Hunting Game [Interstellar]

A week later, the National Day came, and the bimonthly sacrifice carnival that has lasted until now reached its climax, and the entire imperial capital was decorated with brilliance.

According to the tradition that has been handed down for hundreds of years, a large-scale masked dinner will be held in the Double Moon Hall. Thousands of guests are eligible to be invited to attend, and the emperor and empress will also be present in person.When the bell rang at zero o'clock, the current archbishop of the church announced the consecration speech. At that time, affected by the refraction of the cosmic light source, the two "full moons" on the night will turn into a rare red color, which indicates that when the iron cavalry of the Luo Yin Empire travels across the galaxy , The blood-stained territory is sacred and inviolable.

At eight o'clock in the evening, there is still half an hour before the dinner party starts.

In the suspension car parked on the side of the road, Su Shichuan lit a cigarette, his eyes passed through the front windshield, and landed lightly at the entrance of the alley between the two shops.

This is a remote town north of the imperial capital, not prosperous, and the festive atmosphere is dull.At this time, the shops on the street are closed one after another, and only a few sporadic ones are still lit. The salesperson who has been free for a day is even more listless at this time, and he is behind the counter slowly counting and tallying, so as to pass the time before work. Last working hours.

After another ten minutes, the lights of the shops around the alley went out, and the clerk pulled down the anti-theft shutter door, yawned and left.

After the clerk disappeared completely, there was finally movement in the deserted alley.

A fox dog with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks wandered out, sniffing around a few garbage bags in the corner.It lowered its head and looked like it was greedy for food, but its ears were erected high, and its round black eyes glanced around.After making sure that no pedestrians passed by, the fox dog pulled a garbage bag and made noise, bared its teeth and barked twice towards the product packaging box.

At the same time, the promotional advertisement on the outer wall of the store seemed to be disturbed by something, fluttering and fluttering in the windless night, making a small noise.

Su Shichuan watched the two companions who came to join him, took off the cigarette in his mouth, and flicked the ash in the car ashtray.When he raised his head again, he looked at the extra pair of eyes in the rearview mirror, and smiled at the late Mr. Assassin.

The whole process was carried out silently. It is a compulsory course for dark professions to cover one's tracks with the help of night, but there was no sound at all when getting into the car... Su Shichuan glanced at the well-closed rear door seemingly inadvertently. , I couldn't help raising my evaluation of Cang Xingyun to another level.

"Sorry, I've been delayed by something." Before Su Shichuan could speak, Cang Xingyun took the initiative to admit his mistake.

"It's nothing, anyway, I'm not an important role, no one is paying attention, and I don't need to enter the venue on time." Su Shichuan shook the cigarette case and asked, "Do you want one?"

Cang Xingyun said: "Don't smoke before working, so as not to leave a distinctive smell."

"You are very rigorous." Su Shichuan commented objectively.

"It's just a professional habit." Cang Xingyun stared into his eyes from the rearview mirror, "Although I don't know why you do this, I can tell from your habits that you are different from me. People under the sun."

Su Shichuan smiled: "You are right." He extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette.

Cang Xingyun: "After you have been doing this kind of thing for a long time, you will naturally have a complete system in your heart, knowing what you can do and what you can't do. You will live more and more like a nocturnal animal, suspicious and sensitive , look back three times at one step, and no longer be a frank person.”

"Is that how you evaluate yourself?" Su Shichuan said.

"This is evaluating you in the future," Cang Xingyu corrected absent-mindedly, "I'm not even as good as an animal."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and stopped looking at Su Shichuan, took off his tactical belt, and put the newly collected throwing cold weapons into it.After leaving the military academy, there are not too many restrictions on movement. People like Cang Xingyun can make full use of all the resources accumulated in their careers to get whatever they want without the trouble of others.

It would be better if he was more obedient, but there is no rush, so take your time.Su Shichuan thought calmly, watching Cang Xingyun assemble his belt, hide more than a dozen throwing knives and a coil of fine steel filament on his body, and finally lifted up his cuffs, and put on a pair of hidden hidden swords. Tactical Bracers.

He was wearing the dinner dress prepared by Su Shichuan in advance, his long silver hair with merman characteristics was dyed pale gold, and his pupils were covered with dark blue contact lenses.After hiding the traces of the deadly bloodline, the young man seemed to have lost the innate smell of blood, leaving only the most charming style and temperament, looking handsome and extraordinary.

Su Shichuan opened the storage compartment of the co-pilot, took out a half-face metal mask from it, and handed it back.

"Thank you." Cang Xingyun had almost tidied up, reached out to take the mask, and put it on his face directly.

At this time, the fox dog jumped into the co-pilot from the car window, and Shi Qi did not transform into a human form, but squatted down in this mimicry.

"I'll just say one thing." Su Shichuan started the engine, stared straight ahead, and ignored the other two people, "You must never act without permission, this is the bottom line, everything else can be discussed, understand Is it gone?"

"Understood." Shi Qi said, "Master, don't worry."

Su Shichuan gave a "hmm", raised his eyes and looked at Cang Xingyun through the rearview mirror: "What about you?"

"I see." Cang Xingyun said.

Afterwards, the three of them stopped communicating, Su Shichuan concentrated on driving, Seventeen started to invade the surveillance system of Shuangyue Temple, while looking for Yunus's location, he quietly took control, while Cang Xingyun lowered his head and adjusted his sleeves. The state of the sword to ensure that it will not be stuck by the mechanism when it is ejected.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the hover car arrived at the south main gate of Shuangyue Hall.

There were many visitors tonight, and the transportation vehicles entered strictly. Su Shichuan obeyed the guard's command and parked the car in the same area, and pushed the door to get off alone.

Cang Xingyun had long since disappeared, and the silver nail in the seventeenth form was worn by Su Shichuan on his earlobe.The guard who came to meet him checked the car and made sure there was nothing suspicious, and then led Su Shichuan to the guard box to register his name and check the invitation card before letting him in.

The entrance is connected to a wide and straight corridor, which leads directly to Lingjiu Square, the landmark building of the Double Moon Hall. The fluorescent ore covering the square is lit up, illuminating the entire gate as bright as day.

Su Shichuan stopped in the middle of the square and looked up at the distant night sky.

The snowfall for several consecutive days was artificially stopped. At this time, the two moons and the sky above the night, the stars are brilliant and dazzling, reflecting the snow-white square inlaid on the ground, as if they are sparing no effort to show off the brilliance of the Luo Yin Empire. But this wonderful scene fell in Su Shichuan's eyes, but it was full of the ruins of that day.

——Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you.

He told the person who rested here in his heart, stayed for a while, and then walked deeper into the imperial court without looking back.

It was already past the start time of the dinner party, and there were few people in the imperial court.

After Su Shichuan walked into the landscaping of a fountain garden, he took off the earrings.Shi Qi knew it, jumped down and turned into a human form, and consciously created a half-face mask on his face.There was no communication between the two, Su Shichuan nodded as if agreeing, Shi Qi bowed, turned around and took the lead across the rockery.

Su Shichuan put on the wireless headset, raised his wrist and clicked on the communicator, the light screen woke up immediately, and an unread message from Xifa was displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

He didn't check it for the time being, and sent a message in the newly established three-person group: [Bring a headset, the second channel, give me a response after connecting. 】

The text message jumped onto the screen, and he reached into his hair and tapped on the headset.

After a while, there was a knocking sound in response, Seventeen said: "The signal is good, I have entered the banquet hall, and I am looking for the doctor."

"Received." Su Shichuan said, checking the time against the communicator.

Two minutes later, the knock sounded again, Cang Xingyun said: "The signal is good, I just entered the imperial court."

"Is everything going well?" Su Shichuan asked.

Cang Xingyun: "Knocked out a guard and sneaked in under his disguise. He hid himself well and won't be found in a short time."

"Well done." Su Shichuan said lightly, "check the watch, it's the imperial capital time, it's 23:[-] late."

The other two said in unison: "It's over."

Su Shichuan said again: "When the doctor is found, he will report immediately, and when everyone is ready to do it, the four bodyguards will solve it on the spot. The doctor must be unharmed."

"Understood." Seventeen said.

"I still have a question." Cang Xingyun said, "Wait for the action, it doesn't matter if your dog and I reveal our identities, but you can't. The communicator communicates, what do we call you?"

Before the voice on the communication channel fell, there was a sudden thumping sound in the quiet courtyard.Su Xingchuan turned his head in search of the sound, and saw a black bird landed on the top of the jagged wrought iron corridor, burying its head in combing the feathers under its wings.

"The crow..." he said thoughtfully.

"Crow?" Cang Xingyun repeated uncertainly, "What a strange code name."

Su Shichuan stared at the black bird not far away for a moment, and in a flash of his mind, he suddenly felt a sense of urgency—how could there be people other than people in the imperial court of the Double Moon Palace? Living thing?Could it be that the protective spherical particle shield... has failed?

Sensing that the other party did not respond, Shi Qi tentatively asked, "Master?"

"I'm here." Su Shichuan came back to his senses, no longer cared about the bird he met unexpectedly, and quickly left the small garden, "You can call me whatever you want, and quickly find the doctor for me." After a pause, he suddenly asked after a while, "Xingyun, where are you?"

"Just entered the banquet hall." Cang Xingyun replied.

Su Shichuan: "Report the location, I will find you."

Hearing this, Cang Xingyu was silent for a few seconds, and said, "It's at the south entrance of the gilded hall, under the third Roman column."

"Okay, I'll be there right away." After speaking, Su Shichuan temporarily interrupted the communication, and clicked on Xifa's message in time.

He asked: [Why hasn't the teacher come yet?I have something to ask you. 】

Su Shichuan was worried that his business would be delayed, and he didn't want to meet Xifa for the time being, so he hesitated for a while and turned off the communicator without replying to him.

The Gilded Hall is one of the thousand-person banquet halls used to hold large-scale dinners in the Double Moon Hall. It is located in the southeast corner of the imperial court and is a three-story cross-shaped building.Its shape continues the unified retro style of Shuangyue Temple, with high and straight spires, walls decorated with nested mountain flowers, and statues of gods carved on the facade, showing the extravagance of the imperial family.

This hall is surrounded by a rose garden with a constant temperature all year round. Even in the deep winter where the bimonthly ceremony is held, the fragrance of flowers is still here, and the scenery is like spring all year round.After the dinner began, many guests felt that the atmosphere in the hall was too warm, so they preferred to come to the garden to seek some peace and quiet. After Su Shichuan approached, he had to slow down and avoid the high-ranking officials chatting in groups as much as possible. Nobles, walk towards the south gate with a clear goal.

Before entering the banquet hall, one more inspection is required. After unfolding the invitation card presented by Su Shichuan, the soldier was slightly stunned, then looked up at Su Shichuan, and said with a smile: "Major General Su is finally here, and the Third Highness came down to ask several times. , told the guards at the entrance that if they saw you, they would take you there to find him."

Su Shichuan's heart sank. He didn't expect Xifa to be so persistent, and he couldn't show it on the surface. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Your Highness, what do you want from me?"

"It sounds like there is something urgent." The soldier returned the invitation card to Su Xingchuan, and raised his hand as "please", "Follow me."

Su Shichuan couldn't refuse, and quickly glanced at the row of Roman columns near the entrance.The banquet hall was crowded with people, and according to the tradition, everyone wore decorative masks. It was difficult to judge the real identity at a glance, let alone the assassin who was about to hide himself.

"Okay." Su Shichuan smiled at the little soldier, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It should." The little soldier's attitude was very polite, and he led Su Shichuan into a corridor with few people, and went up the stairs to the third floor.Then he signaled Su Shichuan to wait a moment, and he quickly walked in to invite someone.

Su Shichuan walked slowly to the railing, overlooking the atrium of the brightly lit gilded hall.

From this angle, you can directly see the main platform at the end of the hall. Before the time came, the seats belonging to the emperor, queen and archbishop were all empty.Su Shichuan clenched the guardrail's hand unconsciously, and put his other hand into his hair, thinking whether to tell the other two.

At the same time, the first floor of the gilded hall.

Shuttle among the crowd, Shiqi turned the corner and stopped in front of a row of single rooms located in an independent corridor.He raised his wrist to check the miniature optical computer on which the communicator was mounted. The site monitoring showed that a person who looked like Yunus from the back had entered the third room from the left of this corridor in half an hour. Same old people.

This is the rest area attached to the banquet hall. Because the dinner will last until after midnight, it is too hard for some guests to insist on the whole process, so people in need will be arranged to come in and rest.

Senior academics like Yunus don't like socializing, Shi Qi guessed that he probably came here to drink tea and chat with his colleagues from the Academy of Sciences, so as to keep quiet.He carefully hid in the shadow on one side of the wall, and probed to see what was going on in the corridor.

Right now there are six bodyguards standing in the corridor, perhaps affected by the strict security of the Double Moon Hall itself, those bodyguards are not very focused, standing casually, standing together in twos and threes, smoking cigarettes and communicating in a low voice.Considering the military department's standard allocation of four to the scholars of the Academy of Sciences, it is very likely that two people will accompany them in a single room.

It's a little tricky...

Seventeen retreated into the shadows, pressed the headset with his hands, and said softly, "I found the doctor..."

He quickly reported the situation and subjective speculation on the scene, sent the specific location to the group of three, and then waited for the master's order.

On the other side, Su Shichuan listened to the information provided by Shi Qi verbatim.

Inside and outside the house, there are eight bodyguards and two non-combat personnel—the corridor is far away from the atrium where there are many guests, so it is easy to attack and not easy to cause chaos.If it goes well, it's really good luck for them both to retreat before the large-scale commotion occurs.

After quickly analyzing the content involved in the information, Su Shichuan did not rush to speak, but habitually imagined the problems he might encounter.At this moment, he heard Cang Xingyun's voice on the communication channel, he said: "Crow, I have been waiting for you, where are you?"

Su Shichuan was startled for a moment, and then belatedly realized that the "crow" was calling him.

"I'm in some trouble, so I can't go to you." Su Shichuan didn't correct his address, and quickly deployed, "Xifa is looking for me urgently. I was taken to the third floor by the gatekeepers. It's inconvenient to get out now. Xingyun, you Go find Seventeen, do it according to the situation, and try not to hurt the people around the doctor."

"Understood." Cang Xingyun said.

Seventeen said, "Master, be careful yourself."

Su Shichuan: "Understood."

The voice fell, and the door opened behind him.

Su Shichuan let go of the headset and turned around.

The soldier leading the way nodded to Su Shichuan, and walked downstairs quickly in silence.The door of the lounge not far away opened, and a young woman in a bright red dress and short skirt came out and stood by the door. Perhaps she heard the movement, and she glanced in the direction of Su Shichuan intentionally or unintentionally. , then stood up straight, and bowed respectfully to the two who came out.

Su Shichuan didn't expect that there were other people in that room, let alone that in this life, he would meet Cisse Tranze under such circumstances.

As the second prince of the Luoyin Empire, Xisai is eight years older than Xifa, the second son of the White Queen, and the younger brother of the former Crown Prince Lemon.Although the prince is young, his words and deeds are very cultivated, and his style is stable. From the outsiders' eyes, he already has the demeanor of a new emperor.

The five fingers hanging by his side clasped tightly, making the knuckles creak. Su Shichuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Finally, he understood what Xifa meant by "emergency".He watched as he came slowly, then put his left arm behind his back, pressed his right hand on his left shoulder, and saluted Sisai as an imperial soldier, and said in a low voice, "Crown Prince, Your Highness the Third."

"Major General Su is too polite." Cisse's voice was gentle and mellow, with such a sense of politeness and humility.He walked closer, reached out to hold Su Shichuan's arm, and helped him up himself, "This time the military academy is on vacation, Xifa has mentioned you to me many times when I came back, so although it is the first time we have met, but for you , I'm already familiar with it."

Hearing this, Su Shichuan raised his eyes to look at Xifa beside him.Xifa is used to being casual, and doesn't care who is present, so he winked his left eye at Su Shichuan very affectionately.Su Shichuan sighed in his heart, looked away calmly, and politely replied: "It seems that the Third Highness has given too much credit."

"It's too bad, let's talk later, the father and the queen are coming, I have to go to meet them." After Xi Sai finished speaking, the female bodyguard in the red dress stepped forward to put on the cloak for him, and put on the metal mask with both hands .Cisse tied up the cloak by himself, took the mask and put it on his face, finally smiled at Su Shichuan, and walked away quickly.

As ten o'clock approached, the owner of the Luo Yin Empire was about to arrive at the dinner party.

The atrium of the gilded hall fell silent, the crowd stepped aside, and Sissy Tranze, dressed in fine clothes, walked through it and walked straight to the main stage at the end of the hall.

Su Shichuan supported the guardrail of the corridor on the third floor with both hands, stared at his back with good eyesight, was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "You want to use the crown prince's hand to transfer me away from the intelligence department?"

"I have this plan, so I mentioned you to my second brother." Xifa stood beside him, not caring about the situation in the atrium, and looked at Su Shichuan wholeheartedly, "But according to what my second brother said, he should have paid attention to it a long time ago. It's your turn, I originally wanted to find a chance to have an interview, but I didn't expect that I would mention it first, so I decided to arrange it after the dinner party."

Su Shichuan turned his head to meet his eyes, did not speak, thought to himself, this accident is really too unexpected.

Because of Xifa's intervention, Cisse summoned him three years earlier than in the previous life, and what this means is self-evident-he will be included in Cisse's camp in advance, work for him, and eventually become Cisse The most important pawn to consolidate imperial power.

Unexpectedly, he would come into contact with the imperial family so early. Su Shichuan was deeply disturbed, but at the same time faintly excited. He didn't know whether this leap in time was good or bad.

Seeing that the other party was silent, Xifa was a little at a loss, and asked tentatively: "Teacher, I brought this up to my second brother on my own initiative, are you unhappy?"

"No." Su Shichuan said, "The teacher is just curious. Seeing that you have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I want to know what you think of him."

"Second brother..." Xifa thought for a while, "My second brother is just prudish, a bit like you, he is young, and always talks like an old man. Speaking of it, the elder brother loves me more, and the second brother is full of heart. It's business, and I usually don't think of my younger brother. But in the past two years, it has been much better. This time when I went back to Shuangyue Palace, he still took the initiative to ask about the situation of the military academy, otherwise I would not have the chance to talk to him about you. "

"That's it." Su Shichuan said so, but he immediately denied the conclusion just now in his heart.

The early summoning was not due to Xifa's intervention, and there may be other things that caught Cisse's attention.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the emperor of the Luo Yin Empire came to the scene with Queen White, accompanied by Archbishop Charles, and Cisse respectfully greeted him. Thousands of guests in the entire atrium knelt on one knee.

But Su Shichuan and Xifa seemed to be forgotten by the world. They still stayed on the top floor of the gold-plated hall, condescending, quietly watching a kneeling ceremony of the old dynasty.

Finally, Su Shichuan turned to face Xifa, and said in a soft voice, unhurriedly: "Teacher has a question, the content is outrageous, but I am really curious."

Xifa laughed immediately when he heard the words: "In front of me, you can just say whatever you want."

"Okay." Su Shichuan tilted his head and squinted at the throne in the center of the main stage, then looked at Xifa after a few seconds, and said bluntly, "Has the third highness ever thought about the position in the middle?"

"Teacher must want to hear the truth." Xifa supported the guardrail with both hands, and the corners of his mouth slowly evoked a smile, but the smile failed to reach the bottom of his eyes, his eyes were cold, "Look at the people down here, I bet , they have more or less thought about that position. And the higher their status, the greater their power, the more they think about it."

"Back then, the elder brother died unexpectedly, and the second elder brother became the crown prince. I am the third prince of the empire, and I am the person closest to the throne in the real sense. I said I never thought about it, do you believe me?"

Su Shichuan couldn't help opening his eyes slightly.

The voice in the ear fell, and at the same time, the public channel.

Seventeen said: "I met the shark, the timing is good, master, do you want to do it?"

Su Shichuan didn't answer, and tapped the headset twice with his fingertips with the help of the posture of arranging the mask.