Civilization Guardian Front

Seeing this, the two looked at each other, nodded, and stretched out their left hands together.

""Executor Chios Pesheim (Tifa Lockhart) requests permission to use the calendar. ""

[The application of the executor team has been accepted, the calendar will be opened soon, and the countdown will start: 10, 9, 8...]

[3, 2, 1... calendar unfolds]

hum...

A burst of fluctuations invisible to the naked eye spread out from three steps in front of the two of them.

The atmosphere was pushed away by some unknown force, and in the void, a speck of crystal quickly stretched and extended, forming a transparent mirror surface two meters long and wide in the blink of an eye.

"This is the calendar mirror..." the girl murmured.

"let's go."

Without wasting time admiring the spectacle in front of him, Chios took Tifa's hand, took a compass, and stepped towards the transparent mirror.

...

The moment the two executors stepped into the mirror of time and space, under the Atlantic Ocean...

A huge nuclear-powered submarine with a total length of more than 300 meters, which is far beyond the conventional, is quietly submerging.

Inside the submarine, there is a small museum with dinosaurs, paleontological fossils and animal specimens.

A man in his 20s, with a tall, slender body and a 19th-century British suit, held an old-fashioned pipe lightly in one hand, looking at the collection in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

A burst of invisible ripples swept across...

No shock was caused, but the calm expression on the man's face suddenly subsided.

"Crimson light... no... it's the power fluctuation of Li Jing..."

Frowning, he turned his head to the northeast where the ripples appeared, and whispered to himself:

"Can actually avoid my reasoning, who is it?"

But soon, the man's eyebrows stretched again, and he brought the pipe close to the corner of his slightly raised mouth.

"Whoever you are, I'm already interested..."

"Presumably the same is true of the "past me". "

...

西元1997年7月29日19：00

Northeast of Honshu, Japan, Aomori Prefecture, Asamushi Onsen Station in Aomori City...

Once a year, starting with the eve festival and fireworks display in Asamushi Onsen on 08/01, a 7-day grand festival: "Aomori Nebuta Festival" will be held soon.

Therefore, in the past few days, a large number of foreign tourists have poured into Aomori City, including Asamushi Onsen, a peaceful hot spring town on weekdays. Many hot spring hotels are also full of guests looking forward to the festival.

At night, in the shadow of the overpass in front of the railway station, with a wave of invisible ripples spreading, a transparent mirror quietly unfolded...

Stepping out of the mirror in black high boots, the handsome young man in a navy blue cloak with gold pattern on his shoulders and a white aristocratic dress calmly stepped into this world.

Then, he took the right hand of the woman's slender hand and gently moved it, as if a gentleman led a lady out of the carriage, and gracefully led a beautiful black-haired girl in a long dress with black background and silver patterns to follow.

The second the girl walked out of the mirror, the door connecting the two times behind them quickly closed and disappeared into the void.

"Asamushi Onsen..." Looking at the name of the station in the eye-catching writing on the building wall in front of him, Chios couldn't help but raise his mouth slightly.

"Heh, where the expected plot takes place."

"Speaking of festivals in Aomori, the first and most likely one is the Nebuta Festival..." Consciousness called out the heraldic light curtain, and after confirming the local time, Tifa responded to the youth's words:

"The only problem is that there will be a fireworks display on the eve of the festival and the last day, which is difficult to guess, but it still doesn't bother you."

"Two four- and five-year-old children ran out from the shrine on the outskirts of the city to watch the festival, and it was impossible to buy a ticket to the center of Aomori..."

After pointing his finger towards the station and comparing the low mountains and forests outside the town under the night, the young man spread his hands and calmly concluded:

"Unless they walk ten kilometers on foot, the most likely result is that there are many Asagi from Sanlin Shrines near the town. Of course, it is the most time-saving and labor-saving to be able to accurately locate the time and place with a compass."

"Well, knowing you're smart..."

While speaking, Tifa pushed his partner from behind.

Chios paused because of this, and when he turned around, he saw the black-haired girl with her hands on her hips, and said in a helpless tone:

"But let's get out of this dark corner first, I don't want to be taken for a sneaky weirdo by passers-by."

The young man shrugged nonchalantly.

"Isn't it normal for a nobleman to choose this kind of place for cheating? But having a private meeting with his fiancée shouldn't count as cheating..."

Just kidding so far.

Seeing Tifa's hands in black leather studded gloves slowly clenched into fists, Chios swung his dark blue cloak, turned around and walked onto the sidewalk.

"Let's go, first find a place to stay for the next few days, and then visit Xingjia Shrine late at night."

Tifa stared blankly at the young man's skillful, easy-to-advance and retreat demeanor...

In the end, he could only sigh softly, step out with his long legs, and follow the opponent's back.

Chapter 180: Seeking Stars at Night

There are many hot spring towns in Japan, and Asamushi is one of the relatively small towns. If the annual Aomori Nebuta Festival does not start here, few tourists from outside Aomori City will come here.

Therefore, without the attraction of a metropolis or a tourist attraction, naturally there will be fewer five-star hotel groups to enter.However, five-star hotels generally only have more facilities in the hotel, with gymnasiums and more than two high-end restaurants. This does not mean that there are no four-star and three-star hotels that are comparable in refinement. There are deficiencies.

Among the local hotels, the highest star rating is the four-star hotel: Southern House? Sea Fan Pavilion.

Not far from the station, and facing the sea view of Lu'ao Bay, plus the only special room on the top floor, it naturally became Chios' first choice.

Walk along the county road No. 269 from the station and go straight south for more than [-] meters, and you will see the main entrance of a large dark beige building that is rare in the town.

Although it is already night, the sky is not completely dark yet due to the midsummer season and the high latitude. The eastern sky is getting darker and darker blue, bit by bit overpowering the remaining red glow in the west. The two colors of day and night are intertwined above the head. into a moving canvas.

In front of the main entrance of Haifan Pavilion, many tourists who have just finished a day of sightseeing return to the hotel by car or on foot.

At this time, a pair of men and women in eye-catching clothes stepped into the sight of everyone.

The moment they saw the appearance of the two through the afterglow of the sunset, almost everyone lost their words...

Their exquisite facial features seem to come from the most careful carving of the Creator. Their black hair swayed gently with the sea breeze in Mutsu Bay. The long dresses of nobles, one white and one black, seem to be out of touch with modern clothing, but they are not worn on handsome young people and beautiful girls. There is no sense of disobedience.

Especially the slender young man who was walking in front, even though his tall and straight figure was just a normal walk, he still exuded an elegant and noble temperament, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone around him.

It wasn't until the slight sound of the automatic door opening that the passengers in front of the Haifan Pavilion came back to their senses. When they turned their heads, a man and a woman had passed the crowd and entered the hotel.

Sea Fan Court Hotel Lobby...

The woman at the back of the counter who was looking down at the documents in her hands sensed that there was a guest in front of the counter, immediately put on a standard smile, raised her head and asked politely:

"Welcome to Southern House? Sea Fan Pavilion, do you want to check in... stay...?"

Even though she had said greetings hundreds of times, she still lost her former proficiency when she saw the face of the visitor, and her mind went blank for a while.

"Yes, we would like to stay in a special room for three days."

Chios, who was already fully immune to other people's gaze, seemed to have not noticed the other party's gaffe at all, and continued:

"My fiancée and I are going on a private trip this time. Due to some personal reasons, I hope to settle the payment directly in cash, and by the way save you the trouble of recording information..."

Speaking of this, a stack of ten thousand yuan banknotes suddenly appeared in the young man's hand, and he placed it on the counter table.Tifa behind him cooperatively took a step sideways at this moment, in front of the secret glances of other people in the hall.

Immediately, Chios' finger drew an arrow pattern in the void, circled around the periphery of the rune, and finally cut it in half from the middle.

Rune of Light? Woe

As soon as the lavender runes appeared, the eyes of the female counter staff who were unconsciously attracted by Chios' gesture suddenly became a little blank.

"A kind and lovely woman like you wouldn't hesitate to do me this favor, would you?"

The young woman who was praised by the youth did not show any shyness or panic on her face, but showed a submissive smile.

"Yes, it's all on me."

...

an hour later...

After a quick dinner, Chios and Tifa walked out of the restaurant "Sea Road" on the second floor.

"Rune magic is really convenient..." Thinking back to Chios' method earlier, Tifa couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"It can actually affect people's hearts and save us a lot of trouble."

Going back to the past through the mirror, it is not troublesome to be witnessed or even take some unclear photos. I am afraid that leaving official identity information will become inescapable evidence of presence.

If you don't want to be targeted by Japan's armed prosecutors for the time being, you should try your best to avoid filling in paper or electronic materials.

As long as there is no clear proof, even the vicious dogs of the police zero class will have nothing to do with Chios, who is a British nobleman.

"The essence of the rune of light is to illuminate and break the illusion, and its opposite is to deceive and confuse hints. Even so, it can only have an effect on mortals with weaker spirits..."

The young man walking beside Tifa shook his head slightly as he spoke.

"For a plot character with some ability, this little trick probably has no other purpose except to arouse the hostility of the other party."

"That's right, we still have to do our best in key matters..."

Before the girl finished speaking, she was interrupted by the young man:

"No, speaking of it, it's not necessarily useless."

The long, narrow and deep purple eyes narrowed a bit, and a slight smile appeared on Chios' indifferent face, and he pressed his finger to the elevator button.

"The Xingga Shrine that we're going to go to next, there are some good test subjects..."

At this moment, Tifa inexplicably felt that the gentle aura of the young man beside him suddenly disappeared.

Instead, there is a dark and cold mystery, as if you can smell the sweet and depraved smell from it, which makes you feel chills down your spine, but you can't help but want to get closer.

Ding...

The elevator doors opened to both sides, Chios flicked the non-existent dust on the cloak, and walked in.

Standing inside the elevator, he turned around to face the girl outside the door, his demeanor had returned to his usual gentleness.

"The next destination, Yinggu."

...

The east of Asamushi Hot Spring Town is blocked by many mountains. The locals call it Machang Mountain, and the valley between the two mountains is called Yinggu.

The time came to 20:17, and the sky was completely dark.

The farther away from the center of the town and headed towards the mountains, the fewer street lights on both sides, and the roads that originally allowed two-way vehicles gradually narrowed.

Without choosing a transportation vehicle, and without even using the flashlight, Chios and Tifa walked unhurriedly on the deserted road.

Continuing to go deeper into the valley, except for the dark forest under the night, there are scarecrows planted in the silent valley farmland, swaying like ghosts in the lack of lighting vision.The rustling sound of the breeze brushing the blades of grass echoed in my ears, and there were occasional violent shaking in the bushes and ditches.

Living in such a lonely and quiet mountain, the heart is not stable in the dead of night...

Perhaps it was also for this reason that most of the farmhouses in the fields that Chios saw were uninhabited, and they were just places where utensils were piled up.Farmers enter Yinggu Valley to work in the fields during the day, and return to Asamushi or the urban area near the sea in Aomori in the evening.

Holding the compass of fate in the palm, its ability to change the end point of the mirror will disappear after applying for the permission of the mirror, but it can still guide them to the location of the plot target locked at the beginning.

The frequency of needle shaking on the compass increased, which also meant that they were getting closer to Xingjia Shrine.

"Singa..."

"As a test site to test the strength of the world's interference in this mission, what surprises will it give me?"

Chapter 180 Two? The Sad Puppet

Deep into Yingying Valley, the road to the east forks between two fields.

The slightly wider road leads to the deepest part of the valley on the right, while the road directly ahead narrows sharply, leaving only a small path that barely allows the two of them to walk side by side.

The line of sight stretched forward along the path, and there was a hill with dense forests in front of it. The faint moonlight could not penetrate the layers of branches and leaves, and the darkness covered the follow-up direction of the path.

Like the mouth of an abyss, devouring everything that goes too deep into this place...

"I found it. The Xingjia Shrine is in this mountain..." Seeing the compass pointer in his palm pointing straight forward, Chios whispered to the girl behind him:

"But we can't approach it directly. The shrine maidens who have never welcomed outsiders will only drive us away and leave an impression on them. Therefore, we first sneaked into the forest in the mountains to observe."