Chapter 134: Rescue Successful (Fourth Update)
"Keep running!"
Before the Old Butler could catch up, Han Su shouted at the top of his lungs.
In theory, when the fire first broke out on the ninth floor, the Old Butler should have gone up to check on it. It was his responsibility.
That would have given him and the children the safest chance to escape.
But to Han Su's surprise, the Old Butler hadn't gone up to inspect the fire. Instead, he'd come hurrying down—or perhaps the moment he noticed the children entering the hallway, he'd abandoned the fire upstairs and rushed down to find them.
With the Old Butler's ghostlike speed on the stairs, if he went all out, he could probably reach them in a second or two.
But this time, you'd brought it on yourself...
Fierce determination burning in his heart, Han Su forced himself not to chant the Fishing Horn yet. Instead, he urged the children to pump their little legs and sprint toward the door.
But there was no matching their speed. The twenty meters between them would take the children long enough for the Old Butler to race down the stairs and flicker ghostlike all the way to them.
Out of the corner of his eye, Han Su could already see a rigid figure at the corner of the upper hallway, his expression stiff. With every blink, the figure seemed to draw closer, as if the scene were shifting.
Fortunately, whether from fear or something else, the children only focused on keeping up with him.
Heads down, they pumped their legs with all their might.
One meter, two meters—they quickly neared the end of the hallway. Only four or five meters remained.
But just then, the Old Butler brought them into view. A smile that