Steel steam and flame

A few minutes later, a voice came from the communicator. Cassia picked up the microphone, looked at the ID card and said his name. After joining, it is a rule of the Kiris family to use the name on the identity card as the code name.

He was a man with a slightly hoarse voice. I wonder if it was because he received too many communications during the day. After briefly explaining his intention to exchange the information for some money, the man immediately agreed to the transaction. Then asked about his current location, Cassia responded with Manoma. There was an apparent pause for a few seconds, probably as the call-taker was inquiring about the location in Manoma.

"Please wait at the store next to the train station at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. There will be a black limo on the roadside for more than ten seconds. Just throw the transaction information into the limo. But the review will take one to three days. God, based on the value of the information you provided, sir, we will transfer the corresponding amount of money directly to the bank account connected to the identity card." The skilled and neat answer, the hoarse words made Cassia hear it very clearly. I originally thought I could use this to know where the Kiris family was stationed in Manoma, but looking at it now, I definitely imagined the other party too simply.

"Is there anything else?" the other party asked after waiting for a moment.

"I wanted to ask something about the portrait assignment."

"If you have relevant information, please notify us in time." The mechanical answer clearly shows that this question has been asked by many people in a short period of time. The result is still valid, and so far, no one has achieved that generous reward.

Keeping the identifying characteristics of the limo in mind, Cassia walked out of the room and took several limo rides to the villa base. I poured the juice and drank it while thinking about which side the result was more favorable to.

It is impossible for people from the four forces in the military school not to know that they have returned to the school. The reason why the mission still exists may be to hide something. But Cassia is still more inclined to another answer-until now, no one in the Kiris family has provided effective information for the mission. As a small member of a circle, there may be many people who know Kasia's name, but there are really not many people who have actually met Kasia. Faces are often disguised during missions, and some of the people seen are already dead. There are also some who will not take the initiative to cause trouble because there is no conflict in interests and positions.

When she first came into contact with the Kiris family, Cassia thought about the possible connection between herself and them from beginning to end. Until now, nothing has been gained. I don't know why it was taken as the target of the mission, I have no way to start, and I can't even find any clues. But he clearly knew that the danger accompanying him had increased invisibly. It was only a matter of time before it was detonated, and the dark clouds over Manoma reminded him of this all the time.

Rest at the villa base until the next day. In the morning, she contacted Shaco through public communication facilities. After successfully handing over the transaction information, Cassia dressed up and arrived at the agreed location.

"Mr. Tussos?" Shake asked with some vigilance as she looked at the completely unfamiliar man in front of her. His height was just right, but his temperament and appearance had already left the impression in her mind. Cassia understands this reaction.

"Work related." After confirming their identities with the code agreed upon in the contact, the two of them walked slowly not far away. This is a small park on the edge of the Empire Center, and many people come here in the afternoon. Finally, they stopped in front of a shop selling snacks, juices and drinks. All the umbrellas on the tables outside were put away. The two of them found a table next to them and sat down, ordering something.

"Are you okay during this time?" Cassia asked Shaco opposite as she thanked the waiter who brought snacks and juice. Cassia had not yet adapted to this appearance, and the change in appearance made Shaco feel like she was talking to an unknown stranger.

"Don't worry, there's probably no one else around." Cassia continued, with a sense of comfort in her words. Shake nodded, without answering the question just now, and talked about translation.

"I got the help of Mr. Witte. He is a collector himself and has a lot of historical and biological information on ancient sites." Shake said, but there was no corresponding joy on his face. It was full of expressions of being trapped by problems. "How many times?" A few months ago, someone came into the school and took away everything I had left in the dormitory. Those materials and the books I brought were also among them. The most regrettable thing is that the books my grandfather gave me were also lost. The school said they had already reported them. Manoma's Defense Force, but there has been no follow-up until now, I think it can't be found. The translation progress was also hindered at that time. Fortunately, Mr. Witte provided me with some information later, so I was able to continue."

"Taken away?" Cassia thought for a moment, "Isn't it a prank by some of your classmates?"

Shako shook his head gently and looked at Cassia's face carefully, as if he wanted to see something from it, but the result was definitely disappointing: "Not long after they came back, they decided to drop out of school one after another after consultation. I heard that they went to concentrate on running the family business. And when the information was taken away, it was shortly after Mr. Tussos asked me about the name of the place. They had already left school by then, so I don’t think it was them."

"Dropped out of school..." Repeating this sentence in his mind, Cassia himself first denied this statement. At least for the boy on the airship, there was no possibility of dropping out of school. Naturally, he thought of "Mr. Werther" in Shake's mouth. He could understand the importance of strange words. Knowing these things, his identity must not be simple. It had been speculated before that "Witt" would be a member of a large family, and the protection he had given to Shaco in the past few months seemed to have made this clear. The few people who dropped out were probably the actions of Werther and the forces behind him.

So who would be taking the information? Shake would never take the initiative to tell anyone, except for me and Werther. Witt probably wouldn't do anything to take that information. Cassia thought and unconsciously repeated Shako's words again, but the focus fell on the middle part due to some kind of intuition.

"Not long after I asked about the place name." As if he had caught something, Cassia stopped continuing the topic. He took out some of the other strange characters and symbols that he had written silently from his pocket and gave them to Shaco.

"I originally wanted to come over and give you new information," Cassia said. "I'm very sorry to encounter such a thing. Please don't be too sad. I have met a lot of people through my work. I learned about it from them. Some news about Peckinz's other books, which I will bring to you soon. The one you lent me has also been reprinted, but it has certainly lost its value to you. I hope you will like it. Maybe. You can get some help from that.”

"Thank you, Mr. Tussos!" Shake finally found a smile on her face, and she exhaled, "When we meet next time, I think I will have some results here." Looking at the strange words in front of her, Symbol, Shaco's mood has recovered somewhat.

When it got dark, the two ended their "academic" exchange. After sending Shaco to the limo, Cassia returned to the villa base soon. Immediately asked Atuohuan about collecting undirected intelligence.

"Collect on a large scale, and then delete useless interference information bit by bit based on the target's own attributes. After getting a rough range, we can only guess and eliminate it through understanding the target. Of course, there will definitely be some among them. Priority level, checking one by one is very time-consuming." Atuohuan answered very professionally, "Is there anything you can do? I can definitely provide you with a lot of help with intelligence information."

"Just a simple understanding." Cassia said before breaking contact.

"There is a high probability that it is Theodore and the others. They knew that I arrived in the Borghese area through the contact records between Shaco and me. A few months have passed, and it seems that those books and materials have not fallen into the hands of the Rose and the Knights of the Rose. Instead, he disappeared along with the failure of the mission." His mood did not lighten up. Shako was also involved a few months ago. Fortunately, Werther and the power behind him were not small, otherwise Cassia could fully imagine what would happen if Shako fell into the hands of Theodore and El. The two of them would not care about gender, let alone an ordinary person.

Sitting at the table and looking at the street lights outside the window, the surroundings were surrounded by night, and the dim light illuminated an area, as if cracks would appear at any time and then become fragmented.

"Would this situation be better if it disappeared? For myself, for Ye Jielin and the others, for people like Shako who have almost nothing to do with it, and for my mother and sister..." Cassia sighed silently.