In the end, Anna followed the mask to Tuba's location. What she was betting on now was that the other party had awakened the ability to predict the future.
If you find out that this guy hasn't awakened, it won't be too late to abandon this burden.
Looking outside through the round window of the plane, this place is all white because it is close to the Arctic Circle, and it looks very cold.
"Since this guy has escaped, can't he just leave by himself? Why does he have to ask you to pick him up?" Anna asked the masked man beside her.
"I don't know, but since he asked us to go, he must have his reasons." The clown mask then looked at the jackal and Olivia next to him.
He was very curious about these two new people from the moment he met them.
Anna began to introduce the new companion to her old companion. "The female one is a human who has absorbed anomalies and has the ability to read memories. She is a helper I found. As for the other one, he is a follower of Futan."
Anna didn't know how to explain in detail the origin of the jackal.
The jackal immediately corrected him in a low voice, "No, my status is higher than that of a believer. It is impossible for an ordinary believer to see that great being all the time like me. I feel like I am the apostle of that great being."
"Can you see him?"
Hearing the paper on the poker flying over, the jackal calmly did not make any explanation and brought the orange juice in his hand to himself.
He looked at the yellow liquid very reverently, as if there was something in the water that he should respect.
"God is everywhere." After saying that, he picked up the glass and drank it all.
Mask shrugged at Anna, "This guy is weird."
Then he turned his gaze to Olivia next to him, the girl who always wore black sunglasses.
Feeling the white glove extended by the mask, Olivia nervously shook it.
Just as she was about to shake it, Olivia was horrified to find that she had actually shaken the other person's hand off.
This was just an empty glove. The gentleman had no entity at all. This strange scene frightened her so much that she screamed, and attracted the attention of passengers in other seats.
"Okay, stop talking. We're at the airport. Grab your things."
Although it was only 3 o'clock in the afternoon, due to the influence of the polar day and polar night in the Arctic Circle, it was already dark when we came out of the airport.
Without wasting any time, Anna and the others followed the mask towards Tuba's destination, which was an old apartment.
In order to avoid an ambush, Mask went to open the door first, while Anna and the others waited at the corner of the corridor. In this kind of situation, one should always be prepared for the worst.
When Anna heard Tuba's characteristic cheer coming from behind the door, she realized that she was worrying too much.
When she walked into the door with Gao Zhiming, she saw him sitting cross-legged at the table, using his two newly grown front teeth to dig into a large piece of watermelon in his arms like a groundhog.
When he saw Anna and the others, his baby eyes became brighter. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Look who this is, our Anna! Long time no see. Who's that beautiful girl behind you? Do you have a boyfriend?"
Anna's attention was not on him, but on the man who was being taken care of by Li Lu on the bed beside him. "I was wondering how he could escape by himself. After all this time, it turns out that it wasn't Tuba's ability, but there was a traitor in the IMF."
That was Tuba's father, Roy, the shadowy agent who had caused him to be captured by the IMF.
The moment she saw him, Anna immediately understood why Tuba didn't leave by himself. He couldn't leave unless he abandoned his father.
"You...you are still alive! How is this possible? I clearly saw your body!" Roy covered his wound and tried with all his strength to pick up the pistol on the table next to him, but was held down by Li Lu.
Seeing Anna coming, Li Lu felt mixed emotions. She was happy that her husband would not die, but she was worried that she was involved with a very dangerous woman.
"Well, actually I was the one who asked them to come over. You can't move now, and it's not a good idea to just drag it along." Tuba, whose mouth was red from eating watermelon, answered.
Anna looked at him and reached out to lift him to the ground. "Tell me, how did you find the location of the mask?"
"Of course, that is my ultimate and invincible and powerful ability to predict the future! I am the omniscient prophet!" Tuba gestured exaggeratedly in the air with his hands as he spoke.
"Really? Then how did your father get hurt? Since you can predict the future, why don't you avoid it for him?"
Tuba's facial features wrinkled together with difficulty. "Well, this is a little difficult to explain. Let me tell you. Have you ever played a game? Let me give you an example. This kind of high-level ability is very powerful. It requires a lot of mana and has a long cooldown time."
"So after using it once, I need to rest for a long time before I can use it again, that's right."
"Really?" Anna, expressionless, grabbed his ear and lifted it up.
"Ah! Grandma, I was wrong. I just made it up. I don't know what's going on. Different images keep popping up in my mind from time to time, and one of them is the location of the mask."
"I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect you guys to actually come."
Anna looked at Tuba speechlessly. He did have amazing abilities, but she had no idea how to use them.
I was betrayed by the Broken God at the beginning, but he didn't have the sudden inspiration to save me. God knows how many of the words this guy said are true and how many are false.
She was somewhat regretful now. Tuba was still the same Tuba, useless except for talking nonsense.
Although she thought so, Anna was still somewhat happy to see Tuba, after all, he was her only connection with Earthsea.
Of course, Anna would not admit such weak human emotions.
"Stay away from my son! You devil!" Roy opened the safety of the pistol with one hand and pointed the trembling muzzle at Anna.
Anna completely ignored the other party's threat and patted Tuba's sparse scalp with her hand lightly.
"You'd better change your attitude. Since you have defected from the IMF for your son, you are now the same as us. We are on the same side."
"I can defect for him, but that doesn't mean I will cooperate with you! You can go! I won't tell the IMF that you are not dead." Just saying these words made him sweat and gasp.
"Haha, you're not the same age as your son. Now that you know I'm still alive, do you think I'll let you go so easily?"
(End of this chapter)