They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

Emiya didn't reply for the time being. He went into the suite with Nono first and said to the latter, "Go take a shower and change clothes first. We can talk about that matter later."

Afterwards, he asked Old Tang to find a secret place to call him back when he was free. It was quite troublesome for Old Tang to discuss such things in the Internet cafe.

At the same time, the sound of flushing water was heard in the bathroom. The white short top soaked with sweat was wrinkled and thrown aside. Nuonuo took off all her clothes and disappeared into the translucent and hazy gauze curtain.

The bathroom in the Regent Hotel is quite uniquely designed. Inside, there is a bronze French bathtub and a brass lotus-shaped shower head. It is surrounded by four thick dark green marble columns at the four corners, and the gaps between the marble columns are filled with hanging curtains.

When Emiya hung up the phone, he saw the lemon-yellow bathroom light come on. The light unconsciously cast a hazy shadow on Nono's figure from head to toe on the gauze curtain, and her graceful curves occasionally twisted in the mist...

Wow.

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Chapter 83 Isn’t it enough to just have hands?

The rain was pouring.

The wind was blowing fiercely, knocking down rain all over the sky and soaking every speck of dust in the Saha world. Unfortunately, the slanting wind caused the alleys tucked between the tall houses to escape the disaster, and only sporadic raindrops fell.

Xia Mi finished interrogating the last suspicious person and threw him up. At this time, the pile of people in front of her seemed to have piled up on each other to form a small mountain.

"There's no valuable information."

Needless to say, what happened to these followers after they encountered Xia Mi was beyond description. She didn't even have to use her dragon transformation to easily wipe them out.

After venting her anger a little, Xia Mi used hypnosis to interrogate the memories of these people, but did not obtain much useful information.

Everyone's origins were random, coming from all over the world, but they had only one thing in common: they were hired by an account called "Phoenix" to follow Shirou Emiya and Nono through a one-way connection on the Hunter Network.

"What is a hunter net?"

Xia Mi was confused and simply contacted Norton, "Do you know what this Hunter Network is like?"

A faint and noisy background voice came from Norton's side. "I know, it's an intelligence trading and hiring service site established by humans. What's wrong?"

"I have to say, this group's organization is truly bizarre. They clearly don't know each other, yet they were brought together by the same command... By the way, Norton, could you help me register a Hunter.net account? I'm a bit curious."

"Wait a minute," the voice from Norton's end suddenly became noisier. From time to time, there was the crackling sound of intensive keyboard tapping, as well as game voice and sound effects one after another.

"…Norton, where are you? The video game arcade?"

Xia Mi was stunned. How come this tech geek who always had a stern face now had so many trendy hobbies?

"It's just a game invented by humans for entertainment. What's wrong with that? I can now multitask. I can play the game, talk to you, and study the Holy Grail and the Heroic Spirit System at the same time without wasting a single second."

Norton's tone was nonchalant, as if he was describing that with his brainpower, no matter what he temporarily took over for Old Tang, it would be as simple as eating and drinking water. Although Xia Mi really wanted to complain that this was not what she was about to talk about...

"Okay, I've sent you the password. Now I'm just concerned about when I can register."

"It's very fast. In a few seconds, you will receive an automatic reply email from the website administrator 'Nido' in your personal mailbox. He will write a lot of website precautions and welcome messages on it."

Xia Mi felt like something was wrong. "Then please forward that email to me... Oh, I see... Wait, Administrator Nido? Nido? Nido?"

"What the hell are you doing..."

"Nido spelled backwards...Odin!" Xia Mi's voice suddenly rose an octave.

There is something wrong with this hunter network itself!

The two dragon kings realized something at the same time - Odin's people finally started to take action!

"I have to say, you are indeed the smartest sister among us."

"Are you still busy praising me at this time?" Xia Mi kicked the "crowd" in front of her. "Anyway, I have some humans in ambush here. All of them were hired from Hunter Online. They feel like abandoned pawns thrown out by the group that Odin cooperated with. They don't know anything when asked... Humph!"

"Needless to say? That cunning brother would never hand over truly important personal secrets... such as the 'key' of the Nibelungen to a human. It's sheer wishful thinking to pry something out of them."

Norton said bluntly, "Rather than that, how are you progressing? We need a Heroic Spirit sample for preliminary testing as soon as possible. I suggest that after you get started with magic, you quickly familiarize yourself with the Seven Kingdoms' 'Conceptual Armament' and 'Causal Separation'. This is the key to the success of our first sample."

"?" Xia Mi was bewildered and puzzled. How long had it been? Could it be that she had reached the same ridiculous level as Norton in such a short time?

Norton, do you have a problem with your idea of ​​differences in academic talent?

这离谱的程度就好像“你已经学会了1+1等于2，快来试试挑战这道哥德巴赫猜想（1+1）的证明吧！”

"?" Norton on the other end of the communication seemed to understand what Xia Mi meant, and then tilted his head in confusion. Isn't it okay to just have hands?

"Hey, that's enough!" If it weren't for the blood alliance contract, Xia Mi, who was looked down upon by the science and engineering male student, really wanted to punch him in the chest.

"Anyway, I still need some time to learn. I'll be able to help out with the first Heroic Spirit sample test, right? Anyway, enough talk... I still have to deal with this bunch of people in front of me."

"How do you deal with it? Destroy it on the spot?"

Norton asked casually.

Friends who have killed someone know that it is easy to kill but difficult to dispose of the body.

But that was a human, and for the Dragon King, it was very convenient to deal with it with words.

"No, I used the 'Bloodline Knot' (a spirit word that detects dragon blood) to sense the mixed-blood residents nearby. They should be from the secret party or aristocratic families. Let them worry about this trouble..."

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Chu Tianjiao drove fast all the way and sent his son Chu Zihang home in a carefree manner, even though he received a cold farewell from his son in return.

Then the old father drove his luxury car back to the old place as usual, ordered two bottles of beer, bought a bag of braised large intestines and double spicy grilled chicken wings, and returned to Media Asia Group - his boss's factory.

Without the luxury car, he was just a middle-aged man with a frustrated career and a failed marriage. With nothing in his pocket, he couldn't afford a house on his salary alone and had to live in the dormitory provided by the factory.

Chu Tianjiao greeted his colleagues in the factory office, humming a little tune as he walked into the long corridor and entered the second underground floor of the factory. The air-conditioning compressors were humming all around him - Chu Tianjiao's dormitory was converted from the temporary warehouse here.

He took out the key and opened a tin-clad door.

"Ok?"

The door is unlocked? Is there a thief?

Chu Tianjiao scratched his head in confusion. Considering his own poverty, what could he possibly be stealing? Or was it just a sudden impulse from a colleague who had taken the spare key and was on patrol? ... That was even more impossible.

squeak-

Chu Tianjiao's action of opening the door seemed to destroy some delicate balance. Before he could open it, the door actually opened outwards on its own. No, it was pushed open by something!

That was a room full of corpses!

"Damn!" Chu Tianjiao was stunned by the scene in his room behind the door.

The bodies lying around were still covered in fresh blood, and their bodies were intact, suggesting they had likely died recently and were killed in a single blow. Who the hell could have done such a wicked thing, killing and robbing people and then framing them?

Plop. A body seemed to be sliding out of the door and about to fall to the ground.

Just before it landed, Chu Tianjiao reached out his hand fearlessly and held it lightly. He looked calm and composed at this moment, not like an ignorant driver at all.

Chu Tianjiao's eyes swept across the suspicious scenes around him, and finally locked onto a dark hole with inconspicuous signs of damage hidden between the compressor pipes under the whirring exhaust fan.

"..."

Dozens of minutes later, Chu Tianjiao re-entered the dormitory he had cleared out. He moved the old mattress away to reveal a secret door - no one had touched it. Fortunately, it seemed that the secret hidden here had not been discovered.

Behind the secret door was a new room. The vinyl record next to the cabinet would play classic jazz music when placed in the record player. There were whiskey and Cuban cigars in the cabinet, and an old camera and photo developing equipment on the small table. He took out a cigar, cut it open, and prepared to smoke, while dialing a secret number.

"S-rank Specialist Chu Tianjiao? You're contacting me again so soon?"

The voice on the other end turned out to be Principal Ange!

At this moment, Chu Tianjiao finally shed the superficial identity of a private driver. His real identity was a secret party commissioner who was carrying out a long-term mission outside.

Moreover, Chu Tianjiao has a special identity. He is not in the executive department, but is directly under Angers.

"We encountered an accident today. Fortunately, no one and the box are fine," Chu Tianjiao took a puff of his cigarette.

"Principal Ange, I want to confirm again, do you really want to trade 'that' to that boss?"

Chu Tianjiao pulled out a black suitcase from under the bed. It had been handed to him not long ago. The special thing about the suitcase was that it had a silver nameplate engraved with a thriving world tree.

(The emblem of Kassel College is a world tree that is half alive and half dead.)

"Yes, my answer remains the same," Ange sighed, a rare occurrence. "The Secret Party is currently in a turbulent period. Recently, the Shenzhou Family, and more recently, Westminster Abbey and Solomon's Temple, have all been targeting our Secret Party."

"It just so happened that we had an internal problem at this time—we needed to uncover clues and evidence of the hidden culprit within… I've been working on this internal investigation, but have been met with numerous obstacles. The school board is also very dissatisfied with my ceding of interests to the Shenzhou family."

"So I've decided that some things are no longer safe to keep within the secret party. I can't trust the people around me, but they are too important. I can only hand them over to my partners. After all..."

Ange didn't say the last sentence, but Chu Tianjiao understood.

After all, what is in the box is the flesh and blood of the Black King!

I encountered a coding problem and tried my best but couldn't overcome it...

Chapter 84 "Melyuzina"

"You mean... someone put a bunch of corpses into your room?" Ange on the other end of the line sounded surprised.

"Well, I checked the wounds. They were all fatal blows from close combat. If they were all facing the same person, then the attacker must be a martial arts master."

Chu Tianjiao judged, "Also, this afternoon, I met that Emiya Shirou... He also came to this city, so it shouldn't be a coincidence."

Ange couldn't help but speculate, "Could it be... that this is the Zhou family's intention? I heard that the Broken Dragon Platform was also taken away by that young man."

Ange was not aware of the emotional twists and turns between Emiya and Wa, but he and other forces made the same judgment:

The Broken Dragon Platform symbolizes the face of the Zhou family. It also shined in the battle against Odin not long ago. It is a means to deter villains!

"He also brought the Dragon-Severing Platform with him?"

This was the first time Chu Tianjiao heard that the Dragon-Breaking Platform had been lent out to outsiders by the Zhou family. "Then what about these corpses? I thought that Emiya Shirou was guarded by a Zhou family martial arts master, and that they threw the bodies to us to deal with as a warning."

"You mean... the Zhou family thinks these are our people?"

Ange shook his head. Here it comes again, that familiar feeling of passing the buck.

But how can the same trick work a second time? The secret party is not a loser, so why do they have to put themselves in danger every time?

"That's impossible. The Executive Department hasn't taken any action against Emiya Shirou, and the Board of Directors can't bypass me to command the Executive Department. Besides, what good is there in becoming hostile to the God Slayer for no reason? Unless we've already confirmed that we're his outright enemies... Hmm?"

Already hostile...

Ange shuddered, "It's Odin's gang again!"

Chu Tianjiao only had a general understanding of the Odin incident. "The principal is asking, is there any follow-up to this matter?"

"Yes, as I mentioned before, they also planted nails within the secret party," Ange slowed down his tone and spoke in a heavy tone.

"Unfortunately, the secret party has grown so large that it's significantly increased the difficulty of the investigation. We can only conclude that the forces behind 'Odin' are deeply entrenched. They won't be deterred by a single incident, and their next move is undoubtedly already on the way."

"The storm is coming." Chu Tianjiao seemed to be responding to Principal Ange's words, but in fact, he was not too nervous. After all, his relationship with the secret party was rather delicate and not close.

Now he just needs to focus on the transaction, wait for the transaction partner to arrive, and deliver the box in time.

"...Theoretically, we can't just sit there and wait for death," Ange's voice echoed again in the basement, "But facing reality, we are helpless... S-level Specialist Chu Tianjiao, in the name of the principal of Kassel College, now urgently conveys the new mission content to you!"

"You have been carrying out long-term missions in the city below you for more than ten years. This mission remains unchanged, but you need to temporarily respond to the new risks brought by the unknown force. If necessary, help our temporary allies—"

"It could be Emiya Shirou, or it could be my partner. Join in and help them solve this incident! The enemy of my enemy is our friend!"

"Got it!" Chu Tianjiao was cheered up. When he saw those corpses, he guessed that this mission might not go smoothly.

Ange's tone was not relaxed. "The forces we can mobilize in Shenzhou are becoming less and less. You may face a situation where you are isolated and helpless due to lack of support..."

"Principal, don't worry! Over the years, even though I, Old Chu, rarely go on missions, I've never neglected my skills!"

Chu Tianjiao patted his chest and spoke humorously. Under his feet was another large suitcase. The label on this suitcase was engraved with a half-rotten world tree. It was filled with well-maintained light and heavy weapons, guns and ammunition.

There were some ammunition on the small workbench. Some of the bottoms were painted red or black, while others were hand-engraved with crosses. Chu Tianjiao guaranteed that this craftsmanship would ensure that every bullet would explode into a bloody flower immediately after entering the enemy's body.

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In order to keep himself calm, Emiya decided to go back to the living room and do his traditional crafts.

Daily projection practice.

His skills have reached a level sufficient to perform Noble Phantasm projection, but the "projection filling" that allows a person to gain the power and skills of the original user is still at a stage of confusion.

Thinking of this, Emiya took out the heavy ancient bronze sword from the black sword case that looked like a cello case. It was very heavy. Ever since Lord Wa said that the sword of the Broken Dragon Platform had devoured a large number of souls, he realized that this heaviness came from the souls of his ancestors.

The question arises again: how did he gain power similar to that of Yu the Great on Odin's battlefield? Was it simply the blessing of countless souls? What conditions were met to achieve the projection-filling effect?

Just when Emiya was puzzled, the sound of slippers stepping on the floor came from the bathroom again, and soon it came closer.

I saw Nuonuo wrapping her clean body in a pure white bathrobe, with her red hair tied up and covered with a hot towel. However, the amplitude of her steps was as big as that of a proud little heroine, and a pair of long white legs would playfully pop out from under the bathrobe from time to time.

"Hurry, look, there's a response from the Zhou family!" Nuonuo quickly picked up the phone that had just been thrown on the sofa and checked it. After reading the message, she ran to his front without noticing any change in Emiya's expression.