Chapter 211 Aki's Mission

The main reason why Lu Mingfei did not explain was because this matter was too troublesome to explain.

If he directly said that he saw the bounty post on the hunter website and followed because he was worried that something might happen to Su Xiaoqiang, then it would bring up the question of why he knew about the world of mixed-bloods.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Lu Mingfei felt that he might as well just go along with what Louis said.

However, Su Xiaoqiang, who was sitting next to Lu Mingfei, was suddenly stunned after hearing Lu Mingfei's reply.

No, why could this guy just agree to it so naturally?
No, the more important thing should be why this guy calls her uncle "uncle", right? What does this mean?
Su Xiaoqiang's heart was in turmoil, his CPU was about to burn out, but at this moment he heard his cheap uncle stab him again:

"Then Rosella, take Mingfei for a walk around the city tomorrow," said Louis.

"Hey, me me me me?"

"Yeah." Louis nodded and asked, "Or do you have anything else to do tomorrow, Rosella?"

There is nothing else... Su Xiaoqiang felt very complicated.

Emotionally, she was of course willing to take Lu Mingfei around, but psychologically, when she thought about the unclear relationship between her and Lu Mingfei, she suddenly felt depressed.

However, because Su Xiaoqiang remained silent for a long time, it seemed that her uncle thought that she agreed with her proposal.

At this point, the topic of the banquet had shifted from Lu Mingfei to the group of people from Kassel College on the other side of the table.

"By the way, are you going to Lisbon tomorrow?" Louis asked, "Do you want me to drive you there?"

"No need, we can just go by ourselves."

The boss of Kassel College was of course Mans. Even at such a grand family dinner, Mans still had his cigar in his hand and looked like an old smoker. "But you can lend me your Bentley Arnage."

"This is the only good car I have, and you're still thinking about it?" Louis sighed.

"Hahaha, who asked you to drive this car to pick us up that day?"

Lu Mingfei didn't know what kind of relationship the uncle of the little goddess had with the academy, but judging from their conversation, they seemed to have a deep friendship. After all, it was said that cars and women were the only two things that men could not lend to others.

If someone is able to lend his most expensive car to someone else, then it means that the two people must have a very deep friendship.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei also obtained other information from the conversation between the two.

Aki and his team are going to Lisbon to carry out a mission tomorrow.

……

The next morning, Lu Mingfei woke up from bed. As soon as he got out of bed, he saw through the glass window the people from Kassel Academy getting ready in front of the western-style building.

Lu Mingfei had no doubts about the professionalism of Mans' team. Although these people died in the mission of the Three Gorges Bronze Ancient City, the opponent at that time was Norton's Dragon Guard after all, and they were away from home. The Moniach was disguised as a survey ship and did not carry enough ammunition.

Even so, the mission was actually a tragic success because they successfully killed Norton's dragon servant.

Louis and Mance were chatting. Because of the distance, it was hard to hear what they were talking about, but both of them looked very serious. After talking for a while, the two shook hands, and then Mance got into the expensive Bentley, and the car drove away through the vast entrance garden.

Lu Mingfei yawned and turned to wash up. He was not worried that Aki and the others would encounter any accidents. Since they died in the mission in the Three Gorges, it meant that this mission would definitely be successfully completed.

When he walked out of the room, a maid happened to pass by. The maid said that there was breakfast available at the restaurant on the first floor where they had been last night. However, when Lu Mingfei walked to the restaurant, he happened to run into Louis who was also having breakfast in the restaurant.

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then immediately reacted and greeted, "Good morning, uncle."

"Good morning." Louis nodded, "Are you coming for breakfast too?"

"Uh-huh."

Although the uncle of the little goddess seemed to be very kind, Lu Mingfei always felt something unusual about him...

Lu Mingfei had also felt this feeling from Angers, the principal of Kassel College. He was like an old fox. Although he had perfectly restrained the sharpness in his eyes, the body odor could not be dispelled.

Of course, this is not to say that Louis really has body odor, but that he seems to have the same cunningness as Ange, which is not obvious.

The maid brought the classic white rice set meal - two slices of bread, a poached egg, a slice of Iberian ham and a glass of milk - to Lu Mingfei. Across the table, Louise's blue eyes looked at Lu Mingfei with a smile.

"Although I asked Rosella to take you around the city yesterday... Rosella usually isn't up at this time. She likes to sleep in and doesn't wake up until almost noon."

Logically speaking, a young man like Lu Mingfei would be somewhat nervous when sitting at the same table with the parents of the girl he likes. However, Lu Mingfei already has enough experience in dealing with old foxes.

"It's the same when we go to school. The little angel is always the last one to come to the classroom."

"Oh?" Louis' brows relaxed, "Do you call her Little Goddess?"

Lu Mingfei was putting a piece of Iberian ham into his mouth. Hearing this, he immediately replied, "Yes."

"Rosella and I don't see each other often every year, and we know nothing about her life in China. After hearing what you said today, I'm quite interested." Louis said, "Can you tell me more about her?"

Lu Mingfei always felt that the uncle of the little goddess had ulterior motives, but since he asked, Lu Mingfei chose a few interesting things to tell Louis. After all, Lu Mingfei was used to caring for empty-nest elderly people in his previous life...

Although Louis was not an empty nester, nor was he an old man, he was perhaps a little younger than Su Xiaoqiang's father. Just as Lu Mingfei was trying his best to deal with his future uncle, Jiude Aki and his group arrived in the city of Lisbon, Portugal.

Mans was driving, Ye Sheng was sitting in the passenger seat, and Jiude Aki and Selma were sitting in the back seat.

"You should all have received your mission information, right?" Mance asked, holding a cigar in his mouth.

Several people looked at each other and answered in unison: "Yes."

"Well. Let me repeat our mission objectives." Mans said, "Portugal is not a big country and has been deindustrialized for many years. The main industries at present are tourism, wine and football. There are not many industries that need antimony, so the sudden import of such a large amount of antimony must be a problem. These excess antimony metals are currently flowing to these four companies on the books, and we happen to each have one. What we need to do is to get the relevant documents of the target and verify them. Norma will assist you during the mission. If there are any unexpected situations, please contact us at any time. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" several people answered in unison.

"Get out of the car if you understand."

As he spoke, the Bentley stopped on the side of the road. This intersection was about 2 kilometers away from Ye Sheng's mission target. When carrying out a mission, it was impossible to drive the vehicle to the door of the other party's company openly. In order not to arouse suspicion, their drop-off point was carefully selected.

Ye Sheng got off the bus first at this stop, followed by Selma, and then Jiude Aki.

Among the four, only Aki's target was the most special. She was assigned a fairly large gallery in Lisbon, located in the center of Lisbon. Of course, the gallery was just a disguise. After Norma's investigation, this gallery was actually one of the largest counterfeit factories of cultural relics in Portugal.

Although antimony metal is currently mainly used in the chemical industry, in the earliest days, this metal with special physical properties was a favorite of artists.

As early as 3100 BC in the Predynastic Period of Egypt, antimony trisulfide was used as eyeshadow powder by the nobles at that time, and the antimony-plated copperware found in Egypt can be traced back to 2500-2200 BC. Medieval European painters used antimony white as an important pigment for painting. Therefore, it seems reasonable that a counterfeit factory has been buying antimony for a long time.

Aki got off the bus two blocks away from the gallery. She was wearing a floral Louis Vuitton dress, a Guuci bag, and a pair of high-heeled Roman shoes. Her sweet East Asian face was quite eye-catching in the crowd.

Norma gave her a fake identity as a socialite from China. It is said that Chinese socialites always have the habit of being pretentious and like to buy all kinds of second-rate and third-rate artworks to package themselves as upper-class people. In order to fit this personality, Aki also put on makeup, matched with a platinum necklace and diamond earrings, and let her hair lazily fall on her shoulders.

Because there are exhibitions in the gallery every day, it is not too difficult to enter the gallery. You can enter after showing your ID card and ticket verification.

There were not many people in the gallery, but compared to the few visitors, the gallery was quite large. It was obvious that it was impossible to support such a large gallery with just a few visitors.

Aki walked with graceful steps, looking around as if she was appreciating a painting, and passed through one corridor after another. Under her long hair on the right side, Norma was giving her instructions through the Bluetooth headset.

"There is a camera in front of you on the right and behind you on the left. You don't need to avoid them. Just pretend to be a normal guest. After passing through two corridors, you will reach the director's office. The entrance that allows you to get into the ventilation duct is in the office." Norma's cold voice said in her ear.

"I understand." Aki opened her mouth slightly and faced a painting in the corner.

It was a grand and lunar ukiyo-e painting. Under the dome of the sky, flames fell from the clouds and stretched all the way to the top of the earth. A terrifying evil spirit holding a knife or an axe chopped the person lying on the rack in half.

This is a painting called "Hell Transformation Picture", which is derived from the Chinese mythology about the Ten Kings of Hell. It depicts the sufferings that evil people suffer after falling into hell. The original intention is to persuade people to be good. However, many Japanese gangsters with blood on their hands today have these ukiyo-e tattoos on their bodies as a symbol of their identity. Aki doesn't know if this is putting the cart before the horse.

Seeing the paintings in the style of her hometown appear here, Aki was inevitably touched. However, she did not have the intention to appreciate the paintings at the moment. She just faced the surveillance camera and replied to Norma calmly, trying not to let the camera capture her lip movements.

It is not difficult to enter the gallery itself... but if you want to sneak into the counterfeiting site behind the gallery, you need to find another way. The place where they make fake artifacts is cleverly hidden under the gallery. According to Norma's analysis, there may be a basement under the gallery, but the exact size is unknown.

"You need to find a way to sneak into the office. I will then hack into their surveillance system through the backend and give you three seconds. You need to quickly get into the ventilation duct within these three seconds. If you exceed three seconds, you will be exposed. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"Okay, now please move freely and find a way to sneak into the director's office. When you are ready, wake me up and give me instructions. I will shut down the surveillance system of the entire venue for you."

"Ok."

As Aki answered, Norma's cold and pleasant female voice fell into complete silence. Aki gathered her hair and thought about how to sneak into the director's office.

Of all the methods, the most basic and effective one is always seduction. There is an old Chinese saying that a hero cannot resist the temptation of a beautiful woman. However, seduction is often the least effective method, because everyone will be very wary of the opposite sex who suddenly throws themselves into their arms.

Truly effective seduction requires a great deal of time and design to create an occasion where the time and place are just right, and then allow the executor to inadvertently approach the target and ultimately achieve the goal.

However, the conditions for doing so are obviously not available now, and performing seduction tricks in such a sacred place dedicated to art is obviously contrary to the scenery. In addition, Aki herself... is not good at seduction.

She was always quite inferior and clumsy in terms of feelings. She didn't want to be like Selma, a Latin girl with a lively and fiery personality who could approach every boy calmly and enthusiastically. So she never carried out similar tasks.

However, as an A-level student with extensive experience in carrying out missions, Aki immediately thought of a reasonable way to approach the director's office.

She turned around and looked around the venue, then saw a staff member with a sign on his chest.

Aki put on an exaggerated expression that fit the bill of a fake Chinese socialite, slung her bag over her shoulder, and walked slowly towards the staff member with exaggerated hip-swinging steps.

"Hello?" Aki greeted the staff in her fake, broken English.

"Hello, ma'am. How can I help you?" Seeing Aki coming over, the staff member clasped his hands in front of him, nodded lightly, greeted Aki with a smile, and looked Aki up and down.

"I was just looking at that painting. It's a beautiful painting."

"Thank you for your compliment. The painting is indeed beautiful. Many customers have praised it highly."

"So, I would like to ask, if I want to buy that painting, how much would it cost?" Aki asked.

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(End of this chapter)