Chapter 2017: Horizon
Qingxi River is a narrow river located in the north of Tivian. The King's Campus is built beside Qingxi Lake, and the water from Qingxi Lake becomes Qingxi River. This river flows from the south of Qingxi Lake, flows into the city of Tivian, merges with Yueliu River, and finally flows into the sea.
The River Bridge is located not far from the King's Campus. It is a small bridge across the Qingxi River. A road passes through this bridge to the south. It is one of the roads connecting the King's Campus and the Tivian District.
At night, the river flows into the bridge mouth. The calm river water flows through the bridge hole, making a gurgling sound. The river breeze blows over the river surface, making the trees on both sides rustle. The street lights on both sides of the road emit a dim light.
"hiss……"
In the cool river breeze, Nephnis, standing at the bridgehead, hugged herself, tightened her clothes, and then looked around at the quiet and deserted surroundings.
"It's so cold... How long do I need to wait here?"
Nefernis murmured as she looked at the surroundings. After reading the instructions Dorothy wrote to her, Nefernis immediately came to the entrance of the Heguan Bridge and waited here silently according to Dorothy's instructions.
Thinking of this, Nephnis unfolded the book in her hands, then picked up a pen and began to write on it.
"Excuse me, Miss Dorothy, I have now reached the entrance of the Heguan Bridge. How long do I need to wait here?"
Beautiful handwriting was printed on the pages of the book, and then melted into the pages and disappeared. Soon, the words of reply appeared in front of Nefernis.
"Just wait a little longer, your escort will be here soon."
"My pick-up? Has Miss Dorothy arranged for someone to pick me up? In that case, the other party should also be a member of the Rosicrucian, could it be Mr. Brandon?"
Looking at the sentences on the pages in front of her, Nephnis couldn't help but think so, and at the same time she felt a little relieved.
In this way, Nephthys continued to wait at the bridge entrance.
After a long while, Nephnis still didn't see any figure. Just as she was thinking about whether to write something else and ask Dorothy a few questions, she suddenly heard the rustling sound of grass and trees behind her.
"Are you here?"
Thinking of this, Nephnis immediately turned her head and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and then her expression froze on her face.
Nephonis looked over and saw a figure slowly walking out of the woods behind her. The street lights illuminated their faces. Nephonis found that she recognized everyone in front of her.
The leader of these people was Thorn, who was wearing a familiar mask. Beside Thorn were his subordinates, including members of the Eight-Pointed Nest who were directly under him, and his highly corrupted admirers in the Secret Knowledge Society. Among them was Eli, who was looking at her with a gloomy face. In Eli's hand was a furry spider.
"Finally meet you, little bitch, Boyle..."
Looking at Nefernis in front of them, Thorn said slowly, following the slowly crawling spider, after spending a lot of time, they finally found the trace of Nefernis.
The moment she saw Pierrot and the others, Nevonnis's face turned pale, and she turned and ran. Eli caught up with her at an astonishing speed in an instant, and then slapped Nevonnis to the ground, and Nevonnis screamed in pain.
"ah!"
"Don't even think about running, traitor."
Looking at Nefernis lying on the ground, Eli said in a cold voice, and at this time, Thorny also slowly came up with other people, surrounding Nefernis who was lying on the ground. Nefernis shrank back in fear and looked at Eli who was in front of her.
"E-Senior Eli... wake up! Wake up! You have been bewitched by Thorn! He is using us!"
Nephnis, who was in a desperate situation, pleaded with her former senior from the academy, but Eli was completely indifferent, while Thorn beside him spoke instead.
"Shut up, traitor, or I'll kill you now!"
After saying that, Cialis looked at Eli beside him and asked.
"What should I do now?"
"Catch the man, take him back and torture him, and get as much information as you can out of him."
After Eli finished speaking, the two minions at the side prepared to carry Nephnis away. Just as the terrified Nephnis was about to shout something, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in Nephnis's mind.
"Great Aka, I want to inform Nefernis to be ready now. If you hear gunshots, run away immediately and climb over the grass on the rocky beach below the riverbank."
'Gunshot?'
Hearing this sound, Neveu was stunned for a moment, and then the next moment, a sound like an explosion resounded through the night sky on the river bank.
“Bang!!”
A huge gunshot rang out, and bullets flew in from the other side of the river, passing through the river surface and accurately piercing the head of a masked man in the crowd. The man's brain was sprayed by the headshot, and his body, which had lost its weapon, fell to the ground.
At this moment, on the other side of the Qingxi River, in a shadow, Vanya was standing there, holding a rifle and pointing it at the other side of the river in the distance. There were wisps of white smoke coming out of the black muzzle of the gun.
After rushing to the scene, Vanya saw the situation on the other side. After writing a few simple sentences to Dorothy to inform her of the situation, she took action.
On this side of the river, everyone present was shocked by the sight of Ci Rong's body falling. Nephnis, who had been warned and prepared, immediately stood up and ran, ready to jump over the river bank. Seeing this, a minion closest to her immediately went forward to stop her.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
“Bang!!”
The second gunshot rang out, and the thug who went to stop them was shot and fell to the ground. Nephnis also took the opportunity to fall down the river bank and landed in the grass on the rocky beach. Seeing this scene, Eli on the side shouted loudly.
"Sniper! Find cover and hide!"
As Eli shouted, the remaining minions immediately began to look for cover to hide, while Eli determined the sniper's position through the fire on the river bank, then stepped onto the river bridge and rushed to the other side of the river at an astonishing speed.
During this period, Eli's face began to wriggle and deform, and finally turned into another young man's face. This... was the face of the Thorn Original that should be hidden under the mask.
"Humph! It was just a precautionary measure, but I didn't expect it to be used!"
Eli...or so Cirong thought in his heart. When he was slowly tracking the spider, Cirong had thought about whether it was possible to meet other forces of the Rosicrucian at the end of the tracking and start a battle. After being tricked in the North Pine Forest Farm, he became a little more cautious and exchanged identities with Eli when he came.
Thorn made Eli wear his mask, but he relied on his ability to change into Eli's face. He is the Shadow-Masked Man, a Black Earth-level extraordinary person on the path of "Shadow", with the "Shadow" auxiliary "Cup". He has the ability to change his appearance at will and can easily disguise himself as other people.
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