Do not confiscate my citizenship

Chapter 820: Hyperion Stabs Ranch

It was a rainy afternoon in Brillda. Fine raindrops fell like silver needles, shrouding the Calci Gallery at 84 Charing Cross Road in a hazy mist.

Although it was dark, there was still a constant flow of cars and people at the entrance.

This three-story building, built in the 16th century of the solar calendar, is simple and elegant. The traces of time have left an indelible mark on it. The ivory white walls are dotted with reliefs, and the brick-red roof is faintly visible under the ivy. The copper wind chimes hanging under the eaves sway gently in the breeze, making a tinkling sound.

The door of the gallery was closed, and the "Temporarily Closed" sign in front of the door was swaying in the dim street light, shining coldly, as if silently refusing passers-by to stop.

Occasionally, three or two pedestrians hurried by, holding black umbrellas, and became blurred silhouettes in the rain.

The private art museum founded by Harrison Kalch, a professor at the Royal Academy of Arts in Cranbrook, has a history of nearly a hundred years. Although it has changed hands several times, it has always maintained its gallery business.

However, there are still staff watching over the Galleria Calcuis today, waiting for the arrival of several guests who have made reservations.

"..."

The receptionist was flipping through the magazine in her hand boredly, looking up at the door from time to time, waiting for the moment when the heavy oak door would be pushed open.

Finally, at exactly two o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by the sound of young women chatting, the heavy oak door of the gallery with a copper handle creaked open, and a humid air rushed into the room.

"It was only cloudy in the morning, but it started to drizzle in the afternoon. It wouldn't be surprising if it rained heavily later."

The leading woman looked around, her tone hinting with fatigue.

"It's been so cold and wet lately that I feel like my heart is getting rusty."

"It's already November 12th before I know it."

Another female voice echoed,

"The day after tomorrow is the Moon Festival. Maybe we can go to St. Clement's Abbey to watch the ceremony."

It's not that Antanas likes to join in the fun.

Although such extra travel may add unnecessary danger, praying to the gods is always necessary to some extent, as it may bring good luck and protection.

Besides, they really hadn't received any clear tasks since they arrived in Brillda.

Only today, at noon, I received news of a meeting with Miss Unity, the Allied spy liaison.

"Teacher, do you think we can go?"

Hyperion looked at the Ice Witch beside her and asked her.

The Ice Witch is actually the real person in charge. People like Antanas and Shinora are almost pure thugs, while Pranay doesn't talk much most of the time and doesn't make any suggestions. He is only responsible for ensuring the safety around the residence.

"I'm OK."

Although Artemis the Ice Witch is a priestess of the Church of the Goddess of Fate, she is also friendly with the Moon Goddess and has a sincere respect for this deity.

Legend has it that the Goddess of Healing and the Silver Moon will grant grace to all living beings on the occasion of the full moon and heal the misfortunes and pain of the past.

The Moon Goddess also has many praises and legends.

"Then let's see what the situation is when the time comes."

Hyperion, wearing a navy blue double-breasted tweed coat and carrying a Birkin bag, led the way into the Kalki Gallery.

She took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of noble amber eyes.

The water droplets on the coats sparkled in the dim light. Antanas and others followed closely behind. Although their bodies were also stained with some rain, they spoke in a leisurely manner.

They walked straight to the counter.

"Hello, are you Miss Milian who has an appointment to see the paintings?"

The young clerk in a black uniform with a name tag on his chest raised his head from behind the counter and asked in a friendly yet polite manner.

"Yes, I heard that you have a new work by Mr. Deputy Mallett, and I have made an appointment to come and see it in the next few days."

Hyperion's tone was calm, as if she was just an art lover who came here because of the art's reputation.

"plz follow me."

The clerk immediately stood up and led the group through the exhibition hall to the stairs leading to the second floor.

The gallery is filled with the faint scent of vetiver and cedar wood.

What greets you is a flowing fountain statue in the style of the Elsaya Sanctuary. Clear water gurgles in the quiet space. Passing through the foyer, the high-ceiling exhibition hall of about 500 square meters suddenly opens up.

The group walked up the stairs covered with crimson wool carpet, and the wooden steps creaked slightly under their feet.

On the brown wall, several copper wall lamps emitted a dim light. On the wall next to the wall lamps hung a landscape painting, which seemed to depict the lake and mountains outside Brillda.

The clerk led them through a winding corridor and stopped in front of a nondescript wooden door at the end.

"Ms. Unity is inside. Thank you for coming."

He took out a well-made brass key from his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole and turned it gently. With a crisp click, the heavy wooden door slowly opened, revealing the office behind it, and he stepped sideways and made an inviting gesture.

"There is a forbidden barrier here, you can talk without worry."

The clerk respectfully took his leave and closed the door, leaving Hyperion and the others alone.

The walls of the secret room were decorated with marble carvings, and the curtains were drawn tightly to block out the light and noise from outside.

"I'm very sorry to have summoned you here in such a hurry today."

Next to the coffee table in the middle of the room, Unity was sitting on the side of the sofa. She stood up and bowed to the few people.

"No, we are here to help you. We are waiting for your news at any time."

Hyperion stepped forward and sat opposite Unity.

"Thank you. The task I'm going to give you this time... was mentioned last time as well. Anyway, it's going to be very difficult."

Unity said seriously.

After that, she pulled out an envelope sealed with wax ink from the inside of her coat and presented it to Hyperion.

Hyperion took the envelope, cut open the seal and took out the letter inside.

There was only a photo and a detailed recent travel report of the photo owner.

Page after page.

"Go and get rid of him, can you do it?"

Unity lowered her voice and asked Hyperion, and also asked her four mysterious guards.

"Evil Professor Landry?"

Hyperion took the information, looked at it, and looked up at Unity.

The young man in the photo has eyes as blue as the lake. He wears a fedora with a round top and a small brim, a simple top hat, and a loose jacket over a gray suit vest, which makes him look more calm and aloof, like a military engineer.

Hyperion has also been learning about the latest news and developments in the Krewe Empire recently. Landry's reputation in the academic circles of the Krewe Empire is growing day by day, and in the next few days, his status and position is likely to become the leader of the new magic agency committee that Krewe is about to establish.

The reason why the Allies have not yet made him their number one assassination target despite his extremely dangerous nature is because he is currently maintaining a temporary cooperative relationship with the Allies.

Professor Landry is a very cunning old fox. He can easily gain the trust of the Imperials around him. He thrives in the Imperial Special Operations Department and is highly regarded by Director Dax. He even dares to take risky moves, borrowing the power of the Allied Forces to stir up a mess and make it impossible for his political opponents to take care of him.

"Yes, that's the guy."

Unity looked solemn, with a hint of worry.

Cooperation with Landry is a compromise strategy forced by the situation, which is essentially nurturing a tiger to cause trouble.

Conspirators like Professor Landry can only cause more harm than benefits to the Allies. Once he stops cooperating with the Allies, he will be a complete bomb.

Since the superiors had already handed over all matters related to Professor Landry to Unity, Unity could make her own judgments and execute them based on the circumstances and then report to her superiors.

Unity had no way of killing Landry until she saw reinforcements like Hyperion, then she had hope.

"Why do you want to do it now?"

After reading the letter, Hyperion handed it to Unity, who burned it with a magic device.

She didn't know what changes were happening inside the empire.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Landry will soon terminate his cooperation with us, and may even turn the tables on us. This man is capable of doing such a thing."

Unity clenched her fists.

The humiliating defeat to Landry on the Brillda train was still fresh in her mind.

Today, the Imperial Special Operations Department just withdrew some of its defenses against Landry.

It is said that there is internal strife in the Operations Department, and an Allied spy has been captured, and he is a high-ranking official in the Imperial Special Operations Department.

Unity couldn't confirm the details right now, but Landry was probably losing control.

Once he successfully ascends to the position he wants and is no longer afraid of those imperial nobles who want to make things difficult for him, he will no longer need the help of their allies. The first thing he will do is to cut ties with them. The best strategy may even be to capture them all in one fell swoop in exchange for success.

If we don't act now, the tiger will run away.

"So that's how it is. This purebred lackey, I don't feel safe at all being friends with him. I have to be on guard against him stabbing me in the back at any time."

After listening to Unity's latest intelligence today, Hyperion nodded.

Her eyes gradually became stern.

Just by hearing Unity's description of Landry's deeds, Hyperion felt an irrepressible murderous intent in her heart that spread like ripples.

"Landry is very strong. He is not even the real Landry, but a mysterious imperial man. You must not mistake him for a sixth-level one."

When Unity noticed Hyperion's condition, she knew Hyperion's answer. It was obvious that she would do her best to complete this task.

In fact, Unity has a good impression of Hyperion. As a fellow Allied spy, Hyperion has powerful guards but is not arrogant at all. Like her, she is a comrade-in-arms who is firm in her belief in fighting against the imperial invaders.

"Ms. Unity, have you ever fought him?"

Hyperion's expression softened a bit and she asked Unity.

"His mental magic is quite terrifying. He can even read the opponent's memory to a certain extent..."

Unity affirmed, telling Hyperion what happened to her on the Brillda train that day.

And it makes people recall the most beautiful memories, turning them into impossible dreams.

Unity was terrified of that bastard just by thinking about how he had pried into her spiritual world on the train without her permission.

"Excuse me, Miss Unity."

Before the Ice Witch finished her words, she raised her hand and lightly touched Unity's forehead with her fingertips.

Accompanied by an invisible ripple of magic, Unity was slightly stunned.

She didn't feel any discomfort at all, she was just surprised that the other party was so fast and she had no ability to cope with it at all.

After a few breaths, the air in the room calmed down, nothing happened, and the Ice Witch withdrew her hand.

"It's okay. I cast the magic spell [Mind Purification Spell] on you to remove negative status, but you didn't show any signs of being controlled by the mind."

The Ice Witch apologized to Unity.

"It's okay, it's okay. Thank you very much for helping me with the spell to remove the curse."

Unity quickly waved her hands, secretly amazed in her heart.

She was actually also very worried that Landry had done something to her spiritual world that day.

Fortunately, this time, quite unfathomable reinforcements arrived.

Unity felt relieved when she heard the other party say that his mental world was normal.

"Hey, teacher, can this spell to remove curses be used to remove mind control spells?"

Hyperion asked curiously.

Then can't Lachar's power [Blood Control of Mind] be solved?
"First, if the opponent is an eighth-level military god, it won't be easy for the spell to completely hit and work. Secondly, if it's a higher-level negative mental state, my magic can't remove it, I can only take pictures of it. Unless there is a more targeted spell to remove the curse, such as the high-level priests of the Moon Goddess, who may be able to remove the curse."

The Ice Witch explained to Hyperion.

This is why she believes that the probability of the Sixth Military Goddess Violet of Water Jade being controlled is extremely low. As the high priestess of the Moon Goddess, Violet is likely not to be affected by mind control magic at all.

Of course, to be controlled by [Blood Mind Control], there is another major prerequisite, that is, there is a mental wound. If a person has a flawless heart, Lachar's power will not be effective on him.

"understood."

Hyperion could also be roughly certain that Landry was not the third ancestor of the vampire clan, Lachar.

If it was Rachar, he would probably have directly forced Unity to take control.

Because Unity had just revealed her deepest regrets to Hyperion, she was within Lachar's control.

"Huprienne, if you feel it's dangerous, there's no need to take the risk. Your safety is more important."

Unity cherishes Hyperion and the fighting power she brings, and they can play a more important role.

If Landry really couldn't be killed, there was no need to gamble on their allies' best assassin currently in Brillda.

"Don't worry, he won't survive this night."

Hyperion's expression was as calm as ever, but her eyes were tinged with the color of an executioner.

She hated these imperial lackeys.

She still remembered the newspaper that day, at the foot of the Imperial Special Operations Administration Building, several secret service officers cordially received the young Imperial professor in a gray coat. Their collusion and overwhelming power were all written on the banner that read "Loyalty and bravery first, protect the country with iron and blood."

Landry was also proud of this, with his back straight and thumbs up.

"This war criminal, invader..."

Hyperion was itching to kill him, and had long wanted to torture the Imperial military engineer who developed the bio-extinction weapon to death.

Everyone in that photo could be up to something, except for the professor. His warlord temperament is not acted.

Unity breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Hyperion, the information about the male and female protagonists of the public version of "Cinderella's Story of the Holy War Romance" that you asked me to investigate last time has been hidden by Abigail. It is said that there is a confidentiality contract. They are supernova actors she discovered. It involves commercial secrets. Their information will be disclosed in the next important project. For the time being, we cannot investigate it."

After Unity finished explaining the task, she temporarily put down the stone in her heart and started chatting with Hyperion.

Although Unity was still nervous and worried about Hyperion before the results of tonight's mission came out, seeing how confident and calm Hyperion and her companions were, Unity also felt that Landry would not survive past midnight tonight.

"Oh ok, thank you."

Hyperion nodded.

She had also heard of Director Abigail.

As the chief director of the Brillda Opera House, Abigail is also the most talented magic craftsman in the Cremorne Empire. However, her interest is not in magic engineering. Due to her special attributes, sometimes the empire has to beg her to do things. It is not surprising that Director Abigail has extraordinary connections and means.

"Don't worry, Xiubao, they can't be Lanqi and Tata's."

Shinora comforted Hyperion.

Although this speculation is ridiculous.

But Sinola understood that although Hyperion seemed to have asked Unity for help unintentionally last time, in fact, ever since she saw the opera in public, Hyperion had been feeling conflicted and having all sorts of wild thoughts in her mind, worrying that Talia had gotten together with Ranci in the past few months.

But the play is indeed a bit strange. Without some real emotions between the actors, it might be difficult to perform.

"No, I believe them. I really do."

Hyperion shook her head stubbornly and denied it to Shinora.

"I just feel that the actors in that play have a sense of déjà vu. Maybe one of the male and female protagonists was played by Ranchi or Tata?"

Hyperion said firmly.

Her aunt and her fiancée were innocent, and they had been traveling together for half a year, so she was reassured that they would not cross the line.

The more she thought about it, the more restless she felt.

She wanted to get things done quickly, only in this way could she calm down.

"must be careful."

Unity gave further instructions and stood up to see them off.

Now Unity feels more and more that Landry is a very chaotic person.

He already has two fiancées, but he still wants her to send a fiancée from an ally over.

Unity suspected that Landry simply wanted her to sacrifice a female spy for his own pleasure. Unity was not sure what to make of such a bad taste.

"Miss Unity, tonight I will let you see what it means to be called by the King of Hell."

Hyperion gave Unity a cruel smile and assured her.

Not to mention her already superb stealth skills at the seventh level.

She was followed by four big demons and entered Landry's house. Whoever she named would die.

(End of this chapter)