Chapter 54: Suddenly
The knock on the door kept coming, and Curt hurried over to open the door.
Standing in front of him, Oscar seemed to have experienced a very high-intensity physical exercise not long ago, and his head was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans. His face was red, his ears were red, and his back was heavily heaved from fatigue. He panted and clung to the wall in the walkway, gasping for breath.
Instead of wearing a school uniform, he has changed into a thin black casual suit. The sweat that was still overflowing had already soaked his clothes, and these soaked clothes were attached to him, outlining the young man's body lines that were still a little thin after a certain amount of exercise.
With a tired body and soaked clothes, Oscar felt like he was jumping into the water and swimming until he was exhausted. But these were only secondary, Curt noticed some scratches on his arms, and there seemed to be bruises on his face that were difficult to detect without looking closely.
"Mr. Curt, what are you doing...... Ahem, ahem!"
Seeing that the door of the house was opened, Oscar's face covered with red tides also showed a little joy. He looked at Curt and was anxious to tell him what he was going to say, but he didn't say a word in full, and he choked violently from excessive breathing.
"Don't worry, take a breath first, and speak slowly if you have something to say. ”
Looking at Oscar, who was covered in bruises and almost didn't cough up blood, Curt couldn't let him continue. He grabbed Oscar's body and told him to go inside the room to rest.
Luckily, Lizzie was quick enough to put all the real equipment on the shelves before Oscar entered, and then pushed it into another room and locked it. In order to hide the odor, she also cast several spells to purify the air and prevent the smell of real yàn from remaining in the house.
Thanks to this, the gasping Oscar was not "warmly welcomed" by a strong stench. Otherwise, with the way he was now, he would almost certainly faint from respiratory failure in a matter of moments.
Lizzie saw Curt helping Oscar into the room, and wanted to taunt him. But the next time she saw Oscar's weak steps, she asked him to sit down on a chair in the living room to ease his breathing, and at the same time poured a cup of hot water from a thermos placed in the corner and handed it to him.
"Thank you......"
Taking the water that Lizzie handed to his hand, Oscar still looked very weak. He thanked Lizzie weakly and drank the hot water. Drinking this glass of warm liquid, Oscar's large amount of water lost in her body was also replenished, and she also regained some energy.
"Oscar, seeing that you are in such a hurry, is there something wrong?" Seeing that Oscar's breathing gradually became more stable, Curt felt that it was time to ask him something, he sat down across from Oscar, looked at him and said, "Also, what's the matter with these wounds on your body?"
Hearing Curt's question, Oscar didn't really care: "Wounds?, don't worry, these have nothing to do with what I'm going to say." They were all left by a casual fall in exercise class today. At that time, I had already taken the medicine from the school doctor, and I would buy some bandages to deal with it when I went back. ”
Then he tried to take a deep breath to adjust his breathing, but the after-effects of overexerting his body remained in his body, and his chest felt as if it had been forced into several stones, and a simple deep breath made him feel a burning pain in his throat.
But even so, it's much better than when I first ran to the door of the dormitory, at least I won't be coughing and wheezing when I breathe, and I can't even speak.
"Haven't you been investigating that Danfoss bastard lately?" he deliberately used a crude term to refer to Danvers's name, "In fact, Hepburn and I seem to be being watched these days, and this must have something to do with him!"
Looking at Oscar, who was righteously "acceding" to Danfoss, Curt's expression was a little embarrassed: "Calm down, Oscar." If you feel like you're being illegally watched, your best bet is to go to the guard. And if you suspect that Danfoss did it, you have to provide evidence of why you suspect him. ”
Oscar's feeling is still very keen, he said that he and Hepburn were being watched by someone, and that ten ** is not a lie. But Oscar has always been disgusted with Danvers since that incident, and he now says that he suspects that he is behind it, probably just thinking too much.
"Of course I say this for a reason—they're the only ones who keep coming to Hepburn these days. Especially when I was moving with Hepburn, I could always feel the gaze directed at him. When I search the neighborhood, there are always a few guys I've met a few times wandering around!"
Loudly arguing, he immediately began to speak of his "reasons".
Since the ancient spell ceremony held by Danfoss with Hepburn as a "test subject" a few days ago was interrupted by Oscar and Lizzie, there will be apprentices who were originally in the same society as Hepburn from time to time to find Hepburn these days. They seem to know Hepburn's rules of action, and they can always find an opportunity for him to be alone.
Strangely, they weren't here to get in trouble, but to try to persuade Hepburn to return to the Society. At first, the lobbyist was just an apprentice from another department who had only one relationship with Hepburn, but by this afternoon, the person who came had been upgraded to the senior who brought Hepburn into the club.
When Hepburn's "senior" came to him, Oscar happened to be with Hepburn, but the senior apprentice didn't seem to take him seriously. Seeing the hostile Oscar, he just snorted disdainfully, and left him aside, trying to convince Hepburn to rejoin their society of ancient spells.
According to the guy, Danfoss was sorry for the impact of that failure and hoped that he would not mind and would be able to return to the community and continue his research with them. ”
Danfoss described the members of the society who had been tirelessly persuading Hepburn to "return" during this time, with an expression of disgust and disdain on his face. Oskars, however, can be regarded as a "heretic" among the magicians, and it is natural for those who study ancient spells in the name of maintaining the honor of the wizards to look at each other unpleasantly.
Curt couldn't help but laugh, he suddenly felt that the reason why the two sides hated each other might be in a sense that the other party had something they couldn't find.
"I heard the 'senior' who didn't know if it was called Lime or something, but it was a name that looked like some kind of fruit anyway, and Danfoss valued Hepburn very much. I don't know if Curt is smiling secretly Oscar still has a stinky face, "What else do you say he has great talent or something......"
As he spoke, Oscar's nose wrinkled—he felt as if he had smelled something strange, and the smell of discomfort made him feel a sense of disobedience.
Looking left and right, the smell seemed to waft from behind the closed door next to Lizzie. But how to describe this smell, he racked his brain to search for words to describe it, but he couldn't think of a more suitable word to explain the current feeling.
"What's wrong Oscar, you said that Danfoss valued Hepburn's talent...... Is there any specific information?" Curt drew Oscar's attention back to the conversation, "Also, I know you came to us because you were worried about Hepburn, but what does Hepburn think?"
Maybe it's boiling some kind of potion.
Oscar felt that it was better not to pursue it, so he shook his head lightly and took over: "It's nothing...... Hepburn was also a little skeptical about this. He told me that everyone in the community thinks Danfoss is a good leader. But Hepburn felt that he seemed to be hiding a lot of secrets. ”
After a pause, Oscar began to talk about the information he had gathered from Hepburn about Danfoss: "Danfoss did seem to be paying attention to Hepburn during a few previous club meetings. Not only did he quickly come into contact with the center, but on several occasions he personally guided him. ”
Don't you think it's weird? Oscar said.
Hepburn was mediocre in his coursework in the Elemental Department, and he didn't make any noticeable moves when he joined the club. Lacking in assertiveness, he seems to follow the crowd wherever he goes, he will do what others tell him to do, and he will honestly stand aside and take notes without instructions.
But for some reason, Danfoss seems to value Hepburn quite a lot.
Allowing a newcomer to join the Caucus after a short trial was a controversial act at the time. And even though Hepburn spent most of his time in the club doing hands-on work, Danfoss would also expose him to the projects currently underway. Even if Hepburn left because of the previous conflict, Danfoss would ask the members of the community to convince him to go back.
Judging from these tables, either Hepburn himself has a value that Danfoss pays considerable attention to, or he has a significant role in the upcoming plan.
"I think I understand what you mean, if these things are true, then Hepburn's 'weight' in the eyes of Danfoss should not be light. Curt tapped the corner of the table, "So, what do you want to do? Don't tell me that you want to entrust me with a counter-tracking of Danfoss or those people." ”
Oscar's suspicion of his reasons makes sense, but nominally Curt can't track Danfoss or anyone else who might be spying on Oscar and Hepburn.
As a mercenary, Curt is not allowed to carry out investigation work without accepting the commission, and it is illegal to follow him at will. Now his and Lizzie's investigations into Danfoss are all private acts for personal purposes, and if they are exposed, they will undoubtedly be called into the security guard for questioning by Grostide's men.
Oscar shook his head decisively, he didn't know how to break the law: "No, I just want to ......"
Before the words could come out of his mouth, Oscar suddenly felt Yan zhòng's dizziness. The strange feeling of weightlessness flowed through his whole body in an instant, making him unable to control his body. In his vision, Lizzie and Curt, and the entire room, were distorted into indescribable images like the surface of the water being shattered.
The side of his face felt the hard touch of the floor, and his body was filled with lead, and it was so heavy that it was difficult to move.
"Hey, Oscar, what's wrong with you?"
Even Curt's close shout sounded like a thousand miles away......
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