Silver Blade and Rose

Xuesting, who kept cursing, fell completely silent after seeing Cerberus, like a deflated ball.

It wasn't until they entered the room and separated the big bared dog behind the door panel that he seemed to be relieved, and the whole person suddenly came alive again, and he sat down on the seat where Muun had just put on a new sofa cover. .

Muen stood beside the sofa, hesitated for a while, but still didn't say anything, and went upstairs to get busy.

"I didn't say, you keep the hellhound in the yard..." Xue Siting didn't realize that someone had already left helplessly, and sat on the sofa and gestured. Thinking that the owner of the house would not be easy to offend, he changed the euphemism , said a little embarrassedly, "Aren't you afraid of accidents?"

Since Edwin had already gone upstairs, the words were addressed to Zals.But to be honest, Zars himself didn't know that Cerberus was really a hellhound before today, and he couldn't answer this question.

In fact, it wasn't that he hadn't thought of such a thing, but he and the others in No. 179 regarded Cerberus as an ordinary puppy. After a long time, it seemed that it didn't matter whether it was a strange breed or not.In Zars' view, Cerberus likes him so much, and he likes Cerberus very much, even if it's a hellhound.

"You ran out in the middle of the night last night and only come back now?" Hannah, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, poked her head out and said angrily, "Boss is crazy, what if he falls asleep on the way and seals something wrong?"

In the middle of her speech, she saw a stranger sitting in the living room, and was taken aback for a moment: "Who is this?"

"Uh..." Zales didn't know how to introduce Xuesting, so he thought for a while and said, "Grant's friend, we need to ask him for help."

Hannah groaned, showing little interest in strangers, and went back into the kitchen.On the contrary, Xue Siting glanced at her and said suddenly: "She is also your colleague? She looks very young."

Zars was dumbfounded.Hannah does look very young, she should be around 15-17 years old, she looks like a girl, and she has blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin, she is a very beautiful girl.But this young girl is old-fashioned when she speaks, and she often reprimands others in a tone that is dozens of years older than him, but even if she communicates with her for half an hour, she will not still feel that she is a young girl.

Although he already knew that she was a puppet, and her appearance and personality were pre-set, but after getting along for so long, Zars still felt that she was like a female monster with a childlike face.

Xuesting seemed to be very interested in Hannah in his words, and Zals suspected that he had some bad habits, but he didn't want to say it directly, so he had to warn him in another way: "Don't have any thoughts about the people here."

If there is, it is probably not Hannah but him who is unlucky.Zals thought he had fulfilled his duty of reminder, and didn't say anything more about Hannah's matter, and turned the topic to the real thing.

"Do you have the 'hunter's cloak' on you now?" he asked Xuesting.

On the way back, they stopped in the rest area for a while. Zals got out of the car and went to the convenience store to buy some food and water. By the way, he used his mobile phone to connect to the internal website of the Exorcist Association to check some information.

He used an audited primary account, which he asked for from Sanchez for the convenience of learning. Because it was not used on the computer No. 179, the scope of the database was limited, and only a small part could be consulted.But it was not a big problem, because this small part of the information contained the information he wanted to know.

The hunter's cloak is a very famous prop, usually used to conceal the breath and body shape, the effect is very good, many famous people want to have it.However, due to the fact that this kind of cloak is rare in the first place, and the creators also disappeared over time, it is rare now. The few registered ones have owners, and none of them live in York City. I don’t know where Xuesting came from. Where and by what means was it obtained.

The serial murder case identified him as the murderer very early. The York City Police Department allocated a large part of the police force to hunt him down, but still let him abscond for more than a year, and finally found out that he was still in the city because of a small accident.He was able to escape layers of hunts, and live so well in York City, which is the most dangerous city for him, probably has something to do with this cloak.

There are only two short lines of information and no drawings, so I don't know what the "Hunter's Cloak" looks like.In Zales' understanding, this prop should be like the invisibility cloak written in the book, it can cover the whole person, making it impossible for others to determine whereabouts.But to his surprise, after Xuesting actually took out the prop from his body, he discovered that the so-called "hunter's cloak" was actually not a cloak at all, but an exquisite necklace pendant.

The pendant was hung on a delicate silver necklace, with a silver base inlaid with several gemstones of different colors, arranged in the shape of a leaf.Zals doesn't know jewelry design, but he thinks that everyone will be like him, and at a glance, he thinks that this pendant must be very popular with girls.

It's really a beautiful necklace, and just from its appearance, it really doesn't seem to have any relationship with the name "Hunter's Cloak".

"This is Iko's totem. She is the goddess of the forest that the druids believe in, and she will protect her people." Xuesting seemed a little reluctant, and her dirty fingers almost touched the pendant, but she was afraid of losing it. He took it back as if it was dirty, "I got it by accident during a mission. If it wasn't for it, I might have died without a burial when I was hunted down."

Zars was stunned: "But the police are ordinary people, what else can they do to you?"

According to Edwin, Xuesting was a member of the Exorcist Association before he was arrested as a scapegoat for serial murders. Ordinary people put him on a wanted warrant, no matter how bad he is, he can always run away, right?

Xuesting sneered, as if mocking his innocence: "The police? Not only the police, but even the exorcists are hunting me all over the city."

He didn't object to talking about this experience. On the contrary, he seemed to find it quite exciting. It was his own destiny to survive, and it was worth bragging to a fledgling rookie like Zals.So with the rising sun outside the window, Zars heard him tell the most thrilling story in his life.

"At that time, I naively thought that the association could still accept me." He smiled self-deprecatingly, "When they pushed me out to take the blame, they promised to take care of my family and prepare a new identity for me so that I could Going on and living a good life outside... it was only when I was in jail that I realized they had no intention of letting me out again."

Zales sat next to him, silent.

"Few brothers in the past were willing to come to see me, and Grant was one of them, so I told him about the 'Hunter's Cloak'——I used it to hide and hide for more than a year, and I didn't wait for any good results in the end, but Stuff is good stuff, and I told him to give the necklace to my son if I die in prison."

"You have a son?" Zales asked.

"Yes, why not, but it's all happened in the past." Xuesting said, "I asked someone to look for it after the accident, but their mother and son moved away long ago, leaving only an empty house."

That's why he completely gave up clarifying himself after that, and stayed in the prison peacefully for so long, as if he was really the murderer of the serial murder case and deserved to be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Zals didn't know what to say, he usually didn't comfort others, but Xuesting's experience was much more unfortunate than he imagined, and he racked his brains to say something to comfort the other party.

Even he knew that this belated, mild comfort was useless.

On the contrary, it was Xuesting who first discovered that he was depressed, and directly interrupted his sympathy and melancholy that he couldn't hide: "Okay, it's useless to feel sorry for me, why don't you hurry up and pray that your boss won't sell you out like this. "

Being interrupted by him like this, Zars came back to his senses, dumbfounding: "...he probably won't."

Not to mention that there is no need to doubt the character of the other party, at least Edwin should not fall to the point where he needs to be used to take the blame, that would be too shameful.

Xue Siting disagreed: "Before things happen, who can say for sure?"

Having said that, he still lent the "Hunter's Cloak" to Zars as agreed, and taught him how to use it in detail, and agreed to return it after his mission was over.

The archives of the association only briefly introduced this as a rare prop. The method taught by Xuesting was completely discovered by him. It is unknown whether there are any side effects, but Zals still listened carefully to what he said. Then he put the necklace on his chest.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what are you going to do with this thing?" Xuesting asked casually.

This task is not a secret, there is no need to hide it from him, Zals told the truth: "We borrowed the key from the forest guard, and we are going to the 'Forest of No Return' to rescue a person trapped there. people."

Xuesting: "..."

He opened his mouth in a daze for two seconds, and then made a sound from his mouth as if he didn't react: "Huh?"

Zals thought he didn't hear clearly, so he repeated what he just said.

"Damn it, just now you said that your boss would not sell you, you are really sold and you are counting the money." Xuesting patted his thigh, and reached out to grab the necklace hanging on his chest, "No, no, You borrowed my things to die, and if you can’t come back, I’m at a disadvantage.”

He spoke as if Zals would never return this time, and the latter was about to speak to defend himself and Edwin, when he heard someone on the stairs say: "According to your usage, it is indeed certain death. "

The two entangled in this awkward posture, and raised their heads in unison. Edwin changed back to the clothes he usually wore, and walked down the stairs slowly while arranging his cuffs, as if feeling that their The state was somewhat indecent, and he turned his head away unable to bear to look directly at him.

Zals moved back thirty centimeters subconsciously, and rescued the pendant from Xuesting's hand by the way.

"What are you talking about?" Xuesting didn't care about his movements, and was still aggrieved by Edwin's underestimation of his use method, "It took me a long time to research this, as long as the spell is not lifted, no one Can't find me—"

"The mistake is here. The 'Hunter's Cloak' is not an item that needs to be maintained by spells at all. What you have figured out by yourself is a completely wrong method." Edwin sat down on his special sofa and slapped mercilessly. After cutting off his confession, he turned to Zars, who was a little dazed beside him, and told him, "Forget all the rubbish he taught just now, and I will teach you the correct way to use it."