blind spot. Mo Xuan was obviously new, but she didn't take it seriously at all and had ignored his identity from the beginning. Now that he brought it up himself, Lingmei remembered it.

"Don't blame your own stupidity on metaphysics." Zhe complained to his sister.

"So, isn't that right? It seems like he should be on Liufen Street."

"It seems so. Maybe Mo Xuan has a kind face. He is a good man who is not bound by rules and sticks to the justice in his heart."

Zhe nodded and said that there was a reason why he said Mo Xuan was a good person. As a person from the enemy camp, it was commendable that he was willing to sit down and listen to the rope craftsman's sophistry. He believed that they had not committed any crime even without any evidence, and went to the cave during the day to deal with those dangerous corpses. Any of these points deserved Zhe's serious praise.

"I love to hear that. Say it more."

Mo Xuan leaned back on the sofa with an expression of enjoyment. He was not a saint who had no desires. Of course he could bear the praise and felt very comfortable.

"Your skin is so thick it can be used as a shoe sole." Ling complained in a low voice.

"Phaethon, you don't want the Public Security Bureau to know your true identity, do you?"

Mo Xuan looked at Ling and said to her with a meaningful smile. Ling's scalp was tingling. Is this the good person my brother talked about? Okay? Now Ling can no longer write this word properly.

"This... this handsome sheriff, I've never admired anyone in my life more than a hero like you who is willing to risk his life for the citizens. My admiration for you is as endless as the underground etheric energy pipelines, and as unstoppable as the expansion of the void."

The reluctance on Ling's face quickly disappeared, and turned into an almost flattering smile as she said to Mo Xuan, "Mo found that she is really talented in flattery, and I really want to take a notebook to write it down and tell Qingyi later."

"Alright, do whatever you want from now on. Just don't do anything to hurt others. I'm leaving now."

After Mo Xuan had enjoyed himself enough, he stood up and said, and before leaving, he drank all the tea in the cup without leaving a drop.

"Wait a minute, why did you come back so suddenly?"

Ling asked the key question. If Mo Xuan hadn't come back suddenly, would she have said these nonsense against her conscience? You have to know that these words were all thanks to her from those tunnel-diving team before.

"This movie is called Jaws. I bought episodes 1 and 3, but I realized I still have episode 2. I want to buy it and watch it together."

Mo Xuan took out the videotape he had rented before and said, if 3 were missing it wouldn't matter, but 1 is missing between 3 and 2, who with obsessive compulsive disorder can tolerate it.

"I hate Jaws!"

Ling said hatefully that after she found 2 for him, she was not in the mood to collect money and sent Mo Xuan away like a plague god.

"It's a good thing he knows. Otherwise, we'd still be worried about a sheriff living on Sixth Street."

Zhe smiled and comforted his unhappy sister. After all, many people knew their identities and they were all neighbors on Liufen Street, so the psychological pressure was not that great.

"Just wait, don't let me catch him."

Ling clenched her fists and said, if Mo Xuan didn't insult her severely today, she would insult Mo Xuan severely next time and let him know what it felt like to be threatened.

After returning home, Mo Xuan started exercising every day. His previous injuries have completely healed. He suspects that it is not only his own durability, but also the power of the knight that is helping him repair his body. Netizens jokingly say that the belt is krypton's life. Maybe the belt also feels that if it continues to krypton Mo Xuan, the only host will die and they will die together. As a community of shared destiny, of course they still have to take care of him.

While exercising, Mo Xuan listened to the screams coming from the TV. After watching the whole movie, he found that the best acting was done by Jaws, and commented that it was too exaggerated.

"Substitute, thank you for your hard work today."

Mo Xuan said to his stand-in Bu who was working out with him, that when he used its ability for the first time, he found it was really useful. It was a mixture of electrical energy and ether energy. When it entered the void, it was surrounded by ether energy, and it could even replenish itself. Until now, Mo Xuan still couldn't believe that such a powerful Bomb was created by himself. He could only say that the genius form was really awesome.

"Oh!"

The substitute's voice was still as sonorous and powerful. After shouting, he made a bodybuilding pose, indicating that there was no problem at all.

"But I can't pass out every time. Next time, you might be the one to replace me and sneak into the team. Be careful not to get caught."

Mo Xuan sighed and said, the trick of pretending to be dead should not be used too many times, otherwise it will be discovered sooner or later. The mimicry ability of the substitute cloth should be used well, just like the alien insects in the world of Jiadou. There is no problem with mimicry, but people close to you can see the abnormality at a glance. It is best to be a ruthless person without emotions, but Mo Xuan can't do it. His female boss is so good, how could she be emotionless.

next day

When Mo Xuan woke up from his sleep, the first thing he did was to open the blind box. To be honest, it was quite fun to get a random belt every day. No one knew what the belt would be that day.

No belt appeared today, and Mo Xuan was stunned for a moment. You know, no matter whether the belt is hidden around him or not, it will always be materialized when it first appears. But today he didn't have a belt in his hand, only a card box.

"It turns out to be you."

Mo Xuan quickly understood the key. He picked up the card box and looked at the exquisite dragon seal on it with a smile on his face. After getting up, he went to the floor-length mirror at home and looked inward. There was only one difference in the mirror, that is, he had a metal belt hanging around his waist, and the card slot in the middle of the belt was just enough to insert the card box in his hand.

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