13 Mink Street

"Actually, I have many advantages in me, so I'm curious why you don't learn from me?"

"Then, since you know you have shortcomings, why don't you correct them?"

"Because I count on these shortcomings to make me happy."

"Happiness is contagious."

"Oh, it seems that you rested well, because I found that only when you are in good mental and physical condition can your words be so sharp, so I still prefer the way you look when you are seriously injured. Still insist on holding on to the decent stubbornness."

"Are you talking about yourself? Every time you lie in the mission hospital and drink water, you wait for the nurse to come in and change the sheets after I leave."

"How did you know?"

"Every time I visit you in the hospital, the nurses there are very willing to share your condition with me in very detailed way."

"It seems that they regard me as your most respected and caring elder."

"Then you'd better pay more attention to safety."

"Um?"

"Among my beloved elders, there are really not many who can stand and talk."

Neo: "..."

"The next thing will be your hard work."

"It's too polite of you to say that."

"Well, just to be polite."

"Let your servant be responsible for the specific investigation work, and I will be responsible for the extortion."

"I trust your professionalism."

"However, you have to be responsible for two things. In fact, it's just one thing. After all, it's not a big deal to convey the instructions from above."

"I will be in charge of Captain Da'an, and I will report to him later."

"Well, yes, you just need to be in charge of him. He can get the latest intentions, and intentions are the benefits. Ah, this is really a pleasant task. It was unimaginable before. Probably, Is this the meaning of struggle?"

"It's just a means."

"Ah, yes, I forgot that you have more ambitious goals, but sometimes, people don't live so tired, you have to learn from me, so that you can relax."

"If you want, we can discuss who has the easier life first."

"Okay, shut up."

At this time, a black crow flew from the sky and landed on Karen's shoulder.

Karen grabbed it and opened it.

"Captain Da'an wants to see me."

Neo said: "It stands to reason that he should stay in one place and wait for you to take the initiative to report the situation. Now that he is looking for you, it means that he may have other things that you need to be responsible for."

"It should be like this." Karen smiled. "Before telling me to help him with other things, he should tell me the news of the official formation of the task force."

"Hehe, it should be. The official letter didn't come out so quickly, but after he reported it and nodded his head, it was basically confirmed and only the process was left."

"Well, well, I'll go see Captain Da'an first, and you continue to be busy."

"It's okay, just leave it to Alfred for the time being. I have to go to the embassy to meet our diplomatic priest here. His name is Lenos, right?"

"I have seen."

"How are people?"

"He shouldn't like taking bribes."

"Um?"

"But he will not refuse to accept bribes, he will sell your face."

"That's good. I'm really worried about meeting an impartial and selfless person. With his help, my extortion will be more efficient. I'm going to let him invest in technology."

"It's up to you, what we share is the profit anyway."

"Then give me a ride first? It's a bit slow to take the carriage, and it will delay the investigation. You know, time is for coupons."

Karen looked at Mr. Auggie, but Mr. Auggie said nothing.

Immediately, Karen reached out and grabbed Master Auggie's arm. Seeing this, Neo reached out and grabbed the other side.

"Go to the embassy first." Karen looked at Neo after giving instructions to Mr. Augie, "Keep warm."

"Um?"

"Buzz!"

take off.

...

"Oh, my dear Minister Neo, it's a great honor to meet you. I think you must be here for the investigation of this task force. Please rest assured that the embassy will definitely assist you with all your strength. Work.

What would you like to drink, I asked my secretary to prepare it, wine or coffee? "

"Well, do you have hot boiling water?"

...

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

"Yes, I increased the coldness on his side. I thought he would be overwhelmed, but I didn't expect him to be cold by accident, so I added some of my snort to him."

"Why do you want to do this?"

"I think you should be very happy if you tease him."

"Are you flattering me?"

"That's right."

"Okay, let's not take this as an example."

"Are you happy or unhappy?"

"Actually, it's not as happy as you imagined."

"Do you want me to go down with you?"

"No, you can go to your mother now, I think there is a lack of communication between you two."

"I can't get any results from communicating with her."

"Communication is not necessary to achieve a result. In many cases, communication is just to avoid regrets."

Karen walked down the slope, and instead of flying back to the hospital, which is the temporary office of the task force, Auggie took him to a river, because the thunderhorn rhinoceros was grazing below.

Captain Da'an sat by the river, watching the black river flowing in front of him, which is unique to the underground world.

Karen came down: "Master the leader."

Da'an, who turned his back to Karen, nodded and said, "I mentioned it to the above, you who happen to be here will form a task force to investigate this incident."

"Thank you for your cooperation."

"Forget the politeness, and use practical actions."

"Yes, please tell me."

"Ten days later, find time to help me kill someone." Da'an threw a scroll to Karen, who reached out to catch it.

"There is location information in the scroll, and there is also a diagram of the operation of the banning formation there. There is an imprisoned undead creature in it. Go and kill her for me."

"Yes, my lord, I will complete the task."

Da'an was slightly surprised, turned to look at Karen, and asked: "Is it so fast that you promised, you don't ask how powerful she is, and you don't ask if you and your people have the ability to go kill her?"

"We Whip of Order are bound to obey orders."

"I don't like listening to slogans, because most of the time, it's me who shouts these useless slogans."

"This formation is very powerful and meticulous, and it is bound to the soul of the imprisoned. I can use the formation to consume her first, and when the consumption is almost exhausted, I can go in and kill her."

"You have read the scroll, so fast?"

"You forgot that I told you that I am a formation mage."

"I know that formation masters generally have relatively high soul power, but it's not as exaggerated as you are. The formation information recorded in the scroll is very rich."

"Please rest assured of my ability."

"I like your self-confidence, hehe, I hope you don't have any accidents when you kill her."

"No, I'll be careful."

"Also, it's also important to remember that whatever the outcome, this is a personal matter."

"Yes, I understand, this is my private matter."

"Hehe, I didn't expect the communication to be so smooth. Are you used to doing this kind of thing?"

"No, but I think that sometimes private matters are just inconvenient to say publicly. I think what you ordered me to do must have its inner meaning. It's just not convenient for me to know."

Da'an stood up, gently patted the grass clippings off his armor, and said, "I won't let you work in vain."

paused,

Da'an added: "We have reached a consensus on the weakening of the lineage of the dragon clan and the suppression of the lineage of the wise men."

Karen understood.

That's what pays off.

This seemingly upright leader of the Knights actually understands very well.

When he told himself this matter, it was tantamount to stating the limit of "making money", under this limit, he could make all the money he could.

Karen and Neo's task force, after all, belonged to the middle level. Without knowing the specific intentions of the upper level, if they fished hard, it would easily cause a backlash. The big powers and families of the Crypt God Cult went to complain to the God of Order. Or simply triggering more violent conflicts, then this is a mistake, and it is a big mistake without discipline;

And if you earn less, you will lose a lot of benefits. Yes, if you earn less, it is not how much you earn, but how much you lose. This is the theory of Neoeconomics.

With this clear limit, the degree of risk will be minimized while the benefits can be maximized.

It's like Karen told Bishop Berne the amount of tea money he gave when he was on a security mission and offered to hand it over, but Bishop Berne refused to use it. This is a kind of unspoken rule.

Captain Da'an obviously also knows that even if another task force comes over, there will be no less money that should be collected. This is a tradition... and even more a custom.

According to the division of secular countries, the Cult of Order is the suzerain country, while the Cult of the Crypt is a colony... The colonies are not plundered, searched, or squeezed, so what kind of colonies are they?

Da'an spread his hands and said with a smile: "It seems that I should find some more topics to talk about, but I'm not in the mood for now."

"It can be seen that you are in a bad mood. The manpower transferred from the Whip of Order in the York City Region has arrived, and the investigation is underway. Please rest assured; my subordinates will leave first."

"If you're not in a hurry, just sit with me."

"Forehead……"

"Why, you don't want to?"

"No, this is the honor of my subordinates."

In this way, Karen also sat down by the river.

In fact, the scenery here is not good, there is no sunshine, no warm spring or autumn wind, even the river water is black, and the surrounding grass is also showing a grayish tone.

Captain Da'an just sat there, very quiet.

What Karen could guess was that he seemed to be remembering and reminiscing, which should be related to the person he asked himself to kill, and this person triggered a period of nostalgia for the past years.

As for himself, he was really just sitting here to help create an atmosphere, so that he could regain the feeling of sitting by the river with his former partners.

This sits for hours.

Finally, Captain Da'an raised his hand: "Go and do your work."

"Yes, Captain."

Karen stood up, saluted and left.

Lord Auggie went to find her mother, which meant that Karen needed to go back to the hospital by herself.

Not long after turning into black mist and walking, a black shadow appeared. Karen stopped, and Philomena walked out of the shadow, but this figure had an obvious rigidity. The substitute puppet made by the scroll is very rough and low-level, and its function value is similar to the advanced version of the black crow. The only advantage is that it can have a short-term dialogue.

"What's wrong?" Karen asked.

"My work is done. I wanted to report to Minister Neo, but I couldn't detect Minister Neo's location, and the black crow couldn't locate it, so I could only come to you."

"Oh, he should be in the embassy now, there is a formation barrier there, it's normal that the black crow can't sense it."

But if you haven't sensed it until now, it can only mean that Neo and Ambassador Lenos have a very happy conversation. Not surprisingly, the two are making a fishing plan.

"I'm here to report to you?"

"Well, let's report."

"There is only a restaurant in the main city that specializes in Veen dishes. It's a very unpopular shop called Old Vien Cuisine. This is the result of my mission report."

"What is your mission?"

"Minister Neo asked me to find the best restaurant in the main city and monitor it. I am currently monitoring outside the restaurant."

"Oh well."

"Are you coming? It's time for dinner, and the shop owner and chef, Old Ville, is already preparing the food for dinner."

Shall I go eat Veen's now?

Karen wanted to refuse, but hesitated for a moment, and still chose to nod and said, "Okay, I'll be right over."

Because he sensed Philomena's dissatisfaction, and her dissatisfaction was aimed at Neo. In this world, since her grandma died, the only person she could willingly obey orders was herself.

When Neo gave her an order, she would choose to obey it for the sake of her own face. She still has a collective sense of this, but this order from Neo is obviously a bit... insulting.

Everyone else has specific task arrangements, only Philomena is responsible for finding restaurants, and then think of the mobilization words that Neo said after the task was announced. It means asking everyone to be absolutely tough.

Perhaps, Neo was worried that Philomena would be too tough, unable to control herself, and really rushing to kill, so he arranged this job for her.

She understands, and she understands more and more now, the former completely autistic girl has now become sensitive and suspicious, or inner neurotic, but for her, it is already a huge improvement.

Of course, another important reason is that Karen and the head of Da'an have already completed the "agreement". Going to help him kill people is also based on the fact that the investigation spreads out and manpower can be mobilized. The time given by the head is also very generous. , so if I go back to the hospital now, I can only go back to sleep.

Sometimes, in order to prevent myself from catching fish too early, I have to actively find something to do for myself, such as bite the bullet and eat a Veen dish.

...

Karen came to the entrance of the Old Weir restaurant. This is a small shop with only one door. The space inside is quite narrow and long, with the kind of long tables on the wall.

On the street outside the store, Philomena walked out of the shadow of surveillance and came to Karen.

Karen frowned slightly.

Philomena looked puzzled, and her double standards were obvious when dealing with Neo and Karen.

Neo's order made her wonder if Neo was sick;

Karen's dissatisfaction made her subconsciously examine whether she did something wrong.

"When doing surveillance, hiding yourself in the shadows is not a clever method. If your surveillance target is strong and sharp enough, it will be easier for the other party to notice. This is the street, you can dress yourself as a Ordinary people use the most primitive way to monitor, so the effect will be better, in short, the most appropriate choice should be made according to the environment of the scene."

"Yes, I see."

"Do you have a ring on you?"

"some."

At the request of Karen, Mr. Lemar has already been appointed as a member of the operation team at the Whip of Order. The person who hated the Cult of Kosmos the most in the past is now also receiving the allowance of Order.

As soon as he joined the job, he took the initiative to take out the inventory. Now almost every member of the Karen team has a temporary ring, which can change the appearance and temperament. As a reward, Alfred made his sister Serena a non-staff member identity of.

Karen touched the silver ring in his hand, and his body, voice and appearance changed, becoming a strange and ordinary middle-aged man, while Philomena turned into a cold image of Yujie.

"Who chose it for you?" Karen asked.

"Richard."

"Good choice."

"real?"

"It fits your temperament very well."

The two walked into the restaurant, and Old Will greeted him warmly: "Hi, let me tell you, what do you want to eat, our main menu is here tonight, and we can only order set meals."

Karen casually pointed to one: "Two copies."

"Okay, please wait a moment, both of you."

Karen and Philomena took a seat farther inward.

Philomena asked while pouring water for Karen: "I want to know, what's the point of monitoring here?"

The real idea cannot be said, so Karen can only make it up to help Neo get back.

"Have you read the documents I sent back?"

"Before coming, Mr. Alfred asked us to read it three times."

"Well, that skeleton investigated me in Wien. I think it would be difficult for anyone to escape from the dominion of Wien Sauce after staying in Wien for a long time. In addition, although I don't like Wien Sauce, but in others In my cognition, I have a sauce jar label on the top of my head.

So, the plan of the skeleton has been successful, and he is a very confident and even narcissistic person. When you arrive and are carrying out investigations and arrests, if I were him, I would choose a person with a strong Venn flavor. place.

While cursing the pig food-like Wien dishes, he put the pig food into his mouth, enjoying the feeling of self-pleasure.

It's like the murderer is reading the victim's report in the newspaper, while taking out the stockings taken from the victim and putting them on the tip of his nose to smell, he wants to prolong the aftertaste as much as possible. "

"Stockings?"

"A kind of sock."

Philomena showed a dazed expression: "So that's the case, I understand. I didn't expect Minister Neo's arrangement to be so far-reaching."

Huh...the circle went up.

"There are many things to learn from him, pay more attention to yourself."

"Yes, Minister."

Karen picked up the water glass, ready to take a sip to suppress her own nonsense.

At this time, the store door was pushed open, and a young man in a windbreaker and a gray hat walked in.

Akimbo shouted:

"Ha, my dear old Ville, I'm here to taste your pig food again!"