Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Shi frowned and asked, "Who was that person just now? How did he recognize you so quickly?"
Harlan said with some annoyance: "He was kidnapped here just like me. We even worked together to escape. I didn't expect that he would implicate me now."
Gu Shi sighed helplessly. He didn't expect that an accident would happen when things were at the critical moment. Fortunately, he disguised himself when he went out, otherwise he would have lost both the wife and the army.
"Next, we..."
At this time, Gu Shi heard the movement coming from outside the alley and whispered, "Shh, someone is coming, don't make any noise."
Harlan immediately covered his mouth obediently.
The group of people responsible for chasing Gu Shi and the other man found that the target they were chasing had disappeared from their sight as soon as they turned the corner.
The leader immediately ordered, "It's only been a short while. Those two little devils can't get far. They must be hiding somewhere. Let's search."
"yes."
Everyone scattered and began to look for Gu Shi and the others.
A man soon noticed the alley. He strode over from the street and searched all the places in the alley that were suitable for Tibetans.
It was a pity that he had never expected that Gu Shi and the others would be hiding on the roof. After searching the alley without any results, they went somewhere else.
Hearing him leave, Gu Shi and Ha Lan both breathed a sigh of relief.
About ten minutes passed. Although no one came looking for them, they did not plan to leave easily. Their current location was very good, and the two did not want to expose it easily.
After the other person left, Harlan asked again, "What should we do next? Should we go to the teleportation tower?"
Gu Shi replied, “Hold your troops still for now.
Although I really want to take this opportunity to go to the teleportation tower again, your outfit has been discovered. Walking on the street, you will be a bit conspicuous and easy to be discovered by those people, so let's hide here for a while."
Only then did Harlan realize that he was still wearing the women's disguise. After the chase, his clothes became wrinkled and the hem was even torn.
Because the skirt was too small to be suitable for running, he tore it with brute force when he was trying to escape.
Now that I've been exposed, there's no point in continuing to disguise myself.
Harlan took off the various accessories on her body, then tore the hem of her skirt open along the waist seam and wrapped the things into a ball.
Harlan wore pants under his skirt. Although this looked a bit out of place, it completely freed him from the constraints of the clothes.
The two stayed on the roof until night. As the sky gradually darkened, Gu Shi took out a cloak from his space ring and handed it to Harlan. After he covered himself completely, they secretly returned to the hotel.
Sitting in the room, Gu Shi asked, "Harlan, you said before that the man was kidnapped just like you. Are you from the same place?"
Harlan shook his head. He had already changed out of the women's clothes and put on the other clothes provided by Gu Shi.
“No, he and I were arrested at different times. He was brought here by those people about ten days after I was arrested.
There were many others like us, and we were tied together by them at the time, so we had the opportunity to communicate and get to know each other."
Gu Shi initially thought that those people were a small kidnapping gang, but now after hearing Harlan's description, he realized that it was actually a huge criminal group.
Gu Shi pressed on, "Do you have any guesses about the origins of this group of people? Why did they kidnap you? Was it for money, or was it someone deliberately retaliating against your family?"
Harlan replied: "I have thought about the question you asked before, and I don't think it's like that. They just simply fell in love with my face.
I also tried to test them during this time on the road, and I found that they treated me no differently than anyone else. They didn't even know my name, let alone ask for a ransom from my family.
As Harlan spoke, the bitterness on his face deepened. "So, if I'm not mistaken, these people captured me in order to sell me as a slave."
He shouldn't have gone out that night. If he hadn't gone out, he wouldn't have encountered this incident. If he hadn't encountered this incident, he would still be lying comfortably at home enjoying himself.
Although slavery in the Igrit Empire was not particularly prevalent, it did exist.
Those who became slaves would have a special magical contract tattooed on their bodies. From then on, their lives no longer belonged to themselves, but to their masters.
Generally speaking, ordinary people would only choose to become slaves when they had no other choice, except when they violated the laws of the Igrit Empire.
However, due to the huge profits in the slave industry, some greedy people gave up their conscience and chose to use some improper means to obtain more people.
Someone like Harlan, as long as you use some means to kidnap him, and then train him for a period of time, you can sell him for a very high price. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a high-profit, no-cost business?
Thinking of this, Gu Shi looked at Harlan with a hint of pity.
"Is Ganora City the base camp of this group of people or just a transit point? If it's the latter, it would be safer for you to hide for a few more days before taking any action."
Harlan sighed. "This is most likely their base camp. Before I escaped, I heard them say they were going to categorize our group of captured people. This has never happened before."
Gu Shi never expected that the city of Ganora, which looked prosperous on the surface, actually hid such a huge slave industry.
According to Harlan's description, there were dozens of people who were kidnapped and brought to the city of Ganora with him.
This is just one of the groups. There may be several more groups of people kidnapped like Harlan in other places. It is roughly estimated that there are at least hundreds of people involved in this matter.
Gu Shi felt a chill when he thought that there were so many people with bad intentions hiding in the shadows of this city.
He looked at Harlan, who was looking worried, and said, "Let's hide for a while and see how it goes. When their vigilance is relaxed, I'll find a way to bring you back."
Although Harlan was eager to go home, thinking about their current situation, he could only nod and agree.
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