Only two tasks remained.
One was to return the children they had rescued to their parents.
The other was to investigate these assassination attempts, find more evidence and clues, and determine how they had been carried out.
The task of returning the children was handed to Number Fourteen, while Number Five and Number Eight took charge of the investigation.
Number Three was responsible for keeping his hands in his pockets and standing off to the side, pretending to be cool.
Sister and Little Nineteen were responsible for playing.
Lu Xin was actually very curious about Number Fourteen's ability. When he had asked Number Three how they had kept track of his situation and arrived to rescue him at the most critical moment, Number Three, who clearly knew that saying less was cooler, had merely nodded toward Number Fourteen.
The meaning was that Number Fourteen had brought them there.
How could he bring people from different places—even different High Wall Cities—to his side in an instant when he was deep in danger?
With this expectation in mind, Lu Xin looked toward Number Fourteen. He then watched as the fat man waddled over, grinning, to the group of bewildered and terrified children. Suddenly, he pulled a frightening face at them, instantly scaring a whole bunch of them into tears. Only one child, holding half an apple, stared blankly at Number Fourteen. Not only did he not cry, he even looked quite happy.
So Number Fourteen snatched away his apple, tossed it into his mouth, and finished it in two loud crunches.
Then that child started crying too.
Number Fourteen cheerfully patted the tops of the sobbing children's heads before walking off to the side. After searching the ground for a long while, he contentedly picked up a slightly elongated stone