It was late at night when Angel returned to Daffodil Street.
After returning Sealed Artifact 2-049 and the Antigonus Family Notes to the Blackthorn Security Company in the afternoon, several injured Night Watchmen received ritual magic treatment from Old Neil one after another.
Angel, who was the least injured, accompanied the "corpse collector" Frye back to the scene at the dock area, and reunited with Lorota who was guarding the scene, and brought the bodies of the two secret order members back to the basement of the Blackthorn Security Company.
Lorota and Borgia, the two night watchmen from the Backlund diocese, will leave Tingen tomorrow and take the first steam train to Backlund with 2-049 and Antigonus's notebook.
Due to the characteristics of the seal, Backlund will send two more Nighthawks to pick them up tonight.
Klein made a lot of contributions in the process of finding the notes. Dunn said that after the notes were sent back to Backlund for confirmation, he would be allowed to become a formal member of the Nighthawks.
This informal member of the Night Watch who had just become a Beyonder seemed to be hiding a lot of secrets. During today's battle, he was affected by Sealed Artifact 2-049, but escaped from control on his own without anyone to rescue him.
Although Angel concealed this matter from Dunn and others, it does not mean that she can accept it easily.
Maybe she should find a chance to talk to him in detail... Unfortunately, until she left Blackthorn Security Company in the evening, she didn't find a chance to talk to him alone.
It was heard that Klein seemed to have some psychological trauma from the Tuxedo Clown who died in front of him, so much so that he was frightened by the corpse in the morgue and even had the illusion that "the corpse could talk". Captain Dunn let him go home and rest early.
Of course, Angel had some doubts as to whether the situation reported by the gossip-loving Miss Roxanne was true.
After all, it was normal to have some uncomfortable reactions when facing dead bodies on the battlefield for the first time. In her previous life, when she saw a human die in front of her for the first time, her reaction was even worse than Klein's.
Kill more and you'll get used to it.
Thinking of this, Angel realized his current identity, an "ordinary person who has just become an extraordinary person." He was a little too calm in fighting and killing. Although the other Nighthawks didn't seem to doubt it, maybe he would need to find some excuses to cover it up later.
After leaving the security company, she took a detour to Upper Iron Cross Street to purchase a new trench coat and shirt to replace the ones damaged in the battle before returning to Daffodil Street.
Originally, he thought these were costs that he had to bear by himself, but Angel learned from Leonard that the clothes and items damaged during the mission could be reimbursed - as long as they were not obviously higher than the normal price.
"Reimbursement", this word invented by Emperor Roselle, sounds so wonderful...
The crimson moon hung high in the sky, casting its eerie red moonlight onto the streets of Tingen City. She had been in this world for half a month and had long since gotten used to the moonlight that was different from that on Earth. She was no longer as fearful and uneasy as she was at the beginning.
As usual, he checked the piece of paper in the crack of the door and confirmed that no one had broken in before Angel felt at ease entering the living room.
She threw her newly bought clothes on the sofa, turned on the gas lamp on the wall, and used the warm light to dispel the coldness in the room.
Only then could she relax and summarize and analyze the two battles fought today.
And many doubts in my heart.
The battle itself was actually unremarkable. Although Angel was only a Sequence 9 "Assassin", she had inherited the combat experience from her "previous life" intact. She firmly believed that her combat skills were no worse than those of low-sequence or even mid-sequence Extraordinary People. Perhaps what she lacked were just some Extraordinary abilities brought by the potion.
Thinking of the mysterious abilities of the Tuxedo Clown of the Secret Order, she couldn't help but clench her hands.
Compared to Dunn Smith's "Nightmare" and Daly Simone's "Clairvoyance", Angel believes that this potion sequence that combines both offense and defense and is flexible in body movements is the most suitable for him.
It's a pity that no one was left alive, so there's no way to know what sequence of potion the other party used... He and another attacker who failed in his sneak attack on Dunn and died tragically at the hands of Reel Bibb both had strange paint on their faces. I wonder if it's a characteristic of the secret society or a requirement for the potion's role-playing?
Of course, once a sequence is selected, it cannot be changed. If an extraordinary person takes a potion of other sequences, he will lose control or even die on the spot. Since she has become an assassin, she can only go down this path and has no other choice.
Moreover, after being promoted to "Witch", the assassin sequence can also obtain various powerful abilities, such as controlling ice and fire, invisibility, curse...
Mrs. Sharon, who broke into the Blackthorn Security Company and tried to kill him, was a Sequence 6 Beyonder of the Assassin Path. She might not be as flexible as the Tuxedo Clown who could instantly disappear and reappear with the help of fire, but her offensiveness was undoubtedly stronger than the other party.
If the Tuxedo Clown of the Conclave had more means of attack, instead of just using invisible bullets with power similar to that of a revolver, he would have caused greater casualties to the Nighthawks today.
After comparing several mid-sequence extraordinary people she had seen in her mind, she recalled another extraordinary person who died at the hands of her gun.
Both are Sequence 9 Assassins.
The first time he encountered this assassin was at the Labor Mutual Aid Union warehouse in the dock area. Angel accepted the commission and sneaked into the warehouse to look for a ring. He exchanged a few moves with him who came to steal the president's account book.
The second time was today, also in the dock area, this assassin and the members of the Secret Order began to follow the Nighthawks team at some point, trying to snatch the lost Antigonus family notes.
The Tuxedo Clown held back the main force, while another gunman dressed as a dock worker looked for opportunities to kill or injure the Night Watcher. This assassin obviously had his own mission, perhaps to pick up the Tuxedo Clown who was trying to snatch the notes, or to wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Unfortunately, he was outclassed by fellow "assassin" Angel on the rooftop and died tragically under the gun.
If Angel hadn't been on the rooftop to cover the large force below, Dunn would most likely have been injured by the gunman's attack. Without Sequence 7's "Nightmare" controlling the mutated Riel Bieber, he alone might have been able to take down the entire Nighthawks team.
Of course, the mutation of Rel Bieber into an uncontrollable monster should have been beyond the expectations of the Secret Order. The panicked gunman ran into the warehouse where it was hiding, perhaps hoping to get the notes first, but instead became food delivered to Rel Bieber's door and ended up in Rel Bieber's stomach.
The Tuxedo Joker's interference in the battle between the Nighthawks and Rell Bibb seemed like an on-the-spot decision rather than a predetermined plan. If they had planned it in advance, they would not have been so embarrassed.
The only question now is: is this "assassin" a thug of the Secret Order, or does he represent the cooperation between the "Witch Sect" and the Secret Order?
If it was the former, the Secret Order, which had lost several Beyonders, would certainly be more cautious in its next move. In addition, the Antigonus Notes had been sealed behind the Chanis Gate and would be escorted back to Backlund early tomorrow morning. The Secret Order should not cause trouble for the Tingen Market Nightfarers for this reason.
If the "Witch Cult" also gets involved...
That means that after the death of Madam Sharon, the "Witch Cult" has once again extended its hand to Tingen City.
Three Beyonders have died at his hands. Madam Sharon has been confirmed to be a member of the "Witch Cult". Today's assassin has a spell made by a "witch", and is probably related to the "Witch Cult". The Secret Society seems to have a close relationship with them. Tuxedo Clown, a Beyonder from the Secret Society, also died at his hands...
Angel felt a chill down his spine, figuring that he was probably on the blacklist of the "Witch Cult".
In previous predictions, after she joined the Nighthawks, these unofficial Extraordinary People should be cautious about their actions towards her. However, judging from the fact that the Conclave attacked the Nighthawks team without any scruples today, these guys simply could not be predicted by common sense.
There is no guarantee that there won't be another Lady Sharon in the Witch Sect who dares to break into the Night Watcher base.
Only by improving your strength as quickly as possible can you increase your survival rate.
The most direct way to improve your strength is to upgrade through magic potions.
The next sequence of assassins, the potion formula of "Instigator" is in Angel's mind. Although the main ingredients of the potion are expensive, they are not difficult to buy. If not, you can apply for it through the church channels.
As long as I can "digest" the current sequence of potions as quickly as possible...
She thought back to the pleasure she felt after killing the Tuxedo Clown today.
This was similar to the memory of Cole Granger acting as an "assassin" and digesting part of the potion in his body after each assassination, but there were subtle differences.
According to Madam Sharon's teachings to Cole and Cole's summary in the process of playing the role of an assassin, the digestion effect of the potion is best when the "assassin" kills someone in a planned and premeditated manner.
But Angel's process of killing Tuxedo Clown could not be considered an "assassination" at all, at best it was an act of "counter-assassination".
But the process of digesting the potion in the body is real, which shows that her acting is successful and effective.
Could it be that "assassination" is not limited to active murder, and that surviving a premeditated attack by others and counterattacking to kill the other party can also fulfill the role of an "assassin"?
Mrs. Sharon sneaked into the Nighthawks' base secretly and tried to assassinate the defected "Cole Granger", but she was discovered by the other party and killed together with the Nighthawks...
The unknown assassin hid on the rooftop and waited for an opportunity to kill the lone member of the Nighthawks, but was cornered by the other party, tricked out of the bunker and shot him dead...
The Tuxedo Clown played the Night Watchmen in his hands and was just one step away from the notebook he wanted to snatch, but he was controlled by the Sealed Artifact and defeated by two Sequence 9s...
Three extraordinary people who intended to kill him but died at his hands appeared in Angel's mind one after another. He reviewed the process of the battle from their perspectives and gradually gained some understanding.
Waiting for someone to take advantage of you, destroying their plans, and then killing them while they are in shock and remorse, isn't that also being an "assassin"?
The most brilliant "assassin" can appear as a "target"!
The moment he realized this, Angel seemed to hear the sound of a glass container breaking in his mind, and something seemed to be rapidly dissolving and spreading inside his body, filling his torso and limbs.
I felt a spiritual touch, as if there was some existence watching me from the window.
She turned her head sharply, looked out the window, and looked at the crimson moon.
Outside the window was only the gloomy street, shrouded in ominous red moonlight. The spiritual movements seemed to be just an illusion, and the illusory feeling of filling in the body quickly disappeared.
Her "Assassin" potion was completely digested.