Lu Ning gradually felt comfortable getting along with these people.
It has almost become a normal thing for people in the action team to care about each other. Although some people who came over later did not have as good a relationship with Jimmy as the few people present, they also put aside what they were doing and rushed over to visit him.
And now they haven't even confirmed their true identities.
"Sister Mu, aren't you worried about something wrong with me? If I had already died once..."
"You have lost your abilities. You are not dangerous to us. If anyone else wants to cause trouble under our noses, we can also see it."
Mu Lerong found Lu Ning some clothes that Jimmy usually wore, asked Lu Ning to change into them, and then the two of them left the hotel together.
"You were left to me by Solite when you first came here. It doesn't matter if I take care of you again."
"Uh...Sister Mu, you're not that big either."
Mu Lingrong smiled.
“Everyone except Sollett was small at the time.”
Taking care of Lu Ning's "curiosity", Mu Lerong planned to take her to the streets to see the activities of looking for evil scriptures.
"What is the evil code...?"
"Fragments of abilities, derivatives of evil origin, can only rely on luck for ordinary people, but these things are very obvious to people with abilities, so the city prohibits people with abilities from participating in this event."
"ah?"
"But... you don't have the ability now. As long as I don't search, the alert won't be triggered." Mu Linrong looked around the corner and pointed in one direction, "This way."
The two of them walked through two or three streets together and came to a bridge.
"right here?"
"In the water, as the water is flowing into the distance, our goal is not this." Mu Lianrong glanced under the bridge, and Lu Ning followed, but found nothing.
"I can't see."
"It's a fragment of a test tube." Mu Linrong replied, "It's probably the ability of a poison maker. Let's move on."
The two of them waited on the side of the road for a long time before they stopped a taxi. The driver was an old man. On days like this, this kind of person didn't have the extra energy to look for evil books.
"District Five."
Mu Lerong just gave an order, and didn't care about the old man's several attempts to talk to him. He just sat in the passenger seat and closed his eyes to relax.
Museum District.
"Sister Mu's perception range is so far?"
Lu Ning asked doubtfully after getting out of the car.
"Not counting perception, not having the ability of a master will make us feel uncomfortable, just like seeing abandoned human organs on the road." Mu Lerong did not go to the two famous museums, but I walked into an exhibition hall where a painting exhibition was held.
Nowadays, there are only two old employees working here. Although there is an endless stream of young people coming in and out, none of these people go there for the paintings.
"it's here?"
"The one that didn't move is right here."
Mu Lerong led the way and led Lu Ning into the exhibition hall on the inside. When she rounded a corner, she suddenly stopped and stretched out her hand to stop Lu Ning.
"Someone got there first."
Lu Ning looked over and saw that around the corner was a small exhibition hall. A huge portrait of a knight charging was hung on the wall, seemingly as a reference. There was also a real knight's armor placed next to it. Every detail on it was The details are as consistent as possible with the knight in the painting. A man stood next to the armor, holding a sharp serrated dagger in his hand.
"Looking for the differences? It's so interesting..." The man murmured to himself, turned around, and saw Lu Ning and Mu Linrong at the corner.
"You two, why are you spying on me?"
"It just happened to make it this far."
"On a day like this, instead of looking for bad books, you come here to see paintings? I think most people don't have that leisure time."
"What about you?" Lu Ning asked.
The man smiled.
"My name is Zhang Yufeng. You may have heard of me. I am a painter. Bad books and other things... are not attractive to me who am successful and famous. In contrast, this kind of art full of violence and darkness is more in line with me. grade."
If Mu Lerong hadn't confirmed that the dagger in Zhang Yufeng's hand was the evil code, Lu Ning wouldn't have been able to find any flaws in this man.
"I've heard of you, but you don't seem to have any works published recently." Mu Linrong crossed her arms and glanced at the dagger in his hand, "Is it because you have run out of inspiration?"
"There will always be such troughs in artistic creation, you have to understand." Zhang Yufeng looked at the dagger carefully, "This armor is restored well, but the knights at that time would not wear such serrated swords, and the sabers were just about the same. I wonder if the author of this painting would be angry when he saw it.”
After saying that, he put the serrated sword back into the knight's scabbard, clapped his hands, shook his head and left with a sigh.
"He... doesn't seem to know?"
Lu Ning was also not sure whether the artist's somewhat artificial look at the end was really an attack of art disease or whether it was intentional.
Mu Lerong walked over, grabbed the handle of the dagger and pulled it out. Unexpectedly, the dagger turned into a broken sword only about two inches long.
"Painter? He's almost a magician. I'm afraid he has discovered something and has been prepared for it."
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Zhang Yufeng left the exhibition in a hurry.
He didn't know how long his blinding method would last, but it didn't matter. After confirming the contents of the evil code, he would gain the ability and escape from this scene unscathed.
Fortunately, after discovering the problem with the dagger, he did not take it away immediately. Instead, he went to prepare a replica first, and then rushed over to find a time to take it off when no one was around. Although a man and a woman finally came, he also You left, didn't you?
The hand hidden under his clothes gradually felt the heat on the dagger, and a strange memory gradually flowed into his mind, allowing him to understand more details about the dagger.
This was a murder weapon used by a famous murderer. It originally belonged to a soldier. When the soldier let the murderer go, the child pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into the back of the head.
Afterwards, carrying this short sword, he targeted lone soldiers on the battlefield to carry out assassinations. It seemed that facing a strong man would make the murderer even more excited. With his ability, such assassinations were often successful.
Until his ability was exposed, he was covered by artillery fire and died in one of his lairs. This dagger was also collected by Vice City as his "evil book".
The countless killing scenes that flashed through could not allow Zhang Yufeng to determine the strength of this person's ability. Although assassination sounded very strong, Zhang Yufeng, having experienced many scenes, certainly knew that the ability that looked strong did not necessarily mean that he was powerful.
A person can only inherit one evil book.
This made Zhang Yufeng a little undecided. Should he choose to inherit or look for something else?
He walked into the subway station while thinking. The crowds were pouring out of the platform as the subway arrived. Zhang Yufeng couldn't escape when he walked in. The crowds were crowded together.
At this moment, he felt a chilling feeling of horror all over his body, as if he was being stared at by something.
At this moment, he couldn't care about so much, and hurriedly began to accept all the information in the dagger, trying to inherit the murderer's ability. However, just when he learned the principle of the ability, and before he could get excited, a sudden sound came from his heart. A sharp pain.
Zhang Yufeng snorted, blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth, but his body still moved forward involuntarily surrounded by the crowd.
The dagger hidden under the clothes also fell to the ground at the moment when he was unable to let go, making a crisp sound.
Shang Chi, who passed by him, raised his hand to pull off his mask, stuffed it into his suit pocket, and followed the crowd out of the platform.
"It's a sunny day."
He helped an old man with mobility difficulties walk across the sidewalk outside the platform. After saying goodbye to him, he raised his head and looked at the sky. Then he took out a map from the other pocket, walked to a bench by the roadside, sat down, and unfolded the map.
"Generally speaking, when people can only obtain one weapon, they will focus on the power of the weapon and always want to be stronger."
There was a commotion at the station, and it seemed that Zhang Yufeng had been discovered.
Shang Chi looked at the map. There was a small red dot on it, marking Zhang Yufeng's name. Now the dot was slowly turning gray.
"As everyone knows, killing can be done with any ability."
When the small dots completely turned gray and disappeared, Shang Chi put away the map.
"The mission is completed. Should we go back next, or... take a little stroll?"
He rummaged through his briefcase and took out a lunch box. After opening it, he took out a sandwich and took a bite.
"Chicken cheese, fast food...it's really office worker simplicity."
Although he complained, Shang Chi still finished the sandwich in three bites.
"Hello, can I ask for directions?"
Hearing the questioning, Shang Chi raised his head and saw a short-haired woman and a red-haired boy standing in front of him.
"Okay, where are you going?" Shang Chi picked up the map.
"No, I'm still familiar with most places in the city. I just want to ask...where does this subway go?" the red-haired boy asked.
"This is Line 6. It starts from the museum and passes through District 3 to the terminal station at the foot of the mountain in District 1. The line is not particularly long. There is also Line 8 that stops at the Queen's Golden Crown subway station in District 8."
"Thanks."
Shang Chi smiled and nodded, indicating that it was okay.
Immediately, the woman and the boy walked into the subway station. Shang Chi folded the map again and put it in his pocket, then gently touched his chin.
"His eyes stayed on my map for a short period of time. Could it be that he guessed that I had killed someone and had an inference about my abilities? But...why are you so suspicious?"
On the other side, not far from Zhang Yufeng's body, Lu Ning picked up the serrated dagger.
"I'm afraid Shang Chi is the murderer. He pierced the heart with a dart and then confirmed his death outside... There is nothing wrong with his map, so why did he look at the map for so long? I must have noticed my observation."
"Jimmy, what did you just ask that man those questions for?"
"I just want to know where he plans to go, but it seems that there is no need now." Lu Ning glanced at Zhang Yufeng's body from a distance. Since it was the person Shang Chi came here to kill, he was probably a tourist. As a result, she even Never heard of this guy.
"But you also got the dagger, it doesn't matter anything else." Mu Lianrong didn't care about Zhang Yufeng's death. Someone would deal with the corpse soon. It didn't violate any rules for the two of them to pick up the corpse.
"Sister Mu, I want... to visit my parents. There is a cemetery in my memory. It should be where my parents are buried, right?" Lu Ning looked at the dagger and quickly lost interest. Naturally, Mu Lerong would not disagree with her request. She bought two tickets and took the subway to the third district.
The cemetery is on the outskirts of the third area, close to the central axis. This area was originally a wasteland, where many corpses whose identities were buried were buried. It was later filled in deeply and used as a cemetery. Lu Ning discovered that the cemetery was actually not very far from the viaduct where he met Mo La.
"Remember that the third area is...an orphanage?"
"The third area is almost as mysterious as the first area. Even we can't get in there casually. Although we are very dissatisfied with what the Heavenly Kingdom Council has done, we still don't have the ability to break in directly." Mu Lerong headed in the direction of the orphanage. After looking at it, "But it won't be long. Sooner or later we will uproot this place."
The two walked into the cemetery, and Lu Ning quickly found the tombstones of Jimmy's parents according to his memory. The two were lucky enough to have someone collect the bodies after they died. But judging from the blackened soil in front of the tombstone, it seems that Jimmy worshiped here a lot during his lifetime.
There were often activities of members of the Sacrifice Club so close to Mo La's territory, which made Lu Ning increasingly suspicious of whether she was really managing this area.
No, mostly...don't care.
"I didn't bring any sacrifices today, so let's just look at them. It's also strange. You are obviously dead, and I don't know how long this situation will last... Sorry, I seem to be preaching again."
"I don't seem to be alive. You are right. Sister Mu, I don't know how we got along before. In the future... maybe there won't be much later. When the boss finds the person who can resurrect me , maybe there will be another change.”
"We will try to keep you alive."
"I know, I can feel that each of you is treating me sincerely, but I am at a loss... This makes me feel a little guilty."
"There can't be any guilt between us." Mu Linrong held Lu Ning's shoulders and stared into her eyes and said, "Those of us have gathered together because of the desire for revenge, and we are the only ones who can hold each other together for warmth. We are Family, there is no need to feel guilty."
Lu Ning opened her mouth, and suddenly looked over Mu Linrong's shoulder, and saw a curled up person squatting on the tombstone not far away.
"Sister Mu! Who is that!"
Mu Lerong noticed her gaze earlier than Lu Ning's shout and immediately turned her head. At the same time, Lu Ning had been sent to a tomb ten meters away. A tombstone appeared in her hand, and she turned around and ducked behind the tombstone.
"I'm... touched... ah... you..."
Above the tombstone, which is not very wide, the man squatted firmly holding his head, but his body was shaking constantly, as if he was enduring some pain.
"who are you?"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
The man suddenly raised his head and roared like a wild beast.
