Academy City's Puppet Master

"Well, my safety is up to you."

"By the way," Hitomi Shiranui asked again, "Xingye, are you sure you don't want to use the new puppet you received yesterday?"

Ling Xingye shook his head: "It's not a good thing to change generals at this time. And...it is Yanshi's creation after all."

Recalling last night, after seeing the new puppet "Harlequin" at the door, he immediately received a call from Commander Hua, reminding him that this puppet was the work of a puppeteer and told him to use it with caution.

Therefore, Ling Xingye simply checked the clown, but didn't intend to replace it with it.

"If the Harlequin is really better, I think it's better to switch to it." Hitomi Shiranui suggested, "But Xingye has to make up his own mind about this kind of thing."

"I don't know whether it is better now," Ling Xingye shrugged, "but I will study it carefully."

Go back to the abandoned neighborhood that is the battlefield and wait until midnight.After confirming that the water in the rear did not arrive early, Ling Xingye set foot on the way home.

For the next two days, Ling Xingye spent the rest of his time getting familiar with the battlefield except going home to sleep at night.

As a puppeteer, since he wants to "perform on stage", being familiar with the stage is the most basic job.

……

10 month 23 day.

There was less than a day left before the duel date.

The water behind has already set foot on the ground of Academy City.

Since the events of the Crusades, the security level of Academy City has increased again.But for the water behind, it is still useless.

He didn't even make up on purpose, and just entered the enemy camp in such a grandiose manner.

However, the moment he stepped into this land, the water behind knew that he had been exposed.

After all, it is the headquarters of the science side, and it is also the territory of that Aleister.Backwaters was not surprised by this result.

"This is the benefit of having a fight." Water from the Back said to himself, "Come here with dignity. After all, there is only one goal. Even Aleister will not stop me because of this."

"That's not necessarily the case. After all, the opportunity to eliminate a God's Right Seat is not common."

A voice suddenly came from the back of Zhishui's ear: "The war book has been issued in advance, which means that Academy City can also prepare in advance, and it is not like being caught off guard by surprise attacks twice before."

"I don't like sneak attacks, so it doesn't matter. Even if there is a war, the result will not change." Backwater said confidently, "Also, don't hide, show up!"

At first, he thought it was Chairman Aleister who had discovered him, but listening to the other party's words, it didn't look like Academy City.

The water behind reacted immediately and locked the source of the sound.

Sure enough, a shadow on the side of the road suddenly rippled like water waves.

He saw a colorful figure appearing in front of him.

"Joker?" Backwater was surprised by the image of the other party, "Who are you?"

"Don't worry, I'm just watching the fun." The clown shrugged.

The water behind obviously didn't think so.

In one step, he suddenly narrowed the distance and came to the clown.

The iron rod shaped like a knight's gun roared and swept out.

"Hahaha."

The clown laughed dully, his figure dissipated, and then appeared in the distance.

"Don't be careless, go all out." The clown said.

"Playing with mystery!" The water from behind approached again and swung out the iron rod.

This time, the clown raised his hand and easily blocked the iron rod with just one finger.

"Recognize who is the real enemy, God's Right Seat." The clown laughed.

Then, under the astonished eyes of Zhishui behind, the iron rod started to move again, and the whistling sound reappeared, as if it was just pressing the pause button just now.

The clown was sent flying into the sky with a stick.Disappear.

===Chapter 58 Sudden Encounter===

23:45.

Ling Xingye looked at the time, and after a while, it would be the duel day agreed in the gauntlet.

"It seems that the water in the rear will not make surprise attacks." Ling Xingye picked up his travel bag and was about to leave the wasteland that was the battlefield.

Abandon the streets.

Over the past few days, the information from Kanzaki Kaori and Sister Yang has greatly enriched Ling Xingye's understanding of the person behind Zhishui.

Although he is an enemy, the water in the rear is the type to act honestly.

In other words, it can also be considered extremely conceited, so I disdain to use such small means as sneak attack.

Now that the gauntlet has been issued, he will definitely come to kill him dignifiedly at the appointed time.

"If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have to wait here." Ling Xingye said to himself.

The time agreed in the gauntlet is ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

So Ling Xingye decided to go back and take a good rest to recharge his batteries for the decisive battle.

The battle was imminent, but Ling Xingye was very calm.

The enemy this time is indeed very strong, but compared to the previous undeclared wars and surprise attacks, Ling Xingye felt very relieved to receive the letter of war in advance and have time to prepare.

He's a puppeteer, and as a stage performer, the thing he hates most is the unexpected.

The venue, props, audience and even opponents... Prepare everything, and then perform smoothly and orderly according to the script-this is Ling Xingye's favorite situation.

It's a pity that in the past, whether it was the book competition or all kinds of messy events since the summer vacation, they were almost all sudden encounters, and he was not given much time to prepare.

"Although it's really annoying to suddenly come out and say that you want to kill me," Ling Xingye said to himself, "but as an enemy, you still know the rules."

Ling Xingye walked on the street at a leisurely pace, feeling unexpectedly relaxed.He feels that he is in good condition, as long as he sleeps well tonight, he will definitely be able to perform perfectly tomorrow.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange incongruity out of the corner of his eye.

The same dare to appear on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road.

Ling Xingye turned his head to look, and saw a tall and strong man among the pedestrians on the opposite side, standing there like an outlier, and looking at himself.

The figure is one aspect, the key is the strong sense of presence exuded from him.

The pedestrians around didn't feel it yet, but Ling Xingye was no stranger to this feeling.

That is the aura of a strong man...

"Ah, here comes a troublesome feeling." Ling Xingye said to himself.

In the past two days, Ling Xingye has seen all kinds of information about the water behind, including photos.

"I just said that you are very disciplined..."

Unexpectedly, the other party appeared at this time.It happened to be when Ling Xingye was most relaxed and almost unguarded.

The water in the back obviously also saw Ling Xingye.

Across a four-lane road, the eyes of the two met and collided.

"Ling Xing Ye!" The voice of the water behind seemed to ring directly in his ears.

The passers-by around him also noticed something strange, and couldn't help speeding up their steps to move away from this bear-like burly man.

The road was full of traffic, and because it was late at night, there was an endless stream of large construction vehicles headed to the No.13 school district.

The large vans coming and going cut the sight of the two of them again and again.

But neither Ling Xingye nor the water behind did not look away, let alone other actions.

It is like two sculptures standing quietly on both sides of the road.

Another truck drove by.

Finally, Ling Xingye made a move.

Not daring to be careless, he fixed his eyes on Zhishui behind him, and slowly took out the phone from his pocket with his right hand.

One-key speed dial, directly connected to the main server of "mail sending and receiving".

"Order, lock my location and evacuate all personnel within a three-kilometer radius."

Ten seconds later, among the pedestrians coming and going, someone suddenly lowered their heads to check their mobile phone emails.

And there are a lot of them.

Then, the people who read the mail looked up and looked around, then stepped away from here, and called other passers-by to leave together.

Several gangs of delinquent teenagers rushed into the shops on the street, and after a while, all the shops closed their doors.

There wasn't much commotion, and the evacuation went so smoothly that even Ling Xingye was a little surprised.

During this period, the water behind seemed not to notice what was happening around him, allowing pedestrians to flee here.

As everyone knows, the water behind was caught off guard by this sudden encounter.

He really didn't think about a surprise attack, and he came to Academy City half a day early, just to avoid being late, and to allow time for finding and locking the target.

But he didn't expect to find Ling Xingye himself so easily.

The Water in the Back had no intention of starting the fight now, but obviously the other side didn't think so.

The moment the eyes of the two collided, he felt that Ling Xingye had entered a combat state of full alert, and could attack at any time.

In the face of the enemy's reaction, it is naturally impossible for the water in the rear to remain indifferent.

To be honest, he didn't mind the duel being early.

At the same time, the water behind also secretly used the technique of "expelling idlers" to avoid involving irrelevant people in the ensuing battle.

On the opposite side, Ling Xingye seemed to have taken a similar action, and the process of clearing the field was extremely smooth.

Both of them clearly realized that the moment when all passers-by left was the moment when they started fighting.