If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

"Ye Sheng, what do you think the 'S' level will look like? Will it be the same as the principal?"

"Same as the principal? Aki, do you think all 'S' classes are hundreds of years old?"

The Greyhound bus traveled through the streets and alleys of Brooklyn. The March sunshine shone in through the light green windows. Aki Shutoku leaned on a bouquet of flowers in his hand, using anthurium mixed with a little flame-heart yellow crane. Decorated with orchids, bright flower clusters were placed on the shoulders of her white flower-embellished dress. The flower branches swayed through the half-open window and swayed in the breeze from the slow-moving bus.

A few locks of black hair were brushed through the petals, and the wind felt itchy against her chin. After scratching her cheek, she carefully picked the hair away one by one in front of the reflection of the light green mirror, and inadvertently saw the glass again. In the reflection, the older boy sitting next to her was looking at her back with a smile. The slanting sunlight passing through the Brooklyn buildings shone on that angular face, making the eye sockets under the tall bridge of his nose slightly darker and darker. Her eyes were full of tenderness and other incomprehensible things.

"What's wrong?" Ye Sheng asked as he looked at Jiude Aki, who had been staring out the window.

"Nothing." Shutoku Aki straightened her hair, sat upright, coughed, and straightened the bouquet in her arms, but she still couldn't stop the branches from stretching out the window, and the petals were shaken and rustled by the wind. Flying, falling to the street and spinning - full of warm spring scenery that I can't hold in my arms.

"I have never seen an 'S'-class real person, but I have seen his photos on the forum. What I just meant was that his character will be like the principal, making people feel gentle and unapproachable?" Jiu Deya From the corner of his eye, Ji looked at the little black boys running past on the street, playing skateboards and basketball in front of Brooklyn's brightly painted walls.

"I met him once, but it was just a casual encounter and we didn't talk much." Ye Sheng reached out and pressed the armrest of the bus slightly, feeling the slight vibration of the seat, and the fragmentary objects in the collection net collided with each other. , making trivial sounds in the empty Greyhound bus.

"What kind of person is he? I mean, what kind of person do you think he is when you see him for the first time? Everyone has their first feeling when they see a new thing, right? He brings you What does it feel like?"

"A white T-shirt that's been exposed to the sun?" Ye Sheng thought for a moment and asked.

"White T-shirt?"

"My hometown is in Chongqing, a prosperous city in China. Most of the buildings are crowded and stacked on top of each other. Occasionally when I walk through a narrow alley, I look up and see those tall residential buildings with clothes hanging outside. The pole has white T-shirts or shirts hanging on it, basking in the setting sun between the buildings. It is a bit transparent but very clean. You can see the cleanness of the blue sky behind it through the white cloth at a glance, and you can smell it if you twitch your nose. The top smells like washing powder, and when the wind blows, it lifts back to reveal the sky below that looks like water washing." Ye Sheng said.

"You mean he makes you feel 'clean'?" Shutoku Aki closed his eyes and basked in the sun comfortably. His vision was full of gold, as if he saw what Ye Sheng described in the dim light. One scene.

"It's very pure and clean. It doesn't look like someone from our world at all. But it turns out that what he has done in this industry far exceeds our imagination." Ye Sheng nodded, "But it doesn't affect me. This is the first impression I have on him, because often clean things are easily stained with other colors, and there are many people who are willing to leave the color they want on him."

"What about me? What's your first impression of me?" Yaji opened his eyes and looked at Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng looked at the girl who leaned her head sideways on the seat pillow. The light slanted past her ears and stuck to her baby-fat cheeks, like a tiger's beard. From this distance, he could still hear the girl's faint voice. A snorting sound, like some kind of feline snoring. He just wandered for a moment and noticed that the girl's face was a little red, as if it was baked by the sun or burned by the sight. He quickly turned his head and showed a smile, "What impression do you give me? Our first The first time we met was during swimming lessons, right? You were only two-thirds of the way there when others finished swimming in the pool, so you must have given me the impression of being a duck, right?"

"Duck?" Aki raised his head.

"That kind of stupid duck that swims very slowly even if it tries hard, treads water with two feet under the water and tries to slide." Ye Sheng waved his hands gently in front of him to imitate the water-skiing action of a duck.

Aki's left cheek bulged, but he seemed to think this reaction was too childish, so he quickly suppressed the tone, "Do you want to know what the first impression you made on me was?"

"Uh, Superman who can't fly?"

"No, it's a peacock, the kind that opens its tail every time it swims a thousand meters."

Ye Sheng thought for a while and then laughed out loud, lying on the seat, "Opening the screen is to ask for a mate. Am I the kind of person who asks for a mate when he sees a girl?"

"I only remember that you were embarrassing me every day and showing off your biceps to me. Does that mean you were only showing off to me?" Aki tilted her head and looked at him.

"Peacocks spread their wings not only to court a mate, but also to protect themselves!" Ye Sheng said seriously, "Do you still remember that I kept complaining to the instructor about whether I could change my partner, because I was afraid that I would be killed by you when I got into the water in the future? That's why I was there Protect yourself!"

Yaji's face froze immediately. He raised his hand and pressed it on Ye Sheng's face. Ye Sheng leaned back to avoid it. Taking advantage of his wide shoulders and long arms, he reached out and pressed down on Ye Sheng, who had short legs and not long hands. The Japanese girl raised her forehead, looked at her with a smile, and shouted, "Flowers! Flowers! Don't scatter the flowers. They will have to be given to the 'S' class later."

After playing around for a while, no one got anything good, but Ye Sheng's waist was still hit hard twice, and he fell on the chair with an ouch. Only then did Yaji get discouraged and sat back down, still a little angry, but reflected There is still a smile deep in the eyes of sunny sunny days.

They were not too nervous when the task was handed over, because everyone had the same consensus, that is, the task for the two of them was completely idle, basically linked to public travel, and the time was so good 3 In August, the waves were soothing on New York's Bund, and they had time to visit the cherry blossoms, aquariums, and patches of golden rapeseed.

But they also all know that this kind of leisurely travel opportunity may be their last in the next year. If they don't make trouble now, they may not have to make trouble later. They will have to train under the dark water for more than half of the 24 hours a day. , perhaps it was because of their mental and emotional issues that the Enforcement Department arranged for them to come to Brooklyn for an almost harmless prisoner handover mission.

"The weather is really nice and the temperature is suitable. This good opportunity for a business trip may be the last time." Ye Sheng stretched and hugged the back of his head and looked at the street scene outside the window.

"But after I go back, I have to report to the instructor. I don't know why the whole year of diving training is prepared. Did the academy discover something big?" Aki asked holding the bouquet.

"It's hard to say. I heard on the forum that the library in the college has been closed recently, and many professors in the history department have also suspended classes. The connection is somewhat intriguing. It is very possible that the college has really discovered something, but The reliability of the information cannot be 100% certain, and it is still being studied and demonstrated." Ye Sheng said thoughtfully.

"If we find something big, we should call him an 'S' class, right? But after the prisoner is handed over this time, he won't come back to the headquarters with us?"

"He doesn't go back with us. The enforcement department means that he has other work to be busy with. Handing over this prisoner is only part of his mission."

"Eh? It's really hard work." Aki sighed softly, "Are you chasing multiple prisoners in a large area? The bloodline of the prisoners handed over this time was rated as 'A' level by Norma. A task of this difficulty is not ours. As long as you complete one, you can take a whole month off, right? There’s also a lot of remuneration.”

"The Executive Department said that the bonus for 'S' level after completing a task is 2 to 2.5 times that of a normal specialist, so the vacation time will be relatively shortened, and sometimes even department regulations will be skipped to seamlessly connect to the next task, Minister Schneider The explanation for this is that the two missions are connected up and down, and they can be considered as one mission. The 'S' class side also endorsed it according to the script when facing the examiner. No one can do anything about them. In the words of our hometown, it is a If you are willing to fight, you are willing to suffer." Ye Sheng said in a low voice.

"It's really dark. I feel like that boy must be very suitable for my country. He will be able to stand out quickly under that kind of high-intensity work, right?" Aki gently stroked the Strelitzia reginae in the bouquet, "But won't it be very tiring? ? He slept for four months and then woke up and faced life and death every day. The psychological pressure would be great, right? He is only 17 years old this year. When I was his age, I was still on the high school swimming team thinking about how to contribute to the school. Get a gold medal.”

"So for his mental health, the executive department sent a teacher from the psychology department to follow him every step of the way and provide psychological counseling at any time throughout the day. What's interesting is that the teacher from the psychology department is very familiar with him."

"Are they friends?"

"No, they are more familiar. They are siblings." Ye Sheng said with a low smile, "This pair has spread a lot of interesting gossip in the execution department. I will tell you in detail when I have time. In short, it is interesting, but is it practical? If you want to think more carefully, you may have to ask the boy yourself."

"Hey, I don't want to cause trouble to others." Aki lowered his head and said, "You'd better not gossip. No one will care about you if I beat you up at the 'S' level."

"He is a very reasonable person. At least that's what the executive department commissioner who went on missions with him said, just like when I chatted with Raymond, he said that time in the Caribbean." Ye Shengzheng was very interested. Ji wanted to say something, but his voice was suddenly interrupted by a sound like thunder. Both he and Aki raised their heads reflexively, and reached out to touch the holster hidden in the waist of the floral shirt.

After the explosion, there was no further disturbing gunfire, but the roar of the engine. Ye Sheng stood up and walked to the window on the other side of the Greyhound bus, while Aki held the bouquet and turned to the window and turned back. Look, she immediately retracted her head before she stretched it out, and a strong wind brushed in front of her with a roaring sound, like a knife cutting along the window edge of the Greyhound bus.

Those were two cars. The speed was at least 200 kilometers per hour. They were actually driving at such speed in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Are these racing gangs crazy?

Just as Aji was thinking this, Ye Sheng on the side slowly stretched his head back out of the window, turned to look at her and raised his eyebrows, "We seem to be arriving."

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The Greyhound bus stopped in front of a hot vacant lot in Brooklyn. There were already two muscle cars parked there before the bus. As soon as Ye Sheng and Aji got off the bus, they saw two people getting out of the muscle car. Specifically, a man and a boy got off the car and walked to a round table in front of the bar to pick up the frozen soda. They tapped each other on the bottle mouth with the bottom of the bottle and put it into their mouths before the bubbles came out. Drink the cold liquid inside in one gulp.

"I think I won." The boy said, throwing down the empty glass bottle.

"No, you were slower than me by a fifth of the car body and half of the car. I won." The bald man waved his hands with a smile on his face, "You accelerated the nitrogen too early at the end, probably too fast." It looks like it took 0.5 seconds. This is a matter of experience and lack of control over distance estimation. Even if the speed is fast enough, you cannot ignore the details. On the contrary, you must handle the details well, so that you can truly win the game."

"Tsk." Lin Nian took out a small stack of cash from his trouser pocket and threw it on the round table, "Just think of it as tuition."

"Then you've paid a lot for tuition in the past two months." Dominic didn't go to get the cash. He sat on the round table and blew on the wine bottle. When he glanced at the men and women getting off the Greyhound bus in the distance, his face changed. Shang's smile slowly faded, "Is today the time?"

"It's time." Lin Nian nodded, "The people we informed yesterday only came today, which is very slow."

"Two months is enough." Dominic shook his head, smiled again, and put the soda bottle on the table, "I have to thank you for being able to deal with the things behind me in these two months. "

"Thank you, you're welcome. Anyway, I need someone to teach me how to drive." Lin Nian turned to look at the two Dodge and Ford muscle cars not far away. They had just driven this car in He went on a rampage in New York, leaving the NYPD nowhere to be found.

"As far as driving skills are concerned, you learn very quickly." Dominic said sincerely, "You are very smart, and you will not need to be reminded of the things I have taught you a second time. You are rarely nervous, but sometimes you make mistakes in judgment. , But these are all small problems, experience will help you make up for this shortcoming, if you were born on the street, you will be a racing driver no less than me."

“If I’m not inferior to you, I can’t surpass you?”

"If you want to surpass me in a racing car, unless you use your spirit to cheat, you will never have a chance in this life." Dominic laughed.

At this time, Ye Shenghe, who was wearing a floral shirt and shorts, was holding a bouquet of flowers, and Shude Aki, who was wearing a cool dress, also came to the two of them. They observed the two men and recognized their identities. , with some surprise on his face. Although the ceremony of handing over the prisoner will be very relaxed, it really shouldn't be this relaxed. Why do the hunter and the prey actually have a happy conversation at the same table?

"Assistant Commissioner of the Enforcement Department of Kassel College, Ye Sheng, number 08203118, this is my partner Shude Aki, the driver in charge of escorting the bus. The three of us will jointly escort the criminals this time." Ye Sheng Looking at Lin Nian, he took the time to glance at the tough guy beside him who was sitting nonchalantly drinking soda. He felt a little guilty in his heart. There was no way that an 'S'-level instigation of rebellion would happen to him with such a probability of winning the lottery. Bar? If the other party suddenly attacked their side, they really had no chance of escaping more than three steps alive.

"Lin Nian, a freshman, we have met once, and I have an impression of you." Lin Nian stretched out his hand to shake Ye Sheng, then looked at Jiude Aki and stretched out his hand, but the girl actually got there first. He bent down and bowed, saying that it was the first time we met and asked for advice. He looked quite nervous and it seemed that he was the junior one. What did these two seniors bowing to him?

"This is a flower for you." Jiude Aji handed the flower to Lin Nian with a nervous look on his face.

"Send flowers when we meet? I thought this kind of treatment is only given by the principal. Even when he gets off the airport every time he comes back from vacation, students will pick him up on time and give him flowers. It always makes passers-by think he is a celebrity and want to take pictures. Lin Nian put the flowers beside him and smiled, bent down and pulled out a box of soda from the shade under the round table, "Senior, do you want something to drink?"

"I want one bottle, thank you." Ya Ji was about to decline politely, but Ye Sheng on the side was not polite. He lowered his head and picked out two bottles. Just as he was about to find a starter, Lin Nian reached out and gently grabbed the iron bottle cap and helped him with a strong force. After pulling it open, the two bent iron lids were thrown onto the table and swayed.

"Thank you." Ye Sheng was stunned by this extraordinary grip, and handed the opened soda to Aji with his backhand.

"Is the execution department looking for someone urgently?" Lin Nian reopened a bottle of soda.

"It's not urgent, but the prison is very urgent. The loss of five prisoners is always a challenge and question to security for them. There has never been a security incident there before, not even once." No, they really want to save their face." Ye Sheng knew some details of this handover task from the execution department, so he naturally took up Lin Nian's words.

"It was enough fun to help them find a prisoner in two months, and they were the ones who broke into the trap in the first place. It's just a matter of friendship for us to help with the aftermath." Lin Nian said.

"But at least the secret party also has absolute controlling rights in the prison over there. We transport more than half of the prisoners there every year." Ye Sheng could only smile bitterly in response to the indifferent attitude of the matter. What else can be done? What can those in the prison do? Lin Nian is the only one who is currently the main force chasing criminals. He doesn't dare to push too hard or threaten to oppress him, so he just waits for this old man to pick up a few people for you while he travels.

"I forgot to thank you last time. That time in the small town, you did a pretty good job. It was impressive." Lin Nian raised the soda bottle.

"If anything, we should be the ones thanking you. If it weren't for you, everyone in the town would be dead." Ye Sheng waved his hand, "After the mission is completed, I also wanted to come with the team of the execution department to visit and express condolences, but it's a pity that I couldn't get into the intensive care unit if I didn't get the number, and all the fruits I bought had to be secretly eaten by Aki alone."

"How could I eat so much?" Aki turned around and retorted.

"Have you forgotten that the coach said you gained weight during the diving training? If you want to lose weight and control calories, just eat my fruit."

"Dive training?" Lin Nian suddenly seemed to think of something when he heard this word, and said it casually while looking at the young man and woman who were bickering everywhere.

"Yes. We specialize in underwater operations in the execution department. We are considered to be the reserve specialists of the diving team." Yaji immediately nodded and explained.

"I remember there was such a team. Why did the minister send you to carry out the handover?" Lin Nian looked at the two people thoughtfully.

"Recently, we were assigned to a long-term submersible mission. From now on, we will spend about half of the time underwater every day. There must always be a spare person to adjust the mood of the commissioner before the serious mission. This is an old rule of the execution department," Ye Sheng explained .

"Are the other members of the dive team the same?"

"I don't think I heard that we were the only two selected. Maybe the execution department discovered something important in a certain shipwreck area or at the mouth of the bay? This was the previous routine. If the ruins of a suspected dragon civilization were discovered, then Immediately seal off the scene and then start diver training. When the situation is almost certain, the mission documents will be sent to us." Ye Shengzhun is more experienced in executing missions, so he casually explained some situations in the execution department. .

"I remember your speech spirit seems to be 'snake'?" Lin Nian looked at Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng glanced at Dominic who was standing aside. After seeing that Lin Nian didn't pay attention to the man, he nodded and replied, "Yes."

"Yan Ling is very suitable for underwater work, what about Sister Jiude?"

"'Flow' can control the flow direction of liquid objects in the area, but it is difficult to play a role in rapid currents." Aki said, "The auxiliary word spirit is useful in static diving, but it is basically useless in underwater combat. It’s of no use, a slightly larger flow of water can hinder the effect of my speaking spirit.”

"It's okay." Lin Nian didn't comment much on this. He looked around the two people's faces carefully. Ye Shengyaji also noticed Lin Nian's different eyes and stood up slightly. In the execution department It was difficult for them to show off the airs of their seniors in front of the "super hybrids" that were making a lot of noise in the community, and instead they seemed even more awkward.

After all, rumors and legends will build a person's body. Now any newcomer who joins the executive department will have to be brainwashed by the legendary resume of the ace commissioner in less than a week, and will either become an 'S'-level die-hard fan. Either on the road to becoming a die-hard fan, the idea of ​​​​competition is rarely aroused. That is not a mountain to climb at all, but a statue to worship. Maybe Lin Nian has been blown up in the executive department now. This look.

"When will the dive training start?" Lin Nian asked casually.

"After you go back, you can recuperate for a month before setting off."

"Where is the location?"

"This." Yaji hesitated for a moment and looked at Ye Sheng. The latter immediately stood up to block this troublesome topic for her and said apologetically, "This probably has to be kept secret. Everyone knows the rules of the execution department. of."

"Understood." Lin Nian was probably convinced and stopped asking further, "You can take him away. Just follow the rules on the road. He won't cause trouble for you. If you encounter trouble, maybe you can let him go." Help you, we are in the car after all."

Dominic waved his hand and stood up. He looked back at the hot flash bar and saw nothing. He was stunned for a few seconds and then smiled softly and turned around to walk towards Aki and Ye Sheng.

"Can I ask more out of curiosity what are you going to do next?" Ye Sheng put a pair of large black handcuffs on Dominic. When the handcuffs were closed, a needle suddenly inserted into the veins of his wrist, but Dominic Not surprisingly, he felt the familiar medicine pouring into his body, slowly producing chemical effects in his blood.

"Next step? If my guess is correct, is the sister Shutoku next to you Japanese?" Lin Nian raised his hand to signal Shutoku Aki. Although they had always communicated in Chinese before, he had never There are so many details that can still easily tell the origin of this girl.

After receiving a nod of recognition from Shutoku Aki, he added, "An exchange student sent here by my family or something else?"

"My family?" Shutoku Aki didn't seem to understand the word, so he explained, "I directly received the admission notice from the college when I was attending a girls' high school in the countryside."

"Then you're lucky that you weren't recruited by the Japanese branch." Lin Nian nodded after hearing this.

"Are you planning to go to Japan next?" Ye Shengzhun understood what Lin Nian meant, and his expression was a little strange, "The situation at the Japanese branch is not good, right?"

"I went there once last time, and I just went there again this time. I got used to it after going back and forth. The people there were also very enthusiastic when I went there last time. This time I want to see if they can continue to entertain me so warmly. Lin Nian said with a faint smile.

". Pay attention to safety." Ye Sheng knew the sporadic situation in the Japanese branch, but the place he was going to was an 'S' level. He didn't know what to say, but after a while he As if he was remembering something, he said, "I remember that you had an assistant from the psychology department with you on this mission."

"I'm giving psychological counseling there, and she's going with me." Lin Nian looked back at the bar, "The afternoon flight is direct to Tokyo."

"It seems that I am well prepared for going to Tokyo this season." Ye Shengzhun understood something, looked at Lin Nian enviously and said with a smile.

"It's just for fun. When your next mission is over, you can go and play together." Lin Nian handed over a soda bottle and touched it to Ye Sheng. After the other party drank it in one gulp, he put the bottle on the table, "That's also Let’s talk about it next time.”

"Do what you should do. I think we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future. So will you." Lin Nian nodded to Ye Sheng and Yaji, and then looked at Duomi who was wearing heavy black handcuffs next to them. Nick.

After hearing Lin Nian's words, Ye Sheng paused slightly and nodded gently. Dominic, who was beside them, showed no signs of depression at all and looked at Lin Nian with a faint smile and nodded.

After saying a simple goodbye, Lin Nian watched Ye Sheng and Ya Ji take the tough guy onto the big bus that looked like a Greyhound bus but was actually a prisoner escort vehicle. After the door closed and tightened, the driver nodded in his direction. After saying hello, he started the engine and left.

A few minutes later, Lin Xian walked out of the bar behind Lin Nian, dragging two large and small travel bags. He glanced at the empty space outside and Lin Nian, who was sitting on the table drinking soda alone under the sun, and asked, "He's gone." ?”

"Let's go." Lin Nian picked up a bottle of soda, pulled off the lid and put it next to him, "It's time for us to leave."

Lin Xian picked up the soda and took a sip. He squinted his eyes comfortably while basking in the sun. "That's about it. It's time. She is asleep now. She may be able to accept the reality when she wakes up. After all, she has already had enough It’s been two months of psychological counseling and buffering.”

In two months, they played almost everything there was to do in New York. In addition, they also got to know the group of people in the hot flash bar. At least Lin Nian and Lin Xian got a good start from that bald tough guy. I learned a lot about driving skills.

During this period of time, Lin Nian also gradually explored the tricks of other skills, and slowly found a way out. However, these skills were a bit too shocking in actual combat, and he was also thinking about when he could use them openly. He brought them to the table. The headquarters is probably in trouble. The school board has been keeping an eye on him, but if he goes to Japan, it will be difficult for those spies to spy in freely, right?

Then the next period of time in Japan should be the stage where he can express himself freely. Last time he went to Tokyo, he failed to do some of the things he wanted to do. This time, he wanted to put those crazy ideas into action one by one.

"What are you going to do first after going to Japan?" Lin Xian jumped off the table and walked towards the sun-drenched street. He raised his hand to cover the sun and turned around to step back while looking at Lin Nian who was walking slowly down the table and asked loudly with a smile. .

"Sakura, Akihabara, hot springs? What do you want to do first?"

"I don't care. Anyway, I'm just having fun wherever I am with you."

"Then it doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter where you go. I heard that the eel rice in clear soup in Osaka is very delicious. Why don't you go to Osaka first instead of going to Tokyo?"

"But our flight ticket is to Tokyo. Can we change it?"

"After arriving in Tokyo, take the train to Osaka. The scenery along the way is the meaning of travel."

"Taking a tram alone is boring, but two people are just traveling together? Brother, you are so good at flirting."

"You can't let me take you there on a bicycle?"

"Are you using your Yanling 300-hour bicycle? It can take off!"

"Fly, fly, who is afraid of whom." The boy said casually, with a smile on his lips.

"Fly, fly, who is afraid of whom!" She repeated the boy's tone and also laughed.

Just fly.

In the afternoon at the New York airport, a passenger plane took off from the runway, heading towards the azure ocean and clear water-washed sky. The whole month of March was high-pitched, clean, and exuding a warm atmosphere.

ps: 8K words, I will arrive in Japan tomorrow, the plot will not be mainly about hunting, but other interesting things.