Chapter 853 Lady’s Night

 When Duanmuhuai and Mary returned to the hotel, it was already midnight.

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“I didn’t expect you to be so unable to drink.”

Duanmuhuai was also speechless when he looked at the swaying Mary walking beside him.

“That’s just wine. If you can’t drink it, just drink less.”

"But...it's rare to have this opportunity...drinking alone...isn't fun...burp."

"Why……"

Looking at Mary like this, Duanmu Huai sighed helplessly.

 “Anyway, let’s go back and take a rest.”

"Um……"

Stepping onto the elevator, Mary leaned against Duanmuhuai, moving her head little by little, like a sleepy child. Speaking of which, it is really rare to see such a cute side of Mary. In Duanmu Huai's impression, Mary behaves like an ordinary rich lady most of the time. She is elegant, well-educated, very responsible, and brave. .

 So it’s quite interesting to see this child-like side of her.

"Ding--"

The elevator made a clear beep and then opened the door.

 “Mary, we’ve arrived.”

"Um………"

Facing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary just responded in a daze, while Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand, grabbed her collar, lifted the girl in front of her like a kitten, and shook her a few times.

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“To be honest, it’s rare to drink red wine like this.”

Looking at Mary, who still looked dazed, Duanmuhuai shook his head helplessly. Then he picked up Mary and walked out of the elevator, then put the unconscious girl back to her room. Mary lying on the bed looks like the Sleeping Beauty princess in the fairy tale, but she looks very beautiful and cute.

 “Go to sleep slowly, you have been tired for a long day too.”

Duanmuhuai reached out and touched Mary's head, and then planned to leave. However, at this moment, he discovered that Mary's hand was grasping the corner of his clothes.

 “Well…don’t leave me…mom…”

　　　…………”

Hearing Mary's whisper, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes helplessly.

 “Let’s say daddy anyway.”

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai sat down next to Mary, and the girl's originally tense expression seemed to relax a lot, and she fell into a deep sleep again.

 Speaking of which, it seems that Mary has never mentioned her family situation...

 Looking at Mary who was sleeping soundly, Duanmuhuai touched his chin. Of course, many people in the trial court had their own secrets, and Duanmu Huai didn't intend to ask any more questions. But Mary's situation seems to be more complicated. His understanding of Mary's family is limited to what he saw in her inner world when he and Mary were in Antarctica. He remembers that Mary's mother left her alone in the foggy city, and then went to Worked abroad.

At that time, although Mary appeared very strong on the surface, she actually wanted her mother to be by her side.

 After that, Mary seemed to occasionally talk to her mother on the phone, but that was about it.

Although she also has two good friends, Charlie and Aselika, and I heard that Mary said that the family she stayed with in Wudu also took good care of her, but after all, the situation is still different from that of her biological mother.

Looking back, Mary seemed to be with herself most of the time in the Inquisition, and spent the rest of the time alone. It's not that others are ostracizing her, it's just that everyone has their own things to do. Of course, Ogis doesn't seem to like her very much - well, strictly speaking, Ogis doesn't seem to like anyone who monopolizes her. People, I remember how Ogis was very unhappy with Lumière after she confessed that she and Lumière had been together for sixty years in the future world.

Ann and Guleiya are inseparable, Bambi spends most of his time playing with Korra, Lumière and Eclair are always together, and Shitsuka and Maria are good friends... although strictly speaking To put it bluntly, the relationship between Mary and Lani is not bad, but the relationship between the two is that of master and apprentice, and they cannot be regarded as ordinary friends.

Um?

Think about it carefully, how come there are always one-on-one people in the trial court? Now Ogis and Qianwei seem to have become a couple. Speaking of loners, it seems that there are only a limited number of people left, such as Lorena and Zhen Ji Ling. However, Lorena spends more time exercising every day than with friends, while Zhen Ji Ling is busy every day. Live broadcast...

 Is this normal?

 Forget it, it doesn’t matter.

Duanmu Huai shook his head helplessly.

So her two friends should be called in as support staff? Although to be honest, Duanmu Huai thinks that Charlie is of no use to the Inquisition, but considering that she has a good relationship with Mary, maybe... well, let's wait and see.

 Just like that, the night passed.

"Um………"

　　When Mary opened her eyes, it was already early in the morning. She blinked her eyes and turned her head blankly, only to see Duanmu Huai next to her, leaning there, closing her eyes and concentrating.

 “Hey? Mr. Duanmu?”

 Seeing Duanmuhuai's face, Mary suddenly woke up and almost jumped out of bed.

"Why are you here? Wait, this is my room..."

As she spoke, Mary turned her head and looked around. Well, judging from the appearance, this is her guest room.

 “What, you haven’t woken up yet?”

Looking at Mary's confused and panicked look, Duanmuhuai chuckled.

“Didn’t you say you wanted me to stay last night?”

 “Hey…ah…!”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary was stunned for a moment. Then she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly retracted into the quilt with a blushing face.

　　……..hug, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry! I’m awake, I’m fully awake!”

"That's good." Duanmu Huai also stood up at this moment.

“Let’s take a shower and change clothes, then we’ll have breakfast, and then go to the Countermeasures Bureau. Yamen just called and said he had something important to discuss with us.”

 “Okay, I’ll go right away!”

Mary wrapped herself in the quilt and heard Duanmuhuai's footsteps gradually leaving, followed by the sound of the door closing. Then she cautiously poked her head out from the quilt, looked around, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 After taking a deep breath, Mary got off the quilt and got off the bed. She also remembered at this moment that because she drank a lot of red wine last night, she was somewhat in a daze. When she leaned on Duanmuhuai, Mary felt at ease and unconsciously wanted to act coquettishly towards Duanmuhuai, so she I would say that subconsciously...

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Thinking of this, Mary's face suddenly turned red and she wanted to get back under the quilt again. Although she said she was drunk, she was a little too immodest. As a lady, she would say such words to a man... Fortunately, it was Mr. Duanmu, but if it were someone else's words...

 It seems that it is better to drink less in the future.

While reflecting in her heart, Mary came to the bathroom. She was still wearing yesterday's dress, and it didn't look like it was messed up.

  ………

 Why do I always feel a little unwilling for no reason?

After that, Duanmuhuai also returned to his room, took a shower and changed clothes. When he walked out of the room, Mary was already waiting for her outside the door.

 “Good morning, Mr. Duanmu.”

Although Mary was saying hello, Duanmuhuai always felt that there seemed to be some resentment in her tone?

Hmm, it’s probably an illusion.

 After breakfast, the two left the hotel and went to a family restaurant near the Countermeasures Bureau, where they met Investigator Yamen.

 “Yo, good morning.”

Duanmuhuai said hello to Yamen and looked at the man in front of him with a smile, who had dark circles in his eyes and looked like he had stayed up late and worked overtime.

 “It looks like you didn’t sleep well last night?”

 “Why didn’t I sleep well? I didn’t sleep at all last night...”

Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Yamen was speechless. Duanmuhuai and Mary killed the ghouls and then went home to eat and sleep. As a result, he was in bad luck, because some of the ghouls killed were even SSS-level, and His partner, Inspector Manado, went for treatment for an injury, so Amen alone was tortured almost like an interrogation by the senior officials of the Countermeasures Bureau for a whole night.

Actually, it's normal for senior management to have this kind of reaction. You reported that you were going to deal with ordinary ghouls, but you came back and told me that you killed someone else's boss. Is this the same thing?

 At least give us some mental preparation! This is not a surprise, it is already a shock, okay?

So Investigator Amen had to describe everything in detail from beginning to end. Of course, since he and Investigator Manado were operating separately, he was not actually very clear about most of the situation. He only listened to Investigator Manado’s explanation later. Only then did I know the situation. In any case, after the Special Countermeasures Bureau figured out the cause and effect of the incident, they were greatly shocked. At the same time, they also gained a deeper understanding of the strength of the Tribunal.

In fact, strictly speaking, similar things are not unfamiliar to the Countermeasures Bureau itself. For example, a case of ghoul eating people appeared somewhere on the street, and then the investigator went to investigate, and accidentally discovered that the other party was actually an S-class or higher. A level of powerful ghoul. In this case, the lucky one can come back and report, but the unlucky one will be eaten by the opponent on the spot.

Well, when it comes to the Tribunal, this situation is not about luck, but about strength - in the countermeasures department, facing the one-eyed owl, the whole army will inevitably be annihilated without preparation, but the Tribunal directly Killing it without making too much noise was as easy as dealing with a small soldier...

 After realizing this, a new decision was made within the Countermeasures Bureau.

“Headquarters hopes you can help us deal with a difficult case.”

As he spoke, Investigator Yamen handed the two documents to the two of them.

 “A tough case?”

“That’s right...it’s an underground auction.”

 “Underground auction?”

"Yes, it is an underground auction organized by ghouls. We have been investigating this for a long time. According to the intelligence and clues we have investigated, there will be ghouls capturing and capturing humans, and then leading them to Go to the auction to auction, and those participating in the auction are some very powerful and famous ghouls. They will eat the humans they photograph, or keep them as pets..."

 “Oh, that’s interesting.”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows. Although what he said was quite interesting, his tone was cold and full of chill.

"However, since the auction is very secretive and is likely to be related to SS-class ghouls, so far we have not grasped the specific circumstances of the auction, or even the people and location... Therefore, the Countermeasures Bureau hopes that We can entrust the tribunal to investigate and handle this case.”

 “No problem, leave it to us.”

 Duanmu Huai read the documents at hand and nodded, while Investigator Yamen also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Then please leave it to you two. If anything happens, you can contact me at any time.”

 After saying this, Inspector Yamen stood up, saluted the two of them, and then left.

“I didn’t expect that these ghouls would actually treat humans as commodities and auction them off...”

Even Mary looked equally ugly after listening to the explanation from the Amen investigator.

“So Mr. Duanmu, how should we act?”

 “It’s much easier this time.”

"Simple?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai’s words, Mary blinked in surprise.

 “That’s right.”

Looking at the girl beside him, Duanmu Huai chuckled and reached out to pat her shoulder.

“Just right, don’t we have a piece of Tang Monk meat here?”

 (End of this chapter)