Returning from the abyss

Chapter 444 Thieves Gang
This time Lu Ning stayed up all night in the alchemy laboratory.

Lilian's foundation is already good. Even in such a predicament, Lu Ning's perseverance has not given up, so that Lu Ning has obtained enough memory information. Coupled with Lu Ning's own understanding, she has actually gradually touched the end of the apprentice level. .

As a piece of parchment slowly turned into black and white ashes under the high temperature, a small egg-sized bead with a brass color remained on the pile of ashes.

Apart from potions, this is the only thing that can be refined through a one-time refining formation.The simplest alchemy prop, alchemy bomb.

This kind of thing is a one-time prop that is refined with unstable exchange as the core. The bombs made by each alchemist, or even each refinement, are actually different, and the power varies greatly. The one in Lu Ning's hand It doesn't have much explosive power.

"But in this way, I am actually a junior alchemist." Lu Ning picked up the bomb and squeezed it lightly. It is not as hard as it looks on the surface, but a little soft to the touch.

She smiled, put the bomb in the drawer, turned and walked out of the laboratory.Pierre had already prepared breakfast, and there were two thieves brothers and sisters who had been away for a day and a night sitting in the shop eating.

"Good morning." Bai Meigui greeted Lu Ning with a fork while chewing a piece of fried meat.

"You guys are back? How is the investigation going?" Lu Ning sat down next to the two of them. Pierre also served her a breakfast of fried bacon and fried eggs. Lu Ning took out a piece of baked goods from the bread basket. Crispy bread, not in a hurry to eat, but waiting for the brother and sister's response.

"We asked the people in the hotel about the guy's whereabouts after he came. He arrived about three days before the start of the exchange meeting. Because he always wore that suit when going in and out, the boss was more impressed." Black Rose said , "He always went out very early before the start of the exchange meeting, and came back around dusk at night, and the meals were all in the room. We searched in his room and found some traces."

"What trace?"

"Ahem, some methods commonly used by thieves."

Lu Ning realized that this probably involved some kind of professional secret, so she didn't pursue it, because what she wanted to ask was not this.

"So you should have found something?"

"Yes, we basically went around half of the underground dens of Ewalang." Black Rose touched his chin, "It turned out that some notorious guys actually sneaked in."

"notorious?"

"People's impression of thieves is getting worse and worse, and it's mostly caused by them." White Rose held her chin, her tone a little unhappy, "Flying Hook, Silver Hand, Razor, these three gangs are no longer thieves, It's about robbers."

When Lu Ning heard the three names, her heart moved slightly, but she didn't show any expression on her face, and asked, "What's the situation with these three gangs?"

"Doing murder and arson." Black Rose's face was also uncomfortable, "The profession of thieves is indeed disgraceful, and we often steal things, but we rarely kill people, unless we encounter things like mage duels, Usually we just want money and nothing else.”

"So people from these three gangs mixed into the city?"

"And it seems to have been planned for a long time. There are a lot of people. There are more than a dozen people in each group."

Ewa Gallery is usually relatively closed, but it is not completely without any communication with the outside world.And after the open day, there were still only so few people sneaking in, and the inspection work was considered good.

"It's not that Ewalang's supervision is not good. After all, there are always ways for senior magicians to come in, but this also leads to the fact that the people who come in are all magicians with good skills, and they are all elites of those gangs."

"Are these gangs behind that Maid mage?"

"That's the problem. The clues are scattered. I doubt that these gangs are just middlemen." Black Rose put down the knife and fork, "As far as I know, although these bandits are all human In a place where scum is mixed, they don’t like each other very well, so it’s impossible to cooperate to do this. There must be someone controlling from above, maybe it’s the parliament or some internal support around.”

Lu Ning thought for a while, and then asked: "Don't they know each other? Didn't they know that other teams also entered Ewa Lang?"

"The areas where the strongholds are located are different." Black Rose quickly replied, "They are not from Ewalang, and it is not easy to move around like the outside, so they each set up a stronghold. Feigou is in the Peridot area, Silver Hand In the emerald area, the razor is in the amethyst area, these areas are far apart, and it is difficult to come across unless you have to travel through the entire Ewa Gallery."

"Are there only these three groups?"

"We only know these three. After all, their reputation among thieves is stink. I don't know if there are more." Black Rose grabbed a piece of bread, "Miss Lilian, we hope this matter can Properly resolved, Ewa Gallery...is the holy place for every magician, at least we brothers and sisters don't want to be destroyed by people with ulterior motives."

"But since you think that there may be internal support among the high-level people, then you should know that this is not something we can do here to change. Natural disasters can be avoided, but man-made disasters cannot be eliminated."

Black Rose was silent.

"Then can we influence the higher-ups? For example, make this matter bigger and find out the hidden insider?" White Rose asked.

"younger sister!"

"Brother, if you want to heal a rotten wound, you have to pluck out the surrounding flesh until the healthy part can be seen. If the problem of Avalon is really that deep, it will inevitably go through a drastic change before it can get better again."

"Let me say something." Pierre came over, leaned over the counter and looked at the three of them, "It doesn't matter how big this matter is for you, but what about so many residents of Evalong? Once it spreads, There are still countless important people visiting here because of various relationships, and if something happens, it will shake the entire continent, and it may lead to war."

"Yes, we shouldn't act rashly." Black Rose nodded.

The thinking angles of locals and tourists are indeed different, at least Lu Ning will not have too much sense of belonging, and he will not care about the long-term impact when thinking about problems, but since both Pierre and Black Rose have expressed concern...

At this time, she felt a little hot in her pocket, so she said "sorry" and walked to a narrow passage outside the store, and took out the hot gem, but it was not Xue Ni, but Catherine.

"Lilian! Do you know where Xue Ni has gone?" Catherine asked loudly as soon as the connection was made.

"Miss Catherine... I think your relationship should be better. If you don't know, it's even more impossible for me to know."

"Stop talking nonsense! I'm going to ask old Howard. He said that Xue Ni paid you the rent, so you must know where she went!"

This young lady is really not easy to fool.

Lu Ning could only sigh: "I think Miss Catherine must know some of Miss Xue Ni's business?"

"What? Isn't someone taking care of those for her?"

"First of all, you should have discovered that Miss Xue Ni was missing yesterday."

"It's normal for her to disappear occasionally for a day, but something is wrong for two days, and she didn't notify us!"

You two have such a good relationship that you can't see him for two days, so you have to ask where he went?
Lu Ning stared at the gemstone for a moment before replying: "Well, actually, it's her business that needs to be handled by herself..."

"How do you think we're talking now? It's okay to tell your subordinates what to do in this way? You have to go by yourself? What happened? Don't try to deceive me! Say!"

Catherine's tone was faintly oppressive, and Lu Ning was not annoyed. She could tell that Catherine was really in a hurry. Under such circumstances, she knew about some vague affairs of her friend and suddenly disappeared. Of course, she would be worried about her safety.

"You should know that since Ms. Xue Ni didn't leave a message, she didn't want you to know. So even if I say it now, please don't tell her that I said it, or I will have a headache."

"I just want to know her current situation!"

"It's like this... The opening of the exchange meeting will inevitably mix in some guys with ulterior motives. The fields these people are more familiar with overlap with part of Miss Xue Ni's business. The night before yesterday, when some gangs of thieves were making trouble, it happened to be at her Those who can get into Ewalang are senior magicians and the like, even if Miss Xue Ni gives orders remotely, there may not be immediate results, she must handle this matter herself."

"A gang of thieves?" Catherine was puzzled.

"As far as I know, Flying Hook, Silver Hand, and Razor have all been infiltrated into Evaron."

"Those bastards who smelled of flesh and blood dared to enter Ewalang!?" Catherine's voice instantly raised two tunes, "Everyone from top to bottom should hang on the top of the city for three years! Xue Ni This guy……"

"It is because of your temperament that maybe she is unwilling to tell. They really deserve to die, but once the time is tight now, a group of magicians above senior level will work hard, and it will be easy for them to be confused about the exchange meeting and the upcoming public lectures." Cause damage, and may even hurt some distinguished guests who came to Eva Gallery. Ms. Xue Ni should be trying to use some safer means to solve this matter. If she can't solve it, she will ask the Magic Council for assistance. You can rest assured. "

"Huh...Okay, I'll just wait for another two days. I apologize to you for my attitude just now, Lilian, this matter...you are not wrong."

"It's human nature, Miss Catherine."

"Thank you. In addition, Liz and I will prepare the matter about me in the past two days, so I won't look for you if there is no particularly important matter. You can move freely."

This suits Lu Ning very well. After she thanked Catherine, the communication was cut off.

Finally got over it...

Lu Ning let out a sigh of relief, Catherine is also very smart, if she hadn't thought about all kinds of possibilities, she might really be asked a few questions by her.

"Lilian, do you want to discuss what to do at night?"

At this moment Pierre came out of the shop.

"Well, Pierre, how many people can I dispatch here?"

Hearing this, Pierre was suddenly a little embarrassed.

"This... plus the black rose and the white rose, we are twelve people in total."

Not enough manpower...

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In an alley, a short and thin man was rolling on the ground in pain. He didn't want to scream out, but he couldn't make any sound from his mouth.And the cause of his pain was nothing more than the fact that his wrist had been broken.

Juno, also known as Fujii Yukine, was standing by, unfolding a very old-looking letter found in the man's pocket.

"It's a blindfold..." She nodded slightly, then looked down at the man again.

This person's strength is too weak, it should be a misleading signal that the whole person was pushed out.And there are probably a lot of people like this scattered in Ewalang, in order to involve the energy of the guards and the council, the best bait should be...

She tore open the slightly thick letter paper, and she found that it was two layers of letter paper pasted together delicately, with a plastic-like sheet sandwiched between the empty parts.

"It can be inferred that the orders issued by the top are acting independently, so the methods of these gangs are different. The incident in the Moonstone District yesterday, the movements of the guards after that... that should be obvious, and these are It is trying to transfer out secretly, so there should be some tracking methods on it."

Fujii Yukine blinked, a trace of blue flashed in her pupils, and then nodded.

"It's a trigger. It seems that they don't want to get involved with this thing more than they thought. Well, since this guy hasn't met yet, he's lucky."

She took a bit of animal blood from the material bag at her waist, dotted it on the letter paper, then dropped the two pieces of letter paper, and left with the thin piece.After she left, the magic that sealed the mouth of the man on the ground was also lifted, and he rushed over to pick up the letter paper regardless of the pain.

Below the original text, a line of small dark red characters appeared.

[I framed people and ended up like this.I shouldn't blame the sky and others, but there is no place to pass on my ability, and it is sealed in a secret volume. If future generations are lucky enough to get it, and promote my law, I will smile under the nine springs. 】

He hurriedly checked the letter paper, but the space between the two layers was already empty, and there was nothing left.

After being stunned for a while, he stood up with his arms folded, and chased in the direction Fujii left, but where could he find her?

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As twilight was approaching, Lu Ning had already changed into a black robe that was easy to move. Pierre found it with great difficulty. After all, he would not have a robe suitable for Lilian's age here.

"Lilian, do you really want to act together? To be honest, the other party is an intermediate and advanced magician. It's a bit unsafe for you to follow as an apprentice." Pierre asked cautiously.

"I won't fight with you." She is the only person here with this kind of robe, even if you look at it, it won't connect the two parties together. "I have other things, and the more task is to observe the people who were present when you acted." People and things, you just need to control the scene and don't let suspicious people slip away."

"Well, in short, you should pay attention to your own safety. We may not care about you in a fight." Pierre waved his hand, and there were nine people standing next to him, all of them were shop assistants, and the level of this group of people were all intermediate or higher. Advanced magicians have different learnings, but their actual combat skills are not bad.

"Then act now." Lu Ning raised her finger to the ruby ​​area.

(End of this chapter)