Late at night, Black Pigeon headquarters.
Just after Joshua finished today's update, Qianmian sent Joshua and Ciri to the Black Dove headquarters with a text message saying "I found a big news".
"Qianmian, are you still doing... child abduction?"
As soon as Qiao Xiu arrived at Qianmian's office, he saw a little boy in slightly shabby clothes. The little boy was about ten years old. He was wearing Lyon's favorite knitted hat in "This Devil Is Not Too Cold".
But the eyes of the other party made Qiao Xiu very concerned, it was a pure blue.
There are not a few people in this world with blue eyes, but the color of this boy's pupils is so blue that it's a little... abnormal.
"I've never done it before!" Qianmian refuted Qiao Xiu's slander of her.
"real?"
Qiao Xiu was a little reluctant to believe. Qiao Xiu knew how chaotic Squirrel Street was in the past. Qian Mian was not a soft-hearted ruler. This guy came from a ruthless killer.
"Our black pigeons never take jobs targeting children and pregnant women. This is my rule," Qianmian said.
"Sounds like a setting in a novel, Qianmian, do you also read that "Shadow Chaser"?"
Listening to what Qianmian said, Ciri remembered the contents of a novel she secretly read in class.
"That book was written by my staff."
Qianmian felt a little tired inexplicably. Every time she communicated with Qiao Xiu, Qiao Xiu would always say some inexplicable strange things.
If you add Ciri, it's doubly exhausting, because Ciri will always carry on the topic Joshua brings up to another, stranger area.
"Okay okay, so the big news you're talking about is them?"
Qiao Xiu looked at the little boy, and the other party kept looking down at his hands, as if he didn't notice Qiao Xiu's arrival.
Sitting beside the little boy was a figure covered in a cloak, and he should be a child of about ten years old in terms of height.
"this."
A golden jar appeared on the Thousand Faces Hand, and the two who had been bowing their heads when the golden jar appeared seemed to have some reactions.
It's just that they still lowered their heads and refused to look at anyone.
"Did you win?" Ciri asked.
"There are only fifty golden jars in the world? My luck is not that good, and I have no interest."
As a front-line reporter, Qianmian can freely enter Arthur Crowe without this admission ticket, so she is not rare at all.
"This is what they drew, or found... One of them has the ability to see through the enchantment engraved on the body of the jar by the grey-clothed man." Thousand faces told Joshua bad news.
"It's really big news."
Joshua was a little fortunate that the Black Dove belonged to his own organization, otherwise, this news alone would be enough to ruin the reputation of Arthur Crowe Amusement Park in half.
The world does not know how many people are competing for the pot of gold, and the appearance of cheaters will cause public anger.
"Then who has this ability?"
Qiao Xiu looked back at the two people sitting in the chairs. After they lowered their heads and heard Qiao Xiu's voice, one of them trembled slightly.
"On the right, the one named Lucy..."
Qian Mian didn't have time to finish her words, and her keen perception of magic made her immediately aware of what magic Lu Qi was going to unleash.
Even though Qianmian had already made adequate preparations, her movements were still a step slower, and Lu Qi released the magic so fast that Qianmian couldn't react.
Even the best spellcasters must use three steps to release magic, chanting, writing an inscription with magic power, and then releasing it.
A good spellcaster can reduce these three steps to about two seconds at a time, but this time is enough to knock those spellcasters to the ground.
But Lu Qi completely omitted these three steps.
Dazzling rays of light overflowed from his body. These rays of light were not offensive, and the eyes of Thousand Faces were temporarily blinded, but she still relied on her own intuition to catch Lu Qi.
The moment Thousand Faces touched Lu Qi, what he felt was not the temperature unique to human skin, but a cold metal texture of steel.
"Lucy!"
After Hai Lan reacted, she shouted out in panic, and the strong light gradually became dim, all of which only happened in an instant.
"Ciri, are you alright?"
Joshua felt that his eyes were still a little stinging, while Ciri rubbed her eyes and quickly recovered.
"Is there anyone who is proficient in such despicable magic as glare technique these days?"
Ciri's voice didn't sound like it was the first time she'd experienced such a sudden flash of light.
"It's not human..." Qianmian's voice also sounded in Qiao Xiu's ears. When Qiao Xiu looked at the figure held by Qianmian's subordinates again, his thinking stopped for a short time.
That being named Ruki was not a boy or a girl, but a magic doll, a doll so sophisticated that it was absolutely impossible to create with the current human magic technology.
A large number of inscriptions can be vaguely seen flowing on the metal skin on its surface, and dim blue light overflows from the neck and chest, and a special magic power overflows from the gap between its joints.
"Relic?"
The first thing that came to Qiao Xiu's mind was the relics of Nolan's underground ruins.
"Don't touch him!"
Hailan ran to Qianmian's side and knocked his fist on Qianmian's arm, but the boy's strength was too small, and there was no way to break through Qianmian's defense.
"Qianmian, let it go." Qiao Xiu said to Qianmian immediately.
Qianmian obediently released the restraint on Lu Qi. The movement of this magic doll was beyond Qiao Xiu's imagination. After it stood up from the ground, it ran behind Hai Lan for the first time.
"Relax." Qiao Xiu slowly came to the two of them, but Hai Lan's eyes were still full of vigilance against Qiao Xiu.
"You're not human?"
This sentence was said by Hai Lan, and he suddenly said this sentence after staring at Qiao Xiu for a long time.
"Interesting... This is the first time I've been identified by someone outside the kingdom of the Holy Religion. You're right, I'm a demon... Chaos demon." Qiao Xiu said.
"Devil..."
He seemed to remember something, and lowered his head a little uneasily.
"Is that magic doll your brother?" Qiao Xiu asked tentatively.
"Lookie is not a magic doll! He has a human soul."
Hailan raised his head again and refuted Qiao Xiu a little stubbornly, but his eyes saw Ciri behind Qiao Xiu at this time. The magic doll named Ruki behind him also kept retreating because of Ciri's approach.
Joshua suddenly understood after seeing their behavior... Just now, Ruki's attempt to escape might not be because Qianmen pointed his target at him, but because he discovered the existence of Ciri.
"Have a human soul?"
Qiao Xiu glanced at the magic doll. The performance of this magic doll just now could not be described as "it". He had his own consciousness and emotions.
Has the relic civilization under Nolan developed to the level that it can create artificial intelligence? Or... This magic doll does have a human soul inside it
Joshua had too many questions at this time, but the first thing to ask them all was to let them settle down.
"This thing still belongs to you." Qiao Xiu took the golden jar from Thousand Faces and put it in front of them. "You only need to answer me a few questions, how about I let you go?"