Early the next morning, before dawn, the winter solstice was fast asleep, and Long Shen had already woken up.
He possessed himself and touched the opponent's forehead, and immediately noticed the winter solstice, opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Long Shen neatly dressed and standing beside the bed, his sleepiness disappeared immediately.
"This is going away?"
Long Shen snorted: "You'll sleep again, it's not five o'clock yet."
Dongzhi rubbed his eyes, got up, gave him a hug, and soon released it.
"Master, come back early, everything is going well."
"Okay." Looking at him deeply, Long Shen turned and left without looking back.
As soon as he got out of the house, he was again the armored, invulnerable Long Shen.
Leaving the Special Administration Bureau, Long Shen took a taxi to an ordinary residential area in the city. After circling around the complex like a maze, he finally arrived at his destination. He swiped his card and entered the door. The elevator went straight to the ninth floor. , knocked on the door of one of the two households.
After a while, Tang Jing came to open the door, and behind him, Wu Bingtian had also arrived.
A map was spread out in the living room, which was the internal structure of Atsuta Shrine.
"The news just came from Maoshan." Wu Bingtian said, "They said that Li Ying's soul lamp will be extinguished, and it may not last long. We have to step up our actions."
Ding Lan's soul lamp has been extinguished, Yu Buhui has no soul lamp, and his whereabouts are unknown, and now Li Ying's is left.
Tang Jing said, "Yinyu may have killed Ding Lan on purpose, leaving Li Ying behind to lure us there."
But knowing the other party's intentions, they can't help but do it.
In order to rescue Li Ying and Yu Buregi and bring back Ding Lan, the three deputy directors of the Special Administration Bureau personally dispatched two of them. Although Tang Jing is the director of the sub-bureau, his ability is also very strong. .
Wu Bingtian smiled bitterly: "Maoshan attaches great importance to Li Ying. If we don't take action, they will take action. I can only stabilize them temporarily."
If Li Ying hadn't entered the Special Administration Bureau now, I'm afraid he would have been selected as the next generation head teacher of Maoshan. But Mao Shan is powerful, in terms of organization and resources, after all, he can't compare with the Special Administration Bureau. This time, Li Ying's master proposed to come over to save people with them in person, but Wu Bingtian also refused. The more people the better.
Tang Jing said: "Wu Bureau went in person, they should be relieved."
"To be honest, I haven't made a move for several years, so it's a bit false." In front of Long Shen and Tang Jing, Wu Bingcai told the truth.
Mainly because he knew that Otowa Yutohiko would definitely set a trap to wait for them to come, but he didn't know what means the other party had. Although the Special Administration Bureau used various channels to inquire, but if the other party really wanted to hide it, how could there be any news leaks? Out, like the secrets of the Special Administration Bureau, most outsiders have no way to know.
At this time, Long Shen put the box that he had been carrying on the table and opened it with the key he carried with him. Wu Bingtian saw that there was a special spell restriction on it. Even if someone got the key, the box could not be opened.
Just as he was about to ask, he saw light leaking out of the box, and when the box was fully opened, the entire room was instantly dazzling and dazzling, and even the headlights in the room were eclipsed by the contrast of the light. Wu Bingtian and Tang Jing had to turn their heads slightly to avoid the dazzling light.
Long Shen stretched out his hand and wiped it, all the rays of light disappeared instantly, and the object that had just been covered by the light finally revealed its true face.
Tang Jing's face was shocked, and Wu Bingtian took a breath.
"This is - the four-image fixed star lamp?!"
"Elder Zong gave it to me." Long Shen said, allowing Tang Jing and Wu Bingtian to step forward to inspect it carefully.
"But isn't this lamp useless all the time?" Wu Bingtian muttered.
The candlestick is small and exquisite enough to be held in the hand. The place where the candle was originally lit was empty. The candlestick was square, with divine beasts entwined on it, and it was lifelike. The whole lamp was dark green and carved from jade.
But what shocked Wu Bingtian and Tang Jing was not the age and carving work of its ingenious craftsmanship enough to become a national treasure, but the various mysterious origins surrounding it and its status as a top secret of the Special Administration Bureau.
Tang Jing looked at it carefully for a while, then suddenly raised his head and looked at Long Shen: "It's Mr. Zong...?!"
Long Shen nodded.
Wu Bingtian came back to his senses, and seeing their expressions, he quickly understood what riddles Long and Tang were playing.
"Old Zong sacrificed too much." He sighed, but there is no doubt that with this lamp, they will have a much better chance of winning against Otoyu Hatohiko.
Long Shen: "Elder Zong also wants to be safe. If you can't use it, that's the best."
He closed the box again.
"Has a new identity come yet?"
"coming."
Tang Jingdao took out three documents and three sets of documents from the suitcase. ID cards, passports, various forms, everything is available.
"From now on, after entering the country, our identity is that of a newlywed couple taking our old father to Japan for a tour. When we arrive near Atsuta Shrine, someone will pick us up, and then I will have a new identity, and you will each act independently. .In this way, even if Otoyu expected us to come to the door, he doesn't know when we will show up. If we find that the situation is not right, we can get out in time and go to another day."
Wu Bingtian said casually, "Who is pretending to be an old father?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Tang Jing and Long Shen were both looking at him.
Wu Bingtian: …
"Where am I getting old? Can't I let Long Ju play the old father?" He was very dissatisfied and protested.
Tang Jing said coolly, "Then it would be like a big man traveling with his mistress and bodyguard."
Wu Bingtian's eyes lit up: "This identity is not bad!"
Thinking of Long Shen calling him the boss with a stern face, it seems quite refreshing.
Tang Jing rejected it without thinking: "No, the vehicle and accommodation to pick us up in Nagoya have been arranged, which is not in line with the status of a wealthy person. It can save money by just looking at it!"
Wu Bingtian: ... This sentence sounds very familiar. It seems that when the East China Branch asked the General Bureau to increase the budget last year, he blocked it back.
It really is feng shui turns, and retribution comes quickly.
Tang Jing saw that neither of them had any objections, so he handed them the information.
"You have to change your hairstyle and face shape, as well as your facial expressions and tone of voice. I will do the makeup, and you have to practice your own expressions and tone. This is the script."
And the script? Wu Bingtian had a headache. Seeing that Long Shen had no objection, he had to swallow the murmur.
Picking up his script and opening it, Wu Bingtian was instantly happy.
"It seems that my role is nothing. Long Bureau, have you ever played such a role before?"
Long Shen shook his head: "I'll try it."
He picked up the script and began to memorize it seriously.
…
A day later, two men and a woman walked out of the building.
The woman was very young, with broken hair on her forehead and long hair in a shawl. She was dressed in a way of trying to look more fashionable, but it was a bit nondescript. The other old man was similar, with trousers and a shirt, but the shirt was loose Wrapped in the belt, the size is a little different, and there is a bald piece on the top of his head, which is commonly known as the "Mediterranean".
The young man who looks like a woman's husband is slightly better, but it's not much better. His hair seems to be uncombed in the morning, and the back of his head is stuck up. Travel is like the anxiety of being late for work.
"The subway station has a direct route to the airport, let's go to the subway!" The young man said to the other two.
The woman glared at him: "You have to save so much money, can't you just take a taxi!"
The young man didn't speak, and the woman stepped on her high heels to take a taxi.
The old man babbled at the back: "What kind of car, the subway is the subway!"
The man smiled bitterly: "Dad, forget it, let her take a taxi, it's a little troublesome to go to the subway with so much luggage!"
As soon as others hear these two or three sentences of dialogue, they can immediately guess the relationship between the three people.
A young man and a woman are a couple. They may have just been married and have no children. The old man may be the father of the woman, because the man is a little more polite when he talks to him, not as casual as his own biological parents.
This must be the family going out to play, and it seems that they should be going out for the first time, so they are in a hurry, and they also show off intentionally or unintentionally.
Passers-by who speculate on the above information must praise their Sherlock Holmes-like observation, but they would never have thought that these three people are just following the script.
If the winter solstice is here, be sure to award an Oscar for best actor to all three present.
Acting is about to play a full set, dressed as a family of three, Long Shen, Tang Jing and Wu Bingtian, carrying large and small bags, and embarking on a journey to Japan, and their first stop is not the destination Nagoya, but Tokyo is where normal tourists go.
On the other hand, the Winter Solstice, who stayed in the capital, began to prepare various matters for the exchange conference.
Time flies quietly in these trivial matters. After New Year's Day, the New Year is officially here, and the day of their departure is getting closer and closer.
He made a few copies of the materials of the exchange conferences over the years, and distributed them to the other five people. He was busy writing reports and applying for various medicines that might be used this time. The competition process was brutal and fierce, and the imagination of the Yankees was endless, and it was difficult to It is estimated that they will play some tricks in the competition this year, but the Winter Solstice was with Long Shen last time, and after listening to Carlos say a few words, I feel that this time may be the most difficult test in history. Life is important, but the honor of the team is also important. If you lose your life and you can't get a good ranking, then you lose your wife and lose your army.
Long Shen and Wu Bingtian both went out on official business, and Director Jiang didn't care about the specific affairs. The remaining deputy director, Song Zhicun, was a good talker. He agreed with a wave of his hand when he saw the report. The number of wound medicines was also considerable, and when Wu Bingtian came back to look at it, he almost lost his temper.
But this is a matter of the future. Now Deputy Director Wu is still at a loss, and the Winter Solstice is also happy to reply with instructions and go to Liu Qingbo and the others for a meeting.
"The last one was held in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The theme was to get rid of the curse. The last one was the ghost ship. You have all the information on the competition content. You can freely speculate on what the organizer may hold this time. , so that you can be prepared. Also, please let me know what you are good at. I mainly use swords, and I use runes together, which can be regarded as double use of runes and swords.
The winter solstice did not count the gods, after all, Long Shen had strictly forbidden him to use this method in the future.
Liu Qingbo said, "I use a sword, and the sword is the demon-fighting sword that Zhong Kui used."
He also specially took out the sword, pulled out the scabbard and pulled a sword flower, and the sword light suddenly blinded everyone's eyes.
Winter Solstice was speechless at his bragging behavior, but it could also be seen that Liu Qingbo was delighted to get this sword. Before Feijingjian and Yinxiujian, he had never seen him show off like this.
Thinking of this, the Winter Solstice couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for the two swords raised by the stepmother.
All of the sword-wielding connoisseurs present were very interested in this sword with a simple and rude name but an extraordinary origin. Li Haner even asked Liu Qingbo to see what happened, but this demon-suppressing sword seemed to be very spiritual, and it was in Li Haner's hands. It began to hum and trembled, and returned to normal when it returned to Liu Qingbo's hands.
Liu Si didn't have any careful thoughts. He was in the first term with Liu Qingbo of the Winter Solstice, and later he was included in the second group like the Winter Solstice. Although they did not have particularly close contacts with each other, they were undoubtedly more close than others.
After seeing Liu Qingbo's introduction, Liu Si took the initiative to say: "I use a whip, and the whip is willow wood. It is useful for dealing with ghosts, but it is not effective for dealing with demons."
With three people at the start, the others will cooperate next.
Li Han'er said, "I'm from Maoshan, and I've also learned some swords, but I'm good at runes."
Having said that, she glanced at the Winter Solstice before continuing: "But it won't attract thunder."
The Winter Solstice was inexplicably seen by her glance, and when she said she would not trigger thunder, she responded quickly, and said hurriedly: "I can't explain anything about whether it triggers thunder, the last time we dealt with the demon avatar, and Leifa didn't have much effect on it. "
This reassuring remark obviously had no effect. Li Haner nodded slightly and didn't speak any more.
Yang Shoudao said, "I can only use swords. It's almost the realm of combining human and sword."
He said it plainly and understatement, but Liu Qingbo couldn't help but feel unbearable, thinking about going to someone to discuss after the meeting.
What is the realm of the unity of man and sword, Liu Qingbo is also approaching that realm, but it is not the same as it is already there.
Yang Shouyi is worthy of being the leader of the new generation of Yuanming Palace. If it wasn't for the Winter Solstice last time, who will win and who will lose, I am afraid it will not be so easy to decide.
The advantage of the Winter Solstice is that his skills are relatively complex and can be mastered. Although Yang Shouyi specializes in kendo, his depth and understanding in kendo are not something that others can catch up with after a few years of practice. It can be seen that in this six-member group, everyone is capable, but whether they can hold down these people depends on the ability of the Winter Solstice.
There is pressure on the winter solstice, but more motivation. Long Shen has high hopes for him. Naturally, he does not want the other party to come back and hear the news of their defeat.
Zhang Song finally said: "I am Fu Jian Shuangxiu, mainly fire talismans."
Remembering the winter solstice one by one, he nodded and said, "If you have any opinions on going out this time, you can tell me in private, and don't be too impulsive when you encounter something external. After all, we don't just represent ourselves."
This sounded a bit harsh, but everyone couldn't say anything to refute it. After all, it was a fact. It doesn't matter if you are infighting here. If you go out and fight again, it will only make people laugh.
"Do you have any other needs or suggestions? While you are still in China, we can do it together."
Liu Qingbo had long felt that the mother-in-law and mother on the Winter Solstice were endlessly long-winded, and as soon as the other party's voice fell, he spoke with enthusiasm: "I think since this year is hosted by the Yankees, according to their style, it is very likely that they will give us a hodgepodge of zombies, maybe that one. The key props of Luo Shizi are hidden in a zombie, not only do you need to defeat it, but you also have to dissect each zombie and dig your heart to find it!"
Crowd: …
The corners of his mouth twitched on the winter solstice: "Your taste is really heavy!"
Liu Qingbo rolled his eyes: "It's not that I have a strong taste, it's that the Yankees have a strong taste! Haven't you watched horror movies, they are always bloody and how come, and they have a special complex for zombies, according to the data Hasn't there been no zombies before, doesn't this mean that the possibility is very high? I think there are just a few days left, we can borrow the zombie simulation system from the bureau, go in and practice, and keep the winner!"
Li Haner said slowly: "Many countries have purchased that simulation system now, and it is precisely because everyone thinks that the possibility of zombies is the highest. I don't think the organizers will choose this content."
Liu Qingbo was completely overthrown, very unhappy, and said with a small smile, "What about your high opinion?"
Li Haner said: "Since it is known that it was held in an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, I think the content may be related to Atlantis. We may need to go deep into the sea to find the props requested by the organizer, so the enemy we face may also be under the sea. Alien."
Although it is all conjecture out of thin air, this conjecture is reasonable and well-founded. Liu Qingbo really couldn't think of a rebuttal.
The winter solstice said: "Are you all okay with water?"
He got a positive answer and asked Li Han'er, "Do you have anything to add to Daoyou Li?"
Li Haner shook his head: "We don't have any more news now, we can only respond to changes with the same thing."
Winter Solstice said: "I got two news from the Song Bureau, one is that Japan will definitely send Onmyoji to participate this time, everyone must also know that because of the stone monument, we have forged a relationship with Japan, although Otowa Yuhiko can't control it. In the whole Japanese yin and yang world, there are many people who are malicious towards us, and please be careful, but Song Bureau means that if the opponent is safe, we don't have to take the initiative to provoke."
After a pause, he continued: "The other news is that in the last session, that is, He Yu's session, they took the first place. At that time, they had an accident with a practitioner from the United Kingdom during the competition, and one person died. , the UK did not participate in the last session, but this year the UK signed up, and there is one contestant on the list, the sister of the deceased named Grace Smith, she may be coming for us, we should also pay attention."
Liu Qingbo pouted: "That is to say, this time we are troubled by internal and external troubles, making enemies on all sides, and the wind and rain are precarious!"
The winter solstice showed him a bright smile: "Classmate, you learn idioms very well, so, wish us good luck!"
It took half a month to say that it was not long. When the bandages on their hands were removed on the winter solstice, they finally got on the special plane to Los Angeles and officially embarked on this journey.
The reason why the organizer chose Los Angeles as the destination is because they consider the practitioners from all over the world, among them there must be many different people, and there is a world-famous movie theater nearby, and no matter how outlandish it is, it has become commonplace. Saw it only thought the staff or tourists, it won't cause any fuss.
When the winter solstice group of six got off the plane, a special car was waiting outside to pick them up. There was a driver and a young man in the car.
"Hello, welcome to Los Angeles. This is a very dynamic city. You will fall in love with it after one day! Oh, by the way, my name is Ai Wen, who is the head of the group?"
"I, Winter Solstice." Winter Solstice stretched out his hand and saw that he opened his mouth, unable to pronounce the word "to" at the back, for a long time he could only read the word "Winter Solstice", he couldn't help laughing, "Just call me Winter, you are 51 Team members?"
Ai Wen is very enthusiastic and outgoing, and winked when shaking hands with him: "To be precise, it should be the logistics staff of Group 51. I am an ordinary person, but I really want to join you, so I am working hard to practice marksmanship recently!"
Including the Winter Solstice, there are a total of ten participating teams this time. Except for China, the United States, Britain, France, Russia and Japan, which form a separate team, the rest are regional teams. For example, Southeast Asia is considered a team, and Africa, Northern Europe, and Southern Europe also have one team each. Team, India originally wanted to form a separate team, but it was cancelled for some reason and merged into Southeast Asia.
In fact, situations like this are not uncommon. After all, cultivators don’t just grab a bunch of them, and those who disdain to integrate into the world, like the black-robed head-lowering master, will not come to participate in this kind of exchange.
Ai Wen said that they came to Los Angeles on the winter solstice as the penultimate one. All teams except Africa have already stayed at the hotel. Starting from tomorrow, there will be three consecutive days of meetings and exchanges. said he was given the opportunity to sit in on the meeting.
Liu Si and Yang Shouyi were not fluent in English and didn't speak much, and Li Han'er and Zhang Song didn't chatter endlessly. Since the Winter Solstice was the team leader, he would come forward to communicate with Ai Wen. Young Master Liu Qingbo has a temper, and at most occasionally asks a sentence or two, and disdains to drag a logistics staff to inquire endlessly.
In fact, what everyone wants to know, the Winter Solstice has already asked.
Ai Wen told them that they were staying at the Franklin Hotel. When he said this, Ai Wen's face was a bit strange. He gave Liu Qingbo a wink on the winter solstice. In less than a few minutes, they all knew about the Winter Solstice. This hotel is very famous, not only because it is located near the cinema of the Hollywood Awards Ceremony, and its location is excellent, but also because of the various supernatural events that it is famous for. It is said that there are many more every year. People come here specially to stay at this hotel, just to see the ghosts of celebrities.
But if it was just like this, Ai Wen would definitely not look weird, but would happily tell them about various supernatural events in the hotel, because even if he was only the logistics of Team 51, he must have heard many strange things.
The winter solstice asked him, "Is there any purpose for this arrangement?"
Ai Wen blinked, his tone obviously slowed down: "Yes, no."
He looks like someone who is not good at lying. If he encounters an old fritter, he will have to find another way for the winter solstice. Now it's easy. He picked up the phone and smiled and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll ask Carlos directly. I know that he will not lead the team this time, but as the deputy leader of Group 51, there should be no reason for Carlos not to know?"
Ai Wen was stunned: "Do you know Carlos?"
Winter Solstice: "He is very familiar with my teacher, my teacher is Long, maybe you have heard of it."
Ai Wen suddenly said: "Director Long? Oh my god, you are actually a student of Director Long!"
He suddenly became excited: "They didn't tell me that the students of Director Long led the team this time! Of course I heard that Carlos told us about the dragon's deeds. They once cooperated to capture a Gorefiend!"
I really don't know about Long Shen's past on the Winter Solstice, but then again, his master can say anything about what others have experienced in half his life. Long Shen himself doesn't think he has anything to say, but in the eyes of others It is no different from a legend.
"Evan, what's your reason for arranging us to stay in this hotel? Tell me, if you want to join Group 51, I'll recommend you to Carlos, how about it?"
Ai Wen's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Winter Solstice shrugged: "But I don't guarantee that he will admit you, just write a letter of recommendation for you. Whether or not you can finally admit it depends on you."
Ai Wen was so happy that he was incoherent: "Thank you, thank you! As long as a recommendation letter is enough, I will try my best to let him discover my bright spots!"
In Ai Wen's mouth, this hotel is a bit evil. Every now and then, there will be some troubles. After each incident, it will calm down for a period of time, and then there will be another incident. Ordinary people think that this is just a rumor from time to time. Hotels, as one of the new and exciting attractions, do not know that the dangers are often unfamiliar to outsiders, and the time of the accident is also very regular, usually once every one to two years, and it happens at the beginning of the new year after Christmas.
The year before last, there were monsters in the hotel. Fortunately, it was discovered and dealt with by the 51 team in time, so it did not become a big news. There was no major incident last year, so they speculated that the hotel might be noisy again this year. After discussing it for a while, it was decided to let teams from various countries stay in this hotel, just to help them fight evil and exorcise evil spirits, killing two birds with one stone.