Chapter 137: The Blade in the Darkness
The darkness gradually faded, and the first ray of morning light had appeared in the sky.
Under the thin light, the outline of the scene in the alley appeared in front of Curt. The domestic waste produced by nearby residents was randomly accumulated in the alley, and a stream of dark sewage with a pungent smell slowly flowed down from the cracks in the nearby walls, slowly flowing through most of the alleys.
A staff member of the guard team whose gray uniform was stripped off fell to the corner of the alley, and half of his body was damaged by dirty water. Looking closer, he was knocked on his forehead and obviously swollen. Some blood flowed out of a wound on his arm that was cut by a sharp blade.
The seemingly randomly assigned investigation task of the security officer finally pointed to the right direction. Curt found something unexpected here - although the "thing" he found was not by Geely, but by a staff member who was obviously still in the security team.
"Didn't this guy just tell the paranoid that you are looking for Yugili's janitor? It seems that he was replaced by someone else." Liqi also noticed the identity of the staff member, "It seems that someone has already sneaked into the team of the guards."
Curt made himself ignore Liqi's contempt for the security officer, and approached the staff who fell to the ground and tried to determine his breath with his hands. Fortunately, he was still alive, although his breath was weak - but at least he was still alive. The man who took his identity did not seem to have taken away his life.
"No... Wait a minute, Liqi. Did you observe a strange magic structure when you were on the scene just now? I didn't notice traces of magic flow. Whether it was Geely or the 'this person' who spoke to me at that time, they did not gather a lot of magic power."
It is not difficult to change a person's appearance. Simple makeup can change people's appearance. However, if you want to become another person without realizing it, you probably need to use the power of spells. Illusions or changes, spells are more convenient and secret than usual methods.
After thinking a little, Liqi gave another answer: "In fact, even if she does not use spells to create illusions, there is no way to change her appearance in an instant. There are many people who can achieve this effect and do not make people discover through magic changes."
Spells are means to use knowledge and power according to certain principles. Although talent is valued, acquired learning is more important. Unlike this, thrillers or super-arts are not powers that can be obtained through learning. These powers that must be difficult to possess later are more mysterious, and the way they use is elusive - but compared with a variety of spells, the ability of thrillers and super-arts is relatively narrow.
The innate supernatural ability to use the mind or will is called "superior art"; it can only be passed to another person through life. Burning vitality to obtain a magical art of mastering unnatural abilities... Since a long time ago, many scholars have been studying the sources of these abilities, but have not received any reasonable answers so far.
No one has ever said that a spell cannot carry a great sword in his hand, and of course no one has ever said that people with magic or super skills cannot learn magic. These people with several identities may not be excellent warriors. But they are undoubtedly outstanding scholars - but no matter how hard they try, they have not been able to successfully interpret these "abilities given by God". The truth of these abilities still exists in the unknown darkness.
"If our enemy is a group with a large number of magicians, it is not a big deal to have one or two strange people among them," Liqi said. "It can also be said that because they are not clear about their components, we must prepare for the other party to use all the tricks."
Curt was silent, he felt it was necessary to sort out the status quo.
First of all...when did this staff member be replaced by others? And Yugeli, who suddenly disappeared. Will he be replaced too - or worse, from the beginning, talking to Curt and getting Yugeli was a fake.
If this is the case, the reason why he disappeared is self-evident, because "the on-site supervisor is from Geely" has now changed his identity and is hidden at the scene. The unidentified person is actually still at the scene, and I don't know what plan he is preparing.
But now several groups of disbanded and assigned security officers are searching everywhere for missing Yu Geely. In other words, in the absence of staff, there are not many people in each batch.
Assuming that many of the "Eye of True Vision" are hiding in nearby slums, then the police officers assigned to them are undoubtedly in danger. The dispersed forces may be attacked by the other party at all times, and those who come back cannot confirm their identity.
"I'm not sure how many people are infiltrating the other party, but I think they should be planning to replace the guards little by little and then take the opportunity to create chaos." Curt thought for a while, but he was not sure what the other party's real purpose was. "The current arrangement is very beneficial to them."
The first priority of strategy is intelligence. Under the premise of unequal intelligence, the party that possesses more intelligence has almost a decisive advantage. The security officer really made the worst judgment. Now whether Curt brings his discoveries back or not, what he will face cannot be worse.
If the security officers were not told that there was a conspiracy against them was brewing, the "Eye of True View" plan could continue as they wished. Although the full picture of this conspiracy was not yet seen, judging from their recent performance, the conspiracy would definitely make big news.
In turn, bringing the discovered staff back to the scene will undoubtedly cause a commotion among everyone present. I believe everyone will have to worry about whether the companions around them are enemies. It is the team spirit that supports them to continue working under high fatigue. If they want to sing this play, they will be out of control at that time.
This is really a dilemma. The person who designed this plan did make Curt trouble. He now told the security officers that it was not, but he told them not - even if he took the approach of taking the minority of the two evils, the sequelae brought by the other party was obviously considered.
Of course, even if you weigh the pros and cons and feel that bringing this staff back will cause even more trouble, Curt cannot place him who is lying on the ground in the corner of the alley. There have been people clamoring in the surrounding slums, and it will not take long to gather people.
I can't drag it down any longer... I'd better transport him to a nearby safe place and wake him up first, and then consider asking him about why he was knocked out in the alley.
Thinking of this, Curt carried the man who fainted. Compared with those tall and powerful front-line guards, these staff members in charge of assisting the work were really thinner. Curt carried him as easily as carrying a sack of cotton.
Smack-
Just as Curt wanted to take his staff out of this remote alley, a slight sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the alley behind him. A short black shadow was rushing towards Curt with rapid steps along the darkness under the wall, holding a piece of metal reflecting the morning light in his hand.
Curt, who was holding the staff with both hands, was carrying a person's weight, and was now in a posture of a wide open door on his chest. Seeing the smiley black shadow trying to rush into his arms, he took a step back without saying a word, and then swept his legs out of the shadow's movement with the offset center of gravity.
Bang!
The sweeping leg, which had been filled with all his strength, hit the short figure who rushed over accurately, but Curt felt that his toes seemed to kick a thick layer of cotton cloth, and he didn't know where he hit it. Instead, the little man who rushed over cried out and fell out in the direction he came.
"It's really an excessive way to say hello." Curt adjusted his center of gravity to keep his body firm, and then looked at the little man with his belly half-jokingly, "Someone said 'recitations', so as a gift, I'll give you a kick."
Ke Te looked at it and saw that the little man kicked away by him seemed to be a teenager - no, it might be more appropriate to say that he was a child. His height was only to Curt's waist, and his thin body was like a scattered pole in the wind, especially his thin hands and feet, which was as good as Li Qi, and there were several patches on the torn clothes he wore... At first glance, he looked like a slum-born child.
But the kids in the slums were unlikely to rush over without saying a word and launch a sneak attack with a knife. Curt glanced at the metal piece that was still tightly grasped by him. It was a twisted snake-shaped dagger, with a few rough ancient words carved on the silver-blade surface, and a magic power floated out of the blade.
Obviously, the snake-shaped dagger is a special product infused with magic. Even though its appearance looks quite shoddy and insignificant, it is still a magic product-the price of this dagger is not affordable for a slum child.
Looking at the short assassin disguised as a teenager in the slum, Curt couldn't help but smile a sarcastic and bitter smile on his lips - was he also regarded as a target?
This is not an unexpected result. Everyone present and the guards on the united front may be targeted by members of the "Eye of True View", especially Curt, who is acting alone now. Attacking him will not attract the attention of people around him, and is undoubtedly the most suitable person to be the target of attack.
It's a pity that he still picked the wrong partner.
Chapter completed!