The next day, Paladin did not covet the injury leave and returned to the team injured.

The knife in his lower back was originally stabbed by himself. It avoided the vital point and only damaged the flesh. After a day of training, it was basically fine.

In the administrator's office, Lugo was holding a children's language book and was clumsily learning phonetic symbols, with a miserable look on his face.

"Lugo," Kino mused, "if I want to find a group of good stalkers in Twilight City, who should I go to?"

Lugo finally raised his head from the sea of ​​suffering in the book and scratched the back of his head: "Um... go find Valta. He is a Fago man who specializes in running underground businesses in Twilight City. He is extremely well-informed. Those beggars sitting on the streets begging for food.

, most of them are his spies."

"Fa Gao people" are a very interesting nation. They are shrewd by nature, extremely sensitive to numbers, and are very good at investigating market conditions and obtaining information. Many nobles like to find a Fa Gao people as financial advisors.

But precisely because they are too shrewd, Fa Gao people are good at judging the situation and playing both sides of the situation. They will usually serve you very comfortably, but if something goes wrong, don't expect them to sacrifice their lives for you.

A very typical example is that 26 years ago, during the Laurel War in the 486th year of the Fire Moon Calendar, the 300,000 Fago people living in the northern highlands were supposed to be the first barrier to the Kingdom of Doguland.

But who would have expected that as soon as the war reached the northern highlands, the Fa Gao army surrendered, handing over their homeland where they had lived for generations.

The Far Eastern Dynasty occupied such a strategic key point without any hesitation, directly threatening the hinterland of Doguland. The military front even reached the center of the "Cardinal Province". The young king in the royal city could see the smoke at the end of the sky when he raised his head.

If it weren't for the royal family cooperating with the extraordinary beings of the royal family to fight to the death and fight the imperial army back at all costs, the laurel flowers would have withered on this continent.

After the Laurel War, Doguland XXIV carried out a comprehensive liquidation, chopped off the heads of nearly 200,000 magao people, and deprived them of their right to govern in the northern highlands.

This was the first time that the shrewd Fa Gao people bet on the wrong fate of the nation. The surviving tribesmen were homeless and could only make a living scattered in various provinces.

Because of this incident, the Fagao people were also ridiculed as a "surrendering nation."

Of course, no matter how much everyone ridicules, one thing cannot be changed - Fa Gao people are as cunning as poisonous snakes. If you want to obtain information, these people are your best choice.

Kino asked: "Where is Valta?"

Lugo said without hesitation: "Ghetto."

"It's a slum again." Kino looked helpless, "Take me for a walk."

The slums are located in the North City of Dusk City, far apart from the richest South City, and are a filthy and chaotic place.

It is strange to say that with the financial resources of the Twilight City nobles, just by giving away a few monthly coins in their hands, the buildings in the slums can be given a new look, giving those poor people hope of a new look.

But the nobles seemed to have formed a tacit understanding and always allowed this barren land to exist.

Under the leadership of Lugo, Kino and Paladin walked into the slums.

Although Kino was well-dressed and looked very smart at first glance, the executive logo was embroidered brightly on his front tattoo, and with Lugo and Paladin beside him, no idiot dared to approach him.

Lugo took the lead and walked into an alley, came to a young man, reported the secret message, took out a small bag of copper moons and stuffed it into his hand: "The administrator is here, take us to see Valta."

The young man quickly stuffed the money bag into his crotch so that he didn't have to hand it over and could eat alone.

"Good morning, Lord Administrator." He gave an elegant smile like an upper-class person and bowed to Kino, but his thief-minded temperament was deeply ingrained and could not be concealed by actions or words.

"Good morning." Chino responded politely.

"You three adults, please come with me." The young man smiled flatteringly and took the lead in walking at the front.

The three of them followed him into the gate, passed through the dilapidated and decayed houses at the front, and came to a wide underground passage. They first went down and then turned several times, then went up and back to the ground, and finally came to a hidden building.

In front of the house.

The young man opened the door of the house, invited the three of them in, and then nodded and left.

After the three of them entered the door, what jumped into their eyes was the long dining table, where a rickety old man was sitting and eating.

At 0.12 seconds, Chino's pupils moved sideways and looked at the side wall.

A few seconds later, Lugo and Paladin also sensed something.

"Bang!" Lugo slammed his fists against the wall, broke open the secret door, and then grabbed something. He pulled it back hard and dragged out a guard with a sword who looked shocked.

Lugo kicked the guard unconscious and looked at the rickety old man coldly: "Varta, you are really smart. The administrator is here to visit, and you are setting up an ambush here?"

"I surrender! I surrender!! I surrender!!!" Valta shouted three times in a hurry, took out the white handkerchief in his pocket and waved it in the air, so skillfully that it made people feel distressed, "He is not an ambush, he is just my secret sentry! This is absolutely amazing

It’s not directed at you!”

Just as Kino was about to say something, a roar suddenly came from the corner: "Wait a minute!"

Two tall, tall men armed with swords walked out of the darkness, with stern faces, facial features as deep as a knife and an axe, and a body as firm as a rock. They were extremely intimidating and full of fighting spirit.

Lugo and Paladin stood calmly in front of Kino, holding the hilts of their swords, ready to fight at any time.

Suddenly, two tall men threw away their sabers in a familiar manner, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and said viciously: "We also want to surrender!"

Chino, Lugo, Paladin: "..."

Kino raised his chin and motioned to clear the place.

Lugo picked up the unconscious guard with one hand, while Paladin kicked the butts of the two surrendered men and went out with them, leaving only Kino and Valta inside.

Seeing this, Varta kept rubbing his hands and put on a warm and friendly face: "Oh~ My dear administrator, please sit down. I have prepared tea and strawberry toffee for you."

This sentence made Kino very interested. This guy Varta didn't leave home, but he knew that he was going to visit today. He had prepared tea in advance, and even knew that he liked strawberry toffee best.

It seems that as Lugo said, Valta is extremely well-informed.

"Thank you for your kindness, but the entertainment is not necessary. Business is more important." Kino handed over Alice's sketch, "I heard that your intelligence personnel are very professional?"

Valta took the portrait with both hands, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Ah~ isn't this the little beauty who came to the city yesterday? If I remember correctly, her name is Alice."

"You know her?"

"I know her, she doesn't know me."

"Where did she come from?"

"They say she's from Puluo, but judging from her skin texture, she's obviously not. I heard she's as white as freshly squeezed milk."

Kino took out a bag full of silver moons and put it on the table. There were 50 of them, and said: "Make a deal. Help me keep an eye on this woman. I want to know the details of her actions - where she went and what she did.

, who she talked to, who the person she talked to talked to, and who those people talked to... All relevant people and what they did should be reported to me."

Varta shook his head: "It extends like this, like a spider web that is getting bigger and bigger. There are too many people, and it is difficult to keep an eye on it."

Kino: "Think of a way?"

Valta coughed lightly and said with embarrassment: "Hey, the administrator's request, I have to find a way even if I try my best... In this way, add 50 silver moons, and I will help you get it all."

Chino: "Are you trying to raise the price with me?"

Varta bowed humbly and said: "No, no, no, Lord Administrator, please believe me, this is a reasonable price. In order to meet your requirements, I need to mobilize a large number of people and let them concentrate on doing this. If they are paid

Not enough and their concentration will suffer. You don’t want Alice to notice she’s being followed, right?”

Kino was silent for a while, then threw a bag of silver moon over: "They are right, the Fa Gao people are as cunning as poisonous snakes."

"I regard this as a compliment~" Valta greedily accepted the two bags of silver moon, and gave Kino a noble salute in a serious manner, "Leave the tracking to me, I will do my best to

go."

"You'd better be." Kino turned and left.

"Let Yang see you off." Valta clapped his hands three times regularly.

A boy walked in outside the door. He was petite and had a soft appearance. It was obvious from a glance that Valta had a special hobby for this.

Kino didn't intend to point fingers at other people's privacy, but simply said: "No need to send it away, just take care of your business."

Kino went out and when he passed by Yang, he accidentally glanced at him.

Suddenly, Kino stopped where he was.

Seeing this, Varta was a little nervous and thought: Could it be that the administrator also likes this?

Kino walked up to Yang and looked at him carefully: "You are a bit hunched, straighten your back and show me."

Yang subconsciously looked at Valta. After receiving permission, he straightened his back and showed it to Chino.
Chapter completed!