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"Please allow me to apologize for my previous inappropriate remarks."

The man took off his hat and bowed gracefully to Bai Yu.

"I'm Vinar, Vinar of Scandinavia, a bounty hunter passing through."

"Passing by? What advice do you have?"

Bai Yu's expression and tone remained calm, but coupled with his height and the imposing aura emanating from within, he always gave people a sense of majesty without even being angry.

"I don't deserve your advice, it's just a kind gesture..."

Vinal pinched his mustache, leaned on his cane with one hand, and smiled.

"Neville!"

Watteau interrupted Neville with a sullen look.

"What do you want to do?"

"Naturally, it's just some friendly reminders to your new partner."

Neville sneered, "What? Only you are allowed to do it, and no one else is allowed to say it? Aren't you too overbearing?"

"Then tell me."

Wattol stretched out his hand to stop his companion who was about to rush up to teach Neville a lesson with a dark face, turned his head to look at the two of them and said in a stern voice.

"But I must state in advance that I, Wattol, am not a villain who would use my teammates as bait in exchange for an opportunity to escape!"

Ye Yiyi could feel that although Wator was very frank, he still had some guilt in his heart, and he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Humph! You know best!"

Neville glanced at Wattol coldly, then saluted Bai Yu like a gentleman.

"My Lords, please allow me to remind you that seven out of ten teammates who have traveled with this Wattol have been wiped out, and he is the only one who survived!

"This is an irrefutable fact, and the knights of the Knight Bureau can prove it."

The cat-man knight who had led the way before and was now watching the fun, a hairless cat with a mean expression, lowered his head and rubbed his paws when he heard this, and said nonchalantly:

"That's true, but since Wattol has always submitted the required amount of sclerotia, it doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter if someone dies?" Bai Yu frowned.

Wattol lowered his eyes slightly at this, but Neville laughed without a trace of amusement.

"Ha, yes! Wattold? Does it matter if someone dies?"

"Don't get me wrong, meow!"

The Hairless Cat Knight glanced at Neville sideways, as if giving a warning:

"The agreement clearly states that the City Hall and the Knights Bureau are not responsible for any casualties... Besides, aren't you bounty hunters all in it for the money? Even if you lose your life, you should have been mentally prepared, right?"

"Your Excellency the Knight is right."

Neville bowed slightly to the cat-man knight, then raised his head and looked at Wator coldly.

"That's why people like you can keep working here! But you won't always be so lucky!"

Then he bowed to Ye Yiyi and Bai Yu.

"You two, it's very dangerous underground. You must not only be careful of monsters, but also be careful of the people around you..."

After saying this, Neville walked out of the church with his cane, and his back disappeared behind the door through which everyone came.

"Are you done talking? Let's go."

The hairless cat knight yawned and walked towards the depths of the church without looking back.

"Sir..." Wattol hesitated and turned back to look at the man in the shirt who was chatting with the group.

"Let's go in first, they've already gone far away."

Ye Yiyi changed her previous obedient attitude and said indifferently.

"Um……"

Wator nodded silently, and the group followed the cat-man knight and went underground along the ornately decorated stairs.

"There are still five hours until midnight. Please find a room and wait."

The Hairless Cat Knight pointed to the room in the corridor and said,

"The room is for two people. There are filter masks, paper, and pens prepared inside. Newcomers, remember to write a suicide note first. If you unfortunately die, the city hall will send the letter to your family - free of charge."

Then the hairless cat emphasized to Ye Yiyi and Bai Yu,

"Remember to write your address when you write a suicide note! In the past two years, there have always been some people who forget to write their addresses. We burned all their suicide notes."

"It's also possible that they don't have an address to send it to." Ye Yiyi said with a smile.

"That's really tragic, meow~"

The hairless cat opened its fang-filled mouth and smiled happily.

Then he turned his head to look at Wattold and said calmly:

"Watol, you've been there ten times and you know the rules. I don't need to explain how to teach a newcomer."

"I know." Wattol nodded, but he was a little depressed.

"That's good. Someone will come to call you when the time comes. Finally, there is a customary reminder:

"While you're waiting, you can only move around on the first floor of the church. You are not allowed to enter the second floor or above or the Tongtian Tree. Violators will be hanged by the Tongtian Tree City Hall!"

"Is it the kind of hanging that goes straight to the gallows without going through the trial process?" Ye Yiyi asked curiously.

"Tongtianshu is an autonomous city, and Cuilengye's laws may not apply here, meow~"

The hairless cat knight squinted his cat eyes and looked at Ye Yiyi with a smile:

"Little guy, I like your cleverness. Of course, I want to see your face with your tongue hanging out as you die on the gallows."

"That will definitely not let you get what you want." Ye Yiyi also replied with a smile.

"That's such a pity, meow~~"

The Hairless Cat Knight turned around and walked away with a sinister smile, waving his cat paws with his back to the crowd.

"Enjoy what may be the last moments of your lives. Welcome to hell, meow~~"

"I like this cat person."

Looking at the hairless cat's back disappearing into the corridor, Ye Yiyi smiled at Wator and said.

“…” Wattol and his friend looked at each other in silence.

"Michaela..." Wattol seemed to have something to say.

"Don't be impatient, Wattol, take a break first."

Ye Yiyi pulled Bai Yu, who was carrying a lot of bags, to find a room and smiled at the bounty hunter before closing the door.

"I'll come talk to you later."

"Pong!"

The door closed, and Wattol was at a loss in front of the closed door. In the end, he could only sigh deeply and choose a room to stay with his companions.

"Now that we know the reason, why don't we leave them behind and go to the Lingering Temple alone?"

Putting down the luggage, Bai Yu looked at Ye Yiyi in confusion and asked.

"Didn't you see the certificate that Watteau showed to the guard before entering?" Ye Yiyi looked at the decoration of the room and smiled.

"This commission obviously wasn't just a one-time thing. I imagine there are bounty hunter groups heading to the ancient ruins every day to clean up the fungal cores.

"Of course, they are the old ones who bring in the new ones. Only those who are introduced by acquaintances can enter."

"That's not what I meant." Bai Yu frowned as he looked at the pile of bags on the bed. "What I meant was that we could sneak in..."

"And then? Do you have the ability to completely conceal your form? Or, in other words, the ability to guarantee that you will never be caught by the guards here?

"You have to know that the people guarding this place are cat people. Their noses are much more sensitive than humans. If we are discovered, what should we do?

"Are you willing to kill all the witnesses in order to protect your identity?"

"This……"

Bai Yu was choked by Ye Yiyi's question. She thought for a while and finally shook her head helplessly.

"We are here to solve problems, not to kill innocent people," she said awkwardly. "They are just innocent civilians. I can't kill them."

"That's it." Ye Yiyi spread his hands and sighed.

"Stealth isn't safe, and you don't want to kill anyone, so we can only go with the flow."

"Mikaela..."

Bai Yu pondered for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "You are really reliable. If it weren't for you, I really can't think of a proper solution."

"If you praise me like this, I'll be proud~"

Ye Yiyi put her hands on her hips and raised her nose.

Oh! Put your hands on your hips and take a break. I am so awesome!

"Of course, Bai Yu, your acting skills are not bad, as a sister."

"I..."

The female knight's cheeks flushed slightly, she lowered her head and looked away, then began to unpack the bags.

She really didn't dare to say it. Because Ye Yiyi had always called her "sister", she really treated him as her own brother.

Even though she doesn't have a younger brother.

"Let's sort out the things I bought first. I'll go to the upper floor of the church and see if I can find some useful information."

Ye Yiyi sat down on the white feather bed, picked up the package and started to open it.

"Let's go up and take a look?" Bai Yu was stunned when he heard this. "But didn't you say you won't be sneaking anymore?"

"My concealment magic only works on me. I can't sneak in with you, but it's fine if I go alone."

Ye Yiyi opened the package, took out a nail hammer and looked at it, then pressed the mechanism on the handle. The hammer head suddenly cracked, and two thin pieces of iron extended outward, stretching into a sharp axe blade.

【Buwu Hammer Axe】

Requirements: Strength 18, Skill 12

Damage Modification: Strength C, Skill D

Durability: 180/180

Skill Cost: [10]

Item Description: A mechanical weapon from the Moon Mystic Art Workshop.

A sharp axe blade can extend from the hammer head.

You can freely choose the attack attribute of hitting or slashing according to the situation.

Adding energy capsules to weapons can increase attribute attack power.

The Hall of Stopping Wars is dedicated to quelling unnecessary wars.

Use spies to monitor the world and try to resolve disputes at the political level.

If that does not help, they will rebuke the strongest force to intervene, meaning to use force.