The Glory of Noxus.

Night falls.

A hint of coolness gradually emerged in the air of Beljum, dispelling the scorching heat of the day.

The dim starlight descended from the sky, blending into the twinkling candlelight, illuminating the hazy outline of the city.

In the streets and alleys, soldiers from the Noxian Empire patrol day and night to maintain order.

Their presence brought a sense of security to the city and demonstrated the authority and order of the empire.

The secret place of the Reiser guard, backyard.

In the dark room, Huo Jixing suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of red-gold light ignited his pupils.

"Someone is watching from behind."

He moved his pupils, and clouds filled his red-gold vision.

There were two colorful clouds representing extraordinary people surrounding the room.

If it was an ordinary investigator from the Reiser Garrison Corps, he might not have noticed the secret spying.

Unfortunately, Huo Jixing is not an ordinary person.

But he is a strong man who has entered the realm of legend.

Buzz!Buzz!

The spiritual power spread in the air like ripples, silently reaching the hiding place of the two extraordinary people.

"It's a bit unexpected that he is a transcendent from the Reiser Garrison Corps!"

Huo Jixing recalled Dilxat's performance during the day, and after careful consideration, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Watching me?"

"Or do you mean monitoring every investigator who comes to Bergen?"

He thought in his mind, slowly stood up, and gently held the Lingfeng placed on the bedside.

"Two extraordinary people can indeed deal with ordinary investigators."

"But I'm not!"

Huo Jixing glanced at the snow-white Poro who was sleepy on the bed, pulled him up and stuffed him into his arms.

In his field of vision, the clouds belonging to Dilxat were quietly moving away.

Without waiting any longer, Huo Jixing's spiritual power directly disrupted the perception of the two extraordinary people, causing them to fall into a trance state.

Then, clouds rose from under his feet, carrying him out of the room and catching up with Dilxat.

The downtown area in the late night.

It is dark and cold, with few people around.

The dim candlelight flickered in the cold wind, casting mottled light and shadows.

The occasional figures you see are the indigenous people who are drunk. Oppressed by life, they can only indulge in the world of alcohol.

Dilxat was very familiar with the terrain of the lower city and walked quickly in the dark shadows.

There was a sharp light in his eyes, and he was always paying attention to the situation around him to prevent any accidents.

After a cup of tea.

Dilxat walked through narrow alleys, stopped in front of a hidden, dilapidated house, and knocked on the door gently.

There were three long and four short knocks on the door, which disappeared into the darkness with the wind.

Then, the door opened from the inside.

Dilishaiti still looked back worriedly before stepping in.

When Dilxat's figure completely disappeared into the room, waves of black fog emerged, covering all traces.

"Rune magic circle?"

Huo Jixing was surrounded by clouds and suspended in the sky. He noticed subtle fluctuations of rune energy in the room.

"But it's too low-level."

He arrived above the dilapidated room, and his spiritual power ignored the rune array and penetrated into the interior of the house.

"A familiar scent, a member of the Black Rose!"

There was a hint of coldness in Huo Jixing's calm eyes, and the slightly upturned corners of his mouth were like a sharp dagger.

"You are in such a hurry to see me, is there something wrong?"

In the dim room, the Black Rose members were wearing pure black robes with rose emblems on their chests.

Dilishati frowned, not quite used to the dark room.

"An investigator from the capital has reviewed Katarina's whereabouts again."

"And he also retrieved all of Bergen's intelligence information from the past two months."

"Are you worried that he will find out what we did?" the Black Rose member said with a smile.

"Don't worry, all traces have been erased."

Upon hearing this, Dilxat secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As the person in charge of the Reiser Garrison Secret Post and a high-ranking officer of the Reiser Garrison Corps, he is well aware of the difficulty and cruelty of the Black Rose.

"But we still have to monitor them. News has come from the capital that some big shots will be coming to Shurima, and they asked us to cooperate with the operation." said a member of the Black Rose.

"Okay, I've arranged someone to monitor it." Dilishati nodded.

After a moment of silence, a member of the Black Rose spoke slowly.

"Are the weapons ready?"

"Not yet. After the last rebellion incident, Service Officer Dorick made a special record of the consumption of weapons." Dilishati said helplessly.

“It will take some time to gather them all together.”

Some time ago, a small rebel group of the tribe raided the small outpost near Berghun.

But they unexpectedly encountered patrolling Noxian Imperial cavalry, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army.

While cleaning the battlefield, the Noxian cavalry discovered some standard weapons of the Empire, which aroused the anger and attention of the orderly officer Dorik.

"Everything must be done within three days, otherwise those people in the tribe will lower the price."

"You don't want to lose gold coins, do you?"

"I'll take care of it." Dilishati gritted his teeth and agreed.

According to the latest laws of the Empire, secretly smuggling imperial weapons is a capital offense, no matter who you are.

Even if there is a generous reward, he should not do it given his status.

But he had a fatal handle in the hands of Black Rose and had to obey Black Rose's orders.

"In fact, you can get rid of the service officer Dorik, just like you did before, and replace him with an obedient one." Dilishati thought for a while and said in a deep voice.

"It's a good idea, but you can choose not to tell it." Black Rose looked at Dilxat in front of her with amusement.

If she remembered correctly, Dilishati and Dorik had been good friends for many years, and their family relationship had lasted for a hundred years.

Such friendship, however, cannot defeat one's own life.

"Not for now. Catalina's disappearance has attracted the attention of many people. We need to be careful." Black Rose suppressed the thoughts in her mind and refused.

"Okay." Dilxat was slightly disappointed.

"Well, contact me when the weapons are ready. Don't contact me at other times. I have important things to do."

The Black Rose member snapped his fingers, shutting down the rune array, and then merged into the shadows and disappeared.

Dilxat stayed in the room and was in no hurry to leave.

He thought of Charles who had come during the day, and felt uneasy.

But he chose not to tell the Black Rose members just now.

Dilxat also has his own plans.

Perhaps Charles' presence would be a good bargaining chip.

He stayed for a while before leaving cautiously.

"What a crazy guy!"

Above the sky, Huo Jixing, who had been eavesdropping on the whole process, looked surprised and let out a sigh of relief.

"Not only are they colluding with the Black Rose, but they are also secretly smuggling Imperial weapons."

He thought of Dilxat's performance during the day, and then connected it with the intelligence information of the secret guard post of Reiser.

"Well, this is a strategy to stop the Empire from deploying in the Shurima continent."

Swain is prepared to absorb the wealth of Shurima in the long term through trade cooperation and cultural invasion.

But in the eyes of noble warlords like Dilishati, the indigenous people of Shurima are born slaves and should give everything for them.

Things like trade cooperation and granting a certain status should not appear on the Shurima continent.

The most important thing is, as a member of the vested interest group that benefited from the war of development, how could Dilxat be willing to give up the interests in his hands?

“But he shouldn’t have done that.”

Huo Jixing rubbed the snow-white Poro that had its head sticking out of his arms, his thoughts surging.

"Perhaps Black Rose has some evidence against Dilxat that can explain what he is doing now."

He looked at Dilxat who was walking away, then at the Black Rose lurking in the lower city, and finally shook his head.

He couldn't pay attention to these bullshit for the time being. His first priority was to investigate Catalina's whereabouts.

If I act now, I will most likely expose myself.

"Death is staring at you. I hope you can enjoy the last good life."

The darkness faded, and the crimson glow of dawn fell upon Beljur.

Huo Jixing got up early and walked to the backyard to exercise.

Coincidentally, Dilxat came over yawning and they greeted each other.

"Morning, Charles!"

"Good morning, Lord Dilishati."

"How did you sleep last night?"

Dilxat stretched and spoke very naturally, without any sign of the cautious vigilance he had shown last night.

"Not bad. I'm good at adapting to the environment." Huo Jixing responded, his smile filled with humility and sincerity.

The two of them were talking in low voices while exercising, and they seemed to have a very good relationship.

Huo Jixing said casually while eating breakfast.

"Lord Dilishati, I have an appointment with the imperial warship and need to board the ship and leave before noon."

"Oh, where are you going?"

Dilxat put down the warm white bread in his hand and said with a little concern.

"Go to Nashram first, and then to Uzeris." Huo Jixing spoke without much hesitation.

Acting? He can do that, too.

And with the bonus of spiritual power, he is a natural movie star.

“Well, it’s similar to the direction of our investigation.” Dilxat agreed.

"Wait a minute, I have something to give you."

Without waiting for Huo Jixing to answer, he quickly stood up and left the restaurant.

After a while.

Dilxat returned holding a headscarf made of tulle with glittering gold thread embroidered inside.

"Take this, you can use it on the road."

He placed the gauze headscarf in Huo Jixing's hand and pointed at the shimmering golden threads.

"These gold threads are the hard currency in Shurima. If you need them, you can just pull them out and use them."

Seeing Huo Jixing was a little hesitant, Dilishati was delighted, but he immediately concealed this emotion and laughed heartily.

"Haha, don't care too much about your identity. Learn to enjoy life in Shurima."

"Then I'll accept it."

Huo Jixing hesitated for a moment, nodded reluctantly, and stuffed the gold-thread headscarf into his arms.

At noon.

With Dilishati's special farewell, Huo Jixing boarded the imperial ship and left the port of Beljum.

"Finally left!"

Looking at the black ship going away, Dilishaiti's tense mood suddenly relaxed.

After the secret meeting last night, he received a report from two surveillance personnel, confirming that Huo Jixing spent the entire night in the room and did not leave.

This means that Huo Jixing did not find any useful information, which is good news for him at the moment.

The waves rose and fell, and the Noxian ships made a low and free roar as they sailed on the Conqueror's Sea.

Huo Jixing stood in front of the window of the room, looking at the increasingly smaller Beljun, with a smile on his face.

"Leaving Berghun?"

He shook his head gently, withdrew his gaze, and began to rest his eyes.