Shadow of the Beautiful World

At the same time that Merlin sent Damian back to his father, in another place in Gotham City, the S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant Miss Elsa Bloodstone was also carrying out her own mission.

In the months of S.H.I.E.L.D., Elsa has gotten used to sudden missions.

As a consultant, she doesn't need to clock in and go to work every day like the agents, wandering around New York, dealing with all kinds of trivial things. According to the division of functions of sl.d., Elsa will only come forward as a supporting force when supernatural events above level b occur.

Although the law and order in New York is not good, B-level incidents do not happen every day, so during this period of time, Miss Bloodstone's life is actually quite leisurely and comfortable.

S.H.I.E.L.D. gives her a generous allowance every month, so that she can maintain a good life even if she doesn't open a shop.

But Elsa, the girl, still stays in her small shop almost every day. Except for occasional shopping with a few female colleagues, she almost stays at home.

She was preparing for her witcher trials.

After killing the weak legendary vampire with Merlin and Blade last time, Elsa felt weak, especially after learning that her missing father was probably involved in trouble related to Dracula, Elsa Elsa has been doing her best to improve her strength.

She had to become an official demon hunter in the shortest possible time before she could be able to intervene in her father's situation.

However, Merlin's phone call interrupted Miss Bloodstone's training plan, and she came to the Sin City on the east coast. This was her first visit to Gotham, but her first impression of this city was too bad .

This damn place.

Wearing a windbreaker and sunglasses, Elsa looked at the punks lying at her feet in distaste. This was the seventh time she had been harassed after entering Gotham.

And all of this happened in just 2 hours.

In addition to being harassed, she was also involved in three unsuccessful burglaries, two times with a pistol to her head and a drive-by robbery. In the street behind her, a few minutes earlier, a small bank had been robbed by masked thugs.

These events perfectly explained to Elsa what Sin City is.

She was already very dissatisfied with the law and order in New York, but after entering Gotham, she realized that New York, where demons danced wildly, was really good.

Sure enough, the sense of happiness is comparative.

Elsa sighed and kicked the thug's crotch.

With the sound of something breaking, she shook her long bright orange hair, then compared the address Merlin gave her, she walked towards a red apartment at the end of the street.

That's Dr. Douglas' home, at least that's how it was described in the message Merlin gave.

But here, it doesn't look like someone lives here.

Miss Xueshi pushed open the door. In this third-floor apartment, she didn't feel any movement.

After entering the working state, Elsa, who is joking and joking on weekdays and has a good personality, has also become serious and stable.

Although she is not yet a formal witcher, Elsa has been trained by her parents since she was a child, and she has also taken some medicines to make her physical fitness and various senses surpass ordinary people, so as to improve her ability to accept the grass trial. success rate.

In a family with an ancient inheritance like the Bloodstone family, Elsa's ancestors left many methods to ensure that the inheritance will not be cut off.

Whoever lives here, they all left, well, at least a week ago.

Miss Bloodstone frowned, observing the situation in the empty apartment. She stretched out her hand and touched the table beside her. There was already dust gathering on the table.

“The taste”

Elsa moved her nose, and she quickly walked up to the second floor. On the floor in front of her, there was some rotten smell.

Obviously it was cleaned, but it still left marks.

She squatted down, looked at the hard-to-detect marks on the floor, and said softly:

It should be food scraps. They left while they were eating, or they were forcibly taken away.

There are still traces of fighting here.

The witcher lady stood up and walked to the window. She stroked the marks left by the sharp weapon on the window frame. She could even imagine the scene at that time.

She turned her head, looked at the dining table behind her, and said:

Dr. Douglas's family was eating at that time, and then someone broke in through the window and stood by the dining table. Well, it should be this position.

Miss Bloodstone moved a few steps to the left, looked at the dining table in front of her, and continued to analyze:

There should be more than one person, and the traces left on the ground are very scattered.

Dr. Douglas wanted to protect his family. He tried to stop them, but he was knocked down. They threatened him. It should be something like a knife or a dagger.

Elsa simulated the situation at that time based on the information she collected.

She carefully observed the dust left on the floor and where the food scraps were scattered. She walked to the other side of the dining table and stood there:

There is a person standing here, who seems to be the leader.

Miss Bloodstone stretched out her hand and stroked the dusty dining table. After a few seconds, she found a tiny scratch on the table. She said:

There's something stuck in here, for intimidation. Probably a dagger or some kind of throwing weapon.

They escorted the doctor's family, left along the gate, and just walked away, leaving some people to clean up the mess.

Elsa opened the closed curtains to let the afternoon sun shine into the room. She looked at the tidy living room and said:

A very professional technique that erased any traces that might reveal his identity.

There's nothing to see here.

She was a little disappointed, and then walked up the spiral staircase to the third floor, which was divided into several rooms, but there was still some weird smell in the corridor. For ordinary people, these smells are indistinguishable, but for Elsa, she can smell the information represented in these smells.

Demon hunters have fought aliens for thousands of years, and each of them is a true master of tracking.

After all, aliens would not just hide in their lairs and wait for the hunters to kill them. They were very good at hiding their tracks.

Should be some kind of chemical.

Elsa walked forward following the smell in the air, and finally stopped at the door of a small room. She said:

Here, it should be the place where the doctor did the experiment. He is really dedicated to doing the experiment in his own home.

After finishing speaking, Miss Bloodstone pushed open the door, and as expected, the house was empty, everything was removed, leaving only an empty room.

Elsa walked into it, and she looked around for the traces left in the room. After a few minutes, she shook her head. The other party was very clean, and almost nothing was left.

She took out her mobile phone and dialed Merlin's number. After a while, the mobile phone connected.

Merlin, the doctor of biology you asked me to find is missing.

While searching for possible information along the edge of the room, Elsa said to Merlin:

Someone took him and his family away, it should have happened a week ago.

Any clues to find out who did it?

Merlin who had already returned to Wayne Manor asked:

Did the doctor leave any information or something?

No, at least I haven't found out yet.

Miss Bloodstone said:

The other party is an organization that is very good at this kind of arrest operation. There are almost no valuable clues left in the house, but what is certain is that they took away the doctor's family and took the doctor to another place. It should be He is coercing him to work for them. Eh, wait a minute.

Elsa tilted her head and clamped the phone between her ears and shoulders. She stretched out her hand and stroked the wall. There was an invisible scratch there, extending all the way to the corner of the wall under Elsa's feet.

What's wrong?

Merlin asked.

There's something stuck in the crack in the corner, wait a minute.

Elsa squatted down and took out a tweezer from her windbreaker pocket with a magic pocket sewn on it. She carefully put the tweezers into the crack in the corner of the wall. After a while, a thing the size of a baby's palm was thrown out of the crack Clipped out.

That's a quadrilateral dart.

It is very light and thin, with exquisite workmanship. The sharp blades raised on the four sides and the outside of the ring all shine with a cold light, representing the purpose of this dangerous thing.

Elsa put the dart in front of her eyes, and she could imagine that when this dart was thrown at someone from the dark, it could easily cut the opponent's neck, or even be stabbed into the back of the opponent's heart.

However, ordinary assassins would not use such exquisite weapons. Compared with ordinary darts, such special-shaped darts are very difficult to use.

And on the inside of that dart, there is a weird sign.

I know who took the doctor away.

Elsa said to Merlin on the other end of the phone:

I found something that can prove their identities. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the mark of the League of Assassins. I saw warriors using this weapon when I was a child. My father and grandfather both worked with them.

Wanted

Merlin was silent for a moment, and he said to Elsa:

It doesn't have to be them. In short, the current situation is a bit complicated. You come to Wayne Manor. I will wait for you here and tell you the current situation in person.

Well, I'll be there soon.

Miss Bloodstone put the dart back into her pocket, looked around, and said to Merlin:

Wayne Manor, right? I know that place, when did you get involved with Gotham's biggest playboy?

I have a lot of friends, Elsa.

Merlin says:

I have a lot of friends. Anyway, come here quickly. A dinner is being prepared here. If you come in time, you can still have a big meal.

Yeah?

Elsa touched her flat belly and said:

Then wait for me, I'll be soon

Snapped

A sudden noise from downstairs made Elsa stop talking. She put her left hand into the pocket of the windbreaker and took out a hand crossbow from it. While winding the hand crossbow, she said to Merlin:

Well, a few 'guests' have come to visit me, I'll hang up first, Merlin, wait for me there.

Need help, Elsa.

Merlin says:

I can go there anytime.

unnecessary!

Miss Bloodstone hid quietly by the door of this room, listening to some kind of vibration coming from the wall, she said:

I can handle it myself, but don't underestimate me and let it be. We'll see you later.

Elsa put down the phone, and she took out another hand crossbow. After installing the arrow box, she walked out of the room on the third floor without a sound. She hid in the shadows and looked down.

Several black shadows are active on the second floor, and that's not all. By the window, Elsa can still hear some sounds of flapping wings, which means that in the air of this apartment, there are also uninvited guest.

Bats and people, hey, it's disgusting.

In Elsa's super vision, she clearly saw the appearance of those black shadows.

They still maintain their human form, but they have gray wings folded behind them, and their heads have been deformed into a hybrid human and bat posture, which looks like a terrifying combination. beast.

They were wearing black trousers, with staggered samurai swords on their backs, and strange-looking assault rifles in their hands, and a few grenades hanging from their waists.

Judging from their action patterns, they seemed to have received some kind of training, and their walking posture reminded Elsa of the assassins of the League of Assassins she had seen in her childhood.

But if it's just like this, it's not enough to make Miss Bloodstone feel intimidated.

Among the knowledge that the demon hunters have learned, there are many monsters that are more destructive than this batman. Their frightening and distorted appearance, in Elsa's view, is just a drizzle.

Hiding in the shadows, she silently raised the hand crossbow in her hand, aiming at the two bat warriors who were searching for something.

A wistful smile appeared in Elsa's beautiful blue eyes, and she licked her lips, feeling a surge of enthusiasm for the battle.

She is the daughter of Bloodstone, destined to become an excellent witcher in the future, and will leave her own legend in the story of the witcher. How could she fail here?

Elsa breathed a sigh of relief, her finger was on the trigger of the hand crossbow, and she said softly:

I'm going to eat a big meal later.

Take it as exercise before meals.