In the early morning, the light shines slightly through the shadows of the wood and stone in the garden, and the warm light of the stone lamps in the house automatically goes out, allowing the natural light to smear and embellish it. For a moment, the garden seemed to be filled with a thin green mist, making it cold and quiet.
However, it is already late spring after all, and the beginning of summer is less than two days away. In the minds of many people, it is obvious that Sakagawa has become very hot.
Tamagawa Eisuke sat on his knees on the balcony of the eaves, without saying a word, watching the full "Tian Shui" bamboo tube send the gurgling clear water into the shallow pool, and then returned to the right position with a "pop", startling the early birds to flutter. Leng flew away. This is a classic Zen sketch, but his mind is like a bird that has flown away, unable to calm down for a long time.
Beside him, his number one intelligence chief, Shigeru Takemoto, was reporting in a low voice: "So far, the Emerald Light's sailing plan remains unchanged, but many reservations and invitees have not been made clear yet; there are still people who have The trip was canceled due to physical discomfort..."
Tamagawa Eisuke waved his hand: "The people who boarded the ship from Sakai City are just some cheering people. A hundred wealthy people from Sakai City combined can't compare to the president of the esper association. President Abner returned to Tancheng and decided not to participate. At the auction... they couldn’t even find the target even when they applauded.”
Takemoto Shigeru's voice was low: "Regarding this matter, it is now basically certain that something happened in Tancheng, and the news was strictly blocked there. However, we learned from multiple information channels that about twenty hours ago, there was a strong earthquake near the volcanic island. Energy reaction, suspecting a superhuman level conflict."
"Including death."
"Death?" Takemoto Shigeru was surprised.
Tamagawa Eisuke sat upright to show his cautious attitude towards the current situation. Just two minutes ago, he received the latest information from the Jade Appraisal Society: "On the volcanic island, Gong Qi, the deputy secretary-general who has been in seclusion for a long time, has been destroyed and no bones remain."
This news was beyond the range of information Takemoto Shigeru usually received and processed, and he didn't know how to react for a while. He vaguely guessed that Tamagawa Eisuke was probably shocked by the news and was in a state of turmoil, so he took the initiative to tell him about it.
For this reason, Takemoto Shigeru automatically shut up, did not make any comments, and just treated himself as a mute.
"Rumors sometimes turn into facts. I have always been dubious about the legend about Gong Qi's discovery of a new dimension, but now it is almost certain that it is true, and the situation is more complicated than expected. Now there is a guess: the discovery of a new dimension Gong Qi is not the only one in the plane, there are other people who have also intervened, taking the opportunity to give Gong Qi a slap in the face behind his back... I don't want to talk about these things, because it has nothing to do with us."
Tamagawa Eisuke pointed his eyes at Takemoto Shigeru, thinking that the intelligence chief could understand his feelings.
Takemoto Shigeru continued to play dumb.
"A pond under a typhoon will never be as smooth as a mirror."
Tamagawa Eisuke stared at the shallow puddle under the bamboo tube. There were no more ripples there, but the anxiety in his heart was still not gone: "The esper association has begun to trace the whereabouts of all extraordinary species in the world, including those of all forces. The situation of force mobilization is as detailed as the dynamics of the solidified configuration of the abyss area..."
Takemoto Shigeru's eyelids twitched.
Thanks to "Professor Luo"'s lectures and dissemination of relevant concepts over the past few months, a person like him, who lacks cultivation, also has a conceptual understanding of the abyss configuration system. And the clearer it becomes, the more we understand the turbulent impact of this wave of actions.
This is no longer just a fight between gods, but it has actually affected their side. So Takemoto Shigeru still spoke:
"Large investigation?"
"Haha, this is a stupid idea that came out of nowhere. Not to mention the extraordinary species, every religious group will be investigated... Sakagawa is no exception. Even across the Pacific Ocean, there is no way to avoid the disaster!"
Sakai has the nickname of "City of All Gods", or it may be a mockery, but it is an indisputable fact that there are many religious groups here. In particular, there is also a part of it that belongs to the support of the Tamagawa family. It is so complicated that it is not easy to sort it out.
Tamagawa Eisuke ordered: "Self-examination and self-examination, we must also communicate with the Sakai branch and do related matters well. Nowadays, we are not afraid of doing things, but we are afraid that people will take the opportunity to cause trouble, so some things must be done first."
"You mean..." Takemoto Shigeru heard what he meant and asked again.
"Ah, when I received information from the Jade Appraisal Society before, someone told me that we need to keep it calm and focus on the overall situation. According to the strategy of our president, we will go all out to attack the Broken Land. I agreed." Tamagawa Eisuke raised the corners of his mouth and his cheeks twitched, "But only two minutes later, the Amaterasu Order also called, requesting to take the lead in this investigation work and restore a clean and upright environment in Sakajo..."
At this point, Takemoto Shigeru finally understood the source of Tamagawa Eisuke's bad mood: "Are they going to harvest again?"
"Yes. When most people are subject to the overall situation and have to make sacrifices for it, there are some strong people who can ignore it and even take advantage of it - isn't that the most willful guy still in Luo Yuandao's laboratory? Are you here? I didn’t expect that the father is no less good."
Takemoto Shigeru did not speak, but took a deep breath, recalling the pot of fresh soup that the Amaterasu sect used to cook Sakajo as the "cauldron" and many sects as ingredients. Now that one crop has been cut, a new crop has grown again!
Tamagawa Eisuke's resentment is not just against the Amaterasu Order: "Everyone knows that Gong Qi has been in seclusion for half a year. When he was in seclusion, he was forced back from Xia City by the Iron Triangle because of the failure to kidnap Ronan; it involved the new position At that time, the situation in Xia City was in chaos. At that time, Ronan was publishing the shocking 'cage' and 'configuration' theories. Now that something happened, Xia City's side, no, Ronan's side happened to be making big moves again. They But I stayed out of it..."
At this point, Tamagawa Eisuke suddenly stopped talking and became startled.
Takemoto Shigeru's eyelids twitched again, feeling that this idea was very dangerous.
Fortunately, Tamagawa Eisuke waved his hand: "He had just left Xia City at that time, and even if he flew... cough, he couldn't even fly."
It seems very weird to explain it in such a serious manner.
The two looked at each other again, and Tamagawa Eisuke ordered: "Go ahead and do it carefully."
"Hiyi."
Takemoto Shigeru stood up, took three steps back, then turned and left. Tamagawa Eisuke was the only one left under the eaves, staring at the gradually brightening garden, speechless.
Around the same time, inside a high-end residence on the south bank of Beishan Lake, Snake Whisper woke up. With her eyes half open, she flexed her fingers and calves to slowly dredge her blood vessels. Speaking of which, she had been lying on the tatami in the living room for a week. Her body functions had inevitably declined and it was difficult to get up for a while.
There were still finger-sized holes around her body, which were traces of Mr. Sakaemon. It was only this one wave, and during this period after that, they really didn’t care about it. If she didn't return to her soul in time, she might just turn into a rotting corpse.
"Well, that's lucky."
Sheyu laughed at herself, stopped moving temporarily, and looked at the dust floating in the morning sun, speechless. Since she lay here for a long time, it was difficult for the smart housekeeper to clean her. After a few days, a layer of dust accumulated on the tatami. Now my body is covered in dust, and I feel very uncomfortable physically and mentally.
Snake Yu loved him so much that he immediately ordered: "Mr. Xiuji, prepare the soup pool."
"I will follow your instructions, madam." The senior smart butler responded with a mature and experienced voice.
In an instant, the room came alive.
A few minutes later, Sheyu finally managed to get up and immediately entered the garden-like hot spring pool in the atrium to clean herself.
Surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors are intermittent and continuous flowing spaces. There was a pool of warm soup in the center. I lay naked in it and sank to the bottom of the pool. The skin is in full contact with the water body, the subtle water pressure, the different heat sensations in each part of the body, the temperature difference changes caused by the rippling waves of the pool, and even the natural suffocation... the body feels so rich, delicate and real.
The low-level perceptions that I never cared about before, or even despised, now feel that they are not enough. I can only experience them layer by layer, bit by bit.
The warm water in the pool had changed twice before Snake Yu stood up without finishing his thoughts. As she moved, one of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows automatically turned into a mirror. When she looked at the graceful and slender body in the mirror, glowing with the luster of life, she was startled again.
Her fingertips unconsciously crossed her chest and touched her cheek. She then recited a mantra and peeled off a layer of mist-like veil. Without the camouflage effect of the Hidden Veil, the face in the mirror is similar but different from a few seconds ago. It was the face in the mirror that frowned slightly, its central mood was not clearly discernible, but the surroundings were foggy. The fuzzy mist is different from the water mist in the hot spring pool, showing a strange gray matter.
Snake Yu's mind was awe-inspiring, and regardless of the current state of being untied, he knelt down and threw himself on the ground.
However, there was no message coming from the mist, only an insignificant weight falling on her back, almost thinking it was an illusion. In fact, the unique touch and the subtle gravity of the hidden yarn at hand clearly told the snake the answer:
The veil of silence.
The rare thing that she once dreamed of and almost risked her life for, just fell into her possession.
At this moment, Snake Yu's heart felt like the water mist in a hot spring room, full and empty, and the taste was indescribable. She remained in the kneeling position for almost three minutes. After making sure that there were no follow-up instructions, she turned back and pulled off the Silent Veil from her back and stood up.
It is natural to put two strands of fine yarn together, and they sense each other, but there is still something missing.
Sheyu is not disappointed, this is reasonable. What's more, what does this kind of thing mean now!
"Mr. Hideji, news briefing. Also, prepare a car for me."
Sheyu came out of the hot spring room, calmed down for a moment, and activated the internal system of Wanling Sect through the smart butler, and all kinds of information began to gather here.
The two tracks of the secular world and the inner world almost do not intersect - this is the case under normal circumstances, but the current situation is that there is a piece of news, with different aspects, that has become a hot topic in two fields at the same time:
"Flying Manta Ray."
"Humanoid Infrasonic Array."
Snake language keeps updating the latest information, and at the same time spends more energy on dressing up carefully. Not long after, the radiant Ms. Kitayama Yukie appeared in the dressing mirror.
When the car arrived, Sheyu dressed up and went out.
Before leaving home, the time was 9 o'clock on May 3, 2097. Miraculously, it was exactly twenty-four hours different from the earliest time when the news broke.
Whether the world knows it or not, twenty-four hours has turned everything upside down.
