Early in the morning, light shone through the shadows of the wood and stones in the garden. The warm light from the stone lamps in the houses automatically extinguished, allowing the light of nature to decorate the place. For a moment, the garden seemed to be filled with a thin layer of mist, cold and quiet.
However, it was already late spring, less than two days before the beginning of summer. In many people's hearts, Ban City had already become hot.
Yukawa Eisuke knelt on the platform of the veranda and said nothing. He watched as the bamboo tube filled to the brim sent the clear stream into the shallow pond. Then, it snapped back to normal, startling the birds that had woken up early and causing them to flutter away. It was supposed to be a classic Zen skit, but his mind was like the birds that flew away, unable to calm down for a long time.
Next to him, the head of intelligence, Takemoto Shigeru, was reporting in a low voice, "Up until now, the Jade Light's voyage plan has not changed, but many of the people who made reservations and were invited have not been confirmed. Some people even canceled the trip because they were not feeling well …"
Yukawa Eishuke waved his hand, "Those who boarded the ship from Ban City are just supporters. Even a hundred of Ban City's richest people can't compare to the president of the ability user association. President Abner returned to Chan City and confirmed that he would not participate in the auction … They can't even find a target to applaud. "
Takemoto Shigeru's voice was low, "Regarding this matter, we can basically confirm that something has happened in Chan City. They have sealed off the news, but from multiple sources, about twenty hours ago, there was a strong energy reaction near Volcano Island. It is suspected that there was a conflict between Extraordinaries."
"Including death."
"Death?" Takemoto Shigeru was shocked.
Yukawa Eishuke sat up straight, showing his cautious attitude towards the current situation. Just two minutes ago, he received the latest news from the Jade Society, "On Volcano Island, Deputy Secretary Gong Qi, who had been in isolation for a long time, had his body destroyed."
This news was beyond the scope of information that Takemoto Shigeru usually received and processed. For a moment, he didn't know how to react. He vaguely guessed that Yukawa Eishuke was also shocked by the news, which was why he took the initiative to tell him about it.
Because of this, Takemoto Shigeru automatically shut up and didn't make any comments, pretending that he was mute.
"Sometimes, rumors can become the truth. I've always been skeptical about the legend of Gong Qi discovering a new plane, but now I can almost confirm that it's true. Moreover, the situation is more complicated than expected. Now there's a guess: Gong Qi wasn't the only one who discovered the new plane. There were other people who intervened and took the opportunity to stab Gong Qi in the back … I don't want to talk about these things because it has nothing to do with us. "
Yukawa Eisuke looked at Takemoto Shigeru. It seemed that the intelligence chief could understand his feelings.
Takemoto Shigeru continued to play dumb.
"Even a pond under a typhoon cannot remain as calm as a mirror."
Yukawa Eishuke stared at the shallow puddle under the bamboo tube. There were no longer any ripples, but the impatience in his heart had not dissipated. "The Ability User Association has begun to investigate the whereabouts of all the Extraordinaries in the world, including the military movements of the various forces, down to the solidification of the abysses …"
Takemoto Mao's eyelids twitched.
Thanks to Professor Luo's lectures over the past few months and the dissemination of relevant concepts, even a person like him who was lacking in cultivation had a conceptual understanding of the abyssal region configuration system. And the clearer it was, the more he understood the turbulent impact of this wave of operations.
This was no longer just a fight between immortals. It had actually affected their side. So Takemoto Mao opened his mouth.
"A major investigation?"
"Haha, it's a stupid idea because there's no clue at all. Let's not talk about the Extraordinaries, all the Orders will be investigated … Ban City is no exception. Even though we're separated by the Pacific Ocean, we can't avoid being caught in the crossfire! "
Ban City was known as the "City of Ten Thousand Gods", or maybe it was a mockery, but it was an indisputable fact that there were many Orders here. In particular, there was a portion of them that was supported by the Yukawa family. There were too many things to sort out.
Yukawa Eishuke instructed, "We'll investigate ourselves, but we'll also have to communicate with the Ban City branch and do the relevant things well. Now, we're not afraid of doing things, we're only afraid of people taking advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble. So some things must be done first. "
"You mean …" Takemoto Shigeru could tell what he was implying, so he asked again.
"Ah, when I received the information from the Jade Review Society, someone told me that we need to calm things down and focus on the overall situation. According to our president's strategy, we should focus on attacking the broken lands. I agreed. " Yukawa Eishuke's lips curled, his cheeks twitching. "But two minutes later, the Amaterasu Cult called and asked to take the lead in this investigation, so that Ban City can be restored to a peaceful environment …"
At this point, Takemoto Mao finally understood the source of Yukawa Eishuke's bad mood. "They're going to reap another harvest?"
"Yes. When most people are constrained by the overall situation and have to make sacrifices for it, there are some strong people who can ignore it and even make use of it. Isn't that stubborn guy still in Luo Yuandao's lab? I didn't expect his father to be so good as well. "
Takemoto Mao did not speak. He only took a deep breath and recalled the time when the Amaterasu Cult used Ban City as the "cauldron" and many Orders as ingredients to brew a pot of fresh soup. Now that one batch had been cut, a new batch had grown!
Yukawa Eishuke's resentment was not only directed at the Amaterasu Cult. "Everyone knows that Gong Qi has been in closed-door training for half a year. He was in closed-door training because he was forced back from Xia City by the Iron Triangle. He failed to kidnap Luo Nan. A new plane was involved, and Xia City was in chaos. Back then, Luo Nan was publishing the shocking Cage and Configuration Theory. Now that something has happened, Xia City, no, Luo Nan's side is making a big move. They're staying out of this … "
Yukawa Eishuke suddenly stopped talking, staring blankly.
Takemoto Mao's eyelids twitched. He felt that this line of thought was very dangerous.
Fortunately, Yukawa Eishuke waved his hand. "He just left Xia City. Even if he flew … Cough, he couldn't have flown there."
It seemed very strange for him to explain it in such a serious manner.
The two looked at each other again. Yukawa Eishuke gave an order. "Go do your job. Be thorough."
"Aye."
Takemoto Mao got up, took three steps back, turned around, and left. Only Yukawa Eishuke was left under the eaves. He stared at the gradually brightening garden in silence.
Around the same time, Snake Tongue slowly woke up in a high-class residence on the southern shore of North Mountain. Her eyes were half-open. She moved her fingers and calves, slowly unblocking her blood vessels. Speaking of which, she had been lying on the tatami in the living room for a week. Her body's functions had inevitably declined. It was hard for her to get up for a while.
There were finger-sized holes all around her body. These were the marks left behind by Mr. Jorja Wei Men. It was just this one wave. He really didn't care about her for the time being. If she hadn't woken up in time, she might have turned into a rotten corpse.
"Okay, I guess I was lucky."
Snake Tongue laughed self-deprecatingly. She temporarily stopped struggling and looked at the dust under the morning sun. She was stunned speechless. Since she had been lying here for a long time, it was hard for the AI housekeeper to clean the room. A layer of dust had accumulated on the tatami after a few days. Her body was also covered in dust. She felt very uncomfortable in her mind.
Snake Tongue loved cleanliness. She immediately ordered, "Mr. Hideji, prepare the hot spring."
"As you command, madam." The high-class AI housekeeper responded with a mature and experienced voice.
The room came alive in an instant.
Several minutes later, Snake Tongue finally succeeded in struggling to get up. The first thing she did was enter the garden's hot spring pool to clean herself.
All four sides were made of floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that formed a flowing space that seemed to be continuous. The center was filled with a pool of warm soup. She lay naked in it and sank to the bottom of the pool. Her skin was in full contact with the water. The minute water pressure, the different heat sensations of various parts of her body, the changes in temperature brought about by the ripples in the pool, and even the natural suffocation... The feeling of her body was so rich, exquisite, and real.
In the past, she had never cared about or even looked down on her low-level perception. Now she felt that it wasn't enough no matter what. She could only experience it layer by layer, bit by bit.
The warm water in the pool changed twice before Snake Tongue stood up, still not fully satisfied. Following her movements, one of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows automatically turned into a mirror. She looked at the graceful and slender body in the mirror, suffused with the luster of life. She stared blankly again.
Her fingertips unconsciously streaked across her chest and touched her cheeks. She immediately chanted an incantation and peeled off a fog-like veil. Having lost the camouflage effect of the veil of invisibility, the face in the mirror was both similar and different from a few seconds ago. It was precisely this face in the mirror that faintly furrowed her brows. Her emotions couldn't be clearly discerned, but the surroundings were covered in mist. The hazy mist was different from the mist in the warm spring. It was suffused with a peculiar gray substance.
Snake Tongue's mind shivered. She didn't care about her current state of being completely naked. She prostrated herself and prostrated herself on the ground.
However, no information was transmitted from the mist. There was only an insignificant weight that fell on her back. She almost thought it was an illusion. In fact, that unique feeling and the subtle gravitational pull of the veil of invisibility beside her hand clearly told Snake Tongue the answer.
The veil of silence.
She had once yearned for it in her dreams, a wondrous item that she had nearly gambled her life on, and it had fallen into her hands just like that.
At this moment, Snake Tongue's heart was like the mist in a hot spring. It was overflowing and empty. The feeling was indescribable. She maintained her kneeling position for nearly three minutes. After confirming that there were no further instructions, she pulled off the veil of silence from her back and stood up.
She naturally combined the two strands of fine yarn together. They could sense each other, but they were still a bit lacking.
Snake Tongue wasn't disappointed. This was all within reason. What's more, this sort of matter was nothing!
"Mr. Hideji, a news bulletin. Also, prepare a car for me. "
Snake Tongue left the hot spring room and composed herself for a bit. She used the AI butler to activate the Myriad Spirit Sect's internal system. All sorts of information began to converge here.
The two orbits of the secular world and the inner world practically didn't intersect … under normal circumstances, this would be the case. However, the current situation was that there was a piece of news that stood at the same time as the hot topic of both domains.
"The Flying Devil Ray."
"The Humanoid Infrasonic Array."
Snake Tongue constantly updated herself with recent information. At the same time, she spent even more energy earnestly grooming herself. Before long, the radiant Lady Kitayama Yueki appeared in the dressing mirror.
The car arrived, and Snake Tongue dressed up and went out.
When she left, it was 9 o 'clock on May 3rd, 2097. Miraculously, there was a twenty-four hour difference from the earliest time the news broke out.
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