It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 533 [182] Red Sword Ambush

In the basement of the intelligence house, several faded maps with curled edges were hung on the wall, marking various areas of Ringstone City and some key locations circled in red.

Next to it is a row of old computer equipment embedded in the wall, with faint lights flickering on the screens and keyboards covered with oil and coffee stains.

Apart from the wooden table in the middle of the room, the furniture that took up the most space was the three open bookshelves, which were filled with books and various magazines, most of which were about the history and geography of Ringstone City. They were obviously materials used by intelligence dealers to collect information.

Qin Jiandan said: "After confirming that there is no danger, all items will be handed over to Linlin for inspection. Of course, the more intelligence the better."

Seeing that there was no obvious fingerprint unlocking device in the room, Vale put the fingerprint cloning gloves back into her service belt. She took the two electric batons in her hands, her vigilant blue eyes narrowed slightly.

"There's only the scent of an old woman in here, but I always feel like something's wrong."

Just as rats and birds can predict earthquakes in advance, the Furui people also have some extraordinary intuition.

"Watch your back!"

An ominous red light suddenly appeared in the direction of the wall where the map was hung. Qin Jiandan, who had his back to that side, immediately invoked the Steel Armor Breathing Technique.

However, as the jacket tore, Qin Jiandan felt the long-lost coolness.

"You're bleeding! It's the Red Blade Crystal Energy Sword!"

Qin Jiandan immediately rushed forward, avoiding the second wave of attacks behind him, and hugged Vale's waist to lead her out of the danger zone.

In the process, the wooden table was knocked over, and the map, recorder, draft book, and coffee pot on it all turned into the air. The warm coffee spilled out, and before the coffee pot broke into pieces, a torrential rain of mud fell.

Valei used her time efficiently. She was still providing information while Qin Jiandan was carrying her forward: "It's a funny ghost! The guy wearing a funny mask is holding a red-bladed crystal sword!"

Qin Jiandan put Vale down, and the two of them stood beside the stairs leading to the intelligence house above. He tore his damaged jacket into pieces and threw it on the ground.

Standing opposite was a man wearing a funny mask and clothes that mixed martial arts and cyberpunk features. He had long hair and big joints on his hands. He didn't look like Ibash, the deputy of the Cowboy Team that Qin Jiandan had seen in the video.

"Are you the one who killed Scar Sister?"

The other party didn't say anything, but laughed. Qin Jiandan noticed that his funny mask could actually make expressions.

Just like Rui Shuang said, people who believe in the concept of funny ghosts will grow funny masks on their faces and turn into another funny ghost!

The funny martial arts-style ghost raised the red-bladed crystal sword with both hands and made a sharp, twisted voice that didn't match his size:

"Hahahaha! The Night Dragon Society's young master worked so hard to master the Steel Armor Breathing Technique, but was killed by a cheap Red Blade Crystal Energy Sword. Isn't that ridiculous? Isn't that funny?"

Blood slowly flowed out through Qin Jiandan's black short-sleeved tights. Valei checked him and found that the wound was not too deep.

"Cheap? You said the Red Blade Crystal Energy Sword is cheap?"

Qin Jiandan heard from Grandma Qianxing that a specially customized red-blade crystal energy sword would cost five years' salary of a swordsmanship instructor.

"Of course it's cheap! It will only get cheaper in the future! How ridiculous!"

The funny ghost shrugged his shoulders and laughed non-stop. The red-bladed crystal sword in his hand cut a light track, changing the lighting color of the underground space.

Qin Jiandan felt it necessary to capture the other party alive. Apart from Scar Sister's matter, there were many unsolved mysteries about him.

First, how did he enter the underground space in advance without the fingerprint cloning gloves?
Second, Grandma Qianxing complained that the Red Blade Crystal Energy Sword was not suitable for ambushes. Even if it was hidden in a scabbard and covered with a black cloth, it could not completely hide the glimmer of the Crystal Energy Sword. How did this funny guy use the Red Blade Crystal Energy Sword to ambush?

Third, where was he hiding before he attacked? Even if he had a special ability like "camouflage invisibility", how did he hide it from Vale's sense of smell?

With these questions in mind, Qin Jiandan rubbed his hands and said, "If you fail to kill me with your first strike, your defeat is certain. I give you three seconds to surrender."

The funny ghost suddenly made a forward movement, and Qin Jiandan did not react immediately in order to protect Valei. After the fake move, the funny ghost ran to the bookshelf on the right and kicked the bookshelf on the edge with force, triggering a chain reaction on the other two bookshelves.

Bookshelves toppled over with a crackling sound like reclaimed wood breaking apart, and rows of books fell one by one, raising a dust that could cause nasal allergies.

"A-choo! A-choo!" Vale sneezed twice in a row.

The funny ghost laughed and said, "Now you think the Fury people's keen sense of smell is a burden, right? How funny! Hahahaha!"

Vale took out a simple gas mask similar to a mask from his service belt and put it on. The funny guy stopped laughing.

Qin Jiandan calculated the distance, created two black ice blades at the front of his fists, and pounced in front of the funny ghost to launch an attack.

Although the war blade was not as flexible as a sword, it danced with the wind under Qin Jiandan's arm strength. The funny ghost wanted to cut off the black ice war blade from the side, but he couldn't seize the opportunity no matter what. Although the red blade crystal energy sword was sharp, the sword body was relatively fragile. When facing a heavier weapon like the black ice war blade, it might be broken by the opponent.

This funny ghost's swordsmanship level is acceptable, probably at the level of the Four Vajras of the Sorrow Cloud Group, but it is far from enough to deal with Qin Jiandan.

"No...it's not fun..." The funny ghost's arms were scratched in many places by the black ice blade. He jumped backwards and pressed his body against the wall covered with maps.

Suddenly, his image became blurred and distorted. It was not like the camouflage invisibility that Qin Jiandan had seen before, but rather similar to the visual dizziness when switching subspaces.

Qin Jiandan suddenly realized: "The funny ghost can create the subspace by himself, so he gave the subspace metal box to anyone! Don't even think about escaping!"

There was no time to save any lives at this moment, Qin Jiandan suddenly thrust forward with the black ice battle blade. The funny ghost seemed to have misjudged the time when he entered the subspace, and hurriedly raised the red blade crystal energy sword to block.

"Crack!"

This red-bladed crystal sword seemed to be very fragile except for the blade, and was not suitable for blocking at all. It was instantly crushed into two parts by the black ice battle blade. The upper part flew backwards and unfortunately pierced the throat of the funny ghost.

"Ugh!" The funny ghost's subspace escape was interrupted. He staggered forward a few steps, covering his wound, and finally fell to the ground sideways.

Seeing that the other party was about to die, Qin Jiandan said anxiously: "Why did you want to kill Scar Sister? Tell me, and I will send you to the regeneration chamber!"

The funny ghost spat out blood foam from the mask, and it seemed that the mouth of the mask was connected to his real mouth.

"Ahem, ahem! Hahaha! Hahaha! I didn't kill the intelligence house, but I stole the intelligence house's artificial eye from the killer when he wasn't paying attention... Although the killer took the information, he couldn't decode it! Hahaha! Don't you think it's funny? Isn't it funny?"

As he laughed, the funny ghost's mask froze and his voice died in the air.

Qin Jiandan kicked the corpse and said, "Dead as hell. All of these funny ghosts are mentally unstable. No wonder the company wants me to kill them all."

Vale squatted over and searched the body, and sure enough, she found Scar Sister's prosthetic eye in the funny man's pocket, but nothing else of value.

Qin Jiandan looked around the messy underground space. Although some of the recorders on the wooden table were damaged, the computers embedded in the wall were not damaged.

"With the artificial eye, it is easier for Linlin to decode the information here. But if the murderer is not the funny ghost, who is he?"

After checking for a while and confirming that there was no more potential danger, Qin Jiandan and Valei returned to the ground and asked the guards to seal the equipment in the intelligence room and deal with the body of the funny ghost.

Qin Jiandan handed the prosthetic eye and several intact recorders to Linlin, asking her to find a way to decode them as soon as possible. Linlin frowned and took the blood-stained prosthetic eye.

"The equipment on the intelligence vehicle may not be enough. I have to go back to the headquarters to decode it. Brother, do you want to go back with me?"

After Qin Jiandan explained some of the situation to Yu Shiying, he and Walei returned to the headquarters in the intelligence vehicle.

Several people came to some basic conclusions on the way:

This funny ghost was probably just passing by and happened to see a murder taking place in the intelligence room, so he stole the artificial eye to make something funny happen.

Funny ghosts do not need external objects and can create a subspace by themselves. The size of this subspace is still uncertain, but it is enough for them to be completely hidden from the outside world, and they can also use it to pass through some obstacles, such as secret doors that need fingerprints to unlock.

Fortunately, this subspace ability is not instant and requires a cast, otherwise he might have escaped just now.

As for why he hid in the underground space to ambush, it might be, as he said, that he wanted to use the red blade crystal energy sword to pierce the defense of the steel armor breathing method and create a funny and ironic situation. A funny ghost is roughly equivalent to a mental patient, and his behavior style cannot be inferred according to common sense.

As it was getting late, when the intelligence vehicle passed by the castle tower of District 2, Qin Jiandan decided to stay here tonight to avoid unexpected troubles while driving at night.

Linlin and Fengjian exchanged information and discussed the subspace metal box, the information about Scar Sister, and the problem of the funny ghost. Valei went to have a midnight snack, while Qin Jiandan lay on the tatami in the tea room, and Xiaoxia helped him apply ointment on the knife wound.

"Fufufu~ Our Miyamoto family's secret knife wound ointment is superb for treating all kinds of sword injuries! My sausage mouth was also cured by our own ointment. After searching for a while, I really found the ointment for swollen mouth!"

Qin Jiandan felt a not-unpleasant chill gathering around the wound.

"Well...it does have some effect. Your family has so many secret ointments, why do you want to be the spokesperson for "Beautiful Feet Soda"? Why don't you just sell the ointments and make money?"

"Because I... because I was hurt!"

Xiao Xia put her hands on the ground and knocked over the small jar of ointment for knife wounds. The ponytailed female ninja looked as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"The morning-after contraceptive pill that is widely circulated in Huanshi City is really a plagiarism of our contraceptive cream! To this day, I have never been paid a penny for the copyright! I asked Fengjian to find out which traitor leaked the secret recipe, but Fengjian, the idiot, always said that he couldn't find it!"

The person who revealed the secret recipe is Feng Jian's father, the former hacker of Luoying Group, "Electric Eyes". It would be strange if Feng Jian could find it...

(End of this chapter)