flstandardbreds Chapter 169 Clues
Chapter 169 Clues
The assassination that lasted for three minutes finally ended, and the barrier that could make the cursed energy disappear also lost its effect. Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, who had been trapped in the room during the whole process, walked out with grim expressions. Behind them was a circular wall that was violently blasted out by Sombra.
"My lord, the headcount is in." Ichiki Ichijin approached, knife in hand, his face solemn. "There are five hundred of them in total, mostly foreign mercenaries and assassins. There are no curse casters. We found this on one of them. It's probably a tool to make cursed energy disappear."
It was a black crystal in the shape of a triangular pyramid, with the top corner pressed down, obviously having been used.
Miyin moved her fingers lightly and disassembled the thing in a few strokes. She peeled off the outer shell to reveal a dull black round bead in the center. Perhaps it was not this color originally, but no one could confirm it now. The group of assassins were killed, either passively or actively.
"Who on earth is that person..." Tsunayoshi, who had exited the Death Aura Mode, clenched his fists tightly and frowned. He had already understood the situation before, but now he was filled with anger.
"It's for the bounty." Miyin opened the webpage again and showed them the phone screen. "We've all been killed."
"Tsk..." Gojo Satoru swiped through the screen and looked unhappy. "I'm only worth 100 million? I was born with this bounty. How come there's no increase in the price in over ten years?"
"What do I, a man worth 500,000, have to say?" Miyin rolled her eyes at him.
"Satoru." Geto Suguru called out, also frowning, "If they use this tool against us, we might be dead."
Both of them rely mostly on spells. Once they lose their spell power, they are just ordinary people with stronger physical skills.
Gojo Satoru frowned even tighter, with veins popping out on his forehead: "Don't let me know who it is, or I'll just go over and kill him." He was really pissed off this time. He never called himself "the master" in front of Miyin, so he didn't care about this at all at the moment.
"My lord, both Miss Tenten and Mr. Zenin are fine. It's just that the electronic locks to their rooms can't be opened, so they can't get out for the time being." After inquiring about the conditions of the two remaining intact rooms, Goto slowly approached and reported, "Miss Mori's wound is being bandaged by Yaken, and Mr. Haibara and Mr. Nanami's injuries are being treated by Harune. They are all doing well."
"Okay, I understand." Miyin breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that everyone else was fine. "Thank you for your hard work."
"My lord and gentlemen, please go to bed early." After saying this, Goto returned to his brothers and continued to clean up the entire corridor.
After contacting the hotel manager, Gojo Satoru put away his phone and relayed the news: "The surveillance camera has been cut off, and the person on duty has been knocked unconscious. They left no trace."
"They're willing to spend 300 million on a bounty, and they're sending mercenaries and assassins instead of curse casters. It seems they have connections to the curse world, but not deep ones." Suguru Geto rested his chin on his hand as he analyzed, "They're most likely wealthy individuals with a history of grudges against the curse world."
"Then it shouldn't be unknown..." Yain also touched his chin and thought, but his knowledge of the world of curse arts was limited to the high school, so he had no idea, and Tsunayoshi, who had never been involved in it, had even less clues.
"My lord, we found this." Wu Hutui came trotting over with a palm-sized plate.
Taking the plate from his hand, it suddenly flashed with a blue light. Instinctively, this thing was related to their invasion, so Yayin stuck the plate on the two intact doors. There was another flash of the same blue light. Then she put the plate on Tsunayoshi, but there was no reaction.
"This is a tool that can check for cursed energy." Yaon, with a guess in mind, said, "Perhaps they originally wanted to use this to find Tennuriko, who has no cursed energy. But because there was a cursed spirit in the room belonging to Gon, they eliminated the large room at the end in the first phase. So when they found that every room had a cursed energy reaction, they randomly selected one. Haibara and Nanami were the unlucky ones."
"I've already reported the situation here to my superiors, but they insisted you complete the mission." Mori Ryuka, with a bandage wrapped around her right arm, approached with a cell phone in her left hand, her face grimacing. "These old guys..."
"Then let's continue the mission." Gojo Satoru folded his hands and cracked them, making a sound of bones cracking. "If you want to take our heads, you have to have the strength to do so."
"These are for you." Knowing that the two of them were more inclined towards mages, Miyin fished out a few talismans from her pocket and handed them over. She had originally wanted to take them just in case, but who knew she would run into these guys? "Do you need to be taught how to use them?"
"No need, we all know. Thank you, Xiaomi." Xia Yujie took the talisman paper with one hand and predicted someone's mouth with the other hand, and thanked him.
Looking at the mess on the ground and the damaged doors, Miyin held his forehead with his hand, worried about the compensation. The desire to find and catch the person became stronger. He thought of something, went back to the room, rummaged through his backpack, took out a watch, put it on, and returned to the corridor.
"Bailey, scan this building and unlock the electronic lock on this floor."
"Okay, my lord." With his unremitting insistence, Howard finally changed the address back.
Before everyone could wonder what it was, the electronic locks on the entire floor made a beeping sound and unlocked at the same time.
Tennariko, who had been worried about the situation outside, rushed out immediately with the Tibetan fox in her arms. Seeing that everyone was still alive, she sat down on the carpet exhausted. She had been suppressing her inner fear and finally burst into tears. Mori Ryuka hurriedly stepped forward, squatted down and hugged her to comfort her, but when the little girl saw the gauze wrapped around her right arm, she cried even harder.
Protected by Lanlang, Kuroi Misato walked up to her slowly, held her in her arms and patted her back gently. After a long time, her voice gradually became lower. Tennenori fell asleep with red eyes.
After making sure his wife and children were not awakened, Shen'er quietly opened a crack and slipped out, looking at them seriously. He also saw the bounty list and silently asked them what their plans were next, his eyes full of suppressed anger.
He had been dealing with sorcerers for many years and had rarely encountered such troublesome enemies. This was indeed the first time he had seen such a large-scale movement. They were completely determined to wipe them out and kill them all. If the room chosen randomly was his... the consequences would be unimaginable.
But since this is his choice, he can only continue to walk with them.
"Let's get some rest first." Miyin looked at the time on her watch. It was just after two in the morning. "I asked Bailey to hack into that website. We'll have news in the morning." Seeing the confusion in their eyes, Miyin explained, "This is an AI created by my friend abroad. Leave all network matters to him."
Everyone nodded in agreement with this explanation and turned to look for relatively intact rooms to move to. They didn't want to sleep in a drafty room without a door.
Since there are no clues at the moment, let’s take a good rest first and then settle the score!
Gojo Satoru suddenly remembered something important and quickly leaned over and whispered, "Hurry up and check on Huibara. Has the disaster on him passed?"
Miyin immediately took out the copper coin and pointed it at Huiyuan Xiong who was touching the little rabbit. She saw that the head that was originally completely covered by the black air could now clearly see the facial features... but it did not completely dissipate, and a wisp of invisible black air was left.
"This month has passed." Miyin took back the copper coin dully and muttered, "Has Huiyuan been cursed by something? Why is there still a death calamity?"
After hearing these words, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru's eyes suddenly changed when they looked at Haibara Yu, with complicated expressions. However, that optimist was still able to happily play with the little rabbit after experiencing this wave of assassinations.
In some ways, it is indeed very strong.