Chapter 23: "Hearing"
The next morning, when the deaf old man shuffled slowly in front of them, all three women had their hearts hung high. But immediately there was a clattering of machinery, and a robot turned to the old man's eyes, and he looked at the machine for a moment, and then shuffled away slowly.
They were relieved after the old man had left completely. Judging by what Bianko had heard, they really should have welcomed a machine today, not the old man.
The machine opened the door, and it moved in smoothly carrying the plates containing the food. Rosette watched all of its movements carefully, then gave Lanorda a look. Lanoda nodded, a smile that didn't look so kind.
Biancole blinked, remembering that her friend had told her to stand here this morning, and run out the moment Lanoda got the key. Although she had questioned why she needed the key since the doors had been mechanically opened, Lanoda replied neatly, "Whether it's useful or not, since those people want us to take it, let's take it."
β¦β¦ Why listen to the people who locked them up?
In the depths of the forest, the young masters of the three nobles could no longer see where there was a nobleman.
"Hell, they couldn't have run that far!" "It's been less than a day, and they're still taking those three girls with them, and it's impossible for them to use a large vehicle, otherwise they won't have left only such a trace!" β
"Positionally, we're even close to Timai Town." Letty frowned, "There's no way they're going to have a stronghold near Timai Town. β
There are also a large number of traps around Timai Town waiting to be triggered, and if it's just a normal tour, it won't matter, but if there are a large number of people around, or set up camp, they can't ignore the presence of traps.
"So......" thought to Kryd, with a gloomy face, "maybe they left those traces on purpose, and we started missing them somewhere?" β
The other two were stunned by this possibility. Perhaps it was the confusion of concern, and they searched closely for those remaining traces along the way, leaving little room for thought to consider its authenticity.
"Wouldn't we be wasting our time...... "Wokan gritted his teeth, "Damn, damn, damn!" For such a long time, anything can happen to them who have no ability to protect themselves! β
"They're going to live." Leti said firmly, "If those people want them to die, then they can do it on the spot, and they won't go to such great lengths to lure them away and then take them away." β
Wokan grabbed his hair in annoyance and shook his head vigorously.
"No, we'll have to figure out a way...... "Wokan tapped his fingers on top of his head uneasily, "if we do go in the wrong direction, where are these people going?" If they had a specific destination to go to, they would definitely go in a direction away from the town of Timae, but they couldn't have had the time to completely dispose of their traces, so they couldn't go back...... Hiss! β
Wokan covered his head in pain, which made Leti's brow lock again.
"Don't force it, those people attack in a weird way, and your brain is still under the influence of the aftermath." Letty shook her head, "If you insist on thinking about it, you may leave sequelae." β
"But you can't expect me to do nothing, Letty...... If those people hadn't gone back, then they would have had a foothold here, and if they were on the move, there was no reason why we wouldn't be able to keep up. β
Kryd pursed his lips.
"If they have a stronghold, then they must be near the site of the attack." "We were misled by the initial stalking, thinking that they had followed from the city before launching the attack, but maybe the stalkers were just the ones who reported the news. When we reached the vicinity of the stronghold, they informed their companions to attack us. β
"The attack site was a forest on one side and a lake on the other, and it was clear that the lake was not suitable as a stronghold." Letty picked up the topic, "Then we should go deep into the forest near the attack." β
"I agree." Wokan jumped up from the ground, "Let's go, we can't delay any longerβhuh?" β
Walkan paused as if sensing something, and then in a panic he pulled a small communicator out of his pocket and stared at the communicator's screen.
"Ranorda's location has appeared!" He shouted loudly, "There was no information on it before, but now it suddenly appearedβgood girl, she must have managed to escape!" β
"Without further ado, let's get over quickly."
No sooner had the three women left the building where their cells were located than a loud siren rang out.
"Oh!" Lanorda's eyes widened, and she took Rosette and Bianko's hands and ran to the shadow of a stack of boxes and crouched down, looking nervously at her surroundings, "Is that gate on guard?" Either way, we'll have to be careful. β
They were now in a large courtyard, and in addition to the building where they had been held, there were several scattered buildings scattered around the corner. When the alarm sounded, the courtyard suddenly appeared with strange machines they had never seen before, floating in the air, sweeping the ground in circles with bright yellow light.
"I don't know what it is, but I don't think it's better to be swept away by the light, right?"
Rosette and Bianko nodded silently, and to be on the safe side, they stayed in the shadows for a little longer, carefully observing the situation outside.
"Those machines have regular trajectories." Rosette whispered, "It's not exactly a fixed route, but there won't be too many deviations." And every time they try to change direction, the light dimms for a moment, and they are stuck in the air. β
Lanoda and Biancole stared at the machines in the air for a long time, but they didn't notice any dimming in their light.
"Well, it's Rossy." Lanoda shrugged helplessly, "Your eyesight is always so good......"
Lanorda's gaze fell on Rosette's back, and she paused for a moment, a flash of doubt in her eyes, but then shook her head, her suspicious discovery behind her.
"In that case, it's up to you for a while. Biya and I couldn't see the light clearly, it was too similar to the sun's light. "I don't know how long those men will come out after us, this place is so vast that there is hardly any place to obscure the view." β
"Okay." Rosette looked at the machines more seriously, "You follow me closely for a while, they are not searching without gaps, there should be room to drill." But Rano, you have to think about what we're going to do after we've gone through these machines. β
Lanoda pulled out the locatable communicator from her body, and was pleasantly surprised to find that a point of light representing the operation had appeared on it.
"Walkan has been able to take my place here, he's coming this way, and I think Leti and Kyild should be with him. If the situation allows, we can wait, they get closer and break out......"
Lanoda paused, looking gently at Bianco.
"I'm sorry, Biya, I know this might be a bit of a bummer for you." She said hesitantly, "But can you 'hear'?" If it's you, maybe you can 'hear' what's going on on their side. β
Biancole looked at her a little dazedly, and although the girl knew that she occasionally heard some distant sounds, she never knew why she heard them.
"I don't know what to do......"
"I know you 'heard' by accident, but I don't think it was an accident last night - Bia, what were you thinking before you 'heard' last night?"
Before "heard" last night......
At that time, Lanoda and Rosette were discussing leaving, and although she was conscious, she did not choose to open her eyes.
She was afraid of disturbing the conversation between Lanoda and Roset.
But why be afraid to bother?
Because she knew that she was useless in this area, and she couldn't help them with ideas, it would only add chaos and affect their thinking.
What was she thinking at that time?
If...... If that helps......
She wanted to help Rano and Rossy, she wanted to be able to help, she didn't want to be a burden just sitting there waiting for someone else to help her.
If even Rano and Rossey can't help, if that's the case......
If that's the case......?
"Biya, don't force yourself." Lanoda touched Bianko's head, "It doesn't matter if you can't do it, it won't have much of a problem, we still have a way to get out of here." β
No, she knew that Rano was just reassuring her that if she could help, they could get out of here more safely. She didn't know what would happen if she couldn't help, but she wanted to be useful!
γββ¦β¦ 5 points ......"]
The noise that made her head ache returned, but she knew it was a precursor, and she could hear it if she endured it.
γββ¦β¦ Assemble ......"]
The noise was like a knife cutting back and forth in her head, it hurt, but she could tolerate it, as long as it made her useful.
["Again, the members of the search team assembled within 5 minutes and launched a manhunt for the escaped subject."] βγ
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"5 minutes!" Bianko exclaimed quietly, "They're going to assemble in five minutes!" β
"Biya, good girl, thank you for your hard work." Lanoda hugged Bianko tightly, "Rosie, how are you doing over there?" β
"No problem." Rosette turned her head and raised a confident smile, "Let's rush out." β
Bianko smiled a little in Lanoda's arms, and although she didn't know why the noise hadn't completely disappeared from her head this time, she could still hear distant sounds intermittently, but it was better that way, she could protect them.