Chapter 421 - Address (1/2)
Little Boy did not expect Zhang Heng’s prediction to come true so soon.
Two weeks later, just when everyone was beginning to doubt if Edward would ever contact them again, they suddenly received an anonymous email. This email, with nothing written on it, came from a temporary mailbox. The only thing composed in it was an address.
Immediately, 01 members gathered in front of the computer. Waldo scratched his head, not knowing what to make out of it. “Who sent it, Edward?”
“This is too easy. It might be a trap from Black Nest,” Little Boy warned cautiously. “Black Nest doesn’t know who we are. We didn’t expose ourselves except for Luke,” Ponytail paused, then explained to Zhang Heng, “On the night you were discovered, Waldo hacked into the airline’s computer systems. He’s changed our pa.s.senger details to prevent Black Nest from finding us.”
“Moreover, this email address that we are using right now isn’t the same one Edward used to communicate with us. This is my private email address. We used to correspond using this one, Phillip added.” “So, you are the only two who know this email address?”
“Uhh, that’s not the case. I have a few friends who know it, but they are not the kind to pull pranks. They won’t just send me an email with nothing but an address on it without any reason,” Philip said.
Before Little Boy could say anything, Zhang Heng chipped in, “There is no problem with the address.” “Well, how do you know the address is okay?” “Because one of my friends received this address too when I asked him about it. He used a temporary mailbox as well,” Zhang Heng explained.
“But you cannot rule out that it could be a trap that Black Nest has laid for us. If Edward really sent this, why didn’t he contact us with the email address he always used?” Little Boy asked rhetorically.
Waldo made a wild guess. “Because… his original mailbox has been exposed?”
“Yes, if Edward’s previous mailbox has fallen into the hands of Black Nest, they will know that we have contacted him, and they will likely use this opportunity to set a trap for us,” Little Boy a.n.a.lyzed. From a logical point of view, her inference was indeed very reasonable, but for Zhang Heng who had already seen the ending, the address on the email had to be the city where Edward was now hiding in.
Zhang Heng thought for a moment. “You are right, but this is the only clue we have in two months. We can either go to that address or just sit here and wait.”
What Zhang Heng said silenced the 01 team. It would be a perilous but exhilarating journey in helping Edward fight against the formidable and fearsome Black Nest. However, they had spent almost two months in a random hamlet, and other than sleeping and eating, they had nothing else to do. Philip was even in the mind to be depressed over a weight gain of two pounds.
On the other hand, Waldo, who had been lying on the sofa slurping c.o.ke and eating potato chips, hadn’t gained an ounce of weight. Philip felt that life was unfair.
However, no matter how comfortable it was to live in this town, everyone was getting tired after spending such a long time here. No one knew when or if any new clues would come in if they kept waiting, and even then, they still couldn’t get rid of the traps Black Nest set for them.
“Luke is right. We can’t just sit and wait here anymore,” Ponytail said, “anyway, we need to investigate the place on the address. Of course, Little Boy’s worries are justified. It is imperative that we remain vigilant at all times. We can take the train to Grenade first, and drive to Toulouse after that. If Black Nest has set up a trap for us in Toulouse, they won’t be finding us at the airport or the train station.”