I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

my home……

I……

In the end, they all discovered that their masters were actually the ministers' men.

No matter who goes in, the information about Asuna will eventually reach Minister Ernest's dinner table. However, whoever can convey this news to the minister will definitely be appreciated by him. If not, he can save twenty years of hard work and become a high-ranking official in the empire!

When these people thought about the future prospects of their master and their own status in his heart, they refused to give in anymore!

"Let's go in together!"

Finally, they expressed their choice in unison.

Anyway, with the strength of the masked general, he must have discovered them long ago, and if the stalemate continues, some extremely crucial information might be missed. Instead of fighting over this matter, it is better to go in together and face it honestly!

That way, it would be fair to everyone present.

Moreover, even if they are beaten out by Asuna, they will not be the ones to be beaten. After all, they are the commanders!

Finally, the guys blocking the intersection had no choice but to grit their teeth and walk into the bookstore that Asuna had entered...

53 Lubbock: Am I exposed?

"It's rare to find a bookstore in the imperial capital."

When Asuna walked into the alley, she looked around the alley where the bookstore was located and talked to herself.

Before Minister Ernest took over power, it would not have been so unusual to have a few bookstores and libraries in the imperial capital.

However, when the minister came to power, these libraries and bookstores that could not provide him with benefits or even enlighten the people and affect the minister's rule basically closed down for various reasons.

Some of them were because the owner behind the bookstore was a subordinate of Minister Ernest, so they took the initiative to close the bookstore and put the books inside into their own mansions as their own collection and heritage.

Some bookstores, whether privately or officially established, that are larger in scale will be hit by attacks from all walks of life, making it impossible for them to continue operating and they will be forced to close.

Asuna had no idea how many dark means were involved.

After all, it had been five years since the minister took office, and Asuna at that time had no time to send spies to the imperial capital to collect information from all parties.

Therefore, even Asuna did not know the detailed reasons for the closure of major bookstores at that time, but it was likely that the minister and his subordinates' style of doing things would not be very upright.

Under such circumstances, even large bookstores have closed down one after another, and it has become even more difficult for small privately-run bookstores to survive.

They don't have any big background behind them, and no one supports them, so naturally they can't last long in this "book banning" campaign.

In addition, if they continued to insist, their own lives and the lives of their families might be threatened. Over time, bookstores in the imperial capital began to close down one after another.

Those who change jobs quickly can at least continue to live.

Those who try hard to maintain their own bookstores are often hit and attacked by the dark forces of the imperial capital. They are the ones who suffer the most.

And now, Asuna's crowdfunding group 4⑤6127940 actually found a bookstore right under the nose of the imperial capital ruled by the ministers?

This is really magical.

Maybe it's because a lot of time has passed, and they can't extort much money from the bookstore, so those thugs are too lazy to target him?

While marveling at the good fortune of this bookstore, Asuna had already arrived at the door of this shabby-looking small bookstore.

Ding bell~

A crisp bell rang from above the door.

"Is anyone here?"

Asuna pushed the door open and asked, lowering her voice.

"..."

The only response she got was silence.

"Is there no one?"

Asuna murmured softly, then looked towards the interior of the small bookstore.

This bookstore is just like its appearance. Not only the interior decoration is a bit old, but even its narrowness perfectly inherits the word "small".

However, although this bookstore looks a bit small and the books are even placed in a mess, if you look closely, you will find that they are placed in a certain order.

It seems that someone has specially classified them and arranged them one by one according to the contents of the book.

The reason why some books are piled on the tables or chairs is simply because this bookstore is too small.

There is simply no room for so many bookshelves in this cramped little room.

The owner of the bookstore can only place the books on the table in the order they have been classified.

"I almost thought the owner of this bookstore wanted to sell these books as waste paper."

Asuna picked up a book and flipped through it carefully. After finding that it was not damaged or improperly protected, she put it back to its original place.

There's no way around it. This bookstore gives people a very sloppy feeling no matter how you look at it. If this were not a store but a small open-air space, it might really become a garbage recycling station or something like that.

“The reading area is quite clean.”

Coming to the desk not far from the bookcase, Asuna took a cup from the tea tray naturally and familiarly, and poured herself a cup of water that was not known how long ago. Anyway, there was no sediment in it.

Soon after Asuna sat down, there were sounds of objects colliding and several cries of pain from inside the bookstore, which seemed to be where the owner lived.

After a while, a young man dressed somewhat sloppily came out from behind.

He scratched his head and rubbed a piece of flesh on his body, as if he had got up too quickly and bumped into something.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I stayed up all night last night. Is there anything I can help you with, sir?"

Lubbock adjusted the hat on his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, as if he wanted to cover his green hair.

Last night, after Leone returned to the night raid base, he stayed up all night to prevent anyone from following Leone to their base.

In this way, the extremely dedicated Rubick maintained a high level of concentration throughout the whole night, and after the night, he very professionally came to one of the bases of the night raid in the imperial capital, which was this bookstore.

It's just that I usually just hang out here, but now someone is coming???

Labock, who had just slept for a while, hurriedly climbed out of bed, but because he got up too quickly, he bumped his head against the cabinet and almost got disfigured.

And when he came out, he saw the person who almost prevented Leone from returning.

As a famous assassination organization in the imperial capital, they naturally already have information about Asuna.

So, when Labock saw the iconic mask on Asuna's face and her extraordinary temperament, he immediately knew her identity.

"Bookstores don't seem to be very common in the capital." Asuna picked up a book and flipped through it, saying casually, "It would be hard for you to make a living just by selling books."

There are no schools in the empire. If ordinary people want to learn knowledge or skills, they can only become apprentices.

Moreover, in this era, the price of books that record knowledge is extremely high. Only nobles or wealthy businessmen can afford it. However, any family with a great historical heritage basically has a large collection of books.

This is something that ordinary civilians cannot have.

Moreover, although the location of this bookstore is not remote, those wealthy or powerful people with a good background will never patronize here. And how long can those nouveau riche families last in the mouths of these vampires in the imperial capital?

I was also asked to buy books to add to the family heritage.

When Lubbock heard Asuna's question, his heart tightened.

Could it be that I have been exposed?!

54 So I wasn’t exposed!

You know, their bookstore is just a base for night attacks, and its main business is not selling books.

Although some people pass by here and buy some books, it is very rare.

After all, in the imperial capital, some people have tried their best just to survive, so how can they have free time to enrich themselves by reading books?

Therefore, the profit that Asuna mentioned is simply impossible to achieve in this bookstore.

Moreover, these books were not purchased by them, but taken from some powerful people who were assassinated by them. They did not spend a penny at all, so it can be considered a secondary use.

After all, after the death of those powerful people, what was divided up by others were only their property and assets. As for these books, it can be said that few people would covet them.

If the people who were investigating the case had noticed that there were fewer books in the homes of the deceased, they might have been able to use this clue to find the base of the night attack.

However, considering the strength of the Imperial Capital Guard, these operations are too difficult for them.

Moreover, the imperial capital's guards were actually part of the group that was dividing up the family property. They were hoping that some people would be assassinated in a night raid so that they could make the money.

For them, no matter who the group of people who attacked at night assassinated, as long as it could help them make money, everything would not be a problem!

An invisible chain was slowly dragged up as the night raid progressed.

Whether it will eventually break halfway, or move slowly and heavily towards the unknown darkness, everything is unknown.

"Haha, actually, opening a bookstore is just my hobby. If I want to make a profit from it, I'm afraid I'll have to work for hundreds of years without eating or drinking."

Lubbock smiled, walked to the other end of the desk and sat down, poured himself a glass of cold water that he didn't know when, and drank it in one gulp.

"Cough cough..."

He immediately started coughing, with a slightly distorted expression on his face.

"..."

Asuna calmly pushed the glass of water she had poured earlier toward Lubbock.

Lubbock: “…”

"Sorry, I'll go boil some water..."

Lubbock wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, stood up awkwardly, and said.

"Well, it's troublesome."

Asuna said without looking up and waved her hand.

Lubbock: “…”

Damn, this guy must be the masked general. Her aura is even more terrifying than the boss's!

Lubbock was madly complaining about everything he could complain about in his mind, but on the surface he acted like an ordinary shopkeeper and went to the back of the bookstore to boil some water.

And during the time Lubbock was away...

Ding bell~

"excuse me."

A passerby walked in, pretending to be calm.

Ding bell~

"excuse me……"

A passerby pretended to be curious and walked in while looking around.

Ding bell~

"Hit... disturb..."

A passerby C pushed the door open and walked in. He looked at his two "predecessors" and walked to a bookshelf with a very unnatural tone and started flipping through the books on it.

Immediately afterwards...

Ding bell~

Ding bell~

Ding bell~

Passerby Ding: "Excuse me..."

Passerby E: “Excuse me…”

Passerby: "Excuse me..."

Passerby N: “Excuse me…”

Asuna: "..."

Ah, no, even if you wanted to monitor me, you wouldn't have to come in so ostentatiously, right?

If someone doesn't know, they would think you are some gangsters looking for trouble...

At this moment, this already crowded little bookstore was already packed with people. They pressed close to each other, flipping through the books in their hands with difficulty. Judging from their clothes, there were businessmen, hawkers, and even beggars.