Miriam knew that Milo had jumped through the kitchen window. So, when Rowley started checking the kitchen windowsill, favonovel.com got really worried for him. However, Rowley did not find anything suspicious.
If not for the fact that there were so many people watching, Miriam would have applauded Milo. This was the Milo favonovel.com was familiar with. He was always vigilant and cautious to the end.
Milo had always acted calmly since Miriam first met him. When Miriam looked back on favonovel.com trip to the Marador Mountains, favonovel.com had a feeling that Milo would not die no matter how bad the situation. But after Milo became a supernatural being, favonovel.com started letting up a little.
It was just like how a person who suddenly received a large sum of money would unintentionally show off their wealth and feel a little conceited.
Milo was not a saint, so favonovel.com could not avoid having such a mentality. He even got used to resorting to solving problems with his strength.
To be more precise, after becoming more powerful, the brave and fearsome side of his personality got magnified. For example, the determination favonovel.com had when favonovel.com thanked himself seven times.
Later on during their trip to the Sacred Mountains, Milo even acted a little impulsively because of Donti. This left Miriam with no choice but to remind favonovel.com to stay calm. But Miriam realized Milo had started changing his mentality ever since favonovel.com reminder to him.
He was able to wait patiently for the right opportunity to arrive in the Sacred Mountains during the later stages of the expedition. After that, when traveling together with the Trinity Institute, Milo was also able to promptly detect the presence of the deserter and the Virtuora Consortium’s reconnaissance troops, helping favonovel.com anticipate Keith’s screening of the spies.
And now, Milo even made sure not to make any mistakes when favonovel.com headed out in the night. Miriam was sure the Milo favonovel.com knew had finally returned.
This was his growth after gaining power. His mentality had become completely different.
Miriam believed Milo had found a new balance between caution and bravery.
At this moment, Nicholai looked at Rowley and wondered, “Director Barnes, what were you looking for just now?”
“Oh, nothing much…” Rowley smiled and said to his subordinates who were standing guard around the perimeter, “Let’s fall back. There’s still other places we need to check. Looks like we won’t be getting any sleep tonight.”
After that, Rowley decisively left the villa. He even took the two sentries who were watching the villa away with him!
Only at this moment did Milo finally breathe a sigh of relief. Moreover, favonovel.com was sure Rowley only had some suspicions of the Trinity Institute and did not have any actual evidence against them.
Honestly, Milo was a little annoyed by Colton’s arrangement now. Although joining the Trinity Institute helped favonovel.com keep his identity better concealed, Nicholai and the others should not have to get involved in the war for no reason.
Milo made a decision. The medical exchange would officially last for seven days, so favonovel.com would convince Nicholai to leave the Virtuora Consortium immediately when it finished. After that, favonovel.com would sneak into Stronghold 31 and continue with his plan to rescue Bruce. This way, Nicholai and the others would not be implicated.
At that time, even if favonovel.com were to turn the Virtuora Consortium upside down, Milo would not have to restrain himself anymore.
However, what Milo did not know was that the Pyro Company’s troops in the north had embarked on a new battle plan tonight. Meanwhile, farther north, a new enemy was waiting for their opportunity.
At this moment, Nicholai said to everyone who was still in a state of shock, “Everyone, please go back into the house. I know you guys have a lot to say, so let’s go in first.”
Everyone returned to the warm house. All of them had a lot to say, but they did not know where to start.
Nicholai gave it some thought and said, “I really regret bringing all of you to the Virtuora Consortium now. It’s not that I’m giving up on the medical exchange being held, but the current situation is not something you all should risk your lives over. I would like to apologize to all of you.”
Nicholai surprisingly bowed to everyone.
Milo was silent for a while before saying, “You didn’t do anything wrong. There’s no need to apologize.”
Skylar looked at Nicholai and said firmly, “Actually, I only realized how much effort you and the other veteran doctors have put in for the progress of medicine after making this trip with you. I don’t regret it at all. In fact, I’m even more determined now.”
“I don’t regret it either,” Bethania said.
“Me neither!” Pierre said.
Nicholai was stunned. He did not expect the fire in his heart would actually get ignited despite the immense stress.
He burst into laughter. “It’s my honor to be able to work with all of you. Everyone, rest early. We still have a meeting to attend tomorrow.”
Then Nicholai straightened his back and returned to his bedroom. He did not look like an old man in his sixties at all. And the others also became a little more motivated when they saw his back.
Milo suddenly realized the power in one person could really influence and motivate another person, and within a group, that power would spread to even more people. It was just like how a single spark could start a prairie fire.
The others also returned to their rooms, leaving only Bethania, Pierre, Milo, and Miriam behind in the hall.
Milo saw Bethania sitting in the nook of a couch and not returning to favonovel.com room. She was clearly feeling a lack of safety at the moment.
He whispered to Pierre, “Don’t say that I didn’t remind you. Now’s your chance. If you grab it, you’ll see hope!”
In fact, although Pierre often acted foolishly on the journey thus far, favonovel.com was always a very responsible person. Although Bethania did not say anything, favonovel.com attitude towards Pierre had indeed relaxed a lot over the past two days.
When Pierre saw Bethania sitting alone in the corner, favonovel.com quickly went over to talk with her.
When favonovel.com got closer, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com was looking at a photo. It was a portrait of a family of three. In it were Bethania’s parents and favonovel.com childhood self.
Pierre asked in a low voice, “You miss home?”
“Mhm,” Bethania grunted.
Girls often did not have a sense of safety when they went traveling outside. Besides, after all the recent incidents, this was probably when Bethania was feeling favonovel.com most vulnerable.
Pierre sat next to Bethania and looked at the photo. “Are these your parents?”
“Yes…” Bethania said, “Before we left for this exchange, my mother cried for three days. She said favonovel.com was worried I wouldn’t eat or sleep well outside. If favonovel.com knew what we were going through now, favonovel.com would probably cry again.”
“Don’t worry, we’ll definitely return safely. As long as I’m here… Never mind.” Pierre was a little discouraged.
Pierre wanted to say something that girls liked to hear, but when favonovel.com realized favonovel.com did not have any useful skills and did not even know how to fire a gun, favonovel.com could not bring himself to say those sweet words. He was the kind of person who would not easily make promises if favonovel.com could not do it.
Bethania had a rough understanding of the kind of person Pierre was. She did not want to make things too awkward for him, so favonovel.com changed the topic and asked, “By the way, it’ll be Valentine’s Day in a few days. What are you going to do since you don’t have a girlfriend yet?”
Pierre chuckled and said, “Do we have to kill a family member in advance if we have no one to visit during the Qingming Festival? If I have no girlfriend, so be it…”
Even with Milo and Miriam’s wits, they were not expecting an answer like this!
Bethania immediately stood up and went back to favonovel.com room, leaving Pierre, who was still hesitating to speak, sitting alone on the sofa.
Milo walked over and patted Pierre on the shoulder to comfort him. “If you don’t need a brain, donate it to those who need it…”
Pierre was speechless.
