Chapter 40: True or False
Pritt, Tivian.
In the southern part of Tivian, in a dark grove somewhere near the outskirts of the city, three figures were standing here. After Hardy stood up after being imprinted with the talisman, he couldn't help but smile after looking at Adele and Greg in front of him, and then he spoke.
"Well, both of you, let's get started now. Madam, please step aside for a moment."
After saying this, Hardy turned his gaze to Adele who was not far away. Adele smiled slightly and then spoke.
"Oh~ Madam, are you going to step aside? In that case, I will step aside for now to preserve my heart which is purer than that of a child." As Adele spoke, she glanced at Hardy with a playful look, then left the scene with a fan covering half of her mask. Hardy couldn't help but pursed his lips after hearing what Adele said, and then looked at Gregor in front of him.
"Well, Shadow Man first, let's get started now. Are everything ready?"
"Of course."
As they spoke, two people who looked exactly the same began to take off their clothes in the woods. After taking off their inner clothes, they exchanged them. Then Gregor put on Hardy's inner clothes, and Hardy put on Gregor's. Then Hardy put his original outer clothes back on, but did not button them up, leaving a part of his inner clothes exposed from the top.
On the other side, Gregor did not have his outer coat on the boat, but only wore the shirt that originally belonged to Hardy on the outside. Then he took out a small blood bag from the hospital from the bag he carried with him, cut it open and smeared large amounts of blood on his shirt, making himself look as if he had just been seriously injured.
After his body was covered with large amounts of blood, Gregor took out a small bag from his bag and threw it to Hardy. After receiving it, Hardy pressed the contents of the bag and felt the hard object inside. He then took it on his body and spoke to Gregor, who looked miserable.
"Okay, now everything is ready... Are you ready? Shadow-faced man first?"
"Anytime..." Gregor said in a disciplined manner, then he glanced around, looked at himself and Hardy, looked at the warehouse in the distance, and then spoke again with a little concern.
"According to what you said before, there might be a Cretaceous-class warrior and several Black Earth-class warriors inside... To deal with such a configuration, the Security Bureau must send out at least two Cretaceous-class teams. Now we are the only ones to deal with them... Is that okay?"
"Don't worry, there will be no problem. As long as everyone performs their duties and cooperates with each other properly, it won't take much effort. Even if some links are not coordinated well and some mistakes occur, I have follow-up measures. With that lady's secret assistance, there won't be any big problems."
Hardy spoke directly with a calm and indifferent expression. Listening to Hardy's words, although Gregor still had a trace of worry in his eyes, he still nodded. Thinking of the mysterious lady who had just left, Gregor couldn't help but ponder for a while.
In Greg's impression, the woman just now seemed to be very mysterious, and seemed to have some strange ability that was no less than that of a detective. The sentry in front of him seemed to be brought here by the other party's ability. Greg could sense that the other party might be some kind of mysterious extraordinary person who was superior to himself, and the other party also gave her an indescribable sense of déjà vu.
"A detective who can exert influence in a distant place, a mysterious lady who can use invisible power to control people's subconscious behavior... The power held by the Rosicrucian is extremely rare and hidden, making it difficult to guard against... Such an organization cannot be measured by ordinary concepts. I cannot apply the standards of the Bureau to the Rosicrucian..."
Gregor thought so in his heart. After he understood clearly that the power of the Rosicrucian could not be judged by common sense, his original worries were relieved a lot. Then Gregor was more relaxed and prepared to carry out the next plan.
"Well, if that's the case, then let's get started."
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On the outskirts of the southern city, somewhere in an abandoned warehouse, in a semi-enclosed space made of a pile of random stone bricks, a magic circle of "Silence" drawn with ashes was printed on the ground, and above the magic circle, the tied up and unconscious Nunot was lying on it.
At the edge of the magic circle, Atif, with a beard and in a long robe, was sitting cross-legged, staring at Nunot who was lying in the center of the magic circle. At this moment, he was thinking and analyzing the powerful soul-protecting mark on Nunot's body, trying to find a way to break it.
Just as Nunot was immersed in the cracking ritual, suddenly, his spiritual sense belonging to the extraordinary "Silence" felt a strong message. It was the sound of ghosts screaming, the sound of warnings from the ghosts on guard outside the warehouse.
After hearing the sound that only the extraordinary person of "Silence" could hear, he immediately frowned, then stood up from his cross-legged position, quickly walked out of the semi-enclosed space surrounded by the broken brick walls, and came to the wider space of the warehouse outside. As soon as he came outside, he saw the three men in the warehouse quickly gathering towards him.
"Lord Atif, the ghosts outside are crying out! Someone is invading!" One of Atif's men said a little nervously, while Atif calmly glanced at the environment in the warehouse, and after finding that there was nothing unusual for the time being, he spoke sternly.
"Where's Hardy? He should be the lookout tonight?"
Atif said this, and before his men in front of him could respond, the door of the warehouse was suddenly pushed open a little, and a figure staggered out from the small opening. It was Hadi.
"Sir, outside, someone broke in! They are extremely powerful, I am no match for them at all..."
With a look of fear, Hadi covered one of his arms and ran towards Atif staggeringly. Seeing Hadi with a look of fear getting closer and closer to him, Atif was anxious at first and wanted to wait for him to come over and report the situation truthfully, but when he saw him coming over, he realized that something was wrong.
Although what Hadi shouted just now was indeed the language of Northern Ufica, his accent was a bit strange, and the clothes of Hadi who was walking towards him were a bit messy. Under the light, Atif saw that the lining of his clothes seemed to be different from what he remembered. This series of abnormal phenomena made Atif recall what Hadi had said to him during the day.
That is, in the Blackwater district, a man who looked exactly like the old butler they captured appeared and was giving alms. At the time, Atif suspected that this strange occurrence might not be accidental. The appearance of two people who looked exactly the same in this world meant that they were either brothers, or there was some extraordinary power that changed one person's appearance into another person's.
After realizing this, Atif's eyes widened slightly, then he looked at Hadi who was walking towards him, and spoke in a stern voice.
"Wait a minute, don't come over now, stand still and don't move!" When Hadi was about to walk in front of him, Atif immediately spoke out to stop him. When Hadi heard Atif's words, not only did he show surprise on his face, but several of his men beside him could not help but feel surprised.
"Sir...you are..."
After being ordered to stop, Hadi looked at Atif with a confused expression, while Atif stared at Hadi with a serious look and then spoke in a loud voice.
"Hadi, answer me now, what is your full name? Where are you from? When did we first meet?" Atif asked Hadi three questions in a row. After hearing these questions, Hadi couldn't help but look stunned, and then his expression became even more confused.
"Ah... what's my full name? Let me think about it..."
Hadi said this with a somewhat flustered tone, and looking at Hadi who did not answer the question immediately, Atif's expression was close to indifference, and his hand had secretly clenched a piece of bone under his robe.
"stop!"
At this moment, there was another noise coming from the door of the warehouse. Following the noise, everyone looked towards the door from which Hardy had just entered, and then they saw a scene that shocked them.
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