Chapter 303: Dawn's finest doctors
"He moved! I saw his arm move!"
While everyone else instinctively looked up to watch the ceiling, Manni, who had kept her eyes on Peter, cried out, drawing their attention back to the injured men.
Knock, knock, knock...
The knocking sounded again. Peter's left hand and both of Nisso's hands trembled.
"It's someone from Dawn! It has to be!"
Old Neumann grew excited again.
They had not abandoned basic caution. Leaving Old Rensa and Manni to watch over the injured men, the three men of the Neumann Family went upstairs together, then restored the floor of the second storeroom behind the kitchen.
Across the empty hall, a faint light seemed to shine through several panes of glass near the front door.
Had the Special Investigation Team discovered something?
Karl's heart skipped a beat. He did not think he had given anything away. Then he remembered the knocking and the injured men's reaction, and dismissed that concern.
He was about to step forward and open the door, but his father beat him to it.
Frank and Karl hurried after him.
The knocking stopped, as though whoever stood outside knew they were inside and about to open the door.
After a moment's hesitation, Old Neumann opened the door. His eyes widened the instant it swung open.
The hearts of all three Neumann men suddenly raced faster than they had even while saving the injured men.
Old Neumann had imagined meeting true members of Dawn countless times, and imagined just as often how he should introduce himself. Yet both encounters that night had overturned his senses. Well, the first had done far more than that-it had nearly pierced his eardrums. This second encounter delivered a different kind of shock, but one just as powerful.
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