A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 510 - Chapter 510 Chapter 381 Midnight Tragedy_1

Chapter 510: Chapter 381: Midnight Tragedy_1 Chapter 510: Chapter 381: Midnight Tragedy_1 To prove to Duanmu Huai that their resistance organization was not a gang of mountain thieves, when Duanmu Huai came to Wu Luze’s room again, the latter handed over a large pile of letters.

“What is this?”

“These are letters from all over Seth, asking for our help. Mostly, they are from Second Class Citizens who have no choice but to seek help due to being oppressed by magicians…”

“Letters? Aren’t you a secret organization? How do these letters get sent here?”

“Well………”

“Knock, knock, knock.”

However, before Wu Luze could speak again, there was a sudden knock at the door. Duanmu Huai opened the door only to see a young girl in a delivery uniform, with a red mail tube on her back, standing outside their room.

Yes, she had a mail tube on her back.

“Ah, hello, Miss Wu Luze!”

Seeing Wu Luze, the delivery girl greeted her with a cheerful salute, then took a few letters out of her pocket and handed them over.

“These are also letters to be sent to your organization, Ice Flame. I brought them for you!”

“Thank you so much… Ah, please wait a moment.”

Wu Luze took out a letter from her pocket while speaking and handed it to her.

“Please send this letter out for me. Thank you.”

“Sure.”

Hearing Wu Luze’s words, the delivery girl nodded happily, stuffed the letter into the mail tube on her back, and then ran off like a shot.

“………….”

What on earth is the state of civilization in this world?

If the mail can be delivered to your doorstep, why would you need to carry a mail tube?

Forget it, Duanmu Huai didn’t want to complain anymore.

“Among the intelligence we have received, this one is the most serious.”

With a nonchalant look, Wu Luze started speaking while handing over a piece of intel.

“There have been serial killings on the streets of Second Class Citizens in Italya City. According to the intel, the perpetrator is a man known as the Swordsman Knight. The first incident took place three months ago, and since then, similar events have occurred 20 times.”

“Isn’t the security force handling the matter?”

Hearing this, Masou Shizuka frowned discontentedly and asked. Wu Luze shook her head in response.

“Since the victims are Second Class Citizens, the security force abandoned the investigation. Moreover, the perpetrator is likely a First Class Citizen, a magician, so the security force probably won’t intervene.”

“Uh………”

Hearing this, Masou Shizuka didn’t know what to say.

“We have also sent people there, but none from the two teams we dispatched have returned. We can be certain that the Swordsman Knight is extremely dangerous, so we would appreciate your help……”

“I understand.”

Duanmu Huai glanced over the delivered intel.

“I’ll go take a look.”

“Alright, ah, please wait.”

As she spoke, Wu Luze clapped her hands, and Duanmu Huai saw a dark-haired young girl dressed in something like a kimono come out. On seeing her, Kendou Kanami’s expression tightened slightly, perhaps because she was seeing a compatriot in a foreign land… Well, this useless ninja was, indeed, useless.

“This is Miss Sho, she’ll be your guide and brief you on the situation. Also, her skills are pretty good.”

“Then it’s decided.”

Duanmu Huai put away the intel and nodded.

“Alright, let’s go.”

“Ah, please wait…”

Just as Duanmu Huai turned to leave, Wu Luze pulled out another bundle.

“You all stand out in your current attire. To avoid alerting others, I hope you all can change outfits. Especially you… Miss Masou Shizuka.”

As she spoke, Wu Luze looked at her with a slightly apologetic expression.

“Second Class Citizens are… somewhat sensitive to magicians. If you appear on the streets like this, it may cause an undesirable commotion.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Masou Shizuka reluctantly nodded, then pointed at Duanmu Huai.

“Wait, what about him?”

“This……”

“Don’t worry, I don’t need a disguise.”

“Huh? You don’t need one?”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s answer, Masou Shizuka was slightly puzzled.

“Among us, you’re the one who needs a disguise the most, aren’t you? With your towering height, you’d attract attention walking down the street!”

“Don’t worry.”

In response to Masou Shizuka’s inquiry, Duanmu Huai confidently assured her.

“I guarantee, I won’t be discovered.”

“…………. Well, I hope so. I have no idea where your confidence comes from.”

Soon, Masou Shizuka found out where Duanmu Huai’s confidence came from.

“…….Everyone, this is the Second Class Citizen Street.”

Under Sho’s guidance, the disguised Masou Shizuka, Kendou Kaname, and Ogis arrived at the Second Class Citizen Street in Italya City.

“……. I have to say, I was prepared but this place is way too……..”

Looking at the dirty street in front of her, Masou Shizuka can’t help but frown. The entire Second Class Citizen Street looks filthy and gloomy, filled with small wooden houses. Perhaps it’s because it’s nighttime, the whole area is quiet and not a single person can be seen.

“The cities we visited before were not like this.”

The voice of Duanmu Huai came from behind Masou Shizuka, and hearing Duanmu Huai speak, Sho nodded as well.

“Because the First Class Citizen Area and the Second Class Citizen Area are separate. The Second Class Citizens – that is, non-magicians, are not allowed to enter the First Class Citizen Area. Therefore, it would be difficult for you to see these during your sightseeing.”

This is also normal, ordinary people going abroad for a vacation wouldn’t deliberately visit impoverished areas looking for trouble.

“Speaking of which, is it difficult to become a magician?”

“Of course not, although there are differences in natural talent, basically as long as you want to learn, you can learn a certain level of magic.”

Masou Shizuka shook her head.

“Taking us, the Four Witches, as an example, I have the strongest magical power, and Maria has the weakest magical power, so she focuses on mechanical manufacturing. Although Maria’s magical power is not strong enough to support her use of some powerful attack magic, she can still use some minor magic tricks.”

“I see.”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai immediately understood. It’s clear that the magicians of this world are not like many novels or animated games have depicted, belonging to some sort of talent. Some people have it, some people do not. Instead, in this world, almost everyone can learn a certain level of magic, but due to differences in magic power, some people can only use small tricks and some people can use attack magic.

So it’s not a question of having or not having, but a question of how much. No wonder in other countries magicians’ statuses are not as exaggerated as in Seth’s.

“But speaking of which…. where are you exactly? I’m feeling quite uneasy……”

Masou Shizuka complained while looking behind her. She can clearly hear Duanmu Huai’s voice coming from behind her, but turning around, she can’t see a single person….

“Could this possibly be some sort of magic too?”

Masou Shizuka even used magic trying to locate Duanmu Huai, but no matter how she searched, she couldn’t find him. This was absolutely inconceivable, after all, such a large man standing on the street would be noticeable. How come she couldn’t see him at all?

“Night Guard techniques, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”

“???”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Masou Shizuka was immediately confused, while Kendou Kaname just shook her head helplessly. She obviously knew about Duanmu Huai’s strange technique of disappearing like he’s invisible when he finds a place to hide. To be honest, Kendou Kaname quite wanted to learn it—-wonder if she could get him to teach her a trick or two if she could please him? Just like she read in that book….

Thinking of this, Kendou Kaname’s face suddenly turned red, she forcefully slapped her cheek.

Stop thinking, stop thinking!

“Ah! That man!”

At this moment, everyone suddenly saw a man rushing home in a hurry, so Masou Shizuka quickly stopped him. However, what everyone didn’t expect was that after hearing Masou Shizuka’s voice, the man was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground.

“Wowowow!! Please don’t kill me, I have over a dozen mouths to feed at home, they are all infants waiting for me to earn money to support them, please don’t kill me!”

“We are not bad guys.”

Seeing how terrified the man was, Sho immediately spoke up to comfort him, and hearing Sho’s words, the man looked up and let out a sigh of relief after seeing the group of girls in front of him.

“Phew…… You scared me, I thought it was that murderous ghost that appeared. Ladies, you should go home quickly, it’s getting late, if that guy catches you, he’ll tear you apart! I have to go!”

Having said that, the man quickly turned around and left.

“I see, because the rumors of the murderous ghost have spread, no one dares to come out.”

Watching the man’s figure disappear into the night, Masou Shizuka sighed, but just at this moment…….

“Aaaaaaaa!!”

A piercing scream suddenly came from where the man disappeared. Hearing this scream, everyone’s faces suddenly turned serious.

“Quickly! Let’s go after him!!”

Suddenly, everyone hastened, sprinting towards where the man had just disappeared, they quickly passed through the dirty streets and alleys, and arrived at an open space. At this moment, the ground was covered with blood.

Blood was splattered everywhere, the man who they had just spoken to was now in pieces, lying in a pool of blood. And standing in front of him, was a man fully clad in armor.

“He is the murderer!”

Seeing the armored figure, Sho spoke up in a hurry, and upon hearing her voice, the armored knight turned around, looked at everyone, and laughed mockingly.

“Tsk, never thought that there would be an unexpected gain this time, this is perfect…..”

“You’re the murderous ghost?”

Kendou Kaname also tightened her grip on the ninja blade, staring at the armored knight, who then scoffed.

“Murderous ghost? Are you referring to me? Humph, these guys are just filthy beasts with the title of Second Class Citizens, yet you regard them as humans, are you kidding? We are just scouring the monsters as humans, what’s wrong with that?”

“What did you say…….?”

Upon hearing these words, Masou Shizuka and Kendou Kaname both became grave, while Sho sighed.

“The noblemen of Seth…… most of them are like this.”

“I see, the situation is even worse than I thought.”

Masou Shizuka clenched her fist and took a deep breath.

“Hey, big guy, are you going to make a move or not? If you don’t, then I won’t be able to hold back!”

“Alright, alright, I got it.”

Just then, unexpectedly, Duanmu Huai’s voice came from behind the armored knight. Followed by that, a gigantic figure suddenly emerged from behind the armored knight.

Then Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, grabbed the armored knight by the head, and effortlessly lifted him up!