When Duan Qing found the Dongcheng Club where Lu Bench was, it was already dusk of a new day. Fula, who had disappeared since his conversation with the smiling butcher, was already sending Xiao Ni away. Queen Na reappeared next to her - taking advantage of the safe environment of the hermit camp, the Golden Dragon finally activated the long-prepared teleportation magic after confirming that there would be no accidents. However, after she left the place where Gardevoir was, When he returned from the Black Magic Hut, he saw a lonely figure of Duan Qing who was deep in thought and had not made any movement for a long time: "...Where is the adventurer with no hair on his head?"
"Pfft-cough, let's go."
"Seeing how happily you chatted with each other, I thought you were friends... Where should we go next?"
"Go to Liberty City and see if you can find another person. And - how could we have had any fun talking?"
Following the clues left by the previous lost dream, he found the dock area of Freedom City. Duan Qing began to look for Xiao Hongchen in the stream of countless players. Not knowing whether the other party had changed his equipment image, he had to check every player who passed by. ID, see if there is a name you are familiar with in those words. There have been many minor accidents in the process. Just because he and Fulla used the magic of spatial refraction to cover their ID names, they were easily mistaken for mysterious NPCs and were accosted by players, using random excuses. Duan Qing's eyes, which were watching these people, swept around the dock tavern that was shrouded in darkness from time to time, and finally at a certain moment he saw another figure he was familiar with: "--ha."
"Aren't these the Qingniu brothers?"
With an abrupt movement, he blocked a player who was about to pass by him. Duan Qing pointed at the player's familiar flat head and shouted, "You're fine, brother, how have you been lately?"
"……Who are you?"
Amidst the frightening sight of a group of gangster followers following him, Liu Qingniu, who looked Duan Qing up and down for a while, replied with a very calm voice and attitude: "I don't seem to know you, do I?" got the wrong person?"
"Ah...uh."
After realizing that he was still more like an NPC in the eyes of others, Duan Qing put away his arms and then cleared his throat in embarrassment: "Um, um... ahem, I was with him a few months ago. Have you forgotten the mysterious businessman your guild did business with?"
"Mysterious businessman?"
As if he was a gangster leader who could take more than a dozen of his subordinates shopping and doing errands, Liu Qingniu confirmed with his eyes at his subordinates behind him: "Is this happening? Why don't I remember?"
"Brother Qingniu, you are so noble and forgetful." Duan Qing, who quickly entered the state of deception and interrupted the other party's question, also acted like an expert from outside the mountains, but still used his hood to cooperate with him. With half of his face covered and the action of covering his chin and stroking his beard, the appearance of this mountain outsider became a bit more suspicious: "But it doesn't matter, anyway, I just need to mention a few words, you and your My fellow adventurers should be able to remember.”
"A few words of advice?" With fierce eyes, he scared away the other passers-by players who were watching. Liu Qingniu's gaze back again was also full of suspicion: "Let's talk about it."
"Is the boss of your guild called Lu Bench? He has an invincible Bend Fist and can tip half a ship to the ground with an iron rock support?" Duan Qing began to reveal the information he knew without any panic: " Is it because you were taken care of and supported by your family boss after you moved to the Free City that you are where you are today?"
"...That's right." The expression on his face did not change at all because of Duan Qing's comments in front of his younger brother. Liu Qingniu, who stared at the gray-robed magician with straight eyes, suddenly showed a look of realization: "Oh ——I remember, are you the group of guests that the boss received at the dock earlier?"
"...Uh, yes." Duan Qing had a vague feeling in his heart because of the sudden change in the other party's attitude. Duan Qing took the sentence and said, "Although the last business deal was good, but Compared to the money I earn, meeting a group of loyal and honest adventurer customers is more important!"
"How about it? Are you interested in negotiating another business deal?" Duan Qing, who put on a mysterious look to prevent the other party from delving into the topic, continued to sell: "This time I won't raise an exorbitant price. I just I want to get information about a person from you. This person is far away and right in front of you. Maybe he is right here among you——"
"Shut up!"
Before Duan Qing could finish his words, Liu Qingniu, who had been keeping calm in front of him, suddenly burst out in anger. The sudden rise of fighting spirit then brought him to twist and throw a punch and came to Duan Qing, throwing Hui Qingniu away. The body-protecting magical energy that the robe magician had been maintaining was shattered into thousands of fragments: "You still want to get something out of me, right? You bastard!"
"Dongcheng Club has never been defrauded of so much money by you big rope jumpers! You actually have the nerve to come back!"
With the help of the magic shield to gain a moment of time, Duan Qing hurriedly bent down to dodge the opponent's sharp fist. He looked around at the vendors and passers-by who were accustomed to fighting in the city. He smiled at his own wry smile, and the next moment he hurriedly waved his hands and turned around to clarify: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! When did I lie to you - no, no, first I have to have a chance to lie to you..."
"You bastard, continue to fool people! Last time when the boss was deceived by you charlatans, I wasn't even in the meeting! You bastard, there's no way you know me!" Pointed at Duan Qing who had distanced himself and shouted. After speaking out, the veins under Liu Qingniu's flat head were knotted together with extreme anger: "I have never believed in magic sticks or fortune tellers in my life! If I hadn't gone out to harvest wheat that day, how would you have had the chance to get it? hand?"
"No, no, no, no, I -"
"Go to hell!"
Without giving Duan Qing any more chance to defend himself, the arrogant young man punched Duan Qing with all his strength. The gray-robed magician who was dumbfounded by his series of failures then reluctantly put away his fist. He looked like begging for mercy, and allowed Fulla behind him to block the slender hand under the wide cloak in front of his face. The seemingly completely disproportionate image contrast reached a balance in the contest of strength. The slender palms easily stopped the angry blow of the young general from the Dongcheng Society in place. Liu Qingniu pushed forward with all his strength. Then he retracted his fist in a standard retreating posture, and the raging anger in his eyes turned into alert light: "Who are you? How could you accept my 'brave wrist strike'?"
"..."
Still maintaining a wordless silence in front of outsiders, Fula, who did not waver in the slightest, pulled her body and the cloak behind her, which was gradually calming down, back behind Duan Qing, and also arranged her robes and robes. The gray-robed magician in the cloak then let out two chuckles, and the laughter sounded more mysterious and distant: "What is that look in your eyes? Is this surprising? I am a mysterious businessman, a mysterious businessman. Isn’t it a normal setting to have a bit of ‘mysterious’ strength?”
"——You are not those charlatans from the past few days." Looking at the attire and appearance of Duan Qing and others again with a very unkind look, Liu Qingniu's expression became more and more dangerous: "Who are you? ?”
"Don't worry, I have no ill intentions towards you." He gradually smoothed the corners of his raised mouth with the action of clearing his throat. Duan Qing turned sideways and motioned towards the dock tavern not far in front of him: "Didn't I say before? Have you passed? This time I came to visit you specially. As long as we get the information we want, we will leave immediately without any hesitation."
"you!"
Because he didn't get the answer he wanted, he moved forward again. Liu Qingniu's body and steps that were as tense as a cheetah were stopped by a low cry from behind. He turned around and looked at the man who rushed forward. He stopped his little brother, and after the other person whispered for a while, he suddenly opened his eyes wide: "...oh?"
"I see, it's you."
Looking at Duan Qing and Duan Qing again, his eyes became clear, and the ruffian leader, who seemed to have understood something, gritted his teeth and smiled softly: "Those two mysterious people who made a big fuss in the City Lord's Mansion and the Black Magic Lodge two days ago?"
"...The ears and eyes of the Dongcheng Club are really efficient, and they recognized the two of us so quickly." Duan Qing paused for a moment, and Duan Qing, who didn't want to make the same mistake again, nodded and acknowledged the other party's words: "But knowing our identities, it seems that I can’t help you with anything, can I?”
"Innocent, don't you know how much your two heads are worth in the City of Freedom?" With their fists bumping against each other, Liu Qingniu replied maliciously: "The Shadow Society is not a member of the Twelve Thrones family. Under the shadow of this, many employers who do not want to be named are following this channel and rushing to be our high-quality customers, so——"
"We can't help but give them a little thought."
After saying this calmly, Liu Qingniu, who stood up straight, put away his fighting posture to Duan Qing's surprise. He waved his head to the young men behind him to give way, and then faced the exposed The gray-robed magician turned around with a look of surprise and said, "Follow me."
"……ah?"
"Let's go, why are you still hanging around?"
He grinned at Duan Qing, and the flat-headed young man, who was different from his previous calm and fierce image, lightly weighed his feet from side to side: "If you continue to hang out here, there may be people who don't know the heights of heaven and earth after a while. Come here and scream for your life."
"If you have any questions, let's go to the tavern and talk about it."
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"You, you discovered me so early."
In the ruins deep in the F adventure area of Sky City, the figure belonging to Xueling Huanbing has come to the edge of the corner where the ruins and broken walls reflect each other. Mengzhu who is hiding behind it also looks like someone who has done something wrong. Like a child, he held his hands coquettishly and turned around and walked out: "I, I didn't mean to spy on you, and I didn't mean to follow--"
"Okay, okay, no need to explain." Looking at the name above the little girl's head, Xue Ling Huanbing, who was stunned for a moment, finally put away his fierce aura: "I don't want to blame You, you are a mature adventure group leader and quasi-professional player, you don’t need me to teach you simple things like taking care of yourself.”
"I'm just a little surprised that you showed up here." I couldn't help but reached out and touched the other person's head. The white-haired swordswoman's lips curled up with a smile: "Why don't you treat yourself as your clan over there in the sacred mountain?" Chief, why are you running around here?"
"I, I'm not running around!" Mengzhu shook his head vigorously and shook off the opponent's hand. He took two steps back and his expression became depressed: "I, I just, I just..."
"What, is there anything you can't say?"
Seeing the other person gradually clasping his fingers and lowering his head, Xue Ling Huan Bing then laughed and ignored the other person's actions of deliberately hiding his expression: "Well, I remember that you don't seem to be in the plan, and no one is following me. Said you were included in the plan——"
"You, what is your plan?" The wide-eyed girl became energetic: "Can you tell me?"
"I'll tell you what to do. It's nothing to do with this little girl like you." He tilted his head and laughed involuntarily again. Xue Ling Huan Bing's palm that he wanted to extend at the next moment was dodged by the agile girl with a small jump. Past: "In short, you don't need to intervene in this matter. Just stay in a safe place. Every opponent on the other side is difficult to deal with."
"Yes, are they those from the Knights Templar?" Taking courage to ask this question, Mengzhu called out to stop Xue Ling Huanbing's figure who was about to turn away: "I heard it very early I mentioned the battle between you and those people. At that time, I was still thinking about whether to help you, but my team members really didn't pay attention to it, and they didn't agree with me intervening in the matter between you and that mysterious organization. ——”
"Okay, I understand, I have never blamed you." Xue Ling Huan Bing couldn't help but act like a big sister again: "Don't blame yourself, it's been so long, it should be forgotten Just forget about it...Ah, Jian Beidong is probably waiting in front, so I have to catch up quickly."
"I don't know how happy I am to see you achieve what you have now, Sister Xue." Putting his big sword on his back, Xue Ling Huan Bing's figure gradually disappeared into the darkness of the ruins ahead: "I didn't change the original I am very happy that the series of things that happened to you are blamed on me, and I swear in the name of the Dark Witch, I will never let you fall into that kind of danger again."
"In the end, it's because he looked down on my strength... Humph!"
Watching the other party disappear, the little girl who stood there gritted her teeth and clenched her fists again. She let out a fierce roar that she had not made for a long time, and finally disappeared into the ruins with a strong wind. The other end: "I don't care!"
"Black corn! Get out of here!"
