Chapter 8
"Cesare, what are we doing here?"
The brown-haired boy peered down from a high place covered with dense vegetation and asked curiously.
"wait."
The black-haired boy called Caesar wore a hood, casting a heavy shadow on his cheeks, making it difficult to see his eyes and the barely noticeable curl of his lips.
He had the bright red apple in his hand again, and he was casually flipping through it with his head slightly lowered. He added slowly, "If the map you drew for me is correct, then all we have to do now is wait."
The protagonist of "Absolute Talent" is particularly talented in memorizing maps. Even under simple conditions, he can draw easy-to-understand maps on the land, which can be called a human-shaped map.
Humanoid Map Xia Zuo: "..." What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? Aren't they trying to leave the White Elephant District as soon as possible?
Xia Zuo, who didn't understand anything, scratched his head, and with a troubled look on his face, he used his thumb and index finger to indicate a short distance, then looked at Xizel eagerly: "Can you elaborate on this? QAQ?"
Xizel smiled and said, "Of course."
He spun the apple in his hand. "I remember you saying that it was a group of black-robed men who massacred the Kaili family, and that they only spared your life."
His voice was very soft: "Have you ever thought about why this is happening?"
When he returned to reality and read the comics, Xizel was thinking about this question.
Judging from the mental state of those black-robed men, it is unlikely that they are on the protagonist's side. They let Xia Zuo go not out of any compassion, but most likely because of the value of Xia Zuo.
In addition, letting Xia Zuo go instead of capturing him is also an interesting message, which represents a lot of things.
The black-haired boy seemed to be in a good mood and said in a good-tempered manner:
"Also, despite the Kaili family being exterminated, the White Elephant District's higher-ups didn't seem offended at all. They didn't even bother to investigate. They arrested you as a criminal the moment they saw you."
"What do you think the likelihood is that they know something?"
Moreover, the people in Baixiang District probably don't dare to provoke each other.
Xia Zuo blinked when he heard that, and suddenly had an idea: "You said before that the White Elephant District might send people to Kaili Manor to block us, and those black-robed men might not have left, but returned to Kaili Manor to rescue us? They... will run into us!"
"To be more precise, it's you who's being rescued, not me."
Xizel glanced at the position of the moon and said calmly, "It's just a bet on probability. We're at a complete disadvantage in our official home turf. We don't have enough information, and I'm not completely sure. If there's still no movement from the manor in fifteen minutes, we'll be in trouble."
At that time, he might need to take another risk and go to the execution office.
Xia Zuo nodded and clenched his fist firmly: "Don't worry, Xizel, I will pay close attention!"
His physical fitness was strangely good, and after his talent broke through C-level, his five senses also improved significantly. You have to know that most people only focus on talent. Without the blessing of talent, Xia Zuo's physical strength is one of the best, and it can even be regarded as a talent.
For the sake of concealment, their location was not close to Kerry Manor, which happened to be the limit of Xia Zuo's hearing range.
"What if they collude and arrest us?" Xia Zuo suddenly became serious. After thinking about the consequences, he patted Xizel's shoulder with a heavy face: "I will never let you die. When the time comes, I will hold them back, you just run!"
Xizel, who suffered another heavy blow, said: "...One wants to let you go, and the other wants to kill you. Cooperation? You really overestimate the ability of lunatics to get along with each other."
Xia Zuo: "..."
Xizel didn't say anything more. He didn't like to explain himself, and he just said all this to increase Xia Zuo's trust and dependence on him.
Later, the other party will naturally learn to keep silent and agree when he makes a decision, instead of asking in confusion.
[…You’re so scary.]
The comic will suddenly jumped out.
[Are you there?] César was good-tempered and ignored the other party's nagging. Instead, he smiled and replied: [Can you explain to me what's going on with this apple?]
【……】
Cut off the connection and the comics will be smooth.
Xizel had not expected the comic's will to tell him anything. In fact, he believed that it was no accident that he was chosen to enter this comic, but he was just too lazy to check these things now.
As for this apple...
He lowered his eyes slightly, and the strange look in his eyes deepened.
Nothing happened from the time he escaped from prison until Xia Zuo gave him the apple.
And at the moment when Xia Zuo handed the apple into his hands——
Suddenly, some special "rules" appeared in his mind.
The originally ordinary apple also underwent extremely special changes.
"Item Name: Crest's Red Apple"
How to obtain: Gift from your teammates
"Precondition: Kill a C-rank cursed talent holder"
"Note: I heard that this apple once poisoned Snow White. Please do not try to eat it lightly. Cherish life, starting with Crest~"
Crest himself: “…………”
With just a thought, the apple disappeared from his hand, reappearing at his will. It was as if it was no longer an apple, but a conceptual object.
"Crest's Red Apple".
This naming method sounds very similar to "Kleist's Wordless Book", doesn't it?
However, Xizel strongly refused to let this thing become his talent.
This thing, which looked strangely interesting and full of malice, could definitely not be his gift after coming to this world.
Does he seem like such a childlike person?
The black-haired boy tossed the apple and keenly noticed the change in Xia Zuo's expression, raising his eyebrows slightly.
Xia Zuo's eyes lit up like two stars in the dark night. He turned to look at Xizel and whispered, "There's movement in Kaili Manor... I heard it!"
Fighting, and it seems to be a crushing victory.
"Let's go." Xizel stood up, his expression unchanged. "Since the fighting has already started here, the officials will naturally be unable to sit still."
I believe he is not the only one observing the situation here. The difference is that the authorities will send reinforcements, while he will seize the opportunity to leave.
"Should we go out through the underground passage?" Xia Zuo suggested excitedly, "I know a way out. People usually go there secretly to other districts. The Kaili family's servants sometimes mention it when they need to go on business."
"No, we'll take the official route." The black-haired boy blinked his misty blue eyes, looking very innocent: "We are good people. How can good people go to the underground passage?"
——Of course I have to leave openly.
Half an hour later, Xia Zuo, carrying Xizel on his back, arrived at the cross-regional checkpoint where the flow of people was gradually increasing at an incredible speed.
"...Are you okay, César?" Xia Zuo looked at his new friend with an expressionless face as if he would die at any moment. He was always terrified that he would pull out a gun and die on the spot.
"I'm fine," the black-haired boy smiled firmly. His voice was very gentle, but it inexplicably made people feel a chill down their spines. "I was just thinking about the progressive significance of the invention of vehicles for mankind."
Xia Zuo: "?"
My good friend is saying some weird things that are hard to understand.
"Are we really going to leave from here?" Xia Zuo looked toward the crowd. Even in the dead of night, it seemed bustling with activity, with numerous shops lining both sides. Not far away was the cross-district checkpoint between the White Elephant District and the Gray Moon District. Its high-tech facilities were considered a rare and valuable addition to the White Elephant District.
"To pass through here, you need not only a federal legal citizen card, but also information registration."
The citizen card is an ID card that is engraved with citizen information using a special machine and can then be identified using proprietary equipment. Unless lost, a person will only have one card in their lifetime.
In an era when gifted criminals abound, its function is not to identify them, but to record them, so as to make the tracking of gifted criminals smoother.
But having just escaped from prison, neither of them had a citizen card, so they couldn't get through. Even using someone else's card wouldn't work either, as the linked citizen card would automatically become invalid if it was too far away from its owner.
There was no way to force your way in. If you tried to force your way in, the alarm system installed at great expense across the checkpoints would instantly send all the time recordings and other information to all official archives.
By then, it won’t just be a matter of official pursuit in Baixiang District, but you will be directly put on the government blacklist.
The black-haired boy blinked.
"Where there is demand, there will be a market. Don't you know that there is such a thing in this world?"
The topic suddenly turned here, leaving Xia Zuo confused. He couldn't help but follow Xizel's words and asked, "What?"
Xizel looked around, raised his leg and walked in a certain direction. He seemed to have recovered from the discomfort caused by Xia Zuo's long journey, and he moved past the crowd with great agility.
Xia Zuo hurriedly caught up with him and heard his voice coming from afar:
"False certificate."
Xia Zuo: "...???"
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As he was following, the black-haired boy suddenly turned slightly to look at him. Because of the hood, Xia Zuo couldn't see his expression clearly, but he instinctively felt a chill.
"Stand outside the door and don't follow me in."
Xia Zuo keenly noticed that his friend's aura seemed to have changed, becoming somewhat familiar and a little frightening. He opened his lips, then paused hesitantly.
...He seemed to remember that Cesar had no money on him.
What should I do? Will my friend be beaten by the person who issues the certificate?
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