When the sun sets, the classic cars also drive down the highway overpass.
The second-tier city was already within reach on the horizon, but it was different from Azula.
If the second floor of Azura is a big umbrella standing on the ground, then this second-floor city looks like it is still under construction, with several small umbrellas standing on the ground, and the entire city looks like it is in bulk.
However, compared to the second floor, another point attracts more attention from outsiders.
When the sports car stopped at the edge of the city, Ash couldn't help but ask, "Is it...very foggy here?"
Even at dusk, the whole city is still shrouded in white fog, and the warm yellow light becomes more ambiguous. However, this fog does not make people feel creepy, but it is like adding a blurred filter, making people feel the hazy beauty of the city.
Harvey sniffed and held the cat-grass cigarette in his mouth without lighting it.
"Fog is a local specialty of Fanmula. I wasn't used to it before, but we'll only be here for a few days, so just bear with it." An Nan signaled everyone to get out of the car, and then sent this antique car to where it belonged - the garbage station next to it.
It is impossible to continue riding in classic cars in the city. On city roads efficiently ruled by hovercars, classic cars are simply the noise in classical music, so harsh that they will attract red hats to knock on your car window and sue you for maliciously disrupting intercity traffic.
"Biking again?"
“No, this time it’s an autonomous scooter.”
Like Azura, there is also a carport for renting vehicles in the suburbs. However, compared to Azura's healthy riding, Fanmura seems to prefer cool outdoor entertainment, so everyone stood on the scooters and slowly entered this hazy city.
"Oh, Ash, put on your cloak." An Nan suddenly remembered, "Without my order, you are not allowed to take off your cloak at any time unless you are taking a shower. You must also wear it when you meditate and enter the virtual realm."
"Do I need to wear it even when I get to the safe house?" Ash was a little confused. "I know I do need a cloak to conceal my identity. After all, I'm the only wanted criminal by the Red Hood of the Empire... But I don't need to wear it when I settle down, right?"
"No, have you forgotten your demon windbreaker?" An Nan shook his head: "I thought about it carefully. The two people from the Pojia Office retreated too quickly last night. It's impossible that they were scared away by you, so they must have been scared away by you."
"...Miss, promise me that you won't become a riddler like Igula."
Igula said faintly: "If you don't understand, just tell me a riddle... Perhaps the gospel is right. Letting you indulge in ignorant fantasies is not a kind of happiness."
An Nan shook his head: "What I mean is that your demonic windbreaker may be able to shock people who see you for the first time, and the shocking effect only depends on the realm difference of the psychic faction, which means that two-wing or even three-wing magicians may also suffer."
"So your demonic windbreaker may become an important trump card. You must not let people easily see your true face under the cloak. You can only take it off at the critical moment."
"...Why do you make me sound like some femme fatale who takes off her clothes when she's in trouble..." Ash muttered as he put on a full-coverage cloak, looking more like a wanted criminal than a wanted criminal.
Liz was riding the scooter happily. Although she had never ridden a scooter before, it was obvious that scooters were more attractive to children than bicycles. She quickly mastered the use of the scooter and walked at the front of the team, having fun as if she was on an outing.
When she passed by two pedestrians, they suddenly turned and looked at her at the same time.
One of the two men was a dark-skinned human, and the other was a green-skinned lizard man. They didn't seem to know each other, but they both cast their eyes on the white-haired little girl.
Liz immediately retreated to the side of Ash in fear, but when they passed by, the two local residents still saluted them.
There was no emotion such as disgust, happiness or curiosity in the eyes of the locals, but rather an expression as if they saw an unfamiliar classmate suddenly running into the class.
As they went deeper into the city, the stares became more and more frequent: pedestrians on the street stopped, customers in the open-air cafe put down their teacups, and passengers in the hovercraft stuck their heads out.
From all directions, from the sky to the earth, it cannot be avoided and cannot be ignored.
The six of them seemed to have a kind of fascinating charm that attracted everyone's attention wherever they went.
This time, not only Ashuris, but also Harvey and Igula felt terrified. This feeling of walking on the street and being silently watched by everyone would create many cruel fantasies in people's minds. The sight was like a lead block, pressing people to the point of suffocation, and even the air seemed to become thinner.
"Xavi, I'm sorry."
"Um?"
"You have a point." Igula whispered, "The dead are indeed much better than the living. At least the dead won't look at me like this."
Harvey hesitated: "Actually, the corpse can look at you like this, too."
"What a pity! I've lost one more advantage of being dead. I won't learn the Necromancer faction anymore."
But unlike the strangers, An Nan and Ban Ji were calm throughout the whole trip and didn't care about other people's eyes. When they arrived at the free subway station, An Nan actually motioned for everyone to sit on it, took the initiative to walk into the narrow carriage space, and accepted the gazes of all other passengers.
Liz was so timid that she hid her head in Ash's arms, and Ash also wanted to bury his face in An Nan's arms - he was afraid too!
He didn't dare to look inside the car, so he had to cast his eyes toward the warm sky outside the car window. However, the fog inside the city did not dissipate, but became even more sticky and sweet. The sunset and the full moon, which were competing for the supremacy of the sky, looked ambiguous under the filter of the light fog, as if they were fighting at the head of the bed.
However, Fanmula's air logistics system seems to be weaker than Azura's. If Azura's drone swarm is the campus cafeteria after class at noon, then Fanmula's drone swarm is the bathroom during break: sparse, in twos and threes. I don't know whether Fanmula's consumption level has been downgraded or people here don't like online shopping.
The train stopped at the station and the new passengers walked into the car. Ash and the others immediately felt something strange - the locals who were observing them vaguely suddenly paid some attention to look at the two new passengers.
Even though they had no idea about the local customs, they immediately realized the meaning of this action: the two new passengers were not locals just like them!
As expected, the two new passengers looked at Annan and the other six and walked straight over. One of them was a strong orc and the other was a skinny goblin. They didn't look like they had any weapons, but most of the Gospel Mages used guns as a medium. Looking at their waists covered by windbreakers, it was clear that they had kept up with the version trend.
They stood next to An Nan's seat: "Purple Moth, the Baroness greets you. I'm from Jia Hao Yue Yuan Law Firm--"
"You should be in Fanmula these days." An Nan's expression remained unchanged: "Do you like this city?"
"Famula is the six-emblazoned city of Vanula, and we are not the six-emblazoned city, so how could we possibly like this city of no return?" The goblin said with a smile, "We came to nearby Ariandor for a mission, and were about to return when we received an order from the baroness to wait for you in Vanula. We didn't hold out hope at first, and we thought we would return in a few days, but we didn't expect luck to fall on our side - we found out from the gospel that the number of foreigners in Vanula actually increased by 5 people at this time, which just matched your number."
Use the Gospels to look at the outside population to determine their whereabouts?
Ash and the others instantly came to two conclusions: first, there were very few foreign population in Fanmula, and second, the Pojia Office really had no way of obtaining their intelligence directly, and could only judge their movements in this roundabout way.
but……
Aren’t there 6 of them? Why are there only 5 new immigrants?
"Are you sure luck is on your side?" An Nan touched the amethyst earrings and sneered, "This is Fanmula, not Azula. Do you dare to do anything?"
An Nan did not lower his voice when he said this. After hearing these words, the eyes of the locals around him became increasingly sharp and heavy, but they still sat quietly in their seats, watching the conflict between these out-of-town gangs indifferently.
"How can we know if we don't try?" The goblin smiled and called out his gospel. Then the rail car suddenly braked. The strong inertia almost made the passengers fall forward. Ash and others who had been prepared naturally quickly stabilized their movements and prepared to fight with the bastards from the Broken Family Office.
"Don't move."
An Nan's words stopped the men's murderous intent in their sight, but the strange thing was that the orcs and goblins did not take the opportunity to attack them. Instead, they stood beside them carelessly, as if taunting them, "Come on, hit me."
The rail car began to reverse and rushed out of the city.
The other passengers straightened their clothes and sat back in their seats. They did not complain about this unexpected disaster, but just looked at them as if they were dead, as if they were disdainful of having any verbal communication with the dying cockroaches.
Igula suddenly asked: "Is it illegal to be the first to strike?"
"Anyone who hurts others first in public will be marked as a criminal by the Gospel, and may even alert the Red Hat to arrest them." Pan Ji explained, "And once the criminal commits a crime, others automatically gain unlimited self-defense rights against the criminal, so it is very important who strikes first - of course, only in public. If it happens in a private area, the Gospel will know but will not intervene, and the Red Hat will have to investigate on their own."
So even though Annan's house was demolished last night, the Gospel Book will not report the House Destroying Office for this. It only requires that PVP is not allowed in public areas, but PVP in private areas is an internal dispute among players and is not within the jurisdiction of the Gospel Book.
The plan of these two people was very simple - to directly control the rail car to leave Fanmula and return all the way to Azura. Whoever took action first would be a dog.
Although Ash is now wanted, An Nan and others are still innocent. The Red Hats can only attack Ash and cannot do anything to these law-abiding citizens.
For example, if they were sitting in a car, in order to protect An Nan and others, the Red Hats could only stop them and force Ash out, but they could not kill them with a fire explosion. Even if the medical capacity here was advanced, it could not be at the expense of the legitimate interests of citizens. This was a dead line that the Red Hats could not cross.
But if they take the initiative to give evidence, the Red Hat will have fewer scruples and may even kill them first and then bring them back to life through treatment before slowly judging them.
This plan actually depends on whether An Nan has the determination to go all out. If she cannot give up her legal citizenship, she can only accept the "One-Day Trip to Azura" grand prize from the Pojia Agency.
Of course they have another option: let Ash, who is already a wanted criminal, deal with the two of them.
Regardless of whether Ash can defeat him or not, as long as he takes the initiative to appear in public, it will directly trigger the Empire's wanted order, and all the red hats in the city will come to compete for this reward that fell from the sky.
What's more, Ash really can't beat the two two-winged magicians, unless he triggers the special effects of the Demonic Windbreaker again this time - but what if that doesn't work?
The safest way would be for An Nan and his team to suppress the two commissioners with lightning speed and then flee immediately, but...
Igula looked at Annan and did not see any plan on the pretty face of the eldest lady. She seemed to be happy with it.
The Trickster gestured toward the Necromancer and Harvey raised an eyebrow.
Since the young lady is unwilling to take action, we just need to force her to do it.
From the beginning to the end, Iguola and Harvey's attitude towards their boss has not changed - no boss.
The identity of a wanted criminal is even more familiar to them than an ID card. If they can take the opportunity to pull the young lady into the same camp, they can't think of any reason to refuse.
At this time, the rail car passed through a street, which was an obvious dividing line between cities. To the north was the core second-tier urban circle of Fanmula, and to the south was a new urban area that needed to be developed urgently.
At this moment, Ash and the others felt as if something was being pulled out of their bodies. They felt empty and their thinking became sluggish, and they had no energy to do anything.
The other passengers' behavior was even more obvious. They lowered their heads like withered flowers, not even having the energy to look at the outsiders.
The rail car suddenly braked, but it was not forced to stop, but due to the hesitation of the operator.
In just a few breaths, the faces of the orcs and goblins turned pale and listless, and their hands and feet trembled. The orcs were better, just gasping for breath, while the goblins knelt on the ground, drooling uncontrollably, and their heartbeats were so loud that they echoed throughout the carriage.