Intelligence
"Who?"
Skavi pushed open the window and looked at the pale-white horizon, then turned back and glanced to either side of him. His brows drew tightly together.
"Is something wrong?" Kaitlai, beside him, frowned slightly and looked around Skavi, his gaze sweeping past the bed as he said in a low voice, "There's no one else here."
"My 'friend' once left behind a Transcendent Item," Skavi said, frowning faintly. He turned back and reached out to close the window. Looking at Kaitlai behind him, he smiled with a hint of apology. "It can sense certain transcendent powers that don't belong to this house."
"You mean someone followed me in here?" Kaitlai raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a trace of displeasure.
"Of course not. You're my most important ally on the board," a wisp of gloom flashed through Skavi's eyes, and he looked at Kaitlai with a smile. "This may be some extremely dangerous transcendent. To protect your safety, we may have to impose some security measures and search that rat out of the villa."
Kaitlai watched Skavi's expression, as if trying to tell whether Skavi was lying or toying with him.
In the end, he said in a low voice, "Fine. What do I need to do?"
"You don't need to do anything," Skavi said, shaking his head in a low voice. "The Transcendent Item my friend left behind will respond on its own. It's a tool far beyond mortal power. No matter what, that rat won't be able to escape."
He said earnestly, "You can wait on the sofa for a moment. The lockdown has already begun. Once I catch that rat, everything will be clear."
Kaitlai looked at him. After a brief pause, he nodded slightly and sat down on the sofa nearby. "All right.