In the foggy city of England, three black cars slowly drove into a historic manor. It had rained just a few hours ago, but now there was no trace of water on the ground. Such details showed the wealth of the people here.
An English gentleman and six servants were already waiting in front of the house. The old English gentleman in the lead said, "How are you, Miss Mephala. The last time we met... you were only 12 years old."
The tall visitor with long black hair walking in front took off her hat, revealing a heroic female face. Even the silver-wire round-frame glasses on her nose added a touch of majesty to her: "Butler Walter, please lead the way. Now, I work for the Victoria Intelligence Department."
The British gentleman smiled and led them into the inner house, where the girls Yufei and Loli Karin were already waiting, with three cups of steaming black tea on the table.
"Please sit down," Yufei said first, "I am the head of the Lampeluki family, Yufei Lampeluki."
"Nice to meet you," Mephala sat down, crossed her white-gloved hands, and examined the two girls through her round glasses with a slit in her eyes. "I am Mephala Inheim Helsing, a civil servant of Her Majesty's Government, the head of Victoria Intelligence."
Yuffie said, "Victoria... Intelligence Department?"
"This is a special department that was established this year, or to be more precise, 135 days ago." Mefala said calmly, "It is known to the public as the Territory Search Committee under the Privy Council."
By this time, Youfei also had an impression. This Land Search Committee had recently become famous in the British upper class. It had law enforcement powers that were no less than those of the Royal Police. When taking action, it must have the cooperation of multiple departments. The great nobles did not dare to interfere and ordered their subordinates and companies to fully cooperate with them.
It was said that the nobles and the consortium had secretly held a meeting and reached a consensus. Originally, the Lamperouge family was also qualified to participate in this meeting, but because the head of the family died, only the underage girl Yuffie was left. She didn't even have complete control over the family business. Therefore, she was not invited to this secret noble meeting. Instead, the results of the meeting were directly told to her -
'Fully cooperate with the Land Search Committee'.
Yuffie only now realized that the Land Search Committee was the Victoria Intelligence Department, so she nodded and asked, "So, what questions do you have? If it's about the incident at the Blackthorn Mansion yesterday, I think our Lamperuji family has revealed all the information. The person who hired the cards is most likely my aunt's family, Baron Flaxman."
Mephala said, "Don't worry. Apart from the 'killer' who claimed to be from Asgard, the incident has been fully investigated. The card base hidden in the Fog City has also been uprooted. As for Flaxman... I believe your Lampeluki family has their own plans."
Yuffie: "Of course, so what does Victoria Intelligence want?"
"I'm here for the 'killer' from Asgard," Mephala said. "So far, we still can't find any trace of this man. We've searched the trains, planes, and other places, but I think the chances of finding him are slim."
Yuffie touched Kallen's little head and said with a wry smile: "We also want to find him. The Lamperogi family is willing to pay any reward for his contribution... However, he disappeared."
"Yes, he disappeared." Mephala said, "Not only are there surveillance videos from five directions, but nearly a hundred people also saw him disappear with their own eyes."
"It's not magic, it's not a mechanism, there's no hypnosis, there's no smoke, it's as if all the substances that made him up were disintegrated into the tiniest particles and completely blended into the air."
Yu Fei picked up the teacup, looked at the rippling light on the surface of the tea, and said, "His spear skills are also... extraordinary."
"Yes, and there is an extremely large organization behind him that has thoroughly investigated this card operation." Mephala said: "He can accurately know which guests are disguised assassins, and he acted without hesitation. Every step and every shot is just right."
"According to our intelligence department's analysis and the card assassin's confession, we all agree that this operation is perfect. Even if you can resist the fully armed assassins, the bomb hidden on the ninth floor will explode, not to mention the assassins waiting outside."
"A crude and simple assassination, this is the method Solitaire always prefers. Your chances of survival are slim..."
Yuffie said, "Unfortunately, Mr. Killer showed up and helped us."
"Perhaps you who were in it didn't feel it clearly, but according to the clues we sorted out later, we found that this Xuan country assassin was very terrifying." Mephala sighed, "In such a fierce gun battle, he was still able to protect some guests and kill the assassin in the fastest way, and he had no injuries on his body... You know that the process of this assassination has been posted online, right?"
"Yes, and it cannot be deleted, except by shutting down the website server." You Fei laughed and said, "I really didn't expect that I would become so famous."
"On the Internet, many people think this is a movie, because the killer's cautious, calm, and perfect killing method only appears in movies, and it is a fantasy in reality." Mephala said, "And the organization behind him also controls huge power... In addition, we asked many people based on the location of the video camera, but without exception, they did not find the existence of the filming device."
After listening to Mephala's analysis, Yuffie also had a glimmer of understanding: "In other words, the killer is even more shocking than the cards?"
"Yes, although the details cannot be disclosed, the organization behind the killer is definitely beyond everyone's imagination."
Mephala nodded and said, "And I am here now to find out this person's purpose."
At this time, Mephala and Yuffie naturally looked at the obedient little girl Kallen who was sitting beside them. Kallen blinked her eyes, sat down next to her sister, and held Yuffie's sleeve tightly.
"There is no doubt that he wants to protect you two." Mephala said, "But based on the killer's performance, his most important goal is probably to protect Miss Kallen."
"But my sister..." Yuffie hugged Kallen gently, a little confused: "Is there anything special about her?"
Mephala paused, turned his head and looked at the English gentleman, who immediately understood and asked the other servants to leave. Yufei suddenly said, "Butler Walter does not need to stay away."
Mephala didn't care and told her men to leave. When only the four of them were left in the living room, Mephala said, "I suspect Miss Kallen has a special talent."
"Special talent?" Yufei was puzzled.
"In fact, some financial groups and nobles already know about it. Lamperouge is also qualified to know, so I will speak frankly." Mephala looked at Yuffie and said seriously: "What method do you think the killer used to disappear?"
"Hmm?" Yuffie didn't quite understand why Mephala suddenly changed the subject, but she still answered: "Probably... some unknown ability."
"We think so too." Mephala took a sip of red tea and said, "However, half a year ago, people with 'some unknown abilities' began to emerge one after another."
"Generally speaking, such people are called extraordinary people, and their special abilities... are called super powers."
Yufei, who was born into an aristocratic family, quickly figured out the key points: "Could the goal of Victoria Intelligence Department be..."
"That's right. Searching for extraordinary people and searching for information about superpowers is the responsibility of our Intelligence Department."
Yuffie was silent for a moment. She was not an ordinary person. She also experienced the special events of last night. Moreover, Mephala did not need to lie. She only needed a phone call to find out the truth: "Do you think my sister is also one of them? But she is so young and has never shown anything..."
Mephala said: "We don't know what abilities your sister has. The abilities of extraordinary people are varied. But it is not difficult to check whether she has such talents..."
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Treasure chest?
Ren Suo then remembered that he had completed the free game and received a treasure chest in addition to the merits. However, he was too sleepy and tired at that time, so he went straight to sleep.
There is only one item in the content storage library, which is the one-star treasure chest.
"One-star treasure chest: Don't expect any magical artifacts to appear in it."
"Do you want to open it?"
Ren Suo of course chose yes, but the next second, the system popped up a prompt: "Your remaining treasure chest keys are: 0."
Ren Suo blinked.
Do you need a key to open the treasure chest?
Ren Suo was a little confused when he suddenly saw such a normal request.
"Yes, do you want to recharge?" Ren Suo was ready to take out his wallet. After all, this small world game machine looked mysterious, and the game process played in it would actually happen exactly the same as in reality...
It’s just money, take it!
Ren Suo knew that he must have encountered a great opportunity now!
However, the system prompts: "Searching for keys...Searching for keys..."
"Do you want to keep searching? Please note that if you successfully search for the key, 1 point of merit will be automatically deducted. When the merit reaches 0, the search will automatically stop."
What the hell? But it seems that if you don't get the key, you won't lose any merit points, which means it doesn't matter if you keep it open. Ren Suo looked at the 15 merit points he still had, so he left it open.
"Wait till I tear open half of this universe of morning and evening, and the three-foot green light will wash away the smoke and dust~"
The phone suddenly rang. Ren Suo picked it up and took a look. He immediately answered it and said, "Director Ye, what's going on?"
"Yes, Xiao Suo. There's an emergency here. Can you come over before three o'clock?"
"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I got so busy that I forgot that today is a public servant physical examination, and new employees who have not yet joined the company must also participate. This is urgent and needs to be completed today. I just remembered that you new employees have not been notified yet, and the higher-ups require you to participate."
"Okay, I'll be right there."