Gunfire, Punk and Necromancer

"Who is jumping around? Is someone looking for trouble for Sister Lucy?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

Costa smiled and shook his head and said: "I just mentioned it like this. If you ask me again, I will offend others. Come up quickly, boss Lucy is here! Do you want to eat here today? I'll give it to you." Are you well prepared?"

"Whether we can have food or not, we have to listen to Sister Lucy. Now I can't say for sure, so I won't make an appointment." Zhuang Xuteng smiled and shook his head, then pointed upstairs: "Does Sister Lucy still use the old office? "

"Yes, she is still there and is here now. I don't know if she has finished handling the things in front of her. If the doorbell doesn't open, just wait for a while. She will definitely finish other work as soon as possible and come to see you."

Zhuang Xuteng walked to the second floor familiarly. The decoration of the restaurant is slightly different from the past, but the atmosphere is still the same, allowing all mercenaries to temporarily escape from the tension of work and gain a moment of relaxation and rest.

When we arrived on the second floor, there was a long short-haired carpet on the familiar floor. There were two rows of benches and two small coffee tables on both sides of the carpet and the corridor. Candy, snacks, a soda machine and disposable cups sit on the coffee table. Sitting on the bench were three young men, two women and one man, all wearing the same armor training uniforms of the Constitutional Army that could be purchased on the black market. These three people must know each other. They looked at Zhuang Xuteng together, with a little confusion and a little expectation in their eyes.

"You three are mercenaries? Are you waiting here for Lucy to be free?" Zhuang Xuteng stopped on the carpet and asked.

"Yes. Boss Lucy is receiving other people, and we are queuing up here." The young man among the three gave a professional smile and asked, "Are you the client?"

"No, I'm also a mercenary. Since there are people inside, I'll wait a while." Zhuang Xuteng sat down a little further away, and then looked at Lucy's office. "Hey, the door has been changed and the isolation has been strengthened. No sound can be heard at all."

"Didn't you know? The door was replaced three and a half months ago."

"I was injured a bit and rested for a while. I really don't know." Zhuang Xuteng asked sincerely: "Why did you change the door?"

The three people's expressions became wary. They glanced at each other, shrugged and said, "We don't know either."

Zhuang Xuteng smiled. If the three of them can't keep their mouths shut once they are seduced, then they are really not suitable for the mercenary profession. I haven't seen these three guys before, which means they are new here in more than half a year. There was a tacit understanding so quickly and she knew how to behave and obey the rules. It seemed that Sister Lucy had not lowered her selection standards.

In fact, not only the door, but also the floor, ceiling, and walls were replaced to re-enclose Lucy's office. The reason for replacing the new heavy-duty insulation material is simple: it was discovered that it was bugged.

The eavesdropping could come from a competitor, or it could be a corporate mischief. If it were any other time, Lucy would definitely have to investigate until she knew her opponent. However, Dingxin Magic's investigation team is operating in Peicheng, so they can only pretend to be confused when encountering such a thing. In this world, you can investigate anyone, but you can't investigate the company.

Thick walls and doors exceed the capabilities of enhanced hearing implants, but they shouldn't be able to block the sensing tentacles, right? Zhuang Xuteng was curious about what was going on in the room, and he wanted to test the penetrating ability of the sensory tentacles, so he summoned one and let it find a way to enter the room.

An office always needs the support of air, electricity, and communications. For places where the human body and most equipment cannot pass, the sensing tentacles can use their ability to deform at will to pass there. In addition to walls or coatings made of heavy metals such as lead and gold, wraiths can also penetrate most solid obstacles at the cost of more mana and a reduced total extension distance.

There was an argument going on in the room, with Nightingale and Rockbird sitting across from Lucy. The two sides were comparing who had the louder voice and the stronger force of slamming the table. Seeing this scene, Zhuang Xuteng was stunned for a moment: Why were they so quarrelsome? Using his sensing tentacles, Zhuang Xuteng started eavesdropping, and after a while he roughly understood: Nightingale and Yanque were going to go out alone and become free intelligence officers providing information to all intermediaries.

In order to be taken in by someone, the two of them signed a mercenary agreement with Lucy under the guarantee of Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao. Strictly speaking, the two of them suffered a loss in this agreement. The terms of joining, maintaining, and leaving were harsher and even unfair than those of other mercenaries under Lucy's name. Considering the situation of the two of them at that time: they had worked as intelligence officers, and they were likely to have grievances and grievances with their former employers, and they might be approached by enemies or creditors; their implants had no room for improvement, and maintenance was difficult and expensive. They were old; their bodies were sold and their reputations were not good; intelligence officers and mercenaries were two different professions, and they had no work experience... These are also objective realities, and when compared horizontally, under the same conditions, other middlemen may still open If it doesn't come out; or even if it comes out, Lucy's reputation is relatively better.

The level of the agreement is indeed lower, but in a team of four, everyone shares the income equally, and two people do not suffer at all. This is the advantage of joining a team and following the right captain. No matter how they signed the agreement with Lucy, if they work in the name of a team, the money must be paid according to the team. Lucy's agreement has nothing to do with how the team is divided. Nightingale and Rockbird did have a good time and survived the novice stage. It's just that now Ge Gongdao has gone to Moat Company and is no longer involved in mercenary work. Naike has disappeared again and will not be able to come back for a long time. The two of them could only look for jobs directly with Lucy, and at this time they felt that their share of the income was at a disadvantage.

It happened that during this period, the company's investigation team was stationed in Peicheng. Everyone's work was difficult, and their income was greatly affected. The two sisters only upgraded one implant, and the maintenance pressure on the other did not decrease. With the absence of the "maintenance master" Zhuang Xuteng, they immediately fell into a vicious cycle. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two sisters began to think of starting their own business to support themselves. On the one hand, Lucy felt that it was a pity that the two people were gone. On the other hand, she also hated the fact that iron was not made of steel. She thought that they had too many illusions and had high ambitions and low abilities. In addition, the two sisters had worked as intelligence officers and knew a lot about Lucy. Lucy had never heard of any intelligence officer who could go out and set up his own business while the middleman was still alive.

It felt like they could talk, but I didn't know why they were arguing. Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head. He found that if the quarrel continued like this, Lucy would wonder if the two sisters were trying to kill her, both internally and externally, and the two sisters would also start to wonder if Lucy would kill her as a role model.

"Huh... ah..." Zhuang Xuteng stood up, walked to the door, and put his finger on the doorbell.

The signal light on the wall inside the room turned on. The three women looked at it at the same time, and then continued to quarrel. Seeing that the three people were getting more and more anxious, Zhuang Xuteng took out his armor-breaking hammer and smashed the door hard.

"Boom!" The heavy door withstood the blow, paying the price with a dent the size of half a fist. The sound of knocking was clearly heard inside the house. The three people were startled and finally came to their senses. At the same time, the three people outside were also startled. They simultaneously took out their weapons and aimed at Zhuang Xuteng, obviously treating him as a bastard looking for trouble.

In the office, Lucy finally noticed the surveillance image. She snorted and pressed the button hidden under the table, and the mechanism that controlled the door began to work. After a while, Zhuang Xuteng appeared at the door with his arms folded in front of his chest. He frowned and looked at Nightingale, Yanque and Lucy one after another, and then said: "Sister Lucy, I want to jump in, and you give it to the three newcomers." Tell me?"

"Okay, that's great...come in!" Lucy went to the door and made a safety gesture to the three people in the corridor. "We have work, don't be in a hurry. The three of you go downstairs to rest for an hour and wait for me. Yes, go find Costa, he will take good care of you."

Zhuang Xuteng walked into the room, rolled his eyes first, and then said: "I am serious, there is no need to scan, the energy fluctuations of your two shadows are too obvious. Yes, I am still alive, and I have not been caught by the company, nor have I You haven't been eaten by the environment. I realize that if you don't come back, something will happen to you."

After the soundproof door was closed, Lucy asked: "Has this matter spread outside? Did you two idiots leak it? Naike, where did you hear about it? Where did you hear it from Gongong Road?"

"I didn't go to see Brother Dao. He didn't know I was back yet - I heard it just outside the door. Hey, I just have to be able to hear it. Your isolation facilities here are very good, but there is no such thing in the world. Airtight walls.”

Lucy was obviously choked, and there was an extra pause in her walking steps. She held the table with her left hand a little more, and then returned to work. She is wearing a mask as usual and will not reveal her expression, but under enhanced hearing monitoring, as long as she listens carefully, the rhythm changes of her breathing and heartbeat can reflect her emotions to a certain extent, so there is no need to use her sensory tentacles to peek. .

The expressions on Nightingale and Yanque's faces were clearly written on their faces, and both of them were a little at a loss. They leaned closely together, put their hands into fists on their knees, and tilted their heads to avoid looking at Zhuang Xuteng. Zhuang Xuteng snorted deliberately, Yanque stuck out the tip of his tongue, and then deliberately laughed twice, finally breaking the deadlock.

"Intelligence officers are different from mercenaries. Do you understand what this sentence means? No matter whether you feel that you have mastered the core secrets or not, uninformed people outside will assume that you do." Zhuang Xuteng sat down and said to the two sisters: " Have you discussed this matter with Brother Dao?"

Rockbird shook his head.

Zhuang Xuteng raised his left hand and punched it down, secretly using the disintegration effect to smash the artificial stone coffee table in front of him into pieces. The huge noise and shocking effect startled the three of them, and six ears stood up at the same time to listen to Zhuang Xuteng's reprimand.

"The team of four of us didn't say anything about disbanding, right? Brother Dao went to the moat, but he didn't leave the team, right? Who did you two listen to and thought of this? If you ask him, will he specify? Agree. Brother Dao, no matter what, do you dare to leave your back to him to protect you? If he dares to break up the team without consulting his opinion, you really think I’m dead and can’t come back, don’t you?”

This hat is too big and heavy, and two people dare not wear it even if their heads are put together. "Naike, don't be angry. We are in a bad situation and want to try to go outside. If you come back, we will definitely not leave. Yanque, are you right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes..." Yanque nodded tremblingly.

"If there is a problem, solve it. If you are short of money, think of money. If you are short of maintenance, look for maintenance. Don't try to solve old problems by creating new ones. If you don't understand, ask someone you trust who can trust you with your life. . Sigh..." Zhuang Xuteng finished training the two sisters, then looked at Lucy and said, "I helped you guide the mercenaries, so I won't pay for the table."

"Just smash it. You don't have to pay for it." Lucy rubbed her hands and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the sisters were more honest and her shoulders felt lighter. "When did you come back? What's going on now?"

"I came back yesterday. I went home first and came here today to have a look. Oh, it's my fault. I stayed out longer than expected. It's been long enough to cause trouble." Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand, indicating that let the past things go. . "Just because I'm back means I can continue to work, but that doesn't mean everything will be calm. Let's see... Who told me that I'm a figure in the mercenary industry in Peicheng, and mercenaries are always good at taking the blame?"

Lucy nodded and said: "Although the Gardeners Organization is responsible for the deaths of Kaho and Isabella, Qi Dingxin Mochuang still wants to use this matter to benefit himself. In addition, I just received the latest news: Then The transport helicopter of Dingxin Magic Group that took off from Peicheng was shot down. No one on board survived. Guess what these people do?"

Zhuang Xuteng raised his eyebrows and said: "On the way back, I saw fireballs, explosions and thick smoke, and encountered road closures, just because of the helicopter. I asked the locals to lead the way and circled back from Shengyuan, Dingxin Mochuang personnel even stopped me to check. I felt it was a big deal, but I didn’t know who was inside the plane.”

The atmosphere fell into silence for a while... Lucy tilted her head and stared at Zhuang Xuteng, her stiff body looking like a mannequin in a store. Nightingale and Yanque's brains were also a little bit down: they were horrified to find that someone in Dingxin Demonic Creation had died again, which was really bad luck. The most terrifying thing is that this matter is more or less connected with Nike... Oh my God, there won't be another investigation team, right?

"The passengers on the plane are the investigation team of Dingxin Magic..." Lucy sighed and said: "I originally thought this was good news. I thought it meant that the investigation team would leave Peicheng and the entire industry would be able to welcome it again. Come on, have a good time. Naike, let me put it bluntly: you unlucky guy, you will probably be on the company's hit list."

It’s not “going to”, but “already going”. Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said: "Let alone the company, I think this matter is evil. If I were the company's decision-maker, I would also want to kill Naike and get it over with. Hey, we can't interfere with the company's decision-making, so There’s no point worrying about it.”

"You are so open-minded..." Nightingale shook her head, finally finding an adjective that she could barely use.

"The company's killer is here. The worst outcome is death. This is no different from the final fate of all human beings. A hundred years from now, no matter how hard I replace my organs with implants, I will die of old age. Should I do it now?" Can't I live a good life? If the company really wants to kill me, I should improve my current quality of life. In addition, the company may not come to kill me, maybe they will explore a mystery."

"What mystery?" Yanque asked.

"Why am I so unlucky to be involved in so many bad things?" Zhuang Xuteng raised the corners of his mouth and showed a weird smile.