After standing on the roof and observing for a while, I realized that the thug standing at the door actually did nothing to control the access. Probably just to maintain order and get rid of some troublemakers. As long as someone wants to enter, they won't even stop them and let them drive in.
Lin thought for a while, then used the flash technique to fall into the dark alley, put away his magician's shawl, and changed his image a little by the way. Although I have never learned the art of professional disguise, I can still change my hairstyle and outfit.
When everything was ready, he naturally mustered up the courage to break into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den. Of course, this is not because I have never been before, so I am interested in such a place.
After successfully passing two strong orcs guarding the door, Lin walked into a place filled with choking smoke and full of waiters. There are only two words for my thoughts: dirty and messy.
Compared with the top nightclubs on Earth, the environment here is as bad as a beggar's den. Anyone with some sense of style will not enter this kind of place, no matter how weird the gameplay is. It happened to be in the Lost Land, where the nobles would come.
Although before I traveled through time, I had no chance to experience a place like this. But with the knowledge gained from various movies, TV shows, and animation works, if you open a top-notch hotel in Midland, I can't say you can make a lot of money, but at least it will make people flock to it.
But those random thoughts are not the purpose of today. In the crowd, Lin quickly saw the figure of the fat noble man. He was very conspicuous due to his large size. But where the other party walked in, there seemed to be guards to block the rest of the crowd. Behind the curtain, the situation inside is vaguely visible. But it feels like it's not that easy to get close to or sneak into.
Looking around, there is no place for drinking alone. And because he is single, there is already a waitress who plans to come over to him. Since the risk of exposure was high if he continued to investigate, and there was no quiet place to cast a spell for investigation, Lin simply pretended to be casual and walked into a certain curtain, then flashed away.
And the pretty waitress followed someone's footsteps and walked behind the curtain, but she didn't see anyone. He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he had seen it wrong. He glanced around to make sure he couldn't see anyone, then gave up and went straight to find the next customer.
Even if you don't smoke those big cigarettes, you will be a little confused or slow in thinking after staying in such a place for a long time. It's not a big deal if you see some strange images. Therefore, the waitress simply did not take a closer look at the figure she just saw.
Returning to the last roof he reached, Lin observed the roof of the brothel from a distance. There were a few thugs patrolling above, looking heavily guarded. Turning around and looking in the other direction, that was the location of the box cutter.
Generally speaking, it is a magic positioning method used to recover the marked object, but it can also be used in reverse to make yourself flash next to the marked object. And that place should be where Fen and his group are now. Without thinking much, Lin disappeared on the roof and flashed back to his companions.
"Hey, I'm back. Have you gained anything?"
As soon as someone appears, the lich will notice it. Lin took the time to look at his surroundings. It was already indoors, and the flames of the fireplace were heating the entire room.
The two apprentices, who have been busy since they were preparing to leave the ship, are still busy now. One person packs things and the other prepares dinner. After receiving the news that their teacher had returned, the two girls deliberately avoided it. He seemed to be still sulking about what happened earlier.
Without realizing it, someone sat down abruptly and poured himself some water to quench his thirst. Fen's question was not a casual social statement. Guessing that someone was leaving, it should be the noble who followed him to cause trouble. Then when the person comes back, it will be natural for her to ask.
But when asked about the results, someone just shook his head and said, "I haven't found anything concrete, at most there are some guesses."
"Oh, tell me." Fen asked.
"I followed the group of people all the way to a brothel. After I followed them, I circled around and saw them entering a guarded place. In order to avoid being exposed, I did not try to continue to follow, but retreated. come out."
A very simple statement, but in exchange for a group of people's distrust, or contemptuous eyes. Lin felt confused and asked, "What's wrong? Why do everyone look at me like this?"
"Here, be good, take it." Fen handed Hakiri over.
Someone took it smoothly, but asked with a confused look on his face: "What's wrong? It's just sitting next to you. Why do you insist that I hold it in my hand?"
"You don't want to take it? Well, come back." Fen stretched out his hand to ask for the weapon.
Someone who was confused about the situation originally wanted to put the sword aside, but since Fin reached out his hand, he handed it over. Don’t forget to ask one more question: “What’s wrong?”
The lich who took the sword immediately squatted aside with the two apprentices who suddenly put aside their duties. Asked Haggiri in a low voice, "What on earth did that man do in the brothel? Tell me."
... After figuring out what these three women were up to, Lin couldn't help but said angrily: "What can I do in just a few minutes after I go in and out!"
"That's right, he didn't do anything." Haggiri praised it, but said with emotion: "Ah, he is such a boring holder, there is nothing to catch him with."
Fen asked: "Is it true?"
"Not really. What he did behind your back is more stupid than bad. There's nothing to mention. It's not like the holders I met before, who always did it in secret no matter how upright they were. Some burning, killing, looting, or the kind where he can't control his lower body. It's really boring. But having said that, his delusions and dark history are amazing, and he is so blind that he breaks the limit. Are you interested in knowing? "
Without waiting for the three women to answer, Lin first used the flash technique to take Hakiri back from their hands. Staring at the weapon in his hand, he said, "Why didn't I know you were so wicked before?"
"Will you? This is the private fun of my family." A certain sword said proudly.
Finally, there was someone who remembered the business. Fen whispered to Haggiri: "I'll ask you in detail later." Then he turned around and asked someone seriously: "What did you say about that group of people just now?"
To be honest, there's no way anyone would be able to take advantage of such an exaggeratedly tough guy. So I could only throw it aside with dissatisfaction and answer Qi Fen's question: "Because I can't confirm whether the other party has contacted anyone else, so I don't know who the person behind the scenes is, if there is a mastermind behind the scenes. But this time There is a high chance that the trouble is premeditated; it’s not that those people are used to being domineering and just happened to meet us on the dock."
"How do you determine this?" When talking about business, Fen asked with a serious expression.
"If they meet the other party by chance, then after being treated like that, there is a high chance that they will choose to go back to the place where they can find the most help, that is, their own home. If they choose a place other than home, It means that they trust that place more than their own family, or that it is the place that ordered them to do this, so they have to report the results."
"According to what you said, there are two possibilities. Why do you think the other party has premeditated it?"
“Because of the venue.”
"Place? You mean the brothel?"
"Yes. It is impossible to meet his father in that kind of place. No matter what the fat man wants to meet, it is a nobleman with a higher status than him, or someone with stronger strength than him, or someone with a brain better than him. A handy peer, in short, in that situation, it is easy to stimulate him to do some irrational behavior. For example, to find trouble with two magicians. But what is still unclear is whether this group of people understand Our strength makes us make such a provocation. We don’t quite understand, so we pick an insignificant person to try our luck; or at least one of them knows very well, so they send a person with no brains to test our attitude. .”
Although everyone was busy, only two official magicians were chatting idlely, but everyone still pricked up their ears and paid attention to the conversation between them. Uzov, who was staying in the same hotel, interjected: "Sir, did the brothel you went to have any conspicuous signs or marks? Do you still remember it?"
Remembering that there was a sign-like sign at the door of that building, Lin used the magic whiteboard pen technique to draw the sign out of thin air. Also added color along the way.
Uzov looked at the mark, thought for a while, and then said: "This is the mark of Qingying, which is a very commonly used mark to represent a brothel. But this mark is not like any large underground brothel I know. organization, so it shouldn’t be a territory controlled by a big shot. If that’s the case, I think the other party is just a group of small nobles who have never seen much of the world, and they are desperate to find trouble. In my past travels, I really I have met many noble children like this."
After pondering for a moment, Lin asked Uzov: "Do you think it's possible that the people behind the scenes just pushed the fat man out as a victim? If we had reacted too violently before and killed each other, they would have just improved the entire situation. , using higher powers to cause larger-scale conflicts."
"Haha, Your Excellency, if we were still in the military country, I dare not say that the situation you envisioned would never happen. But this is just a small country. Even if we use the power of the whole country, it will at most cause you a little trouble. Even if they are behind There are big nobles from other countries, no matter how much they contribute, the extent is limited. Because these small countries exist between the two empires, the current balanced situation can be said to be the result of the tacit consent of both empires. If there are too drastic changes, or Interference by the great nobles on either side may trigger unnecessary reactions from the other side, and then a border conflict will not be able to resolve the matter."
In other words, think of this place as a third world country under the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. No matter how large the scale of the war, it is at most two guerrillas fighting against each other, and it is impossible to escalate it to the level where the people behind it are fighting shirtless.
So the best thing to do is to remain unchanged in response to changes. Too much and too big a reaction will make those hiding behind look down upon you. If it is really just a minions jumping up and down, this kind of inaction will easily allow the other party to take advantage of it. When the time comes, just slap him to death, that's okay.
