Mystery: Shadow of Order

The gray fog in front of him dissipated, and Rawls sat up from the bed. A piece of letter paper fell from him. With his extraordinary reflexes, he grabbed it before it fell onto the bed.

He took the letter and unfolded it, his eyebrows wrinkled, it was a letter from Alysia.

"The 'alchemist' discovered his whereabouts and was led away by me, and Ian was sent to Tingen by the 'living corpse'." The content was brief, in the usual style of Alysia.

Under normal circumstances, Horamik Haydn would never have discovered Alysia. After all, Alysia not only held the "Freedom Walker", but also the favored one of the "Uncertain Mist". Last time at the Intis embassy, ​​she could have a face-to-face with Horamick and leave calmly.

So Ian and the others were discovered. In order to prevent Horamick and "Mechanical Heart" from catching them, Alysia had to show up to lure them away.

The place where the battle took place yesterday was the Bridge District, which belongs to the "Heart of Machinery" jurisdiction, and all Beyonder affairs are handled by them. Many people have seen the battle in the bridge area, how to deal with the aftermath is a big problem, and the pressure of "Heart of Machinery" must be very high.

The Steam Church, which has mastered the "generalist" pathway, can produce magical items with various strange abilities, and according to the situation during the day, it is estimated that there is a "living corpse" of Sequence 6 among them. When patrolling at night, he will definitely be carrying a sealed item.

And the place where Ian and the others were hiding was St. George's District, where the Church of Steam and Mechanics Backlund Parish Headquarters St. Shirland Church was located. It was not unusual for the Extraordinary of the "Heart of Machinery" team to discover.

Rawls scratched his chin. He was not worried that Alysia would be caught. Whether she chose to confront her head-on or guerrilla warfare, Horamick of Sequence 4 had nothing to do with her.

Although Horamick is the archbishop of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, a member of the former council of the gods, he can use all the sealed items in the Church of St. Hillan. But after all, this is an encounter, even if it can effectively reduce the extraordinary ability of the sealed item, he will not carry it with him, and even the pursuit of Alysia may just be his alchemy doll.

What Rawls is more worried about is that Alysia is locked by Horamick. The Intis embassy did not keep Alysia last time. As the archbishop, Horamick will definitely choose to find a suitable one. Sealed artifact or create one personally to limit Alysia who mastered the "Freelancer".

Otherwise, with Alysia's ability to traverse the spirit world at will, she should have left Horamick behind and returned to Backlund secretly.

Without getting out of bed, Rawls directly picked up the pen on the desk beside the bed, and scribbled the next line of words under the word, reminding Alysia to be careful with Horamick's alchemy doll.

Skillfully arranged the ceremony of summoning the messenger, Rawls whispered in ancient Hermes:

"I!"

Then it becomes Hermes:

"I call in my name;"

"Invisible creatures roaming in the upper realm, unconstrained and free, and belong to the messenger of Alysia Tamara."

Then the human-headed fish appeared with a long snake-tailed spirit body, and a huge opening was split open in the fish, swallowing the letter in Rawls's hand and disappearing into the air.

Looking at the disappearing messenger, Rawls was a little envious. He blew out the still burning candle and sat beside the bed. If only he had such a messenger.

...

In a remote but well-connected alley, Xio, who had been observing secretly for a long time, walked out of the hiding place and walked towards the man wearing the golden mask.

The man was still wearing a black tuxedo, and his light brown eyes swept across the mask on Hugh's face, revealing a trace of confusion. He always felt that he had seen this Beyonder who was recruited by him at Mr. A's party, but his ability told him I hadn't seen her before.

It seems that repeated hypnosis does damage memory to a certain extent. As a "Knight of Retribution", I even have such an illusion.

The masked man shook his head and began to talk about this mission:

"Have you heard what happened in the Bridge District?"

"Of course, but I don't know the specifics."

Wearing a knight's practice uniform and wearing a mask, Xio nodded. This incident made a lot of noise, and many ordinary people saw it. Although she has been in the Eastern District for a long time, after being promoted to "Sheriff", she has also set her "Jurisdiction" in the Eastern District.

This can not only better collect intelligence, but also complete various bounty tasks. "Sheriff" is the most suitable extraordinary profession for bounty hunters, of course, the choice is limited to low-rank.

"It doesn't matter, you just need to pay attention." The masked man didn't ask too much. He knew that Xio's jurisdiction was in the Eastern District.

Suddenly the masked man seemed to remember something and asked:

"Do you have any clues to Qilingus?"

Xio's facial features were firmly covered by the mask, and even his voice was lowered:

"No, but the number of homeless people who have disappeared unexpectedly in the East seems to be increasing recently." Since she informed the masked man that Zilingus had sneaked into Backlund according to Rolls' request, she has not received any follow-up from Rolls. The task is to investigate Qilingus's trail according to the requirements of the masked man.

The masked man suddenly froze, and then returned to normal. He glanced at Xio and emphasized:

"We think Qilingers is likely to hide in the West District or the Chorwood District. The East District does not meet his needs. A Sequence 6 'Wind Blessed' will have an instinctive disgust for the heavily polluted East District."

The masked man couldn't see Xiu's expression, but after seeing her nod, he didn't discuss the topic, and instead talked about Xiu's recent achievements:

"You have completed your recent mission very well. Are you interested in joining our MI9?" He believed that Xio must have guessed that he was from MI9.

Under the mask, Xio tried his best to suppress his excitement. According to Forsi's script, he was stunned for a while, pretending that he couldn't make a decision for a while.

"You can still maintain your current status and be active in the Eastern District." The golden mask man did not ask her to answer immediately, "Don't worry, you can wait until your merits are enough to exchange the formula of 'Interrogator' before making a decision."

Xio nodded, but after hearing the words of the masked man, he almost failed to maintain the identity that Fors had created for her.

"However, then you won't be able to see me while wearing a mask, and you will be subject to strict identity review. If you pass it, the subsequent exchange of recipes and the exchange of potion materials will be easy."

The masked man was also very curious as to whether the man under the mask knew him.

...

Chorwood District, in an apartment building.

"You mean that the masked man finally offered to let you join MI9?"

Forsi raised her eyebrows and tried to sit up with her waist, but after several attempts, she failed miserably, so she had to continue lying on the sofa. She looked at Xio who didn't seem very happy, and wondered:

"What's wrong? You should be happy. With this time, the next time will be very fast."

Xio walked to the single-seat sofa opposite Fors and sat down, took off the boots he was wearing, turned the boots upside down, and an object with a curved edge fell out. It was a booster pad that Fors had specially hired.

"If you want to join MI9, you must pass an internal review."

Forsi looked at the booster pad, stretched out his hand to hold the back of the sofa, sat up successfully, leaned on the back of the sofa, and waved weakly:

"You have to believe that Jeffrey, didn't he give you a spell? And in order to achieve his purpose, he will definitely help you solve this matter."

Seeing Xio was still a little worried, Forsi had to persuade:

"What's more, the masked man asked you to join MI9 this time. It must be the news that the 'Lieutenant Admiral Hurricane' Qilingus sneaked into Backlund that you reported last time. He will help you accumulate merits. Such censorship would certainly help.”

Xio subconsciously asked:

"How could he know that Qilingus sneaked into Backlund?"

"Uh, how did I know?" Forsi was speechless for a while, but with his extraordinary imagination, he gave a guess, "Maybe he also has someone like you in the pirates, and pass the news for him. "

Xio nodded, this possibility is there. After being freed by Fors, she breathed a sigh of relief and leaned on the sofa just like Fors, enjoying a rare leisure time.

After she was promoted to "Sheriff", she has been busy taking various bounty tasks, and then collecting the information needed by the masked man, leaving early and returning late every day, living an extremely boring life.

"What about Miss Audrey's mission?"

Hearing Xio's question, Fors was also a little helpless. Audrey met her again the day before yesterday and proposed to entrust them to investigate Qilingus. Forsi didn't refuse either. Anyway, Xio had to investigate, and an extra remuneration was not bad, so he took it and introduced Xiu.

But after accepting the mission, Forsi got the detailed information of Qilingus from Audrey, and compared with Xio Yi, he found a big problem.

First, Hugh received the message from Jeffrey last Friday and told the masked man the same day. Therefore, after receiving Audrey's entrustment, Fors just thought that Audrey, who was a great noble, received a notice from MI9, and entrusted her with the task on a whim.

Judging from the information provided by Audrey, she seemed to know Zilingus very well, from his magical items to the detailed description of his living habits. You must know that Jeffrey just told Hugh that Lieutenant General Hurricane Qilingus had sneaked into Backlund.

Moreover, Audrey entrusted the task to Fors last Saturday, which was only one day away from Jeffrey's notification. The time was not enough for her to collect such detailed information as Qilingus.

Fors had previously suspected that Audrey was not as naive as she appeared to be. Judging from her performance this time, Fors' suspicion had come true.

The Earl of East Chester is worthy of being a great nobleman that has been passed down for hundreds of years, even Audrey, who is not the heir, is not simple. And that Jeffrey, who doesn't know his identity, is most likely from an upper-class nobleman, and even dared to place chess pieces inside MI9.

Forsi's gaze turned to Hugh, her father was accused of participating in a rebellion and was hanged. The struggle between these great nobles is even more terrifying than the battle between Beyonders. Can Huo really find out the truth?

"Fors, Fors? What are you thinking?"

Shaking his head, looking at Xio with a concerned expression, Forsi recovered from the scattered thoughts and spread his hands:

"It can only be dragged on. Now that the three major churches and MI9 know the news, I don't think we will be more powerful than them."

Xio nodded. It seemed that this was the only way she could do it. She glanced at Forsi, who seemed to be lost in thoughts again, and asked curiously:

[To tell the truth, recently I have been using Mimi to read and read books to keep up with updates, switch sources, and read aloud tones, which can be used by Android and Apple. 】

"What's the matter with you? What are you thinking?"

"Oh, nothing!" Fors pointed to the next door, "I was thinking that from yesterday to today, it seems that Alysia from next door didn't come here."

"Alicia? Didn't she come over the past two days?"

A curious look appeared on Hugh's face. She had been busy doing tasks during this time, but she also knew from Fors that as long as Fors was at home, Alysia would come to visit. She seems to be very interested in Fors' novel, and has even been urging her to finish the draft of "The Curse of the Witch", which has only begun, as soon as possible.

"Yeah." Seeing that Xio's attention shifted, Fors simply continued on the topic, "And I secretly went to her house to see~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There is no one at home, it seems that the past two days not at home."

Xio looked at Forsi helplessly. As an "apprentice", it was easier to walk through walls than to drink water.

"Do you think Alysia is also an Extraordinary?" Forsi's eyes lit up, and she began to use the writer's imagination, "Look, she is very rich, and she doesn't have a job, and occasionally disappears suddenly for a few days. ."

"If she's a Beyonder, you won't be afraid of her arresting you if you sneak through the wall and enter her house." Xio did not give Forsi a high evaluation of her performance this time.

If Alysia is really an Extraordinary, judging from those extravagant clothes, she is at least a Sequence 7 Extraordinary. Anyway, with the weekly labor remuneration of the Sequence 8 "Sheriff", it would be a little difficult to buy a piece of clothing like that.

Thinking of entering Alysia's house through the wall at noon today, Forsi simply gave up the idea and threw a question instead:

"Then think about it, what does Alysia do every time she disappears?"

Xio hugged her knees and shrunk her entire body on the single sofa, ignoring Fors. She was reluctant to think about issues that had nothing to do with her. Even if she gave an idea, Fors would be rejected Point out bugs.

During this time, Forsi seemed to like playing these kinds of games very much, even if Huo went out early and returned late every day, he couldn't escape.

Forsi pursed her lips, she actually didn't like this kind of game very much. For this time, she would rather lie still in bed, but after the full moon last week, she realized that she might have a hard time getting through the next time. This made her even more worried about Hugh's safety after entering MI9.

Although Xio has a beast-like intuition, MI9 is ​​not the Eastern District after all, not to mention that there is still a problem with Xiu's identity. As long as there are flaws, Forsi believes that Jeffrey will never help.