Claire, who was living in seclusion in the river, had no idea that her detailed location had been speculated. When night fell, Claire climbed out of the river again and entered the upper area to start routine investigation.
Compared with the huge lower middle class and the poor, the upper district is only a quarter of the lower district but is still quite large. Claire, who has always known that she is no match for Gerkat, has targeted Philibert as her primary killing target. On Sri Lanka.
Although the other party is one of the three famous giants in the free city, compared to Gelkate, who is like a monster and can even defeat Longa with the power of gems, Philibos has always been just an ordinary businessman, and he is young. It's not a big deal. Apart from being rich and powerful, he is a middle-aged old man.
As long as Felibos can be found, Claire is confident that she will use the power of gems to kill Felibos with one blow. However, Felibos has many secret mansions in the upper area, and each time Felibos will be in a different place. The resting place makes it impossible to determine the exact location of Philibos. After all, as a big slave merchant, Philibos has too many enemies on the entire continent. He sells slaves of foreign races, which makes the Holy City hate him, and sells human slaves, which makes the Holy See dislike him. Even within the free city, there are too many enemies. Many people who had their families destroyed because of him wanted to tear their bodies into pieces, especially after the orc riots and the arson incident of his own making. During this period, Felibos was almost completely hidden from outsiders.
Since he is one of the three giants in the free city, even the powerful intelligence dealers in the underworld rarely get information about him. Now Claire has no choice but to find a way to sneak into the upper area to search for any valuable information.
It is not difficult for Claire to use the power of gems to enter the upper area. However, Claire cannot always use gems to cover her body when moving in the upper area. In addition, as a wealthy class, the upper area has higher security patrols than the lower area. At night, Claire, wearing a black cloak and mask, could only walk and stop to avoid the guards.
As she gets deeper and deeper into the upper class, Claire finds that her current status makes it increasingly inconvenient for her to walk outside. So far, she has not been able to obtain a legal status in the free city, whether as a slave or a criminal. His identity can only allow him to live in the darkness. Whenever daytime comes, he can only hide in the waterway to study and sleep. It is not until nightfall that he dares to come out and move quietly.
In the upper-class areas, the night is dominated by the rich. Many bustling downtown areas can be said to be cities that never sleep. They are full of well-dressed nobles and wealthy people. People like me wearing black cloaks and masks will immediately become the target of searches once they walk past. There are many places that you can't even get close to, even if you use the power of gems to get in. But his body couldn't hold on for long.
And without a relatively legal identity, it would be difficult to do anything in a free city.
The original way of selling stolen goods in exchange for money through the underworld has been temporarily blocked, but Claire still has some money in her hand that can last for a while, but relying on some scattered cash stored in stolen shops can only meet her food purchase needs at most. The amount of money exchanged for various information is not a small amount. Besides cash, the most I have now is various precious jewelry and gold. If the information trafficker is unwilling to receive valuables such as gems and gold as reward, then Claire may have no choice but to call the bank.
"Here is ┉┉"
On the way back after the investigation, Claire unknowingly found that she had walked to a familiar place, which was the Silver Wing Chamber of Commerce that she had come to take care of once before.
Claire looked at the Silver Wings Chamber of Commerce not far away beside the flower bed and became a little distracted. After successfully stealing some things from the Silver Wings Chamber of Commerce last time, Claire also collected some information about the Silver Wings Chamber of Commerce and learned that this chamber of commerce is located in The Free City has become very famous recently. When I first came to the Free City, I completed a huge trade of 5 billion Lien in an instant. And recently, it has launched a high-purity treatment potion to challenge the Free City Pharmacists Association. posture.
What surprised Claire the most was that the president of the Chamber of Commerce was actually a young man named Lelouch Lamperuki, who was only a few years older than herself.
A beautiful figure appeared in Claire's mind involuntarily. The beautiful black-haired girl she had never seen before in her life also learned her name. Buyani Lamperuki is the sister of the president Lelouch. Nowadays, it is rumored throughout the free city that she has a beautiful face that is even more beautiful than the elves.
A face more beautiful than an elf┉┉
Yes! Claire believed that which girl was indeed qualified to be described like this. When she first met her, her obsession with avenging Longa seemed to have been diluted. However, it was precisely because of this that Claire hated her own weakness even more. Both physically and mentally.
Although she was puzzled as to why a quiet girl's space ring contained wealth worth hundreds of millions of liens, Claire still felt guilty for stealing the girl's things.
In this way, Claire quietly hid herself in the darkness and stared at the Silver Wing Chamber of Commerce with blurred eyes. She was obviously similar in age to Lelouch, but he was superior, had great wealth and power, had a beautiful sister, and even Free City, a twisted and ferocious city, has his own castle. Like the favored son of heaven, the gods seem to have bestowed all their favor on him.
And he was born a slave, and he has never even been able to see his parents since he was a child. The only thing I have in my memory is the pain caused by endless scolding and whipping. The whole world is a colorless gray world to me. It wasn't until Longjia appeared that I finally understood that there was still warmth in this world, but now the only The warmth that comforted me was ruthlessly taken away by this city.
This completely different life gave Claire an inexplicable emotion called jealousy. Lelouch, the president of the Silver Wing Chamber of Commerce, is like countless nobles and businessmen in this city. He walks in the light, enjoys countless praises, and owns all the beautiful things in the world, but he can only hide in the darkness and be arrested. And chase and kill, even unable to show his true colors.
It makes people envious and makes people want to have everything he has.
Claire not only grabbed the gem hanging on her chest, but the blue gem seemed to sense the thoughts in Claire's heart and resonated slightly.
It seems that I am going to see some beautiful girl. It seems like just taking her away and letting her┉┉
"Yes, I really want to get it all┉┉But I will never forget my original intention┉┉"
Suddenly Claire opened her eyes and grasped the gem in her hand: "┉You are tempting me, trying to make me follow my deepest desires and abusing your power, and finally facing the moment of self-destruction. Do you want to break away from me, right? ?”
The resonance of the gem did not weaken but became more active. It was like a person answered "Yes" to Claire's inquiry without hesitation. Claire stared at the gem in her hand with a complex expression. This gem not only has unique The power that belongs to this world seems to have an uncertain self-awareness.
"If you really want to get rid of me, then help me complete my revenge, and then I will abandon you forever!!"
Claire looked at the gem and muttered to herself. The gem has powerful mysterious power, but it is always a dead object. If no one uses it, it can only sit quietly and do nothing, although Claire can feel it. The gem would always inadvertently tease the dark desires deep in his heart, but as long as his will was firm and not tempted, it could do nothing.
Holding the gem in hand, Claire left without looking back. Although her desire to see the beautiful girl was very strong, another obsession called revenge still prevailed, and Claire did not want to see that beautiful girl. The girl, because she felt very scared, was afraid that after seeing the beautiful girl, her revenge obsession would be consumed by the girl's tenderness.
And not long after Claire left, a black figure jumped from high in the sky and stopped instantly. Under the cover of the night, its red eyes locked on Claire fiercely and firmly. It's like a hunter who has been searching for a long time and finally finds the prey he longs to catch.
Although I just glanced at each other inadvertently that night, the figure tonight was so similar that the memories buried deep in my mind could not be suppressed and quickly recalled!
The figure running past him┉┉That night, he also ran through the same street late at night, also wearing a black cloak, and also exuding an incongruous atmosphere. The only difference is that tonight there is no It was raining, but the scene in front of me was so familiar, as if it could overlap with the sunset scene.
In an instant, the black figure immediately changed its direction, even though the destination was less than fifty meters away. Like a ghost living in the dark night, the black figure quickly crossed the roof and followed Claire closely.
For the Lord of Shadow Stream, Jie, today is his lucky day. The prey that was missed due to his own negligence actually came to him again. The same mistake must not be made again. Today he will wash away this shame!
However, when he found that the other party was approaching the handover level between the upper and lower areas, Jie suddenly found that the other party paused slightly, and in an instant the black figure disappeared out of thin air in front of his eyes.
This is!
A trace of doubt flashed in Jie's eyes, but calmness quickly returned to his heart. It was impossible for the other party to disappear out of thin air. He must have used some kind of blinding method. No one can hide his figure in front of the Lord of Shadow Stream! (~^~)