A few minutes later.
Gibran, who was chasing in the darkness, suddenly stopped, looked around, and frowned.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he still realized one thing - he... lost it.
Yes, he lost it.
The boy he was chasing obviously had a unique way of hiding his aura. He used this method to pretend to be a normal person and suddenly attacked him, almost injuring him. Now he used the same method to escape pursuit.
What he couldn't understand was that, logically speaking, the boy could have escaped earlier, but why did it take so long for him to hide his figure after chasing him here.
Is it intentional
Wait, on purpose? !
Could it be? !
Gibran suddenly turned his head and looked at the place where he came from - Suradi's mansion. He remembered the last words of Suradi that he had killed, and the girl who had been knocked unconscious by him and fell to the ground, and his face changed slightly.
"Could it be that... this is that boy's real purpose?"
Gibran quickly turned around and rushed back towards Suradi's mansion.
After rushing back to the mansion, walking through the fire scene, and approaching the study, Gibran opened the door and looked at the empty study interior with his eyes wide open.
After a long while, he exhaled and said: "Huh, okay, it really is like this..."
"I was actually deceived..." Gibran said, "So, what that boy said before was actually serious, or was it a warning - don't mess with me. Ha, it's interesting..."
"Having said that... it's just a bit interesting..." Gibran walked out of the house that was gradually covered by the spreading flames, looked in the direction of the white stone tower, and said with bright eyes, "That boy may be a person specially taught by Suratis. Outstanding student, maybe a remnant of the Council, but it doesn't matter.
One person's power is too weak and it is difficult to affect the overall situation. He can just deal with it casually and there is no need to devote special energy to it, so I will let you live a few more days.
For a long time to come, the focus of work will still be on the White Stone Tower, and we will work hard to complete the plan. After the plan is successful, there will naturally be a lot of time to deal with these interesting and annoying people. "
…
On a street in the distance.
As Richard walked, Heidi, who was unconscious, had woken up and was following behind.
Suddenly there was a "boom" and a huge explosion came from behind. Richard and Heidi stopped and looked towards the place where the explosion occurred. They quickly recognized that it was the residence of Suradi.
Judging from the power of the explosion, I am afraid that the entire mansion has been razed to the ground.
The cat slave girl Heidi stared blankly, with two lines of clear tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
"Meow!"
With a meow, a black cat emerged from Heidi's clothes and licked Heidi's face comfortingly.
"Mickey, woo woo, grandpa he... woo woo..."
Heidi was stimulated and cried even harder. She hugged the black cat tightly and her tears kept flowing down.
After crying for a long time, Heidi suddenly realized that she was not at home, and remembered some of what Richard had said to her not long ago. He quickly stopped his tears, wiped them with his sleeves, and looked at Richard: "Yes... I'm sorry, I... couldn't hold it back."
Richard looked at Heidi, shook his head lightly, did not blame anything, just said: "Let's go."
"Uh." Heidi followed Richard and walked to the side obediently.
…
Richard took Heidi back to the laboratory.
The reason why he brought the other party back was not purely out of pity, but because he wanted to find out what happened in Surades's mansion, who he was, and why he was visited by such a powerful enemy.
But Heidi herself was not very clear about these. Even if she tried very hard to recall, she still only recalled some fragments of her life.
Through these fragments of Heidi's memories, Richard spent a lot of effort to outline the vague outline of the entire incident.
After completing this, Richard began to deal with Heidi's stay.
Richard asked Heidi seriously where she could go.
Heidi hesitated for a moment and answered with some uncertainty. She remembered that her grandfather, Surades, once said to her seemingly casually during his lifetime that if something happened one day, she could go to a place north of the east coast to take refuge.
Where? Richard asked.
Heidi frowned and recalled it, then replied. There seems to be a place called Mud Island, which is very far away from Shiraishi City. It would take several months to get there by horse-drawn carriage.
Wood Island? Richard said softly.
…
In the blink of an eye, the next day.
A carriage stopped on the street outside Richard's courtyard. Heidi walked up and sat down carrying a small package.
She will drive to the seaside port through this carriage, and then take a boat from the port north to the so-called Wood Island, which will shorten the time spent from several months to about half a month.
Richard stood at the door to see Heidi off, with no expression on his face.
In Richard's opinion, since Heidi has somewhere to go, sending her away is obviously the most appropriate choice. It is true that he can keep the other party, but there is no great value in Heidi staying - as the granddaughter of a university scholar, the other party is not as knowledgeable as the university scholar. The biggest advantage may be that he loves cats and pets. , but that's really useless.
If you want the other party to stay, it is equivalent to adding an extra burden. Although you can turn the other party into a maid-like existence through "training", it takes too much time and energy, which is not suitable in the current situation.
Besides, as the granddaughter of a great scholar, although the other party does not have the status of a noble, she is still treated as a noble. When she goes to a place of refuge, it will not be too bad. It is a bit inhumane to force the other party to stay as a maid.
Of course, Richard also knew that Heidi would not be what he thought.
As a girl who had not experienced many setbacks at all and had been living in a greenhouse, Heidi must have been extremely frightened when she suddenly lost the relatives she relied on. At this time, taking a carriage or a sea ship and traveling thousands of miles north to join relatives you have never met before is simply an "extremely dangerous" adventure. You will subconsciously resist and want to stay.
but…
Standing at the door, Richard looked at Heidi and said, "I know you don't actually want to go to Mud Island, but want to stay here in Baishi City."
Heidi hugged the black cat, blinked her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled a few times.
"However, Baishi City is not safe now, and staying here is not a good choice for you." Richard said, "Actually, I will leave after a while, so if you leave now, you are just taking a step ahead."
"Huh?" After hearing what Richard said, Heidi was obviously stunned and said: "You... want to leave too, then you... will go to Mud Island?"
"Mudou Island? Maybe." Richard said noncommittally, "I don't know much about Mud Island. If it is more in line with my expectations, maybe I will go."
"Then..." Heidi hugged the black cat named Mickey tightly in her arms, bit her lip and said, "Then I will go to Mud Island, and after understanding the situation, how about I write you a letter?"
"Are you writing a letter?" Richard's eyes flashed, and he analyzed rationally, "It's so far away, so the letter shouldn't be delivered. Even if it is delivered, the chance of being lost on the road is probably high."
"Then... then I..." Heidi was a little anxious, "Then I will write more, and you will always receive a letter."
"Okay then, whatever you want." Richard said calmly.
"I'm leaving." Heidi waved her hand with some reluctance.
Richard nodded and waved goodbye, "Be careful on the road. Goodbye."
"goodbye!"
"Creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak”, the carriage started and Heidi, who kept waving her hands, drove away. The black cat slipped out of Heidi's arms and lay beside Heidi, looking around vigilantly, guarding it like a bodyguard.
…
As the carriage drove away, Richard withdrew his gaze, walked into the courtyard, closed the door, and then walked into the laboratory.
There is a scroll on the table in the laboratory. On the scroll is the content compiled based on some fragments of Heidi's memories yesterday.
Richard opened the scroll and looked at it, his eyebrows slightly raised, thoughtfully.
Standing at the door just now, he told Heidi that he would leave White Rock City, and he was not lying.
After experiencing the funeral of the wizard in the White Rock Tower and the death of Surades, he was fully aware that there would be great chaos in White Rock City in the near future.
In order to avoid getting entangled, leaving here is the best choice.
However, you can’t just leave just because you want to.
Even though he now has a huge space prop - a suitcase, the portable laboratory he established is not perfect. Leaving White Rock City and arriving in a strange place, without some external resource supply, it is difficult to be completely independent and independent. Affected continue research.
In addition, the cultivation of biological colonies and the research of magic are reaching a new stage. It is best to make some results and leave after reaching a conclusion. This way, if you want to conduct further research in the future, it will be easier to operate.
All in all, all in all, he had to make a lot of preparations before leaving. In the next period of time, he will be very busy and will have to "race" with the mysterious organization behind Solmen and Mu Keni.
"In this case… "
Richard squinted his eyes, walked to the corner of the laboratory, walked out of the magic laboratory, and entered the world inside the box.