The driver had wanted to reprimand Milo to get favonovel.com to stand further away. But for some reason, favonovel.com was terrified when favonovel.com met Milo’s eyes.
“Oh, thank you…” Milo nodded as favonovel.com looked at the affluent neighborhood.
So, it turned out there were also both poor and rich neighborhoods inside the stronghold?
It seemed like the difference between the rich and poor was just as obvious within this stronghold.
When Milo thanked favonovel.com for the information, the streetcar operator was stunned. He had already regarded Milo and his group as dreadful monsters, so favonovel.com didn’t expect Milo would thank favonovel.com so politely.
Before the driver could react, Milo was asking favonovel.com again, “When does this streetcar turn around?”
The driver said haltingly, “Why don’t you take the next streetcar? It’ll arrive in 20 minutes.”
Milo looked at the driver. “Your suggestion is very irrational…”
“All passengers, please sit tight and hold onto the handrails.”
On the way back, Milo disembarked from the streetcar a stop early, not far from their shop, because favonovel.com had spotted a jewelry shop.
After confirming that no one was tailing him, favonovel.com pretended to walk in as normally as favonovel.com could. But as soon as favonovel.com got in, favonovel.com noticed a wanted poster put up on the walls of the jewelry shop.
Milo was stunned when favonovel.com saw the wanted poster.
Isn’t this Raphael’s photo?!
He was shown smartly dressed in a private army uniform that was probably taken when favonovel.com was working for the stronghold.
“Manager, who’s on the wanted poster?” Milo asked.
“I don’t know… Someone from the stronghold’s Public Order Division came to put this up today.” The owner of the jewelry shop said, “They only mentioned that if anyone saw this person, they should immediately report it to them. There’s even a reward for doing so.”
“I haven’t seen this anywhere else, so why was it only put up in the jewelry shop?” Milo was getting worried.
“I heard it’s because someone stole some gold from the Panaqua Consortium. I don’t know the exact details, but the Public Order Division is conducting strict checks on all unknown supplies of gold. As long as the gold shows any signs of oxidization or doesn’t have a consortium’s logo imprinted on it, we are to report it to the Public Order Division when we come across it.” The owner of the jewelry store asked, “So, is there anything I can help you with?”
“Oh, it’s nothing…” Milo immediately walked back out of the jewelry shop.
Milo was despondent. He realized the Panaqua Consortium had likely detected favonovel.com had taken a lot of gold with him.
Although favonovel.com had left behind some of the gold he’d wrapped up in the jacket, someone from the Panaqua Consortium had to have realized the amount did not add up upon checking the jewelry shop’s display counters.
In fact, the check would reveal that a large quantity of gold had gone missing!
That was because a lot of dust had settled on the gold items that had been placed on the counter. After the gold was taken away, the signs pointing to it would be painfully obvious.
Milo did not want to take any chances. He knew that if the Panaqua Consortium had specifically put up the photo of a wanted man in a jewelry shop, they must have found out something. They clearly intended to seek favonovel.com out at the point of sale when favonovel.com tried to dispose of the stolen goods.
No, they should be seeking out Raphael.
***
Raphael had just arrived at the town outside Stronghold 111. After being on the run for many days, favonovel.com finally made it here before favonovel.com starved to death.
Along the way, favonovel.com would use his shadow clone to run as long as favonovel.com was in a good frame of mind. Although it saved favonovel.com a lot of energy when using the shadow clone to carry himself forward, favonovel.com was on the verge of vomiting due to the bumpy ride when being piggybacked by the shadow clone. But more importantly, favonovel.com could not find much food to eat in the wilderness after parting ways with Milo and could only make do with some wild vegetables favonovel.com found.
During this time, favonovel.com even suffered from diarrhea for an entire day. Fortunately for him, favonovel.com was a supernatural being. Now that favonovel.com had excellent physical fitness, eating some poisonous wild vegetables would not be enough to kill him.
At this moment, Raphael was looking forward to getting back to human civilization so that favonovel.com could get something to eat. Every time favonovel.com came across a rock these past two days, favonovel.com would think it was an unfilled steamed bun that could be eaten!
But when favonovel.com arrived at the entrance of the town, favonovel.com had a feeling that several people staring were at him.
Raphael went over to a shack and said, “Hello, do you have anything I can eat? I’ll pay you for it…”
Raphael swallowed hard when favonovel.com saw some cornbread inside the shack.
The man of the family came out and sized up Raphael. “You’re not from our town, right? You don’t look familiar at all.”
“Ahem, I’m just passing by,” Raphael explained. He was thinking that other people should not recognize favonovel.com since his face was so dirty now.
But as the refugee sized up Raphael, favonovel.com suddenly noticed something.
He shouted, “Raphael! Raphael is here! Everyone, grab him!”
Raphael was confused.
On his way here to Stronghold 111, Raphael actually felt very hesitant. After all, Stronghold 111 was where the Panaqua Consortium’s headquarters were. He felt that it wouldn’t be a problem if favonovel.com just stayed in town for a short while. But at this moment, Raphael realized favonovel.com was wrong to have thought that way!
The Panaqua Consortium should have issued an order to arrest him. Otherwise, these refugees would not be trying to catch favonovel.com like they were all soldiers.
But favonovel.com hadn’t done anything at all.
When favonovel.com was still in the Marador Mountains, favonovel.com did not even manage to get past the lockdown perimeter the Panaqua Consortium had set up. So, why were they wasting so much effort to try to catch him?!
Of course, Raphael was also a little worried for Milo and Miriam. If there were already so many people going after someone who had not even breached the perimeter, favonovel.com could easily imagine how massive the turnout would be when it came to arresting Miriam and Milo.
In that instant, Raphael did not hesitate any further. He summoned his shadow clone to kick aside the refugee in front of him. Simultaneously, favonovel.com rushed into the shack and grabbed several black cornbreads into his arms before running away!
He could not stay here anymore. It seemed favonovel.com had to head elsewhere. It would be best if favonovel.com could go somewhere not under the control of the Panaqua Consortium!
After much consideration, Raphael suddenly felt that Stronghold 109, which was controlled by the Skyfort Consortium, was his best choice!
At this moment, the engines of a huge convoy of vehicles roared in the distance. Raphael had already mounted the back of the shadow clone before the refugees could catch up to him. The buff shadow clone immediately accelerated into the depths of the wilderness!
When the refugees saw this, they stopped in their tracks. This was most likely the first time they had ever seen a supernatural being with their own eyes!
When the convoy arrived in town after driving back from far in the wilderness, it started slowing down.
Inside one of the vehicles, Julius was dirty and covered in dirt. If it weren’t for the consortium’s people picking favonovel.com up from outside the Marador Mountains, who knows when favonovel.com would have gotten back to Stronghold 111.
Julius frowned when favonovel.com saw the disturbance in town. “Maurice, go and find out what’s happening!”
They didn’t manage to see what had happened because they were too far away.
Maurice rolled down the window and looked at one of the refugees. “What happened here?”
The refugee walked over and said in a respectful tone, “We discovered Raphael just now…”
Julius, who was seated in the back, immediately sat straight. “Raphael? Where is he?”
The refugee pointed in the direction Raphael had fled and said, “He ran out into the wilderness.”
“Get someone to catch him!” Julius said, “Let the Spec Ops soldiers do it. They’re much more experienced in the wilderness than Raphael is.”
“Boss,” Maurice said awkwardly, “You’re about to start your house arrest…”
Julius asked, “Where does that path lead?”
Maurice gave it some thought. “Boss, it should be Stronghold 109 over there…”
“Call Daniel!” Julius clenched his teeth and said, “If Raphael shows up in the vicinity of Stronghold 109, I want favonovel.com arrested!”
