Mysterious Catastrophe

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As the night darkened, the door of the bar was opened at once, allowing the cold wind from outside to pour in.

Many drunkards looked up at the door and found a young man entering.

He was wearing a pitch-black cloak that covered his chest and back together, and also wore a hood, much like a mysterious man who was sneaking around.

When he walked in, Aaron could see the silver hair on the man's forehead.

He had thin cheeks, a pointed chin, and a pair of breathtakingly bright eyes, and he looked very handsome.

The young man came directly to the bar, glanced at Barkin and Aaron, and said, "Who is the boss, please bring me a mojito."

This is the secret signal for the bounty hunter to complete the task, and the rules set by Aaron himself after he became the boss.

Aaron behind the bar felt a subtle sense of familiarity, with a smile on his face: "I am the boss, you can tell me anything."

He looked around and decided to trade at the bar, because the young man didn't have any blood on him, and he didn't carry any scary things like corpses.It seems that it should be a relatively common entrustment, such as recovering valuable lost property and pets.

The young man reached into his cloak with his right hand and took out a roll of documents. He said in a steady voice, "It's the commission to investigate the arson case at Baron Jacques' manor."

"Have you found out the truth?" Aaron asked curiously.

This task was issued by him himself, anonymously, of course.

During this period of time, many bounty hunters have taken over this task, but they can only make some messy investigation reports.

As for the real culprit of the arson case, it has never been found.

Even so, Aaron generously reimbursed the bounty hunters for paper and transportation.In addition, the bounty of 100 pounds has never been claimed.

"Yes..." The young bounty hunter frowned, and replied confidently: "That Baron Jacques is not simple, he has court duties, although he is only in charge of His Majesty's cloakroom..."

"As for his social circle, I don't think there is any problem with the review and supervision of the guards of the kingdom. As for the real culprit of the arson case, it's here."

He opened the file and pressed the last report on the table.

Aaron frowned slightly, smiled suddenly, counted out 80 pounds of notes and handed them over: "Young bounty hunter, if you prove that you have successfully completed the task, I am willing to pay for it."

"very good."

The young bounty hunter turned the paper over, and it was... blank!

Aaron forcibly resisted the urge to complain, and suddenly felt an extraordinary ability activated.

Since the 'danger perception' was not triggered, he smiled and let the opponent move.

'This is not to change cognition, but a power of illusion...'Shadow'?He covered the surface of the paper with a layer of illusion...'

Aaron looked at Barkin next to him, and saw that the manager seemed to have seen the name on the paper, and exclaimed: "Green Potter?!"

"Boy, are you here to make trouble?"

Aaron pretended to be angry, poked his hands under the bar, and quickly pulled out a double-barreled shotgun.

The swarthy muzzle pointed at the young bounty hunter's forehead.

"Haha...I just want to perform a show, don't be so nervous."

The bounty hunter pulled the cloak with his right hand and threw it into the air.

His attire changed dramatically—a shiny silver-white suit, a white top hat, a pure white cape behind him, and a red rose pinned to his chest.

A gold-rimmed monocle is placed on his left eye, which makes him look more bookish. With a slightly pointed chin, big bright eyes, and a handsome face, he looks very unique and aura : "Reintroduce me, I'm Copper Fell!"

"The famous magician Copper Fell?"

Aaron's hand holding the shotgun didn't relax at all, he just pointed straight at Copperfield's head: "Why did you come to my bar and make trouble?"

"Boss, your bar is becoming more and more famous in the mysterious world. It's a good stage..." Copper Fill took a sip of the drink on the bar counter indifferently, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth : "I'm just a magician who came to perform magic tricks. Hmm... For example, with your shotgun, maybe what you shoot out is not bullets, but fireworks?".

"You can try!"

Aaron directly pulled the trigger.

boom!

In the sound of a gunshot, countless white, red, green, blue, and colored gift belts sprayed out from the shotgun's mouth. It seemed that this was not a murderous weapon, but a festival salute gun.

Even after the fireworks, a small chess piece was shot out, and the rolled up chess surface drooped, revealing the words Invensys on it—'Happy New Year'!

It's a New Year's flag, and I don't know where Copper Fill got it.

"Happy New Years everyone...well, New Years is over..."

Copper Fell, who was making a bad joke, took off his tall white hat with his gloved palm, shook his silver cloak, held the ruby-studded cane in his hand, and bowed like an actor leaving the scene: "goodbye!"

boom!

Another shot rang out, it was Carl the 'Crazy'!

But the bullet can only pass in vain through a cloud of smoke, in which the magician has long since disappeared.

Chapter 271 Black Hand

In the bar, most of the guests seemed to be still immersed in the performance of the previous scene. They looked at the slowly dissipating smoke, some were amazed, some were curious, some had distorted faces, and some had a dreamy feeling, as if watching A real movie.

"It's the magician Copper Fell!"

Carl put away the revolver in his hand and came to the place where he shot before. He saw the smoking bullet hole on the opposite wall, and asked Aaron with a very serious expression: "Have you provoked him? If you hired me to deal with him If so, I refuse."

Hey, aren't you crazy?Do you want to be so sensible?

Aaron rolled his eyes, complained in his heart, poured himself a glass of beer, and nodded calmly.

Balkin looked at the boss, then at Carl, and didn't dare to say more. He is just an ordinary person, and it's okay to deal with a low-level Beyonder. When he encountered such a ruthless character, he wisely chose to shut up. .

"Then...to compensate everyone present, all consumption tonight will be free."

Aaron looked up at the drunks and announced loudly.

"Thank you boss!"

"Long live the boss!"

Many half-drunk and half-sober alcoholics, who were not so frightened at first, howled excitedly when they heard that there was additional compensation.

Aaron slowly packed up the double-barreled shotgun, and carefully kept the bunting that said 'Happy New Year'.

Carl came to the bar like a normal person, put his elbows on the table and said casually: "The magician is not easy to mess with. He has committed countless crimes in Pulmouth, but has never been caught. Let Momola have nothing to do , the Bureau of Investigation needs to offer a huge reward, but they have not been able to find any clues..."

"not at all."

Aaron was very helpless, and returned to the wine cellar with the flag.

Seeing William who was still working hard, he couldn't help but nodded, showing a satisfied expression.

"Boss..." William said with a worried face, "I heard gunshots just now. Is it the blood of death? Or someone from the spiritual sect?"

Aaron had already told William the truth about Isabeth.

"I don't know..." Aaron replied, throwing a gold pound casually.

After a long silence, William said, "Boss, why don't you fire me..."

He feels that there is nothing good in the world without a reason, and the boss has helped him too much, and now because of him, he has successively provoked two terrible mysterious organizations, the Blood of Death and the Sect of Spirits.

If it was a reasonable Extraordinary, he might have been thrown out by now.

William felt ashamed and didn't want to cause trouble for the bar again.

"You guessed a little bit... This magician didn't have any hatred for our bar before. He suddenly came to play tricks on us and make things bigger. It seems that he has some other intentions..."

Aaron described what happened just now, looked at William and asked, "What do you think he wants to do?"

William thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, my lord, I really can't think of it."

"Then let me tell you..." Aaron chuckled and said some information: "After the contact just now, I am sure that the magician is a person who purely walks the path of 'shadow', an extraordinary third essence Or...'Shadow' is a symbol of the spirit world and illusion. Extraordinary people who follow this path can not only easily enter the dream world when they are at a low quality level, but also often master powerful illusion abilities."

"At the same time, because of the interaction with the spirit world and another hidden symbol, they also have good divination ability."

Speaking of this, Aaron couldn't help but think of the last believer from another continent he met before the world was destroyed.The other party really comprehended the essence of the nature of 'shadow', involving the mysterious symbol of small hopes.

To be able to find hope and the light of salvation in the vast ocean is indeed quite extraordinary in the way of divination.

"It turns out that the magician is a 'Shadow' Extraordinary!" William suddenly realized.

"And...the other party attracts attention by creating cases many times, which can be regarded as creating an influence. The non-human existence of the fourth essence was also called the man of destiny in ancient times. To open the fourth essence—— [Vitality], you also need to complete certain deeds and collect enough influence. Of course, according to my research, it is not impossible not to do this. But if there is no ceremony, this kind of promotion will become more difficult... The probability of failure Increment."

"So... Copper Fell is for his ceremony?" William asked in surprise.

"It's very possible, so I'm very much looking forward to... looking forward to his success!"

Aaron stroked the colorful flag in his hand with a smile, and said meaningfully: "The magician will give me a better gift."

……

In a sewer somewhere.

Magician Copper Fell stood quietly in a spotless white suit.

Opposite him, in a dark corridor, two scarlet lights suddenly lit up.

The light kept approaching, turning into a pair of greedy and bloodthirsty eyes. It was an evil believer in a black robe, holding a pendant composed of thorns and a red figure in his hand.

The other party is an evil follower of the 'Soul Spirit Sect'!

But Copper Fill's expression remained unchanged, he came here specially to wait for the other party.

Seeing this person coming, he said in a calm tone: "I have used a performance to attract attention to that bar according to your request. I also tested the relationship between the owner of the bar and the arson case at Baron Jacques' manor. What's the result... ...I'm not sure."

Copper Fill was slightly puzzled.

There is always feedback in his performance, but tonight's performance, the impact of feedback is not as much as expected, and it seems that something has been missed.

If Aaron heard this, he would be surprised.

Because the 'Spiritual Sect' seems to have a relationship with the Baron Jacques Manor, I have been looking for clues in this regard!

"Anyway... after tonight, the bar is finished. Is that what you're after?"

A lot of people saw the performance tonight, and it will definitely spread and reach the ears of the Bureau of Investigation.

And what the Bureau of Investigation does is to suppress all kinds of extraordinary phenomena. Now that something like this happened in the bar, it is impossible not to be investigated.

This can be regarded as a small revenge. After all, with the influence of the 'Spiritual Sect', it is still very easy to find out the relationship between Isabeth and William, as well as William's workplace.

And after a little deduction, I know that William must be related to the exposure of the church, and there is a shadow of the hunter's bar intervening in the background!

"The great God of Suffering watches over you..."

The evil believer in a black robe said noncommittally: "But at the same time, I want to remind you that maybe the recent actions have been too smooth, making you inflated... This is very dangerous!"

Chapter 272 Royal Exhibition

"Don't use your mortal thoughts to speculate on the thoughts of the gods... My Lord is very caring for you, Copper Phil... Don't forget that after you defected from the 'Shadowless Sect', we are the ones who have been funding you and cultivating you , and even prepared to help you open the fourth essence... This is the will and gift of our Lord... When you become an inhuman existence, you will be the favored one of the suffering God! His pioneer! He is on earth representative of the

The evil believer said in a chant tone: "This is an honor that we can't even reach even if we bow down thousands of times. You should be grateful."

Copper Fell sneered: "No, you are just planning to use me...you use me to commit crimes around Pulmouth, to attract the attention of the Bureau of Investigation...or to give the person behind you an excuse to let him be in the Kingdom The upper level collaborators have an excuse to make the investigation bureau pay attention to those more sensational things, such as me! Instead of noticing your machinations! I am a magician, never try to deceive a magician who is good at playing with the hearts of the audience division."

"You are very smart..." The evil believer holding the statue of the God of Suffering was silent for a long time, and there seemed to be light falling from the crimson figure.

The darkness in the sewer gradually became thicker.

"The master of thorns and blood.

Fallen and Scarlet Blessed One.

Great God of Suffering. "

The evil believer began to chant the honorable name of the God of Suffering. When the atmosphere became more tense, he suddenly changed to a gentle voice and said, "Koppo Fell... tell me your choice!"

Copper Fell suddenly laughed, and made a funny bow with a clown-like gesture: "The great 'God of Suffering' descends in person, of course I can only choose to cooperate...I have already seen that door, As long as I perform another grand performance, I can be promoted in the ceremony and become the real 'Shadowless One'! This is my lifelong pursuit!"

The closer one is to God, the less pious he is.

At the level of Copper Fell, he had vaguely guessed that the God of Suffering was just a high-level Extraordinary.

Even, directly the leader of the Spiritual Sect!

"I look forward to it……"

The voices of the evil believers gradually dissipated, the corruption and darkness in the sewer gradually subsided, and everything turned into dead silence...