Chapter 762 - Vicissitudes (2/2)
“I know, but that’s the rule,” explained the director. “All important personnel must be protected by two bodyguards when they’re out. It’s a matter of attitude. Got it?”
Roland nodded.
Then, he packed up at his dormitory. The moment he came out, he saw two expressionless, plain-looking young men outside of the door.
“Sir, we’ll be responsible for your safety during your trip.” Roland nodded and said, “Thank you, let’s go.”
It took him half an hour to pass all the checkpoints in the base before he finally came out of a certain cave on a green Jeep. Then, he reached an airport after a three-hour drive on the highway. He flew to the capital of the province and then took a bus to his hometown.
After that, he called Schuck and they met at the cold drink shop.
The bodyguards stood outside of the shop.
Schuck had dark eye bags and looked grieved.
Roland sat down across the table and cut to the chase. “What happened to Betta?”
“Take a look for yourself.”
Schuck played a video.
In the video, Betta was waiting at a bus stop with a lot of bags. He seemed to have just finished his shopping in a supermarket.
Next to him was a mother and a daughter who was probably only five years old. After a while, Betta suddenly threw away all his bags and dashed forward. Then, he ran back quickly, seized the little girl, and pushed her away.
After that, a truck appeared in the video and knocked Betta and the young mother away at the same time.
The truck then disappeared.
The image shook at this moment, indicating that the camera was influenced by the hit. It was not hard to imagine how fast the truck was and how powerful the impact was.
Roland turned off the video and massaged his temples.
He had a strong headache.
Betta didn’t grow up with F6 like Schuck did, but they had played the game together for more than seven years and often met in this place. They were already the best of friends.
F6 was even considering changing their name into F7.
However, the man was gone all of a sudden.
“The girl was saved. She only had some bruises,” said Schuck, sobbing. “After Betta and the mother were hit, they were stuck to the front of the truck and then hit the thick cement wall of a mall nearby at more than 80 kph. Both of them were squished and couldn’t even be separated anymore.”
Hearing such miserable news, Roland subconsciously clenched and loosened his hands again and again.
“How are Uncle and Aunt Liang?”
Schuck shook his head. “Betta was their only son. My uncle and aunt passed out the moment they heard the news. My uncle is awake now, but nobody dares to let him see my cousin, fearing that he will be devastated again. My aunt is still unconscious in the hospital with signs of cerebral hemorrhage.”
“You mentioned that your cousin is in the morgue?”
Schuck nodded.
“Can I see him?”
“Let’s go there together. As it happens, I have to sign a lot of paperwork for my uncle.” Both of them and the bodyguards got in a car behind the shop. They were silent on the way.
Schuck didn’t ask who the bodyguards were. He didn’t ask anything.
After reaching the hospital, he showed his token and went to the morgue.
Two workers in the morgue, wearing gloves and masks, were trying to separate Betta from the young mother. Roland watched them for a while and closed his eyes painfully.
How could they be separated when they were squeezed as thin as paper?
There were also several other family members who were weeping at the bodies. Almost all the females had turned their heads and didn’t bear watching them.
Two old men and a young man were wailing at the broken pieces of meat on the stretchers.
The more Roland looked, the sadder he became. He was about to turn around to calm down, when he “saw” some feeble spatial magic waves on whatever was left of Betta in surprise.
The tiny traces of magic waves were fading away.
Who else in this world could use spatial magic except himself?
At this moment, Schuck came close with red eyes. “You can go now. Only the families should stay here for what will happen.”
Roland looked at him. “Can you handle this on your own? Let me stay and help.”
“Don’t underestimate me. I’m a cleric anyway.” Schuck put on a miserable smile.
Thinking for a moment, Roland left the morgue.
After leaving the hospital, he rode a bike to where Betta had the accident.
His bodyguards followed him on bikes too.
He knew the city where he grew up so well that he recognized the place of the accident the moment he saw the video.
At the location, Roland observed the bus stop for a while but didn’t see anything.
He then walked to the cement wall nearby.
There was half a broken cordon here, and the truck was gone. The traffic police must’ve taken care of everything.
There was a huge dent on the front of the wall.
At the center of the dent were large, dark red blood stains.
A lot of water and foam could be found on the ground. The blood wasn’t completely cleaned despite all efforts.
Some blood had seeped into the wall.
The passersby seemed to know of the accident and all subconsciously kept a distance from the wall.
Roland was the only one who approached it voluntarily, because he saw something incredible.
It was a magic portal that was about to close.
The portal emitted a magnificent air of divinity.
He was the only person who could see it.
The ordinary people who passed by the portal showed no reaction.
The portal was only the size of a fist. He couldn’t possibly squeeze in. Also, it seemed to be closing.
He hurriedly condensed a pair of magic coordinates with mental power and threw them into the portal.
The portal was soon closed after that. At the same time, he lost touch with the magic coordinates.
Who created the magic portal?
Where did it lead to?
There seemed to be a lot of secrets on Earth.
Many thoughts rolled in Roland’s head.
Then, he discovered a tiny ball of light at the edge of the wall.
It was only the size of a thumb and quite inconspicuous, so Roland neglected it earlier. Was it a soul?
It even seemed to belong to a woman?
It was vanishing?
Roland leaned close and thought for a moment. He then grabbed the tiny ball of light and put it in his head.