Hearing the voice, Hai Xi froze for a moment, then shook her head. She gave a bitter smile and looked away from the desk. "Looks like I've really been working too hard lately. I'm even hallucinating now."
She sighed softly, glanced at the slowly rising sun outside the window, and yawned.
She raised a hand to straighten the somewhat cluttered surface of her desk, then slowly stood up.
She walked around the desk and headed for the tightly shut office door.
But when she reached the edge of the desk, she paused slightly. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly turned back.
The tall, familiar man stood at the edge of the light, leaning there as he watched her with a smile. "Long time no see."
Aines City Defense Army Hospital—Outside
The noisy tavern was still noisy, though the people coming and going had already changed shifts.
The man seated behind the glass curtain wall took a sip of beer and looked outside.
Reporters and cameras still packed the hospital's main entrance. Some sat on the little folding stools they had brought, while others leaned against the walls. None of them looked ready to leave.
"No one's come out after all this time," his companion across from him said slowly.
"Someone probably left through another passage. A powerful Transcendent with strange abilities could easily evade those reporters and our surveillance," the man replied calmly.
"Then could that 'Pa Xiu' have left through another route too?" His companion frowned.
"The latest word from above is that he's most likely still in the hospital. With his injuries, he shouldn't be able to do much," the man said in a low voice.
"Could that guy be faking it?" His companion frowned. "If he's really capable of killing Dark Lizard like the news says,