long night fire

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In the Golden Apple District, on another street, in the mansion of Alexander the Inspector, one of the two giants of the "Original City".

The blond hair was already mottled, the figure was majestic, and the elder in black casual clothes cast his eyes on his little daughter who was not far away.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed and beautiful Galoran no longer wore a gray-blue Taoist robe, but had changed into a long wine-red dress.

Every detail of this clothing is very elegant, and the materials used are extremely luxurious. At first glance, it is not the kind that is mass-produced by machines.

"I thought you wouldn't wear these clothes anymore." Alexander nodded slightly.

He made no secret of his relief, concern, and sarcasm.

Galoran looked indifferent and indifferent:

"Just a dress."

Her state is:

There is no essential difference between this and Taoist robes. They are props used by humans to cover their naked bodies and maintain body temperature.

At this time, there was an explosion sound from a distance.

In the relatively quiet night, it is so obvious.

And it's not just one, some are big and some are small.

Alexander walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, looked in the direction of the explosion, and took the opportunity to educate his daughter:

"What you want needs to be exchanged with iron and blood and a lot of lives. It doesn't mean that you can take pity on them and make a fuss at home to achieve it.

"You have been traveling in the dust for several years, you shouldn't be as naive as before?"

Galoran nodded:

"I see.

"That's why I hope that everyone will follow the teachings of 'Zhuang Sheng', understand that fate can't be resisted, and focus on realizing the existence of Tao. In time, if they can clearly distinguish the truth from the false, they can completely get rid of the shackles. I hope For eternity."

Alexander was so blocked that he could not speak, and held back for a long time before saying:

"Then there would be no human society."

Galoran was about to respond when someone knocked on the living room door.

Boom, boom, boom.

"Who?" Alexander raised his voice.

Outside the door is his butler:

"My lord, Lady Cynthia is visiting."

Chapter 195

Entering the study is a butler who has served Phocas for many years.

His name is Rainer, and he is nearly sixty years old, which is considered a long life among those who are not in the upper class.

Reiner's hair was obviously gray early, and the wrinkles around his eyes, lips, and forehead were quite obvious, but his body was strong and his spirit was good. In his blue eyes, there was only the stability accumulated by the years, and there was no vicissitudes of exhaustion.

"General, the bath water is ready." Reiner saluted.

Phocas' yellow eyes swept across the butler's face, nodded and said:

"it is good."

He got up slowly, led several guards guarding the door, and walked up to the second floor while stroking the statue on the handrail.

The guards stayed at the door of the bedroom, and only two maids followed in, helping Phocas take off the general's uniform and enter the bathroom.

The general's habit is to go to bed after taking a bath at night, and no one is allowed to disturb him until he wakes up by himself.

As usual, Phocas took a comfortable shower with a glass of red wine. After the maids cleaned up the bathroom, he immediately got on the large bed and covered it with a velvet quilt.

As an elderly person, the mattress of this bed has been changed to a harder type to help him ease the pain in his lower back.

Whenever she feels the firm support of the mattress, Phocas always misses the earlier years.

At that time, his bed was so soft that he could sink into it.

At that time, his wife was still alive.

With the curtains closed and the bedside table lamp turned off, the entire room was flooded with thick darkness.

Phocas' breath gradually became longer.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the bedroom door opened quietly.

The guards, who were supposed to prevent anyone from disturbing the general's sleep, either disappeared or turned a blind eye.

The person who entered the bedroom was of medium height, wearing a black formal suit.

He walked in the dimly lit environment and came to Phocas' bedside step by step.

Then he took a syringe out of his coat pocket.

After pushing out a little liquid, the dark man bent down and aimed the needle at a certain vein of Phokas.

Snapped!

The bedside table lamp suddenly turned on, and the originally warm yellowish light was quite dazzling to humans who were used to the dim environment.

The man who tried to inject Phocas with the poison couldn't help closing his eyes, straightened up in fear, and stepped back.

After getting used to the light, he opened his eyes again, and saw that Phocas had sat up, looking at him coldly with yellow eyes, his whole person was full of momentum and extremely majestic.

The man who sneaked into the room held his breath subconsciously, as he did every time he encountered a similar gaze over the years.

He has gray hair and obvious wrinkles, and he is Phocas' most trusted housekeeper, Reiner.

"Why?" Phocas asked in a deep voice.

He was not at all alarmed by the attack.

Reiner overcame the fear in his heart, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a weird smile:

"Because I am 'Shepherd' Bouillon."

"You?" Phokas sneered, but didn't say much, and asked calmly, "Why did you choose such an opportunity that was not an opportunity at all to attack me? Have you also lost your IQ?"

Lena laughed:

"If you ask such a question, it means that my guess is not wrong.

"If you want to deal with a senior awakened person of the 'soul corridor' level and a general who can command the entire city defense force like you, recklessness will not solve the problem. You must observe the details patiently, collect information carefully, find out your weaknesses, and then Waiting for an opportunity like tonight when the city defense army is strictly guarding everywhere but slack here.

"Fortunately, you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. I didn't say that. It's a famous saying from the old world. It just applies to you Suitable.

"It took me so long to sneak into your mansion, not to find an opportunity to influence you, but to look through the memories of the people around you bit by bit, looking for clues." (Note 1: Lincoln's famous quote)

Phocas smiled instead of anger:

"what have you found?"

Lena shrugged:

"I found that you have a habit that has not changed for many years. Whether you are commanding the army outside or facing the turmoil in the original city, you must go to bed before ten o'clock in the evening, and it will never exceed this time.

"Besides, when you are sleeping, no one can disturb you. Once, an emergency military situation was reported to you by phone, but you didn't answer it.

"It was eleven o'clock at night and you didn't call back until two o'clock in the morning.

"In addition, I have tracked down many awakened people in the 'Dawn' field, looked through their memories for an opportunity, and concluded some common costs, including 'deep coma for a certain period of time'.

"Based on this information, I judge that you will be in a deep coma between 10:30 pm and 01:30 am."

As a soldier who has gone through life and death many times, Phocas's ability characteristics have never been a big secret, and it is easy for those who are interested to investigate.

As far as "Shepherd" Bouillon knows, the two clearest differences are:

"Creating coma" and "awakening physical potential".

As for the third one, it belongs to the relatively hidden type, and not many people know about it.

The "Shepherd" Bouillon, who is also a senior awakener at the level of the "spiritual corridor", is very clear that after entering the "spiritual corridor" of Phocas's two abilities, the corresponding boundaries must be expanded, and he must not take old eyes look at.

——After being promoted to "Spiritual Corridor", the number of shots Phokas made was significantly reduced, and most of the time it showed the two types of "creating a coma" and "awakening the potential of the body".

Phocas didn't speak, still looking coldly at the housekeeper Reiner in front of him.

Lena laughed:

"Your inquiry just now made me sure that your price is 'deep coma for a certain period of time', but I made a certain misjudgment at the specific time point.

"The reason why I've told you so much is that I'm waiting for the time for you to truly faint.

"I'm very surprised, you don't panic at all, and you are willing to talk to me, do you want to forcefully show your composure, scare me, and interrupt the follow-up attack?

"Don't worry, every quarter of an hour, a group of people in your mansion will come here and try to kill you, except for your two children, I think there will always be someone who hits you when you are unconscious.

"Don't struggle. Even if you make everyone in this house unconscious now, killers will come one after another in the surrounding area. The only way you can do it is to call now and ask the consul or the Senate for help. Sometimes, among the people who come to protect you, there may also be my puppets."

After listening quietly, Phocas sighed:

"You're really patient, unlike most of the 'Anti-Intellect'.

"I did play some tricks on the timing. The few times I didn't answer the phone when there was an emergency military situation, I actually did it on purpose. It's the same as having to go to bed before ten o'clock every night. It together constitutes a secret observer like you. misleading.

"As a general, I must know how to keep a margin. In the early days of the old world, there was already the concept of a reserve team. How can I not make corresponding arrangements now?"

Having said that, Phocas laughed:

"From ten o'clock in the evening to two o'clock in the morning is not my coma time.

"Also, you may not have heard a sentence. This is what the emperor once said: the awakened person should protect the secret of what price he paid like protecting his own eyes."

The smile on Phokas's face became more and more obvious:

"Actually, my price is not 'deep coma for a certain period of time' at all. Since I have a certain strength, I have been working hard to create an illusion, that illusion is 'my price is a deep coma for a certain period of time', so as to cover up my The real price to pay.

"There is a common saying among the gray earth people that wars with soldiers cannot rule out devious and deceitful strategies. This is also applicable in the battle between the awakened ones.

"Otherwise, do you think I would talk to you so peacefully?"

The expression on Lena's face gradually froze.

Phocas slowly rolled over and got out of bed, and said casually:

"Have you noticed that your insomnia has become more and more serious during this time?"

Reiner didn't answer, but his brows were already furrowed.

"Since Xue Shiyue and Zhang Qubing's team left here, but were followed by a fake 'priest', I have been speculating whether the 'shepherd' Bu Yong has been lurking nearby, planning some kind of conspiracy against me." Fuka Si touched the top of his head with little margin, and said with a smile, "Since then, I have been targeting everyone in this block indiscriminately, except for my two children."

Lena was silent for a while and said:

"Your third ability is to make people suffer from insomnia to varying degrees?"

"Yes." Phokas smiled, "In addition to making you more and more insomnia, I also awakened your physical potential, so that you can maintain a good state while insomnia, without affecting your daily life, so, you You can also continue to look at the memory of the crowd on a large scale and a little bit.

"In this matter, I have been proceeding step by step, and you should not have noticed anything. After all, when you look at the memory, the focus must be on the various details related to me, not the life status of the person being looked at."

Reiner was silent again, and asked after a while:

"What's the point?"

"Of course it makes sense." Phocas paced slowly and glanced at him, "The intelligence system of the 'Original City' is still very strong, and part of the price of your 'Last Man' domain has long been mastered, and I found that Many are physical and physiological costs, such as sleep disorders, high blood pressure, decreased physical fitness, etc., etc.

"I don't know if your price is in this part. It's just an attempt. Anyway, if you fail, you won't lose anything. If you succeed, hey..."

Phocas laughed:

"After overdrawing your body to fight against insomnia for a long time, once no one wakes up your physical potential, what do you think will happen?

"A mild serious illness may cause sudden death."

Lena's face darkened.

He looked around and said:

"There must be many people in poor physical condition in the surrounding area. Are you afraid of affecting them?"

"There is a saying in the gray earth people that a soft-hearted person is not suitable to be a general." Phocas raised his chin, revealing that majestic posture, "I don't search the surrounding area, looking for suspicious people, just to avoid intimidation. Let me go, I have a chance to teach you a lesson."

Having said that, Phocas glanced at Reiner, laughed at himself and said: