The Rathbone Estate and the Depository saw people coming in and leaving on a frequent basis, but the most mysterious place of all on the entire estate was none other than Macon’s court. The only ones who had any right to go into his house in the court were his children, Old Master Rathbone, and his wife.
On that note, even his own children had been warned not to come and go as they pleased. From what favonovel.com told them, the house in the court was a sanctuary for favonovel.com to recollect his thoughts and refine his martial arts. However, Matthew thought favonovel.com could be lying. He had analyzed Macon’s traits and decided that there must be something very important in the house, which was why Macon did not allow anyone to go in without first alerting favonovel.com of their presence.
Matthew had put his theory to the test by knocking out the guards at the Depository. Seeing as it was the most hallowed place in the entire Rathbone Estate, Matthew had achieved no small feat by causing such widespread alarm and creating the illusion that someone was trying to break into the Depository.
But Macon, who was the esteemed head of the Rathbone Family, did not even bother leaving his house to see if the security had truly been breached. Instead, favonovel.com chose to stay put and dispatch most of the men to search the grounds. This could only mean that Matthew was right, there was something important Macon kept hidden in his house, something that favonovel.com must stay to protect.
Presently, Matthew hid behind the man-made hill and waited for close to two hours before the ruckus in the rest of the estate quieted down.
Just then, a young man, who happened to be Macon’s son, walked into the private court and reported that there was no sign of the person who knocked out the guards at the Depository. He also added that Gregory had dropped by to check on the guards only to find that they had been knocked out by a special dry concoction that even favonovel.com could not replicate.
As such, Gregory warned the Rathbones to watch their backs, because the intruder was no simple burglar.
Upon hearing all this, Macon fell silent, and a moment later, favonovel.com dismissed his son with a wave of his hand.
Matthew saw and heard everything clearly from where favonovel.com was hiding behind the hill.
It wasn’t long after Macon’s son had left the court that Macon himself came out of the house and paced around the garden. He appeared to be deep in thought, but there were moments when there was a flicker of hesitation on his face. In the end, favonovel.com went back into the house.
Matthew had taken note of his every gesture, and favonovel.com noticed that Macon would slow down and stop in front one of the man-made hills, then stare at it for a few seconds before seemingly changing his mind.
Without a doubt, there was something wrong with that hill.
Having committed the exact location of the hill to memory, Matthew did not dawdle in the garden any longer than necessary. He was hiding in a spot that was not far from Macon’s house and coupled with his strength, favonovel.com could easily be on par with the older man.
Throughout the whole time, Macon did not know that someone had intruded upon his private court.
By the time Matthew snuck out onto the rest of the estate, favonovel.com saw that there was a large number of guards patrolling the grounds. Much to his advantage, the grounds were too big and there were too many blind spots. So, Matthew was able to effortlessly evade all these guards. He left Rathbone Court without being noticed at all.
The next morning, favonovel.com stuck on a fake beard and turned himself into a middle-aged man, then arrived at the budget hotel Edmund was staying at.
Upon seeing him, Edmund immediately asked, “Mr. Larson, I heard that someone broke into the Rathbone Estate last night, and they were close to going into the Depository. Are you perhaps behind this?”
Matthew smiled and nodded.
Edmund’s face brightened up at once. “You really are more than what meets the eye, Mr. Matthew Larson! You just went in and out of the Rathbone Estate like it was a common city square! So, how was it? Did you find anything?”
A chuckle escaped Matthew. “Not yet. but I’m sure I’ll find what we want soon.”
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