Chapter 901: Chapter 94: Once Again
City Hall.
Mayor Matteus swallowed the pills the doctor advised, took the cup of water handed by his assistant, and gulped it down.
The morning persuasion made him wear only a coat, and inevitably catch a cold.
But…
“You spoke wonderfully.”
The assistant, putting down the cup handed back by the Mayor, praised.
“It was also useful, wasn’t it.”
Listening carefully, besides the sound of rain hitting the window, there was a faint conversation from the next room. Mayor Matteus could finally breathe a sigh of relief, temporarily.
Lu Li had not changed his mind about leaving, he just gave them an extra day to arrange — to announce that Lu Li was leaving temporarily rather than fleeing due to assassination, or to create the illusion that he was still in Vena Ice-Free Port by concealing his departure.
Each has pros and cons.
The forr erases doubts in people’s minds, but may lead Lu Li to be targeted by conspirators.
After all, a firearm or a dagger could easily kill this legend.
The latter can protect Lu Li to the greatest extent, but it’s easy to be exposed — City Hall leaks like a prostitute’s skirt.
“What do you think, Valendo.”
Mayor Matteus asked the assistant, with a noticeably heavier nasal tone.
Valendo’s family supports him as aristocrats, and as an assistant, he can easily beco a mber of parliant in the coming years, so he’s not stingy with his friendliness.
“The latter better protects His Excellency Lulian.” The assistant thought for a mont and replied. “However, we have to face pressure from parliant mbers and the Elder Council. For example, they frequently invite Lu Li, and when they can’t see him, they doubt whether we’ve detained the Exorcist.”
“I think the sa.” Mayor Matteus was not concerned about them. “Anyway, my reputation isn’t good now, is it?”
Both citizens and parliant mbers criticize this Mayor for his lack of attention towards Lu Li, leading to the assassination attempt.
And it can be expected that as ti passes, with conspirators not surfacing, there will be more defamation and criticism against him.
“Did you contact the Tribunal? Then withdraw the request, wait until His Excellency Lulian returns. Then swap the nearby guards with tight-lipped personal guards, let Lu Li leave through the secret passage in City Hall, and arrange the earliest train ticket for tomorrow, where is he going?”
“Hillevig Mountain Range, the nearest is Vig Town Station.” The assistant answered.
“Prepare train tickets to Vig Town Station, etc… Give them any ticket, they can get off wherever they like, we don’t know anything.”
The best ans of concealing whereabouts is for no one to know where he’s headed.
Though many people know this Exorcist cares deeply about the Shadow of the Evil Spirit Girl, and its last appearance was in the Hillevig Mountain Range.
“Is there any connection between this ghost and Lu Li?” Mayor Matteus asked.
“It could be the Exorcist’s arch-nesis,” the assistant said.
“Still no other information?”
Assistant Valendo shook his head.
“By the way, go ask if he minds if we dispatch Weirdones to follow and protect, like Katerina and Barry then…”
The words halted, and a hint of doubt appeared on Mayor Matteus’s face.
“Who is Barry?”
…
The appearance of the rchant caused Barry to disappear again.
And the suppressed and altered mories of Lu Li and others resurfaced.
“What exactly is that?!” Katerina shuddered at the thought they had spent a night with a Weirdone.
Similarly, Puxiu was terrified, it was closer to Barry than Katerina, almost several tis it nestled by its feet.
“Did it leave or hide nearby?”
Lu Li’s expression remained undisturbed, his calm dark eyes swept across the new room arranged by Mayor Matteus.
Recalling the process of interacting with “Barry”, he had noticed sothing wrong a few tis, but was just short.
Either interrupted by coincidence, or overlooked because of indifference.
“Don’t know.” The rchant was the only one in the room without any expression.
Even the Big Sister Head hadn’t scread in a long ti.
“Didn’t you notice sothing wrong with it?” Lu Li asked the Big Sister Head.
The Big Sister Head didn’t answer, covering her face in sha, even forgetting she wore a twisted mask.
Knock knock knock—
All eyes in the room turned towards the doorway.
Fortunately, it didn’t seem that the rchant could drive Barry away, the one knocking on the door wasn’t it.
An earnest-looking Mayor Matteus appeared outside the door, quickly scanning the room, but didn’t find that suspicious figure: “Our mories tell us there was a man nad Barry who was part of you, but…”
“I know.”
Lu Li nodded.
The disappearance of Barry made Mayor Matteus notice sothing unusual too.
After telling Mayor Matteus about what happened, he asked in astonishnt: “Even knowing this, you insist on leaving?”
“The rchant can drive it away.”
Or rather, the rchant can see through the Weirdone’s disguise.
Feeling uneasy, Mayor Matteus called upon Bizarre Powerholders to exorcise for Lu Li while letting the assistant investigate the origin of “Barry”.
The forr achieved nothing, not even the Big Sister Head and the rchant discovered anything, they couldn’t. The latter required so ti.
Afterward, Mayor Matteus hoped Lu Li would let the Bizarre Powerholders follow and protect Lu Li, Lu Li did not refuse.
However, he couldn’t completely persuade the Weirdones.
The Weirdones agreed only to escort Lu Li for a certain distance, not deeply into the wilderness.
This was for the sake of the employer and Lu Li’s identity.
“That’s enough.”
Lu Li didn’t mind their self-preservation and thanked them, they owed him nothing.
A worried Mayor Matteus left.
“Will it appear again…”
Returning to the topic of “Barry”, Puxiu’s tail was tucked under its belly, its four legs trembling.
“Very likely.”
After a brief silence, Lu Li said, as it had already appeared twice, appearing again wouldn’t be surprising.
“Can you stay with us all the ti next?” Lu Li asked the rchant.
The rchant refused, saying that if soone summoned it, it would leave, that’s the “rule”.
“Maybe let the Mayor put pressure on those people, temporarily prevent them from summoning the rchant.” Katerina said.
The rchant didn’t object, so their proposal was passed on by the assistant to the Mayor, then told by the Mayor to those nobles.
Mayor Matteus simultaneously brought news hoping Lu Li could appear in public dia, if not, attend the night banquet organized by City Hall.
To prepare secretly for leaving Vena Ice-Free Port the next day.
However, Mayor Matteus knew Lu Li didn’t like such places, he just briefly appeared as the protagonist at the banquet, letting everyone know Lu Li was safe and sound, letting them know he was still here.
Before attending the banquet, Lu Li recorded the “Barry Incident” in his notebook, just unsure whether the recorded content would be altered given that cognitive mories could be distorted.
That night, Lu Li attended the City Hall banquet, expressed ignoring everything, then returned to his room, awaiting midnight.
Two hours before dawn, Lu Li bid farewell to Mayor Matteus and entered the secret passage.
The Weirdones waited for them in the VIP carriage.
Approaching dawn, Lu Li erged from one of the secret passage exits, stepped onto the cold street. They wore gray cloaks, such cloaks that concealed their figures might draw strange looks, but it was the best ans to quietly leave Vena Ice-Free Port.
Vena Ice-Free Port central station lood ahead.
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