Professor Tairs's expression changed dramatically. He stopped waiting outside the dining hall, turned, and ran downstairs.
After Professor Tairs hurried away, the closed dining hall door opened from inside. Qin Ran stepped out and looked in the direction the professor had gone, his brow furrowing slightly.
Sharing the Upper Evil Spirit's vision, Qin Ran could clearly see thick smoke rising near Professor Smith's research institute on the edge of E District, with flames flickering within it.
Something had undoubtedly gone wrong there.
And far faster than Qin Ran had imagined.
In fact, when Oliver Ryder mentioned Ronems, the dean of E District, and the eccentric Professor Smith, Qin Ran had sent the Upper Evil Spirit to the perimeter of the latter's institute to closely monitor every movement.
Why hadn't he chosen Dean Ronems instead?
After the small building where the dean lived was destroyed, Qin Ran had no way of finding his current lodgings. But Qin Ran believed that as long as he watched Smith, the dean was bound to appear.
According to Oliver Ryder, the relationship between the two was anything but simple.
However, the scene before him told Qin Ran that more than one group was watching Professor Smith.
More than three groups were fighting there.
The roar and explosions of modern weapons rang out incessantly.
Combat techniques unique to this world were interwoven with the gunfire, making the battle increasingly unpredictable and bizarre. Qin Ran couldn't distinguish which group belonged to Oliver Ryder, but compared with Professor Smith's failure to appear despite the fierce fighting right outside his door, none of that mattered.
After ordering the Upper Evil Spirit to search carefully, Qin Ran soon learned that neither Professor Smith nor his guard dog, Boulder, was there.
Were they lured away?
Or...?
The guesses rising in his