Chapter 815
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Late at night, Black Pigeon Headquarters.
Josiah had just finished today's update when Qianmian sent Josiah and Hiri a message saying "I found a big news". She asked Josiah and Hiri to drive the magic car to the Black Pigeon Headquarters.
"Qianmian, are you still doing … child abduction?"
Josiah had just arrived at Qianmian's office when he saw a little boy in shabby clothes. The little boy was about ten years old, and he was wearing Leon's favorite knitted hat from "This Demon Isn't Too Cold".
But the boy's eyes caught Josiah's attention. They were a pure blue color.
There were many people with blue eyes in this world, but the color of this boy's pupils was so blue that it was a little … abnormal.
"I've never done it before!" Qianmian refuted Josiah's slander.
"Really?"
Josiah didn't want to believe it. Josiah knew how chaotic Squirrel Street was in the past. Qianmian wasn't a softhearted ruler. She was a cold-blooded killer.
"We, Black Pigeon, never take jobs that target children and pregnant women. This is the rule I set," Qianmian said.
"It sounds like a setting from a novel. Qianmian, did you also read" The Shadow Chaser "?"
Hiri listened to Qianmian's words and remembered the content of a novel she secretly read in class.
"That book was written by my men."
Qianmian inexplicably felt a little tired. Every time she communicated with Josiah, Josiah would always say some inexplicable strange things.
If Hiri was added, it would be double the tiredness, because Hiri would always continue the topic that Josiah brought up to another, more strange area.
"Okay, okay, so the big news you were talking about is them?"
Josiah looked at the little boy, who kept looking down at his hands, as if he didn't notice Josiah's arrival at all.
Beside the little boy was a figure covered in a cloak. From the height of the figure, it seemed to be a child around 10 years old.
"This."
A golden pot appeared in Qianmian's hand. The moment the golden pot appeared, the two people who had been lowering their heads seemed to have some reaction.
But they still lowered their heads and refused to meet anyone's gaze.
"Did you win?" Hiri asked.
"There are only fifty of them in the world? My luck isn't that good, and I'm not interested. "
As a frontline reporter, Qianmian could enter Assequero at will even without the admission ticket, so she didn't care about it at all.
"This is what they drew, or should I say, found … One of them has the ability to see through the barrier that the gray-robed man inscribed on the body of the jar." Thousand-Faced Assassin told Josh the terrible news.
"This is indeed big news."
Josiah was glad that Black Pigeon belonged to his organization. Otherwise, Qianmian could destroy half of Arthur Crowe's reputation with just this piece of news.
Countless people in the world were fighting for the golden pot, and the appearance of a cheater would cause public anger.
"Then who has this ability?"
Josiah looked at the two people sitting on the chair again. After hearing Josiah's voice, their heads were lowered, and one of them trembled slightly.
"The one on the right, is Lucie …"
Qianmian didn't even have time to finish her sentence. Her sharp sense of magic told her that Lucie was about to release some kind of magic.
Even though Qianmian was fully prepared, she was still one step too late. Lucie released the magic so fast that Qianmian couldn't even react.
Even the best spellcaster had to go through three steps to release a magic: chant, write the inscription with magic, and then release the magic.
A good spellcaster could reduce these three steps to about two seconds, which was enough time for Qianmian to press those spellcasters to the ground.
However, Lucie completely skipped these three steps.
A dazzling light overflowed from his body. The light was not aggressive at all. Qianmian's eyes were temporarily blinded, but she still relied on her instinct to catch Lucie.
The moment Qianmian touched Lucie, she didn't feel the unique temperature of human skin, but a cold metal texture.
"Lucie!"
Hai Lan cried out in panic after she regained her senses. The bright light gradually dimmed, and all of this happened in an instant.
"Hiri, are you okay?"
Josiah felt a stinging pain in his eyes, but Hiri quickly recovered after rubbing her eyes.
"Are there still people who are proficient in such a despicable magic like Bright Light?"
Hiri's voice didn't sound like it was the first time she was suddenly stimulated by such a strong light.
"It's not a human …" Qianmian's voice rang in Josiah's ears. When Josiah looked again at the figure Qianmian was holding, his thoughts temporarily stopped.
The existence called Lucie was not a boy or a girl, but a Magic Marionette. A doll so delicate that it was impossible to create with the current magic technology of humans.
A large number of inscriptions could be vaguely seen flowing on its metal surface, and a dim blue light overflowed from its neck and chest. A special kind of magic overflowed from its joints.
"A relic?"
The first thing that came to Josiah's mind was the relic left behind in Noland's underground ruins.
"Don't touch him!"
Hai Lan ran to Qianmian's side and used his fist to hit Qianmian's arm. However, the boy was too weak to break through Qianmian's defense.
"Qianmian, let it go," Josiah immediately said to Qianmian.
Qianmian obediently let go of Lucie. The Magic Marionette's agility was beyond Josiah's imagination. After it stood up from the ground, the first thing it did was run behind Hai Lan.
"Relax." Josiah slowly walked in front of the two, but Hai Lan's eyes were still filled with vigilance towards Josiah.
"You're not human?"
This sentence came from Hai Lan. He suddenly said this after staring at Josiah for a long time.
"Interesting … This is the first time someone outside of the Kingdom of the Saints has seen through my identity. Correct, I'm a demon … a Chaos Demon," Josiah said.
"Demon …"
He seemed to remember something and lowered his head uneasily.
"That Magic Marionette is your brother?" Josiah asked tentatively.
"Lucie is not a Magic Marionette! He has a human soul. "
Hai Lan raised his head again and stubbornly refuted Josiah. However, his gaze fell on Hiri who was behind Josiah. He saw that Hiri's expression was far more fearful than when she was facing Qianmian. Even the Magic Marionette named Lucie was backing away from Hiri's approach.
Josiah suddenly understood … Lucie tried to escape not because Qianmian targeted him, but because he discovered Hiri's existence.
"It has a human soul?"
Josiah glanced at the Magic Marionette. The Magic Marionette's behavior just now could not be described with the word 'it'. It had its own consciousness and emotions.
Had the civilization of the ruins under Noland developed to the point where they could create artificial intelligence? Or … did this Magic Marionette have a human soul inside it?
Josiah had too many questions at this time, but he had to ask them all. The first thing he had to do was to make them settle down.
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