After passing through the door on the side and turning a few more corners, Duan Qing followed in the footsteps of the Salted Fish King and came to the back of the bar.
The smell of alcohol mixed with food still permeates every corner here, but compared to the noisy bar in front, this place no longer has the smell of sweat that comes when people are crowded, and the smell of PVP enthusiasts who are constantly fighting. The smell of blood comes. Taking this opportunity to look around, Duan Qing discovered that this place still existed and was different from the lobby of the previous bar.
"There seem to be hidden people around." He whispered to Mengzhu.
"Ah? Where, where..."
"Shh, don't look around, it will cause misunderstanding." Duan Qing warned in a low voice, but continued to move forward calmly on the surface. Based on his many years of experience, this gray area should be tightly guarded to ensure the safety of certain shady transactions, but such guards are usually in the open. There may be some other hidden guards, but Guarding on the surface is a must.
Otherwise, it will not deter the people who come to visit.
Judging from Duan Qing's secret observation, there are not many guards hiding in the corner, only three or five at most, but they are all hidden very deep. If Duan Qing was not familiar with such a place, even He wouldn't even notice those breathing sounds that were so suppressed that there was almost no fluctuation.
But then, these things became minutiae.
"You're finally here."
Pushing open the door of a room on the second floor of the bar, Duan Qing and Mengzhu were led into the room. A man wearing black stiff clothes sat on a seat in the corner and said to these two people with a smile. : "I'm still thinking, how long will you make me wait..."
"Are you Wiesel?"
"If I'm not mistaken, yes." The man showed an evil smile, then stood up from his seat: "At the same time, he is the person in charge here."
He put a stack of pages in his hand under his arm, walked to Duan Qing, and stretched out a hand: "I'm glad that you finally found this place and found me."
"When we were in Greenstone Village, Uncle Valar once said..." Duan Qing shook hands with him, and then touched his nose with some embarrassment.
"Yeah, that guy Valar has already gone so far. Now that I think about it, it's really... ironic." The man wanted to take something out of his arms, and then it seemed like he suddenly thought of it. He touched his forehead with some embarrassment and said, "But he is fine, so I feel relieved. Recently, he even asked someone to bring me a message, asking me how I was doing and how Ralph was doing. How is the war situation in the principality, and..."
He paused for a moment, then looked at the two people in front of him with incomprehensible eyes: "Ask how you two are doing..."
Duan Qing smiled sheepishly, then lowered his head.
"In my expectation, after you came to Fenghua Town, you should come to me immediately. I didn't expect that it would take so long." Wisel began to complain, but there was something in his calm voice that could not be heard. Showing no hint of dissatisfaction: "But you are here after all. This shows that old guys like me are still useful."
"We didn't mean that." Duan Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "We are just... a little busy, so..."
"So you just forgot about me, right?" The other party blinked, and then smiled with some understanding: "He is indeed a young adventurer, so motivated..."
He took a step back and took out the pile of things from his armpit again: "Then let me take a look at what you have been busy with recently... um."
"Your names appear on the registration form of Fenghua Town... Then there are the Adventurers Association, the Mages Council, the 'Sparkling Star Flower'... Wow——"
He raised his head and glanced at the two of them: "You... had a conflict with Mr. Finson, and were detained in the town hall for a while..."
"That was an accident." Hiding the surprise in his eyes, Duan Qing replied, "We were later released."
"Yes, yes, your conflict seems to have no consequences. It ended happily like this. As far as this result is concerned, it is really not very satisfactory." Wiesel did not look at the other party's expression at all and continued to let him know. His eyes swept up and down: "Then you... find someone to set up an adventure group. At Richard's place... tsk, tsk, look at this list."
"The Salted Fish King is actually one of the members." He raised his head and looked at the man standing by the door in surprise. The latter replied with a wry smile: "Yes, boss."
"Your adventure group must have a bright future." Wiesel gave a thumbs up, and then continued to look at the paper in his hand: "It seems... that is indeed the case."
"In the following days, you were very active, carrying, caring, looking for people, collecting, and finally even participated in the routine training in Fenghua Town... That guy Kidd seems to be thinking about you more. "." Wiesel turned a page: "Then... you went to Blue Mountain Village. It is said that... you are going to the Ankaras Mine."
"As far as I know, that place is not very... peaceful." He patted the paper in his hand and commented casually.
"Well, it's really not peaceful enough." Beads of sweat began to appear on Duan Qing's face.
"You came back one day later, and then began to contact many forces." Wiesel retracted his observation gaze and continued to read the information in his hand: "You met Richard, Rama, and went to Went to the Mages Council once... Oh, I think I also went to the library once this morning?"
He finally showed a surprised look: "You...are still related to those gang of magicians?"
"If having a chance relationship counts as a relationship...yes."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, there are so many people you know... Counting me, there is only one warrior family left on this continent." Wisel, who had short hair, put down his hand. information, and focused on the two people again: "I heard that you are still related to two people in the Seven-person Council..."
"Okay, okay, we know that your magical powers are vast, Mr. Wiesel." Duan Qing interrupted the other party's seemingly endless leaks, because the man in front of him seemed to really know everything. If he was allowed to If he continues to say this, there is no guarantee that he will report the situation when he first entered the game.
Although he was also curious about whether this person knew it and how he knew it.
"We have all seen your recent activity here. In the latest report, we even raised the level of attention of your 'Fool Adventure Group' to D level." Wiesel said: "So you are here We somewhat know the purpose of the trip..."
Are you sure you only know a little bit? Duan Qing cursed.
"But having said that, your goals are consistent with our recent plans to a certain extent. So..."
"That's why we met you so smoothly, right?"
"Oh, we're not that unkind...but this situation does make the conversation between us more...pleasant."
A man dressed in black suddenly appeared from the shadow on one side. He quickly came to Wisel's side and whispered something. Wisel's brows wrinkled slightly, and then he answered in a low voice. Something.
Unexpectedly, the whispers continued like this.
Under the gazes of Duan Qing and Mengzhu, Wiesel's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and finally they simply knitted together - he lowered his head and thought for a while, then said a few words, and then He waved the man who looked like one of his men out.
"It seems... things have indeed changed."
Wiesel put away the information in his hand: "Let's make a long story short. Who do you want to find? Gorzi? Spurrier? Or Tepp?"
"A man named Feini." Duan Qing vaguely felt that something bad had happened, and quickly replied: "That man may be...a bandit or something like that, or maybe not, anyway. He may have some information we need..."
Realizing that he couldn't go on, Duan Qing opened his mouth, and finally just added: "It's all my guesses anyway."
"Based on our trust and respect for Val, we won't talk about unnecessary things like expenses." Virgil's answer was straightforward: "But I'm sorry about this so-called Feeny... ."
"We have not heard of this character."
"No way!" Duan Qing was shocked: "You just reported a bunch of names that I have never heard of, and you know them clearly even for little-known people like us, but in the end you don't know a famous person. Maybe people who live in Fenghua Town all year round..."
"Don't belittle yourself too much, young man." Wiesel raised his hands: "Also, we, the Shadow Society, are not gods, so we cannot know everything."
"Fenghua Town has existed here for hundreds of years. There are countless people and things, big and small. It's normal for there to be people we haven't found. This... we never deny it." Going to the corner of the small room, Wiesel reached out and picked up a cloth bag: "And the most important point is: the accuracy of the name."
Sure enough, it was this thing... Duan Qing covered his forehead with his hands, and once again raised his eyebrows because NPCs in the free world always tampered with their names.
"The person you are looking for...may be a pseudonym, may have changed his name, or...maybe...is a fictitious character." Wiesel continued: "If you can provide more information, With more information, whether it's his appearance, characteristics, or who knows him... we might be able to find him better."
yes! It was the name Yasiqi mentioned before he died. If we start looking for Yasiqi, there might be a breakthrough. Mengzhu, who was standing silently by the side, suddenly thought of this and hesitated to speak. She looked like she wanted to remind her companions, but after a while, the man next to her still didn't mention this as a clue, leaving the girl with golden braids puzzled.
It's impossible, I can imagine it, there's no way this cunning uncle can't think of it...
"...Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Wiesel." At the end of the result, Duan Qing just nodded: "If we have more clues, we will provide them to you."
"That's right, that's right." Visser clapped his hands: "I like to deal with people who are clear-cut. Val once said that you are very...smart, and it's really not a lie."
"Thank you for the compliment." Duan Qing replied: "But we are just some...insignificant adventurers. We really cannot afford such praise..."
The two said a few words casually, and Duan Qing expressed his willingness to leave. Since the other party seemed to have important matters to deal with, and the organization could not help him find people, there was no reason for him to leave. Stayed. The short-haired man in a straight dress finally told the two of them that if they had any other requests, just feel free to come to him. As long as it wasn't an excessive request, anything... could be discussed.
It was a good time to get together and part ways.
"Uncle, why didn't you..." Mengzhu didn't raise his doubts cautiously until he left that depressing place.
The other party just glanced at him and did not answer immediately: "Let's go back to the Adventurers Association first."
The two people were walking on the winding streets of Fenghua Town with the mountain breeze and flying catkins blowing together. Shadowy passers-by kept passing by them, and the two of them hurried on without saying a word. It wasn't until the little girl couldn't help it anymore that Duan Qing, who was looking at the scenery down the mountain, said slowly: "I have a vague feeling." What I realized..."
"That Feeney may be the key to a series of things."
Under Mengzhu's puzzled gaze, he turned his head and looked in a certain direction on the mountainside - the town hall of Fenghua Town, which stood vaguely in that direction. From a distance, the door of the building was still crowded with people, and it seemed that there were even more people than before.
"Under our witness, Yaschi died in an unexpected way. Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm not talking about the physical way he died, but the way he died... ...reason."
"Why did he die in the mine like this? If we hadn't received Little Nina's commission, would he have died like this without anyone knowing?"
"Because of Xiao Nina, we know these things, and because of Xiao Nina, our Fool Adventure Group is now at the center of the storm." Duan Qing whispered: "At least I am now... .This is how it feels.”
"Is the situation... as serious as you said?"
"My feeling is always very accurate." Duan Qing sighed: "Especially when it comes to understanding bad news. This is the legendary thing - good things don't work but bad things work."
"That Visser just now not only wanted us to be a free provider of information, but also showed great interest in Yaschi's whereabouts during his insinuations. Didn't you see? He was very interested in us. Fenghua Town’s experience is clear, but as a result, he knows very little about what happened in the Ankaras mine, and then just brushed it off, which is not scientific at all.”
"Either he really doesn't know and wants us to tell ourselves. Or... he wants to find out something else."
"Now, apart from a few of us, the only people who know that Yaschi is dead are old Norman and... Mayor Rama, who we accidentally let slip. Oh, by the way, And Aqiang's group... In short, even the Shadow Society we took the initiative to find wanted to know about Yasiqi. It's hard for me to imagine... If someone really got that The things on Feeney, this matter..."
He suddenly stopped and stretched out his arms towards the sky on the side of the mountain road, making an embracing gesture: "What will happen to this beautiful town?"
The little girl's face was already quite ugly.
"Then...if we don't rely on anything, wouldn't it be harder...on our own?"
"Who said we were helpless? At least that old Norman knew about this." Duan Qing touched his nose: "Although we accidentally told him..."
"It's you."
"Okay, okay, it's me. In short, I still believe in the Mage Council. As for the other people... let's investigate first."
As they continued to move forward, the town hall of Fenghua Town was already in sight. Now that they saw this building, it meant that they were not far from the Adventurers Association.
"Next...what is our goal?"
"What else could it be... Of course we are looking for that Fini." Duan Qing said: "And if possible, it would be best... to get there before everyone else."
