"This was the key question." Tang Ming gave Wang Ling an amused glance. "Nine in the morning."
"Dr. Wu never came back after the home invasion?" Xu Huo asked. "What happened at 12:03?"
"Nothing happened," Tang Ming said. "I also thought that was a significant time, so I went to the hospital and waited until noon. But nothing happened. The hospital couldn't even get through to Dr. Wu. His Communicator was never answered."
"However, Sunshine Tree security contacted Little Star Company through the system. The company replied that Dr. Wu had left around eight."
"I went to Little Star Company afterward to look for him. There really wasn't anyone there, and Dr. Wu's records were classified. I checked the data of the other staff members who were close to him, but none of them had been with him. The employees who left early had either gone home or out to eat together, so they all had an alibi. Afterward, I visited everyone who might have crossed paths with Dr. Wu, but none of them had seen him."
"So whether he went off to enjoy himself or was up to something else he didn't want anyone to know about, there's no way to tell."
The Players didn't have a clear impression of Dr. Wu. He was a legendary figure who possessed the Perfect Potion they all dreamed of, yet seemed to toy with them by leaving it in strange places. Finding it was all a matter of luck, and the Potion was never simply handed over—there was often considerable danger involved. No one knew whether he was really dead or just playing Hide and Seek with everyone. In any case, most people treated him as a symbol. A symbol couldn't inspire an emotional connection, so many people set aside his human