Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 993: Everything is separated by this blade
If Arsene had been a player, he would have known a popular saying on the forum: the weirder the lineup, the better the play.

Because the most utilitarian lineup must be relatively fixed - after all, there is always a so-called "optimal solution". Although this optimal solution is unlikely to be able to catch up with the challenge intensity of racing, no damage, self-limited difficulty, etc., it will always be universal enough.

For example, when going to a dungeon, usually people don’t like to bring along players who are slow to adapt to the path.

In another world line, there is no "Warrior" class in the Adaptation Path. This also means that the original Adaptation Path is basically either Hunter or Rogue. Although their strength in PVP is quite good... but when going to the dungeon, you will obviously feel that the damage is a bit low, and because of jumping around, it is easy to die suddenly in a strange mechanism where people should not die...

But this does not mean that there will be no masters in this type of profession - on the contrary, the probability of top masters appearing in this type of operational profession is quite high, much higher than the probability of those popular professions with a high lower limit.

Just like there is an old saying in martial arts novels, when walking in the world, the elderly, the weak, women and children should not be messed with... That's roughly what it means.

Yasen couldn't hold back and asked carefully the question that would make Aiwas feel the best:
“…Who are you?”

Hearing these words, the white-haired vampire and the little girl in his arms showed playful and satisfied smiles on their faces in an unusually synchronized manner.

"'us?'"

The two-month-old sons asked in unison, and then laughed at the same time: "'Hehehe...'"

That strange synchronization rate is like a puppeteer controlling a puppet and speaking with ventriloquism, which is chilling.

"Compared to who we are..."

"Iben" showed a malicious and ferocious smile: "Shouldn't you ask... why are Moon Child and Hawkeye looking here at the same time?
"What are you trading that can attract the attention of these two groups at the same time? What does this have to do with rescuing Sherlock?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Phantom Thief Arsene looked at Alice beside him.

At this moment, their expressions became extremely complicated.

It was definitely not a state of confusion. They had a very clear understanding of their current tense situation.

In other words, they even knew that Hawkeye and Moonson were already targeting them.

——Knowing this, why do you still dare to do this?
Seeing their reactions, Aiwass, who was disguised as "Ritualist Iben", raised his eyebrows.

He stared at Yassen for a moment, then looked away and looked at Alice.

Aiwass asked directly, "If I'm not mistaken... the things you traded aren't expensive, right?"

His words seemed to be questions, but they sounded like statements.

"Do not……"

Alice responded subconsciously.

And Aiwass continued to ask: "Is it related to Mr. Yassen?"

"I……"

Alice suddenly realized that she had said something she shouldn't have, so she subconsciously turned her head to look at Yassen.

Even though she and Yasen were not very familiar with each other and had only met twice...she was still afraid in the face of such strong pressure.

Yet for Aiwass, not answering is also an answer—clearly relevant.

"It has something to do with Sherlock?"

Aiwass looked into Alice's eyes and said before she could utter a word, "It doesn't seem to involve, or you don't know - it's related to Yassen's disguise?"

"Woo..."

"Yes, it is related. So it is some kind of material? No, then is it intelligence? No..."

Aiwass didn't even need her to answer.

For the inexperienced Alice, her subconscious eyes, movements, and reactions are enough to reveal her true thoughts.

That was more credible and more naked than words that had been considered and organized - even if he closed his eyes, it would be useless. For a fifth-level Moon Child, at this distance he could easily hear Alice's heartbeat and the subtle smell of her blood when she was nervous or relaxed.

"……enough."

Yasen was somewhat helpless and interrupted the ruthless pursuit of the "Ibn Ritualist": "I'll tell you directly... there's no need to bully her like this. She's still a little girl... We are half allies, aren't we?"

He didn't directly say they were allies - after all, he couldn't be sure of these people's true attitude towards Sherlock. With a respectful and cautious attitude towards Sherlock, even if the other party suddenly turned into Pope Aiwass, he would never easily believe the other party's identity...

If he could be cheated out of important information related to his friend's safety in this way, he would not be called Arsen.

Regardless of whether the other party is a friend or an enemy, as long as the other party is also unsure of his position, he has room to pull. And the trump card in his hand is more information about Sherlock - if the other party is considered a friend, they can rescue Sherlock together; if the other party also intends to snatch Sherlock away, he can also drive the tiger to devour the wolf in time...

On the other side, Alice's eyes were filled with tears as she realized that she had inadvertently revealed too much information. She sighed, picked up the overly light suitcase in her hand with one hand, and put it on the table.

"Oh?"

Aleister said in a long drawn-out tone that was unique to Iverson, "Is it okay to open this thing in public?"

"No problem. After all, strictly speaking, it's not really a treasure..."

As Yasen said this, he took out a small key and opened the locked suitcase.

There were only a few things packed into the large suitcase that looked very heavy.

When I opened the box, I found three or four women's clothes. They looked the same style as what Alice was wearing. There were also jewelry boxes stacked neatly like lunch boxes. The box was light before, but it made a loud banging sound because the clothes were gradually shaken to the edge of the box.

Seeing this, Aleister looked at Yasen with a perverted look: "This is... what you are going to wear later, right?"

The reason why Arsene is called a phantom thief is because he has a superb disguise skill. Whether it is an old man, a child or a woman, he can change at will. This is obviously a special skill of the path of beauty, belonging to the same category as Isabel, the actor-type profession.

But no matter how strong his disguise ability is, it is not a supernatural skill at the tantric level. He still can't make clothes appear out of thin air...

Obviously, even Arsene couldn't hold himself back when being stared at like that by a little girl.

He coughed lightly, avoided the topic, and whispered: "The main transaction is actually this..."

As he spoke, he pulled out a heavy key from the pocket of the third girl's skirt.

It was a palm-sized silver key with a hollow diamond at the end. It was engraved with Elvish runes, which meant "everything is separated by this blade."

"This is……"

Aiwass stared at the key, his expression slightly changed: "You still say this thing is not valuable?"

"what is this?"

Even Alice herself, who was transporting the item, apparently had no idea what it was.

She was even startled - because she herself didn't know why this thing appeared under her skirt for no apparent reason.

The reason why she thought the things in it were not valuable and were related to Yasen... was because in her opinion, these were just some old clothes given to Yasen.

Yes, all the dresses and jewelry in this box belong to Alice, and some of them are even ones she has worn in public.

Because her mission is to give her clothes to Arsene, so that the thief can pretend to be herself in public and enter the Duke of Harcourt's birthday party.

Harcourt's relationship with the two Dukes of Vendôme was not very good. As the son-in-law of the Duke of Vendôme, it was obviously impossible for Arsene to enter the Duke of Harcourt's birthday party. And he had to steal something very important from the Duke of Harcourt... That was why Alice would cooperate with him.

This was originally Hawkeye's mission - it was said that Hawkeye and the thief had reached a rare consensus of interests.

But when Alice saw the strange key, she realized something was wrong.

——These clothes were obviously all found by her at home! Before she put them into the suitcase, she even checked the pockets of all the clothes to see if there was anything she had accidentally left in there... After all, she had no intention of taking these clothes back after giving them to Yasen.

Giving her own clothes to this thief who was a big hit in Iris was not something that Alice, who was bold and playful, would object to. However, wearing someone else's clothes on herself... just thinking about it made Alice feel uncomfortable, even a little itchy.

She stood up immediately, looked at Yasen beside her with some vigilance, and subconsciously took half a step away.

——Even though she is naive, she is still an assassin to some extent.

Now, her instinct clearly told her that she was being used!
Obviously, the information the middleman gave to her and to Yasin was completely different from the very beginning! So much so that she had no idea of ​​the full picture of the transaction... If it weren't for the sudden appearance of this "Ibn Ritual Master", she would probably be complacent about having completed the organization's mission.

Alice felt a chill all over her body. It was already the hottest early summer day, and she was in a bar that was as noisy as a furnace, but she felt a ringing in her ears...

...Alice has quietly completed this kind of secret transaction many times by leveraging her status as the Duke's daughter and her professional advantage as a reporter.

Each time the reason was "to destroy the Son of the Moon" or "for those poor and pitiful children".

But now it seems, who knows how many contraband items that could make people rich overnight are hidden in the "cargo of hope" she transported?
How many of them are dangerous things that could kill people? And how many of them are sensitive documents or items that, if discovered, could put the Harcourt family in danger?

It would have been fine if she volunteered to do the transport, but she had no idea about these things from the very beginning - this was undoubtedly a despicable deception.

——Although she lacks experience as a superhuman and adventurer, Alice has plenty of experience as a "new noble."

Once doubt begins, it cannot be stopped. It is like a cancer that feeds on and thrives on the tumor called deception.

She instinctively made a check and balance to protect herself: "It's like this, Mr. Iben..."

(End of this chapter)