Twelve Trials from Scratch

"Forgive me for being stupid, I really don't remember ever offending someone as powerful as you."

"Let me tell you this..." He sat on the edge of the dining table, crossed his legs leisurely and said, "We all belong to a righteous organization called 'Salary Phantom Thieves', whose purpose is to steal for the sky, rob the rich and help the poor. Specially targeting vampires and capitalists like you who are dirty and despicable, sucking the bones and sucking the marrow, and exploiting the fruits of people's labor, you have worked so hard...ah no, it is to rob you of all the ill-gotten gains you have obtained by unscrupulous means."

Shameless robber!I have always been the only one who robs others, how dare you bastards rob me?

Richard was annoyed in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface. He just said, "I've been operating in this place for more than ten years, and I've never heard of any Phantom Thieves."

"Oh, that's because we have just been established, and you are the first unlucky one, don't you feel honored?"

"What you all want is money, right?" He turned his head sharply, trying to convince Su Qi, "Robbery and theft are not long-term solutions. With your skills, if you cooperate with me, you will definitely be able to earn more money, and The risk is far less than that."

"Wrong..." Su Qi leaned forward, while staring down at Richard condescendingly, stretched out his right hand, slowly clenched his fist in front of him, and said domineeringly: "I want both justice and money. "

……

Not long after, after a "cordial and friendly" conversation, Richard finally came to his senses and deeply realized how wrong, how sinful, and how shameful his previous behavior was; he decided to change his ways from now on , donated all his assets to a group of penniless poor people without compensation, um, Su Qi and the others.

Later, he also voluntarily became a peripheral member of the "Phantom Thieves of Salary", and decided that from then on, in order to make up for his own mistakes, he would fight for the cause of justice for the rest of his life.

"Very good, now we have a base, a workshop of ingenuity, and an offline organization that collects intelligence and handles miscellaneous matters. Our brotherhood has grown to this point in just a few days, and the future is boundless."

Half an hour later, Richard left under surveillance. The dining room was tidied up, and the tables were refilled with sumptuous dinners. Su Qi took Richard's place at the head of the table, raised the glass of red wine, and did not hesitate. Such a declaration was made without integrity.

The others ate in silence, no one answered, only the sound of knives and forks cutting and colliding echoed in the entire restaurant, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

"Ahem, but you can't slack off, you have to make persistent efforts and keep working hard."

Su was as thick-skinned as a city wall, paused for a moment, then continued the conversation as if nothing had happened, and then looked at Luo Jielier who was sitting on the left, "By the way, is the magic reliable?"

Luo Jielier's body is already close to perfect, eating is just out of interest.When Su Qi asked, she was tasting a bowl of creamy mushroom soup gracefully with a silver spoon. When she heard the former's question, she put down the silver spoon unhurriedly, and cast a dissatisfied look at him, "You don't know Is it impolite to interrupt a lady at dinner? And even less so to question my magic tricks."

The magic they were talking about was some kind of restrictive magic imposed on Richard. Its main function was similar to the three shackles that Jin Qiangwei had imposed on Su Qi back then, making him obedient.

"Don't worry." After a little complaint, Luo Jielier still said: "The restriction has been transformed into a vow and planted in the soul. Once violated, it will taste the pain of tearing the soul. Even if he has the heart of death, he will do anything. not come out."

She doesn't like the deeds that Richard does, so although she needs to use him, relatively complete control of his power and contacts, and keep him alive temporarily, she is merciless when setting restrictions and counterattacks.

"Hey, I don't mean to question your professional level at all, I just feel a little worried and ask."

After Su Qi finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at 9536 and the others, "Next, in order to deal with possible situations and future enemies, we need to increase everyone's strength as much as possible... You are good at this, so I'll leave it to you , Lord Luo Jie Ameng."

Luo Jielier lowered her head slightly, and while stirring the creamy mushroom soup in front of her, said lightly: "According to the agreement, I can't give you much help in direct battles, so naturally I have to give you corresponding compensation in other areas. Leave it to me. But yourself?"

"Myself?"

"You asked me to upgrade their dolls and replace them with more powerful magic circuits. Haven't you thought about which magic circuit to choose for Andrea? If your plan is to sneak into the night party and Val Puji disguised as a student We need a suitable doll as a cover for the investigation of the Si Academy, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Andrea, who was sitting on the other side of Su Qi and had just obeyed orders silently for the past two days, paused slightly, and immediately turned her eyes full of resentment but also hidden expectation to own master.

Su Qi was silent for a moment, put down the wine glass in his hand, and sighed softly, "Let's talk about this issue after dinner."

So after dinner, Su Qi requisitioned the study of the original owner of the manor, and planned to have a life talk with Andrea, but...

"Why are you here?"

On the sofa in the study, Su Qi looked across to Luo Jielier who was naturally sitting beside Andrea reading a book.

The latter said without raising his head, "I think I have a wealth of life experience and can make effective suggestions for your problems, and Miss Andrea thinks so too."

"Master, please speak up if you have anything to say, but... I won't give up."

Andrea straightened her body and sat upright, her eyes full of determination.

Looking at the two people opposite, Su Qi sighed inwardly, and finally said: "Okay, then I'll be straight. Andrea, no matter what, do you want to stay by my side?"

"Yes..." The girl looked straight at him, not hiding the persistence and determination in her eyes, "I have nowhere to go, the only place in this world that can make me feel at ease is by my master, if the master insists on If you drive me away, please kill me."

In Su Qi's eyes of truth, when she said this, her emotional state was consistent, high, sharp, and resolute.There is no doubt that if she is forced to leave, she will really choose to die.

Su Qi's eyes drooped slightly, slightly covering Andrea's too scorching gaze, "Even if my side is very dangerous, there may be all kinds of powerful enemies attacking in the future, and it is very likely that you will be killed together. Do you want to follow me all the time?"

"Haven't we always come here like this before? And if it's the master, even if I die with you, Andrea is willing."

Such words, which are no different from confession, were said by a girl. They should have been shy and nervous, but Andrea's tone was only firm and taken for granted.In the period after the failure of the last confession, she had completely determined her mind, so she had no more hesitation.

There were subtle ripples in my heart due to the girl's pure love, but Su Qi's tone remained calm, "Even if I was pretending before, and the person you yearn for is just a false phantom, are you willing to follow me? "

Andrea paused slightly, her firm eyes finally fluctuated, but she calmed down quickly, and said in a low voice: "Even if it is a shadow, it is also the shadow of the master, and in my memory, the one who cares about me and protects me , save me, there is no one but the master."

She didn't touch the true meaning of Su Qi's words.In her mind, "9527" should be just a character set that Su Qi disguised with acting skills in order to complete the task, but in fact, "9527" is just a phantom made by the system intercepting part of Su Qi's character.

Are you going to tell her the truth?

At this moment, Su Qi hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to give up.

First, she was killed and turned into a taboo puppet body, and then she was imprisoned underground and beat her to death with "9527". She was worried every day, and she was still clinging to a false phantom... The life of a girl is already too miserable, so why bother? How about hurting her more?

My heart is still not hard enough, but... this also proves that my humanity is still there...

Su Qi sighed inwardly, and finally raised his head slightly, looked into Andrea's eyes and said, "Although I can't respond to your wishes, if you insist on staying, then stay."

"Well, it really looks like a scumbag's speech."

Luo Jielier teased aloud, and Su Qi was about to reply when a figure rushed over.

"Owner--!"

Undoubtedly, the person who launched the raid was Andrea, who was so happy.And the result was natural, and Su Qi easily pressed his palm in front of him.

"Master, why did you refuse Andrea's hug? In such a moving atmosphere, shouldn't you take the initiative to embrace her in your arms, and then hug her to bed with the princess?"

"Don't add extra plots to me, I just promised you to stay."

"That's right, since the master has agreed, no matter what Andrea does, the master will not drive her away again, right?"

"so?"

"So even if Andrea launched a night attack on Master, even if she took off her clothes and climbed into Master's bed in the middle of the night, even if she sneaked some health-enhancing medicine into Master's meal..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Qi yelled loudly, "Hey, what idiot, die for me!"

Before he could finish speaking, he chopped off Andrea under the sofa with a skillful hand knife.

"Ugh……"

Afterwards, Su Qi let out a long breath, leaned back on the sofa, and looked at Luo Jielier, "Your promise, let's end here."

The latter glanced at Andrea who was squatting by the sofa and rubbing her forehead, "If she is satisfied, I will naturally have no objection."

"Even if this guy is dissatisfied, I can't give more, otherwise..."

Su Qi raised his head, looked up at the ceiling, a beautiful figure vaguely appeared in his mind, and murmured softly: "Otherwise...it would be too unfair..."

……

At the same time that Su Qi and Andrea were talking about their lives, in a mysterious place, a group of people also talked about him.

It was a splendid hall with golden walls, and a large number of mysterious runes were engraved on the four walls. Even without any lamps, it could emit light by itself, illuminating the entire space brightly.

A milky white, smooth and warm jade-like round table was placed in the center of the hall, surrounded by a circle of fourteen gold seats inlaid with precious stones.Further outside, there are circles of lifelike lifelike portraits carved with expensive magic metal.

The vast majority of them are women, old and young, tall and short, beautiful and ugly. The clothes on their bodies run through ancient and modern times, including different styles from all over the world. The only absolute thing in common is that they must have a ring on their bodies. A ring engraved with the rose cross.

clap clap clap...

The sound of impatient footsteps suddenly echoed in the hall.

Through the teleportation array that had already been set up, Golden Rose Astrid walked out of a certain corner with a gloomy face, without even looking at the previous rose statues beside her, she went straight to the round table and sat in her seat. He sat down, glanced at the three people who had arrived, and said coldly: "Okay, let's talk quickly, I don't have time to waste with you."

"Ah……"

The girl in the black dress sitting across from her sneered, her gaze slowly swept across the empty seat by the round table, and said slowly and deliberately: "Oh, before I know it, our meeting has become so deserted. This is probably because Mrs. Jin Qiangwei thinks people are too Too many, it’s a waste of time, so you specially helped us reduce the number of companions, right?”

Astrid's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a coldness in his eyes, "Saifila, if you are too bored, I can send you down immediately to be with them."

"Okay..." The elegant girl in a black dress confronted her tit-for-tat, "If you can do it, try it, let me see if you, a prodigal dog, still have the capital to be arrogant."

"What did you say to me?"

"I said you are a prodigal dog, why, don't you understand human language?" The girl's face was full of sarcasm, "I even lost my most well-hidden main base, and was kicked out by others, mobilizing a large number of people. The people and horses have nothing to do... You are not a prodigal dog, what are you? You have lost the face of our association, Mrs. Jin Qiangwei."

Astrid clenched her dark left hand suddenly, her face turned completely cold, "You planted spies among my people."

"So what? Didn't you also mix sand in my territory? What's more, there is so much movement on your side, as long as you are not blind and deaf, you can discover your scandal. Besides, the latest prophecy of the old man of time It has been released, combined with your previous actions, who here doesn't know that you lost the 'Goddess of Wisdom'?"

"The Prophecy of the Old Man of Time!?"

Startled, Astrid frowned and looked at the other two, "What's going on?"

Recently, she has been cleaning up the mess left by Su Qi, and the United States is too far away from the United Kingdom, where the old man of time is located, so she has not received the latest news in time.

"This morning, Weng Zhizhi released the latest prophecy in St. Paul's Cathedral."

The one who spoke was another beautiful and mature woman, wearing a white Victoria court dress, with a graceful and noble temperament on her body.

She secretly admired Jin Qiangwei's gloomy face, smiled and said: "In the prophecy, he mentioned the awakening and reappearance of the 'Goddess of Wisdom', and she will appear in Liverpool, the city of ingenuity, trying to destroy the night party and prevent the ingenuity and ingenuity as predicted." She will surely fail, and the divine ingenuity will still come as predicted, but because of her battle with the divine ingenuity, human civilization will also be destroyed.”

"For all forces aspiring to compete for world hegemony, divine ingenuity is inevitable, and the 'Goddess of Wisdom' must not be let go, so since the old man of time released the latest prophecy, the great powers and many other forces that have received the news will all Send elite forces to sneak into Liverpool and wait for an opportunity."

This time it was the last one who spoke, a gorgeous woman in a gorgeous lavender kimono.

She cast her eyes on Astrid and Sefira, and said in a deep voice: "This is a danger, but also an opportunity, but the power of our association has been weakened, and if we continue to fight among ourselves, we might lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." great opportunity.”

The girl in the black skirt snorted softly, "Just one word made the whole world go round and round, you really believe that guy's nonsense."

The woman in the white skirt said calmly: "Because for hundreds of years, none of his prophecies have been fulfilled, most people believe that his prophecies will come true this time as before. If you go, you will be a complete loser."

"If his prophecy must come true, human civilization will also be destroyed. What's the use of fighting for it?"

"As long as you get the divine ingenuity, you can compete against the 'Goddess of Wisdom'." The woman in a lavender kimono said: "Besides, the destruction of human civilization does not mean that human beings will die, nor does it mean that they cannot be reborn after destruction, as long as they get ' Omniscient' divine ingenuity, all things are possible."

"Heh, believe it if it's beneficial to you, and find various reasons to struggle if it's not good for you. The attitude of human beings towards prophecy has never changed."

"Then Black Rose, are you going to be a bystander and wait for everyone to decide the result?"

"How is it possible? I won't sit still."

"Then let's stop quarreling..." she said, looking at Astrid, "This meeting is to discuss the latest prophecy of the Old Man of Time and make a more beneficial choice for everyone. If Yes, I hope that you can temporarily put aside the conflict in this turmoil, and work together to capture the Goddess of Ingenuity and Wisdom."

Chapter 42 A Believing Heart Is Magic

"Cooperation?"

Astrid sneered, "Can we still cooperate?"