Fu Qian left the trouble behind and headed straight for Claudio's home without wasting a moment.
That was right. In his estimation, there was at least a fifty percent chance Li Min had gone there.
The reason was that, despite obtaining a ritual, Li Min had treated it as nothing more than a smokescreen, then vanished without a trace.
This unquestionably showed that her reason for coming to Posey wasn't what it appeared to be: hitting a bottleneck and seeking a way to break through. She had some other objective.
At the same time, though, she had played the part of someone pursuing advancement flawlessly, clearly doing everything she could to make people believe that was her goal.
The contradiction between the two meant she hoped to achieve something through that act.
After thinking it over, the most obvious direct benefit of putting on such a performance seemed to be the chance to receive guidance from the expert behind Roland—in other words, Claudio.
It was reasonable to conclude that she was using this approach to find him.
Besides, Fu Qian had also given events a push.
After realizing Li Min was wary of him, he had deliberately burned Teresa's corpse until it was nothing but charred remains, to test her true intentions.
That act of framing someone had, to some extent, prompted Roland to bring Li Min before Claudio, partly to test her and partly to show goodwill.
Li Min's subsequent actions had been so impatient. The little tricks she had used during the ritual couldn't stay hidden for long, which meant she had already achieved her initial goal and had no intention of keeping up the act.
So, all things considered, Fu Qian thought it was well worth taking a look at Claudio's place.
As he pondered this, Fu