So Mr. Phileas had been here over a hundred years ago. In other words, this place was not unfamiliar to Director Neo.
Looking back now, from discovering the clues to Kongpacini's Burial Ground to the subsequent investigation, and even setting the departure time for this trip, Director Neo had driven everything forward single-handedly.
The departure time, in particular: the Young Master had used the final stretch of his vacation, setting out at Director Neo's urging as soon as his injuries had healed.
There had certainly been an element of deliberately finding a window that would not interfere with their work in the Whip of Order, but in reality, it had still been rather rushed.
Combined with what the White-Robed Ivory Elder had said-you arrived at just the right time-
It was easy to deduce that Director Neo had actually had a timetable all along.
Yet he had kept concealing this and had never made it known.
What Alfred did not understand was why Director Neo would hide it.
There was clearly a special relationship between him and the Young Master involving an exchange of secrets. Logically, revealing something like this would have been no big deal; it would instead have increased everyone's confidence in this expedition.
Admittedly, Director Neo had arranged everything very well, making the entire journey from leaving York City to entering this place seem exceptionally smooth.
However, there was one thing Alfred would not doubt: he believed Director Neo bore the Young Master no ill will. If so, the concealment was most likely for some other reason.
"Why did Mr. Phileas refuse the inheritance back then?"
"He said he didn't want to get mixed up in conflicts between churches. I was actually very curious too, because in my memory, the Order God Church was the most wary