Tianyi was squatting under a bookshelf in the bookstore, rummaging through a cabinet filled with miscellaneous items.
He should be the only one in the bookstore at this moment, but he suddenly spoke: "You are quite capable."
A dark figure stood behind Tianyi at some point, "Do you have eyes behind you?" The visitor was very confident in his covert actions, so he wanted to hear Tianyi explain how he discovered him.
Tianyi smiled and said, "Even if I don't have eyes, I can still tell that you are approaching." When he answered, he happened to find what he wanted, took it in his hand and stood up.
Seeing that Tianyi was holding a long object in his hand, the other party reacted quickly and immediately raised his hand. A hidden sword protruded from the cuff and pressed against the back of Tianyi's neck: "Don't move."
"See clearly, this is not a weapon." With the sharp blade on the back of his neck, Tianyi was still listless, with a leisurely expression: "Can you put the sword away and let me sit and talk?" He paused and turned around Face to face, looked into the other person's eyes, and called the other person's name: "Mr. Pietro."
Seeing this oriental face, Pietro was slightly startled before he responded: "How do you know my name?"
"Ha... why can't I know." Tianyi gently pushed away the opponent's hidden sword with two fingers and walked towards his seat: "You think you are a top assassin, hiding your name, hiding your whereabouts, and doing things neatly. . But I think you are just between second-rate and first-rate, not top-notch at all."
"Hmph...don't you think you should be careful what you say when your life is threatened?" Pietro was still very confident at this time. He believed that he could take the life of the person in front of him with just a raise of his hand.
Tianyi yawned, and the expression on his face seemed to be mocking: "Friend, your threats are so powerful, I was so scared that I almost fell asleep."
"Mr. Pietro, I know you have been following Count Beauje for more than a day or two, so you should have noticed that this bookstore is a little different." Tianyi said.
Pietro replied: "You are indeed a wizard, right?"
The night before yesterday, Pietro secretly followed the count as usual and saw him entering the bookstore. Then he monitored the whole way and witnessed the count going to rescue an injured young man. Later, the count returned to the bookstore. So far, Pietro didn't see anything interesting, but after a long time, he felt that something was wrong. Why did the bookstore lock the door and Jue never came out? Is there a secret passage inside? Was my tracking discovered
Thinking this way, Pietro became more and more uneasy. He watched the whole night and did not see the count coming out at dawn. So he found a child, gave the child a few rewards, and asked him to go and see for him. This kind of street wanderer is smarter than a monkey. He walked around the bookstore a few times and found that there was only one window facing the street besides the main door. So he climbed up the window sill, put his head in, took a look, and quickly ran back. Pietro and told him it was an empty house.
Pietro didn't believe it at first, thinking that the child was lying, so he took the risk and went to confirm it himself. It turned out that the room was really empty, with nothing except four broken walls. Pietro inquired around again, and it was certain that there used to be a bookstore here. I heard that the owner was a mysterious foreigner, but no one knew the details of this store. In fact, not many people visited it. not much.
But why did this house become empty overnight? Haunted? witchcraft? There are also things that are taboo for men who lick blood from the edge of a knife. Pietro felt a hair in his heart, but he still kept calm and went to the count's residence in the afternoon of the next day to see if the count was back. Unexpectedly, he happened to find the count. Walk out alone from your residence.
Following him all the way again, the count first went to the Chimney Bar, and then to Tianyi's bookstore. The bookstore was still the same bookstore, but the location was in another corner of Rome! At this point, Pietro's brain was short-circuited, because this was a strange thing that could not be explained by common sense. Therefore, he decided to go directly to the owner of the bookstore today to seek a reasonable answer.
After hearing the other party's question, Tianyi smiled and replied: "What do you think I am? That's your freedom. I also know your real doubts. You want to understand why the bookstore disappears from one place and then disappears again." Appeared in another place. But I feel there is no need to answer at all. Even if I explain it to you, you may not be able to understand it. "
Tianyi said, taking the thing he just took out. It was a black jade instrument that looked like a flute.
"Just like this thing - the snake flute. If I told you that using the power of this thing, you can dig a tunnel all the way to the end of the world, can you imagine its principle?"
Pietro heard this and said: "Okay, wizard, it seems you want to show that you are a powerful character." He really did not intend to continue questioning these supernatural phenomena: "Then, tell me a reason not to kill you."
Tianyi sneered: "You want to kill me because you think I am helping Count Beauje, but I want to ask you a question, why are you following the Count?"
"Of course it's for the secret hidden behind him." Pietro said: "Actually, I have basically guessed that the so-called secret is probably some treasure left by the Templars. Mr. Wizard, if you know anything, tell me With some information about the treasure, maybe I will consider sparing your life."
Tianyi would not let the other party take the initiative to guide the conversation at all. He replied: "Really, for the treasure... But as far as I know, you will take the path of an assassin originally because of your hatred of the Templars. , the enemy of your enemy is your friend, so you responded to Philip IV’s secret wanted order.”
"No matter what tricks you are playing..." Pietro looked increasingly unkind: "My patience is limited!"
"With all due respect, even if you kill the count, you still can't eliminate that hatred." Tianyi's brainwashing began again: "There are many people in this world who bear hatred like you, the Templars, the Holy See, kings, nobles , chaebols, street thugs, blasphemers, bandits, pirates... What do you think your meager power can change? One day you will grow old, your sword blade will no longer be sharp, your skills will no longer be agile, But the world is still suffering, until the day you die, and forever after.”
"What exactly do you want to say..." Pietro said.
Tianyi raised the corner of his mouth, he was waiting for this question: "I just want to make a deal with you."
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