"You...are the...the guy in the cloak this morning?!"
Chapter 262 Antecedents
Time goes back to a few minutes ago.
Qi Ji was sitting in the corner of the bar with his legs crossed, looking like he was resting with his eyes closed. He looked very peaceful, and his pure and lovely appearance attracted everyone's attention.
"...Candice? She's here too?"
Suddenly, she opened her eyes, turned her head slightly, and glanced at the wall in a certain direction.
Candice appeared near the Hibiscus Bar, and Qi Ji could naturally sense it.
The moment the princess's carriage entered the lower city, her super senses noticed it.
However, Candice's coming to the Hibiscus Bar was indeed not part of Qi Ji's original plan, and she was not particularly clear about the reason why the princess did this.
Qi Ji's original idea was to replace the killer and accept the invitation to meet Vincent at the Hibiscus Bar in order to obtain the so-called "file".
Of course, her purpose is not limited to this.
Because if she just wanted to get the "file", there would be no need to go through so much trouble. She could get the things without anyone knowing when Vincent just graduated from school.
She made a special trip to the Hibiscus Bar to meet Vincent. In addition to getting the "file", she wanted to go one step further and get in touch with the people behind the killer.
Qi Ji's idea was simple. He assumed that the "New World" sect was the mysterious organization that was hunting down Principal Luo Meng...
Well, to be valued so highly by a former "metallurgist", it must be a very large, powerful and tight-knit organization.
At the very least, it is definitely several levels higher than the "Holy See of Life" founded by Bona. After all, the latter is just a tool created by a top magician in order to seek promotion.
Even the Church of Life, when it was protecting Gary's family in Loen City, after Daisy killed Deacon Rice with the power of decay in the alley, another Deacon Buck immediately realized it and came to intercept everyone who tried to leave Loen City.
This means that any sufficiently well-organized group must have a set of protection mechanisms to provide information to other members when key members suffer harm, such as death or serious injury.
If even a second- or third-rate cult like the Church of Life can do it, there is no reason why the "New World" sect would not have a similar mechanism.
So, when the killer knew that he couldn't do anything under Bernice's attack and chose to burn himself...
Those people behind him will almost certainly sense the corresponding abnormalities and realize that there may be some unexpected changes in their plans.
Moreover, Qi Ji also believed that as the vanguard and first executor of the "New World" sect, the killer would definitely report the situation to his superiors before taking any important action.
In other words, the "superiors" knew that this guy and Vincent had agreed to meet at the Hibiscus Bar for the handover, and they also knew for sure that he planned to "deal with" Donna, the unstable factor, before meeting Vincent.
So, from the perspective of the people behind the scenes, the whole thing went like this:
The pawn he sent out originally wanted to kill the person to silence him before handing over the key intelligence, but he failed for some unknown reason and completely lost contact with him. It is very likely that he has died.
As a qualified decision maker, when you encounter unexpected and unknown changes, you should first consider the worse side of the situation.
In other words, we must first assume that all the information known by the killer has been leaked to one or more unknown forces whose stance is clearly hostile to him.
Of course, it also included that he would go to the Hibiscus Bar in the afternoon to pick up an extremely important document from Vincent.
So, after knowing all this...what countermeasures will the decision makers behind the scenes take?
In addition to basic confidentiality measures and backup preparations, they must be very concerned about who ruined their plans, who is hiding in unknown corners to oppose them, and whether those people are related to their "archenemy".
Therefore, Qi Ji was very confident that they would not inform Vincent that the killer man had met with an accident, but would let him go to the bar with the "file" as agreed.
Then send another person to wait and observe at the Hibiscus Bar to see if anyone else would run to the Hibiscus Bar and try to intercept the "files" in Vincent's hands.
That’s right, Qi Ji’s real purpose of coming to the Hibiscus Bar this time was not to wait, but to counter-stake!
She wanted to fish for the truth and find out those people who were sent by the mastermind to monitor Vincent!
The reason why she was so high-profile when entering the bar and did not cover her appearance was to attract the attention of everyone present and make those spies lurking in the dark pay attention to her.
"I hope you can think of that level and don't let me down..."
Qi Ji withdrew his gaze and continued to lean against the wall behind him, with a faint curve at the corner of his mouth.
"Squeak-"
After waiting for less than ten minutes, the door suddenly made a harsh friction sound.
The lecturer named Vincent walked in stealthily, his eyes moving around the bar as if he was looking for someone.
There was a slight bulge in his coat, as if he was holding something large.
"it's time……"
Qi Ji chuckled, and without any warning, he suddenly exerted force!
"boom!"
She turned into a shadow and rushed out at a speed that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, arriving in front of Vincent in an instant.
"Bring it to you!"
Before the other person could react, she ripped off his coat, revealing a document wrapped in an oil paper file bag.
"brush!"
Then she quickly grabbed the document with one hand.
"……Forehead!?"
It all happened so fast that no one present could react. Even Vincent himself showed a hint of surprise on his face.
"Little bitch, it's you!"
However, in the next second, when she succeeded, a figure wrapped in a black robe appeared...
He rushed out from the corner of the bar and rushed straight towards her!
A layer of deep purple spiritual light appeared all over his body, and in his only exposed eyes... there was anger and hatred that was almost tangible.
"You're the one I've been waiting for!"
Qi Ji didn't show any surprise or astonishment on his face. Instead, he smiled as if he had expected it.
The man in black robe is the member of the "New World" sect who is hiding here!
She successfully fished out the target!
"Stay!"
Having achieved his goal, Qi Ji didn't say any more words. He turned around at an extremely fast speed and faced the black-robed man who was rushing towards him.
Then, as the other party's eyes suddenly froze, she swung her fist and hit him directly in the chest.
"boom!"
A dent suddenly appeared on the black-robed man's chest, and without even a grunt, he flew backwards the same way he came, slamming hard into the wall at the end of the path, creating a big hole in it.
"Bam—"
The remaining force carried him flying backwards until he finally hit another wall and fell to the ground without any ability to resist.
Chapter 263 Consequences
As the title says, there will be four updates today, and the update time is the same as yesterday.
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"You...are the...the guy in the cloak this morning?!"
Hearing Candice's surprised cry, Qi Ji held the document in one hand and the file bag in the other, and looked at the third princess who was hidden by the cloak:
"Your Highness, are you doing this underground transaction alone?"
As she spoke, she glanced at the cloak on Candice's chest. In the pocket below that area, there was a small item she had bought from "Su Shi" before.
"Princess?!"
When Su Shi heard Qi Ji say this word, he was stunned for a few seconds, then his eyes widened little by little, staring at Candice in disbelief:
"You, you are Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
He spoke with a hint of suspicion at first, but soon he noticed a few strands of amber hair hanging down from under Candice's hood.
Amber hair color is a symbol of honoring the royal bloodline of the Plantagenet Empire!
Although people with this hair color are not necessarily members of the royal family, "Su Shi" quickly recalled that the cloaked girl in front of him was a student of the Imperial National University, and her voice seemed... a little familiar.
Amber hair, a student at the Imperial University, a familiar voice, about fourteen or fifteen years old...
Connecting all the clues, the young man gradually realized something. A conclusion that he couldn't believe, but seemed so unquestionable under all the evidence... emerged in his mind:
"Princess Candice?!"
"Um, no, I..."
Seeing that her deliberately hidden identity was discovered, Candice was obviously panicked. She lowered her head slightly and tried to deny it hesitantly, but she couldn't organize the words no matter what.
"Damn...you! Just forget it!"
Realizing that there was no way to defend herself and that her identity had been exposed, she simply put her hands on her waist and shouted at the "Su Shi" in front of her in a commanding tone:
"I command you! Tell this princess your true identity and swear not to tell anyone what you saw today!"
"Forehead……"
Facing Candice's arrogant attitude, "Su Shi" seemed to have no temper at all. He just stretched out his hand and took off the mask on his face in a very depressed manner:
"Don't worry... Your Highness, I won't let this out."
As the black mask was removed, a young, handsome face was revealed:
"I am also a fourth-year student at the Imperial University, majoring in economics and philosophy."
"... Cooper?"
Seeing his face clearly, Qi Ji laughed happily a few times:
"So it really is you? This world is so small."
The man who called himself "Su Shi" was Cooper, the male student who had met the vampire Bernice this morning!
And Cooper was the noble young man who had chatted with Qi Ji at the Sunset Harbor Charity Adoption Meeting a few days ago!
"what?"
Cooper was slightly stunned and turned to look at Qi Ji.
Because he was wearing a hood and a mask, his vision was a little limited, so although he heard Qi Ji's voice, he couldn't see the other person's figure clearly.
Now that the mask was taken off, he heard that childish but still clear and pleasant voice reading his name, and he subconsciously looked towards the source of the voice.
"!"
The moment the figure in a gray coat, a small hat, and beautiful black hair came into view, Cooper's slightly puzzled expression...frozen.
"You, you are..."
His mouth opened wider and wider, and he stammered in horror:
"That day...that day..."
Qi Ji had a helpless smile on his face. He glanced at him and nodded:
“So I say, it’s a small world.”
"Ah, ah..."
The moment he saw that absolutely beautiful and elegant face, Cooper fell into a trance like sleepwalking, and was completely stunned.
Qi Ji shrugged as usual, and then turned his gaze to Candice on the other side:
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave."
Then, she ignored the two men and walked out of the alley at a light and leisurely pace. At the same time, she lowered her head and began to read the documents in her hand.
The document is not long, only three or four pages. With Qi Ji's reading speed, he can finish reading and memorize one page at a time.
She flipped through the file very quickly, and in just one or two seconds, she had finished reading the so-called "file".
"Tsk, this feels a bit interesting..."
She put the document down, holding it together with the file bag in one hand, slowly raised her head, gently stroked her chin with the other hand, and looked at the dirty, dim sky thoughtfully.
The content of that document is actually not that complicated.
