Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 55 13. Wizard

In the afternoon, the furniture Merlin ordered finally arrived. After the arrangement was completed, the empty house finally felt like a home.

Merlin used the bank card Fury gave him to withdraw some money from the funds allocated by the mission, and then took his new partner Sylvester out for a walk, buying some necessities and some food.

Because of Sylvet's work needs, he also got a brand new computer.He quickly assembled the computer in Merlin's garage, sorting out a simple office for himself.

Fortunately, Merlin is still a conscientious boss, and he didn't let Sylvester take care of himself.

"This is the work allowance I advanced to you."

Merlin stood beside Sylvet, and put several hundred dollars on his table.He pointed to the house next to him, and said to the energetic Sylvester:

"Your room is on the second floor. If you want to eat, go to the kitchen to cook. Occasionally, a cousin of mine who lives far away will come home to live. I will take you to have dinner with him another day and get to know each other."

"Oh, yes, and this!"

Merlin took out his chest holster and his own gun from his car, put them in front of Sylvester, and said:

"Every time you go out, remember to take this with you."

"Uh, sir, I'm not officially an agent yet."

Sylvester stroked his thinning hair, and he said to Merlin:

"According to the regulations, I can't hold a gun yet."

"Listen, Silvert, it's for your own good."

Merlin said earnestly:

"Hell's Kitchen is a very bad place. The law and order here is very poor. It is completely incomparable with the environment when you were in the Secret Service Academy. I don't want to receive the news that you were robbed and injured when you were out on a mission."

"You are also a public official now. If you work for me, I have to ensure your safety. This thing is not for you to hurt others, but for your own protection."

"OK then."

The rookie Sylvet put the holster and pistol in the drawer of the second-hand desk, and he said to Merlin:

"Sir, when do we start the mission?"

"tonight."

Merlin looked at the time on his watch, and he said to Silvert:

"I'm going out now, and I'll be back around midnight."

"What about me? What am I doing?"

Silvert was stunned for a moment, and he asked cautiously:

"I don't need to go out with you, do I?"

"What? Are you afraid of going out to work?"

Merlin asked back, and Sylvester smiled embarrassingly.

While opening the car door, Merlin said to his partner behind him:

"You can go to rest first, make yourself dinner, and start searching and sorting out information tomorrow. Or...you can help me clean the room, if you really have nothing to do."

"buzz"

Merlin started the car, he lowered the window, and told Sylvester behind him:

"Call me if you have any questions."

After finishing speaking, the black car rushed out of the garage, turned onto the road in front of it, and quickly disappeared into the block.

Watching Merlin leave, the trainee agent Sylvet stood in the garage with his hips akimbo.He looked at the somewhat shabby office in front of him, and said to himself:

"It's not difficult to deal with, although it seems a little stingy. So what should I do now?"

The trainee agent thought about it, and after a few minutes, he picked up the vacuum cleaner and walked into the room.

Well, let's take cleaning as the first task of his soon-to-be-started secret service career!

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Merlin drove the car, wandering in the darkness of Hell's Kitchen.

The speed of the car was not fast, and as the car moved forward, Merlin's darkness perception was like a moving alien radar, sweeping across this remote street.He is using this search method to find hidden aliens.

This method is very inefficient, but it is the best method Merlin can think of so far.

The aliens are very good at disguising themselves, just like the guys Merlin met in Hell's Kitchen before, they are not really dark creatures.

Many of them have been infected by ghosts or little devils. They are still human in essence, but they have crossed the boundary of supernatural events and have more or less strange abilities.

These people are the unstable factors in Fury's eyes, and they are also the targets that Merlin needs to find out from the vast crowd in New York.

In addition to these weak aliens, there are also some relatively powerful ones.

Some dark creatures that burst into the world from hell or other places, such as pure-blood devils and demons that exist in reality.

Some fantasy creatures hidden among humans, such as vampires and werewolves who often wander around in the dark.

Theoretically speaking, sea people like Vico are also the targets that Merlin needs to record in his mission.

But it is risky to contact these guys hastily.

Merlin had to hide himself well, then approach and observe them quietly.

Finally, some dangerous creatures that Merlin needs to avoid for a while, some very powerful ones.

For example, in the Wall Street neighborhood of Manhattan, Merlin once discovered a very dangerous half-demon.That guy gave Merlin the feeling that he was facing a real super-level demon. The demonic aura emitted by that guy even faintly enveloped the entire Wall Street.

It doesn't hide its existence at all, which shows that it is very confident in its own strength, as if warning its kind, don't mess with it.

Merlin had collected information about that guy, and he knew that that half-demon was called Damon.

His ostensible identity is the boss of an investment company on Wall Street, and he often visits the upper class of New York.

And there are several powerful half-devils like Damon in Manhattan. They are clearly separated, and the river does not interfere with the well water, and they seem to have their own fixed spheres of influence.

"click"

With a soft sound, the camera disguised as a cigarette case in Merlin's hand was taken back.

On the street next to him, there is a couple who are kissing passionately, and the lady in that couple looks very beautiful, but in Merlin's dark perception, the dark magic power she exudes is obvious, it should be a head in disguise The larval succubus of the class.

"Well, good luck to you, bro."

Merlin glanced at the man who was so ecstatic with pity, he shook his head, turned the steering wheel, and left the intersection.

He is only responsible for recording, not for saving lives.

And judging from Merlin's personal experience, most people who can get involved with demons are not worth saving.

On the next block, near the edge of Manhattan, was a place Merlin had never been to before.

But here, he unexpectedly discovered something.

He parked the car on the side of the road and looked at the bar, or nightclub, which was located on the edge of the block ahead.

In Merlin's eyes, this place is almost full of all kinds of strange magic powers. What's more, Merlin can faintly see that a halo of green fluorescent light restrains those dark magic powers and prevents them from escaping. .

"A gathering place of aliens?"

Merlin closed the car door casually, he narrowed his eyes:

"And that halo... is it some kind of magic?"

Merlin became interested. He looked around, put on his baseball cap, and walked towards the bar in front of him.

But at the entrance of the nightclub, Merlin was stopped.A bald man wearing a white vest looked at Merlin, and asked in a deep voice:

"Is this your first time here?"

"Yes."

Merlin nodded, and the strong man took out a strange card from the box at hand, and held it in front of Merlin's eyes.He asked:

"What's on the card?"

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and there was also a faint glow on that weird card.And in the state of spiritual vision, the card with its back facing him seemed to show some kind of reflection, which Merlin could see clearly.

On that card was an image of a demon.

"demon."

Merlin answered the question, the strong man showed a smile, he turned his body sideways, and said to Merlin:

"Please, sir. Great show tonight."

A young man standing behind Merlin saw Merlin walk in, so he eagerly took a step forward.The burly man in the vest held the same card and asked:

"What's on the card?"

The young man imitated Merlin's tone and said:

"demon!"

"Swish"

The card was turned over, and it turned out to be a funny frog, which made the young man's eyes widen.He clearly saw that the strong man in front of him had never changed cards at all.

"You cheat!"

He screamed and tried to break into the nightclub, but the next moment, he was dragged out by the arms of two indifferent strong men.

Merlin who had already entered the nightclub did not notice this episode.

He followed the blood-red carpet on the ground and walked towards the interior of the nightclub. With the sound of loud music blending into his ears, in front of Merlin's eyes, under the chaotic light that crazily changed, a scene of demons dancing wildly was exposed.

It's full of fun-seekers.

Their appearance is no different from ordinary people, but this is just an appearance.

In Merlin's eyes, this nightclub is like an exhibition hall of strange creatures.Dancing corpses manipulated by ghosts, girls transformed by devils, drunken vampires, demons with wings on their backs, arm wrestling with werewolves, beautiful creatures like goblins in legends, and other strange things, Merlin had never seen this weird guy, and he couldn't name him.

Merlin even saw a dwarf with a beard dragging on the ground, drinking with an elf.

Merlin, who could barely be considered well-informed, was completely stunned at this moment.

He had never seen so many aliens gathered together before, and he told Fury that there were not many aliens in New York City.But now it seemed that it was just Merlin's illusion.

He hadn't found these heterogeneous gathering places at all before, and now it seems that there are a considerable number of heterogeneous in this city, and they do have their own circle, provided that they find the right place.

At this moment, Merlin's head began to hurt.

He realized later that he was a little too blindly optimistic about his mission.

He told Silvert that the task would be completed in a year at the most.But now it seems that the heterogeneous monitoring list that Fury needs may take several years to get a preliminary result.

"Hey handsome, would you like a drink?"

Behind Merlin, a beautiful woman in cool clothes stretched out her arm to hold Merlin's arm, and issued an ambiguous invitation.Merlin looked back at her, then shook his head, let go of his hand politely, and said softly:

"Sorry...I'm not interested in ghosts."

After speaking, he got rid of the corpse lady and walked into the chaotic crowd in front of him, as if he had merged into a sea of ​​aliens.

He didn't come here for fun, he came to perform a mission!

20 minutes later...

"fur"

Merlin happily drank a large glass of weird cocktail. He felt that the taste of this wine was very good, so he put the glass on the table and said to the half-angel bartender in front of him:

"One more drink! By the way, give my friends a drink too!"

As soon as Merlin's voice fell, the surrounding aliens suddenly cheered.

Making friends in a bar is so easy, Merlin took out a camera disguised as a cigarette case, and he said to the people around him:

"Marty, come for a cigarette."

"No, bro, I don't like the smell."

The handsome guy disguised as a ghost rejected Merlin's offer. The latter shrugged his shoulders and took the cigarette case back. The soft "click" sound could not be noticed under the cover of the loud music around him.

And in this camera, at least 30 heterogeneous photos have been stored. This is the result of Merlin's 20 minutes of work.

"Give me a cigarette."

Just as Merlin was about to put the camera back into his pocket, on the other side of his body, a lazy voice said:

"I came out in a hurry and forgot to bring it."

Merlin turned his head, and beside him, there was a young man wearing a yellow windbreaker, with disheveled hair, pale complexion, a little handsome, and seemed bohemian.And to Merlin's surprise, this guy is not an alien, he is a human!

A genuine human being has not been infected by demons or the breath of devils, but he has the breath of magic power flowing on him.

Merlin narrowed his eyes immediately.

"Here, brother."

Merlin took out his cigarette case from the other pocket, and handed it to the lazy guy. The latter took it in his hand, glanced at it, and whistled:

"Sika cigarettes, my favorite!"

After speaking, he skillfully took out one and put it in his mouth.Merlin handed over the lighter at the right time, and when the guy lit the cigarette, Merlin asked softly:

"What's your name, brother? Are you a wizard?"

"fur"

The guy exhaled a beautiful smoke ring. He gestured to the bartender in front of him, then propped his body on his arms, turned his head to look at Merlin, and under the cover of the smoke, the weird young man replied:

"Call me Constantine, a wizard... barely."

"Also, brother, your sneak shots are too obvious, and many people have noticed you. Are you looking for something here?"

Merlin's face changed slightly. He looked around and spread the dark perception that had been suppressed.Sure enough, in the corners around the bar, there were indeed a few unkind eyes staring at him.

But Merlin was not too flustered. He reached out to take the cocktail made by the bartender, and said to Constantine beside him:

"I was really looking for something, and I found it."

He raised his wine glass to the young man in front of him, and said:

"The first Mr. Wizard I met, are you interested in chatting alone?"

(End of this chapter)