Embers Ad Infinitum

"Have you seen it?" Shang Jianyao immediately became excited.

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were also delighted.

Gitis glanced at them and said:

“We rarely see Huitu people here. Occasionally, they come in small teams of three or four people, and they have several cars and more than ten people.

“So, even though I was relatively young at the time, it left a deep impression.”

"Yes, yes, their team is quite large!" Shang Jianyao responded hurriedly.

Jiang Baimian frowned, considered his words and said:

"In the eyes of us Honghe people, don't all Gray Earth people look similar? Why can you remember the appearance of this person in the photo?"

Gittes opened her mouth and took a few seconds before replying:

“This may be my talent, otherwise I wouldn’t be an intelligence merchant.

"Even if I just see someone once on the street, I can recall their appearance."

The honest Shang Jianyao immediately pointed out:

"You almost didn't recognize us just now. We were chatting for a while this morning!"

Jitis' tone turned cold:

"After I think about it, don't I recognize it?"

This one does feel a bit weird... Jiang Baimian muttered to himself.

She asked Shang Jianyao before she could:

"Do you know what the man in the photo and his team are doing in Gerstberg?"

Gittes was silent for a moment:

"I don't know very well, but I can ask people for you. I know what to look for."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao agreed directly without asking for instructions.

"This may take a lot of time to visit, and I don't want my efforts to be in vain." Jitis looked dazed for a moment and emphasized slowly.

"Deposit?" Bai Chen is familiar with this aspect.

Gitis nodded:

"Five knight silver coins. If there is no corresponding information, I will return four to you and give you some information."

"Fair enough." Jiang Baimian said with a smile, "But we still want to know two things."

Gittes didn't speak, but just used her eyes to indicate to continue.

Her gray-blue eyes were finally not so dull when communicating.

"Do you know Smith's 'Rootless' team?" Jiang Baimian asked.

"We know each other. They just came to see me last week and hoped that I could help them collect all aspects of information about a matter." Jitis's voice suddenly became a little deeper.

This formed a certain contrast with the content of her words.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"We hope to know who provided the last cargo shipped by Smith's 'Rootless' team, uh, about ten days ago."

"Okay." Jitis accepted the commission.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"We also want to know all kinds of news about the mission of the Bodhi Statue. Well, this includes rumors, as long as they are not found in the Hunter Guild."

"Recently, too many ruin hunters have asked about this matter, which has earned me a lot of information fees." Jitis showed a rare smile.

She looks much better when she smiles than when she doesn't smile.

"Just three things." Jiang Baimian concluded.

Gittes nodded slightly:

"The deposit is still five knight silver coins. I will work at the hotel tomorrow morning and afternoon. Then, you come to me and I will give you some preliminary feedback to let you know that your money is not wasted."

"Why not go through the Hunter Guild?" Bai Chen interrupted and asked.

There is a Hunter Guild that reviews tasks, provides guarantees, and confirms whether the corresponding information is of value, which can effectively promote trust between both parties.

Jitis's expression was dazed again, and she said in a solemn tone:

"I don't want some of the information I provided to be grasped by people from the Hunter Guild."

Her appearance and temperament instantly became serious, completely different from usual.

"No problem." Jiang Baimian glanced at the eager Shang Jianyao, smiled and took out five knight silver coins and handed them to Kitis, "You are a local, we are not worried that you will default on your debt."

Her smile was filled with the meaning of "a monk can't run away from the temple if he can run away".

As for whether Kittis could understand it, she didn't know.

Gittes accepted the five knight's silver coins, and her eyes lost their brightness again.

She nodded and said: "If there is nothing else, then I will leave."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian did not give Shang Jianyao a chance to show his boldness and generosity.

Because after paying the deposit, the "old transfer team" must save enough to use the remaining money to take over the task the day after tomorrow.

After Kitis found a seat in the corner and sat down, expertly ordering a set meal, the brown-haired waiter from before came to the "Old Tune Group" table with pre-dinner bread.

"Is she really a local?" Jiang Baimian asked in confirmation.

The brown-haired waiter put down the small basket of bread and nodded and said:

"Yes, she and I used to live on the same street.

"She used to be a very energetic, ideal and caring girl who wanted to become a knight, but as you know, in this matter, women themselves will be greatly discriminated against, and her parents are just ordinary people. A few years ago, one of the workers was sick and the other was injured. They were unable to work and could only rest at home.

"This is one of the reasons why Kittis became an information merchant, and she also worked part-time as the front desk of the hotel. From that time on, she never mentioned becoming a knight again. Her whole person changed. She was often in a daze and was careless. , likes to be distracted.”

Long Yuehong wanted to say something, but in the end she could only sigh:

"Why……"

At this time, the honest Shang Jianyao looked at the brown-haired waiter and said:

"Do you like her?"

The brown-haired waiter suddenly became a little confused:

"No no."

He said as he moved the chairs that were added earlier.

After lunch, the "Old Tune Team" asked Gnawa to come out, meet at the door of the hotel, and then go to the Hunters Guild near the castle.

After Jiang Baimian and the others registered their identities as hunters with their current Honghe appearance and newly made pseudonyms, Gennava, after observing the environment, asked Shang Jianyao for help and seized a computer in the hall for the ruin hunters to view and accept commissions on their own. machine.

Using Shang Jianyao's body as a cover, he tried to invade the system of the local Hunter Guild.

Although the system architecture, programming, and machine procurement of the Gerstburg Hunter Guild do not come directly from the "Mechanical Paradise" like Weed City, they more or less refer to that model blueprint. Therefore, the feeling when Gnawa invaded It's like going home.

Not long after, he added a few simple and ordinary tasks to Jiang Baimian and others, allowing them to obtain corresponding credit points and become "official hunters".

Then, Gnawa wrote the inflated tasks into the database, and took this opportunity to filter and traverse the missing persons tasks that had been posted in the past two years.

Just when Shang Jianyao yawned and glanced at the machine interface, Gnawa retracted his palm and straightened his fingers with a snap.

After leaving the Hunter's Guild and arriving at a deserted place nearby, Gnawa's eyes flashed red a few times and said:

"There is indeed the missing person mission we speculated. Its content is to find the whereabouts of a monk, and judging from the image description, this is consistent with the ascetic monk in the Bodhi Statue mission.

"This mission was only posted to the Gerstburg Hunter Guild half a year ago, but it was released nearly three years ago, so the time matches."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded himself:

"It's exactly what I guessed!"

Although he guessed two situations, in essence, the ascetic was the hunted. The purpose of coming here may be to take the Bodhi statue to a certain place in the ice field at the end of his life, or to a place in the ice field. Sternberg contacted certain forces and sought protection.

"It's not completely certain yet. We must first rule out the possibility of homicide." Jiang Baimian reminded calmly, "If the ascetic monk didn't expect that he would die so quickly, then he didn't have time to send a telegram to the headquarters to inform the situation. It’s also normal.”

She continued:

"This is the next step in the investigation."

In the evening, the "Old Tune Team" and Spant, who had finished their day's work, came to the Hunter Guild and registered the corresponding commissions.

"Are you all just 'official hunters'?" Spant was a little surprised, "I thought you were very qualified."

He seems to have a lot of experience and good strength.

"The point is not qualifications, but strength." Jiang Baimian smiled and pointed at Gnawa.

This matter has come to an end. The "old transfer team" will join Spant the day after tomorrow to complete the task of escorting the supplies.

…………

The next morning, Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and said nothing.

The guy tossed and turned all night, slept restlessly, and got up early in the morning.

Jiang Baimian, who knew the reason, did not mention the matter. He waited until Jitis and another colleague completed the handover and started working, then took the team members down to the first floor.

"Is there any result?" Shang Jianyao asked impatiently.

Gittes' appearance was the same as yesterday, and her mental state was the same.

She took a moment to think about it, nodded and said:

“There was a little gain.

"I probably asked about what the Gray Earth people team asked us about twelve years ago."