"Wizard Inogova?" Richard raised his eyebrows and looked at the other party. He saw Inogova, who was 1.8 meters tall, standing on the side of the street looking at him. She was holding a thick stack of documents in her hand, and she didn't know what they were for.
"Is something wrong?" Richard asked aloud. I tried to tell myself in my heart: The more it is at this time, the less likely it is to panic. Before the real danger comes, you must not expose the truth and cause danger due to your own mistakes. Therefore, when doing anything, do it as usual to avoid arousing suspicion.
"That's right." Inogova replied aloud, "Wizard Richard, I just came out of the business office and want to discuss something with you."
"What?"
"Do you still remember the demolition of the residence at the meeting a few days ago?" Inogova asked.
"Of course I remember." Richard nodded, "I have been packing up my experimental instruments and furniture these days. I will be able to move out almost tomorrow. I guarantee that it will not affect the demolition construction the day after tomorrow."
"This is best." Inogova said, and then she thought for a moment before speaking, "But... could I trouble you to move out of your current residence before dawn tomorrow?"
"Before dawn tomorrow? Why?" Richard raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong with what I did?"
"No, no, no." Inogova waved her hand quickly, "This is not your problem, Wizard Richard. It's actually a construction problem. The construction team, at the beginning of the planning, everything was normal. But in the actual process , many unexpected difficulties emerged.
Therefore, they need to speed up the early progress, save more time, and solve unexpected difficulties in the later stage, so as not to delay the entire construction period. I just wanted to see you, Wizard Richard, because I wanted to discuss this matter with you. What do you think? Can you agree? "
"this-"
Richard drawled his voice, thoughts racing in his mind.
According to Inogova, his residence will be demolished after dawn tomorrow. If he had followed his original plan to leave Pompeii after dawn tomorrow, there might have been some conflicts, but now that he had advanced his plan and left Pompeii immediately, there would actually be no impact.
Even if all the wizards in the construction team were like Sherlock Holmes, and they discovered his hidden secrets just after demolishing his residence tomorrow morning, he would have been hundreds of miles away from Pompeii and safe enough.
When he opened his mouth, Richard was ready to agree.
However, just before he spoke, he stopped and thought of one detail - the pile of documents in Inogova's hand - a bit like the first time he met Inogova to choose a place to live, when the other party held of those.
If he agreed to Inogova's request, there would be no problem on the surface, but the follow-up would not be easy to handle.
He has now promised to move out of residence No. 1248 before dawn tomorrow. According to normal logic, he must choose a new residence immediately - after all, he cannot tell Inogova directly that he is ready to leave and never return and does not need a new residence. .
In order to choose a new residence, Inogova must stay in Pompeii for a certain period of time, and it will not be too short.
You know, when he came to Pompeii to choose his first residence, he secretly conducted an out-of-body investigation, but on the surface he made the decision after "careful selection and multiple comparisons."
If this time the decision was made casually about the next new residence, it would be hard not to make Inogova suspicious.
Perhaps this suspicion was not fatal, but at this dangerous moment, he did not want to make any mistakes that would lead to accidents.
what to do
Are you really going to stay, just pretending to waste a few hours with Inogova, decide on a new place to live, and then leave Pompeii
I'm afraid that if I delay like this for too long, I will run into the danger predicted by Pandora in advance.
Or take a trick.
He remembered that Inogova said that if core members of the Truth Society left Pompeii for more than a year, their residences would be temporarily taken back. New residences would not be reassigned until the members returned to Pompeii.
In this case…
Looking at Inogova, Richard said: "Wizard Inogova, I can promise you. I will try to be busy at night, collect my things and move out, and I will not affect the demolition of the residence before dawn."
"That's good." Inogova smiled, "Then Wizard Richard, where are you going to move your residence? What I have in my hand is information on all the vacant residences in Pompeii Town as a way for you to move. In exchange for compensation for moving out of your current residence early, I can accompany you around, take a look at these residences, and let you choose the one you are most satisfied with."
Sure enough... Richard said in his heart, looked at Inogova calmly, shook his head and responded: "Wizard Inogova, don't bother. I have decided to move out of No. 1248 Stone Tower Residence. , leave Pompeii and return to my previous city of Jialan."
"Back to Jialan City? Why?" Inogova asked.
"There is no special reason." Richard said, "I stayed in Pompeii before because I wanted to take advantage of Pompeii's conditions to help with some of my research. But now I have encountered some problems in my research and have been unable to solve them. , so there is no use staying in Pompeii, it is better to go back to Jialan.
Besides, although Pompeii is very good, Jialan is quieter in comparison. The most important thing is that there, there is no need to worry about the energy system failing at any time and having trouble sleeping. "
Hearing Richard teasing about the instability of the energy system, Inogova couldn't help but smile and echoed: "Okay, Wizard Richard, it is indeed a good choice for you to leave. To be honest, I used to worry about energy too." If something goes wrong with the system, you won't feel relieved until something really goes wrong. Ha. Maybe you can come back and take a look after the new energy system is built and the stability is improved."
"Will do."
"In this case, you don't have to choose a residence. Now follow me back to the office, sign a few documents to confirm that you have temporarily given up the right to allocate residence, and then let Director Rommel review and approve it," Inogova said.
"Now?" Richard blinked and asked, "Can it be later? I'm about to go down the mountain to deal with some trivial matters. How about I sign the documents when I come back?"
"Are you sure?" Inogova spread her hands, looked over, and said seriously, "If you go to the business office now, Director Rommel will be there, and the whole process can be passed in less than a minute. If you wait a minute Yes, Director Rommel has left. If you go to the affairs office again, you will be in more trouble."
Richard looked at Inogova, and the two looked at each other.
The process takes less than a minute... Then the choice now is to choose between delaying for a minute or arousing slight suspicion in Inogova.
Arousing Inogova's mild suspicion will not have too fatal consequences... Correspondingly, delaying for one minute will not change the result much... In one minute, while maintaining the pretense, he can't leave at all. No matter how far you go from Pompeii, you will still be implicated if something really happens.
In this case, it is better to eliminate Inogova's suspicion and avoid unnecessary complications.
After looking at each other for half a second, before the atmosphere became subtle, Richard agreed to Innogova: "Well, since Director Rommel happens to be here, I will go to the affairs office to sign the document. It’s my fault, Wizard Inogova.”
"No trouble." Inogova took the lead and walked towards the business point. As she walked, she asked casually, seemingly unintentionally, "By the way, Wizard Richard, I'm a little curious. What are you going to deal with when you come down the mountain at this time?" thing?"
"Well, it's nothing. It's just hiring a carriage or something like that. After all, moving the things in my residence back to Jialan City is not a short journey. I can't do it alone."
"So that's it." Inogaowa nodded and said somewhat suddenly.
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