Chapter 2398: [Founding · Light]

The Taton River flowed with a splash. The couple, covering their faces with black cloth on the riverbank street, did not continue walking forward but were confronting the five people blocking the road ahead. Mr. Fellinger and Miss Brown were both holding pistols, and the five people in front of them looked like city gangsters.

"Is this someone you know this time?"

Mr. Albert, standing by the mailbox at the corner of another street intersecting the riverside street, asked Xia De. Xia De narrowed his eyes and looked:

"Although I know a group of dock gangsters, I don't know these people... It's impossible for me to know everyone in this city."

The coroner made a small joke:

"I thought you had connections you could use anytime, anywhere. Let's go then, how about just using pistols? Is your marksmanship okay?"

"You can call me a sharpshooter."

Although the revolver issued by the Intelligence Agency was a single-shot pistol, Xia De still only used it. After counting down three numbers, the two rushed out of the fog together—

Bang! Bang! Bang! Three gunshots rang out, fired by Xia De, Mr. Albert, and Miss Brown after hearing the gunshots. As three gangsters fell, the other two immediately returned fire. But because they were no longer in the majority, except for Mr. Albert dodging a bullet, the return fire did not cause any impact at all.

Bang! Bang!

After two more gunshots, only one of the five was killed directly by Miss Brown, and the other four fell with serious injuries, one of whom looked like they were not going to make it.

Xia De and Mr. Albert walked out of the fog. The latter looked at the five people on the ground, took a whistle from his pocket, and blew it hard, so the sharp whistle immediately echoed on the riverside street.

"Police whistle?"

"Three more can be saved; I don't want to create trouble for my colleagues at the Police Department."

The coroner responded. As for Mr. Fellinger and Miss Brown, after seeing the two walking over, they immediately greeted:

"Your Excellency the Pious!"

Xia De glanced at Mr. Albert, but the latter did not look at him:

"Didn't I tell you to hide well and wait for me to find you? Why did you risk running out?"

Miss Brown, with an injured arm, lowered her head in shame:

"Sorry, Your Excellency, I wanted to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible, but I didn't expect to be easily discovered by my old superior."

"I remember you only said that having a card in your hand was troublesome at the time; you didn't say there was also the matter of intelligence."

Mr. Albert frowned again and said. Miss Brown pursed her lips and lowered her head even further:

"I am really sorry, my past involves a lot of troublesome things."

"Everyone, let's leave here first, don't get blocked by the police."

Xia De reminded them, finally understanding that this matter this morning had been arranged, but an accident happened halfway through.

So the group of four quickly left the scene, led by Mr. Albert, who was familiar with the local area, and finally went down the stairs of the riverbank street of the Taton River and arrived under the "Sigris Bridge" spanning the Taton River.

This bridge had a hundred-year history, but because of the width of the bridge deck, it no longer met the city's requirements, which was why the "Moon Bay Bridge" was built further downstream.

The fog under the bridge was as thick as on the street, and Mr. Fellinger, who finally saw Xia De's disguised face clearly, finally asked hesitantly:

"Are you..."

"Since Her Highness Margaret is in Moon Bay, can't I be here?"

"It really is you!"

Mr. Fellinger said very unexpectedly, and Miss Brown, who was treating her own wound, also immediately thanked him:

"You saved us for the second time."

Saying this, she did not hesitate and handed the suitcase in her hand directly to him:

"Inside here is the evidence of local Grey Glove agents accepting bribes, collected by the 'Bottom-Dwelling Fish' codenamed 'Clock'."

"He bought an unauthenticated, precious card of unknown authenticity from the merchant killed by the gangsters using a manor outside the city, but he was also targeted by the Grey Gloves because of this transaction. Originally, the Grey Gloves just wanted to kill him and take the card using the excuse of him being a 'spy', but after investigation, they found he was really from the Intelligence Agency, so they didn't even need an excuse."

"'Clock' gave me the card that caused his death and this box of secrets before he died, and then today's events happened."

The former royal maid explained the whole origin of the matter in a few short words, and Xia De asked curiously:

"I told you to stay away from Dellarion, not for you to come to Moon Bay and contact the Intelligence Agency again. Why do you know that dead agent? Why did you agree to take these things that would cause big trouble?"

Mr. Fellinger responded for his wife. Half a year later, the original mechanical engineer had also become more mature:

"I also agreed with Jane doing this. It's not safe to hide forever. That 'Clock' happened to be trained in the same batch as her, so I let her contact him, and she could also hear the latest situation at any time."

"As for taking over that batch of documents, I admit I was greedy. I thought if I could return the documents to the Sixth Agency, maybe the Director would forgive my... defection."

When Miss Brown said the last word, she also saw Xia De's eyes at this moment:

"I understand now, I had no way back from the beginning."

"Isn't it good for you to live like this? Neither side has publicly wanted you. As long as you live steadily, no one will trouble you."

Xia De was qualified to say this because the Intelligence Agency really hadn't looked for Miss Brown again after she left Tobesk.

The couple also knew their adventure was wrong, but time could not be reversed. Fortunately, this matter did not have the worst ending:

"Your Excellency the Pious, I am sorry we deceived you."

"You didn't deceive me; you deceived all the companions who were running around for this matter."

The coroner sighed:

"Next time you attend a gathering, remember to apologize to everyone. Go back; Mrs. Fox is still waiting for you to go home. This matter ends here. I will find a way to cover up your tracks. Just like this gentleman said, live steadily in Moon Bay."

Saying the word "steadily" in Moon Bay today was a bit ridiculous, but the couple thanked him again and left in a hurry. Xia De watched their backs, guessing that if 【Eternal Light】 could continue to develop in the future, it would definitely use some of the intelligence and spy skills mastered by Miss Brown.

Her and Mr. Fellinger's story had not yet reached the step of "the prince and princess living happily together." She had taken a wrong step again, and her life afterward would definitely not be completely calm.

Only Xia De and Mr. Albert were left in the fog. Xia De looked at the suitcase in his hand, and the latter reminded:

"There is only the intelligence that caused this trouble inside; that card is not here."

He took out his notebook from his robe, then handed the card tucked inside to Xia De with the back facing up:

"They only said at first that they were being chased by people looking for this card, so this card was given to me... Alright, I also deceived you; this card has been in my hands for half a month."

The thin card had almost no weight. Xia De, who thought he had seen big scenes, still felt his heartbeat slightly accelerate when he got this card.

He remained calm and flipped the card to the front. On the card face was a dragon looking up as if roaring in front of the radiating light. That dragon was different from any dragon Xia De had ever seen; he could only use simple adjectives like "ancient," "powerful," and "sacred" to describe his first impression.

Then he looked at the top of the card face.

He saw the number 5 marked in the upper right corner, and the very familiar "Star" logo in the upper left corner. Between the two, that is, in the center of the top of the card face, a black vertical line was drawn in a white circle; this was the logo of the 【Founding】 series.

He shifted his gaze to the bottom of the card face, where a few lines of small print were written:

【After drawing this card until the end of the round, you can force the opponent to show all the cards in their hand; in the settlement stage of possessing this card, if you bust, you can force the opponent's total points to be adjusted to be the same as your own total points. Both effects can only be activated once in the same round.】

Effect one is equivalent to letting the opponent show their cards, which is the same as the special rules of the 【Dacheng Player Champion】 series;

And effect two is equivalent to not having to worry about busting and losing as long as you draw this card. Even if you can't look at the opponent's bottom card after activating effect two, you can still take aggressive risks; after all, even if you bust, it's just a draw.

"Light can see all things, light can melt all things."

The coroner on the side summarized the characteristics of this card in simple words and completed the last story for the scattering of this card in Moon Bay:

"The reason why the killed merchant who originally possessed three cards was killed was not just because of the greed of the gangsters; those gangsters were brought by Viscount Bell Grah."

"That champion of the 1850 Lockwood City 'Dacheng Player'?"

Xia De asked. He had even played cards with the other party.

"Yes, according to our investigation, Viscount Grah has a deep connection with local underground casinos and the Luo De Pai black market. Announcing publicly over the years that he is willing to gamble with anyone for special cards is just to make it easier to know the location of more special cards, and then get those cards in various ways."

Mr. Albert's tone was very calm. These things were already being investigated before Xia De came to Moon Bay:

"The Viscount's real goal was not the other two, just this 【Founding · Light】. Don't worry, only I, Miss Brown, and Viscount Grah know what this card is. The Viscount is worried that if the secret leaks, he won't be able to get the card himself."

"After the three cards scattered, the death of the Intelligence Agency agent actually had something to do with Viscount Grah. But there is no need for the Intelligence Agency to take revenge; I have already made arrangements. That Viscount will die of ricin poisoning tonight... There have been too many people who died because of him recently."

Xia De had no interest in the death of that 1850 champion. He held the card upright:

"Are you giving this card to me?" ===== CHAPTER 2399 =====