Chapter 182 Death Game Please ask about the following content later
"What do you mean?" Amuro Toru asked.
Lin Xi took his arm and tapped the closed fan against Amuro Toru's lips. "What I mean is, come back and ask about the following content later."
"Don't act so eager. I'll mistakenly think you're an undercover agent whose only goal is to extract information."
Toru Amuro:......
This is a serious accusation for members of the organization.
But this was not the first time that Punch said this in a joking tone, and Amuro Toru actually felt a little accustomed to it.
He sighed. "You're going too far, Senior. You specifically asked me to partner with you, yet you refused to tell me your plan, leaving me in the dark. I'm so upset."
"Why are you calling me senior again?" Lin Xi said with a smile, "You were the one who wanted to go out and investigate, and the gun is yours. I just happened to be traveling with Miss Yuejiang and ran into you guys."
"How about this place? Isn't it interesting?"
Amuro Toru pondered for a moment, then nodded. "It's indeed interesting. If the legend is true, the Tsukie family's wealth from the antique trade is enough to build such a massive base underground in the Izu Islands."
"There's more than one ancient building you just saw," Lin Xi said. "Do you remember the information I shared with you on the boat before we came to the island?"
“To facilitate flow separation, guests can enter the venue from different entrances on the islands.”
"You mean..." Amuro Toru was shocked: "Are these islands connected underground?"
Amuro Toru had originally thought that perhaps there were secret transportation routes between these islands, with speedboats ferrying guests directly from one to the next. But if that wasn't the case, and the islands were already connected, with the entire underground structure encompassing their deserted island and other islands—how much manpower and financial resources would that require!
Lin Xi nodded.
When she came, she opened the system map and was also surprised by the bird's-eye view.
The Yuejiang family really has a lot of background.
The bird's-eye view shows that this underground building even has a passage connecting to Moon Shadow Island.
Once on Moon Shadow Island, she never enlarged the map to look at it, but just used the terrain in the factory to confiscate the weapons of the gangs with Amuro Toru.
No wonder she had seen similar ruins on Moon Shadow Island - just like the arena that Amuro Toru had just broken into, the remains of ancient Greek and Roman style buildings.
Amuro Toru fell into deep thought.
"In that case, there are actually many exits here." He said, jokingly: "If what you said really happened and this exit was blocked, you can still escape through other exits."
"By the way, I have another question. Can you answer it for your partner?"
Lin Xi: "Are you asking me to ask Yuejiang Hemei to do something for me?"
Amuro Toru nodded, his eyes burning.
It is better to ask directly than to test repeatedly.
Lin Xi smiled: "I asked her to help add an item to the auction list."
Amuro Toru: "What?"
Lin Xi covered her lips with the fan: "Haha, it's a secret."
"You'll find out at the auction."
"Now, please use your excellent acting skills to continue playing the role-playing game with me, Mr. Kong Guyang - the restaurant is just ahead."
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A long time ago, when Lin Xi was still a researcher at Baijiu Company, he had attended many similar dinners.
These dinners are all equally boring. People expand their interpersonal relationships at the banquets and select people to talk to who are in their own interests. However, the dinner, which should be the protagonist of the banquet, is put aside. A lot of delicious food is wasted and given way to humans with various purposes.
The same goes for the banquet in front of us.
Although they wore masks that only covered the upper half of their faces, it did not prevent them from communicating with each other. They were like animals that rely on smell to distinguish people, and with a twitch of their nostrils, they could find their own kind with their keen sense of smell.
Lin Xi watched the people talking at the banquet with a bit of indifference, and even Amuro Toru felt her fatigue.
What's wrong? He looked at Lin Xi and asked.
The gray-blue eyes looked at Lin Xi through the hollow mask. The innocent look without any purpose made the girl's boredom disappear without a trace.
Birds of a feather flock together. Even if everyone at this banquet is gathered together for their own benefit... at least there are still these two outliers who are wearing fake identities, wearing polite masks, standing on the other side, watching coldly.
"I'm hungry," she said.
Amuro Toru was speechless: "I saw you eating a lot on the boat."
The lunch and afternoon tea prepared for them by the private chef on the yacht were both extremely sumptuous. Although Punch looked small, he had a big appetite and could eat more than an adult man, Toru Amuro.
But after just a few hours, this guy is hungry again?
Lin Xi sighed and whispered, "I can't help it, I'm just greedy."
"It's a pity that Sayuri Mizutani's character doesn't allow me to eat... Tell me, can I cover my face with the fan and eat secretly?"
Amuro Toru: "...I'll get you some food. Sora Aoi will give it to Mizutani Sayuri, and she'll probably eat a little...just make sure your plate is always full and doesn't look like you've eaten much."
Lin Xi gave him an OK sign.
While Toru Amuro turned around to get food from the buffet, Lin Xi was fanning himself and observing the guests at the edge of the banquet.
Thanks to the second-level reconnaissance, she now has sharp ears and eyes, and can automatically analyze noisy information and display it in her mind like a clear chart.
She noticed that the small group of guests closest to her seemed to know each other and were chatting intimately, but the masks they wore were not the same style. Guests further away were discussing the auction items...
"I heard that this auction includes a magical medicine that can prolong life."
"Oh? Longevity, is this medicine or a health supplement?"
"Ahem, I've heard of this medicine too. But I heard that it can not only prolong life, but also give new life to those with serious illnesses and save the lives of those who are on the verge of death!"
"Is it really that magical?" Some people are skeptical.
"Haha, this auction is held every four years, and there hasn't been a fake so far! I trust the organizers' vision... Honestly, if we weren't aware of the good stuff at this auction, why would we be gathered here today?"
"Haha, coming here, even though everyone is wearing masks and I don't know their identities, it's fate that we can meet each other!"
After he finished speaking, many people agreed.
"Hey, I also heard that there's another incredible item at this auction. If there's any other place where this thing comes from, I won't believe it..."
The speaker was a burly man wearing a full-face mask. The mask was completely white, with only two holes where the eyes should be, revealing his deep dark green eyes.
He was wearing a tan jacket and very loose pants, but they still showed off his well-developed muscles at the top of his legs and calves.
At this moment, his sleeves were half rolled up, revealing his thick arm hair. He stood carelessly in the crowd, speaking Japanese with a strong Kansai accent.
"Oh, what is it?" The man who was skeptical about the medicine spoke again.
He was relatively short, and his eyes rolled around under the metal half-face mask.
"Haha, it's about a very famous painter. Guess who it is?" Seeing someone asking, the burly man kept the question in suspense.
The mystery didn't last long before someone tutted, "Everyone here has seen everything. If it were an ordinary painter, he wouldn't be worthy of being here. So, is it Picasso or Monet? Or one of those Post-Impressionists?"
Picasso's works are undoubtedly valuable, with the highest price ever fetching $179 million. Works by Monet and Post-Impressionist painters—primarily Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Gauguin—have also fetched prices exceeding $100 million, making them truly treasures.
It can be seen that the person speaking is very familiar with the prices of art auction items, and may be someone engaged in this industry.
The sturdy man gave the speaker a deep look and said, "What a shame! I'm sorry to disappoint you. The painter is still alive, but he has stopped painting."
"Her identity is mysterious, even her name is just a code name."
The person who had just spoken was startled: "Could it be?"
He was wearing a formal three-piece suit, tall and straight, with shiny leather shoes. The mask he wore was quite artistic and out of tune with his formal attire - it was an African wood-carved mask painted with black and white paint, with fine white stripes on a black background, supplemented by dotted patterns, outlining a hideous smile along the shape of the facial muscles.
The cold blue eyes looked out faintly from the hollowed-out eyes, and combined with the rough mask, people dared not look him in the eye.
Lin Xi, who was not far away, raised his eyebrows.
She glanced at Toru Amuro who was still picking food at the plate in the distance, pondered for a moment, and walked towards the group of people.
The sturdy man smiled, and the hollow white mask trembled.
"Yes, that's Miss 'X'."
While Lin Xi was observing them, some of the people in the group had already noticed Lin Xi.
After all, a hot beauty who seems to be alone will attract attention wherever she goes.
So, when they saw Lin Xi walking towards them, the conversation naturally paused.
"Oh my, it's so lively here." Lin Xi's high heels made a crisp sound, and the faint fragrance of white tea came quietly as she walked. Although it was light, it had a strong presence among the group of people.
"Are you talking about the auction items?" She snapped open her fan, a faint smile playing on her red lips. "But I heard that auction items are strictly confidential before the auction, aren't they?"
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