Professor Manning had indeed been to many places, because in nearly every city Shade reached, he could hear of Professor Manning's great reputation.
But Professor Manning, who was even younger than Professor Quintus, had clearly not participated in the study of Creekwood Town's ancient temple half a century ago. Just as Shade thought he would not need to bother the professor this time, Professor Quintus smiled again and said:
"I also spoke with Professor Manning about the temple in Creekwood Town. Coincidentally, he once took part in investigating ancient ruins similar to the remains of that temple."
The red-haired girl poked Shade in surprise, and Shade hurriedly asked:
"There was something like that? Did Professor Manning mention where exactly those ruins similar to this place were located? Has anyone written any research papers on them?"
"I'm sorry, but that was many years ago. Why not write to Professor Manning and ask him? He might still remember."
So Shade still needed to visit Cat Tail Alley.
After bidding Professor Quintus farewell, the red-haired girl took the initiative to link arms with Shade. The two pretended to be ordinary tourists and formally began touring the Golden Music Hall Museum.
The museum's exhibition area concerning the history of the Music Hall itself was not large. Most of the exhibits here were actually artifacts from the history of Vesta City's development. After seeing the sketch of the temple ruins, Shade used Thought Writing to copy it into his notebook, then drew Professor Quintus's "sleepwalking" route onto the sketch.
Since the professor had been drawn there in his dreams but could never find his target, Shade believed that target had been hidden away, while the route the professor kept circling had always revolved around the hidden target.
Thus, once the route was drawn over the