"Why is it suddenly a bit cold?"
In front of the computer, Dana, who was communicating with Skye, suddenly felt a chill.
But soon, after seeing the reply on the screen, she put the matter behind her and stood up and walked towards the living room.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
Feeling the solemn atmosphere in the living room and the two men whose faces were darker than each other, Dana asked carefully.
It wasn't like this when she looked over just now.
"Little things."
Not wanting to say that he might have been tricked, he looked at Dana and asked, "What did your friend say?"
"She agreed to come and help you, but you have to agree to one condition."
After hearing what Colin said, Dana no longer cared about her previous feelings and spoke quite seriously.
"Help me... Conditions..." Ke Lin smiled and said, "Okay, for your sake, I can agree to a condition that is not too excessive."
To be honest, he didn't think Dana's hacker friend would be of any help to him in the future, but after all, he had served him to some extent before, so he didn't mind helping out with some small, less troublesome things.
Dana heard Colin's contempt for Skye, and immediately said with some dissatisfaction: "Skye is very powerful. She is willing to help you in exchange for one condition from you, which is more than enough!"
Colin listened and smiled without saying anything. As his status became higher and his strength became stronger in the future, the one condition he agreed to would be of inestimable value.
However, since Dana praised her friend so highly, there was no need for him to refute her, as that would make him seem too petty.
But, why does the name Skye sound familiar? And he's a hacker, it can't be a coincidence...
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Colin showed no expression on his face. He asked calmly, "Your friend's address?"
Dana curled her lips and read out the address that was sent to her from the computer.
Colin listened, nodded and said, "Washington... I just happen to have something to deal with there..."
After muttering for a while, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Alex and asked, "I forgot to ask, you went to see Elizabeth, how strong is she? Why did she bother you?"
He did remember the plot of the game, but now that Blackwatch had become Hydra's people, the plot had long since shifted to somewhere unknown. He was still not quite sure about Elizabeth's strength and purpose.
“Very strong. Even if I enter the outbreak mode, she can suppress me. Her control over the virus and its evolution are even better than mine.
And I feel that even so, she only used part of her strength to deal with me, and did not have much murderous intention towards me.
As for the purpose... She said it was a test, but she didn't say what she wanted to test on me."
Alex said carefully. After coming back, the more he thought about it, the more he could feel the huge gap between the two.
He relied on the explosive mode he developed to dare to break into Elizabeth's lair. Now that he thinks about it, it was a bit reckless.
"The burst mode you mentioned... How much can it increase your strength?"
Colin thought for a moment and asked.
Based on the experiments he had conducted while developing the virus vaccine, he had a rough estimate of Alex's strength.
“All aspects have been more than doubled,” Alex replied.
When Colin heard this, his expression instantly became a little serious.
With Alex's special physique, his physical fitness has doubled again. Even for him, he is still an opponent that he needs to deal with seriously. And taking into account the possible hidden combat power, even if he wants to deal with it, it is not as easy as he imagined before.
“It’s stronger than I imagined…” He sighed slightly, but didn’t take it too seriously.
Not to mention that they were not the ones who wanted to deal with Elizabeth the most. Even if a fight really broke out, with the help of various equipment and props, he absolutely did not think that his side would lose.
It’s just a matter of whether to fight easier or harder.
"Since Elizabeth is more powerful than we thought, as long as she doesn't continue to provoke us, I suggest that we let her go for now and let the US military continue to gnaw on this tough bone..."
Colin stood up from the stool, opened the portal and said, "As for me, in order to avoid any further problems, I will go to Washington now and take the hacker lady away..."
"Lupin, Alex, contact me if you have anything." Colin turned and looked at everyone.
"OK!" Lupin waved and greeted.
After Colin disappeared from the room, he looked at Alex and said, "That guy left again. What are you going to do next?"
"Stay here." Alex looked at Lupin and said.
There was nothing left to investigate now. Before the final battle, all he had to do was protect Dana and Karen.
"Really? I've been busy investigating this and that recently, and I'm a little uncomfortable with the sudden free time." Lupin muttered, stroking his chin.
Alex glanced at him and ignored him, then turned his gaze to Goemon and said, "If possible, I would like to ask you for some swordsmanship."
Staying in a safe house doesn't mean there's nothing to do.
One of his goals is to develop his body so that he can fully unleash its combat power.
In this process, he also hopes to get some advice from Goemon.
After all, he had only found one human being who could display such combat power with his physical body.
"Okay." Goemon took a look and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you very much." Alex heard it and thanked him sincerely.
Didi…
The message alert tone of the phone rang at this time.
Lupin pulled out his phone and glanced at it, his eyebrows raised.
"What's wrong, Lupin? Nothing happened again, did it?" asked Zigen who saw it from the side.
Lupin frowned slightly and replied, "Well, Mira sent a message saying that a lot of Vesbania ore was stolen and hoped that I could help find it back."
"That little queen?" Fujiko asked with some interest.
"Ah, it's a message from her." Lupin handed over the phone.
"But we don't have time now, Lupin." Jigen frowned.
They are currently dealing with the virus and are basically unable to spare time, so the message for help that Mira sent came at an inopportune time.
"Not necessarily." Lupin put the phone that Fujiko returned into his pocket without further explanation. He stretched and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm exhausted today!"
“You bastard!”
Looking at Lupin who was walking towards a room, keeping things in suspense, Jigen shook his head.
…
Inside a rental house in Washington.
The moonlight shone through the window and poured into the unlit room.
Skye stood up from the computer and paced back and forth in the dark room nervously.
A wizard, a black wizard who can summon skeletons, will come to her soon and take her away. Just thinking about it makes her unable to relax.
Huh~~
He let out a long breath, stood in front of the mirror, looked at his face with dark circles under his eyes due to staying up late, and patted his face hard.
"Calm down! Stay calm! Skye! The man is friends with Dana's brother. He won't do anything to you. You shouldn't be nervous!"
"Yes, calm down! Calm down!"
Looking at the face in the mirror that was gradually returning to normal, Skye forced a smile and clenched his fist in a cheering gesture.
Ding Dong…
The doorbell rang at this moment.
Suddenly, Skye, who was relieving himself from tension in front of the mirror, shuddered.
He tilted his head and looked towards the door.
Is it coming... But so fast.
Although I knew from my previous conversation with Dana that the wizard had the ability to travel through space, there was still a huge difference between hearing and feeling it in person.
"coming!"
After hesitating for a moment, he shouted towards the door.
Hearing that the doorbell no longer rang, he took a deep breath, picked up a mop stand, turned on the light, and walked towards the door.
Outside the door, Colin listened to the female voice coming from the house after knocking on the door, and stood at the door motionless.
Washington, as the capital of the United States, covers a very large area. Although he had a detailed address as a basis, it took him a lot of effort to find it as a foreigner.
"That should be correct..."
Recalling the news he had heard from some passers-by, Colin thought uncertainly.
The sound of footsteps came from inside the house towards the door. After a moment, the door handle was turned, revealing a not-too-big gap.
"Miss Skye?"
Looking at the Chinese girl in front of him, whom he vaguely remembered, Colin smiled kindly and asked.
"Yes, you are the one Dana was talking about... the mage?"
After confirming who was coming, Skye quickly hid the mop behind his back.
"Yes, but you can just call me Colin."
Glancing briefly at the mop handle Skye hid behind her, Colin smiled.
Skye saw it and said in a panic: "Well, this is not... it's just..."
"No need to explain, Miss Skye. It's normal for a girl living alone to be wary of outsiders. I can understand."
Sensing Skye's embarrassment, Colin spoke gently.
When Skye heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and clapped his hands, saying, "It's great that you can understand... Sorry, please come in and talk, because this is the first time I meet someone like you, Ke Lin, and I'm a little nervous and excited."
Skye opened the door completely and invited Colin in.
Colin followed him in and took a quick look around the room.
The room is not big, only about 30 to 40 square meters, but it is very tidy. The items are not placed in a messy manner, and there is no trace of the sloppiness of an ordinary single person.
Apart from that, the most eye-catching thing is the computer with several display screens.
"What would you like to drink? Coffee, juice, beer or..."
"Just boiled water," Colin interrupted as he watched Skye rummaging through the kitchen refrigerator.
Upon hearing this, Skye stopped searching, found two cups, poured two glasses of water, and walked out. He looked at Colin and smiled, seeming a little reserved for a moment.
"Don't be nervous Miss Skye. You are Dana's friend, and you have helped me a lot before. You can also be said to be my friend. Just be normal."
"Or are you afraid, Miss Skye, that I will suddenly summon a giant monster and eat you up in one gulp?"
Colin picked up the water cup, took a sip and put it down, joking with a smile that could make people let down their guard.
Skye, who was a little reserved, couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, it's just the first time I've seen a living, no, a real wizard, and Dana has said a lot about you, Mr. Colin, so..."
After saying that, Skye paused and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be so easy to talk to, Mr. Colin."
"Well, do you think I'm the kind of guy who keeps a straight face and pretends to be mysterious to scare people?" Colin said, shrugging his shoulders. "To be honest, I did think about it, but you don't know how tiring it is, so I pretended for a few days and then gave up. It's easier for people to live as themselves."
As he spoke, Colin looked at Skye, who was much more relaxed than at the beginning, and paused before saying, "Ms. Skye."
"Hmm?" Seeing Colin's serious expression, Skye also became serious.
"Haha, don't be so serious." After waving his hand, he said seriously: "First of all, thank you Miss Skye for your help before. Otherwise, it would be much more difficult to get the information I want."
"No, Mr. Lupin and the others are very powerful. Even without me..." Hearing the compliment, Skye blushed and waved her hands to deny it.
Colin looked at it and smiled, "There is no denying your contribution, Miss Skye. However, because of your help, my enemies may also notice you, Miss Skye, which may put you in danger."
Then, looking at Skye, whose expression remained unchanged, Colin continued, "This is something I don't want to see, so after I learned about it, I asked Dana to take you, Miss Skye, with me to protect you from being persecuted by the other party."
"Of course, our place is not absolutely safe at the moment, and there are even considerable risks. So, Miss Skye, whether you are willing to go there or not, I will respect your choice."
"Please rest assured, even if you don't want to, Miss Skye, I won't force you. I've always been very nice to people who have helped me."
Colin had a kind smile on his face. Skye hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Colin, I have no objection to you taking me away from here. I am also willing to continue to help Mr. Colin uncover the truth about the virus incident. However... I also want to ask Mr. Colin for help with something!"
"Please speak." Colin raised his hand.
Skye smiled and said in a complicated way, "I am an orphan. I have been looking for traces of my parents for many years. I learned computer technology for this reason, but I have no clues."
"Mr. Colin, you are a wizard. I wonder if there is a spell that can find someone!"
Skye's eyes widened, full of anticipation.
Colin paused for a moment and said, "There are spells that can be used to find blood relatives through blood..."
"Really!" Skye said in surprise before he could finish his words.
Colin looked at it, made a downward gesture, and said helplessly: "But I haven't learned it before, so it will take some time to master it. Moreover, this kind of spell has a certain distance limit for tracing blood relatives. I can promise you, but I can't guarantee whether I can really find your parents."
"Really..." Skye was a little disappointed, but soon cheered up and said, "This is already good. After all, there is a glimmer of hope. Thank you, Mr. Colin!"
Skye stood up and thanked him.
(End of this chapter)