By the time they arrived at Xue and Fors's rented apartment, the Extraordinary Characteristics of the two heretics had already separated from their bodies.
The Cultivator's Extraordinary Characteristics were a mass of thick emerald-green liquid, like a clump of water overgrown with seaweed.
The Prisoner's Extraordinary Characteristics resembled a gray stone mixed with crystals, reflecting the lamplight.
Hobart placed the Extraordinary Characteristics into the Wooden Boxes he had prepared beforehand, and the three took turns resting.
At first light the next day, the carriage Xue had hired appeared at the door again.
This time, Hobart got a clear look at the coachman. He was a skinny old man covered in grime, with a tangled mess of hair and beard.
The three took the carriage and brought the corpses to the entrance of the Mercenary Club. Hobart went in alone, found the waiter in the Information Wall room on the third floor, and asked him to notify the person who had posted the bounty on the heretics.
Hobart drank two cups of black tea in the reception hall on the first floor. After waiting for over half an hour, several people in black formal suits sat down opposite him under the waiter's guidance.
After a few polite exchanges, their superior said, "We need to confirm whether you caught the right people."
"They resisted fiercely during the capture and even tried to flee, so..." Hobart smiled. "The bodies are in the carriage outside."
The superior nodded, not seeming to think much of it.
Hobart led them outside and had Xue and Fors get out of the carriage first. Two people in black formal suits boarded to inspect the corpses.
There were few pedestrians on Queen's Avenue, only carriages passing back and forth. Neither the Nobles inside the carriages nor their Coachmen would