Being able to digest "Assassin" Potion so quickly was completely beyond Angel's expectations.
According to the information she got from other Nighthawks, Beyonder of Sequence 9 can completely "master the Potion power in the body", which usually takes more than three years. This also requires a full understanding of Potion's characteristics, as well as a little talent and Luck.
Most Beyonder even stay at Sequence 9 throughout their lives, and it is difficult to go further.
Mastering "Acting Method", that's different.
Madam Sharon taught Acting Method to Cole Granger without reservation, and also taught him a lot of knowledge about acting as an "assassin". Even so, it took about half a year for Cole to change from Sequence 9's "assassin" to "Instigator". He acted as an assassin and killed no less than ten people.
According to Madam Sharon, this can be regarded as a "gift".
And what about yourself?
Cole died in the early morning of June 28. He traveled to this world around the same time and became Angel Granger, an assassin of Sequence 9.
Today is July 12th.
In just two weeks, she digested "Assassin" Potion and was ready to be promoted to Sequence 8.
Angel has no doubt that if there is a Potion of "Instigator" in front of her now, all she has to do is drink it down and she will immediately become "Instigator".
Even if I have the "assassin" experience of Cole Granger, this is too fast.
She doesn't think this is the so-called "welfare for time travellers". The problem most likely lies with her body.
Maybe this body has completely digested "Assassin" Potion once, maybe Cole's past performances are still effective...
There are traces of these possibilities, but they cannot be determined. Angel thought about it repeatedly, but could not draw a definite conclusion, so he had to put these questions aside.
Only then did she realize the importance of a mystical mentor. Even a Beyonder with evil intentions like Madam Sharon could benefit a lot from a little guidance to Cole.
Among the Beyonder that Angel has come into contact with so far, the only one who can ask these questions is Nighthawks. These secrets of his should not be exposed to them.
"Perhaps you can ask questions on Tarot Club? Miss Justice has also just become Beyonder, so he may not be able to help, but Mr. Hanged Man looks like a knowledgeable person. Although he cherishes his words like gold, a proper exchange of interests should impress him. Everyone in Tarot Club does not know each other. Even if his secrets are exposed, it will not have an impact on real life..."
she muttered.
"If it really doesn't work, I can still trouble Mr. Fool..."
Angel, who was full of questions, arrived at Blackthorn Security Company the next day and met the Backlund Nighthawks team who came out of the basement and were waiting in the reception room.
Borgia, who still had the same indifferent expression as before, was carrying the iron box containing 2-049. The parts of the box that had been damaged in the battle had been affixed with dark red seals, and complex prayers were written on them in black ink. Since the ink and the background were similar, it was impossible to make out what was written from a distance.
There was a strange man standing on each side of him. They were all dressed in the same uniform. They were all wearing brown and black trench coats and half-top hats. They had a bulging waist, and they should be carrying guns. The two of them were like bodyguards protecting dignitaries. They sandwiched Borgia holding Sealed Artifact with serious faces. If they could wear a pair of sunglasses, they would definitely show their majesty.
Unfortunately, the serious atmosphere they created was ruined by raising their arms for flexion and extension exercises.
The two people should be Nighthawks who came from Backlund to support yesterday. There was no steam train passing at night. I don't know how they came from Backlund to Tingen City.
Sequence 8's "Gravedigger" Lorotta followed behind with a bored look on her face. She seemed to have not slept well last night, yawning, holding a small wooden box in one hand, and flexing and extending her arm with the other hand.
Seeing Angel walking into the reception room, she perked up and walked around the other three people with bright eyes to greet him.
"Good morning, Ms. Lorotta, are you ready to leave Tingen City and return to Backlund?"
Angel took the initiative to say hello.
She noticed that Ms. Royale was dressed in formal clothes and was following a few people. She recalled the carriage she saw at the door when she went upstairs, and guessed that the other party was planning to use the carriage to transport several Nighthawks people from out of town to Steam Train Station.
After all, someone has to bring the carriage back.
"Uh-huh, Backlund is urging us urgently. We learned that the notes have been obtained and asked us to take the earliest train back to Backlund. If there were no trains at night, we would even have to leave overnight." Lorotta replied. She raised the small box in her hand, which should contain the Antigonus Family Notebook she found yesterday.
"Fortunately, two more teammates arrived yesterday, otherwise I would have to borrow two of you to escort Sealed Artifact."
The effective range of 2-049's characteristics is about five meters in radius. In public places, especially on trains with dense passengers, it can easily affect nearby people, so at least three people need to surround it to minimize the impact. Considering possible accidents on the road, traveling with four people is indeed the best choice.
But she had to raise and stretch her arms like this, from Tingen to Backlund... She looked at the other three people flexing and stretching their arms with indifferent expressions, and suddenly felt a little lucky.
Fortunately, there are enough of them!
"Then how did you get here?" She asked curiously, suddenly remembering that when she met them yesterday, there were only Lorotta and Borgia.
"Of course, a team of three escorted Sealed Artifact here, but as soon as they arrived at Tingen City, Holy Cathedral sent an emergency call to call Aier Hassen away. I heard that Enmat Harbor was in an emergency and needed support. If your manpower wasn't equally tight, Tingen City's team might also be sent to support."
Enmat Harbor?
Angel noticed this place name that he had heard several times. "Spirit Medium" Daly Simone was a member of the Nighthawks team in that port city. "Hanged Man" also said that there was a "Artisan" he knew well over there and that Beyonder Weapon could be purchased from there.
Backlund is located in the southeast direction of Tingen City, and forms a roughly equilateral inverted triangle with Enmat Harbor due east of Tingen. Mobilizing personnel from Tingen City to support Enmat Harbor instead of departing directly from Backlund is because Backlund is more manpower intensive? Or is it because there is something special about this Aier Hassen?
She habitually brainstormed, but she currently had too little information to draw useful conclusions.
"It's a pity that I have to go back after only one day at Tingen. The coffee here is quite good, and all the popular flavors are available, but the maid is not very open to it. In this regard, Backlund's cafe is better." Lorotta seemed to be thinking about something when talking about "maid", and even the swinging arms slowed down.
Worried that she was affected by 2-049, Angel reached out and prepared to help.
"Ah, no, I'm not affected by Sealed Artifact..." Lorotta came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head, "Then see you later, thank you for your hospitality, come to Backlund when you have time, be sure to contact me then..."
Seeing that the other three Backlund and Nighthawks had already walked to the door, she hurriedly added something, waved her hands as a farewell, and rushed forward in a few steps.
"Goodbye!"
Angel only had time to reply before Backlund Team disappeared from behind the door.
Behind her, there was the sound of the hinges of the wooden door opening and closing, as well as slow footsteps. She looked back and saw "Midnight Poet" Leonard sticking her head out from behind the partition.
"They left?"
Seeing that Angel was the only one left in the reception room, he walked out from behind the partition, put his hands in his pockets, and smiled frivolously.
"Fortunately, the captain sent a telegram to Backlund yesterday and asked them to send two more Nighthawkss to come for support. Otherwise, I would have been surrounded by other passengers on the train with my arms raised today. Damn it, my arms are still sore."
After yesterday's battle, Angel knew that this slightly frivolous poet was a very serious and calm Beyonder in battle, so he did not pay attention to his tone, but replied cooperatively:
"Maybe it would be good to go to Backlund with Ms. Lorotta. Just think of it as public expense Travel. I haven't been to the capital of the Loen Kingdom yet. I heard that city has a population of millions."
"The newspaper said it's more than five million." Leonard corrected, "It's the largest city in the North Continent, and maybe Southern Continent is the same. The area is larger than the ten Tingen Citys combined. It's really worth a visit - if you don't care about the bad air there."
"But Lorotta..." He half-smiled, and stared at Angel's upper body with his green eyes for a few seconds before continuing, "Did you know? Yesterday, the captain talked to me about Ms. Lorotta, saying that she went out to inquire about Tingen City's cafe just after her injury was cured, because she has three favorite things, sweets, coffee... and maids."
"Maid?"
Angel repeated in confusion that just now Lorotta mentioned the cafe before saying goodbye, and said something like "Tingen's maid can't let go". She just assumed that the other party encountered something unpleasant in the cafe and did not go into details. At this time, Leonard mentioned this word with a strange expression, which made her a little confused.
"That's right, you know the maid cafe... that's what it is like, and what she likes the most is... the ones with big breasts."
After being stunned for several seconds, Angel realized that there was something in Leonard's words.
Could it be that Ms. Lorotta, who usually has a lazy face and is known as a sharpshooter but is more accustomed to close combat when fighting, is...
Before Angel could react, Leonard, who was smiling evilly, had already walked past her. He took a few steps before looking back as if he remembered something, and then turned back and said.
"I'm going to call down Rozanne and the others on the third floor... Oh, by the way, one more thing. The captain said that if you come, you should go to his office. It should be about yesterday's battle. It seems that there is still a bounty to get."
Bounty?
Looking at Leonard's back walking towards the stairs, Angel was stunned again.