Academy City's Puppet Master

In desperation, Ling Xingye tried to call Baoliang's cell phone.

Unexpectedly, it was connected soon.

"A rare guest, Xingye actually called me." Baoliang's hearty laughter came from the phone, "Are you looking for me? Sorry, because the reporters are too annoying, so I changed my place to live. You used to I can't be found at my old address."

Because the voice from the microphone was so normal, Ling Xingye was instantly shaken—was Bao Liang just wondering if he was too arbitrary?

"Where are you now? I have something to see you." Ling Xingye asked directly.

"Ah, this... sorry, I can't get away now, how about tomorrow?" Bao Liang's tone was full of apology.

Ling Xingye's eyes froze, and he immediately asked: "Do you have any work to do?"

"Yes, I'm preparing for a large-scale magic show. It took me a lot of time to prepare! Now is the time to finish all the work in one go..." Bao Liang exaggerated, "Welcome to come and see my show then."

He paused: "Of course, I'm also looking forward to your performance at Starry Night. By the way, didn't you enjoy the 'performance' before?"

"The previous performance?" Ling Xingye immediately thought of the coffee shop incident last night.

Ling Xingye worked hard and tried his best to plan the layout. As a result, the enemy was almost given away for nothing, and he was easily defeated.

It really made Ling Xingye a little bit too hard, and he punched the empty space with an uncomfortable feeling.

"Of course," Baoliang said in a natural tone, "the small stage on the street is hard to satisfy you, isn't it?"

"So, is it true that we can't meet each other?" Ling Xingye continued to ask.

"Well, I'm really busy. See you tomorrow."

Hanging up the phone, Ling Xingye sighed heavily.

"Playing hide-and-seek with me?" Ling Xingye snorted coldly, "I don't believe that your performance tonight will also be cancelled."

He is going to go back to the theater and wait.

At this time, Ling Xingye's cell phone rang suddenly.

It is a number that is rarely contacted.

"Senior Sister Feifei?" Ling Xingye's face appeared in Ling Xingye's mind.

The fifth senior sister of Ling's class - Ling Feifei.

When chatting with Sister Yang before, it was mentioned that Ling Feifei seemed to have returned to the circus and revived the circus with Lu Xuyang.

"Junior Brother! Is Sister Yang by your side?" As soon as the call was connected, there was a question from the other side.

Ling Xingye opened his mouth, and finally told the truth...

"Is it really missing?" Ling Feifei said, "Sister Yang hasn't contacted me since yesterday."

"I'm investigating information about the enemy and Sister Yang's whereabouts," Ling Xingye said.

"Little brother, you can just collect the information, don't act recklessly! Senior sister, I'll rush over!"

After Ling Feifei finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

Just in case, she specifically notified several other senior brothers.

Looking at the phone with the screen turned off, Ling Xingye smiled wryly and said: "The matter is getting worse..."

In the following time, while waiting patiently for the show to start, Ling Xingye asked his subordinates and Saten Ruiko to continue to investigate the case of the disappearance of the magic show personnel.

But after waiting until eight o'clock in the evening, there was no movement in the theater.

"Could it be that the show has been cancelled?" Ling Xingye asked doubtfully.

At this moment, Hitomi Shiranui's phone call came.

"Xingye, look at this!"

While talking, Shiranui Tong sent Ling Xingye a link.

Ling Xingye opened it, and it turned out to be the latest notice about the magic show tonight.

According to Baoliang's explanation, the venue of the magic show has also become part of the magic this time.

Only those who have tickets in their hands can find the destination.

Ling Xingye paced back and forth at the entrance of the theater, and finally couldn't help but rushed in to find out.

Sure enough, there was no one in the huge theater!

"Damn it!" Ling Xingye cursed and left in a hurry.

Go straight all the way back to the command center in the speakeasy.

Ling Xingye is going to sit in the command center and concentrate resources on finding Bao Liang and Sister Yang.

The official will not open a case for investigation, so he can only rely on himself.

This made Ling Xingye feel pressured and malicious.

While Ling Xingye was waiting anxiously, someone suddenly came to visit.

But it was Tu Yumen Motoharu.

Ling Xingye was puzzled: Why did he come here?And it was obviously coming for me.

"Finally found it!" Tu Yumen Yuanchun rushed into the command center and dragged Ling Xingye away.

"There are too many people here. Let's talk about it in another place!"

So Ling Xingye took him to a lounge next door.

"Cough, something is wrong!" Tsuchimikado Motoharu said, "Xingye, do you still remember those knights who came across the sea not long ago?"

Ling Xingye nodded: "Of course. What's the matter? Are they here again?"

"Almost." Tsuchimikado Motoharu said, "But this time it's a bigger thing, and it's not our Puritanism, but the Orthodox Church's private revenge."

He paused, and then said: "This time, it's a whole fleet—the Queen's Fleet of the Queen of the Adriatic Sea!"

"Huh?" Ling Xingye looked bewildered, a little unable to grasp what Tu Yumen Yuanchun was talking about.

But Tsuchimikado Motoharu didn't mean to explain, but went on to say: "At the same time, there is something even worse - God's Right Seat!"

===Chapter [-] The Queen's Fleet and God's Right Seat===

"..."

Facing Tu Yumen Yuanchun's expression of "I told the shocking news", Ling Xingye could only express his confusion.

It even feels like the appearance of Saten Ruiko when she introduced the urban legend, which makes people want to laugh...

The two looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

After a while, Tsuchimikado Motoharu suddenly realized: "Uh...it's my fault, I thought you Xingye as someone from our side..."

"So, can you explain what you said just now?" Ling Xingye said, "I can only judge that this time it is the Orthodox Church who is looking for trouble?"

"That's it." Tsuchimikado Motoharu nodded.

"But to be honest," Ling Xingye frowned, "It doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, does it?"

He consciously has no grievances with the magic side, at most he is more familiar with Amakusa Shiki and Kanzaki Kaori.

To this, Tsuchimikado Motoharu just chuckled.

--It's ok?how is this possible!Among other things, just because you are a member of Academy City, you are already on the opposite side of the Orthodox Church!

Not to mention, Ling Xingye also participated in the previous series of events involving the Orthodox Church.

Even if it is not the main aspect of the contradiction, it is enough to attract the attention of the Orthodox Church.

Ling Xingye noticed the expression on the other party's face: "Okay, can you tell me what's going on?"

To be honest, Ling Xingye didn't have the heart to take care of these things at this time, he just wanted to find Baoliang and Sister Yang as soon as possible.

"Well, don't worry. I'm just here to inform and remind you." Tsuchimikado Motoharu sensed Ling Xingye's attitude, "Do you still remember the Sister Agnes team not long ago?"

"Remember, it was the time you took us out of the country illegally."

"The nuns disappeared after being defeated by the Amakusa Shiki, and their whereabouts are still unknown." Tsuchimikado Motoharu shrugged and spread his hands, "And they, especially the leader, Sister Agnes, are actually very important figures in the Orthodox Church. .”

"Not only that, in the past few days, the two magicians under your command..." Tsuchimikado Motoharu continued, "One of them—Tuesday of Confession, Lidovia, is said to have disappeared as well."

Ling Xingye recalled that at that time, he did receive a report that the arrest failed and the target escaped.Lidovia is still wanted by the guards.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu said: "So, in order to recover the nuns imprisoned by Academy City, the Orthodox Church launched a retaliatory action."

"But they weren't arrested by Academy City, right?" Ling Xingye questioned, but then remembered the bottomless shady scene behind this city, and suddenly lost confidence, "Well, at least as far as I know..."

"Well, it's not important." Tsuchimikado Motoharu smiled sarcastically, "The key is that the nuns did disappear near Academy City. For the radicals of the Orthodox Church, all they need is an excuse."

"So you sent the fleet?" Ling Xingye said incredulously, "Are they trying to start a war? Speaking of which, is your so-called fleet the one I understand?"

"That's right, it's a literal fleet." Tsuchimikado Motoharu nodded, "The 'Queen's Fleet' is a large fleet with the flagship 'Queen of the Adriatic Sea' at its core and more than a hundred frigates. Fleet. The flagship 'Queen of the Adriatic Sea' is even more of a colossus of two hundred meters long."

"Really? I've never heard that the Vatican still has a fleet of this size?"

"Well, it's a fleet, but it's actually a spiritual outfit. After all, it's something on the magic side." Motoharu Tsuchimikado explained, "This is also the spiritual outfit of the famous Roman Orthodox magic 'Queen of the Adriatic Sea'. It belongs to One of the 'Ten Forms of the Holy Spirit' that the Orthodox Church is proud of."

After Tu Yumen Motoharu's introduction, Ling Xingye learned that this large fleet was actually made of ice, and its shape was also an ancient sailing warship.

It was not the modern warship that Ling Xingye had imagined.

But this doesn't make people feel much easier, because this is "magic", and things like "magic" are often unreasonable.

"Legends say that this is magic created to destroy Venice. Its power can wipe out the city from physical to conceptual existence!" Motoharu Tsuchimikado said, "Now, you should be able to guess that this Is the purpose of the fleet coming?"

"Destroy Academy City completely?" Ling Xingye said in disbelief, "There is such a domineering thing?"

Knowing the existence of "magic", Ling Xingye did not shout "impossible".

If the "Queen of the Adriatic Sea" really possesses the power introduced by Motoharu Mido, destroying Academy City is an obvious option - because the existence of Academy City will be erased at the same time, so there will be no negative effects .If it were Ling Xingye himself, he would also make such a choice.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu muttered: "But as far as I know, the target of this magic should be completely limited to Venice, and it is impossible to target any other target other than Venice. It seems that they have found a way to lift the restriction?"

"Come to attack at this time? I don't care about ordinary tourists in Academy City." Ling Xingye rubbed his brows: "However, it's useless even if you tell me about this kind of thing? Even if I have a law enforcement team under me, it doesn't matter." A way to attack the fleet."

Tu Yumen Yuanchun laughed twice, he originally wanted to attract the attention of the "Silver" organization behind Ling Xingye.

But that's not the point...