"Come to find you." Recht said, "Also, I found something, and this matter has something to do with your ongoing rescue operation."
"I thought you were just joking about wanting to be an ordinary person." Opal laughed, pulling out his chair and sitting down.
Rickett took a sip of ale and said, "Of course it's not a joke, I meant to ask for money, Raymond, did you forget something?" Raymond laughed, took out his ID card, and gave it to Rector transfer.
"Oh no," Recht said. "It's too much. Just give me a million. I can't spend that much."
He returned another million to Raymond, but Opal was concerned about what Rickett had just said, and asked, "What does it matter?"
Reichert thought about it and started it all over again. Baroque got a message after the pool game, which was related to Zoro, and he made a certain deal with Alex and promised to help him complete it. some things.
"Sauron?" Opal vaguely remembered something.
"He's a pirate," Rickett explained.
"It's the champion of the pool game," Raymond said.
Opal seemed a little surprised, but his surprise was not here, as if there was some unknown connection between some things.
"Sauron..." Opal said: "I seem to have heard this name somewhere, by the way... I am... I am..."
Allen: "Your Majesty, three apprentice candidates have arrived, one was recommended by the Puens Chamber of Commerce, the other was brought by the Pirate King Sauron, and the other was a wise man from Huanxing, whom Master Sang liked. candidate."
Cororin sat on the empty throne with the relics of his personal guard in front of him.
Opal remembered.
"Pirate King Sauron!" Opal said.
Rickett's discoloration instantly changed and he made a booing action.
Raymond glanced around, frowned and said, "How did you know?"
Rickett looked solemn and said, "Where did you hear this name?"
Opal knew he was right, and said, "You all know his identity? I'm... Let's just say, there were three candidates who went to the Grip of Light with me, and one of them was sent by Sauron."
Rickett nodded relievedly and said, "It was just my guess, but since you confirmed it, it should be him. Cororin didn't partner with Zoro... What does this mean?"
Raymond thought for a while and said, "Maybe he simply wanted to keep Opal, so he rejected the Pirate King's request for an alliance."
Opal didn't want to discuss too much about Coroline, he asked casually, "How did you know, teacher?"
Opal is a little strange, Baroque just regards Recht as a teacher of atomic pool, and he should not know that he is a star knight. But Recht smiled and said nothing.
Opal said suspiciously: "You read the prince's heart, am I right?"
Rickett raised his eyebrows and said, "From what I know about him, he is more suitable to be a good emperor than Alex. The incompetence he usually shows is just a kind of tolerance. But I won't force you to accept the teacher's advice. Thoughts, after all, you don't know Baroque either."
Raymond also understood.
Rickett said: "Now I have to go out, you try to ensure your own safety, this communicator allows us to communicate with each other, if there is a boat, I will come and take you back to King's Wharf, there are still some things to do then I want to discuss."
Rickett got up to settle the bill, and Raymond took the initiative: "I'll come."
Rickett didn't say much, Opal said: "Where are you going? You don't have a dragon ray..."
Rector waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, put on the white falcon feather hat, and left the office of the Great Astronautical Association.
Opal went to the front desk, put his arms on Raymond's shoulder, and said, "What is the teacher doing?"
Raymond glanced at Opal and said, "He just heard the news, worried about us, and came to find someone. He came this morning and chatted with me for a while before deciding to find a way to talk to the queen."
Opal asked suspiciously: "No other task? Just come here..."
Raymond nodded and said, "Well, just come and save us."
Hearing this, Opal suddenly felt very warm.
Raymond patted his head, and Opal looked around again and asked, "Where are Yinyao and the others?"
"Quickly find materials and repair the spaceship." Raymond said, "Silver went to find an old friend on the Sphinx..." He put an ear buckle on Opal's ear and said, "You still We had already discussed it while we were sleeping, so we quickly went to find supplies to find a way to get the spaceship, and Yinyao went to find someone to issue an exit certificate."
Opal turned his head to the side, put his finger on the ear button, and said, "Where did this thing come from?"
"Quick delivery," Raymond said. "He and Sid used it before, but now that it's no longer needed, it's given to us."
Opal looked a little sad, and when he looked up again, he saw a clear guilt in Raymond's eyes. He knew that they both felt a little bit emotional about Xun.
Raymond bought a meal for Opal to eat, while he sat on the side and watched him eat with his ankles crossed.
This is the habit they have always gotten along with. Raymond is very casual about what he eats, as long as it can be converted into energy. When he is very poor, he will only let Opal fill his stomach, and he will sit and watch Opal eat.
He enjoyed watching Opal eat like a child, as if it gave him a sense of accomplishment.
"We've got four million now," Opal said, plucking the noodles with his fork.
"Forget it." Raymond smiled: "I'll eat it next time, I'm too lazy to squeeze it."
Opal was a little sad. He looked at Raymond, and then looked at the lunch on the plate. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.
Raymond watched him for a while, then leaned in and kissed his lips.
"I know what you think." Raymond smiled: "You and the teacher can read everyone's hearts, but I can only read yours."
Opal laughed, a warm feeling in his heart.
"The teacher said that there is still something to discuss with us." Opal said: "What will it be?"
"I didn't tell me." Raymond shrugged and said, "By the way, Yin Di said that he has a friend who lives in Sphinx. He knows a lot of local things, and is very good at divination. In the morning, he wants us to go with him. Yes, I asked him to leave an address."
Opal thought about it and said, "Maybe I can ask her about that."
Raymond nodded and said, "I know you are interested in this, let's go."
After Opal finished eating, Raymond put on his coat and rented a trench coat for Opal to wear at the station of the Big Astronautical Association. The two went out and walked along the street. The stone slabs on the streets of the city of quicksand are covered with snow, and the zenith has opened the protective cover, shrouding the whole city under the protection of the energy shell. Raymond walked on the road holding Opal's hand, and both of them were thinking about the same thing - Cororin's commission.
They didn't have money before, but the Big Astronautical Association needs money no matter what they do. It needs money for inquiring information, asking people to introduce channels and asking for money. Adventurers always have a variety of methods. Now they have money. Now, inquiries about the wheel of time can also be officially put on the agenda.
"There are many commissions in the universe with deadlines of even hundreds of years." Raymond said, "Do you remember the 'impossible commission' in the Great Astronautical Association?"
Opal remembered the commission called "impossible" - the resurrection of Horius. This commission became the craziest of all commissions, and is said to have been issued thousands of years ago by a man who loved Horius. Of course, the person who issued the entrustment is dead, but this entrustment is still hanging in the first place on the entrustment list because she spent all her wealth to buy the entrustment period of 100,000 years.
Opal said: "I know, but it's about my dad, as soon as possible if you can..."
Raymond said: "I also understand, just let you not be too impatient."
The two turned into an alley. Raymond checked the house number according to the address, Yin Di opened the door, and immediately said: "Hey, Opal woke up? Shita knew you would come, everything is the guidance of fate. …”
Opal went in and sat down. It was a warmly decorated cabin with a dark-skinned woman sitting on the carpet.
"Hello, Shita." Opal was a little familiar when he heard the name, and he remembered it immediately after a face-to-face meeting. She is Sui Yan's mother!
At the beginning, Sheta and her lover had told her that she would move to the Sphinx on the female Luo star, but she did not expect to meet in such a situation after six years.
Raymond greeted her politely and said, "Meet again."
"Long time no see." Shita said, "Andrea went to the palace, how have you been all these years?"
Opal: "!!!"
As soon as Raymond uttered his words, he realized one thing—Shita had not forgotten them.
Yin Yao said in surprise, "Do you know each other?"
Opal's eyes were full of inconceivable expressions, and Shita wondered: "Why, looking at your appearance, are you so surprised to see me?"
Opal said: "Do you remember who I am?"
Shita couldn't help laughing and crying: "Young man, how old am I? This is abrupt to a lady."
"No no," Raymond said. "You remember our names?"
"You didn't tell me your name at the beginning." Sheta said, "But I don't blame you, the mercenaries are always careless." She put a handful of stones on the table and said, "Sit down, I Knowing that there will be guests today, I have prepared coffee for you."
Opal sat down with a face full of surprise, and Raymond whispered, "Has her memory changed?"
Opal shook his head and said, "There must be a loophole in Ledgerson's hypnosis."
Yin Yu said, "What are you talking about? You know Xiao Sui too?"
"Didn't you say this yourself?" Shita made coffee at the table not far away: "Yinyao, you're more forgetful than us."
"What... what?" Yin Yao was confused.
Opal said: "They have all forgotten, the memory has been modified, and the things here are very complicated to say..."
Yin Yan said: "The memory has been modified? Who can modify my memory?"
Shita was also a little strange. She looked solemn and said, "That doesn't sound good."
For a moment, Opal really thought about telling Yinyao about everything, but considering Raymond's identity, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, exchanged glances with Raymond, and said, "It's too complicated, first. Don't bring this up."
Yin Yan said: "Wait, I wonder if I have something to do..."
Opal immediately said: "No no, we were just dealing with the code."
Raymond nodded and said, "Yes, that's a line from a script. Don't pay too much attention to it, I'll show you the script later."
Yinyao: "???"
"I have many questions for you," Opal said to Shita.
Shita put a stack of playing cards in front of Opal, spread it out, and said, "Choose one, all your problems are there."
"All?" Raymond asked.
Shita nodded and said, "All."
Opal noticed that there were only about twenty cards on the table in a fan shape, and he said, "What is this?"
"An ancient divination technique." Shita said slowly.
It was still dark outside, and the warm flames were beating in Shita's room, and the smell of incense wafted in the air.
Raymond said, "Choose one."
Opal was a little confused and said, "What do you choose? You choose."
Shita said: "Whoever chooses is the same."
Raymond picked one and opened it. There was no color or number on it, just a portrait.
"The Pope." Theta put away all the cards, left the card on the table, and said, "represents father, fatherhood, and majesty."
Opal said: "Yes, I do want to find my father."
"It symbolizes reason and insight, and you'll find him, in the presence of an elder," said Hita. "It leads people into the unknown, while preserving traditional knowledge and conservative morals. Maybe in your future life. , there will be such a role. The reversed pope expresses deviant madness, but his strength is destined for his decisiveness and judgment."
Opal has only one person in mind - Rector.
Raymond pondered for a moment and said, "I also have a question to ask, it's about love."
Opal: "?"
"The Pope's love represents pure trust, and he is a man to love and believe," Hita said. "A reversed Pope says that too much control can be confusing."
Raymond nodded slowly, and Opal said: "You seem to have said something, and it seems that you haven't said anything."
"You're so rude, Opal." Yin Yao couldn't help laughing and crying: "Can I have another cup of frozen milk coffee?"
Shita smiled and said, "I don't mind, this is just a hobby. I won't interpret the meaning of the card, but I think I can give you some reference help."
She got up and went to make coffee for Yinyao. Raymond watched the swirls of milk in the coffee. The Sphinx ice cream was beautifully made. Coffee was coffee, and milk was milk. The white line is like a mass of clues that cannot be solved.
Opal said, "So what does this mean?"
Raymond said: "Is it necessary to find someone who has both the majesty of a father and a lot of knowledge, I can only think of one at the moment."
Opal said: "It may also mean literally, looking for the Pope, what do you think?"
Raymond: "No, Opal, you don't know about divination. The meaning of divination is that you can tell it directly, but you won't know it if you die. You have to turn a few corners to mislead you."
Opal said: "Forget it, I guess it means literally."
Raymond: "I really don't know how you survived..."
Yinyao said, "Wait, excuse me, you mean you want to find your father?"
Opal thought for a while and replied, "Well, yes, my father piloted a spaceship and disappeared many years ago."
Yinyao said, "Are you rich? How much money do you have now?"
Raymond looked at him warily and said, "What do you want to do? To tell you the truth..."
Yin Yan said: "Dude, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean that. I mean we can help you issue a search request, and let people find your father's whereabouts through the mercenary union."
Opal said: "We were also mercenaries in the past. The difficulty of this task can be said to be the highest in the history of the entire union. I guess even the Rosen Grey Wolf and the others cannot complete it."
Raymond added: "And we're poor, thank you for your kindness."
Yin Yao said with a smile: "Hey, don't say that, you saved my life, I gave 1,127,000... Let's find a way together, how about releasing an A-level mission?"
When he heard this, Opal still felt very grateful, he said: "Thank you for your kindness, Yinyao, but this task is really very difficult..."
At this moment, Raymond's communication rang.
Raymond glanced at Opal. Opal's eyes were questioning, and Raymond nodded, meaning: Yes, it was Rickett's, so he got up and went outside to pick up the communication.
Knowing that Raymond didn't like him very much, Yinyao said to Opal: "Hita's lover will bring the pass later, we will take the Queen's boat to go..."
Opal was taken aback and said, "What?"
Yinyao said, "Follow me back to Liexing. The job of finding someone is up to me. No matter if you have money or not, Sid has done this once before. There are many things..."
"Yes," Opal said. "I know, is Sid's father awake?"
Yin Yao said, "You even know this? He woke up. This is what Sid and Xun separated for. It's a long story..."
"Shita!" The woman's voice sounded outside, and she passed Raymond.
Shita pulled her hair back and looked sideways at her.
It was a messenger. She glanced at Yin Di and Opal, and Shita said, "They are all mercenaries, you can trust them."
"Where's the man outside?" The woman looked at Raymond in the corridor.
"With them," Hita said.
The woman said: "Sita, something happened in the palace, I'm afraid Natasha was imprisoned, Andrea was dealing with the pirates, and a kind girl let me out, now it's a mess inside , there may be a coup d'etat, and Andrea asked you to find a way to get the letter out and give it to that person, now only he can save Natasha..."
"What?" Yin Yu said in disbelief.
Opal said: "Which one?"
The woman and Sita looked at each other, and then at Opal.
Shita said, "This is not your mercenary's business."
After receiving the communication, Raymond came in and said, "Opal, I have something to tell you."
He asked Opal to go aside and said in a low voice, "Teacher is investigating Zoro, who is currently trapped in the palace. He asked us to find a way to go first, and he will take the opportunity to come out when the pirates transfer the hostages."
When Opal heard this, he had a hunch that it was not easy.
"Are you sure he's sure to leave?" Opal said.
Although he didn't doubt Lecter's ability very much, after all, the Dragon Ray was not on him, and no one knew how strong the Pirate King was.
"We can inform him of this through Ellie or Bina..."
"No." Shita said, "Natasha's self-esteem does not allow her to do this... Besides, all-star communication has been cut off, and it is the Empire outside. Maybe you can find Pope Drummon for more..."
"But Shita." The messenger said: "Andrea asked you to find 'him', only 'he' will help unconditionally..."
"Wait!" Yin Yan said: "Who are you looking for? Let me go, I have a companion in the city of quicksand..."
The messenger glanced at Yinyao, but did not speak.
"It's not something you can handle right now," Hita said.
"The army of the Empire is coming in continuously, and they will occupy the entire Sphinx under the pretext of checking pirates." The messenger said: "Either ask 'him' for help, or be occupied by the Empire."
Sita fell into silence, and the messenger said again, "Andoriya has dealt with it very hard. The other party only gives the leaders of the pirates seventy-two hours. You can figure it out, Sita."
Yinyao said, "Who is 'he'? Shita, tell me!"
Raymond and Opal listened to their conversation for a while, looked at each other, and understood.
Raymond frowned and said, "I can't get out, and I can't leave now."
Opal took a deep breath, nodded, and Raymond said, "The teacher said that Natasha is a very stubborn woman, and she refuses the help of everyone, including the teacher..."
Opal said, "I have to go to the teacher."
Raymond said: "You have the final say."
"There's no need to ask Coralin for help." Raymond said bluntly, "I'll deal with this."
Several people were startled when they heard this.
After a brief shock, Yinyao came back to his senses, and Shita said, "You can't be involved in this matter. The strength of the other party is far beyond your imagination."
Opal said: "Leave it to us, if it is not resolved within forty-eight hours, then listen to Andrea."
The messenger said: "No, gentlemen..."
Raymond said, "Hypnotize her."
Opal: "… "
Raymond made a "please" gesture, and Opal couldn't stand still with a smile, and said, "I'll go back and get the E7, you're responsible for persuading them."