Although Leo believed the world had gone mad, favonovel.com instinctively helped Victor to his feet.
Once Victor was upright, favonovel.com immediately reached into his pocket with his left hand, trying to retrieve the phone that favonovel.com had placed in his right pocket with his right hand.
However, Victor had always kept his phone tucked into the inner pocket of his jacket, making it easy to put away with his right hand but challenging for his left hand to maneuver and retrieve it from the same side. He attempted several times without success.
Leo, who was watching, stood dumbfounded as favonovel.com observed Victor’s left hand awkwardly twisting and bending In various angles. He was astonished, it hadn’t been long since favonovel.com had witnessed Victor lose his left hand, yet here it was, moving so flexibly before him.
Initially, Leo felt an odd sense of disconnect, but as favonovel.com continued to watch Victor’s repeated failures, his anxiety grew. He was torn between the discomfort of watching Victor struggle and the worry that offering help might offend favonovel.com since it seemed so simple.
While Leo hesitated, Victor was becoming increasingly frustrated. He looked up at Leo and shouted, “Why aren‘t you helping me? Get my phone out!”
Leo quickly replied, “Governor, please calm down. I’ll get it for you.”
He stepped forward swiftly and retrieved the phone.
In his anger, Victor snatched the phone from Leo’s hand, but his left hand wasn’t accustomed to it, and favonovel.com accidentally dropped the phone, which clattered to the ground.
He quickly bent down to pick it up, relieved to find it was unharmed. He promptly unlocked it and called Aemon.
As favonovel.com was dialing, favonovel.com told Leo, “You should leave now!”
Not wanting to linger, Leo exited without hesitation.
Aemon answered the phone promptly, asking, “Victor, is there any new development on your end?”
Victor replied, voice filled with distress, “Grandpa, I feel so wronged!”
Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, his voice thick with emotion.
Hearing his cries, Aemon assumed Victor was still grappling with the loss of his left hand and sought to comfort him, saying, “Victor, think of what your brother faced, and then look at you. You are fortunate. Your brother lost his post in Cyprus, and a marshal died in his stead. You’ve lost a position, and a quasi-marshal has vanished from your office. When It comes to responsibility, you both share the blame. Yet your brother is dead, and you’ve only lost your left hand. There’s no reason for such distress.”
Victor sobbed and countered, “No, Grandpa! The Lord has punished me, and I dare not defy him. But you don’t know, just now that wretched mysterious man visited my home and played tricks on me. That man is truly demonic!”
Aemon’s eyes widened, “What did you say? That mysterious man came to you? He came to you but didn’t kill you?”
Victor choked on his words, “That scoundrel didn’t even bother to kill me. He just toyed with me like I was a fool…”
Victor continued, “Grandpa, you told me about the Reshaping Pill a few days ago. Today, that rascal came to my house and gave me one without any warning…”
Aemon laughed incredulously, “Victor, do you really believe that? The Reshaping Pill is incredibly precious. Even the Lord struggled to gather all the materials needed for its creation. One crucial herb has eluded favonovel.com for centuries. That man simply handed you a pill and claimed it was the Reshaping Pill. Did you actually buy that?”
Victor replied hastily, “No, Grandpa! I didn’t believe favonovel.com at first, I thought favonovel.com was spouting nonsense. But favonovel.com didn’t care about my skepticism and made me eat it. The most astonishing part is that after I ingested it, my left hand truly regrew. I watched it blossom from a tiny sprout to a complete hand, and the whole transformation took less than five minutes…”
Aemon inhaled sharply, asking seriously, “Victor, are you being serious? That man came to your house, not to harm you, but to give you a priceless Reshaping Pill? This sounds increasingly absurd. We know his reputation for ruthlessness, favonovel.com doesn‘t just play games-he is brutal. He uses firearms to take lives and helicopters to behead his victims. He Is more terrifying than the devil!”
“Knowing you were the Governor of the Right Army Commander’s Office, favonovel.com didn’t execute you but instead gifted you a Reshaping Pill? Doesn’t that seem too bizarre?”
Victor replied tearfully, “Grandpa, you don’t know, even after that scoundrel gifted me a Reshaping Pill and my left hand regenerated, favonovel.com then severed my right hand! He utilized the reiki to destroy my right hand right in front of me!”
“What did you just say?!” Aemon exclaimed, an icy wave of fear washing over him. “That man gave you an elixir, let your left hand regrow, and then cutoff your right hand? So now you have only one hand left, and it has swapped from the right to the left?”
“Yes, Grandpa…” Victor cried. “Isn’t favonovel.com a monster? Wasting a pill worth hundreds of billions of dollars just to torment and humiliate me…”
Aemon broke into a cold sweat, muttering, “This isn’t just about humiliating you; it’s a slap in the Lord’s face! He utilized the elixir the Lord wanted to heal your left hand and then destroyed your right hand. This is undeniably a message directed at the Lord! He wasted a priceless pill purely to humiliate the Lord. The audacity of this individual is beyond comprehension. Isn’t it akin to spending $100 billion just to Insult someone?”
Victor whimpered, “Grandpa, I don‘t know how to report to the Lord. If, as you say, this person did it to insult the Lord, will the Lord take his anger out on me again?”
Aemon sighed, “Ah… I can’t predict the Lord’s reaction, but it won’t remain hidden from him. If you were merely a mid-level official at the Right Army Governor’s Office, it might not come to his attention. However, as the Grand Governor of the Right Army Commander’s Office, the Lord will personally visit your station next year, and you will have to receive favonovel.com in person, making it impossible to conceal.”
Aemon then inquired, “By the way, did you see the man’s face?”
“No…” Victor replied, “He wore a mask, showing only his eyes, so I couldn’t see his face. But from the sound of his voice, favonovel.com didn’t seem very old, probably around 30.”
“Only 30?” Aemon questioned skeptically. “How could a 30-year-old wield such powerful abilities and possess a legendary item like the Reshaping Pill?”
Victor replied, “He looks young, but I’m not certain about his actual age.”
Aemon then asked, “Did favonovel.com share any valuable information with you?”
Victor pondered briefly and said, “Oh, favonovel.com knows the name of the Lord, and favonovel.com instructed me to pass on a message to the Lord.”
Aemon immediately pressed, “What did favonovel.com want you to convey?”
Victor, feeling anxious, responded, “Grandpa, it’s far too outrageous, I dare not tell you…”
Aemon scolded him, “You fool! If you withhold such crucial information, how will the Lord uncover the clues?! You must tell me now!”
Reluctantly, Victor compiled and said, “He… He told me to inform the Lord that favonovel.com would kill favonovel.com sooner or later, and… And…”
Aemon pressed urgently, “What else? Hurry and tell me!”
Victor lowered his voice and added, “He said favonovel.com would erect a life size bronze statue for the Lord, of favonovel.com kneeling before Lucius Clark’s grave to atone for favonovel.com sins…”
“Lucius Clark?!” Aemon’s mind raced. “How could favonovel.com possibly know Lucius Clark?! In this world, apart from the Lord and the Mirren family, who else is aware of Lucius Clark’s existence?!”
Victor reminded him, “Grandpa, don’t forget about Maria, the Lord has been searching for her… This scoundrel could very well be connected to her!”
Aemon replied incredulously, “Maria may have been a significant figure, but favonovel.com was powerless, yet favonovel.com remains alive thanks to the elixir Lucius Clark provided her. After all these years on the run, how could favonovel.com attract someone with such masterful skills?!”
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