Imperial calendar, summer of 2086, a year passed in the blink of an eye.

On the bustling streets of Cairns City, a young couple who looked like each other seemed to be hiding from something.

"Shirley, don't go to the alley." At a slightly dark corner on the street, the man stopped his female companion from going in the direction she had chosen.

"Haven't you read the information? There may be more eyes in remote areas of Caines than in City Hall." Pulling his female companion, the man took the woman into a fashionable clothing store on the street.

When the two walked out of the clothing store again, they both changed into clothes that were completely different from their previous styles.

After calming down her emotions and breathing, the woman naturally held the man's arm, and they pointed at the shops on the street. Suddenly, a shadow covered their figures, and a huge ghost claw stretched out in front of them.

"Hi, Jushima Burger House is having a special opening, three days for couples' day. You two can come and have a seat if you are free." A rough voice.

The nearly seven-meter-tall Otara demon held a pink balloon in his claws and handed the balloon, which had the store advertisement clearly printed on it, to the woman. Looking at the other party's arm, which was twice as thick as her waist, the woman subconsciously took the rope tied to the balloon.

The corpse demon, the corpse demon that almost made a man and a woman draw their swords. This guy's appearance is much more terrifying than the person they are hiding from. But according to what he said, the person hiding in the corpse demon might just be a young ghost who works as a handyman.

The two men were already familiar with all the weird things in Cairns City. At least the streets were no longer filled with skeletons and the undead.

After taking the balloon, the woman wanted to throw it away when she saw the eye-catching advertisement picture on it. However, she looked back at the Otara corpse demon who was "smiling" at her with a stiff expression, and wisely held the rope firmly in her hand.

It doesn’t matter whether you go to the burger house or not. It’s not easy for them to hand out flyers. It’s better not to throw away the balloons. . .

"Puff~Puff~!" Two sounds of sharp weapons entering the body.

"Pa Pa~~" The electric current carried by the crossbow caused a young couple to fall to the ground and twitch.

The street, which was bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became silent and stagnant, with the couple as the center.

Attacking in the street? The passers-by were a little hesitant, and the couple who were attacked had confusion in their eyes. They had been observing their surroundings, and they did not see any suspicious people in the direction where the short arrows came from earlier.

Fighting back the feeling of fainting and tingling, the two men saw that the corpse demon who had delivered the balloon earlier seemed to want to step forward to protect them. His movements were a bit clumsy, and it was obvious that he had no fighting skills, but he should be a good person.

But when the corpse demon saw the two short steel arrows stuck in their shoulders, a hint of disgust appeared on his stiff face.

Yes, he was disgusted with them. Then the corpse demon turned around and continued to "threaten" passers-by to take his balloon, as if he didn't see them.

Not only the corpse demons, but also the humans passing by them, even if someone exclaimed at first, they ignored them in the blink of an eye, as if they couldn't see them at all.

At the same time, the two also saw the existence that attacked them, a numbered individual? A numbered individual holding two garbage bags, who seemed to be working in a Chinese restaurant on the street.

And she ignored them, and the guy shot them once and continued to take out the trash. . .

"Swish~" A business car with a black raven logo stopped by the roadside.

The car door opened, and two silver-haired women with similar looks threw the injured couple into the car. The injured couple almost lost control of their bladders on the spot when exposed to the electric light in their hands, and their bodies could no longer move at all.

The vehicle drove away and everything on the city streets returned to normal. It seemed as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Perhaps it was because the steel arrow that hurt the couple was rather special, so no one paid any attention to them.

The city of Caines pays more attention to the practice of archery. In order to be able to reuse them repeatedly, the best materials here are taken by the lords to make crossbow arrows. As for the short steel arrows just now, the locals know that they are weapons specially used by the city's secret guards.

The only people they would attack were detectives and spies who lurked in Caines and spied on some non-public areas of Caines.

"Name, affiliation." Inside the business car, a numbered individual asked the two handcuffed men.

"Barney Detective Agency, we have no ill intentions, and the employer did not disclose any detailed information." The man named Barney seemed to be very accustomed to this kind of situation. He endured the pain with a groan and answered questions quite professionally.

"Have you thought about it?" Next to the cold-faced individual, another individual smiled. "Hmm?" Barney and Shirley were puzzled.

"You stayed outside Feilong Ridge for two days under the pretext of camping, and stayed at Nigel Farm for one night. Yesterday, you went to Aqua Church to attend a service, and you booked a private room at Fallen at night, but you went out secretly and tried to sneak into the Dusk Courtyard of the Psychic Academy."

The individual with the number, with a smile on his face, briefly recounted their recent itinerary. The two did not show any surprise. Not knowing what the other wanted to do, they pursed their lips and waited for the other to continue speaking.

"You need to understand that we are not judges and we will not judge you. Some things do not require much evidence."

"If you are just a private detective agency, we won't ask too many questions about your employer."

"But..." As the numbered individual spoke, she even pulled out the short arrows from the two people and used healing magic on them, but the two slave collars were thrown next to Barney and Shirley.

"You...you can't do this, it's a crime!" The slave collar made the two men furious.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with the devil's contract. To put it another way, it can also be called a training belt. If the owner of the collar pays special attention, it will be very difficult to commit self-harm or suicide when wearing this kind of thing.

"Two private investigators, it's normal to be missing, as long as they aren't found. Besides, there are many people who voluntarily wear this kind of thing for money."

"Believe me, it's not difficult to add this money to your account. And people who are interested in you will also make up the money. Of course, these are no longer yours, including your body, or, your offspring?"

The numbered individual shook his head and looked Shirley up and down as if he was judging a piece of merchandise.

"Then I'll ask again, unit." The numbered individual who had been keeping a cold face all the time seemed impatient and spoke again.

"Go ahead. We will give the Emperor's wallet to Princess Ingrid, and the people of Blood Moon City to Elzac. As for the agents from other countries, we will consider recruiting them based on your personal abilities and the intelligence you can provide. The treatment here is quite good."

"If it's some royal power, we don't want to provoke the royal power, so we might ask you to get out. As for Gui Guan, at most we'll ask the other party to give us an explanation."

"Tell me, the matter is not as serious as you think. You didn't steal anything anyway." The smiling individual took a slave collar and opened and closed it to play with it.

The two were silent, but this silence seemed to indicate that there was someone behind them. Seeing that the two were being pretentious, the numbered individual took the collar and put it directly around Shirley's neck.

"Blood Moon City! We are from the Elder Council!" Shirley twisted her body, screamed and dodged.

"Oh, so do you want to see Elzac or Setsuna?" The smiling individual stopped what he was doing and gradually put away the smile on his face.

Elzac and Setsuna are both vampires, but they come from two different factions. Relying on their early relationship with Mu Hua, the vampires in the academy were regarded by their clan as a communication channel between them and Mu Hua, and have remained in the Scholomance Academy, but their identities have changed from students in the early years to teachers now.

And as the Blood Moon City sent spies to the city of Caines again and again without communicating with them, Elzac and his men had already considered joining Mu Hua.

After all, Mu Hua sent spies to them time and time again, and that embarrassment made them very angry. Moreover, they were not sure whether the Blood Moon City would really hurt Mu Hua one day. If they died unjustly at the hands of Mu Hua, they would not even have a place to seek justice.

"Setsuna, we want to see Setsuna." Barney said calmly as the numbered individual asked.

"Are you sure?" the numbered individual asked, and the two looked at each other and nodded. You know, Setsuna is from the neutral faction, and neutrality is not a good person. On the contrary, in many cases, neutrality may be more complicated, and her temper is much worse than Elzac's.

"Let's go to the Scholomance." The individual who interrogated the two patted the front seat and said to the driver.

"I need to remind you that Setsuna generally doesn't kill people easily." He turned around and said another sentence to the two of them, and then the numbered individual ignored them.

No matter whether the person is handed over to Ingrid or Elzak and the others, it doesn't mean the matter is over.

That's just leaving the interrogation and the like to them. The spies and agents caught by Meiling's men basically can't expect to leave the city of Cairns alive.

Mu Hua has been ruthless enough in this regard, but this kind of spying has never stopped. Sometimes, human life is really worthless.

Thinking that the recent inquiries from the Blood Moon City seemed to be getting more frequent, a numbered individual called Meiling. (End of this chapter)