Chapter 311: 10K Team Non-Staff Member "Hunter" Shiri Reports to You, Captain

Chapter 311 10. "Hunter" Ciri, a non-staff member of the K team, reports to you, Captain

Mason's office is a place full of disasters.

Ever since the Kite Man reserved this place for him to highlight Mason's extraordinary identity, this place has encountered strange encounters including but not limited to being blown up, experiencing Batman's invasion, superhero melee, and being placed with alien evil objects.

Tonight, the unlucky office experienced another energy shock, and the scattered space-time energy almost destroyed all the furniture here.

The explosion immediately alarmed the security personnel of the bar.

When a dozen 2077 androids dressed as the Violent Terrorist Mobile Team kicked open the door of the office under the leadership of Judy and Barbara, what they saw was the embarrassed Mason sitting cross-legged on the ground with a silver-haired woman in his arms.

This scene made Judy and Barbara look at each other in bewilderment.

Didn't Mason just finish the kissing ceremony with Harley? Who is this silver-haired woman with a good figure from behind?

Good job, Mason!

You look innocent, but you are playing the game of playing both sides, right?

Harley should let the dog bite you to death!

"I know what you are thinking, but it is not the case of your random association. This is my colleague. It is difficult to explain anything now. Go out.

Don't interrupt the next conversation."

Mason looked at the wonderful expressions on Judy and Barbara's faces and knew that the two sisters had already started to perform the "little drama of catching an adulterer" in their minds. He sighed and drove them and the elite android guards out, and then helped Ciri, who was panting in his arms, up.

The reckless Mr. Hunter was really unlucky this time.

She was almost confused by the [Punishment of Wisdom]. Fortunately, she was not a scheming character, so she only had a headache and a sequelae of numbness all over her body.

If the old black Fake was hit head-on, he would probably become an idiot on the spot with the activity of his brain full of tricks and dark secrets.

This made Mason sigh that the thing given by the warlock was really weird.

"I've seen that thing."

Ciri, who was supported to sit on the half-torn sofa, rubbed her head and hummed, pointing at the Star Eye disc that fell to the ground and said:

"That was a strange thing that the warlock found when he was exploring a dark sea of ​​stars a few years ago. Why is it in your hands? Mason! Tell me the truth, have you betrayed the warlock?"

"It's a complicated matter."

Mason picked up the disc and felt a little distressed when he saw the cracks on it.

This thing is powerful, but its fragile body is its biggest weakness. It can be cracked by being smashed on the ground, and it will definitely be shattered if it is hit hard by someone.

This is the result of Mason adding the [Solid] property to it.

He grabbed the remains of the twisted metal display stand at hand, and the magic fire activated it to shape it into a more solid sealed protective table, and then put the disc back in.

"I originally wanted you to take me around the secret treasure house of Star Castle and help me choose a treasure to hide in, but you were on a 'business trip' so I had to find it myself.

It was really an accident that I met the warlock on the way. I don't know what kind of mentality he had in giving me this.

Don't say this thing is quite powerful. Even you are so embarrassed. It seems that I don't have to worry about being attacked by Doctor Fate in this demiplane."

Mason knew that his boss loved to drink coffee, so he took out a handful of coffee beans from his bag and used the materials to make a coffee machine on the spot to make drinks.

While he was busy, he said jokingly:

"What? Are you finally done with your business trip?"

"Can't you just stop talking about this? You bastard, and I'm really on a business trip. I just went to mediate a private fight between two B-level teams on the front line of a war world.

They each pulled hundreds of vassal troops to prepare for a fight, just for the control of an ancient civilization ruins.

There are really too many such things.

Compared to them, you are considered a good employee who abides by the rules."

Ciri had a terrible headache at this moment, and really didn't have the energy to argue with Mason anymore.

She leaned on the sofa and wiped the blood from her nose. Although she looked embarrassed, with the strength and vitality of the Grand Master, she was not even slightly injured at this moment.

It's just a headache.

"Why are you angry?"

Mason quickly prepared a cup of steaming hot coffee and sent it to Ciri. He asked:

"Wasn't it fine before?"

"Who was the woman next to you when you were communicating before?"

The hunter questioned:

"Do you know that the presence of a third person during our conversation will expose my identity? You really don't respect me at all, Mason."

"That's Harley."

Mason felt that Ciri was definitely angry not just because her identity was exposed, but he still explained:

"It's my new team member and girlfriend."

"Huh?"

Ciri, who had just taken a sip of coffee, narrowed her eyes instantly, making Mason feel cold, but the next moment, Miss Hunter said in a strange tone:

"Harley Quinn, the famous assistant of Zhou Ke'er, an evil crazy beauty, is also one of the most famous psychopaths in the entire parallel world system.

So you like this type?

Tsk tsk, Mason, your taste is a bit weird, I'm beginning to wonder if you're mentally ill."

"Harley's mental state is indeed unstable, but I think having me by her side can ease her condition. But I don't think you came all the way here just to talk to me about Harley's problem, right?"

Mason put up the chair that was lame after being blown apart, and sat on it. He took out the medical kit to help Ciri clean and bandage the bleeding arm, and said:

"Are you worried that my meeting with Old A will reveal your current trends? Don't worry, I just had a talk with him, it was very in-depth, and he made his attitude clear to me.

He wanted to prove to me that they weren't just a bunch of bugs just sitting back and letting bad things happen, and he revealed to me that he did have a big plan. "

"They have always had it, and their goals are quite clear."

Seeing Mason talking about business, Shirley also became serious. She said to Mason:

"This is the reason why I have never been able to make up my mind to leave them. I admit that I am easily influenced by such ambitious goals, but after thinking about it during this time, I found that I am not really attracted by Old A. Describe the ideal bewitchment.

He should have talked to you about the establishment of the Hope Council.

In the early days before the Society of the Stars was formed, we did do some really good things, and he proved with facts that his ideas worked.

Especially the assistance to another A-class world before the first impact, which was the first big relocation operation we did, and I participated in it with my parents.

That scene is still fresh in my memory.

Oh, by the way, that transfer took place in the swordsman's home world.

and"

Xili lowered her head and sighed:

"My parents trusted him when they were alive, until what happened. Although his age is not comparable to that of the witcher, there was a time when I did regard him as an elder."

"Old A's having a feasible plan and ambitious goals has nothing to do with whether he is a good person or not."

Mason said while tying the bandage into a cute bow:

"I still don't trust him, for the same reason as before. He can sacrifice many people for his own goals, including us.

He didn't even hide his utilitarianism and admitted that he met me because Team K had discovered something of great value.

Plus, I signed this with him. "

He handed the note written by Old A when he left to Shirley. The latter took it in her hand and frowned after looking at it. She said:

"Find a real way to fight against the destruction of the world before the fourth impact. If you can't, just obey his command and implement his plan.

You're taking too many risks, Mason.

There are so many smart people in the Fox Nest who can't find a solution. Why do you think you can solve this problem that is causing everyone a headache in at most one year? "

"First of all, to correct that, I don't need to address the shock."

Mason shook his finger and said:

"I just need to find a way to preserve both worlds at the same time when an impact occurs. The difficulty is not as scary as you think. Secondly, do you think that with Old A's style, he will honestly abide by this contract, which has no mandatory effect at all? ?

No!

He will not.

So neither will I. "

"Are you trying to stabilize him?"

Shirley reacted immediately and said:

"In order to prevent him from secretly looking for trouble for you?"

"Roughly the same."

Mason rubbed his forehead and said:

"The resources he has at his disposal are a thousand times more than ours. If he insists on 'beating' me, even if he just has an idea, it will be enough to make me accomplish nothing in the future.

Making this small contract, which is like a game to him, can indeed buy us a little freedom and time.

At the same time, that quote from Steve Rogers also reminded me.

If I want to convince you, and convince others to do this with me, I can't just tell you that Quint is going to be bad, I have to show you evidence that will convince you.

I mean I've gotten some before, but those may not be enough to convince you to stand firmly on my side. "

"It's not that I don't have confidence in you."

Ciri took a sip of coffee.

She glanced at the messy office, and after a moment's hesitation, she decided to tell Mason something really important.

"follow me."

Ciri propped up her body, put on the starry sky mask and robe again, signaled Mason to follow her out of the demiplane area of ​​the Starry Sky Eye, and then waved her hand to open a silver arc leading to an unknown place.

She walked in, followed closely by Mason.

The two of them entered a strange area in the next moment. It didn't look like a complete world, because the boundless reflection of the starry sky was reflected around it.

Those starlights shone all around, reflecting the strange land suspended in the invisible land below the two of them.

It's like a dilapidated and strange temple, its main body has been broken into pieces and scattered around, and it is suspended here with the support of some kind of power.

Mason stopped where he was and looked at the sea of ​​stars around him. Shirley looked back at him a few seconds later and said doubtfully:

"Let's go! What are you doing standing here?"

"I've seen this starry sky before!"

Mason stopped at the entrance. He looked at the stars above his head and touched the devil tattoo on his left hand.

He said to Shirley:

"After I joined the Order of the Stars, and when I asked for power through tattoos, I came to this area in a trance! Yes, I remember it right, this is it.

The endless empty sea of ​​stars seems to breed endless darkness. "

"Every member of the Star Club who has seized the 'power' from Lord Fate has seen the sea of ​​stars here, which is not surprising."

Ciri sighed and said:

"That process is a symbolic manifestation of the deep contract between you and it, which means that you have also become a 'candle' that helps it burn, but I brought you here not just for this group of stars.

Follow me, be careful, don't go wrong."

The hunter led the way in front, and Mason followed behind. It seemed that there was nothing here, but in fact Mason could feel that some very strange "things" existed in the invisible.

As long as he took a wrong step, he would be peeped and captured by those things.

"It's in front."

After walking for more than ten minutes, the two arrived at the depths of this special area where the form of existence could not be outlined by conventional spatial perception.

In front of them was a dark cave that seemed to swallow all the light.

"Follow me!"

Ciri took a deep breath, released a magic to Mason to make him lose his breath, and then reached out and held Mason's hand. When the ten fingers touched, the coldness of Ciri's fingers made Mason raise his eyebrows.

She was afraid.

This discovery made the young man feel that what he was going to see next was definitely not ordinary.

Under Ciri's guidance, Mason and her stepped into the dim place in front of them. Once they entered the black curtain cave, all their senses were instantly blocked.

He couldn't see, hear, or smell.

Even his own thoughts seemed to be gradually frozen, and only the clasped fingers in his hands led him forward like a guiding light.

Time seemed to be distorted. After no idea how long it had passed, he finally passed through the cave and stood on the edge of a suspended cliff. Ciri in front of him was already panting.

She protected Mason from going to a place where he shouldn't be at all, which meant that all the pressure on Mason was borne by her.

"Did you see it?"

She pointed to the huge space below and asked Mason.

The young man stood beside Ciri and looked down, but he couldn't see anything. There was only a fog blocking his sight. As Ciri waved her hand, the fog dissipated, and a "starlight" appeared in front of Mason.

The flames flickered, illuminating the entire area in front of him. Looking closely, they were delicate stone pillars scattered throughout the entire hollow land, and there were points of light burning on each stone pillar.

Candles!

This is a candle.

Mason understood instantly.

The place where Ciri brought him was exactly where Lord Fate stored the candle of his power, and the burning flames in front of him were swaying silently, like stars lit up in the darkness.

But it made people's hair stand on end.

His fingers clenched, and this action was noticed by Ciri. Mr. Hunter pointed to the height and whispered:

"Look, your candle is there."

Mason looked up, and in the candlelight of the strange stone platform suspended in the air, he clearly felt his own fire fluttering there.

It was inconspicuous among tens of thousands of candles.

"What about yours?"

He retracted his gaze and asked, but Ciri did not answer.

But the two of them were absolutely in the same mood at this moment. They were looking at the candlelight all over the mountains, and a sense of powerlessness rose in their hearts.

"Every fire here can make it reborn once, and our burning will give it strength."

Ciri said softly:

"Every B-level member will be brought to this place when they decide to participate in the A-level promotion. They know the truth here, and some have resisted.

Their candles are all extinguished.

Mason, you once asked me what I wanted to do."

She raised her hand and pointed at the tens of thousands of sparks floating in front of her.

She said:

"I spent some time to rethink my thoughts. I am sure that I want to destroy this place, I am sure that I want to see the collapse of the Star Society, and I am sure that I want the spirits of my parents in heaven to rest in peace.

I have wanted to rush down and blow out those candles more than once.

But I can't do it.

There is a price to become a great mentor, and my existence is that price.

I am almost integrated with it. It has been sleeping for many years because it carries too much divinity. The three great mentors are the guards of its nest. If you want to hurt it, you have to kill us first.

I have not made up my mind to do these things with you not only because I doubt you, but also because I am not ready to die heroically.

The fact is, I am not as brave as I think."

"Is that the case?"

Mason understood, he pursed his lips and said:

"It turns out that I was I have been forcing you to die, so every time I ask you, you must be under a lot of pressure, right? "

"I'm not afraid of death, Mason."

Ciri stared at the burning candles in front of her, and she answered irrelevantly:

"I'm just afraid that my sacrifice is meaningless, so I want to remind you that if you really want to destroy the Stars, please be fully prepared.

When that day really comes, I will be cold-blooded enough to kill my companions and give you my heart.

But you only have one chance.

You must win!

I brought you here today because I finally figured out that thing, about your question, about my answer, maybe I and Old A are really not the same kind of people.

I don't have such high wisdom to glimpse the hope of ending the impact, and I don't have so much patience to wait for the Stars to get back on track.

Just like Barbara said, the days passed, and I lost my courage day by day

I have delayed this revenge for too long. "

After that, Ciri put her hand on Mason's shoulder, she showed a weak smile, and said firmly:

"You want me to be your partner, you want me to be a non-staff member of Team K, you got what you want, Mason, between them and you, I began to trust you.

But we have to come up with a perfect solution!

I know it's hard"

"This has gone beyond the definition of difficulty."

Mason stared at the sea of ​​burning candles in front of him, each flickering candle flame represented a life, he took a deep breath, and held Ciri's hand tightly.

He said:

"But I will do it! Your trust is so heavy that I dare not let it down."