Chapter 24 Assassination

How can anyone really come to a banquet like this to eat? It’s just a banquet in the name of not being too formal, to build relationships, talk business, and make friends. Everyone gathers together in groups to talk.

The smile is, at most, just an act of holding a half-tilted wine glass in your hand.

This is probably the most senior banquet of the Island Country Mage Association. Everyone present is wearing the badge of a senior member, and the waiters serving dishes and drinks are also middle-level and low-level mages who make temporary guest appearances. They are probably from various families.

Although the juniors from remote branches cannot formally participate in the formal ceremony like the important figures in the family and the direct descendants, they can still take this opportunity to get to know some big shots. Maybe they will get a God-given opportunity, be appreciated and rise to the top. Like island countries.

The Mage Association, an alliance composed of centuries-old families, has many intricate relationships. It would be extremely difficult for someone with no identity or background to rise to the top. It would be impossible for someone like Yong Bowen to become a member of the Purple Emblem in one fell swoop.

Miracle.

In addition to the native mages of the island country and the delegation of Chinese mages who arrived at the banquet ahead of Yu Chengshi, the banquet was also attended by a delegation of more than sixty Russian mages who enthusiastically came to help before the war started.

People, no matter male or female, are very eye-catching walking among the crowd.

Yong Bowen didn't know anyone, and no one knew him. Naturally, no one would try to get close to him, and without Yu Chunbing to restrain him, he was happy and quiet, dominating at the dining table, holding a plate, and saw which one looked better.

So I took a piece and tasted it. After a while, I was eighty percent full. Youdao didn't feel panic because I had something to eat in my belly. Yong Bowen no longer ate everything in a hurry like at the beginning, but just walked along the way.

When walking around the table, when you see something new and unfamiliar, you will grab a small piece and taste it carefully. During the process, you will also stop the waiter to ask for a glass of juice to prevent you from choking if you eat too much. In this way, you will eat along the long dining table.

, seeing that we had reached the end, we wanted to turn around from the other side.

There was a group of young people gathered at the head of the dining table. They were all in their late teens or early twenties, and they all had silver badges on their chests. It is not easy to become a senior mage of the association at such a young age, especially

In the Island Country Mage Association, where everything is about family origin, it is mostly the direct descendants of the various mage families in the island country who have the opportunity. In the Island Country Mage Association, they are also considered to be a group of proud people. If there are no surprises, a few generations later

The backbone and backbone of the Island Country Mage Association will be born among them. To be able to achieve such results at such a young age is something to be proud of, so everyone has reserved confidence and pride on their faces. They

Most of them are brought to the meeting by the elders of the family. According to their own wishes, they are unwilling to take the initiative to participate in this boring banquet full of old men. They can't chat with these old antiques, so they simply join a group by themselves.

They chatted about topics that they were interested in. The young people in the Chinese delegation also gathered in a corner and chatted among themselves. Luo Xiaonan and Ji Leer, two non-staff members of the delegation, were also among them, well-dressed late-nighters.

The dress added a bit of mature flavor. When Yong Bowen and Yu Chunbing came in, they waved to them. However, considering that Yong Bowen was the protagonist of tonight's banquet, he did not wave them over.

Yong Bowen tried to bypass the group of young wizards and went to the other side of the table to continue eating. One of the wizards glanced at Yong Bowen casually, raised his eyebrows suddenly, pulled his companion beside him and pointed at Yong Bowen, and lowered his head.

After saying a few words, the companion stared at Yong Bowen for a few times, and then told the people next to him. Finally, the small group of young island country mages all stared at Yong Bowen, and finally focused on the central person.

Standing in the center of the group is a tall young man, who is only twenty-six or seventeen years old. He is handsome and has a good demeanor. What's more, he has a red badge hanging on his chest. He is obviously the leader of this group of young people.

The young man looked at the delegation of Chinese mages, and then shook his head. A mage walked over, stopped Yong Bowen and said, "Who are you? Why don't you wear a badge?"

Yong Bowen couldn't understand this Japanese. When he saw this young man rushing over to talk to him with an unkind expression, he was confused for a moment. He lowered his head and looked at the piece of fish roast that had just been brought to him on the plate, and thought to himself: "Is this fish roast?

Limited supply?”

The mage was only about ten years old, an age when he was young and energetic and could not get rid of the dirt in his eyes. However, he was not without a brain. The reason why everyone was looking at the man in the middle just now was because of his identity.

In addition, because he has been responsible for receiving the Chinese Mage delegation these days, he needs to confirm whether that person is a member of the Chinese Mage delegation. He shook his head to indicate that the other person was not a member of the Chinese Mage delegation. Look at his appearance.

Naturally, they will not be representatives of Russia. Ten of them are from the island country, probably a low-level mage or something, who sneaked in with an unknown identity. Naturally, the little mage cannot tolerate this kind of behavior that may bring shame to the Mage Association.

If you tolerate it, step forward immediately to stop it.

Seeing Yong Bowen speechless, the young mage confirmed his suspicion and snorted heavily to express his annoyance, "This is for guests, how can you eat it?

If you find that, it will bring shame to the entire Mage Association! Put it down quickly!"

Yong Bowen continued to be confused and tentatively put the fish on the plate back to its original position.

When the young mage saw that although Yong Bowen had put the fish back, he was still holding the plate as if he wanted to continue eating, he couldn't help being furious and stepped forward, snatched Yong Bowen's plate and put it on the table.

Yong Bowen felt very unhappy. He said to himself that he was not allowed to eat fish roast or anything else? What are you doing to steal my plate? But thinking that this was the first time in his life to attend such a high-level banquet, and he was a relatively important role. His behavior

You must behave appropriately. You must not embarrass your own people, and you are too embarrassed to pull down the plate to grab it, so you have to endure your anger, turn around and want to leave.

Unexpectedly, the mage refused to give up and waved to the head waiter at the side of the banquet. The head waiter was also an intermediate mage from the Nobi family, but he had a lower status. He worked as the general manager of the villa of the Nobi family all year round.

, but he was quite at ease. This time the banquet was held here, and naturally the person he was most familiar with took up the position of the head waiter. When he saw the young mage waving, he quickly ran over. He recognized this little mage, he was Guan

A direct disciple of the Kikuma family on the west side is named Kikuma Koji. Koji is already a senior mage. His future is limitless and he cannot be offended.

Kikuma Kojiro pointed at Yong Bowen and said: "That guy over there is a low-level mage who sneaked in. Well... it's not easy for him to come in. Don't drive him away. Arrange it and find something for him to do. Don't let him be idle.

They eat and drink together and bring shame to the association!"

The foreman said "Hi" and quickly caught up with Yong Bowen and grabbed him.

Yong Bowen looked back and saw an unfamiliar face. He was about to ask him something. Unexpectedly, this man talked a lot and his tone was quite harsh. After he finished speaking, he didn't give him a chance to speak and pulled him up.

Just leave. Yong Bowen was confused and didn't know what was going on. He wanted to ask, but he was afraid that it was some of the rules at the banquet. He would appear too ignorant and old-fashioned when he opened his mouth to ask, for fear of being laughed at and lost.

The delegation had no choice but to shut up and follow. Now the mentality of Master Yongda is probably like that of a rich man entering a provincial capital. He knows everything is new and knows nothing, but he wants to save face and pretends to know everything. Beat him to death.

Don't ask too many questions. You are asking for it if you end up drinking clear water. As soon as Master Yongda opens his mouth and hears that he is speaking in Chinese, the foreman will immediately realize that this is a misunderstanding, and at least he will

He was sent to the Chinese delegation, but now it was better. He didn't speak, and the foreman thought he had a guilty conscience. Remembering Kikuma Kojiro's words, he dragged Yong Bowen into the employee locker room, took out a vest and threw it to him.

Yong Bowen said: "Put it on!" After thinking about it, young people like this who don't know the heights of the world often find at banquets that although he is a low-level mage, if he dares to do this, then what might be behind him?

A senior mage from a large family, even a young member of a branch of the family, would not be too happy if he was offended too much. He softened his tone and said: "Young man, I understand your feelings very well, but this kind of

The banquet is not something you can attend at your level! However, since you have come in, it is not easy. I won’t drive you away, so you can just concentrate on your work and get close contact with more important people." As soon as he said this, Kikuma

Kojiro's arrangement was his good intention, but unfortunately all his efforts were in vain. As the saying goes, he showed his charming eyes to the blind man. Master Yongda didn't understand a word he said. He just saw this man throw a vest.

Come, guessing that he wanted to put it on himself, he took off his coat and put on the vest. However, he couldn't bear to leave the coat lying around, so he held it in his hand.

Seeing that the young man was so nervous and at a loss what to do, the foreman smiled and patted him on the shoulder to ease the atmosphere. He took the clothes in his hand, chose an empty storage room to hang it in, and stuffed the key into it, and then

She turned around and led him into the kitchen from the side door, asked someone to bring in a tray, put glasses of foreign wine on it, and then pushed him out of the kitchen.

So the Great Celestial Master Yong Bowen, a member of the Purple Emblem Association of Masters, returned to the banquet venue as a waiter, holding the wine utensils.

"What's going on? Do you have to be a waiter if you eat the limited supply of food? Is something wrong?"

Master Yongda had already realized that something was not right. He turned around and wanted to go back to the kitchen. Someone next to him reached out and took a wine glass from his plate. He glanced at the man and saw that the man was holding an empty wine glass.

Waiting, his eyes did not fall here, and he was joking with the people next to him. Yong Bowen hesitated for a moment, picked up the wine bottle and poured it for the person. He could have ignored it, but he thought that the guests would pick on him and call someone.

, when the time comes, this matter will be exposed in public, and if he wants to mention it again, he will lose face. Face is important, and it doesn't matter if he pours a glass of wine. But as soon as he finished pouring the wine, someone next to him immediately

Another cup was stretched out. Since the first one was poured, it didn't matter if he poured another cup. He poured... Another cup was stretched out. There were one, two, or three. He poured it again... I don't know if it was in his hand.

This bottle of wine is good enough and attractive enough, but all the evil spirits present wanted to drink it when they saw it. In short, there was no end to the cups being handed to them. In a short time, Master Yongda had already poured out the whole bottle of wine.

When he raised his head again, he had already run to the center of the banquet unknowingly. He wiped his sweat and secretly rejoiced that although the bottle was exquisite, it didn't hold much. He put the empty bottle on the tray, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

, I wanted to explain the matter clearly, but who knew that when I turned around, I bumped into a group of people passing behind me. My arm was hit by someone, the wine bottle tipped over, and all the remaining wine spilled on the fat body in front of me.

On the ground, stern scoldings immediately broke out. Yong Bowen looked up in shock, only to see Yu Chengshi's face full of surprise, as if he had seen Martians visiting the earth.

Accompanying Yu Chengshi were several old men. The first two were wearing traditional kimonos, which was in sharp contrast to the suits and gowns around them, and clearly showed that their identities were unusual. Then there were a group of young people around them.

The mage from the island country was the same group that Yong Bowen met at the dining table just now. Kojiro Kikuma was also in the crowd and saw Yong Bowen, the guy who had sneaked in, actually spilling wine on the distinguished guest.

The two old men in kimonos accompanying Yu Chengshi are the current president and deputy presidents of the Island Country Mage Association, Sakuragi Natsori and Nobi Fujio. Sakuragi Natsori is white and fat, and always has a pimple on his face.

With a kind smile, he suddenly looked like the uncle who sells groceries next door, rather than the dignified president of the Island Country Law Association. But in fact, it was this harmless-looking grocery store owner who finally made the decision to go with him.

The Shingon sect's decision to launch a full-scale war.

Sakuragi Natsori also just arrived. Before the official start, he was specially accompanied by Nobi Fujio to meet with Yu Chengshi. The two parties had a brief but friendly and warm greeting, which meant they spent three minutes exchanging polite words.

Such nonsense, and then spent two minutes to discuss the lease of weapons agreement. On this issue, Yu Chengshi is very stubborn. You can rent weapons, but you must bring the weapon users, that is, the mage combat troops.

Rent together. The Island Country Mage Association will naturally not agree to such conditions, but if we continue talking, it will inevitably lead to a stalemate. After all, tonight is just a relationship banquet, not a formal negotiation. As the big bosses of both parties, there is no need for them.

Let's talk about the individual terms here and get a preliminary understanding of the other party's bottom line. Even if the task is completed, Sakuragi Xiasen changed the topic and said that China has a young great master, but our island country also has talents.

I wanted to introduce the young talents of the Island Country Mage Association to Yu Chengshi, and then he called the group of young people at the dining table. Although these people were unwilling to chat with the old antique, these two old antiques were different.

Everyone wanted to find an opportunity to get close, so they came as soon as they heard the call. Many people who were just nearby also followed to watch the fun, hoping to find a chance to show their faces in front of the two presidents. After a round of introductions, I saw that it was getting late.

, the banquet was about to officially begin, Sakuragi Xiasen and Yu Chengshi humbly walked toward the podium. The podium only had a microphone, and a jazz band was playing music there.

While they were walking, Yong Bowen bumped in and looked at each other with Yu Chengshi.

What an awkward meeting!

The accompanying mage immediately yelled and asked Yong Bowen to apologize immediately.

When the two nearby waitresses saw this situation, they immediately ran over. One pulled Yong Bowen away, and the other took out a handkerchief to wipe the wine stains on Yu Chengshi's body. The three of them happened to surround Yu Chengshi in the center.

Separate yourself from the people around you.

Yu Chengshi smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he was defenseless, but the next moment, his expression changed.

The handkerchief in the hand of the waitress suddenly turned into a sharp blade and pierced Yu Chengshi's heart. The waitress holding Yong Bowen suddenly turned her hand back, and her whole arm turned into a long knife, pointing at Yu Chengshi.

Shi's neck was slashed hard.

This happened suddenly. Fortunately, there were a bunch of master mages around, but they were all separated and unable to save them. Seeing Yu Chengshi's blood splattered on the spot, he suddenly heard the word "pardon" shouted, and two flies flew out of the air.

A piece of yellow paper talisman collided with the piercing sharp blade, and there were two crisp sounds, and sparks flew everywhere. The two sharp blades kept cutting and piercing the two paper talismans, but they were so close at hand.

The Heavenly Master Yongda sacrificed the gold-breaking talisman in time and saved the life of Mr. Yu Da.

When Yu Chengshi had this chance to breathe, he jumped back violently, and the wizards around him finally reacted and swarmed up.

Yong Bowen rescued Yu Chengshi and was about to take action again to deal with the two female assassins. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden explosion of wind behind him. Without thinking, he turned around and took out his palm. A paper talisman shot out from his palm and exploded into a ball of fire in the air, making a sneak attack in the middle.
To be continued...