Free Web NovelLess than five minutes after Vivian left the apartment for the Angel Rose Theater, Lu Yibei also returned to the apartment.
Leaning against the wall, like a migratory bird briefly resting, she waited outside Vivian's apartment window, stepping on the protruding eaves of the apartment building's exterior wall.
That's right, before entering the apartment, she had Nanling Yaohua secretly infiltrate it beforehand to help her scout out the situation.
Although she could sense the presence of most spiritual energy fluctuations through her spiritual perception, and coupled with the special ability of her eyes, she could completely eliminate hidden threats within the apartment and the possibility of running into Vivian head-on before even entering.
However, there were some things she couldn't detect in advance: those strange eye-printed trademarks closely linked to a powerful urban legend.
After leaving the convenience store near Zhongliu God's basement rental, Lu Yibei had been paying attention to those eerie trademarks along the way.
LED screens on skyscrapers, subway advertisements, various common goods... products bearing those strange trademarks had completely integrated into the lives of the Free City's citizens, almost omnipresent.
Considering Miss Vivian's financial situation, Lu Yibei felt that when she purchased daily necessities, she would most likely choose good quality and inexpensive goods produced by the Trademark Strange company.
In other words, her home was probably filled with those eerie trademarks.
When Yu Yinchuan left that basement rental after assassinating Zhongliu God, he made a very obvious move—he looked back at the strange trademark on the refrigerator, which indicated some unspeakable relationship between him and the Trademark Strange.
Now, infiltrating Zhongliu God's home in Yu Yinchuan's guise and discovering that Zhongliu God died from a gunshot wound, the Trademark Strange must have 100% noticed it...
Lu Yibei couldn't guarantee that when she changed from "Yu Yinchuan" to "Blue Yi," she wasn't detected by some eye printed on a trademark, hidden in a dark corner.
Therefore, without knowing what the Trademark Strange intended to do, she felt it was very necessary to avoid the prying eyes of this urban legend, whose power had a strong tendency to bewitch people and carried a certain malice.
As for the vibration in the core of the Demoness Seed's main body, caused by the influence of the Trademark Strange's power, it was too slight to be considered for now.
Anyway, Lilim has always been a messy child, and she always gets inexplicably excited when she sees "unclean" things, so this doesn't prove anything...
Fortunately, those eerie trademarks didn't constantly operate the Trademark Strange's power; it seemed they only began to spy on their surroundings when specific conditions were met, as if their sensors were activated by the corresponding conditions, which offered a possibility of evasion.
But that was just a possibility; how could it be as reliable as Nanling Yaohua?
For most humans and urban legend, Nanling Yaohua, whose presence was almost zero, could be said to be the best scout in this world.
Thus, Lu Yibei finally unlocked the correct way to utilize Nanling Yaohua...
————
A moment later.
As soon as Nanling Yaohua's figure passed through the wall and floated lightly beside her, Lu Yibei quickly asked, "How's the situation inside?"
Nanling Yaohua shook her head and held up the small notebook in her hand.
"No problem, no ambush, and no strange trademarks. That woman isn't here either, but the problem is your Paper Cicada Immortal is also gone."
"Ah?" Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, letting out a surprised sound, "No strange trademarks? And Paper Cicada Immortal is gone?"
Nanling Yaohua had only written a short sentence in the small notebook, but she had obtained a large amount of information, and her mind was a bit muddled for a moment.
Coming back to her senses, Lu Yibei skillfully flipped through the window and entered the apartment.
Vivian's apartment was not large, and the space was almost open-plan; with a single glance, the living room, kitchen, and bed could all be seen.
Standing by the window, Lu Yibei, who had already activated the special ability of her eyes once today, took a deep breath, rubbed her somewhat dry and itchy eyes, and enduring the discomfort, once again activated the Goddess Beiling Seal, activating the special ability of her eyes.
As the flame-colored halo emerged from the edge of her vision and gradually converged to the center, the scene of the real world began to fade, and everything that had happened shortly before quietly unfolded before her eyes.
When she saw Paper Cicada Immortal cooperating like a seasoned double agent, shoulder to shoulder with a group of big men in black suits, heading to the Angel Rose Theater, Lu Yibei's eye twitched uncontrollably.
I really don't know where he learned such bad habits. Couldn't you at least resist a little?
Lu Yibei grumbled to herself while secretly analyzing the information she had obtained from the conversation between Paper Cicada Immortal and the big men.
"..."
It sounds like those guys should be Black Hand Mafia members? The name Constantine was mentioned in the information given by the Nameless Book good sister. He is not only a legendary demon hunter from M Country, a member of the first Black Night Alliance, but also one of the few Black Hand Mafia leaders in Free City and even M Country...
He wants to stop me from investigating further? Just because I appeared in Zhongliu God's basement rental earlier?
Are the Black Hand Mafia and the Trademark Strange working together? But why don't they want me to continue investigating? Is it because of that Guardian?
As Lu Yibei was thinking, the scene before her eyes changed again.
Shortly after Paper Cicada Immortal and the group of big men left, Vivian, who had returned to the apartment, turned on the main light and then very cautiously pulled out the dagger hidden near the shoe cabinet.
After that, Vivian, who received a call, quickly left the apartment. Judging from the content of her conversation, she seemed to be chasing Paper Cicada Immortal and also went to the Angel Rose.
"..."
This Miss Schiaparelli is not being honest! She actually secretly hired someone to investigate me?
It's just that I didn't expect her to have connections with the Angel Rose...
What kind of hellish place is that strip club? Black Hand Mafia, Yu Yinchuan, Vivian... why does everyone love going there? Lu Yibei thought.
As Vivian left her sight and the apartment plunged into darkness again, she slowly closed her eyes, preparing to end her prying and follow Vivian and Paper Cicada Immortal's footsteps to the Angel Rose to investigate.
However, after waiting for two seconds, when she opened her eyes again, she was slightly stunned.
The prying scene before her had not yet ended.
Shortly after Vivian left, with a creak, the apartment door was opened again.
"Click!" The sound of an old switch echoed, and the main light of the room was turned on. A man in a pure white suit, with a handsome appearance as if he had stepped out of a classical opera, appeared at the doorway.
Upon entering the room, he covered his nose with one hand and surveyed the surroundings with a look of utter disdain. He then strolled over to the sofa in the center of the room and sat down, leaning back and lighting a cigar. As he exhaled smoke, he gazed at the ceiling, which had a few faint mold spots, and muttered to himself. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
"I didn't expect our dear Miss Witch to run off and hide in a place like this after she left?"
"Oh? There isn't a single Ariel company product in the house? No wonder Ariel couldn't find her trace..."
"Speaking of which, that old man Constantine is surprisingly good at finding people. I should cooperate with him more in the future."
Despite his suspicious identity as a thief, he was speaking so presumptuously in someone else's home, and his demeanor was infuriating to witness.
However, Lu Yibei was not some justice-filled righteous companion; what she saw was only a past influence and could not be directly interfered with, unless... Time Princess was by her side.
So, she could only watch as the man in the white suit lingered in the room for a moment, then quietly departed.
As the discomfort in her eyes grew stronger and her vision detached from the past images, recalling the words of the man in the white suit, Lu Yibei's gaze deepened.
She had already noticed something suspicious from Nanling Yaohua's scouting results earlier—there wasn't a single product manufactured by the Trademark Strange company in Vivian's home.
This was clearly unreasonable!
Vivian's home didn't even have a single new item; she was so impoverished. Logically, the Trademark Strange's products, which were 20% to 30% cheaper on average than other manufacturers, should have been her best choice.
At first, Lu Yibei couldn't understand why Vivian would be such a spendthrift, but after hearing the words of the man in the white suit, she had some clues—Vivian was avoiding the Trademark Strange's surveillance!
"..."
It sounds like she escaped from some organization. Her codename is related to a witch, and both the Trademark Strange and the man in the white ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ suit are also in that organization.
The man in the white suit also mentioned Constantine. It seems the Black Hand Mafia's investigation reaching here, taking away Paper Cicada Immortal, and attempting to stop "Yu Yinchuan" from continuing the investigation, was not, or not solely, the legendary demon hunter's intention.
Connecting this to the tiger whale attack, Yu Yinchuan's assassination of Zhongliu God, the Guardian's abnormality, and the Trademark Strange's prying when leaving Zhongliu God's basement rental...
At this point, Lu Yibei had an unsettling guess—all of this was related to the so-called New Elder Council.
Nanling Yaohua waited for a moment beside her. Seeing Lu Yibei remain silent for a long time, with her gaze deepening, she finally couldn't help but raise her small notebook.
"What's wrong? Is the situation very serious?"
Lu Yibei glanced at the writing on the small notebook and shrugged, "It's quite serious, but it has nothing to do with us. We should stick to the original plan: find Paper Cicada Immortal and then quickly get out of here."
Constantine and the New Elder Council don't want "Yu Yinchuan" to continue investigating, right? Then let's grant their wish; "Yu Yinchuan" won't investigate anymore! If we can't afford to provoke them, can't we at least afford to hide? freēwēbnovel.com
Such matters involving the high-ranking members of the Eclipse Society should be left to the big shots to resolve!
It's just, where should I go to avoid the limelight next? Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Nicaragua?
Lu Yibei thought, then shook her head and said to Nanling Yaohua, "Let's go, we're going to the Angel Rose to catch Paper Cicada Immortal."
"That strip club?" Nanling Yaohua quickly held up her small notebook.
"That's right!" Lu Yibei said earnestly, "How can a child like Paper Cicada Immortal go to a place like that? We need to quickly bring him back."
Upon hearing this, Nanling Yaohua's face darkened.
He can't go, but you can?
