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Chapter 2443 War and Peace
Chapter 2443 War and Peace
Director Anros had no objection to Xia De's help. The middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance showed a troubled look on his face:
"What other clues could there be? The person who wanted to trade with us at the time probably saw something and wandered around before leaving. After we tracked him here, we found this house. The other party is definitely not an ordinary person. This place looks like a secret agent's safe house.
I suspect the man went out the back of the house and into the sewer. But we don't have enough manpower here, and it's too dangerous to send anyone into the sewer. I'll stay here and search the house. If you're interested, go to the sewer and take a look.
Oh, beware the Gray Gloves and the City Gang, the former are looking for that information, the latter are looking for that card."
"Mr. Watson, who are you?"
The coroner could not help speaking when Shad and Mr. Albert came together to the sewer entrance at the back of the house.
Xia De glanced at him:
"It's just to make a living. After all, people of our status don't spend every day fighting or selling potions on the black market."
"But you."
"Although you are not an ordinary person, you are still a coroner and still know many ordinary people. I am the same as you. When I first met you, I never thought that you were the leader of [Eternal Light]."
Xia De directly said what both of them understood:
"Everyone's past experiences will affect what they do now, but you see, you can rely on your secret identity to help us find clues quickly, and I can also rely on my identity to easily ask answers from those who would never open their mouths. In this respect, we are indeed the same."
"No, no, I can't compare to you."
Mr. Albert shook his head and watched Shad open the cover of the sewer. The two of them turned into a red butterfly and a bat and flew down.
"I first came into contact with [Eternal Light] because I was frustrated and received help from members of this organization. At that time, they were just a small organization and had no ring sorcerers. Later, I learned about their ideals and practices, and I thought this organization was great. My whole life seemed to be fooled by fate, and at that time I thought: Maybe I should do something."
There was a very thin fog in the sewer, and there was almost no light in the fog, which made Xia De, who was used to the thick fog in Yuewan, a little uncomfortable. There was a slight echo when the two talked, and the stench of the entire sewer was really exaggerated.
Xia De listened to the heartbeat and made sure that there was no one nearby before continuing:
"Speaking of which, I just realized one thing recently. Whenever the Viscount and I want to focus our investigation on [Eternal Light], you can always find a new direction for us to investigate and let us do other things."
The coroner in a burqa smiled helplessly:
"You and him are too powerful, I don't want to expose my identity in front of you. After all, at that time, the [Eternal Light] in your mind was not a good organization. Remember? You found that some time ago, almost all the people who planned to leave [Eternal Light] had their heads exploded into light."
He explained without waiting for Xia De to ask:
"We didn't do it, and we don't have the ability to do so. It was the Light Worshipers' Institute that tried to force us to become part of their organization in this way."
Mr. Albert stopped Shade from trying to observe the footprints in the sewer, and squinted his eyes. Then, in the darkness, the blood-sucking species' eyes lit up with a faint white light:
"You should understand that once we are completely pushed into the direction of 'villains', it will be impossible for us not to become part of the [Light Worshipers' Seminar]. After all, sometimes our actions are indeed very radical, and the official has always had a bad impression of us. But fortunately, I managed to find the 'Light Chaser' alone before the situation escalated further."
"You beat him?"
Xia De looked at the coroner in surprise, and the latter immediately shook his head:
"Of course not, but at least I showed that I was not afraid of their light. Later we reached a deal that the [Eternal Light] could not cooperate with the [Dragon Feast Cult], and the [Light Worshipers' Seminar] would also give up on letting us join them. Now that I think about it, this should be an attempt to weaken the [Dragon Feast Cult] and make the affairs of the Chosen Ones more complicated."
It seems that Ptolemy Albert also knew about the Chosen One:
"My eyes can capture the traces of light left in space. In this dark sewer, the light left on them who just walked out of the fog is very obvious. Come with me, Mr. Watson, but be careful of the monsters lurking in the sewer now."
In addition to the monsters created by the changes in light, the invasion of death, and the filth of the earth, there are now many vampire beasts and monsters mixed with dragon blood underground in Yuewan.
Shad was very worried about whether Mr. Feringa and Miss Brown would get into trouble because he and the coroner were moving through the stinking sewers and even encountered water ghosts that usually only moved in large lakes and seas:
"Could this thing have crawled in from the entrance of the sewer?"
Anyway, they kept moving forward, and finally Shad and Mr. Albert stopped next to an upward iron ladder.
The two climbed out one after another. Xia De only took a glance around and recognized where this place was:
"The Parsifal Club is just one street away. Did they go there?"
Everyone had been here when they were looking for Captain Rudolph, so Mr. Albert also knew that not-so-decent place. So he cast a spell to clean up the smell on the two people, squinting his eyes and taking another look:
"Looks like they're heading to the club, let's go"
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
At the intersection ahead, which was covered by the dense fog, continuous gunshots rang out. Shade immediately took out a pistol from his pocket, and then found that Mr. Albert was also carrying a gun.
"I've been in the downtown area for a long time, how could I not carry a gun?"
The coroner explained, and the two of them quickly approached the intersection ahead under the cover of fog.
This was the main road of the city, a complex "Y"-shaped three-way intersection. At this time, using carriages, sandbags, tables, chairs and benches as cover, three different parties were shooting from three directions at the intersection.
There were more than ten people in the direction of Mr. Shade and Mr. Albert, and they were also the largest group. They must be local city gangs, as could be seen from their clothing and the types of guns they used.
The red butterfly and the bat flew to the top of the Yuewan City Bank building on the east side of the fork in the road, and stood on the spire-like rooftop to watch the battle below:
"City gangs, grey gloves, MI6 agents are fighting."
The coroner spoke softly, and judging by the situation, it was clear that the city gangs had the upper hand, with the total number of agents on both sides being less than ten.
"This is probably the pattern of future wars in the Old World."
Xia De also looked down:
"The South and the North are fighting, and there is also a third party force secretly trying to break away from the order of the two major kingdoms of the North and the South."
"Mr. Watson, from the perspective of justice, who do you think we should support?"
M. Albert asked again, and Chat looked at him:
"You mean the group of people down there?"
"No, I mean the future war."
"If I had my own country, I would consider it just. But I'm sorry, I don't identify with any country, so... this is just part of the process of civilization. If I see soldiers murdering civilians, I will stop them; if I see the war spreading to villages, I will help them escape. But I will not help any army defeat the other side. This is not my responsibility."
“So, the progress of civilization itself is unjust? Just like the emergence of steam factories promoted the progress of social productivity, but also caused a large number of social problems.”
The coroner asked again, which made Shad wonder if he had a degree in sociology in addition to his medical degree.
"You seem to be trying to convince me of the core ideals of your organization."
The stranger took a deep breath in the fog:
“Civilization itself is barbaric and absurd, and we now stand on the top of the bank of a large and developed city, and laugh at the absurdity of the people in the age of castles, knights, and lords;
But in the future, a more civilized generation will stand on the top of taller buildings, looking at the glass panels in their hands and laughing at us of this era for being evil.
Mr. Albert, we must give time to civilization, and we must also give time to civilization. We should not use a time span of several decades to evaluate civilization. After all, compared with ethnic groups and civilizations, we who have survived for less than 50 years are too small. "
M. Albert nodded slowly, and said nothing more of the subject:
"Let's go. The people we are looking for are not here. They avoided the Parsifal Club and went in the opposite direction."
The red butterflies and the bats flew away in the fog. As Shad used more magic and his relationship with Grace and Helen improved, he was more comfortable using the "Red Butterfly Incarnation". In the past, he had to worry about schizophrenia due to long-term use of magic, but now there is no problem as long as it is not too long.
Mr. Albert changed back into human form from time to time to conduct reconnaissance in the fog. The two of them moved forward and finally came to the riverside street of the Taton River. Fortunately, this time it was not the Moon Bay Bridge which had not yet been completed.
At this point, the sound of gunfire became louder. The people chasing the box of documents and the card met again and started to exchange fire. The two men bypassed the crowd fighting in the fog and continued to move forward. Not long after, they finally saw Mr. Feringa carrying a suitcase and Miss Brown who was shot in the arm but still insisted on moving forward on the river bank.
They were both wearing ordinary civilian clothes, Mr. Feringa in overalls and a black coat, and Miss Brown in a floral skirt and a beige hat. After not seeing each other for half a year, their bodies had not changed much, but they had changed their hairstyles, and they both covered their lower faces with black cloth, which was a good way to conceal their identities in the fog.
(End of this chapter)