"You came back so quickly..."
Guo Mengyu stared at Lu Ning for a long time before sighing helplessly.
"I made good use of my money's evacuation ability both times I came here, but the time interval was relatively short, right?"
Lu Ning sat aside and watched Guo Mengyu making paper figurines.
"What kind of person needs emergency evacuation twice in the morning and evening in one day? And the last time he burned precious props!"
"How do I know that the money is not coming with me?"
"When crossing the world, money exists in both worlds at the same time! I don't have a second one for you to use! Those things are very precious to me..."
"Is he the original shop owner here? For us tourists who come back at any time, it's just a matter of making the best use of everything." Lu Ning didn't care, "I've had enough fun anyway, and your family-shrinking strategy won't work. Wouldn’t it be nice to help me complete a task?”
She had already checked the progress of the mission. One more attempt to avoid death had been completed, and the second serial killer's mission had also been marked as completed. As expected, Cen Mujian had died in the explosion.
"Why do I feel like you have a worse personality every time I see you?"
"When you become familiar with an environment, you will no longer be as timid as you were at first, but dare to touch the boundaries of some environments..." Lu Ning looked around the store, "For example, when I first came to your place, I was still I’m quite in awe of the power here.”
"You're terrible."
"As awe is lost, people will dare to do things that they could not even think of before, but you are right, this is not a good thing for me." Lu Ning nodded, "I will try to restrain myself. "
Guo Mengyu didn't expect Lu Ning to admit her mistake so quickly. He stared at her for a long time, and finally could only shake his head.
"By the way, are you planning to stay at my place all night?"
"I have become missing or dead as planned, and I don't plan to remove this excellent shield too early." Lu Ning nodded, "But don't worry, I still have a lot to do tomorrow. , I’m only here to bother you for one night.”
"Whatever, I also want to find someone to chat with." Guo Mengyu lowered her head and continued to make paper figures, saying dullly.
At dawn, when the sky just turned white, a man in black clothes left the incense shop.
Lu Ning wore Jimmy's paper man shell and truly transformed into Jimmy's appearance when she returned to the earth.
"Since you are a paper man, you must also understand that this is different from a real body." Guo Mengyu warned her when she left, "No matter how human you are, you do not have the physiological functions of a normal person. Although you have gained weight, Even with a little weight, it is still much lighter than ordinary people. If you are afraid of flames, it is best not to get wet. In short, you have to be careful with anything paper products are afraid of. If the shell is too damaged outside, your soul will directly turn into a wandering spirit. .”
Isn't this just right?
Lu Ning can make good use of this kind of nature.
"In order to disguise the food, I added a plastic bag inside the body, connected to the mouth and nose. You can eat, but it will not be digested. It just exists there. You have to pay attention to the upper limit. But in this way, it will Eating while standing can help you gain weight and prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind."
Guo Mengyu had a tendency to talk for hours. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Ning quickly put on Jimmy's shell and left the store.
Through Jimmy's memory, she was able to know several places where at least members of the action team often gathered. For example, an underground bar in the fourth district, or a fast hotel in the seventh district. In addition to regular activities, these people still have a lot of free time for recreation. After some comparison, Lu Ning chose District 7.
Because there are already a lot of people on the street now.
Although the bombing of Sen Mujie's private apartment made headlines, it had nothing to do with people's enthusiasm for finding evil stories. Although some people still have doubts about this, who makes the Sabbath, a once-a-year opportunity, more attractive?
It seemed that everyone in Sin City had woken up early today, and the streets in the usually deserted areas were already full of people. The traffic was even more crowded. Only District 7, a place that never rested, remained as usual, and Lu Ning walked in with her face covered slightly without anyone noticing.
When entering District 7, Lu Ning's phone vibrated in her pocket.
Si Fanle's information.
[Wish you good luck and goodbye. 】
The two of them should be preparing to leave.
Lu Ning took a deep breath. After these two temporary allies left, she was basically fighting alone again.
Just right.
Soon, she was standing in front of an express hotel with a "Accommodation" sign.
There is a huge demand for temporary accommodation in District 7, so such fast hotels are almost everywhere on the streets. Most of them don't even have distinctive brands, because these hotels are most likely just a side business of a nearby shop or merchant. Lu Ning stood at the door of the hotel and looked inside, showing a somewhat hesitant expression. The next second, the scene in front of her suddenly changed, and she had arrived in a clean and tidy room.
"Jimmy? Jimmy! Is it really you?"
Her shoulders were grabbed by someone. The anxiety in the other person's tone was obviously out of concern, but Lu Ning just slowly turned her head to look at the other person.
From Jimmy's memory, she already knew the name of this short-haired woman, Mu Lingrong. Her ability was to change her body. The specific method of action was unknown.
"you……"
"Impossible, you are already dead, that bastard used your ability to burn you to death, who are you!"
"Who are you?" Lu Ning looked at the other party in confusion.
Mu Lingrong was stunned, then reached out and touched Lu Ning's forehead. The touch was cold and had no body temperature.
"Are you dead? Or alive? Wait..." The other party also began to feel a little confused. He took out his mobile phone and started making a call. Lu Ning ignored her and sat there looking around with interest.
The environment here must not have been cleaned by the hotel itself, but by Mu Linrong who made it as clean as it is now. There is only one single bed, which at least means that Mu Linrong does not need to share a room with anyone. The only decoration in the room is a family watercolor painting on the bedside table, which shows a family of four - parents and two little girls. .
Lu Ning didn't look at her for too long before Solite walked into the room with several members of the action team.
Seeing Lu Ning, everyone except Solite looked shocked.
"Resurrection of the dead? I have never heard of anyone in the city who has such a powerful ability." Solite looked very calm, "Who are you?"
The last sentence was asked to Lu Ning.
"What...I don't know."
Lu Ning scratched her hair, still looking confused.
"I woke up in front of a store. I didn't know who I was... I remembered some places, so I looked for it... But when I came here, I wasn't sure... and then..."
"I saw him looking downstairs, so I brought him up first. At least we can't let our members stay outside until the situation is unclear," Mu Lerong said.
Solite nodded, looked at Lu Ning carefully, and didn't see any flaws, so he said, "Keane, can your ability tell what's going on with Jimmy?"
The bespectacled man immediately turned on the computer and after typing for a while, he raised his head with a strange look on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"Boss, you don't play games, so I'll try to explain it in a way you can understand... Jimmy's current life is zero, that is, he is not alive. He has no hatred or intimacy with any of us now. In his cognition, we are indeed strangers. There is no positive or negative state in him, and no one controls him or gives spiritual suggestions, so it is not like the Heavenly Council has been resurrected and he is planting nails for us... …”
Solite nodded slowly and stared at Lu Ning's eyes for a long time before speaking again.
"Your name is Jimmy White. You are nineteen years old. For some reasons, we failed to protect you. You are dead. Can you accept it?"
Lu Ning put on a look of astonishment.
"You are a member of the Victims Club, an action team. Your relatives who are related to you are no longer alive, and we are your current family." Solite leaned over and patted Lu Ning's shoulder, "I don't We know how much memory you have left after coming back to life, but we will try our best to help you get it back.”
"Wait... wait, I don't remember you, and I don't know where this is..."
"Don't worry, we will tell you anything you want to know." Mu Linrong said gently.
"Boss, don't we need to find out how Jimmy came back from the dead?" Wu Hao, a flat-headed young man, asked beside him.
Sollett nodded.
"Of course we have to investigate. We don't know the other party's intentions, let alone whether they have any hidden plot on Jimmy. Of course we have to thank the other party if it is unintentional, but if they intentionally use the bodies of our companions to make a fuss, we will let them He knew the punishment for desecrating the dead.”
He straightened up, and although his expression was still as cold as ever, his eyes were no longer as fierce as they were when he was in the Queen's Golden Crown.
"Keane, Wu Hao, you two usually have the best relationship with him. Stay and help Lianrong to see if there is anything you can tell Jimmy. By the way, let Matthew know and ask him to come over... I'll contact the club's intelligence team to take a look. Let’s see if any new ability users have emerged in the city in recent days.”
"Boss, um, this mission failed..."
Keane looked at Sollit with some embarrassment.
"Being able to force the council to take action is already a success. We also lost one person, so we can report it truthfully. However, that Greed's ability is not particularly what we expected, which is more suspicious."
After giving these instructions, he looked at Lu Ning again.
"Jimmy, you said you woke up in front of a store. Where was that?"
"Is it... District 10? In front of a store selling incense and candles... there are two blue lanterns lit in front of the store."
Solite nodded, turned and walked out of the door.
Lu Ning never thought that the other party would believe him so easily.
Perhaps it's because of people with abilities, they are more likely to accept illogical things in the world, but on the other hand, these people really care about Jimmy like "family", so much so that they don't doubt those dark methods at all.
They are quite confident in their abilities.
"Mu Linrong...did you just bring me here? Then I suddenly..."
"You should have gotten used to it." Mu Linrong sighed, "As long as you are within my sight, I can pull you back to me, no matter how far away. We have cooperated many times before, but now it seems Didn’t you forget that you were here too?”
"Very powerful, so everyone here just now is?"
"We all have abilities. This is a talent given to us by God for revenge." Keen said with a smile, "Now that we are awakened, it proves that even God thinks our actions are correct, and so do you. Ability is..."
"Kien, don't start with that matter yet." Mu Lerong interrupted him.
Keen was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly.
"I saw that there are many people outside today..."
"That's the bait thrown by the council. Who would be fooled?" Wu Hao leaned on his chair and played with a knife with a look of disdain on his face.
"I don't quite understand..."
"I'd better tell you what's going on here from the beginning, so that you can understand more clearly." Mu Linrong said.
Then, she briefly explained the history of Vice City, Kingdom of Heaven Council and Sacrifice Club to Lu Ning.
Everything else was basically the same as what Lu Ning knew, except that when she talked about the Victims Club, she went into more detail.
This club was founded by a man who lost one of his children due to a terrorist attack. The reason was that the terrorist who caused the attack hid in the sin city and got away with it, which aroused his strong dissatisfaction. When multiple inquiries failed to get an answer, he So they simply started to fight violence with violence.
In addition to the founder, the club has four main divisions: intelligence, operations, review, and personnel. All teams are composed of ability users, and they all hate this city. Everyone in the city deserves a damn - that's the club's unified view. Even the second and third generations born in the city will only become a disaster in the future under the distorted urban education. It is better to solve it earlier.
However, the club discovered one thing during its development, that is, the Kingdom of Heaven Council did not care about them.
Just like disobedient children causing trouble, in this place where any crime is tolerated, the behavior of the club can only cause panic among the lower class people. The Heavenly Kingdom Council believes that they are no different from other criminals and allows them quite "magnanimously" The presence.
Such disregard was seen as an insult by members of the club.
Gradually, those powerful ability users who had completed their revenge and felt ignored by the Heavenly Kingdom Council in their successful actions gradually began to want to severely defeat those pretentious rulers. Men like Sollit are already seeking to identify themselves as members of the Celestial Council.
Such actions were also praised by the founders. Overthrowing the Heavenly Council and completely destroying Sin City has become the final plan of the Sacrifice Club, which is also the "final revenge".
