Now, Qingchen suspects that K's previous trip to Los Angeles, and his subsequent use of a bomb to burn down the Daytime Villa, was probably to find Qingchen and the others' homework notebooks...
You should know that you need to write your name on your workbooks and textbooks, and you also need to write your name on your homework during winter and summer vacations.
If you want to find a name that someone has written in their own handwriting, then going to the school is the easiest way. I guess K used to find names this way before.
Logically speaking, if you just flip through the teaching and research office, you can find at least seven or eight of Qingchen's workbooks; he definitely has homework for winter and summer vacations.
But K is probably going to be disappointed, because the teachers at Los Angeles Foreign Language School don't even grade the winter and summer vacation assignments they collect; they just sell them as scrap paper...
Qingchen had been out of school for a long time, and his textbooks had long been taken away and sold as waste paper by Nan Gengchen.
K probably never imagined that the one who defeated his forbidden object wouldn't be a superhuman, but a junk collector.
Now, regarding that forbidden item, Qingchen was pondering a question: if this item were in K's possession, then K would have already written him out of the story long ago.
But why isn't it there?
There are two possibilities. The first possibility is that when writing the name, some other prerequisites are required, such as the exact hour of birth or the place of birth.
The second possibility is that the North American laptop doesn't recognize Chinese names, Qingchen doesn't have an English name, and Joker isn't exactly his real name...
Qingchen looked at tour guide Xiao Zhang and said with a smile, "Come on, tell me everything you know about the taboos in North America. You won't be sleeping tonight. We'll stop when you've finished."
Tour guide Xiao Zhang said, "There's also a Crystal Dragonfly, used for reconnaissance. It flies extremely fast. If you catch it for three hours, you can become a new containment subject, but it's not easy to catch. The Shroud of the Saint can wrap any damaged item inside, restoring it after 24 hours. Eternal Love—these are a pair of earrings. When two people in love wear them, they can sense each other's hearts and fight in perfect harmony. Of course, some people also use them to test their love..."
Tour guide Xiao Zhang talked for a full four hours, until it was almost dawn...
This was also the first time Qingchen had gained a direct understanding of what was taboo in North America.
The number of forbidden items in North America is similar to that in the Federation, with about 300 known and 100 unknown. Tour guide Xiao Zhang knows about 70 forbidden items.
Qing Chen felt it was necessary to capture the core members of the kingdom and conduct a thorough investigation.
He looked at tour guide Xiao Zhang and asked, "Any last words?"
The tour guide, Xiao Zhang, was so frightened that he stammered, "You're wearing Buddhist prayer beads on your wrist, you must be a Buddhist, right? You're so compassionate, boss!"
The next moment, he saw Qingchen take off his prayer beads...
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Countdown 137:00:00.
7 o'clock in the morning.
The rest of the mountaineering team groggily awoke from beside the campfire, only to find themselves covered with their own thermal blankets.
"Huh, how come we fell asleep by the campfire?" asked fund manager Jiang Ming.
"You're probably just too tired," Qingchen explained, poking at the campfire. "I've covered you with blankets. Luckily, we haven't reached Everest Base Camp yet, so it won't be too cold at night."
Mr. Liu watched silently from the side. Only he knew that overseas forces must have attacked Qing Chen again, but Qing Chen had once again escaped danger unscathed.
At this moment, the female blogger asked curiously, "Hey, where's tour guide Xiao Zhang?"
Qingchen said with a smile, "Oh... he suffered from altitude sickness and was taken down the mountain by the village's rescue team."
Mr. Liu: "???"
Female blogger: "???"
The mountaineering team's guide is suffering from altitude sickness!
The crucial point is, the tour guides are all suffering from altitude sickness, what are they going to do next...?
"Haha, just kidding, look how scared you all are," Qingchen said with a smile. "He went to another mountaineering team's camp and will be back in a bit."
As they were talking, tour guide Xiao Zhang had already returned to the camp.
Qing Chen didn't kill him last night. Logically speaking, since this guy had already decided to kill Qing Chen, Qing Chen really had to kill him.
But the problem that everyone is worried about is also the problem that Qingchen is worried about: the mountaineering team can't be without a guide...
Therefore, Qingchen used a marionette to control the other party.
Jiang Ming looked at tour guide Xiao Zhang: "Tour guide Xiao Zhang, how are we going to get around today?"
Tour guide Xiao Zhang fell into deep thought: "Right, how should we get there today...?"
Jiang Ming was immediately dumbfounded. "You're the tour guide! Who are you asking?!"
Qingchen pondered, "Actually, it's not a big problem. There are so many mountaineering teams here; I can just follow them."
At this moment, Shindai Yunlu emerged from a tent, looking refreshed. Behind him, a woman was fixing her hair and then ran away shyly.
Qing Chen opened his mouth. He thought this guy was just talking big, but who knew he really was a playboy!
Are you worried about altitude sickness doing this in a place like this...?
It's important to know that there's an unspoken rule at Everest Base Camp: guides must prevent such intimate behavior, because if altitude sickness leads to pulmonary edema, it's beyond saving.
Kamishiro Yunra sat down: "Did anything new happen here last night? I investigated and killed seven people, and they've all been dealt with."
Qingchen complained, "Your energy is really boundless! You played all night, but you didn't miss a thing..."
“A prodigious amount of energy is a standard feature of successful people,” said Kamishiro Yunra with a chuckle.
At this moment, tour guide Xiao Zhang turned around and warned, "Shindai Yunluo, you can't play around like this from now on. Climbing Mount Everest is a very serious matter. Don't joke with your life."
Kamishiro Yunluo paused for a moment, then turned to look at Qingchen: "Is he really that brave?"
"Ahem," Qingchen said, "He's the tour guide, so just listen to his advice."
Kamishiro Unra thought for a moment and said, "Alright..."
The team set off again, and it would only take them 5 hours to reach Everest Base Camp.
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In the village of Lobuche, five people were plotting something.
Mike from the Future Organization glanced flirtatiously at Sora Kamishiro inside the room. His straight, black hair and youthful yet aloof face captivated Mike.
However, after arriving here, Kamishiro Sora didn't say a word, but just listened quietly.
Mike chuckled at W beside him, "Does this island nation woman not understand English?"
W pursed his lips and said, "That's normal. The English proficiency rate in the East is very low. They won't understand if you use even a little bit of technical terminology."
Mike whistled, "This woman is really nice. I'd like to try something different."
His tone was frivolous.
Kamishiro Sora glanced at him and said in fluent English, "You might die at the foot of Mount Everest this time, so don't have any dirty thoughts."
Mike paused for a moment.
At this moment, W interrupted their conversation and said to everyone, "K called via satellite phone. He thinks it's necessary for us to send an A-rank to test the Joker and see if he has truly reached the demigod level. Only by confirming his strength can we choose when and how to make our move."
The disfigured Li Yun coldly said, "How do we test him? By risking our lives? Why not wait for this K to arrive? He can carry out his proposal."
“No, no, no,” Mike shook his head and said, “You have to understand, we’re helping you get rid of the Joker threat. He’s caused so much trouble for you, Kamishiro and Kashima, and we’re just helping you out. You need to understand the hierarchy. Now, Kashima and Kamishiro are our vassals and you have to follow our orders.”
Li Yun sneered.
W suddenly said, "I've decided to let Miss Kamishiro Sora go and test her. First of all, she has A-rank strength and six powerful A-rank shikigami. She is the strongest among us and has the highest chance of survival."
Kamishiro Sora said coldly, "Why me? Wouldn't it be better if we all went together? At least we could look out for each other."
Everyone fell silent. They were all worried that the Joker had already advanced to demigod status, and that rushing in rashly could easily result in a total wipeout. So they all wanted someone else to go first, while they stayed behind to observe the situation...
W said, "We are now in an alliance, so let's have a free and democratic vote. Those who agree that Ms. Kamishiro Sora should go, please raise your hands."
As soon as he finished speaking, four out of the five people in the room raised their hands.
Kamishiro Sora stood up and sneered: "So this is the democracy and freedom of your Western countries? You're just giving him the opportunity to defeat us one by one."
No one in the room spoke; they all looked elsewhere.
W smiled and said, "Hopefully, Miss Kamishiro Sora can make her move before they arrive at Everest Base Camp, so that not too many people will see it. Actually, you are the most suitable person to test them, since you can release shikigami from a distance. You won't lose anything by using shikigami to test them."
“Since the vote has been made, I will go. Don’t worry, Onmyoji have their advantages. Even if you all die, I won’t die,” Kamishiro Sora said as he walked out of the hut and headed towards the Mount Everest Base Camp, with the others following closely behind.
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As Qingchen walked, he felt the life force within his body slowly recovering.
Kamishiro Yunra whispered a few words to him, then went off to have some fun with her female companions.
This young nobleman doesn't seem to be here as a protector; he seems more like he's here for sightseeing, and he even brought along more than twenty people to accompany him...
Halfway through the journey, Qingchen stopped and said he needed to use the restroom nearby.
He found a sheltered spot, but before he could even unzip his pants, he heard a whooshing sound overhead.
Qing Chen sneered, and suddenly flipped out a playing card with his right hand, shooting it at the shikigami that was falling from the sky.
A sharp whooshing sound rang out, and the playing card drew a white line in the air, as if it had even torn apart space itself.
The shikigami that fell from the sky instinctively used its arms to block the playing cards, but in front of these cards, it was as vulnerable as a balloon and turned into a streak of light and flew away.
The next moment, three more shikigami attacked from three different angles, but Qing Chen seemed to have foreseen it, throwing out three playing cards in advance, annihilating the three shikigami one by one.
Qing Chen sneered as he looked in the direction the light had flown away: "Cowardly little coward, hiding your head and tail."
Instead of chasing the enemy, he turned back to his unit.
In the distance, W, Mike, and Li Yunze, who were holding high-powered binoculars, all gasped as they watched Qing Chen crush the shikigami with overwhelming force.
They had actually fought against A-rank shikigami in Europe. Mike once used a death ray to burn the shikigami, but the shikigami actually withstood two death rays without being annihilated.
W once summoned a six-winged angel to fight against a shikigami. At that time, he was only a B-rank shikigami. When the A-rank shikigami made its move, it killed his six-winged angel in two breaths.
Li Yun, needless to say, was always at a disadvantage when his clones fought against A-rank shikigami.
Qingchen's method of killing the shikigami is just too swift and decisive!
"Could he really be a demigod?" Mike exclaimed in amazement. "How could someone among the Timewalkers progress so quickly!"
W and Li Yunze both had increasingly solemn expressions...
Put yourself in their shoes and think about it: could you achieve the same effect against four shikigami? Obviously not.