Chapter 988 (1/2)

Hao Ren asked the MDT to prepare the medical equipment in the basement urgently, then he placed White Flame in a medical pod. She was unconscious. After the medical pod slowly closed and began to examine her, Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat. He knew the powerful equipment could bring White Flame back to life even if she were on her last breath.

Everyone had gathered in the basement. While White Flame lay in the medical pod, Rollie sprawled herself on the lid and asked curiously, “Why was she abandoned?”

The cat was even more simple-minded than Lily was. She believed that White Flame had been abandoned since she was in the trash bin—just like her when she was still a little stray.

“What the hell is going on?” Vivian only had the chance to ask at this very moment. “How did she end up like this? Where did you—”

“I found her on the street. I guess she fled by teleporting,” Hao Ren quickly cut in without waiting for Vivian to finish. He told her how he found White Flame and that he did not know how White Flame got the bruises. “Looks like there’s been a brutal fight, but who did all this?” he said.

“Teleporting here?” Vivian’s brows were knitted together. “Why did she choose to come here? How did she get our address?” she asked.

Although Hao Ren had met White Flame and Hasse many times before, and they were no longer enemies, it did not mean that Hao Ren would reveal where he lived. He had considered the awkward relationship between the demon hunters and the unusual creatures as well as the demons in his house. While demon hunters like Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi knew where Hao Ren lived, the duo had been “re-educated” by Raven 12345, and they would not have leaked the information to White Flame. So, Vivian was curious as to how White Flame found them. She did not think it was just a coincidence: Earth was so big; it was ridiculous to say that it was a coincidence the demon hunter fell a few hundred meters from Hao Ren’s house while she aimlessly fled via teleportation.

“God knows how. Maybe she tailed us. After all, the demon hunters’ intelligence network is very comprehensive,” Hao Ren said. He could not care less. “By the way, Liu Sheng and Zhao Xi are missing,” he said.

“Missing?” Vivian arched her eyebrows. “How?”

“On the surface, they’re on leave. But since they have no relatives in the area, no one knows their whereabouts. That’s no different from missing,” Hao Ren said. “Judging from the preparation they made before leaving, I guess they were evacuating under certain orders.”

Even Lily started to look serious. She crossed her arms and wagged her tail unconsciously. “Looks like the mass disappearance of the demon hunters is true. Their disappearance must have something to do with the sudden appearance of White Flame and her injury,” she said.

Hao Ren nodded gently. He looked at the medical pod, which was still running with a humming sound. “Now, we can only wait for her to wake up. She should know what happened,” he said.

“What about her situation?” Nangong Wuyue squeezed herself to the front, looking worriedly at the symbols and images on the medical pod.

Hao Ren briefly browsed through the scan report. “Her vital signs are stable. She’s lost a lot of blood and suffered from physical exhaustion as well as mental trauma. But, there’s no serious bodily injury. She’s going to be alright. However, she needs more time to regain her strength. She may be able to regain her consciousness in a matter of an hour,” Hao Ren said.

Since there was an hour before White Flame would wake up, there was no need for them to wait in the cramped basement. Returning to the living room, everyone looked at each other in silence. The atmosphere was strangely depressing. At this time, Hao Ren saw the father and son of the Nangong Family in his peripheral vision. They were sitting in the outermost circle. He could not help but say, “I almost forgot that we also have two demon hunters among us. Have you guys heard any chatter?”

Nangong Sanba and Nangong Wudi shook their heads in unison. The former sighed helplessly. “Did we not go out with you a while ago? We’re just as clueless as you are,” he said.

“We’re not that close to the orthodox demon hunters,” said Nangong Wudi, whose expression looked unnatural. “I could probably hear chatter from the grassroots demon hunters, but not the higher ups in the upper echelon. Being too curious would only arouse suspicion,” he said.

Hao Ren could only nod as there was nothing else he could do. Lily, who had her arms crossed, had been in deep thought for a long while. She suddenly asked, “Speaking of which, are the demon hunters a highly-organized group?”