"elder sister."
The man on the screen, whose eyes were wrapped in white gauze, smiled unconsciously.
Ariel sat in the hovercraft, her eyes showing a bit of tenderness and fatigue: "Well, how is the club going recently?"
“Everything is fine at the club.”
Sheldon paused for a moment and then mentioned Sheng Cheng, Yabu and others who came to the club again yesterday.
"Sheng Cheng is an officer of the Sixth Base."
Ariel frowned slightly:
"Did you check why he joined the club?"
"I checked. He was brought here by a colleague. According to the information, Sheng Cheng and his colleague heard about the Dark Night Club by chance and wanted to go to the club to see the world. There is no big problem, but I have ordered my subordinates to stay alert."
Ariel's brows were still furrowed when she heard this, but she felt a little relieved. Sheldon was very considerate, otherwise he wouldn't have become one of the top leaders of the organization so quickly. She turned and asked, "What about that person called Crow Step?"
"He is a survivor of the Seventh Base. He currently lives in the Central City. There is no problem with his identity. I will contact him again later. If possible, I will accept him as a member of the organization."
"Um."
Ariel's eyes were somewhat gloomy. "We have lost contact with our fellows in the Fifth Base. We have lost a lot of companions. It is time to recruit new people to avenge the base."
Sheldon's fingertips moved slightly, he pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Ariel looked at the pale man with gauze wrapped around his eyes on the screen, and suddenly felt a little guilty. Sheldon was not a member of the Seventh Base. If it were not for her, Sheldon should not have gotten involved in this mess and faced the threat to his life at all times.
Self-blame and regret surged up after a long time.
Ariel's throat felt a little itchy. The urge to smoke was like an ant gnawing at her heart, making her feel very uncomfortable.
Across the screen, Sheldon didn't know what Ariel was thinking. He was more worried about her next plan: "Sister, you're going to the Butler Representative Conference soon, right?"
"Um."
Ariel concealed her thoughts and said casually, "Qin Qi's butler probably doesn't know my identity. This time I will continue to build a good relationship with him, hoping to get some useful information."
"Be careful."
Sheldon was silent for a while, but could only utter these few simple words.
Ariel hummed, she looked at Sheldon, and suddenly said, "Have other high-ranking officials in the organization caused you any trouble recently?"
Sheldon is not a member of the Seventh Base. Their plans all involve risking their lives. Although Sheldon has devoted himself to the organization, his identity still makes him subject to a lot of suspicion.
"No, they're fine."
Sheldon has deep feelings for the people in the organization. Although the top leaders still doubt him, these are all small matters and he doesn't want to make Ariel worry.
Ariel observed for a long time, but didn't see anything. She felt relieved and glanced at the message reminder that popped up on the light brain. Then she said, "It's almost time. I'll leave first."
Sheldon nodded. After the image on the computer screen disappeared, his mood suddenly became much more gloomy.
My sister and her companions wanted revenge so badly.
I must find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible to avoid hurting innocent people.
On the other side, after Ariel walked out of the hovercraft, she accidentally saw a black-haired boy in a tuxedo. Beside him was a woman in a black military uniform, who should be his bodyguard.
"Yaxiao!"
Hearing his name, Yaxiao turned his head and saw Ariel walking towards him with a gentle expression.
"Good morning."
Yaxiao curled his eyes and seemed very happy to see Ariel.
Emily, who was standing next to her, instantly became alert when she saw the housekeeper representative, but she did not show any emotion on the surface.
Ariel was the accomplice of the Fifth Base in assassinating the Marshal, and was also the most guarded person on her blacklist. She must never let this woman hurt Yaxiao.
Emily's hands rested naturally on her waist, where her weapon was hidden, and she followed behind them, listening to their conversation.
"Today is the opening of the Butler Representative Conference. There is no competition involved, so you don't need to be too nervous." Ariel has a gentle temperament and speaks very considerately, which makes it easy for people to like her.
"OK."
Yaxiao nodded obediently. He seemed to be comforted by Ariel's tenderness and asked questions curiously.
During this time, Ariel patiently answered all his questions about the Butler Representative Conference.
On the surface, the two get along very well.
When they were about to separate temporarily, Ariel smiled and pointed to the room behind him, "That's my lounge at the conference. If you want to come see me, you can do so anytime."
"OK."
Yaxiao's blue eyes curved slightly, and he also said his room number, then extended his hand to Ariel.
"What?"
Ariel stretched out her hand in confusion, and then a candy was placed in her palm.
"This is pumpkin monster candy. It's delicious."
Yaxiao seemed like a simple boy with no ulterior motives, his blue eyes were curved like clear glass beads: "Thank you for introducing me to so many details of the Butler Representative Conference."
Ariel was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't expect to receive a small gift suddenly, but she reacted quickly and said with a curved corner of her mouth: "It's just a small thing."
She made friends with the other party with a purpose.
The fact that Yaxiao was able to return the gift to her meant that her plan was not wrong, but the other party seemed to be too naive, which made Ariel a little at a loss for a moment.
She looked at Yaxiao's back with a deeper look in her eyes. She couldn't be soft-hearted. For the sake of revenge, these were nothing.
Yaxiao walked towards the lounge. Emily next to him recalled what had just happened with a confused expression.
"Emily want some candy?"
Yaxiao noticed that something was wrong with Emily and thought that Emily also wanted to eat candy, so he enthusiastically handed her a handful of pumpkin monster candy.
This pumpkin monster candy was a gift that Yaxiao received when he bought something in the mall recently. There are a lot of them, and Yaxiao usually carries some with him.
"No."
Emily looked at Yaxiao's innocent blue eyes and waved her hand weakly. It wasn't that she was greedy, but she just felt that it was not good for Yaxiao to be too close to the assassin.
It was clear that Ariel had a purpose.
Emily kept the matter to herself, planning to report it to Mist later.
During this period, what I have to do is to protect Yaxiao.
After being rejected, Yaxiao did not feel disappointed. He put the candy back into his pocket, and swung his tail hidden in his trouser leg slightly, emphasizing: "Then Emily, if you want to eat it anytime, tell me."
Emily: “Got it.”
The two of them entered the lounge one after the other and stayed for a while. After the staff came to notify them, they followed the instructions and entered the venue of the conference.
Today is the opening ceremony of the Butler Representative Conference.
The main purpose is to introduce the participants, and the main events will take place in the next few days.
There were a large number of people at the venue.
In addition to the three butler representatives including Yaxiao, there are two student representatives from the Butler Academy and five heavyweight members of the Butler Council.
The issues concerning housekeepers in each base will be finally resolved after discussion among these ten people.
The opening ceremony officially ended only after these ten people had delivered their speeches in turn.
[Host, thank you for your hard work.]
The system waited until Yaxiao finished his speech and immediately offered comfort.
Yaxiao's blue eyes revealed a pleasant smile. He responded in his heart and sat back in his seat.
[Host, will Ariel hurt you? ]
The system looked at Ariel who was giving a speech with some concern, [She approached you probably to get information about the villain, but I'm worried that she's eager for revenge and that might be bad for you.]
[Uncle Four, don’t worry.]
That's true.
The system suddenly realized and stopped pursuing the matter. The host was very smart and allowed Ariel to approach her, perhaps with the intention of extracting some information from her. So it didn't need to worry too much.
[Host, are you going to the club tonight?]
[certainly.]
Yaxiao really wanted to know how the club would react after learning about his identity as a survivor of the Seventh Base.
After the congress ended, Yaxiao returned to his temporary residence to stick with Qin Qi as usual. At this time, Qin Qi had just returned from a joint meeting. Yaxiao stayed there until ten o'clock in the evening before returning to his room.
[Sheng Cheng has not yet gone to the club.] System: [Does the host want to wait for him?]
"Need not."
As Yaxiao spoke, he consumed another demon ticket. The next second, the young and slender boy disappeared, and was replaced by a tall and slender black-haired young man.
His expression was eager, and he was looking forward to what would happen next.
There must be some unknown secret that Sheldon and the club were targeted by Sheng Cheng, but even Yaxiao, who knew the plot of the original book, didn't know what the secret was.
But the first half of the plot is closely connected with the Seventh Base. If the club knew that "Crow Step" came from the Seventh Base, it might reveal something.
Of course, this was just what Yaxiao had expected before.
Someone had already checked Crow Step's information last night. All speculations could only be further judged if he went to the club today to see if they had any other actions.
After locking the door and making sure nothing was left out, Yaxiao left his room.
When they reached the third floor of the club, Sheldon noticed Yaxiao's arrival and took the initiative to approach him and start a conversation.
Sheldon clenched the cane in his hand.
The organization must accept new compatriots to continue operating, and he needs to test this strange young man Crowstep first to see whether he can become a member of their organization.
"Crowstep, you came early today."
Sheldon spoke gently.
“Work ended early.”
Yaxiao explained and followed Sheldon to a corner of the observatory, where they were debugging data around an astronomical telescope.
Sheldon is a slow person, and Yaxiao is not impatient either, so the two chatted about this and that, and the communication was quite harmonious.
After a while, Sheldon said inconspicuously: "Central City is actually not the most suitable place for stargazing. The terrain here is not very high."
"Oh? Where's the best place for stargazing?"
Yaxiao realized something and responded politely.
"The Seventh Base."
Sheldon pursed his lips, his tone somewhat disappointed, "It's just that after the Seventh Base was destroyed, there's no way to watch the stars there even if I wanted to."
Are we going to get to the point so soon
Yaxiao was a little surprised, but he still remembered to maintain his "Crow Step" persona. The smile on his face faded a little, and his mood became much more serious.
"What's wrong?"
Sheldon pretended to be confused, as if he didn't understand why Yaxiao was quiet, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No."
The young man with scorpion braids hanging down behind his waist had his eyelashes drooping slightly, and the smile on his lips was a little forced, "I was born in the Seventh Base."
Sheldon seemed to be hearing about this for the first time and was a little nervous. He was like an ordinary person who accidentally stepped on someone else's minefield and was at a loss. He quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know about this."
"fine."
Yaxiao said that everything was fine, but there was still no smile in his eyes, as if he had not yet come out of the shadow of the destruction of the Seventh Base.
Sheldon noticed this and had a general understanding in his mind. He did not continue to mention the matters of the Seventh Base, but instead talked about astronomical knowledge.
Yaxiao estimated that the character he had set for "Crow Step" was not interested throughout the whole process, which was very different from his usual enthusiasm for astronomy. When Sheng Cheng came, he also went against his usual behavior and did not take the initiative to talk.
Even the time of leaving the club was much earlier than usual.
Sheng Cheng felt it was a bit strange, but it was a good thing for him. After all, this way he could be alone with Sheldon and communicate with him.
"Shengcheng, please sit down first. I'll go change the telescope."
Sheng Cheng nodded, and then he saw Xie Erduo asking other astronomy enthusiasts to entertain him, while he ran aside.
Compared to Sheldon's concern for Crow Step, his politeness towards Sheng Cheng at this moment was a little distant.
Sheng Cheng didn't find it strange. After all, in his opinion, before confirming the other party's intentions, excessive vigilance and enthusiasm would make the officers of the "Sixth Base" feel strange.
I approached him as an officer of the Sixth Base in order to verify whether he had betrayed the organization. Now his attitude is relatively normal.
But he couldn't jump to conclusions easily, he needed to continue observing.
Sheng Cheng pondered secretly and learned a lot of astronomy knowledge from his fellow astronomy enthusiast who hosted him. Then he waited for the club to close and returned to his work, continuing to work overtime to complete the tasks assigned by his devilish boss.
The day is packed.
Thinking of this, Sheng Cheng couldn't even force a fake smile.
—Club Basement
Sheldon looked at the information in his hand and made a mark on it: "Crowstep has deep feelings for the Seventh Base."
He pondered for a moment, then instructed his subordinates: "Tomorrow night, if Crowstep comes again, you go and approach him and gradually guide him to join us."
"knew."
The middle-aged man with glasses and a somewhat depressed expression nodded and lowered his head to light a cigarette: "Leave it to me."
This scene was also broadcast to Yaxiao by the system in real time.
"Let me join their organization?"
Yaxiao curled his eyes and said, "Is their organization really related to the Seventh Base?"
In the original book, the protagonist Wei Shi always thought that this club was normal and there was nothing unusual about it. It seems that this view is really problematic.
Then Sheng Cheng’s purpose of approaching this organization is somewhat intriguing.
[Host, do you want to join? ]
"certainly."
Yaxiao said excitedly: "Don't you think this is interesting, Uncle?"
The system really didn't think so, but it never contradicted the host. Hearing this, it said considerately: [As long as the host is happy.]
The smile in Yaxiao's eyes deepened. He nodded and looked around. There was no one under the building at this time. It was a good time to sneak back to the room.
Just as he was about to avoid the surveillance and return to his room, he suddenly noticed something, paused, and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The system was a little puzzled, and then saw a familiar figure appear in the dark corner.
That's Qin Qi.
He glanced calmly in the direction of the host, his eyes scanning as sharp as a knife.
The system suffocated instantly.
Afraid that the host would be discovered and caught.
Fortunately, after observing for a while, Qin Qi seemed to feel that there was nothing wrong with the surrounding environment. He retracted his gaze, jumped, and nimbly climbed the wall back to his room.
The windows belonging to the villains are closed.
The room was dark, as if the marshal's sneaking back into the room just like himself was just Yaxiao's illusion.
Yaxiao stood on the tree, touching his ear cuff, thoughtfully.
So, the villain is coming back now
Was he going on some secret mission
(End of this chapter)