Chapter 47 [023] Offering a knife? Are you trying to trick me?

Chapter 47 [023] Offering a knife? Are you trying to trick me?

Chapter 47 [023] Offering a knife? Are you trying to trick me?
After eating the rice balls, the journey to settlement No. 49 was almost halfway done.

At this time, a long object wrapped in silk was handed over from the back seat. Xiao Xia carefully took it and held it in her arms.

Feng Jian drove without looking around, but she was fully aware of everything that happened in the car. She explained to Qin Jiandan:
"Master, the previous head of the Miyamoto family left behind two swords. One of them was destroyed by your "Wolf Roaring Bullet". The other one is here. The lady wants to present this sword to you to express the loyalty of the Falling Cherry Blossom Group."

Xiao Xia untied the silk and raised the knife with both hands after a little hesitation.

In fact, Xiaoxia was quite resistant to Fengjian's suggestion to donate her father's belongings.

Although these two knives had been used by the monkey man Ajian before, which was already very embarrassing, Xiaoxia felt it was easier to give up her virginity than to voluntarily give the knives to the adopted son of the murderer of her father.

“Young Master! Please accept it. This is my…my sincerity!”

At an angle that Qin Jiandan couldn't see, Xiao Xia had tears in her eyes. She still wanted to keep the few relics of her father.

Feng Jian echoed from the side: "The previous family head's sword was long and heavy, and you can't use it with your arm strength. Young master, you are proficient in many weapons. A precious sword should be matched with a hero. This is the true destiny of this sword."

Qin Jiandan felt something was not right.

The master once told him: The leader of the Falling Cherry Group is a fool, don't pay attention to what she says or does, just be careful of the staff around her. That little thing is very cunning, and you must think twice before making any decision after she makes a request.

Qin Jiandan fell into deep thought: Cao Cao offered his sword to kill Dong Zhuo back then, why is Xiao Xia offering his sword now?

Ah, I understand! This knife is indeed strong and sharp, and it can even cut my "Steel Armor Breathing Technique" with a white mark. If I greedily take it for myself, and use the relics of the previous generation of Miyamoto to kill the enemy in the future, won't everyone in the Night Dragon Society know that I have a special relationship with the Fallen Cherry Group?

Well, Fengjian, you bespectacled loli! You talk to me about precious swords, but in your heart you want to play politics with me!
Qin Jiandan grabbed the blade with one hand. Xiao Xia felt the weight in her hands lighten. She felt as if a part of her body had been taken away.

However, Qin Jiandan quickly returned the knife.

"Although I can wield a knife, I feel that this knife is not compatible with me as soon as I touch it. It may not be the right time for me to use it now. How about you, Xiao Xia, take it back to the Falling Cherry Group for safekeeping, and borrow it from you in case I need it, how about that?"

Qin Jiandan was half-truthful. The knife was a good one, but the production process was not very humane. The monkey man Ajian even sacrificed the blood of passers-by. I'm afraid there are many wronged souls entangled in the knife.

Xiao Xia didn't know that Qin Jiandan had political considerations. The girl was very happy that her father's belongings were recovered.

The young master actually returned the sword to me! This is a priceless sword! It turns out that the young master still likes me!

Xiao Xia's heart was instantly filled with sweetness. She even felt that even if she presented the knife to the young master again, she would not be so resistant in her heart.

Anyway, the knife is too heavy for me to use it, and I will be the young master’s wife in the future, so the young master’s knife is my knife, right?
The ninja girl's cheeks flushed, and she swore to Qin Jiandan sincerely: "I understand! Whether it's the knife or myself, please let me know when you want to use it!"

The muscles under Qin Jiandan's eyes twitched. He felt that Xiao Xia was too enthusiastic for a subordinate.

This little girl, why does she always act like my girlfriend... Are we familiar with each other? Were you instigated by the staff to act like this on purpose, so that the people from the "Brainstorm Team" and the "Sad Team" would misunderstand that you and I have a special relationship!

You are even dumber than I thought! There are only people from the Falling Cherry Blossom Group in the van now. Who are you trying to show off to? No wonder the master personally certified you as a fool, telling me that no matter what you say or do, I don't need to care...

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At the same time, Sheriff Mu Yue was driving in the collector's luxury car from Inner City District 12 to Outer City District 12. For Qin Jiandan, he was approaching Residential Area 49 from another direction.

Unlike the family gathering last night, Sheriff Mu Yue changed into her usual duty uniform. The Chief of Police ordered her to serve as the collector's bodyguard and escort the collector to a remote place in the outer city for transactions.

Inspector Mu Yue found this matter very suspicious, but the Chief of Police emphasized that "this is an internal family affair and must be kept strictly confidential" and asked Mu Yue not to ask too many questions.

Because of this, her best friend Vale didn’t know about Mu Yue’s schedule for tonight. I heard that Vale was sent to perform other tasks.

"Uncle Collector, I heard that we are going to the outer city to buy paintings?"

Mu Yue sat alone in the last row of the luxury car. Although the seat was soft and comfortable, the whole space was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

The rear window glass was brown, and it was difficult to see the scenery outside in the night. Mu Yue couldn't turn on the super vision mode of her artificial eye just to see the scenery, right?

The tall female assistant pushed the collector's wheelchair to the back seat. This luxury car is tall and spacious, somewhere between a sedan and a motorhome, with luxurious interior and exterior decorations. There is also a toilet in the middle of the vehicle for the owner to use at any time.

Mu Yue's family also has several cars, but even when his father was the deputy chief of police, he had never driven such an exaggerated model. The housekeeper Nestor was even more incomparable to the old car that his father often drove now.

In the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, there were two bounty hunters serving as bodyguards, dressed in strange clothes. One of them was driving while the other was observing the surrounding road conditions. They only talked in a low voice occasionally.

The female assistant moved aside some of the shielding panels with pulleys, fixed the collector's wheelchair opposite Mu Yue, and then went to prepare drinks for everyone.

The collector tilted his head leisurely and looked at Mu Yue's hands, with a frenzy of desire for treasure hidden deep in his eyes.

"Mu Yue, I do want to go to Settlement No. 49 to buy a painting. The agent of "Van Gogh" told me that this painting is an unprecedented masterpiece, and I must go there in person before he will sell it to me." Mu Yue did not have a good impression of collectors, but this mission was assigned by the Chief of Police and she had to carry it out.

"Who is Van Gogh's agent? Isn't this a trap? I remember that Settlement 49 is controlled by the Jokers, and they like to kill Orientals. Uncle Collector, you should be careful."

The collector chuckled twice, causing the two bounty hunters in front of him to laugh as well.

“Hahaha, Mu Yue, you’re worrying too much. The Clown Group has done business with our Han family before, and the two in front are not ordinary bounty hunters. If the Clown Group wants to touch me, they can only be wiped out.”

Mu Yue immediately discovered the flaw in his words: "Since Uncle has such a powerful bodyguard, why does he want me to come with him? If a fight breaks out, wouldn't a weak woman like me just be a drag?"

The collector was stunned to hear this strong niece calling herself a "weak woman":
"I just want your hand... to help me hold the painting back with your own hands! A beautiful painting filled with despair deserves to be held by beautiful hands filled with hope!"

Mu Yue felt the collector's eyes were creepy. She took out a pair of gloves from her police bag and put them on her left and right hands one after another.

Although they were just fingerless police gloves used to increase friction, with all ten fingers exposed, collectors still frowned when they saw them, feeling that it was a waste of resources.

Mu Yue didn't want to discuss the topic of hands anymore. She looked behind the collector's wheelchair.

On the black leather wall where the wheelchair is fixed, flame-shaped zigzag grooves are dug along the edge of the wall, and large red crystals are placed in the grooves.

The Collector is located in the center of the flame, like a god in a religious painting.

"Why is that wall so dark?" Mu Yue asked, "My eyesight is pretty good, why can't I see the wrinkles on the leather wall clearly?"

The Collector rapped the wall behind him with his second knuckle in triumph.

"This wall uses carbon nanotube pigment, which is the blackest black. As for the reddest red, it's the specially treated high-purity phlogiston crystals above and around my head..."

"High-purity phlogiston crystal!?" Mu Yue almost jumped up from her seat. "Isn't that a dangerous substance that is highly explosive? How could my uncle put such a thing..."

"Don't worry, I told you it's specially treated." The collector said, "The company has long mastered the method of making high-purity crystal safe, but the outside world doesn't know it."

Mu Yue was not reassured by this, because she vaguely saw that the phlogiston crystals placed around the collector in the groove of the leather wall seemed to contain something terrible.

Unfortunately, the light nearby was absorbed by the carbon nanotube pigment, so it was not clear to the naked eye. In addition, the Chief of Police specifically reminded Mu Yue to try not to use the "super vision mode" in the collector's car because it was "not very polite."

Mu Yue felt that the Chief of Police's tone was unnatural when he gave the task, but she didn't believe that her uncle would betray her. After all, the Chief of Police had been taking care of her for many years and had not even given up on her self-degrading father.

At this time, the female assistant brought two drinks. Mu Yue politely refused and said, "Sorry, I brought my own soda. I'm addicted to this flavor and can't drink anything else."

As if eager to prove herself, Mu Yue unscrewed the plastic bottle cap and took a sip of the soda she brought.

In fact, Mu Yue only drank soda to supplement the sugar needed for her artificial eye. She had no taste requirements at all, basically anything sweet was fine. She just didn't want to drink the drink provided by the collector.

The female assistant smiled generously and didn't mind. She handed one of the drinks to the collector. The collector took a sip and put the remaining half of the drink on the right platform.

Then the platform "shook" a bit, and Mu Yue, who discovered the truth, almost crushed the soda in his hand!

That was not a platform at all, but the back of a black-skinned girl with animal ears! She was naked, blindfolded, and her limbs were locked, kneeling on the car as a decoration. Because her hair and animal ears were also black, and the carbon nanotube pigment nearby absorbed the light, Mu Yue's vision was partially blocked by the obstacle before, and she thought it was just a sculpture with a funny shape.

"You...what did you do to her?" Mu Yue no longer used honorifics to address the collector.

The collector's expression remained calm. Like the female secretary, he thought Mu Yue had asked a stupid question.

"Mu Yue, I heard that you live in the police dormitory and have contacts with the Furui people - are you influenced by the common people and think that they are your equal?"

Mu Yue felt her heart bleeding. The black-skinned girl with animal ears in the car looked somewhat like Vale. Judging from her ears and tail, she seemed to be a wolf.

The collector took the cup from the beast-eared girl's back and used her as if she were ordinary furniture.

"Mu Yue, you can't have never studied law, right? Huanshi City does not prohibit the trafficking of human beings. Her parents were in debt, and they mortgaged her to me in order not to lose their inner city status. I gave her a job as a luxury car interior designer, is there anything wrong with that?"

"Let her go." Mu Yue said seriously, "I will protect you and complete the transaction tonight safely, on the condition that you set her free."

“Hahahaha – hahahaha –” The Collector laughed very evilly, “You were so childish even at the last moment.”

The collector gave an order towards the cab: "You, come here and keep an eye on Mu Yue! Before I buy a new painting, Mu Yue must be intact!"

(End of this chapter)