Chapter 70: Flee
Tian Sheng never thought that a law-abiding folk magic enthusiast like him who never took risks would one day encounter a terrorist attack from the Gray Magic Organization.
As an ordinary caregiver at Fangting City's No. 1 Welfare Home, he is now using magic to conceal his breath and hiding alone in the utility room of the sanatorium building.
The reason why he chose to work in this welfare home was, firstly, because the environment was stable and the salary was good; secondly, it was convenient for him to study magic techniques in his spare time.
He has worked as a caregiver here for five years, and his knowledge of magic techniques has barely reached the entry level. Recently, he has been considering whether to change jobs and try to be admitted to the local Bureau of Strategy.
But as luck would have it, the very next day after he had this idea, the welfare home was hit by a terrorist attack.
The intruders were well-trained and they skillfully bypassed and lifted the alarm, controlled the vast majority of ordinary people, and killed those who dared to resist. Their bloody means plunged the entire sanatorium into silence.
Tian Sheng realized that something was wrong and immediately thought of trying to protect himself and escape secretly, but he found that the entire block had been sealed off by a large magic barrier. He wanted to get out, but he didn't have time to analyze the structure of the barrier, and it was impossible for him to break through it with his pitiful magic strength.
This also further proves that the ones who came to carry out the terrorist attack were not ordinary criminals, but were most likely the gray magic organization that folk magicians were terrified of.
Gray Magic Organization is a general term used to refer to magicians who engage in illegal activities. Most of these groups are dens of filth and gather villains who conduct illegal research and criminal activities. To put it more bluntly, they are criminal gangs that have mastered the power of magic.
There are actually quite a few such organizations, and every member of them is a complete villain to ordinary people. Even people like Tian Sheng who also studies the techniques are unwilling to deal with them.
Anyway, there is a Special Policy Bureau in the city responsible for maintaining order. Every year, they destroy several dens and arrest a large number of magic criminals. People like this will be arrested one day, so I just need to stay away from them.
He has always believed this, and it is indeed true.
But he had never expected that there would be such an arrogant group of people who would collectively attack a public service agency operated by the municipal government in broad daylight.
The enemy came unexpectedly and was obviously stronger than him, so he had no choice but to hide alone.
In terms of the level of skill in using magic, although he has already entered the stage, he is still far from being an expert, and he cannot even be called a "magician". In terms of the number and strength of magic skills he has mastered, he is also pitifully few. If he challenges an entire team of opponents alone, he will probably die without knowing how he died.
Fortunately, he still had enough magic power left, so he could continue using the spell to conceal his breathing and magic power fluctuations without any problem. He didn't have to worry about being discovered in the short term.
He had already made plans and decided to stay put, waiting for the Yi Ce Bureau to come to the rescue, and act like a coward in the meantime.
But after hiding in the utility room for a while, the sound coming from the corridor caught his attention.
It seemed like someone was passing by here, he judged so. In the end, he couldn't keep his determination not long ago, and he secretly pushed the door open a little and peeked out.
Then, he saw a somewhat familiar figure.
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Bai Jingxuan was unable to return to her room as usual.
Because just as she quickened her pace and tried to return to the room, she saw several masked men in black robes.
Although she didn't know what these people were here for, just from the silence in the welfare home and their ill-intentioned attitude, Bai Jingxuan could feel that she should not be exposed to their sight.
So she hid.
It was undoubtedly dangerous to continue walking in the corridor, and there was no guarantee that these people would come looking for her if she returned to the room, so Bai Jingxuan could only turn around and run in the direction she came from.
According to her thoughts, she had not encountered these uninvited guests on the way here, so the courtyard should still be safe.
But this expectation is destined to be dashed.
Because before she even walked out of the porch of the nursing building, she heard a voice coming from the front: "Still haven't found it?"
"I've searched this open space for places where people could hide, but there's nothing there."
"What the hell, where on earth can a little girl hide? Could it be that the place is marked wrong?"
"Impossible. The information provided by the informant has always been accurate. The whereabouts of all witnesses after the incident at Xizhao Minxin Hospital are recorded. The child was undoubtedly sent here."
"Not adopted?"
"Previous information is that there is none. We are checking with the people here."
"Where could it be? Could it be hidden by someone?"
"We can't rule out this possibility. Anyway, let's pass the results here to Bingchu San first. He will decide whether to check every room one by one."
After the two had this conversation, they stopped talking. Soon, noisy footsteps were heard, and gradually approached the direction where Bai Jingxuan was.
Bai Jingxuan was a little confused about the content of their conversation. She could only judge from the few words such as "Xizhao Minxin Hospital" and "little girl" that they seemed to be talking about her.
Because, three years ago, she and her parents died in the Xizhao Minxin Hospital. After that, she was the only orphan sent to this welfare home.
After realizing that she might be the other party's target, Bai Jingxuan had many guesses in her mind, but she quickly shook her head, realizing that now was not the time to think too much, and she had to find another direction to leave.
These people came with such bad intentions that there was probably no good intention for them to find her, so it would be better for her to hide.
Bai Jingxuan was a very active child, she did what she thought, and then she slowly backed away along the wall, turned around and left with light steps. She wanted to escape before the other party walked into the corridor and exposed herself to their sight.
There are two staircases on the left and right sides of the corridor, which can lead to the second floor. Although she doesn't know how many of their people are on the second floor, it seems that this is the only direction for her to escape.
Bai Jingxuan walked up the stairs lightly, but before she took a few steps, she heard the footsteps at the entrance of the corridor change in tone. Such a sound obviously meant that someone stepped into the building from the cement floor outside and stepped on the floor tiles.
Those people are coming.
Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer behind her and feeling her own heartbeat gradually accelerating, Bai Jingxuan pursed her lips, subconsciously held her breath, and walked upstairs as fast as she could in this state.
Because the stairs were very wide, if she wanted to completely avoid people's sight, she had to go up to the second floor before they reached the entrance of the stairs.
The two groups of people in the corridor were moving forward with completely different mentalities. Seeing their target getting closer and closer, the corner of the second floor was already in sight. Bai Jingxuan seemed to have seen the scene of her successful escape.
But at this moment, she suddenly felt that her calves had lost sensation, and then she lost control of them.
Her legs could no longer exert force, and she could no longer cross the stairs. It was like a malfunctioning mechanical part that no longer had any activity. Unable to stop her own forward momentum, Bai Jingxuan leaned forward and fell on the stairs.
Bang!
The sound of clothes, torsos and stairs colliding suddenly sounded in the corridor.
(End of this chapter)
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