Chapter 87 (1/2)
Chapter 87: Chapter 9 Ye SoYoon-2
”We just need her alive.”
After ending his call with the kidnapper, Heart tried to locate the two men, Jeremy and David, whom he had kept next to Alice at all times. He pulled out a black disk from inside the cabinet.
Mad Hatter had added a GPS locator to Alice's smartphone when he made it for her. He had given Heart one of the devices that would help locate her. When Heart activated it, a large map opened up over the disk, and a red dot indicated her location.
He moved the map with his fingers and expanded the area in Wonderland it indicated. The red dot seemed to be moving toward the slums.
”We cannot get into contact with either Jeremy or David.”
”Find them. They will be near here...What about Peter?”
Heart pointed to the map as he brought up the name of the escaped prisoner. Instead of an answer, all he heard were apologies.
Surprisingly, however, Peter's whereabouts were easily revealed. Not far from the house, they found his corpse, along with two other men. After determining their cause of death, his men directly reported it to Heart.
”We think that Peter killed Jeremy, then another person killed David and Peter. This person was probably lying in wait for them and first killed David, then approached Alice and Peter and killed Peter...But there is one strange thing. There is no evidence that Peter fought at all with the assailant.”
”There is a high chance that it was someone he knew, then. And that must be the kidnapper.”
They wondered if there was anyone in Wonderland brave enough to threaten Heart in this way. Most wouldn't dare because of the obvious repercussions. Because of this, Heart didn't believe everything the kidnapper said. If the kidnapper intended to come to the promised location at the specified time, then he would have to start moving soon.
”Divide up the men and send ten to the entrance and send ten here.”
When they arrived at the place they had assumed Alice to be, however, the only thing they found was a sky blue smartphone. Heart immediately called Baby and asked to find information about where Alice was currently.
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Alice looked in the mirror. She saw the reflection of a girl in an old grey dress and a brown wig. She angrily pushed back the strands of stiff hair that were falling past her shoulders.
”Do I have to go on like this?”
”If you don't want to be noticed, then you have no other choice. Just wait an hour. Oh, and give me your cellphone.”
”This, this…”
”Didn't I tell you? You have to leave all your belongings in this place. Even if it was me, I would have put a tracking device on that phone of yours.”
Cheshire snatched the smartphone away from Alice's hesitating hands and placed it on top of the chair. The phone contained little data and there weren't a lot of apps on it, so it was nothing like the smartphones that she was used to. The only thing that she was attached to about it was the fact that it was one-of-a-kind.
She looked at the smartphone with a tinge of regret. She had to abandon her greed.
The two people finally went to the streets. Cheshire lead Alice to an unknown place. Other than the handful of people they passed, the back alley he took her down was very quiet. The spasms of fear that often reared up were quelled by her rising anger at the people who had betrayed her.
Heart and White Rabbit. She ground her teeth more toward the thought of the latter. She was determined to pull out all the white hairs from his head. If Cheshire's scheme went as planned, she would have such a chance.
Finally, the two of them arrived in front of an old building. After checking his surroundings and finding no one there, Cheshire spoke to her.
”Don't forget, you are pivotal to this plan succeeding.”
As Cheshire moved far away from the place, Alice took a deep breath and stepped inside the building. There was nobody inside. She called someone on the flip phone that Cheshire had given her.
A few hours later, a group of people arrived. A few people within the group looked at the dirty building with disapproval and complained about their surroundings. They shut their mouths once they found Alice. Alice read the contempt in their eyes and was taken aback.
A few moments later, a younger man within the group approached her.
”Are you the person who called us?”
”Oh, yes. I'm Chester's assistant, Sarah.”
When Alice gave him her alias, the man looked her up and down.
”You can call that person for us?”
His gaze was extremely rude. Irritated, she didn't answer. Instead, she pulled out her cellphone and made a call.
White Rabbit didn't know that Alice knew about her. The only thing White Rabbit knew was that Alice had been kidnapped. If that was the case, SoYoon would most likely come in an attempt to hide her knowledge.
Alice opened up her cellphone and typed in SoYoon's number.
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