"That's not it… "
In the hall on the second floor, Kaxiu walked forward while touching the antique-looking things around him. Three minutes later, he put his hand down from a painting at the corner of the corridor, and then turned his head to look at the study not far away.
The shoes stepped on the ground silently. Kaxiu stood in front of the study door and heard a man's voice faintly from inside.
The content seemed to involve Ace of Spades and the Dust Organization, and there should be two people in the study. One was Matthew and Phil's father who was on the phone with someone, and the other was the housekeeper of the villa.
Kaxiu captured a key message in it.
Spade Ace wants to retaliate against the actions of the Sand and Dust Organization in recent months, and one of the locations is in Shirakawa City. Sand and Dust got a batch of antiques of unknown origin from other counties and planned to transport them to Shirakawa City for antique exhibitions and antique auctions this month.
Some of the antiques seem to have sad stories that are quite eye-catching. I don’t know whether they are hyped up by Shachen or they already existed. Anyway, these pieces are the finale of the auction.
Since the number of antiques was not small, Shachen would probably make a lot of profit if he sold them to wealthy people in Shirakawa City and several nearby cities. So Spade A decided to ruin the deal and try to intercept the antiques during transportation.
Give Sandstorm a profound lesson.
"On July 25, after midnight, the warehouse was located at 118 Beka Street, Shirakawa City. It was a black Forte truck used for transportation, with three standard escorts, who might have been armed..."
Regardless of whether it might be useful or not, Kaxiu wrote down this information. Maybe it would be a life-saving straw when the time comes
You never know what’s going on.
"Here." He finally found the source of the bitter smell. It was an antique vase used as a decoration at the door of the study. It was white in color and blue in retro style. There was a faint gold border on the edge of the vase, and a series of patterns extending to the bottom.
Kaxiu tentatively pressed his thumb on it, and a familiar feeling came over him, and a cool air rushed into the wound frantically.
"Obsession energy: 1.1→1.2→1.3→1.4..."
"It's so cold." While Kaxiu felt the energy of his obsession rising rapidly, he also endured the chill that made his muscles stiff and tremble.
despair…
The vase shook slightly and swayed gently.
The conversation inside fell silent.
Click! The door of the study room suddenly opened.
A burly middle-aged man in a white shirt and brown vest came out. He had a dignified temperament, meticulous hair, brown beard, and sharp eyes. His deep facial features reminded people of an eagle flapping its wings.
The man glanced around the corridor and found nothing. He closed the door again and heard the chat with the housekeeper.
"Go get 50,000 federal coins and put them in a briefcase. I'm going to go down and thank Mr. Levi later."
"Wait, add another 20,000. 70,000 federal coins will be fine..."
Living room on the first floor.
"Sorry, I suddenly had a stomachache. I kept you waiting."
In the corridor beside, Kaxiu walked over.
"No problem." Matthew smiled slightly. "I was just talking to Phil about the Gray Seal Martial Arts School. He wants to learn some real fighting skills that can help him protect himself. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Mr. Levi for the next few months."
Beside him, Phil also looked over with some anticipation.
"That's no problem. As long as you really want to learn fighting skills, you can calm down and practice with me for a period of time, and you will definitely gain something." Kaxiu returned to his original position on the sofa with his cane in one hand.
The three of them had just chatted for five or six minutes when a burly man in a white shirt walked down the stairs and into the living room.
"Father."
Phil and Matthew stood up.
"Mr. Jason." Kaxiu also stood up politely.
The man in front of him was Jason Hudson, the father of Matthew and Phil. He had a vague sense of majesty, and his powerful eyebrows and eyes were impressive.
"Haha, don't be so reserved, just sit down and chat." Jason said to Kaxiu with a smile, then he used his right hand to signal everyone to sit down.
As soon as Kaxiu sat down, a brown file bag was handed to him, which seemed to be bulging with something.
"Mr. Levi, thank you for your help just now. Otherwise, my Phil would never see me again." Jason said while sitting on the sofa, pressing Phil's head with his hand.
"This is a small token of my appreciation, please don't refuse it." He stuffed the file bag directly into Kaxiu's arms and withdrew his hand very decisively.
"Then... I'll take it."
Kaxiu had nothing to be hypocritical about. He left Fengnan City and came to Baichuan City to apply for the coach position at the Gray Seal Martial Arts School just to make money. If one wanted to practice the Wind Elephant Secret Martial Arts, special potions and ointments were essential, and all of these required a lot of money.
In addition, Kaxiu also needs to find legendary antiques and obsession antiques as much as possible. Connections and financial channels are indispensable.
Maybe hooking up with the Hudsons would be a good thing.
More than half an hour later, a cool breeze blew towards me.
Kaxiu took a deep breath of the night air, turned back and looked at the brightly lit gray-white villa. He looked at the upper right corner, and a hint of joy involuntarily appeared between his brows.
"Obsession Energy: 1.9"
Two obsession antiques, the purple wooden cane provides 1.1 obsession energy, and the white vase provides 0.8 obsession energy.
The energy source for the next retracing has been prepared in advance. Kaxiu had some guesses in his mind that the energy required for different retracing nodes should be different, after all, they represent different periods of Levi's strength. The first retracing of the youth training camp incident required a little energy, and the battle of extermination should require more. However, no matter how much, it should not reach two points of energy.
Most likely it was stable, which made Kaxiu feel at ease. Of course, Kaxiu would not stop looking for the obsession antique.
He would frequent the major antique shops in Shirakawa City every other day, hoping to catch the big or small fish he wanted.
"It's actually 70,000 yuan. That's quite generous."
Kaxiu walked along the avenue towards his residence, and unpacked the "thank you" Jason gave him. There were seven thick bundles of yellow banknotes in the brown document bag, one hundred in each bundle, and each banknote was worth one hundred yuan in Red Lebanese Federation currency.
You know, the Red Lebanese Federation is one of the three major hegemonic countries in the world. The Federation currency is quite valuable and has good purchasing power.
"Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the pharmacy to buy medicinal herbs. In the morning and afternoon, I'll visit the antique shops in Shirakawa City. In the afternoon, I'll go to the Gray Seal Martial Arts School..."
Kaxiu muttered to himself that his schedule for tomorrow seemed to be full. Although he was very busy, he felt a rare sense of fulfillment.
Some distance along the avenue, next to the sidewalk is a rectangular platform with a brass sign on it.
"It's half past seven and there are no more buses. I wonder if there are still horse-drawn carriages now?" He walked to the platform, leaning on a cane in his right hand.
In the metropolises of the Red Li Federation, and even in first- and second-tier cities, horse-drawn carriages are basically extinct. Only in small and medium-sized cities like Fengnan City and Baichuan City can you occasionally see horse-drawn carriages.
More than a decade ago, horse-drawn carriages were a very popular means of transportation, but now they are gradually being replaced by cars and buses.
A leaf falls from an ornamental tree on the roadside.
"Ding-ling-ling."
Not far away, a black-covered two-horse carriage drove over.