Angel took a ring from his pocket.
It was this ring that was emitting a beeping sound.
"Hermit Ring..." Angel muttered under his breath. "Why is the Hermit Society suddenly contacting me?"
Puzzled, Angel fed 1 point of energy into the ring.
The next second, a holographic screen appeared before him.
At the center of the screen was an icon of "a wide-brimmed hat concealing half a face," which was also the emblem of the Hermit Society.
At that moment, the emblem was faintly pulsing, asserting its presence.
Angel directed 1 point of energy to touch the emblem. The blank face on it slowly transformed into a green-haired woman. Looking closely, it was Little Green's holographic projection.
Little Green was still dressed as before. Her cloudlike green hair was casually pinned up with a long hairpin, and she wore a gauzy shawl and a green long dress she clearly favored.
Upon seeing Angel, Little Green exhaled the smoke in her mouth, tucked her long smoking pipe at her waist, and only then spoke. "Mr. Angel, long time no see."
Angel said, "It hasn't been that long... But speaking of which, I don't need to pay energy points to maintain this call, right?"
Little Green smiled. "Of course not. When we contact you, we pay the energy points."
After a pause, Little Green seemed to notice the theater behind Angel and asked somewhat cautiously, "Did I disturb you, sir?"
"No. I'm just resting here, not watching anything." Angel swept the Hermit Ring around the theater so they could see more clearly.
The moment Little Green saw the theater's size, layout, and the sparse crowd in its center, she immediately determined where Angel was.
"Sir is at the Free Theater?"
Angel nodded and casually came up with an excuse. "I came to