Bai Chen shook his head:
"Living here, the boss doesn't ask anything, and neither do we."
Jiang Baimian looked sideways at the door:
"When Shang Jianyao and I came back, we found that there was no one at the front desk ......."
She recounted the story of hearing the "beast" roar in the boss's room, and finally emphasized:
"According to my senses, there is only a mass of electrical signals that can be called large creatures in it."
"There is only one human consciousness." Shang Jianyao added.
"Screaming, roaring, pale, sweating......" Bai Chen chewed on these words and said speculatively, "Does he have some kind of disease? Or some kind of subhuman?"
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and others to respond, she made another guess:
"Maybe you believe in some strange religion?
"In the original city, there were many religions, large and small."
Jiang Baimian recalled for a while and said:
"Forget it, let's not discuss the boss's problem, it has nothing to do with us."
Speaking of this, she patted her palm:
"Take a short rest, and you have to meet the company's intelligence officer at night."
…………
At 7:40 p.m., it was already dark.
Red Giant Wolf District, Bliss Street, Silver Candle Cafe.
After Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and Gnawa each entered the monitoring position, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao pushed open the slightly heavy door inlaid with glass and walked in.
The tables here are a bit greasy, and it seems like they also work part-time at a restaurant.
Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian each asked for a cup of coffee, found the seat by the window and in the corner, and sat down.
Before long, two cups of coffee, known locally as "Bucha," arrived.
Jiang Baimian sniffed lightly, picked up the cup, and took a sip.
"It's not too fragrant, the taste is also very ordinary, quite bland......" she suppressed her voice and commented.
It's better to drink the coffee I had at Gnawa's house.
Moreover, milk and sugar are more valuable here, and if you want to pay extra, sometimes you may not have it.
Shang Jianyao picked up the cup and took two sips.
"It's quite thirst-quenching." He also expressed his feelings.
Jiang Baimian said "hmm":
"This place should be for middle and lower class citizens.
"The entire gray soil, where food can be grown, must be planted with grain, how many good coffee beans can be made, how many instant coffee beans can be made?"
The two of them were drinking and talking like normal customers, and at this time, a person came from the table behind them and sat down with his back to them.
The location facing the street is a wall, which cannot be seen by passers-by.
After almost a minute, the person next to the back of Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao's chair suddenly suppressed his voice and said in a low voice:
"I am 'Garibaldi'."
He spoke the gray language.
Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, turned his head sideways, looked at Shang Jianyao and said:
"Ah, what did you say? I have bad ears."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and touched her metal cochlear ear.
The man who called himself "Garibaldi" was suddenly dumbfounded in his seat.
He didn't expect that the secret meeting he had carefully prepared would encounter almost insurmountable difficulties from the beginning.
Back-to-back communication pretending not to know must have at least one premise:
The other person must be able to hear what you are saying.
Fortunately, Shang Jianyao controlled his voice and simulated his performance:
"I am 'Garibaldi'."
When Jiang Baimian heard this, he nodded and exhaled slowly.
"Garibaldi" is the code name for the company's intelligence officer.
"I am the leader of the company's 'old adjustment team', have you collected information about the target?" When his ears were bad, Jiang Baimian could only suppress his voice desperately, so as not to be accidentally heard by the guests at other tables.
She also spoke gray language.
This time, I couldn't hear "Garibaldi" clearly.
Shang Jianyao acted as a translator and seemed to enjoy it.
After "Garibaldi" figured out what Jiang Baimian was asking, he quickly replied:
"The general situation of the two targets has been clarified and written on the information, and in addition, the company has also prepared 1,000 Ole for you to do the task funds, so that you can buy the people around the target."
The company is quite generous this time...... The intelligence network in the original city seems to be very rich...... After listening to Shang Jianyao's paraphrase, Jiang Baimian muttered a couple of sentences in surprise.
However, this is still a bit far from the ore needed to trade military exoskeleton devices and robotic arms.
"Garibaldi" continued:
"What else do you need?"
Jiang Baimian looked at Shang Jianyao, was silent for a few seconds and said:
"I want detailed information about the assassination of Senate Elder Saul by the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult'.
"Uh, we had a conflict with the 'Anti-Intellectual Sect' in Wild Grass City, and we discovered their traces not long after arriving in the city, so we need to take precautions early."
She speaks with great sound, and every word is the truth.
"Okay, give us some time." "Garibaldi" did not shirk.
After Shang Jianyao's translation, Jiang Baimian thought for a while and asked:
"What is worth paying attention to in the first city recently?"
"Garibaldi" thought for a moment and said:
"Nothing special, I have to say, there are two things: one is a strange white giant wolf emerging from the mountains on the north bank, you can go to the Hunter Guild to find out; Second, Gaius, a new member of the Senate, repeatedly expressed radical views at civic rallies, which caused dissatisfaction among many senators, including Inspector Alexander."
Members of the Senate can be referred to as elders, senators, councilors, or elders.
The "First City" has three giants in name, namely the Archon, the Inspector and the Secretary of Homeland Security, the latter is also known as the Commander-in-Chief, but is currently held by the Archon Beuris.
- All three giants are elected by the Senate, every four years.
Shang Jianyao, with his amazing memory, repeated the words of "Garibaldi" word for word.
This made "Garibaldi" inexplicably feel that the other party was in a strange mood:
This kind of paraphrasing just expresses the meaning clearly, how can there be a reason to recite the whole text and not even let go of the tone words?
Jiang Baimian listened carefully, thought for a while and said:
"I have nothing else to ask, if there is anything else to ask you for help in the future, I will contact you again."
"I can't talk about who helps whom, this is our job, and it may be better to use collaboration." "Garibaldi" said politely, and said aside, "I'll put the things on the table, don't forget them."
As soon as he finished speaking, he had already left his position and walked towards the door of this silver candle café.
In order not to let others find out, raise questions, and find the owner, Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian only waited for a while, then turned their bodies and looked at the table behind them.
There was a small gray cloth bag there.
Shang Jianyao sat outside, his movements stretched even more, and he took the cloth bag back first and hid it in his arms.
During this process, both he and Jiang Baimian saw the side body of "Garibaldi".
The intelligence officer was less than 1.75 meters tall, wearing a very old thin black coat and a peaked hat with the brim pressed very low.
While walking, his left hand kept pressing his hat, blocking his face.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao didn't look at it much, retracted their gaze, sat up straight, and continued to drink coffee.
After waiting for almost ten minutes, they slowly got up, left the café, and got into a jeep parked nearby.
Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Gnawa waited for a while until they confirmed that there were no other monitors around, and then left one after another and returned to the gray off-road.
…………
Ugo Inn, room 202.
Jiang Baimian took some of the information and said while flipping through it:
"Marcus likes to watch gladiatorial fights......"
At first, there was a popular entertainment program in the city, that is, to select strong people from captives and slaves, and let them fight each other to determine the final winner.
The victor is freed to become a member of the Senate Guard or a member of the private army of a nobleman.
"Avia likes to take a bath very much, and she has turned half of her home into a bathroom." Long Yuehong also shared what she saw.
This refers to No. 14 Yuanqiu Street, Golden Apple District.
"It's really enviable." Jiang Baimian stood up with a smile and walked to the bathroom.
As she approached there, she felt that the light had dimmed a little, and the hidden wooden door had been tightly closed at some point.
Then, she heard the sound of a lotus coming from inside.
It's like a beast wheezing, screaming, and roaring, which is creepy.
Jiang Baimian suddenly looked around and saw that the room was pitch black.
After a moment, she opened her eyes and found herself lying on the bed.
The moonlight outside the window shines through the curtains, casting a faint glow.
Just now, it was just a dream.
A dream that mixes the scene of the "old tune group" discussing materials in the evening with the afternoon encounter between the two of them.
Jiang Baimian sensed something, turned his head sideways suspiciously, and saw that Shang Jianyao had sat up, contemplating something in the dark.
"Are you awake too?" Shang Jianyao asked.
Jiang Baimian said "hmm" and recalled:
"I dreamed about what happened in the afternoon, that is, I heard a strange sound in the boss's room, and then I woke up in fright."
Shang Jianyao looked at her and said calmly:
"Me too."
(End of this chapter)