Whispering Poems

Chapter 1794 Rain and Thunder (with pictures - Tifa)

Xia De maintained his illusion and wanted to follow into the stairs, but when he passed the entrance of the passage, he found that a simple warning ceremony was set up here:

"Oh? This place actually hired a ring-moving warlock to help arrange the ceremony?"

But because the guarding ceremony was too simple, it had no effect on Shad who was proficient in illusion.

Pass through the dark and narrow stairs to the hidden fourth floor, which is even more extraordinary, it is actually a large flat-like room.The luxury of the decoration and the layout of the furniture are even better than those downstairs, making Xia De have to wonder if this is a place for this high-end brothel to entertain big shots.

As soon as Director An Luosi appeared, he heard a voice from the southeast corner of the room:
"An Luosi, you are too slow. Do you know how much it costs to rent this place?"

It was a man's voice, and it was Carson Riek.

Director An Luosi pressed his hat and walked over with his men:

"You also have to be patient, Hikali Schneider. If someone finds out that the two of us meet like this, how much trouble do you think it will cause?"

In the southeast corner of the room, the floor protrudes from a two-tiered countertop, on which a square table and stools are placed.The single-layer glass of the window on one side of the wall can overlook the entire city of Mikaela Blast Furnace in the rain from the fourth floor.And according to the silhouette of the "glass blast furnace" not far away, Xia De can also determine the specific location of this place in the urban area.

It was a tall and thin man that Xia De had never seen before talking to Director An Luosi.He has thick stubble and looks like he has kept it that way.The strange tall and thin man should be the inviter of this meeting, because there are five or six of his subordinates in this room on the top floor, but they all consciously retreated to another room separated by a wooden wall, not listening to the next conversation .

Tall and lanky Hikkali Shernold shakes hands with Chief Anros:
"It's true that there will be some trouble, but you said that people will think that you, the director of MI[-], defected to our Carson Rik, or I, the minister of gray gloves, defected to your De La Rion?"

Xia De was very glad that no one could see his stunned appearance at this time, and he was also very glad that he followed.

Director An Luosi waved his hand:

"Boring question. I wouldn't come to see you if it wasn't necessary. Sit down and talk, you know I can't stay here long."

He motioned to the person behind him to hand him the briefcase:
"This cooperation is a last resort, and we will go straight to the point."

"Okay, about someone who has been preparing for at least a year in advance to try to assassinate your Duke Galina and our negotiating delegation, Duke Simil, here, the current information is as follows."

The gray-gloved Minister Xue Nuode said, but he is not Shad's boss. The ace agent "Grey Eagle" originally belonged directly to the royal family, even if it is passed to "Grey Eagle II" it is directly under Princess Margaret. .

"Before we discuss it, are you sure it's safe here?"

Director An Luosi held down the extracted document and asked, Minister Xue Nuode nodded:
"It's absolutely safe. I hired those special people to set up a ceremony to prevent anyone from sneaking up. Otherwise, why do you think it's so expensive here?"

As they spoke, both parties took out the documents they had prepared, and the white document paper quickly covered the table.Director Dak Anros and Minister Hikari Schnold got up, almost lying on the table to exchange and discuss every clue and information they had, while Shad leaned on the railing next to the high platform , while looking at the rain outside the one-way glass, while listening to every sentence of their conversation.

Although it was raining, there was still faint sunshine shining through the glass on the faces of the strangers.Raindrops hit the windows densely, and the leaders of the agents were also exchanging information quickly.Xia De stood there quietly like this. Although all the information was not missed, but looking at the scenery in the rain of the City of Glass outside and the quiet city, he couldn't help but sigh. Everything changed too quickly.

While listening to the information, he thought about the smiling faces of the girls around him, from Luvia to Tifa's smiling faces.He knew that he shouldn't think about these things at this time, but the atmosphere of this rainy day was a bit too depressing.

The rain in spring is often not heavy, but once it rains, it cannot be stopped. This is a climate characteristic of the Green Lake area.By the time Director An Luosi and the man with the suitcase behind him walked out of the high-end local business premises that were planted with flowers in front of the door and used a flower wall as a screen to block the sight of passers-by on Percival Avenue, the time had come 10:30 this morning.

The carriage stopped at the intersection and waited for the two of them. Director An Luosi, who was always cautious, took a look around before putting away his umbrella and boarding the carriage.He was very cautious and signaled the carriage to leave with his assistant first, while he pressed his hat and walked towards Xia De, who was holding an umbrella and looking up at the flowers with his hands behind his back in front of the flower wall.

"You don't seem surprised that you can see me here."

Xia De didn't look at the boss who came to him, Director An Luosi said with a smile:

"Since that lady has come to this area, and you have also appeared, what is impossible?"

He paused:
"However, if I had seen you in that building ahead, I'm afraid I'd have been genuinely surprised."

That's why Xia De didn't choose to show up there:
"Would you mind telling me about the situation? Or I'll go directly to the lady and ask."

Dak Anros thought for a moment:
"Let's find a quiet place to talk."

The two looked towards the building behind the screen wall almost immediately, then shook their heads together:

"There is a Victory Kyrel Hotel nearby, go there."

The Victory Kyrel Hotel is where Professor Boulanger and three believers of Cupid lived temporarily.Compared with the building covered by flowery walls and shadow walls, the Victory Kyrel Hotel is undoubtedly a truly serious place.

On a rainy Tuesday morning, there were not many people on the first floor of the hotel.Xia De and Director An Luosi chose a seat against the wall, away from indoor lights, so the plain-looking Director An Luosi was willing to take off his hat when the waiter brought them tea.

"Just now I met with the gray glove."

Director An Luosi lowered his voice, he was not sure how much Shad knew, so he simply said from the beginning:

"Miss Galina told you about the third party in this negotiation?"

"Yes."

"Since we started discussing the border and trade routes in the Pantanal region last year, some people have been planning to intensify our conflict with Kasenrik by assassinating members of the negotiating team. Some time ago, the one in Tobesk City It started with an unidentified nobleman who met with a mysterious person, and now we have the definite news that the assassination targets the lady and the duke who led the southern country."

He left Xia De some time to think:

"You must not relax your vigilance just because the other party is a united mob. Some of their people are among us. The old continent has been at peace for too long, and now there is a spark, and sensitive explosive kegs will be ignited. There are too many people I hope that the current order can be changed. Besides, we have moved too fast in recent decades, and some things that should have been dealt with long ago have piled up too much."

The outsider also understood MI[-]'s judgment on current affairs from the tone and expression of his boss:
"I knew the importance of this negotiation a long time ago, but it has progressed to this extent?"

"Peace is a rare era, and war and disputes are the norm in civilization."

Director An Luosi whispered:

"Those of us who listen to the thunder in the silent place can best understand the undercurrent hidden under the smooth water surface. On both sides of Green Lake, Green Lake City and Mikaela Blast Furnace City will definitely leave their names in the history books in the future."

Shad nodded slightly.Both of them were silent for a while, before Xia De asked:
"Although this is not my task, can you tell me what the main difficulty is now?"

Director An Luosi nodded cautiously, but shook his head again, his eyes fixed on Shad:

"In the opponent, there are also people with supernatural abilities."

He spoke cautiously, his voice lowered:

"You should understand what I'm talking about, but those with supernatural abilities, because they are afraid of the rules of the church, they just hide behind the scenes and don't dare to get off the stage directly."

For example, the Ring Warlock of [Tyranny Club] appeared during the shooting at the banquet last Friday.

"These people will not take the initiative to attack, but their existence itself can provide convenience for ordinary people. This is the most difficult point of the investigation, but fortunately, no matter whether it is the Sixth Division or the Gray Gloves, there are also some people with extraordinary abilities. people as helpers.”

"Since it is determined who exists, why not turn to the church?"

Xia De asked again, Director An Luosi shook his head slowly:

"We maintain a tacit understanding. As long as the church does not end, no one can cross that line. Once the church ends, you must know that the Church of the Five Gods will not consider the interests of Delarion and Carson Rick. They only want to Catch the unruly. But neither Delarion nor Carsonrick thinks they can get something out of handling it."

"So... not only are we maintaining a tacit understanding with each other, but even the church is maintaining a tacit understanding with everyone?"

Shad summed it up.

"The church is like a god, watching everyone coldly from a high place, playing 'games' within the rules, and waiting for the rules to be broken to end in person. And people always don't like to let such a high-level existence directly intervene It's your own business, so you must grasp it carefully."

If it weren't for Xia De's excellent hearing, he might not be able to understand a word at this moment.

"In fact, it has always been like this. In this era of strange powers, the secret service must not only grasp the boundary between itself and ordinary citizens, but also grasp the boundary between ordinary and extraordinary. This is difficult, very Difficult, harder than tightrope walking in a circus. Carefully shuttle through the foggy alley, only look at the figure you want to pursue in front of you, and don't pay attention to those strange things in the fog, yes, yes, this is us, So we are the trump card of the country."

This ordinary-looking middle-aged man, the light in his eyes at this moment is simply frightening:
"So, even if everyone knows that there is a special existence in such a thing that can shake the world order, they can only acquiesce in not knowing anything, and then wait for the other party to make a mistake. In the case of Green Lake, third-party forces , going to cross the line!"

　PS: Qidian has opened up the illustration function in the text, but it will take a while to review the pictures, and it may take a while.

Illustrations in this article are by Tifa Serwitt.

　
(End of this chapter)