240 You Idiot Snake! (1/2)

After leaving the Alchemist Headquarters, Rico Guli took out his communicator and connected with the Alchemist Headquarters of the Yure Solar System.

\”I've been caught again, so they are scouting me back now.\”

The man on the other side frowned and said.

\”It's unfortunate, but there is nothing else to be done. Come back, and I will send you somewhere else. Wait for the dust to settle, and I will send you back once more another time.\”

He then put a serious face and asked.

\”You better not have said anything, or you know what will happen with them.\”

Rico nodded.

\”Don't worry, they are still in the dark. So far, everyone from the nearby Solar Systems thinks that we are trying to raise the rank in the Dalin Universe. But because of our recent actions, there are probably a few old guys who are getting suspicious.\”

The person on the other side didn't care.

\”That's not something for you to care about. As long as you follow the agreement, everyone will be fine.\”

The call was then finished, and Rico couldn't help but sigh.

'Sorry, father. For the sake of our Solar System, I can't help but disappoint you. There will be a day that you will understand.'

Rico then arrived at a long-distance teleport formation. After paying the fee, he disappeared with a flash of silver light. Somewhere far away from that place, an elder of the Alchemist Organization noticed when Rico left with his Divine Sense.

\”Well, he's gone now.\”

He then opened a spatial gate and entered it, no one knew that he had been there.

-

Back at Krune's Hotel, he had just finished helping Yilio and returned to his room. Arriving there, he found that Ruik was already sleeping in a corner in his true form in the living room. Krune didn't have any reason to wake him up, so he just ignored that and returned to his room to think about the last phase in the next day. Also, there was something that had been bothering him ever since the second phase started.

A few minutes later, Feifei and Tiane also returned. On their way back, Tiane had told Feifei what happened in the Alchemist Competition, which immediately made Feifei burst on laugh once more. She knows very well that Krune absolutely didn't want to do that, and that was the funny part.

She then entered the room where Krune was staying to check on him.

As for Tiane, she immediately noticed the 'dead weight' in the corner of the room, and her mouth twitched. Their hotel room is quite big, so there was a room available for each one of them other than the living room. But that snake just had to go back its real form and sleep in the living room.

'He's doing it on purpose to bother me, I'm sure that this is the case!'

Back inside Krune's room, Feifei noticed that he was deep in thought. So much that he didn't even notice when she entered. Feifei approached and gave him a hug from behind. Only then did Krune notice that she was back.

\”What is it, still bothered with the fact that you got first place today?\”

Krune sighed and answered.

\”Well, not that much to be honest. I had my identity hidden, after all. Still, there was something that happened while I was going through the extraction process.\”

Feifei then asked.

\”Did something go wrong?\”

Krune shook his head.

\”That's not it. In fact, it wasn't something happening in my working station, but the one beside me. You remember those Golden Star Alchemists that I told you about?\”

Feifei nodded and waited for Krune to continue.

\”Well, there is one of them just beside me, and his name is Kaio Tirenia.\”

\”Is there something wrong with him, then?\”

Krune shook his head once more.

\”That's not it either, it's just that during the time that we were doing the Impurities Removal, I felt like something was different about him.\”

Feifei got puzzled.

\”What you mean?\”

Krune sighed and continued.

\”I don't know... How can I say it? It was like the elements were acting more friendly to him. No, to be more precise, the Fire Element was. I couldn't really understand since I've never felt it before. So I have been thinking about it ever since. Oh, but it only happened during the time that he was burning the impurities of his Medicinal Liquid away. It didn't happen when he was extracting it.\”

Feifei pondered a bit and then said.

\”Maybe it's his cultivation technique. Don't you have that Elements Regulation Technique from your Master? Maybe he has something like that which helps him manipulate the Fire Element.\”

Krune agreed with her.