Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 338: Odin's Crusade Team, Assemble! (Part 2)
Where would the intruder be? To some extent, profiling is also a strong reasoning ability. No matter how little clue is left, Nono can always find the most reasonable answer from the clues.
If this person is coming for a certain girl, then revenge kidnapping is possible, because the intruder's intrusion is very professional and an ordinary person who is interested in something cannot do it.
However, the Golden Iris Academy's night security did not have a strict schedule. The nuns would take turns patrolling at night, but they did not follow a strict route during their working hours. There were no rules to follow in their patrols, so of course it was impossible to easily find gaps.
From the third floor up, there are single dormitories. Every dormitory in the academy provides treatment comparable to that of a presidential suite and is also a focus of patrols. It would be difficult for a thief to break in successfully.
Nuonuo walked along the wall to the stairs and took a few steps up, hiding in the corner. Sure enough, it didn't take long before he heard the nun's light footsteps and the faint light of fire approaching here. Obviously, the nun didn't encounter any abnormal situation and was not killed. Nuonuo decisively retreated and turned to search the lower floors.
Various classrooms, restaurants, dance halls, chapels, warehouses... are basically all on the bottom two floors. Nuonuo began to doubt his own head. If the intruder was not coming for a certain girl, could it be that such a professional person really just passed by by mistake?
She soon realized that she had made a wrong judgment. The beautiful girls were not the only treasures on the island, and there was nothing valuable and easy to move in the academy. But what if the thief was just a foodie? Even professional assassins would get hungry in the dead of night, because assassins would not eat before taking action, which would affect the outline of the body and make it impossible to enter certain special areas.
The door of the wine cellar in the basement was tightly closed, with a faint candlelight, because there were dozens of spiral stone steps going down, and the light could not reach the corridor on the first floor. If the Golden Iris Academy found someone intruding, they would definitely search around the girls' rooms, but they would not have thought that the thief who came here was feasting in the wine cellar.
Nuonuo grabbed a broom from the tool room and went down the stairs. In her hand, this thing would be as powerful as a baseball bat. Standing at the door of the wine cellar, she could already hear the chewing sounds of people inside. The sound of people eating meat was so pleasing that Nuonuo even drooled a little...
This is mainly because the college kitchen is closed at night and is guarded by someone to prevent the girls who love late-night snacks from becoming fat pigs when they graduate. But the delicious but scarce food on weekdays can't fill Nono's stomach at all. Every night she can only miss hamburgers, cola and potato chips and chew her fingers. When she is too hungry to bear it, she will run to the wine cellar to steal something to eat. In addition to wine, there are also specially smoked sausages, hams and meat slices.
Nuonuo held the broom tightly, lightly hooked his fingers on the edge of the door, and opened it with a swish. Without saying a word, he rushed straight in and hit the thief on the head. The thief inside was busy stealing food, and when he heard the movement behind him, he turned around and wanted to fight back, but a well-fed person was like a slow-moving fat pig, and of course he could not beat a jealous tiger.
The broom hit the thief on the head. With Nono's strength, this blow was enough to knock a grown man unconscious, and the broom could even be broken directly. But the thief just covered his head and whimpered, which looked a little cute... He looked at Nono with tears in his eyes, his face full of grievance.
"Oh my god! Why is it you?" Nuonuo was confused and threw the broken broom to the ground.
"Senior Sister... We haven't seen each other for such a long time, you don't have to greet me in this way, right?" Lu Mingfei was really about to cry. If she was stabbed by Deadpool, she might just curse and kick the guy away, but if she was hit by her own people with a club, the feeling would instantly turn her into a child who could only act cute.
"Why did you come to a place like this for no reason, just to steal food?" Nuonuo glanced at the things on the shelf. When she came in, Lu Mingfei had her back to her. There were wine bottles all around her, and large Iberian hams were hung on the wall next to her. She could easily cut them into slices with a knife and eat them.
"Sister, how do you know how hard it is for me? I came to Malta from Japan, took a flight for more than 20 hours, and didn't even have time to eat. I came to find you but I didn't know which room you were in. I smelled the ham on the wall all the way here... I hadn't even taken a few bites when you came in and hit me with a club. I thought I had encountered a patrolling security guard and was considering whether to knock him down." Lu Mingfei complained with a sigh.
"Can't you choose a flight with meals? Why do you have to choose such a cheap one!" Nuonuo slashed at her with her hand, but this time she didn't use any strength at all, it was just a lesson. In her eyes, Lu Mingfei seemed to never grow up, and was still the Cinderella of Shilan Middle School who she could manipulate at will.
"The money saved by changing flights is enough to buy a lot of gifts..." Lu Mingfei muttered in a low voice.
"Is buying gifts more important than starving yourself? It's not like before. With your current status, you still have to be so stingy!"
"Sister, you were not born poor. How can you understand the hardships of us Chinese people? Money is saved by frugality. Even if you are rich, you can't forget your roots. It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality!" Lu Mingfei took out a small gadget like a magician and handed it to Nuonuo, "Happy birthday, sister!"
The round little thing swayed back and forth in her palm, always maintaining a delicate balance. It was a red Daruma doll, with an expression that was somewhat ferocious but also somewhat funny, especially like the look of those drunk Japanese office workers when they were yelling, as if if you touched it twice, it would yell and call you a bastard.
Before leaving Japan, Lu Mingfei looked at the date and found that when she arrived in Malta it would be Nono's birthday, so she went to Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, and bought one from a famous teacher there.
This kind of handicraft is often used in Japan for praying, promotion, exams, and marriage. Daruma dolls are a frequent customer. This seemingly small thing actually requires more than a hundred working processes. In the hands of those famous masters, this thing will be even more expensive. Both the color and weight are far superior to the batch goods in the factory. You can tell at a glance that Lu Mingfei's is absolutely handmade.
Nuonuo never expected to receive such a birthday gift today. She thought that this day would pass quietly. In the Golden Iris Academy, every student's birthday was ignored. Because of the special identities of these girls, some information cannot even be disclosed to the academy. In order to treat them equally, the academy simply does not take care of students who have birthdays. They are only allowed to do things on their birthdays in private that they cannot do at other times.
But Nuonuo actually doesn't like to celebrate her birthday, because every time she reaches this day, she will know that she is one year older. Women are like beautiful ephemeral flowers, which seem to have changed their appearance from the time they first bloom in their teens to the time they turn 30. There are only a dozen years in total, and Nuonuo has already spent a lot of time in that period. She still feels that she is a child who will never grow up, so birthdays, which represent farewell and growing up, are not worth commemorating for her.
But she will still be willing to accept gifts, especially birthday gifts, which represents how many people care about you. Ordinary relationships or unfamiliar friends will not give you birthday gifts. A truly lonely person will not even be greeted by his parents on his birthday.
"How did you know?" Nuonuo smiled faintly.
"From the academy's information, you don't know here, a lot of things have happened outside. The academy has now moved to Tokyo, along with EVA's database. That's why I came here to find you. Your address was found by EVA, because you dropped out of the academy before and boarded the ship to Malta. If I hadn't read those files, I wouldn't even know that you were no longer a member of the academy." Lu Mingfei sighed, "You will definitely not believe it... In just a few months, the world of mixed-bloods has been turned upside down."
She and Nono sat cross-legged opposite each other, drinking some Tibetan wine and eating some ham, and she told Nono every detail of everything that had happened since the annihilation of the Tokyo White King.
Nuo Nuo remained silent throughout the whole process. The Daruma Doll grinned at her in front of her. She did not express her opinion on anything. Caesar was taken away by Percy and disappeared, Chu Zihang also disappeared with Odin, the academy was destroyed, the school directors were attacked, and the Gattuso family almost went to war with the entire half-blood world... Now, this half-blood world hidden in the dark is already turbulent, and no one knows how dangerous the next step will be.
"How dare you come to Malta to find me in this situation?" After hearing the whole story, Nono was most concerned about Lu Mingfei's safety. "I was sent to this island because of my engagement with Caesar. Malta is so close to Rome. If you come to a place like this and get noticed, you'll almost be sending yourself to death."
"But I need your help! The principal needs me to find Odin. The Black King's resurrection may have entered the countdown, but no one can be 100% sure when and where Odin will appear. You can profile him, so you are definitely the best teammate to find Odin." Lu Mingfei waved the ham in his hand.
"Then have you ever considered that I might already be a member of the Gattuso family?" Nuo Nuo 's eyes suddenly became a little weird, and the way he looked at Lu Mingfei gradually became like a hunter. "If I don't volunteer, no one can send me to this isolated island. I am willing to pay this price for Caesar. Caesar is backed by the Gattuso family. If I join your side, it means going against the Gattuso family, and my engagement with Caesar will be invalidated."
"Sister, stop scaring me." Lu Mingfei looked straight at Nuonuo, "I'm not the fool who let you control me back then. If you were such a person, I wouldn't have made up my mind to come find you. Who is Nuonuo? She's a red-haired witch. Is it the fate of a witch to be hindered by the love of mortals?"
"That was when I was young, but now I'm old." Nuo Nuo looked a little unhappy, and put her head on her knees. "Aren't all female heroes like this? After getting married, they no longer have the ambition to venture into the martial arts world. From then on, taking care of their husbands and children is the greatest pursuit in life. Zhao Min is such a smart girl, she can control the six major sects, but later she followed Zhang Wuji, and there is no legend about her in the martial arts world."
"But you are still young!" Lu Mingfei didn't expect Nuonuo to refuse. Before coming here, she got the information about this place through EVA and knew what the Golden Iris Academy was like. She thought Nuonuo would definitely get tired of this place. If she came here, she would definitely team up to run away and fight Odin. But Nuonuo now behaved like a deflated ball, looking listless. Lu Mingfei had never seen her like this before.
"My mentality is already very old." Nono said lightly, "For me this is not an ordinary engagement, it is an agreement between the people behind me and the Gattuso family."
"The Chen family?" Lu Mingfei's heart moved. She remembered the news she learned in Japan that Nuonuo's father, Chen Hao, was very likely a participant on the Lenin that year.
"Um."
"I know that's the school director's family, but they've been hit hard by the Gattuso family's divine punishment attack. If your family and the Gattuso family are still partners, why would the Gattuso family do this?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.
"Aren't you still the same little fool as before?" Nuonuo pouted, "That was fake, I just acted for you guys."
"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei chose to believe Nuonuo who had a profile.
"The Gattuso family will attack everyone who threatens them. Since the other school directors have been hit, the Chen family will certainly not be spared. Only in this way can everyone believe that the Gattuso family has been isolated because of their actions, and you will also believe that the victimized Chen family will stand on the same line with you. But this is the real purpose of the Gattuso family. Even if I don't leave here, I can guess it based on your information. I am too familiar with the Chen family. They will become the traitors among you and continue to provide information to the Gattuso family. With cooperation inside and outside, they can always be invincible."
Nuonuo said calmly, "There are only a few dragon-slaying families in ancient China that have survived to this day. Since the establishment of the Chen family, they have always been like this. They have never been the strongest, but they can always stand on the side that can benefit themselves. That is how they have come to this day in thousands of years of wars and dynasty changes. In the eyes of the Chen family, Kassel Academy is not as trustworthy as the Gattuso family. This means that they know that the Gattuso family must have something that can achieve victory, so they choose to cooperate with Gattuso."
"That being said... the principal might be in danger!" Lu Mingfei realized that the situation in Tokyo might be much worse than she had imagined. Before she left, representatives from other school directors' families had just arrived in Tokyo and were preparing to talk with Angers. Among them was someone from the Chen family!
These people probably don't know that the principal has lost his bloodline in the battle in Tokyo. It is impossible for a person with time zero to be assassinated. But what if? What if they know Ange's current state through some details or methods? If the Chen family really cooperates with the Gattuso family and acts as their insider, then at the moment when the war has begun, killing the leader of the opponent is undoubtedly the best strategy to capture the thief first. Once Ange dies, no one can gather the people of Kassel Academy!
