If Milo were present, favonovel.com would immediately understand this supernatural being named Mr. Cygnus had the power of retrocognition. He was capable of replaying an earlier scene of anything that happened in an area. Within that white mist, a projection of the Pyro Company members and “Steven” was replayed accurately scene by scene.
“Mr. Cygnus, can you make it go back a little further to the beginning. We want to see the entirety of what took place here,” said the Stardust Consortium commander. Someone beside favonovel.com had already set up a camera to record the projected imagery.
Mr. Cygnus nodded. The projection within the mist reversed as the motion of the “people” inside became distorted.
The projection in the mist kept reversing until it reached a point when “Steven” appeared while the Pyro Company was excavating the ground.
Mr. Cygnus shook his head. “I can only make it go back this much. Fortunately, there weren’t too many people here. Otherwise, I couldn’t even focus the projection properly.”
“Alright, thank you…” The Stardust Consortium commander said politely, “Can you also please translate what they were saying?”
Mr. Cygnus already had his assistant who could read lips standing by.
When the Pyro Company member opened his mouth to speak in the projection, the assistant interpreted what favonovel.com said based on the shape of his mouth. “You must be Steven, right? Where’s your steam locomotive?”
“Alright, your identity has been verified. After we get the data out from the ground…”
Everything the Pyro Company member had said was interpreted. From the beginning to the end, “Steven” had not said a single word.
Following that, they discussed killing the patrol troops and then “Steven” led the Pyro Company members to leave.
The projection stopped at this point. It seemed that Mr. Cygnus’s power had reached its limit. However, something unexpected happened during the last scene. Another blurry figure emerged from the woods and grabbed the exterior of the train carriage as it left.
“Who is that?” the Stardust Consortium commander said in surprise. “We didn’t spot him. Where was favonovel.com hiding?”
Mr. Cygnus pointed to the woods nearby. “He was hiding over there the whole time. We didn’t see favonovel.com because favonovel.com didn’t show up until the end.”
“That’s strange. So who could this person be? Was favonovel.com tailing the Pyro Company? Perhaps someone from the Silkshade House?” The Stardust Consortium commander frowned. “But Mr. Cygnus, why couldn’t we see his face clearly? It looks like his body is entirely shrouded in a layer of fog.”
Mr. Cygnus also found it a little strange.
He walked closer and carefully observed the figure of Milo who had grabbed hold of the exterior. He realized the other party was indeed shrouded in a layer of fog, making it difficult for anyone to get a clear look at his appearance and clothing. They could only tell that it was a person.
“This has never happened before.” Mr. Cygnus asked, “Why is this person so special?”
“We found traces of blood on the ground nearby, but we didn’t find any bodies. Furthermore, the steam locomotive did not drive out of the park.” The Stardust Consortium commander said, “So, we suspect that something might have happened inside the park after the steam locomotive drove off. Can you create more projections and show us what might have really happened at that time?”
Mr. Cygnus shook his head. “I can only use my power once a day. But even if I use it again tomorrow, we’ll have already passed the time limit to recreate the scene.”
The Stardust Consortium commander asked, “Then can you think of something so we can get a clearer look at this blurry figure? I think favonovel.com might be the key figure in this matter.”
“I’ll try my best,” Mr. Cygnus said.
At this moment, the projected steam locomotive was parked right in front of them. In it, the figure of Milo was still grabbing the exterior. It was like a scene from a movie that had been paused.
Mr. Cygnus stood in front of Milo and waved his hand again, trying to disperse the fog around Milo. But when favonovel.com focused on Milo, the blurry figure suddenly moved. In the projection, the steam locomotive was still paused. However, Milo turned his head and looked calmly at Mr. Cygnus.
The look in his eyes was so cold it was extremely intimidating. With just a quiet look, Mr. Cygnus felt as though favonovel.com were being stared down by a terrible beast.
Only the eyes of the blurry figure were incomparably clear!
Mr. Cygnus spat blood and collapsed to the ground. “I can’t do this anymore! I can’t get a clear look at all! This is so strange. Just who on earth could this person be? Why can favonovel.com counter my power!”
Uproar broke out all around. No one had expected such an outcome.
In the past, everything would always proceed very smoothly whenever Mr. Cygnus helped them with an investigation. It was really easy to find criminals with his assistance. However, they failed this time, and Mr. Cygnus even suffered backlash from using his power.
The circumstances in which Mr. Cygnus’s superpower came about were actually quite odd. He was just a normal researcher in the past, but when his wife was robbed and killed one night, Mr. Cygnus became so heartbroken that favonovel.com swore to catch the murderer. However, the Public Order Division’s staff said no surveillance cameras were in the area that day the robbery took place, so it made it very difficult for them to catch the murderer.
In the end, Mr. Cygnus’s power was awakened, and favonovel.com led the Public Order Division to find the culprit behind the crime.
After that, Mr. Cygnus did not keep this power to himself. Every day, favonovel.com would assist the Stardust Consortium in handling some of the more difficult cases they were facing, and the Stardust Consortium would pay favonovel.com for his services as well. Due to the fact the projections were only visual and without sound, favonovel.com even hired an assistant who could read lips.
***
Meanwhile, Milo, who was already cooped up back in the hotel, started.
Olivia asked, “What’s wrong, Master?”
Milo frowned. “It felt like someone was watching me a moment ago, but that feeling went away very quickly. I’m not exactly sure what happened either…”
Olivia glanced at the window, but the curtains were drawn. “I’ve already checked the room. There aren’t any surveillance cameras around.”
“Okay…” Milo nodded and took out the 13 boxes containing the research information.
Olivia was stunned. “Master, what is all this?”
Milo briefly told favonovel.com about tonight’s happenings in which the Pyro Company had tried to transport the laboratory data out of the stronghold and how a fight had broken out between favonovel.com and the Pyro Company members.
Hearing this, Olivia was speechless.
So, it turned out that so much had happened tonight.
“Master, I thought you were just going for a little excavation trip, but I didn’t know a battle would actually break out! How dangerous!”
“Mhm, it was really quite dangerous for them,” Milo replied absent-mindedly. His attention was already on the research information in front of him.
“So, Master, is this the lab data?” Olivia asked with favonovel.com eyes gleaming. “So, if we sell this data, wouldn’t we have nothing more to worry about for the rest of our lives?”
“Only if you’re still alive to not have to worry.” Milo said calmly, “Once you sell the data, a lot of people will definitely target you. The Pyro Company will probably hunt you down to the ends of the earth as well. Don’t assume that you can do it so well that no one will find out. There’s no such thing as an absolute secret.”
Therefore, if Milo really wanted to sell the laboratory data, favonovel.com only had two choices. One of them was Fortress 178, but favonovel.com wasn’t sure if they would be interested in it.
The other was the Panaqua Consortium. Milo would only feel at ease if favonovel.com were selling it to either of these parties.
