12:30 in the morning.
Fang Xin had been standing in front of the mirror looking at himself for a full forty-five minutes.
But today, he didn't see that usual self of his in the mirror.
Fang Xin frowned.
He stared at himself in the mirror.
He even pretended to turn around and walk away just like he did last night.
However, there wasn't anything unusual in his peripheral vision.
Everything was fine last night.
What was going on tonight?
Could it be that some kind of trigger mechanism was missing?
He recalled everything that happened yesterday...
If everything was replicated according to yesterday's pattern,
Fang Xin couldn't help but think.
Could it be that he didn't watch his grandfather's video?
Today, the time node had already passed.
He could only try again tomorrow night.
Fang Xin went back to the bedroom.
Lying on the bed, he thought about the things that would happen with Ellie tomorrow.
The next morning.
After having breakfast,
Fang Xin received a message from Ellie.
The meeting place was at a coffee shop.
When Fang Xin arrived at the place, Ellie was already waiting at the entrance.
Ellie's silver-white hair was tied into a short ponytail.
She was wearing a baseball cap.
A baseball uniform and tight jeans perfectly outlined her graceful figure.
"Over here!" Ellie waved her hand.
When Fang Xin came today, he also deliberately wore a baseball cap.
As he got closer, Ellie said, "There's still a certain degree of risk. Are you sure you've thought it through?"
"Are you sure the opponent is only at level four?"
"I've been scouting for half a month!"
"Then there's no problem at all! Where are the others you hired?"
Ellie grabbed Fang Xin's arm, "The people I hired are not easy to deal with, so we'll have to use fake names and false information later. I'm now called Zhao Yaomei and I'm from out of town. You should also change your name."
"Then I'll be called Qin Junhao."
"Um...
Choose another name."
"Qin Xiaoqiang, your cousin."
While talking, Ellie gave Fang Xin a mask and then took out an exquisite small box for him.
"Put on this mask! It can change your appearance! This is the Perception-type Fruit that I promised you!"
Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, "You're giving it to me before we even start?"
"I'm just happy that you came!"
"Your captain and teammates, won't they help you?"
Ellie put on the mask. After the mask was attached to her face, her appearance changed without showing any abnormality. Even her face shape and hair color changed along with it. Hearing Fang Xin's words, Ellie said helplessly, "They've helped before, but this time, Captain Xiao recruited Qin Junhao because of wrong information, wasting a quota. He's currently locked up for confinement and writing a self-criticism. You also know my other teammates. They were all injured in yesterday's mission!"
Fang Xin scratched his side face in embarrassment. It all seemed to come back to him in the end.
If he hadn't randomly signed up before, Xiao Wu Tong wouldn't have chosen Qin Junhao in advance. If he hadn't chosen Qin Junhao, he wouldn't have been locked up for confinement.
Fang Xin put the mask on his face.
His face changed.
He took a look in his phone camera and couldn't see any clues at all.
He opened the exquisite small box, and inside was a bright red fruit.
"You can eat it now!" Ellie reminded him.
Fang Xin took a bite.
It was full of juice and quite crispy. He swallowed the Mental-type Fruit in two bites.
A refreshing feeling swept through his whole body, as if he had eaten a big mouthful of mint candy, and he felt completely clear-headed.
Fang Xin's already sensitive perception ability instantly enhanced.
Previously, only his audiovisual ability, sense of smell, taste, and touch were far beyond ordinary people.
However, after swallowing this Sensory-type Fruit,
In Fang Xin's mind, he could actually perceive the every move of everyone within a radius of thirty meters. Even the mosquitoes and ants on the ground appeared one by one in Fang Xin's mind, forming a three-dimensional translucent pattern.
Within thirty meters, Fang Xin could clearly perceive what everyone was saying and doing. Even the voice of the waiter hiding in the bathroom and talking to his friend about the boss in the coffee shop could be heard clearly by Fang Xin.
Fang Xin opened his eyes and let out a breath. Was this the awakening of the Perception-type talent? This talent was really good. He could clearly perceive all the things and every move around him, and he could also detect the enemy's situation in advance.
However, perception consumed a lot of energy. If he perceived for a while longer, his head would feel a bit dizzy.
"Thank you for coming to help me anyway!" Ellie raised her head. At this moment, after the mask changed her appearance, her ice-blue pupils had turned black. Ellie looked at Fang Xin seriously and said word by word.
"Helping you is also helping me! Let's go!"
Ellie was stunned for a moment and didn't say much. She walked in front to lead the way.
Fang Xin followed behind, looking at Ellie's back. Ellie was only one year older than Fang Xin and was a senior from the previous year. It was evident that she had put in more effort than ordinary people to become the team leader of the Seventh Division after the youth training camp ended.
They walked across the street and entered a grocery store.
There was a fierce-looking burly man lying on the front desk of the grocery store.
When they entered the door, the bell at the entrance made a clear sound.
Ellie stepped forward and handed out a card. The burly man took it and glanced at it, "Go inside, on the right, the fourth room."
Fang Xin looked in the direction indicated. There was only a wall there. Ellie took back the card and led the way in front. Fang Xin followed behind.
Suddenly, ripples appeared on the wall. Ellie pulled Fang Xin and took a step inside. They found the fourth private room and walked in.
Fang Xin was still a bit confused. He didn't expect that this grocery store had such a hidden world inside.
After sitting down, Ellie explained, "Each city has its own black market trading place. This place is the black market trading place in Lan City. You can look for, accept, and release tasks here. You can also exchange items and buy information. Everything that can be done in the black market can be done here.
The several bounty hunters I hired will be here soon. Once they arrive, we'll set off. This is the place we're going to!"
Ellie took out a small ball and tapped it. The ball emitted light, and a holographic projection appeared above it. It was a detached villa, and the structure of the detached villa was clearly shown.
"I heard what you said yesterday. It seems that you've connected the car accident of your parents and the disappearance of your sister."
Ellie nodded, "I accidentally found out from the clues that the driver of the car that hit my parents and the people who kidnapped my sister all had a six-pointed star tattoo on their arms."
Fang Xin was stunned when he heard this, "The driver who hit your parents was found?"
"He was found a year after my parents had the accident. But when he was found, he was already dead. So many clues were still broken."
While Fang Xin was silent.
The door was pushed open.
Three people came in one after another from outside.
There was a burly man who was two meters tall like a titan, a middle-aged man with an extremely long face and golden hair and a thick beard, and finally, a woman with curly black hair and a very voluptuous figure. The woman was wearing a low-cut dress with a long and narrow cleavage, hot pants, and fishnet stockings. She was extremely sexy.
"Why is there someone else?" The burly man sat down and looked at Fang Xin and said in a muffled voice.
Ellie said, "He's my cousin and won't share your commission."
The burly man gave Fang Xin a sideways glance, looked him up and down carefully, and then said.
"Your cousin? He looks as skinny as a chick. Can he do it? Don't hold us back!"