Chapter 109 Covert Operation

Fortunately, the famous president of the "Rose Thorn Society" was not just a title. Ming Chong was stunned for not long before someone knocked on the door.

"Hmm?" Cares glanced at the door and frowned slightly. He smiled and told Ming Chong to sit down and have tea, then told Navia to help entertain the guests, and then walked to the door.

Several people stood at the door and talked about something. Cares thought for a moment and then went out. They stood outside the door and talked in low voices.

Ming Chong was lying by the door and could only vaguely catch a few words - water god, missing and so on... He lowered his head slightly and found that Navia was also eavesdropping here, imitating his posture, nodding as she listened.

"Eh hey?" Ming Chong was so frightened that he almost lost his grip on the door frame. "Why are you here too?!"

Navia turned around and smiled innocently, trying to get away with it (?). The next second she spoke, "Tell me the truth, what was your purpose in sneaking into our house? Otherwise, I'll tell Dad that you eavesdropped on their conversation!"

"Oh..." Ming Chong nodded without any change in his expression, "So you didn't hear anything either."

"Hey——" Navia was shocked, "How did you know?!"

The two of them looked at each other and confirmed their feelings. Ming Chong hooked his finger, and Navia leaned over and whispered a few words.

Navia's eyes lit up immediately, she clenched her fists, and said, "Okay! I, Navia, will invest in this project!"

"But, can we add one more person? I know a friend who's really good!"

"Of course!" Ming Chong waved his hand.

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After a night of bustling activity, Fontaine suddenly fell silent as the first rays of morning light broke through the clouds. The streets gradually became less crowded, with most returning home to catch up on some sleep.

The Holy Trinity Crown Night is obviously an important festival, but Clorinde still did not see her master [Petronilla] at night. But fortunately, she has become a little used to it. After all, the master is likely not to be there even on her birthday!

——She was originally worried that there would be no one to spend the holiday with her master when she came back, but now she thinks she was overthinking it.

Just as Clorinde was about to pack up and go to Casapa's house for dinner, a familiar voice came from outside the door.

"Clauline, Clorinde—come on!"

When she opened the window, Clorinde saw the familiar Navia and the unfamiliar Leosley beside her.

?

Clorinde slowly typed a question mark, wondering why she knew this person's name was Leosley?

——There were no other pedestrians or people wearing the Rose of Thorn uniform around, only a little girl named Navia...so the truth was obvious.

——That was a well-disguised ghost golem!

Otherwise, why would the name of this stranger automatically pop up in her mind?

"Navia, don't move!" she said calmly, reaching for the small sword at her waist.

According to the master, killing such eerie ghosts is the mission and duty of them, the Shadow Hunters.

"Huh?" Navia was stunned, not understanding what he meant.

A flash of sword light passed by, and Ming Chong was stunned and grabbed Clorinde's sword-holding hand with one hand. Due to her height, Clorinde's feet were still some distance from the ground, and she was directly hanging in the air.

Clorinde's feet were very obedient and did not move - Ming Chong observed carefully and found that she was not the kind of playful child flapping in the air as he thought.

Only then did Clorinde realize that the strange man next to Navia was not a monster...

It's a bit embarrassing.

The three of them looked at each other.

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"So, this is why you called me here?" There was nothing unusual in Clorinde's expression.

Navia nodded. "If I don't ask you to come along, what if Melo Petersburg comes to arrest us? If I hadn't stopped him, this big brother would have named every dog ​​he met on the street "Funina"!"

Ming Chong made a gesture.

"I'm not trying to compliment you, sir." Clorinde sighed, walked out of the room first, and turned her back to the two of them. "Then let's go. Aren't we going to catch the kids? If we hurry, we should be done in a day."

"Oh, Clorinde, don't make it sound like we're going to do something bad!" Navia puffed up her face in dissatisfaction.

"In my opinion, yes." Clorinde, who was not very tall but had a strong demeanor and gave off an unusually reliable vibe, crossed her arms. "As a disciple of the [Guardian of Order], I must watch over you."

"How can this be the same? Inviting all the children in Fontaine together, and even deceiving Lady Funina, who is the best at opera." Navia held her face in her hands excitedly, "This is simply wonderful!"

"Also, Dad left home early today to organize people to assist the police officers in finding Lady Finina. This means that Lady Finina is very likely wandering around us right now..."

Clorinde listened quietly to Navia's thoughts and looked at the seemingly quiet Ming Chong warily.

Although it has been confirmed that this person is not a monster, we cannot rule out the possibility that he has other conspiracies. Otherwise, what would he want to do by gathering so many children?

For example, the "missing girls" cases that have only appeared in recent years...

Ming Chong smiled harmlessly after noticing the gaze. What other reason could there be? He just wanted to find a child suitable for living in Funina's cottage. What bad intentions could he have?

Things definitely couldn't just be left at this point, he had to find a way to make it more fun...

——But it feels too boring to just say that there might be a chance to be raised by the Water God. What's the difference between this and asking everyone to fight and choose the strongest one to become the Water God's disciple?

Nothing new.

"This explanation is far-fetched. It's fine if Navia believes it, but how can we hide it from so many eyes and accurately find all the children of Fontaine without making any noise?" Clorinde asked. "Besides, what age group of children do we need to find?"

Navia was dissatisfied when she heard the first half of the sentence, but she felt that it made sense later. "Yes, yes, Brother Fontaine, we can't take the baby who is drinking milk with us, right? ... I have no experience in taking care of babies!"

"Uh..." Ming Chong was speechless for a moment as he was being looked at intently by the two. He hadn't made up his mind yet. After all, he just wanted to persuade this very funny kid, Navia, to join him in causing trouble.

Plans, details, etc...

"The age is probably... 5-10 years old." Ming Chong tried to figure out what he had said to Funina about children. At the very least, he should be able to raise a child to accompany her to pass the time until about ten or twenty years later, when his time comes.

If the child is too young, they won't be able to take care of him. If the child is too old... by then the child will be old enough to have his own child.

Looking at Navia, who was about 5 years old, and Clorinde, who was 8 or 9 years old, Ming Chong nodded with satisfaction. He felt that this age range was good.

"As for the plan—" Ming Chong grinned and snapped his fingers. A vortex similar to the one in Funina appeared in front of him. The difference was that this one was cyan blue, not the aqua blue of Funina's. "Why don't we find a few more children first?"

This move shocked Clorinde and Navia. They were secretly happy and couldn't help but smile.

As for whether this skill is copied from Funina...it doesn't matter, it's enough that it looks cool!

"This channel connects all the children who meet the requirements. You can reach them by passing through it." Ming Chong waved his hand and extracted a distribution map from the earth veins.

Clorinde swallowed expressionlessly. If the Shadow Hunters were only at this level against the earth monsters, then she thought that even if she could defeat a young rock dragon lizard at the age of 5 and defeat wild monsters alone at the age of 7... her master would probably have to bury her young ones in their old age.

"I think we can go to a smaller place first!" Navia didn't think too much about it. After she confirmed her gaze with Ming Chong at home, she gave him her trust based on her intuition.

At this time, she was already standing next to the distribution map with great interest, and began to point out the little red dots on it.

"Indeed...that's right." Clorinde pursed her lips, her expression unchanged. "If we could get so many children to join this project from the beginning, we wouldn't have to bother convincing the children we invite later."

Navia put her hands on her hips and nodded with satisfaction, "That's right! This way everyone will naturally fit in."

"Oh...but why are there so many children here?" Ming Chong glanced at the place on the outskirts of Fontaine.

According to Furninna—

"Although Fontaine encourages non-governmental organizations, this place is too remote, isn't it? Even if it's an orphanage, they've given so much support, but they're still building it in a place like this. Is there something fishy going on?"

Clorinde fell into deep thought.

"It must be!" Navia took a closer look. It was [Eastern Foothills of Mount Mansault]. She said loudly, "I, Navia, have been walking around Fontaine for many years, and I've never heard of anyone coming out of this place to solicit sponsorship or purchase goods."

How many years of walking?

Ming Chong pinched his mouth to prevent himself from laughing out loud and hurting the child's young heart, "Ah...ah! Your analysis is correct!"

"But I remember Mr. Careys——" He was often not at home, let alone talking about things.

Before Clorinde could finish her words, Ming Chong manually muted her microphone.

"Okay! Let's go here first!" Ming Chong made the decision directly.

"Wait a minute! How could I forget about this!" Navia suddenly slammed her palm and hurriedly turned around and ran into Clorinde's residence, "Wait for me! I'll be quick!!!"

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"I heard that last night, Fontaine's hat and gloves had special meanings... Pepe, why do you think my mother gave me a hat?" Krevy stood in front of the dressing mirror, fiddled with the hat for a few times, took it off, and sighed.

Peruvian lowered his head slightly, looked at his hands that were gradually turning black, and put on his gloves silently. "I don't know, but it's the same for everyone. You have to choose between a hat and gloves."

"Hmm...eh?" Krevy stared at the dressing mirror in front of her without blinking. The mirror couldn't reflect her appearance, and ripples gradually appeared. She stepped back in surprise, sweat on her forehead. "Pepe! Look—"

Seeing this, Peruvili's pupils shrank. He took three or two steps forward to block Krevi behind him, pulled off his gloves, and raised his hand, which was gradually covered in black.

A pitch-black, eerie blackness approached the mirror, whose movements were equally eerie...

The next second, a small hand reached out from inside, and with a flick, a piece of paper with colorful graffiti was revealed in its entirety. Then a small head appeared. "Hello! I'm Navia, a member of the Thorn Rose Society! I'm in charge of external recruitment. Are you interested in taking a look?"