ten minutes later:
Side room of the theatre lounge.
Urka flipped through their mercenary diary and said, "With your skills, do you still want to be a mercenary?"
Opal said blankly: "Stop talking nonsense, what to do, give an accurate. We just came in and eavesdropped for a while, how much crime can we commit?"
It's really not a big crime, at most, let Opal pay for a robot and detain him for another fifteen days.
Raymond noticed that only Urka and the two of them were in the lounge. Knowing that this guy would not hand over the two of them to the police, he narrowed his eyes and said, "What do you want to do?"
Urka ruffian smiled, took out a mercenary diary from his arms, and waved to them.
A gold "S" is stamped on the black cover.
Opal and Raymond breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Hello, senior." Opal said dog-leggedly, and immediately gestured to Raymond with his eyes. Raymond hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Senior, good senior."
Opal said: "It should be said that the senior lives a hundred years!"
Raymond said hurriedly: "Senior, you will live a hundred years."
Urka smiled and said coldly, "Be disciplined."
"Yes yes yes." Opal looked like he was underwhelmed and began to look around the room. Raymond sat and said, "We... can apply for sharing mission information? What do you think?"
Urka said: "Leave immediately, I said - immediately!"
Opal said: "Don't be like this, I wish you a long life, eh? I remember one thing... Are you Steel Feather Urka?"
Urka said with a cigarette: "Have you heard of me? Hey, boy, don't touch the things here."
Opal took out the list from his pocket and said, "Well, the wrench also asked me to sign a signature for you, look at this..."
Urka looked at the list, dumbfounded, and said, "Do you guys still know Little Wrench? E-class mercenaries are quite well-connected."
"I warn you." Urka said: "There are many big figures in the Republic and the Empire who come to watch the concert. The defense will be very strict at that time. The defense of the entire theater will be transferred to protect the VIP seats. Don't act rashly."
Raymond moved in his heart and asked, "Are you here on a commission?"
Urka said nonchalantly, "Help an old guy to bring home his daughter who ran away from home, the one named Jasmine, Ledgerson's little apprentice."
"Oh—" Raymond and Opal suddenly realized.
Opal said: "Who is the old guy?"
Urka got up and kicked Opal out of the door, saying, "Get out of here, this is not what you should know."
Opal and Raymond put away the mercenary diary and came out. The corridor went straight to the backstage. Raymond said, "I should have let Ban come together just now. Maybe the mission is completed now."
Opal said: "Let's survey the terrain first."
Raymond looked back at Urka's door and said, "Aren't you afraid of being arrested by him again?"
Opal: "Don't worry, he let us go, which means acquiescence, I guess he is just afraid of the one named Jasmine... You can find a way to help him pick up girls tomorrow, and you should thank him..."
Raymond pulled the collar, and the two walked through the corridor. The robot in the background did not alert them. The staff saw them coming out of Urka's room and knew that the two had been released.
"Come here and have a look." Opal pushed open a hidden door, which was a room where debris was piled up.
Raymond: "Be careful of being treated as a thief... What about this side?"
The corridor was in the shape of a “return”. After a circle, he went back to Urka’s door. Opal put his ear to it and heard Jasmine questioning Urka. The effect was that he came here specially after hearing the news, and found that he had let him go. Park two people. Opal was busy running away with Raymond.
The outer corridor is over a thousand meters long, and at the end is a spacious hall. Raymond looked up and said, "Is this connected to the auditorium?"
Opal pushed open a small door, and at the end was the stage utility room of the Azurite Throne. The bottom was cleaned very well. There were lift plates and a magnetic levitation device inside. Raymond turned around and stopped at a small door. There is a lock on it.
Opal put the E7 on top, turned on the electronic safety lock, and the top of the E7 projected the terrain—a small room was used to independently control it. Opal opened the door, shorted the electronic lock, and found that there was another passage. Twelfth class auditorium.
"Great!" Raymond said.
Opal was still a little confused and said, "What are you doing with so many secret passages?"
Raymond said: "Mostly it's for magic, leave here first and then talk about it."
When they went back, the two of them were much more relaxed. They swaggered out the main entrance. That night, Opal and Raymond told their employers that Ben was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and repeatedly said, "He's going to kiss me" and "Xiaojiejie is going to kiss me." "…
The corner of Opal's mouth twitched as the six-hour night passed, and the planet's autobiographical cycle was very short, which made him very uncomfortable. He came out yawning and escorted Ban to the concert with a tired face.
Opal noticed that Raymond always seemed to be in high spirits, undisturbed by the amount of sleep or short sleep, and he asked, "You have such good energy."
Raymond glanced at him and said casually: "Physical factors, or you go back to sleep for a while? I will accompany the class to the backstage."
Opal hurriedly waved his hand to signal no need. The three of them checked the tickets to enter the venue. The tickets for the twelfth-class seats were already prepared by the class for the helper, and there were a total of six tickets. The VIP seats are full of armored robots, the ordinary seats are too far away, and the guards are not so strict.
Everyone was talking, the voices in the Azurite Throne were noisy, and Raymond entered the venue ahead of time. Seeing that this period was the most stringent inspection time, the security guards brought robots over to register their identities one by one. There was no gap to be found. Time changed to after the show.
The lights dimmed, and Opal whispered when he was seated: "When will we act?"
Raymond said: "In the middle of the show, or try it after the end."
The aqua-blue light swept across the auditorium, and the entire aquamarine throne became quiet immediately. Opal looked up and saw the VIP stands more than ten meters high. The entire concert hall seemed to be full.
"When are we going to see Xiaojiejie..." Ban asked excitedly.
"Shh—" Raymond and Opal held him together.
The music sounded, and the entire Azurite Throne burst into cheers. Everyone stood up and clapped wildly, whistling or shouting toward the stage. Ben shouted especially vigorously, shouting: "My dear Jay!"
Opal and Raymond had a black line, and followed the crowd to stand up and applaud. The scene was crazy for a while. Opal noticed that there were still many people standing at the top of the VIP table, among them the General Rou. The four VIP seats should be full of distinguished people.
Music surrounds the venue, all seats, partitions and walls become fully transparent, thousands of swimming fish are spinning rapidly, miniature sea jellyfish fill the space, all the light is far away from them, in the center of the dark stage, there is only one bright light of Light River.
"He who chooses the dawn at night, the dawn chooses the wind of freedom for him..."
In an instant, the stars were full of stars, and the river of light expanded, submerging the entire aquamarine throne. Ledgerson, who was blond and wearing a blue royal robe, appeared on the stage. Sixteen giant light screens showed his appearance, and the cheers were crazy. The ground rang.
"Choose a bird or a fallen leaf, a rock or a puff of smoke..."
The shouting became less and less, and Ledgerson stood in the center of the throne, like the handsome ocean prince in ancient mythology, with hundreds of naked blue-skinned Aquamarines revolving around him. Opal's pupils reflected Ledgerson's handsome face, his hair was like blazing sunlight, and his eyes were like sapphires soaked in the ocean for hundreds of millions of years. , there is a kind of shock that goes straight to the depths of the soul.
That is far from listening to the concert recording. It is like pulling their souls out of their bodies and dragging them into the deep blue sea and the vast sky. His voice has an extraordinary magic power, and it rings in his ears. In an instant, one could not help but feel a burst of joy.
Opal even forgot what he was here for. He was as fascinated as everyone else, and there was a strong impulse in his heart, as if he was being controlled.
"Every heart has a lonely time; whoever chooses the lonely world, the world chooses his singing..."
Opal's heart surged with a strong, indescribable joy, as if he had glimpsed a future full of beauty and hope.
He turned his head and looked at Raymond, wanting to say something to him, and Raymond happened to be looking at him, his eyes were very complicated.
Opal said: "He sings like, like..."
Raymond's Adam's apple moved, he sighed uncomfortably, and praised: "There is a kind of hypnotic magic."
The magic of hypnosis.
Opal suddenly thought of something again. He narrowed his eyes slightly. After Lejason finished singing the first song, he said softly: "Water Blue Star, one hundred and twenty years have passed, and I have returned to the Azurite Throne..."
The sound from the audience almost overturned the entire venue. The wave of cheers drowned out the conversation between Opal and Raymond. Ledgerson returned to the backstage after the scene, and Opal actually found that his eyes were full of tears. It was too evil. . I don't know why, but he always felt that there was something strange in it... Ledgerson's singing was simply mind-controlling the audience... Mind-controlling? The power of belief? !
Opal felt a hair in his heart, thinking of the legendary king of meteors. He instantly fell into an extremely shocking assumption during the cutscene.
"Does the King of the Meteor Stars have an exact identity?" Opal asked.
"What did you say?!" Raymond leaned over to Opal's side. At this moment, the Azurite Throne was filled with the noise made by the out-of-control audience. Opal pushed Raymond away and pressed the ear button. , whispered: "Do you know about the King of the Meteor Stars?"
Raymond heard it clearly and said, "I know very little, what's wrong?"
Opal shook his head, and Ledgerson appeared again, this time it was an opera, to the effect of telling the story of an unparalleled love on the water blue star more than a thousand years ago, the love story of human immigrants and the elf prince of the ocean.
Opal tried to use the power of his belief, squinting, immersed in his own spiritual world. The stars surrounded him, gently forming a protective barrier, and the influence of Ledgerson's singing had faded a lot.
He... Opal is almost certain, this guy will hypnotize!
No wonder his singing has unspeakable magic, how did he do it? There are at least 200,000 spectators in the Ayanite Throne! Among them, there is also a powerhouse like Admiral Soft... and S-rank Urka, who can use his singing voice to hypnotize 200,000 people at a time? !
However, it is not only the star knight who can deeply hypnotize. Opal took a deep breath, not necessarily. Maybe he is the third star knight, or maybe he is the king of meteors - Cororin is just his alias
Assuming he was the third star knight, why didn't Rector ask for his help? Ledgerson is a popular figure in the Empire and the Republic, how could he just sit and watch Rickett lose? !
Then, it is very likely that he is the king of meteorites, Cororin... Opal was completely frightened by his own inference.
No, there is another possibility - people who can hypnotize deep consciousness are not necessarily all star knights, Opal seems to have heard from someone, and phantom people are also good at affecting the brain waves of intelligent life, persuading them to buy their own junk goods.
Ledgerson's singing had little effect on Opal, perhaps because he needed to hypnotize too many people at once, and the relationship was distracting. But his operas are still very romantic and beautiful, and many audience members have already cried, moved by the hero and heroine in the story.
Opal glanced at Raymond sideways, and found that Raymond's eyes were red, immersed in the plot.
"Let's do it." Opal pressed his index finger to the ear button.
"Listen a little longer," Raymond replied.
Opal was helpless. He looked sideways at Ledgerson and found that he was cheating, and he was not so fascinated by his singing, but the wonderful feeling at the beginning still lingered in his mind.
Like opening a door, the future is a light full of beautiful melody and hope.
He had experienced that kind of experience vaguely, but he forgot when Opal closed his eyes and thought quietly in the auditorium. What brought him similar feelings
Perhaps it was the moment when Lecter told him the secrets of the universe, or perhaps it was when he came to Lie Xing and met his first real friend, Raymond.
In his mind, Raymond took him and went to the second floor to sign up for a mercenary group. The first time they solved the commission together, they leaned side by side in the greenhouse.
"Go ahead," Opal said.
Raymond was still a little reluctant, and Opal began to use his means.
He concentrated all the strength of his beliefs and invaded Raymond's mind forcefully, and suddenly saw a scene--the last time he performed the mission, in Rembrandt's endless flower field, they were wearing sunglasses and drinking outside the apron. scented tea.
"Cough!" Opal reminded.
Raymond was slightly shocked and broke away from Ledgerson's opera. According to the program, the part where the heroine died will soon be performed. The girl sang in the center of the stage, and the hypnosis was relieved a lot.
"Go." Raymond stood up and said.
Raymond and Opal were on the left and right, and they set up the class. Opal wanted to brainwash the employer, but he dismissed the idea after thinking about it. If you are hypnotized, you will be hypnotized. Just feel happy.
They left the auditorium and headed to the bathroom first, Ban smirking in the mirror, Opal tidied his hair, and his coat was folded, and Raymond went into the cubicle to pee.
"I'll be responsible for diverting the security after I come out." Raymond said, "You take him to the backstage along the road yesterday."
Opal snorted, thinking of Ledgerson's identity, he happened to go to investigate, what if his other identity was the king of meteors? No, since Rector has taught himself a skill, he can't lose the teacher's man.
Raymond and Opal came out from the other door of the bathroom, walked to the twelfth-class seat, and lifted the cover where they marked yesterday.
Everyone stared straight at the center of the stage with an almost obsessive look, no one noticed them, and a robot spotted them and drove quickly.
Raymond gave it a kick, the robot fell, and Opal immediately took Ben Yan tunnel to the backstage.
The three robots gathered here, and Raymond turned around and ran.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Urka, who was on patrol, suddenly appeared in front of Raymond. Raymond immediately stopped, turned around and left as if nothing happened, and said, "Walk around."
At the same time, Opal dragged Ban down the stage at a high speed. The opera had come to an end, and Ledgerson left the stage. When Opal arrived at the entrance of the corridor, he saw that the door of the lounge was closing.
There was a security guard outside, and Opal walked forward with Ban, and the security guard immediately said, "Who is it?!"
Opal cut his hands on his neck, and the security guard collapsed instantly.
He stepped aside, knocked on the door a few times, and Ledgerson's voice inside said, "Come in."
Ban entered and let out an ecstatic scream, followed by the sound of "gudong" falling to the ground.
Opal: "… "
Opal carried the security guard into the prop room, stood at the door, wore a security guard's hat to guard the door expressionlessly, put his index finger against the ear button, and whispered: "Raymond. Ban has already entered, the commission is completed."
Raymond's voice came: "I am with Senior Urka. After you solve the problem, give the mercenary diary to the employer and ask him to register his fingerprints."
Raymond put down his finger against the communicator and walked behind Urka. The two passed the pool platform between the tenth and eleventh seats. Urka stopped, and the two stood at the corner of the platform, each lighting up cigarette.
Urka narrowed his eyes in the smoke and said, "That girl is difficult to handle, like a wild cat."
Raymond said casually: "You are our Lie Xing's S-rank mercenary, so you plan to follow them all the time? If there is a war, will you go back, senior?"
Urka smiled and said, "Besides, have you been a soldier?"
Raymond waved his hand and said, "No."
Urka looked at Raymond from head to toe and said, "Man, you're not like a D-rank mercenary."
Raymond smiled humbly and said, "Like what level?"
Urka said: "It's barely a B grade, but you have no experience with that child, but your fighting skills are quite good."
Raymond nodded and said, "Maybe some people are born for this job."
"Hmm." Urka said, "The person who brought me before said that too."
Raymond asked, "Senior, have you been working as a mercenary?"
Urka said: "I used to be a deserter from the Third Army of the Empire."
Raymond couldn't help but be moved, Urka smiled like a ruffian, touched the scar on his head, and said, "Of course there are special reasons. Later, they didn't pursue it and asked me to go back several times."
Raymond asked, "What is your rank?"
Urka said indifferently: "Major, when I was a deserter, my rank was not high, but my old friends back then are doing well now."
Raymond nodded, remembering the relationship between Azeroth and the empire, Urka's identity is very special, both the empire's connections, and one of the six S-rank powerhouses in the country of mercenaries, perhaps in the two countries In the relationship, there is also a lot of effort in the middle.
"Will there be a war?" Raymond asked.
"I'm not sure." Urka said, "Your partner hasn't come out yet? It's been so long? It's too obvious that I can't take care of you by urging him, otherwise that girl Jasmine will trouble me again."
"Opal, you'd better hurry up." Raymond said, "Otherwise I'll be beaten."
Opal pressed his forefinger against the ear button and replied, "I have to sign my autograph right now..."
Jasmine was wearing a costume and was about to come over before she took off her makeup, but found Opal at the door.
"Who?" Jasmine said with a frown.
Opal: "… "
Jasmine said, "What are you doing here?"
Opal said: "Uh, I'm the special staff of this concert, you know, only one security guard is not safe..."
Jasmine stared into Opal's eyes and murmured, "Who are you, answer me..."
In an instant, Opal felt the power of belief rushed into his mind, and then he gathered his mental power to form a hedge with Jasmine. Jasmine suffocated, stepped back half a step, and stared at Opal while panting.
"It's a mercenary." Ledgerson's voice interrupted the contest between the two, and sounded lazily in the lounge: "Let him in, dear."
Opal froze, Jasmine didn't speak again, Ledgerson's voice said again: "Baby, go to the stage and find a way to hold me for a while."
Jasmine looked at Opal in disbelief and turned away.
Opal pushed open the door of the lounge, which was very luxuriously furnished. Ledgerson was wearing a snow-white shirt and slim trousers, as slender as a monster.
Opal said: "You... hello."
Opal gave a mercenary salute, and Ledgerson looked at him with a smile, as if he was looking at a very novel thing.
Opal was furious at him, and said uncomfortably: "King... Azeroth asked me to bring you a word, if you are willing to hold a concert in the God of War Galaxy, it will be a great honor for the country of mercenaries. "
"It will definitely come." Ledgerson narrowed his eyes like a sly fox: "But I don't think it's necessarily a concert."
Opal felt a sudden shock in his heart, what does this mean
He's not like a shady person... not the king of meteors. Opal took a deep breath and said, "Can you sign a few for us? Here are... your stills."
Ledgerson raised his eyebrows and smiled, "No problem."
He took the autographed photo from Opal and sat at the table to sign it. Opal took this opportunity to look at the lounge and found his employer lying on a large sofa. He was shocked again.
"Ah, he was just too excited to pass out." Ledgerson said.
"Have you met before?" Opal said.
Ledgerson said: "Yes, I saw it in my dream."
Opal's heartbeat is very fast. This is the first time he has come into contact with the Prince of Opera so closely. He has a dreamy feeling of seeing a real person after watching the holographic projection for a long time. Ledgerson is very beautiful, and his facial features are like exquisite carvings. Since entering the room to the present, his handsome face has been impeccably beautiful from any angle.
But Opal is not good at this. He has almost no feeling of temptation for Ledgerson, and occasionally immerses himself in his singing. When he knows the magic principle of singing, this intoxication has almost disappeared.
He stood in front of Ledgerson, and he couldn't ask a word of the temptation he had thought of before. He was very nervous. When he was nervous, his mind would easily get distracted and think wildly. Ledgerson is not his type, so what type does he like
The appearance of Raymond appeared in Opal's mind, and suddenly he found that Raymond also looked very good, tall and straight, masculine beauty, safe, calm, reliable, much more approachable than Ledgerson.
Ledgerson is like a brilliant, perfect god, a dummy.
Opal laughed at himself embarrassedly, and Ledgerson looked up at him, and his eyes were full of ridicule.
"Here... if it's convenient for you." Opal carefully took out a form and said, "Can you sign a 'To my favorite Alice...'"
Ledgerson wrote the next line with a rainbow brush and smiled, "Is Alice your lover?"
"Uh no." Opal reluctantly said: "He is the grandmother of a clerk in our mercenary union. You know, it's not easy to make a living these days, and you have to manage every aspect. By the way, do you know a man named 'Rick'? special people?"
Ledgerson folded the photo he had written under it, without pausing, and said, "I don't know, who is Rector?"
Opal murmured, "A mercenary who also likes your singing."
He didn't use the power of belief, but unknowingly felt Ledgerson's spiritual world, which was purely spontaneous, enveloped by a green, like a dense forest.
Ledgerson raised his head and glanced at Opal, who woke up from his trance.
"You should take your employer back." Ledgerson signed a stack of photos and returned it to Opal.
Opal said: "Excuse me, I'm really sorry for delaying you for so long, we'll leave right away."
Opal left with the unconscious Ban, and Ledgerson said, "By the way, I suddenly want to entrust you with a task."
Opal asked, "What?"
He put Ben's arms on his shoulders and turned to look at Ledgerson.
Ledgerson said: "If it is convenient for you, can you take him home and send him back to his mother? The child has been away from home for too long, and his mother will be worried."
"No problem." Opal breathed a sigh of relief.
Ledgerson said: "He told me just now that his home is in a place called the Crimson Planet in the Scarlet Flame Galaxy. If I remember correctly, it should be... 19th Street, Paradise Fire Courtyard?"
Opal said: "Okay, no problem."
After he agreed to this, he suddenly remembered where the place name seemed to have been heard before, but he couldn't remember it at all.
Ledgerson put his finger on his lips, raised him slightly, and blew a small kiss.
Opal: "… "
Opal walked out of the corridor with Ban in his arms, put one hand against his ear buckle, and said, "Raymond, our business is over, do you hear me?"