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Chapter 16 Mission Suspension

  After leaving the hospital, Captain Ikonton said, "Just now, a few simple spells were added to the book. They will be activated and act on the person who picked up the book. The information transmitted by the paper man is limited, and I can't judge the effect of those spells. I only know that they are not fatal. It's more like a prank. Because of a certain cover-up, I didn't know what was going on before I got the book. It was just that my spiritual intuition vaguely noticed that the book was tampered with."

  "Then why is that staff member okay? She also picked up such a book!" Rekton asked puzzled.

  "There should be some insurance measures. The other party is very cunning and powerful, but his style of doing things is very strange. It seems that he has been just a prank all the time, but if it is just a prank, the ability shown by the other party should not be limited to that hospital." Mr. Kos made an analysis.

  "Why did the staff member call you Joshua?" Josie looked at Rekton in confusion and asked.

  "Um, when I entered the hospital just now, I met a vampire and said a fake name casually." Rekton said simply.

  "Vampire?" Josie and Mr. Kos were surprised at the same time.

  "Well, the vampires, the real controllers behind this hospital should be the vampires. Captain, is this matter related to the vampires? And they don't want the people from the Earth Mother Church to investigate this matter." Renekton expressed his guess.

  "It shouldn't be. They don't want the people from the Earth Mother Church to come because the Earth Mother Church always likes to persuade the vampires to believe in the Earth Mother, but the orthodox vampires have always believed in Lilith, the ancestor of the vampires." Captain Ikonton shook his head.

  Then he said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. The person who is playing a prank here is probably a high-sequence strongman from the thief path. The abilities of the extraordinary people in this path are inherently strange and not something we can deal with." "

  Also, Renekton, try not to act alone and always pay attention to your own state. The other party may be targeting you. After returning, I will discuss with the bishop to let you stay in the church during this period or send someone to protect you secretly." Captain Ikonton finally explained it to Renekton alone.

  Even if the captain didn't say this, Renekton would take the initiative to bring it up. It seems that he has been targeted by the other party since he entered the hospital. Facing the gaze of the Sequence Five Beyonders who might be in the dark, Renekton felt uncomfortable all over. Especially since the other party was a thief, Renekton felt that if he continued like this, he would suffer from Amon phobia before he even met Amon.

  "Meow!, meow! meow!" A black cat passed by Renekton, followed by a group of cats of various colors and breeds, and even two puppies mixed in.

  They were swaggering across the road and into an alley under the leadership of the leading black cat.

  "Is this still an outrageous cat adventure team?" Renekton looked at the scene in front of him and wondered if he had walked into the children's channel.

  "However, that black cat seems to be unusual, a bit like an extraordinary creature. The radiance of its mind body and etheric body is not something that ordinary animals can have. It's a pity that the captain and the others are around, otherwise I really want to take the initiative to use the Secret Eye to see what this cat is like!" Renekton's psychological activities stopped only after these cats, led by the leading black cat, all walked into the alley and disappeared.

  "Do cats in Madan have their own gangs now?" Qiao Xi was also shocked by the group of disciplined cats before.

  "Stray cats and stray dogs will have a certain degree of team spirit, but it is rare to see so many cats gather together." Mr. Kos shook his head and said.

  After that, the few people took the carriage all the way back to the office building where the Executor Team was located. Nothing happened. Captain Ikonton went directly to the Knowledge Church to find Bishop Angerman Jin after returning.

  I don't know what Captain Ikonton discussed with the bishop. The captain's face was not very good after returning to the office area of ​​the Executor Team. Rekton was originally thinking about the identity of the thief who liked to play pranks in the hospital. The other party acted as if he knew him too well, as if he had been with him since entering the hospital. But the blood girl Eliza who had been with him for a long time was obviously not a Beyonder of the Thief Path.

  And with the IQ of this blood girl, Rekton felt that she could not think of so many pranks.

  "Rekton, come to my office." Captain Ikonton suddenly called Rekton.

  "Okay, Captain." After coming to his senses, he answered and went to the captain's office.

  The door of the captain's office was not closed, and Renekton pushed it open and walked in: "Captain, you want to see me?"

  "Well, close the door first, I need to give you something." Captain Ikonton said.     Hearing this, Renekton closed the office door and walked to the captain's desk. Captain Ikonton picked up a piece of metal on the desk and opened it. Inside was something that looked like a large biological scale, about half the size of a palm, with light yellow stains on the surface, as if splashed on, and the overall color was gray-brown with inconspicuous patterns.

  "This is something for you, temporarily in your possession. If it is still with you, you need to return it to the church. If it is damaged or lost, it will be useless." Captain Ikonton said as he gestured to Renekton to take the metal box. After

  taking the metal box, Renekton did not directly reach out to take out the scale-like thing inside, but directly held the box and observed it for a moment. As Renekton watched, the Eye of Secrets instinctively opened.

  Then the scene Renekton saw changed. The yellowish stains on the surface of the scale-like object seemed to come alive and wriggle on the surface of the scale in Renekton's passive peeping eyes. The gray-brown color on the surface of the scale gradually faded and turned into bronze. The originally unclear patterns on it became vivid and vivid. Renekton subconsciously wanted to see these patterns clearly.

  "Roar~~" A huge dragon roar seemed to come from his mind. Renekton closed his eyes while shifting his sight. His eyes felt stinging, and his head felt as if it was crushed by a heavy object.

  "Snap!" The box in his hand was closed from the opposite side.

  "Don't use spiritual vision casually, especially for magical items. They may involve high-level power pollution. Using spiritual vision to observe casually will make you see things you shouldn't see. Loss of control, collapse, and madness are all possible things." Ikonton warned in a serious tone.

  "Huh~" After a while, Renekton came to his senses and opened his red eyes and lowered his head and said, "I know, Captain!"

  "It's okay, I didn't expect you to progress so fast and master the clairvoyance so skillfully. I didn't tell you the relevant precautions before." Captain Ikonton didn't care about Renekton's recklessness and praised him for his good mastery of clairvoyance.

  "Don't worry too much, this is a good thing. At least in the future you will know clearly that clairvoyance cannot be used casually. Not everyone or anything can see it. Awe comes from the little things in life, not from word of mouth." At this point, Captain Ikonton also revealed this sudden situation.

  "Captain, is this a dragon scale?" After the little episode just now, Renekton quickly recovered.

  "Well, this is a magical item called bronze phosphorus. It has only one function. When you wear it against your skin, this scale will solidify your body's state. During this period, any attack or curse that affects your state will not take effect. Of course, positive blessings will also not take effect. It is equivalent to entering an invincible state for a short time, but it can only last for five seconds." Captain Ikonton nodded and said,

  "Once this time exceeds, your body will undergo irreversible alienation. When you take off the scale, this process will end. After that, your body will uncontrollably fall into a weak state for a period of time depending on the amount of influence it has received during the constant state process. There is no limit to the number of uses, but you cannot use it frequently, otherwise your body will collapse under the load." Captain Ikonton explained the limitations of this scale in detail.

  "Hiss~ So strong, invincible!" Renekton felt that this scale was simply a magical artifact, and there was no limit to the number of uses.

  Captain Ikonton interrupted Renekton's beautiful fantasy: "He is not as strong as you think. The constant state of this scale has a limit, and this limit will not be restored. Every use will cause a certain amount of damage to it, regardless of whether it is attacked or affected during the constant state. The more attacks and impacts it receives, the greater the damage."

  This limitation did not exceed Renekton's expectations, otherwise this magical item would not have fallen into his hands.

  "Then Captain, how much damage can it withstand?" Renekton asked curiously.

  "I don't know either." Captain Ikonton shook his head rarely to indicate that he also didn't know something.

  "Keep it carefully and don't lose it. It is not only for your protection, but also an identity certificate." Captain Ikonton said again.

  Renekton wanted to ask about the situation in detail, but was kicked out of the office by the captain. Chapter 17 Crows, Cats, and Clowns

  After staying in the office of the Executioner Team until the end of the workday, Renekton took two more books from Mr. Koss, one in Elvish and the other in Giant, and then took the iron box containing the bronze phosphorus and the two books and went home in a carriage.

  When he got home, the sky was not yet completely dark, and the street lights on both sides were not yet lit. Renekton stood at the door and swept his eyes across the street. This was a neighborhood where many rich people lived, Baifeng Street. There were not many pedestrians and vendors on the street, only carriages passing by.

  Renekton's eyes swept across the entire neighborhood, and he felt relieved after not finding anything that triggered his spiritual sense.

  Although the captain didn't say much when he handed the bronze phosphorus to Renekton in the afternoon, Renekton could guess that he was probably used as bait to lure out the thief who had been playing pranks in the hospital. With the fun-loving attributes shown by the other party, since he had already set his sights on him, he might come to find him.

  Just a bronze phosphorus could not give Renekton a sense of security. Although this magical item was indeed very powerful, magical items still needed to be used no matter how powerful they were. Renekton did not think he had the time to use magical items when facing the Beyonder suspected to be a Sequence Five Dream Thief, especially since the other party was one of the most bizarre ways.

  After retracting his gaze from scanning the surrounding streets, Renekton turned around and opened the door to go home. A crow landed on the street lamp on Renekton's right hand side. The color of the crow's fur was a little different. It was not pure black, but had some dark red feathers on its wings, legs, and head, like a non-mainstream crow among crows. The strange color of this crow caught Renekton's attention. When he made the move to open the door and enter the house, he slightly tilted his head to look at the crow.

  The spiritual intuition had no warning, and the Eye of Secrets did not see anything.

  "It is indeed just a non-mainstream crow!" Renekton's slight suspicion caused by the color of the crow's feathers finally dissipated.

  The crow element was a little too sensitive at this time. Amon's true form was a crow, and now he was being targeted by a suspected Sequence 5 thief. Any crow that appeared around him at this time would make Renekton suspect that something was wrong. Even though he knew that the thief would not have the ability to parasitize until he reached Sequence 4.

  "Master, you're back. Sally is already preparing dinner. We can have dinner in about a quarter of an hour." The butler came to greet him as soon as possible. It seemed that he was calculating the time and waiting for Renekton to come back in the living room.

  "Well, I'll be in the study for a while. Call me when dinner is ready." Renekton nodded.

  "Okay, Master, I took your glasses to the store for repair today. They will be repaired tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest." I have to say that the butler is really reliable.

  "Glasses? Hmm? Hmm, okay, I get it. Uncle Sean, you can take a rest. Call me when dinner is ready." Renekton nodded and walked quickly into the study.

  After entering the study and closing the door, Renekton's face darkened. He placed the two books in his hand on the desk beside him, and then opened the metal box containing the bronze phosphorus. Looking at the gray-brown dragon scales in the box, Renekton hesitated for a long time and finally closed the box.

  "I don't know if it can be considered as skin-friendly if I touch it with my hands. For the sake of safety, I'd better put it in this metal box. Maybe it can isolate the thieves and the extraordinary people from the perception of the treasure." Renekton sighed, and finally did not take out the bronze phosphorus.

  The housekeeper's words just now reminded Renekton of something he had forgotten after going to the Crimson Senior Hospital on Hawk Street today. He clearly bought two identical pairs of glasses in the morning, one pair was worn, and the other pair was always in the pocket of his coat, but he didn't know when it disappeared, and he never remembered that he had a pair of glasses.

  "If the housekeeper hadn't mentioned that he had taken the broken glasses to be repaired, I wouldn't have remembered that I had a pair of glasses. Only those who have truly faced the Thieves know how strange and scary they are." Renekton whispered. Renekton

  sat on a chair nearby and carefully recalled everything he had encountered in the Crimson Hospital, but he couldn't remember anything about his eyes.

  "It couldn't have happened after the captain and I met, otherwise the captain should have been able to detect something unusual. It could only have happened during the time I was with Eliza. Could it be that the vampire named Eliza had a problem? Or was there always a third person next to us?" Renekton immediately denied his idea. The vampire

  's sense of smell is not something that can be easily concealed. Although the ventilation ducts were stolen, causing the air in the hospital to be blocked and mixed with various smells, if it was right next to them, Eliza would definitely be able to detect it.

  "All the accusations are pointing at Eliza! Is she really a vampire? Or is she pretending? The person who took my dropped book and tore up the book in the picture I divined were dressed differently!" The more Renekton thought about it, the more suspicious he felt that the vampire girl Eliza he met was.

  "But that's not right! If she really had a problem, she wouldn't care about my provocative words at the time. Then why would she target me? Is there anything special about me?" Renekton thought carefully about whether there was anything about him that might attract others.

  After thinking for a long time and getting nothing, Renekton got up and walked around in the study room in a bit of annoyance.

  "Woof woof~Woof~"

  "Meow! Meow! Meow~Meow~~"

  The fluctuating calls of cats and dogs came from outside the window, and the sound stayed on this street. Although Renekton remembered that there were people who kept pet cats and dogs on this street, there shouldn't be so many. He followed the sound to the window of the study room and opened the curtains.     Outside the window, a group of cats with different fur colors and patterns, led by a black cat, were chasing a group of dogs. The dogs were beaten back by the well-trained cats, especially the black cat who was leading the group, almost swatting every dog ​​with one claw.

  "This cat is too fierce!" Renekton murmured.

  "Ga~" A crow cried on the street lamp outside the window.

  Renekton then noticed that the crow that had landed on the street lamp when he went home was still there, and it seemed that it was enjoying the cat-dog fight below.

  This scene made Renekton feel a little uncomfortable. Both the cat army and the crow were too human.

  Renekton did not hesitate any longer and used the Eye of Secrets. The world in Renekton's eyes changed colors. The ordinary buildings outside lost their colors and turned into black and white pictures, while the lit street lights, the surrounding grass and trees, the chasing and being chased cats and dogs, the crows standing on the street lights, these living things turned into abstract strong colors. When the cats and dogs got close, they all became a blur in Renekton's eyes.

  Renekton focused his attention on the leading black cat. The astral body, mental body, etheric body, and even the spiritual body of the other party all emitted layers of different colors of light under Renekton's gaze. Even though these different lights were layered together, they were clearly distinguished in Renekton's eyes. Renekton could clearly distinguish them, as if he was looking at them from a higher dimension.

  These lights alternated and layered to outline an orange-yellow pattern like a scale. The pattern was very vague. Renekton did not continue to observe. He knew how to restrain himself and not to pry into the unknown at will. This was a lesson Renekton had just learned this afternoon.

  His eyes moved to the crow standing on the street lamp. The crow seemed to have sensed Renekton's prying eyes, and turned around to look at Renekton through the window.

  The crow in Renekton's eyes continued to grow larger and swell, and fine scales continued to emerge from its body. The red feathers turned into brass and continued to spread all over its body. The feathers became flamboyant and ferocious. There seemed to be an illusory book constantly flipping in its huge eyes.

  Renekton immediately turned his head and closed his eyes, no longer using the Eye of Secrets. The stinging pain in his eyes gradually disappeared. Renekton

  opened his eyes with lingering fear, and dared not look at the crow on the street lamp again. The other party was obviously a real boss.

  The army of cats chasing the dogs seemed to be frightened. After a few calls, they fled in all directions. The leading black cat also hid itself in the shadow of the house on the other side of the street.

  Renekton's eyes moved to the direction where the army of cats began to disperse. There was a clown dressed in a very funny way standing under the street lamp.

  The clown wore a tall red hat, a red tuxedo, and trousers. He wore dark red leather shoes. The shoes were polished very brightly, reflecting bright white light under the street lamp. The clown had exaggerated makeup on his face. His face was as white as if covered with flour, his nose was red, and his mouth was painted with exaggerated lipstick, as if he had painted a smile from ear to ear on his face. His eyebrows were painted black and his eyes were painted as abstract squares. His orange-red wavy hair was neatly combed back and left to his chin.

  The clown wore a pair of glasses that didn't match his style at all. Renekton recognized that they were the glasses he lost when he was in the hospital. Now they appeared on the clown as if to laugh at him.

  The clown noticed Renekton's gaze, and stood under the street lamp that had been lit at some point, showing Renekton an exaggerated smile and saluted.

  Renekton took two steps back in shock, and reached his right hand into the inner pocket of his coat. He felt relieved when he touched the metal box containing bronze phosphorus. The clown stood there motionless under the streetlight, and Renekton, who was standing by the window, did not dare to move rashly.

  The weird, silent, and terrifying atmosphere began to spread around invisibly, as if to freeze the scene.

  "Caw! Caw!"

  The crow standing on the streetlight made another cry. Because of the deep impression of the Eye of Secrets, Renekton subconsciously looked up at the crow.

  The crow stretched his head and resumed the posture of standing on the streetlight without moving. It seemed that he just called out twice casually.

  Renekton retracted his sight and found that the clown who was originally standing under the streetlight had disappeared. Renekton looked around hurriedly, but did not find the clown. He pulled the curtains as if he was escaping. Renekton stepped back facing the window, as if the clown just now would open the curtains at any time to reveal his exaggerated and weird smile. Chapter 18 Dark Circles Club With

  a sense of crisis hanging over him, Renekton dared not fall asleep easily in the following nights, fearing that a clown would stand by his bed the moment he closed his eyes and opened them again. Renekton felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

  "No, I must find a way to improve my own strength. I can't rely entirely on that bronze phosphorus and the unknown secret protector." Renekton pondered in his mind the current ways to quickly improve his strength.

  "Improving the sequence is the best way, but although I have already mastered some of the characteristics of the Reader's Path, I am still far from being able to fully digest them. As for the higher sequences of the Secret Peeper's Path, unless I have fully mastered the extraordinary characteristics that I already have, I will probably die directly due to the conflict of characteristics on my body if I try rashly." The more Renekton thought about it, the fewer ways he could improve his strength at the moment.

  After thinking about it, Renekton set himself several goals for this period of time: weapons and equipment are the most direct way to improve strength, and I have to find a way to join a gathering of extraordinary people to acquire one or two; then I have to collect the auxiliary material formulas of the eighth combat scholar of the Secret Peeping Path as soon as possible, which should reduce the difficulty if I want to be promoted to a combat scholar; I have to find Mr. Kos to learn some ritual magic and spells as soon as possible.

  In fact, Renekton felt that the most direct way to improve his strength was to find a hidden sage to instill a wave of knowledge. Relying on the ability of reasoning students, he could quickly master this knowledge, but now there is a big boss crow with an unknown identity and a clown hiding in the dark around him, Renekton did not dare to easily contact the hidden sage.

  The next morning, Renekton appeared at the dining table with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

  "Master? Didn't you get enough rest last night?" Mr. Butler asked after seeing the dark circles on his master's face.

  "It's okay, I accidentally stayed up too late reading books, I will make up for it in the daytime." Renekton found an excuse to fool around.

  After finishing his breakfast, Renekton could not wait to go out. Now he could only feel safe by staying in the office of the Executioner Team.

  "Meow!"

  Renekton's action of opening the door startled a black cat resting by the door. The black cat quickly jumped up and made an attacking posture. After looking around vigilantly, it found that it was just Renekton who pushed the door out. It stretched lazily as if nothing had happened and licked its paw.

  "Why are you here? Your cat army doesn't want you as the boss?" Renekton knew that the cat was a magical animal, but it should have nothing to do with the clown, otherwise the cat army would not have fled yesterday when the clown appeared. The black

  cat opposite looked at him and said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand." He licked his paw with another paw.

  "Don't play dumb! I know you can hear me. You are a magical animal after all, and you have a group of cats under you. Can you be more presentable? Don't play dumb!" Renekton stared at the black cat and said.

  "Meow!" The black cat looked at Renekton with its doubtful eyes.

  "Are you afraid of the clown last night?" Renekton continued to ask when he saw that the black cat didn't speak.

  When the clown appeared last night, the cats immediately scattered and fled, and the black cat also hid. It was obvious that they had a certain understanding of the clown.

  "Meow! Meow~" The black cat suddenly got angry, and turned and ran away without waiting for Renekton to continue asking.

  "Such a big reaction?" Renekton was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the other party to react so strongly to the clown.

  After this little episode, Renekton went out and took a public carriage to the Executioner Squad. Before the problem of the clown was solved, Renekton didn't dare to take the carriage alone. From the picture of his divination yesterday, the other party might have the ability to disguise himself. Renekton was very worried that he would be sitting in the carriage, and the coachman outside would suddenly become the clown last night.

  All the way to the building where the Executioner Team is located, Renekton glimpsed a crow standing on the roof across the street when he entered the door. There were some dark red feathers on its wings, legs and head. It was the crow standing on the street lamp last night.

  "Is it really following me?" Renekton walked into the building as if nothing had happened, while thinking in his heart what identity this crow represents.

  ···

  "Good morning! Renekton, you didn't sleep well last night?" Joseph, who arrived at the office very early, greeted Renekton with the same dark circles under his eyes after seeing him arrive.

  "Also? You didn't sleep well either?" In Renekton's sight, Jessica was sleeping on the table at this time. Although Xia didn't sleep, she was touching up her makeup, but she was always drawing makeup on the eye bags.

  "No, we didn't sleep at all." Joseph said with a dark face.

  "Didn't the operation last night go well?" Renekton asked curiously.

  When mentioning last night, Joseph's expression was a little gnashing.

  "It went very smoothly, too smoothly. The ghosts didn't even think about hiding from us. Instead, they played hide-and-seek with us in the cemetery and eluded us for most of the night. Finally, Thea couldn't stand it anymore and burned the whole cemetery down." Joseph's tone showed that he was relieved.

  "And then? How did you stay up all night?" Renekton became even more curious.     "Then we were arrested by the police who were notified by the gravekeeper. We explained all night, and it was the captain and the bishop who came to bail us out in the morning." Joseph's expression became hopeless.

  "Setting fire to the mountain will cost you a life in prison! You are even more immoral for burning the cemetery!" Renekton was shocked by the experience of Joseph and the other two. He could only say that it was worthy of Thea, with such a bad temper!

  "After such a thing, when will my Sequence 8 potion be approved!" Joseph's words were full of resentment.

  "Don't worry, I was the one who set the fire, and it has nothing to do with you." Thea comforted him in a tone that was not very sincere.

  "But we didn't stop you! Besides, we are a team, so of course it has something to do with us." Joseph said.

  "Oh! I didn't expect our classmate Joseph to have such a strong sense of teamwork! Don't worry, it's just a Sequence 8 potion. Even if the church doesn't approve it, you can buy the ingredients and mix it yourself. I know the formula." Thea said after teasing Joseph.

  Without waiting for Joseph to speak, Thea spoke to Rekton again: "Our big boy, what's wrong with you? Did you know that we didn't get enough rest yesterday, and you were worried about it and couldn't sleep all night? Not bad, we have another member in our dark circles club."

  "It's hard to explain. I'm much worse off than you. Let's discuss this issue later. I'll go to the captain first. I have something to report to the captain. The captain should be here, right?" Rekton's face became uglier than Joseph's when he recalled what happened last night.

  "Go ahead. After bailing us out with the bishop in the morning, the captain has been staying in the office. Maybe he is sleeping secretly!" Thea raised her eyebrows and said.

  "You can also sleep secretly." Rekton nodded to show that he knew.

  "Huh? Our big boy is so considerate? Don't you want to sleep secretly so you drag us into the water? We are not the kind of idle employees who slack off at work!" Thea didn't seem to be affected by staying up late, and she was still full of energy to tease every member of the team.

  Ignoring Thea's teasing, Renekton turned and went to the captain's office.

  "Knock, knock~"

  "Come in."

  After two knocks on the door, the captain's voice came from the office. Renekton heard that the other party's voice was also a little tired, as if he didn't get enough rest last night.

  "Last night was really lively! How come none of you got enough rest? I didn't expect that even with dark circles under your eyes, there would be companions to go to work." After complaining in his heart, Renekton pushed the door open.

  "Huh? Did something happen last night? You don't look like you got enough rest." The captain said with some surprise when he saw that the person coming was Renekton.

  "I met a group of cats, dogs, crows, and clowns. It's almost a circus." Recalling what happened last night, Renekton complained in his heart to relieve the pressure.

  "I met a clown. The other party should be the one who played a prank in the hospital." Renekton said in a heavy voice.

  "Huh? Sit down and talk slowly. Did you encounter any danger?" The captain was a little surprised that the other party found Renekton so quickly.

  Renekton told the captain about what happened last night in detail, including the cats that chased the dogs and the crow that rested on the street lamp. He only omitted the fact that he used the Secret Eye to observe them, but still emphasized that the leading black cat and the crow on the street lamp were suspected to be extraordinary creatures.

  Captain Ikonton pondered for a long time before speaking: "As you said, the clown should be the extraordinary person who stole the path and played a prank in the hospital. I will contact the people of the Earth Mother Church as soon as possible to arrest him. In the meantime, you protect yourself. I will apply for a pistol for you. You can come to Owen's office in the afternoon to get it. Do you need other weapons and equipment?"

  "Give me a dagger. I have never used a firearm. When I encounter a crisis, the gun may not help me as much as the dagger. I also want to learn some simple fighting skills. It would be better if I can learn spells and ritual magic. My own extraordinary ability is not of much help in fighting or escaping." Renekton said what he had thought of long ago.

  Captain Ikonton frowned slightly: "It's a bit difficult for you to master so many things at once. Even with the help of extraordinary abilities, learning one or two spells and ritual magic should be enough. As for fighting skills, if you have extra time, you can go to Xia. Her fighting skills are the strongest I have ever seen, excluding the bonus of extraordinary abilities."

  Then he added: "Fighting skills cannot be mastered in a day or two. I originally wanted to do this after you have fully mastered your extraordinary abilities, but now the situation is special, you might as well learn some first." "

  How about this, you go to Kos first and learn one or two simple spells and ritual magic. In the afternoon, I will apply for a pistol and a dagger for you. Then you can go to Xia to learn how to use them. But don't fall behind in learning knowledge, which will help you better master your extraordinary abilities." Captain Ikonton made a decision in a deep voice, and finally reminded not to fall behind in learning.  Chapter 19 Practice and Get Beaten

  "So, this is why you interrupted my beauty sleep and brought me to this remote place to be alone?" Thea said in a lazy and somewhat charming tone.

  In the afternoon, after Renekton got the gun and dagger from the captain, he found Thea and asked her to help him train, hoping to quickly master the use of guns and daggers, as well as simple fighting skills.

  "Uh, lady, this is just a training ground." Renekton couldn't help but complain.

  "You call me lady now? Isn't it time to ask me for help now? And isn't the training ground a remote place? Do you like being in the wild, big boy?" Thea suddenly approached Renekton and said.

  "Sister Thea, can you pity me? The crazy clown in the hospital may be close to me tonight. If something goes wrong, you won't see me tomorrow." People have to bow their heads under the eaves, and Renekton is very skilled in pretending to be pitiful and asking for help.

  "You are really skilled!" Thea was speechless by Renekton's skilled cowardice and pretending to be pitiful.

  Thea didn't mind it too much. She thought Renekton was more interesting than the other people in the team who were too bookish and had questionable emotional intelligence.

  "Okay, but fighting skills can't be mastered by practicing. You have to fight with real swords and guns. And the time is too short. I can only teach you how to use guns and daggers, and how to avoid your vital parts in a fight. This won't help you much. At most, it will delay your death by a few seconds. The Beyonders of the Thief's Path are too weird." Thea warned Renekton, lest the little guy thinks he is invincible after learning a few skills and goes up to fight with the opponent directly.

  "I'm not that stupid. I have personally experienced the weirdness of the Beyonders of the Thief's Path. I just thought that when I encounter the opponent, I have to struggle a few more times and can't fall too quickly." Renekton explained.

  After staring at Renekton for a long time to make sure that he really thought so, Thea said, "Your idea is really simple and unpretentious! Okay, let's hurry up and experience it with my sister!"

  Thea, who had been serious for a few words, returned to her nature. After that, Thea personally demonstrated the use of guns and the process of loading and loading.

  "The shooting accuracy of a novice is definitely not guaranteed. I can only teach you some skills. When you are really fighting, you can use quick thinking to assist yourself, which can greatly improve your shooting level. Of course, this also has a lot to do with the amount of relevant knowledge you have mastered and your physical fitness." After explaining, Thea asked Renekton to practice shooting by himself.

  Thea dragged two chairs to the side and sat down, then took out a bunch of strange materials from a black leather bag, put them on another chair, and then began to concentrate on mixing potions.

  Renekton just took a look and didn't pay attention anymore. Recalling Thea's posture just now, he held the pistol with both hands, aimed at the piled targets and started shooting.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three gunshots rang out in succession, and all three shots missed the target.

  He continued to load and chamber the gun, repeatedly practicing shooting

  until Thea came over to stop him. Renekton then realized that his hands were already sore.

  "Hiss!"

  "Boys should be restrained! Don't do it too many times a day, otherwise your hands won't be able to bear it!" Thea drove away without noticing.

  "My aim is too bad. I can only hit the target once after three or four shots." Renekton was not affected by Thea's driving skills at all. As a network club leader in the 21st century, who is not an experienced driver?

  "Tsk tsk! My aim is really bad. I need to practice more, otherwise what will I do when I have a girlfriend in the future! But don't be too anxious, otherwise your body won't be able to bear it!" Thea's words were very good, and she made a normal sentence make people think about it.

  Renekton stared at Thea speechlessly, and Thea looked back at him with affection without caring, and finally Renekton couldn't stand it and turned his eyes away.

  "Have you finished preparing your potions?" Renekton changed the subject with an uneasy expression.

  "Tsk tsk! Of course, it's just some ordinary healing potions. I can prepare them with my eyes closed." Thea said as she handed the two bottles of potions in her hand to Renekton.

  "For me?" Renekton said quite unexpectedly.

  "Compared to using guns and fighting skills, taking drugs is more suitable for a rookie like you! The effects of these two bottles of potions are not too strong, but as long as you are not dead, you can breathe a sigh of relief and live a few more minutes. You can use them externally or internally." Thea joked as usual and explained how to use the two bottles of healing potions.

  "Thank you!" Renekton took the potions handed over by Thea and bowed sincerely to thank her.

  This is Thea's personal assistance. As someone who has only met a few times and has been a teammate for less than two days, this is a very heavy gift. Although Thea said it casually, the effect of being able to keep alive as long as you are not dead shows that these two bottles of potions are not as simple as Thea said.

  "Don't thank me yet. We should move on to the next step of teaching. How to use a dagger and avoid the vital parts of your body. I will not hold back!" Thea smiled very flamboyantly.

  Renekton had a bad feeling: "Sister Thea, you are not going to practice with me in person, are you?"

  "Of course not." Thea denied this statement.

  "Huh!" Renekton breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when he heard Thea's next sentence.     "You unilaterally avoided my attack. Don't you think you have the ability to fight back?" Thea's voice was full of ridicule.

  Swallowing his saliva, Renekton felt that he might have to crawl away from the training ground today.

  Thea did not give Renekton a chance to regret. After pulling Renekton to the field, she kicked Renekton to the ground without saying a word.

  "Hiss~ah! Why is there a sneak attack!" Renekton said angrily.

  "Did the enemy agree with you to attack after three, two, one?" Thea replied, then pulled out a dagger from her waist and stabbed Renekton's heart.

  Thea's decisiveness made Renekton's scalp numb. He rolled over and avoided the knife without thinking too much.

  "Not bad, you react quickly. Keep working hard and try to make your sister have fun." Hua Bixia walked towards Renekton very gracefully with a dagger in her hand.

  "You let it slip! You are just playing for fun!" Renekton shouted angrily.

  The gratitude just now disappeared at this moment. Thea ignored Renekton's shouting and approached Renekton step by step. Every time Thea took a step forward, Renekton took a step back.

  The pressure that Thea brought to Renekton was unprecedented. If the clown last night brought Renekton fear and weirdness deep into his bones, then Thea showed an extremely calm and bloodthirsty killing intent at this moment. At this time, Renekton really experienced what kind of style Thea was when she slaughtered a whole pirate group alone. There was no escape.

  In a flash of cold light, Renekton had no time to dodge sideways. A chill came from his arm, followed by a spreading tingling pain.

  Renekton felt his eyes blurred, and Thea had appeared in front of him. With one step, Renekton was kicked to the ground and his body kept rolling. The dazzled Renekton hurriedly stabilized his body so that he did not roll all the way to the wall. He had not yet gotten up from the ground. A dagger flashing with cold light was inserted into the ground about an inch in front of Renekton's neck.

  Renekton was still confused at this time. Although he knew that there was a big gap between him and Xia, this gap was too big. Moreover, Xia was a Beyonder of the Reader Path, but her skills were more like an assassin or a hunter.

  "What a weak and easy-to-pull boy!" Xia put away the dagger stuck in the ground and returned to her usual casual, seductive, and driving appearance.

  "Hiss~ Sister Xia, you are too cruel. I feel like my ribs are about to be broken by you." Renekton turned over and lay on the ground like a salted fish that had lost its dream.

  "Don't worry, I know what level of attack you can withstand, and you have also avoided the vital points. You should understand one thing now, right?" Xia said, lifting her hair.

  "Understand what?" Renekton asked puzzled.

  "Of course, a boy can't be so weak when he goes out, or he will be defeated by a bad woman!" Thea leaned over to Renekton and said.

  Her crimson hair fell on Renekton's face, and a light scent of nightshade lingered on Renekton's nose.

  "Ah! I listened so carefully, and you said this!" Renekton was speechless.

  "Am I not serious?" Thea said as she pulled Renekton up from the ground.

  "Ah! Ah! Hiss~ It hurts!" Renekton's body was forcibly pulled up from the ground, and he couldn't help grimacing when the wound on his body was pulled.

  "Get used to it, and when the enemy attacks you in the future, you will be able to endure the pain and fight back and run away." Thea even pinched the wound on his arm that was cut by the dagger, and Renekton grimaced again.

  Thea ignored Renekton's protest and ravaged other injured parts of Renekton's body. Renekton was in so much pain that tears were about to flow out, and Thea stopped. Taking a step back, Thea's eyes glowed with blue and white light. Renekton hadn't figured out what was going on when he saw green dots of fluorescence on Thea's hand. The fluorescence was pushed to Renekton by Thea's hand as if it were real, and slowly merged into Renekton's body.

  As if returning to his mother's arms, a warm and secure feeling filled Renekton's body, and he subconsciously closed his eyes. Soon Renekton found that the pain in his body had dissipated, and the tingling sensation on his left arm also disappeared.

  After Renekton opened his eyes, he first looked at the wound on his arm. As expected, the original wound had healed, leaving only some blood stains and slippery clothes, proving that he had been injured just now.

  "What a miracle!" Renekton couldn't help but sigh.

  "I learned the healing ability from a harvest priest of the Church of the Mother Earth. Now that the wound on my body has healed, let's start the next round of practice." Thea showed a clear, devilish smile.

  "Ah?" Renekton was about to say something, but suddenly stopped and quickly retreated. Chapter 20 Pas

  After Thea's training, Renekton suddenly felt that the clown last night was nothing special. Apart from being a little weird and scary, he was no match for Thea! Every time he was beaten to a pulp by Thea, he would be pulled back by the opponent's reply, and was repeatedly ravaged.

  He was beaten until dusk when it was almost time to get off work. Thea, a typical worker, had no intention of working overtime, so she let Renekton go.

  When he returned to the office, Renekton's coat was torn into a beggar's version. Fortunately, Renekton's uniform brown long windbreaker came off today. Otherwise, Renekton didn't know how to explain to the butler when he got home. He said that he had practiced fighting skills with his colleagues. The butler would definitely not believe it, and he might even think that he was threatened and call the police.

  He put on the uniform brown trench coat of the Executioner Team, put the gun bag and dagger on his waist, and put the metal box containing bronze phosphorus into the inner pocket of the trench coat. There were also two bottles of healing potions given by Xia, and two spells that he learned to make with Mr. Kos in the morning, one dispelling spell and one imprisoning spell. The former can dispel the extraordinary effects within a certain range, and the latter can specify any target within the field of vision. The imprisonment time decreases with the opponent's strength. Renekton estimated that for a Sequence 5 extraordinary person, the imprisonment effect may only last for a breath.

  Renekton originally wanted to make more spells, but the reserve materials in the team were not enough, and the rest could only wait for the materials applied to the church to be approved.

  When Renekton packed up his things, there was no one in the team except the captain on duty and Mr. Kos. However, the captain and Mr. Kos were discussing something in the office, and Renekton did not disturb them and left the building directly.

  Just like in the morning, Renekton still chose to take the public carriage from the heart.

  Back at Baifeng Street, Renekton carefully looked around and found nothing wrong before walking towards his house.

  Just after a few steps, a black figure suddenly jumped out and pounced directly on Renekton.

  "Meow!~"

  It was still the black cat. The other party did not leave, but stayed nearby waiting for him?

  Renekton looked at the black tail swaying in front of him and wanted to reach out and pull the black cat off his shoulder, but as soon as Renekton stretched out his hand, the cat cried miserably, as if it was abused.

  "Your cat is so cute and will run out to take you home, but you are still so fierce to it?" A lady passing by couldn't help but say.

  "Meow~" The black cat also knew how to act cute and shook its head and cried. Renekton

  glanced at the pedestrians around him and felt that the cat must have done it on purpose. After a moment of hesitation, he still endured it and took it home.

  As soon as Renekton returned home, the black cat immediately jumped off him and shook its body on the ground twice, as if Renekton was very dirty.

  Renekton kicked it with a dark face, but the cat dodged it. After dodging, it did not forget to look back and taunt Renekton.

  "Master, who is this cat?" Mr. Butler would wait for Renekton to come back at this time every day.

  "I picked it up on the road. I'm keeping it first. I think it has an owner. I'll return it when someone finds it," Renekton explained.

  It's not without reason that Renekton thinks that this cat has an owner. The other party is an extraordinary creature. Someone must have fed it with magic potions. The only person who can keep such an extraordinary pet is also an extraordinary person, and he is not an ordinary wild extraordinary person. Only then can he have extra money to keep an extraordinary pet. This cat will stay with him and its owner will find it sooner or later.

  "Okay, do I need to buy pet food for it?" Mr. Butler asked.

  "Meow~Meow! "The black cat meowed loudly twice.

  "No, it eats whatever we eat. It's not my pet, so don't worry too much. I'll have to return it anyway." Renekton shook his head and said.

  "Meow~" After hearing what Renekton said, the black cat immediately turned around and pounced on Renekton.

  But this time he failed. Renekton caught it in mid-air, then pinched the black cat's neck and carried it to the second floor.

  After returning to his room and closing the door, Renekton threw the black cat in his hand out. The black cat twisted its body in mid-air and landed steadily. Then he prepared to rush up and fight with Renekton.

  "Don't make trouble! Otherwise, I'll throw you out and give you to that clown." Renekton said, staring at the black cat.

  The black cat stopped, then turned around in place as if nothing had happened. He meowed at Renekton twice stupidly.

  "What's your name? Which path of potion did you drink? Warrior? Or arbitrator? "This is what Renekton guessed based on the black cat's performance last night.

  "Meow?" The black cat meowed in confusion.     "Don't pretend, or I'll throw you out." Renekton said with a dark face, complaining in his heart, "This cat is really a dramatic actor."

  "My name is Pas, meow!" The black cat's voice was a little shrill and childish, slightly different from a human's voice, and sounded like a male cat.

  "Okay, Pas meow." Renekton nodded, and the cat was finally willing to speak.

  "It's Pas, no meow~" the black cat Pas corrected.

  Okay, Pas doesn't have a meow. "Rekton couldn't help teasing the Pas cat.

  "Oh! It's Pas, meow!" Pas corrected again.

  "Well, that's right, it's Pas meow." Renekton nodded seriously and repeated.

  "Forget it, whatever you want, as long as you don't throw me out." Pas gave up correcting Renekton's name.

  "Why do you want to stay with me? Wouldn't it be better to go back to your master? The vampires are safer than my home, right? "Rekton asked in confusion. When the cat said his name was Pas, Renekton remembered that Elisa had said her Pas was lost yesterday at the Crimson Senior Hospital. Renekton originally thought that Pas was a toy doll like his brother's doll, but he didn't expect it to be an extraordinary black cat. It can only be said that Elisa's family is really rich.

  "Meow? Do you know Elisa? No wonder I smelled Elisa's scent on you yesterday afternoon, meow." Pas said with some curiosity.

  "Huh? Yesterday afternoon? Did you notice me when you were traveling with your group of cat agents?" Renekton asked curiously.

  "Cat Agents? This name is good, meow! It will be the name of our gang in the future. I must have noticed it because the smell on you is so obvious, meow." Pas nodded his cat head and said.

  "Your gang? That group of cats?" Renekton said in disbelief.

  "Yes, meow, Elisa said that if I want to control the potion, I must have my own territory and subordinates, so I subdued all the cats around there as my younger brothers. But yesterday, we met that strange guy, the clown you mentioned, he became even scarier, and my cat team is dead in name only, meow~" At this point, Pas' voice became sad and angry.

  "It can even use idioms." Renekton was shocked by the cultural level of this cat. In this world, many ordinary people cannot reach this cultural level. It can only be said that it is worthy of being a cat from a rich family, oh no, a magical animal from a rich vampire family.

  "You haven't said why you have to stay here with me." Renekton reminded.

  "Of course it's because the scary guy doesn't dare to come here when he stays here, meow!" Pas said as a matter of course.

  "Huh? Why don't you dare to come here?" Renekton asked puzzledly.

  "Didn't you see meow last night? The clown who became super scary was originally staring at you, but was suddenly scared away." Pas cat face said in shock.

  "Scared away? I didn't see it. When I turned around to look at him, he was gone. Also, do you know that clown? Does scarier mean that he was not so scary before? "Rekton discovered that the black cat knew a lot more than he thought.

  "I know him, meow. He used to stay in the hospital. He was just an ordinary person at first, although a bit weird. But he started to become scary last month, meow~. A lot of things have happened in the hospital recently. I know he did it, meow, but every time I wanted to tell Eliza, something unexpected happened and he messed things up inexplicably. Until a few days ago, I found that he could steal my thoughts and memories. He also said that he wanted to steal my identity and pretend to be me to stay with Eliza. In order to prevent him from stealing my identity, I had to let my little brothers come out to make trouble and take the opportunity to escape, meow. "Pass seemed to have finally found someone he could talk to. He became more and more excited, waving and gesturing with his cat paws in the air.

  "After I escaped, I recruited more brothers in the surrounding area, ready to rescue Eliza. As a result, before we entered the hospital, my cat task force started fighting among themselves, and I couldn't stop them no matter what, meow~, so I had to evacuate with them. Later, I reorganized my cat task force, which you saw yesterday, but our goal suddenly became to hunt down a group of stupid big dogs. This time even I was controlled, until that scary clown showed up last night. You know what happened next, meow~! "After Pas finished speaking, the whole cat became lost.

  "Do you think I can't save Eliza, meow~" Pas' tone was very lost, and the tail that was originally dangling stopped on the ground.

  Renekton frowned and thought about what Pas said. It was impossible to turn from an ordinary person into a Sequence 5 in one month. If it was a monster that turned into a Sequence 5, Renekton would be willing to believe it, but the clown was obviously not out of control. Although the clown was crazy, the clown's series of behaviors also showed that he was very rational, or crazy, but his IQ was still online.

  "Are you sure that the clown started to change last month? This time is too short. Is it possible that he was like this before and was just pretending?" Renekton looked at Pas and asked again.

  "It must be like this, meow. All the members of my Cat Special Forces are my spies. Although they are not very smart, they are not stupid, meow!" Pas nodded his cat head and said.

  "But I don't know if he was pretending before, meow~, after all, I'm just a cat. "Pas added.