Chapter 194: Intelligence

Tivian, Royal Holy Crown University King's Campus.

On the top of a bell tower, in a room where tools were stored, Edric put his hand on the floor and let the gecko that had come from afar crawl into his hand. He lifted it up and stroked it with his other hand, and closed his eyes, as if he was feeling something.

"How is it? Did you detect anything?"

Sitting on a crate, Brandon looked at Edrick and said, and Edrick opened his eyes after a moment of silence, put the gecko back into his pocket and said silently.

"I did get some intelligence, but it's of little value. After the leader entered a stone gate, my puppet was blocked outside and couldn't follow him in. I had no choice but to come back."

"Ha... So it's all in vain? Rick, your puppet is not very reliable." Brandon said with a chuckle, with a hint of disdain in his expression, while Edrick turned his head with a hint of displeasure and said to Brandon.

"You can do it yourself if you have the ability."

"Hey, don't be angry, I was just joking, don't take it seriously." Brandon apologized with a smile, then changed the subject and continued speaking.

"By the way, didn't you say you found something else? Can you tell me what it is?"

"Nothing. It's just that when we killed those two henchmen in Green Shade Town last time, Lisa was seen by passers-by when she entered the house. Now those guys are looking for her."

Edric spoke slowly, then sneered contemptuously and continued.

"Heh... But those guys are doomed to fail. The physical characteristics of Lisa that they got from passers-by are the result of her careful disguise. They even thought that Lisa was a student of Guanda University. Let them investigate. Investigate according to the fake characteristics. The more energy they spend on the investigation, the better."

After Edrick finished speaking, Brandon's eyes lit up after hearing his words, and then he continued with a smile.

"Lisa's disguise, haha... not to mention the skin color, she usually only has that much padding in the front, and this time it's so big, she's not afraid of it falling off."

After teasing his companions, Brandon's expression changed and he continued to speak.

"Now that our investigation has been hindered and we can't figure out what those guys are doing, what should we do next?"

Listening to Brandon's words, Edric thought for a while and then continued speaking.

"I suspect they have some kind of anti-detection method, so we don't plan to conduct any detection activities at this stage. The base in Green Shade Town is no longer usable. The Guanda incident will be a long-term task. As a matter of urgency, we should focus our main energy on establishing a new base."

"Well... we should indeed rebuild the base at Guanda. Has the location of the new base been determined now?" Brandon continued to talk to Edric, and the other shook his head.

"It's not confirmed yet. There are still many things to do." Edric glanced around, paused, and continued speaking.

“Eight days. Eight days later at six o’clock in the afternoon, you must come to this place to find me. By that time, the new base will have been arranged. I will tell you the specific location.

"Six o'clock in the afternoon eight days later? I understand. I will be there on time then." After listening to Edrick's words, Brandon nodded.

"Got it. I'll be on time then."

"Okay, let's stop here for today. Don't cause any trouble in the near future and don't provoke them. We'll talk about everything after eight days. Then we may be able to give them a big surprise."

After he finished speaking, Edric looked at Brandon seriously, and then spoke solemnly again.

"Well, see you later, for the Rosicrucian."

"For the Rosicrucian, goodbye."

After nodding to each other, Edric and Brandon left the room together and walked down the spiral staircase to the bell tower. The two little black spiders that had been watching in secret also followed them.

At the bottom of the bell tower, Edric and Brandon said goodbye without saying a word, and then they went their separate ways. The two little black spiders also followed them with different goals, intending to continue tracking.

However, after the car passed, Brandon and Edric quickly walked into the crowd, and their pace became faster and faster, soon far exceeding the speed of ordinary people, making it difficult for the small spiders crawling on the walls and ceiling to keep up for a while.

Due to the huge difference in size, the little spiders could never keep up with humans in speed. They had no problem tracking the geckos before, but now they had no way of tracking Brandon and Edric who were speeding up.

Soon, due to the speed difference, the little spider lost track of Brandon and Edric. The two figures disappeared in the school crowd. Seeing this, they had no choice but to return and return to their master's hands.

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In the gathering place of the Secret Knowledge Academy, Nephnis was sitting on an edge of the room, looking at a book seriously. Beside her were some other students with strange behaviors and dazed expressions.

Nefernis was reading a book quietly, but without her noticing, a pair of eyes were staring at her.

Behind a stone pillar in the distance, a middle-aged man was hiding behind it, secretly looking at Nefernis in the distance with a serious expression.

He was the one who had talked to Thorny in front of the Spiderweb Corridor. He said that he was Thorny's direct subordinate and he had just received an order from Thorny to assist Jed in searching the school for the female student who appeared at No. 23 yesterday.

According to eyewitnesses in Green Shade Town, before the gunshots on No. 23, someone saw a female student with a good figure and dark skin entering there, so they concluded that this female student was related to the incident in which No. 23 lost two members of their own team, so they decided to find her.

Just now, the man was assigned by Ci Rong to do this job, and when he was about to leave the gathering point to find Jed in the school to conduct a secret search, he saw an unexpected figure in the gathering point.

"She has dark skin and a nice figure... Oh... That's a bit too nice. The features match perfectly. Could it be that girl? Is she the member of the little girl controlled by Mr. Thorn? If so, then it's really easy to get it..."

The man was staring at Nefernis in the distance, thinking this in his heart. He had not expected that the search mission that he thought would take a lot of effort to complete would suddenly turn out to be a very suspicious target that met all the characteristics.

"Hehe... We have such a big harvest right away, this is great, let's just arrest her and interrogate her. If she happens to be an employee here, it will be even more convenient to arrest her. Such a powerful girl, maybe when we interrogate her later..."

As he was thinking, the man walked out from behind the stone pillar, looking slowly forward, and walked slowly towards Nefernis. He stared at Nefernis as if he was staring at his prey, with desire surging in his pupils.

However, at this moment, another voice interrupted his steps.

"Mr. John, there you are."

The man named John was stunned, and stopped where he was, looking towards the direction where the voice came from. Standing there was a male student with a dazed look on his face. John recognized him as a student who had read almost all of Ci's books and had gained Ci's trust.

"What are you doing, kid! Can't you see I'm doing something?"

John said angrily after being interrupted, while the other party responded quite calmly.

"Mr. Thorn told you to drop what you were doing and come to him now."

"What, Mr. Thorn is asking me to go find him now?"

John was a little surprised listening to the words of the male student in front of him, and the other party nodded and continued.

"Yes, come now, Mr. Thorn is waiting for you inside."

After hearing what was said, John paused slightly, then looked at Nefernis who was reading in the distance, and said with gritted teeth.

"Well, I'll go see Mr. Thorn first, and then I'll get down to business later."

After saying that, John immediately walked away. He walked through the gathering point, passed through the spider web corridor, came to a stone door, and knocked gently on it with his hand.

"Come in."

Voices came from the stone door, and John immediately pulled the mechanism on the side, causing the stone door to automatically open with a roar.

Behind the stone door, gas lamps illuminated the dim room. Cirong sat on a chair with his legs crossed, rubbing his temples and thinking about something. On the low table in front of him sat an exquisite little box with two little black spiders lying quietly inside.

"Mr. Cirong, you called me." John came to Cirong and said yes respectfully, and Cirong nodded in response.

"Well... before I told you to help Jed find that woman with dark skin and a good figure, but now you don't have to look for her anymore. Not only do you not have to look for her anymore, but if you tell Jed, he won't look for her anymore either. It's a waste of time to look for her anymore."

Having received the latest intelligence, Cirong spoke frankly to his men in front of him. Listening to Cirong's words, John was stunned where he was.

"ah……"