010 Unlawful assembly
[To the distinguished Lord Black Crow:
The twenty-first secret meeting of the Light Arcana School is tentatively scheduled for midnight on the 12th of this month, at the fish shop No. 103, Blackstone District.]
Jiang Xilin crossed his legs and swayed, leaning against the sofa while reading a parchment scroll similar to an invitation.
This thing was given to him by Reva Kanter. What he has to do is to break into this light arcane school as the Black Crow and tell them the time, place, number of participants, and content of each secret meeting.
Write it all down and report it to Reva Kanter.
This means that I have to work as an undercover agent for them, and I am the kind of undercover agent who can give up and be sacrificed at any time.
Jiangxi Lin was a little angry in his heart, but more importantly, he was helpless because his thin arms couldn't twist his thick thighs.
"At midnight on the 12th of this month, isn't it tonight? Reva Kanter, this bastard, didn't even give himself time to prepare for the invitation letter?"
Jiang Xilin put down the scroll in his hand and lightly tapped his forehead with the index finger of his right hand.
The title the other party used in the invitation letter was Mr. Black Crow. Obviously, Black Crow is more likely to be a code name than a name.
Therefore, Jiang Xilin speculated that people who participated in secret gatherings were most likely to hide their own information.
With this thought, Jiang Xilin dropped the scroll, stood up, picked up his coat, wrapped it around himself, and went out.
He was going to buy a long black coat, a pair of leather boots and a mask to cover his face.
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In this world, you can see the stars on a clear night, but among those dotted stars, none of them can be named by Jiang Xilin.
The fluffy snow can absorb part of the sound, making the already quiet night even quieter.
Jiangxi Lin, wearing a black coat and a black mask with no features on his face, walked quickly through the narrow alleys of the Blackstone District.
Fish Shop No. 103, Black Rock District.
The thick wooden door nailed with iron sheets was tightly closed, but the faint yellow light spilling from the crack at the bottom of the door indicated that the lights in the house should still be on.
This is rare in slums like Blackstone District.
Bang bang.
Jiang Xilin, dressed in a black robe and mask, pressed the lock on the door and opened the door gently.
Soon, there was a response from inside the room.
The wooden door opened, pressing a gap, revealing half of a face wearing a black devil mask.
"Invitation card."
Jiang Xilin didn't say anything and responded directly to him with actions.
He took out the rolled sheepskin scroll from his pocket and passed it through the crack in the door.
The other party took the scroll, opened it and checked it carefully, then opened the door and said lightly,
"go in."
Jiang Xilin stepped in with a normal expression behind the mask.
The furnishings in the house are just like the name of the fish shop, it is a fish shop.
There are pools in all directions, with thin ice on the water and the big black fish lying lazily on the bottom of the pool, motionless.
Sweet and sour fish, steamed fish, pickled fish, spicy fish, braised fish, fish head and tofu soup...
Looking at these big black fish, Jiang Xilin thought of more than a dozen fish cooking methods in his mind, so much so that his salivary glands secreted saliva uncontrollably.
He swallowed quietly, and then under the guidance of the guy wearing the evil ghost mask, he opened the hidden partition on the floor through a simple mechanical hinge, revealing the passage to the real gathering place.
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Jiang Xilin walked in a sewer full of stench, and the surrounding walls were covered with wet green moss.
Some small flying insects shimmering with phosphorescence are flying on the dirty water, and aquatic creatures accustomed to living in sewage will pop up to prey on them from time to time.
Da da da……
In the long and lonely sewer, only Jiang Xilin's footsteps echoed.
"Then why the Citro Science Society chose the sewer as its base, and the Light Arcane School also chose to secretly gather in the sewer, because there are unknown treasures hidden in the sewer?"
Jiang Xilin doesn't understand the brain circuits of "criminal elements" in this world. Anyway, if he was allowed to come, he would not choose a place like the sewer to kill him.
After walking along the passage for about 10 minutes, I saw a faint light in the distance.
Jiang Xilin quickened his pace, and when he got closer, he discovered that the originally straight sewer had been blocked by a wall built with stones, and there was a cast iron door on the wall.
There are two luminous quartz rods inserted on the door, which are no less bright than the fluorescent lamps in previous lives.
Jiangxi Lin resisted the urge to take the two arcane artifacts back to study, walked to the Zhutie Gate, raised his hand and knocked.
The dull sound was not very loud, which made Jiang Xilin doubt whether the doorman inside could hear it.
Ta-ta!
A fist-sized hole opened in the cast iron door.
Jiangxi Lin understood and handed the scroll out for inspection again.
After a while, the scroll was handed back, and at the same time, the sound of the iron chain hinges being pulled was heard from inside the door.
The cast iron door slowly opened wide enough for one person, and Jiang Xilin walked sideways.
The person operating the iron door mechanism was a gray-haired old man. After Jiangxi Lin came in, he said "go straight in" and immediately turned the turntable and closed the cast iron door.
Jiangxi Lin didn't pay much attention to the old man who was responsible for opening and closing the door. In fact, he was far more interested in the complicated and powerful gear hinge transmission design in the room than the old man.
However, in order to prevent others from noticing his strangeness, he only looked at him secretly, and his outward appearance was not obvious.
Soon, Jiang Xilin passed through the "hall" filled with machinery, pushed open the double doors, and came to another beautifully decorated...larger hall.
The golden ceiling is equipped with dense white light tubes, illuminating the entire space like daylight, and the surrounding walls are hung with curtains full of religious atmosphere, making people feel solemn and solemn inside.
In the center of the hall, there is a round table, and a dozen people dressed in weird clothes are sitting around the table.
A middle-aged man wearing a tuxedo, a blue-gold patterned bow, and a golden half-face mask walked up.
"Hello, Lord Black Crow, please come with me."
Jiangxi Lin nodded lightly and said nothing.
Following the man dressed as a butler, he came to the round table and sat in the designated seat.
The people around him who had been seated earlier turned their sizing eyes to him, and Jiang Xilin was also sizing them up.
There are men wearing feather masks and dresses decorated with various colorful feathers, looking like peacocks in full bloom.
There are also hard-core punk men wearing full-metal hoods and clothes that look like mechanical armor.
There is also a Spartan warrior with muscles and tattoos, wearing the same headgear as the sexy bull warrior.
Of course, what pleases Jiangxi Lin the most is the "Rongong" girl wearing a light yellow dress, with fluffy blond hair and a broad mind.
"Ahem."
At this time, a short opening "cough" sounded, and a man sitting directly opposite the door, dressed like an aristocratic gentleman, began his opening speech.
"Everyone should be here, let's get started."
As the gentleman's voice fell, a subtle and coherent sound of gear rotation sounded.
Ta-ta-
Chapter completed!