The Safe Deposit Box Aggregate that Megan had studied was still sealed deep within the underground palace beneath Fragrant Residence. It had no other value left, and Shade planned to extract the Kindling from it shortly.
"Come to think of it, were those safe deposit boxes empty?"
Only then did Shade think of this question. Wei Ge shook her head.
"Of course they weren't empty. Most of them contained things. When we tried to open them, we were nearly injured by the energy that shot out from inside. Mechanical Lifeforms display different traits based on the function of the machinery they were before becoming alive. That pile of safe deposit boxes could imprison external attacks within their bodies.
"But once they reached their containment limit, the safe deposit boxes would suffer permanent damage."
This was evidently also the result of Megan and Audrey's research, but that was not what Shade wanted to ask.
"I mean, there were valuables inside the boxes, right?"
"Yes. Megan took them out and piled them in the corner of the room."
Only then did Wei Ge understand what Shade meant.
"I've already arranged for the young ladies to return them to the bank tonight."
Shade nodded. Neither he nor Wei Ge cared about the value of those possessions.
"What about the other side that participated in Friday night's battle? Shouldn't the Demon Eye Club explain why they tried to seize that safe deposit box?"
"It couldn't be that the Ring Arcanists of the Demon Eye Club just happened to be wandering around that night, happened to pass the bank, noticed something unusual, and then fought the Saint Alliance, could it?"
Shade asked again. The Demon Eye Club was a local neutral organization and could not refuse questioning from the Orthodox Church. On Friday night, Adele