Mayor Mateus swallowed the pills ordered by the doctor, took the glass of water handed by his assistant and swallowed it.
In the early morning, I persuaded him to only wear a coat, and as expected he caught the wind and cold.
but……
"What you said is great."
The assistant put down the water glass handed back by the mayor and praised it.
"It's also very useful, isn't it?"
Listening carefully, in addition to the sound of rain slapping against the windows, there were also subtle conversations coming from the ward next door. Mayor Mateus could finally breathe a sigh of relief, temporarily.
Lu Li did not change his intention to leave, but only gave them one more day to arrange publicity that Lu Li was leaving temporarily instead of escaping due to an assassination, or to conceal Lu Li's departure to create the illusion that he was still in Weiner Freeze Port.
Each has advantages and disadvantages.
The former is to eliminate doubts in people's minds, but it may lead to Lu Li being targeted by conspirators.
After all, a musket and a dagger can easily kill this legend.
The latter can protect Lu Li to the greatest extent, but the leaky city hall can be easily penetrated like a prostitute's skirt.
"What do you think, Valendo?"
Mayor Mateus, whose nasal voice became much heavier, asked his assistant.
The family behind Valendo is a nobleman who favors him, and as an assistant, he can easily enter the ranks of parliamentarians in a few years. He does not hesitate to be friendly.
"The latter can better protect Mr. Lu Li." The assistant thought for a moment and replied. "But we have to face the pressure from the parliamentarians and the Council of Elders. For example, they frequently invite Lu Li and question whether we have put the exorcist under house arrest after not seeing him."
"I think so too." Mayor Mateus didn't care about that. "My reputation isn't good now, right?"
Everyone from citizens to congressmen criticized themselves as the mayor for not paying enough attention to Lu Li, which led to the assassination.
And it can be expected that as time goes by and the conspirators are still slow to surface, there will be more slander and criticism against him.
"Have you contacted the trial court? Then withdraw your request and wait for Mr. Lu Li to come back. Then replace the nearby guards with strict-mouthed direct guards, then ask Lu Li to leave through the secret passage of the city hall, and arrange for him the earliest train ticket tomorrow. He
Where are you going?"
"The Hilleweg Mountains, the nearest station is Weg Town Station." the assistant answered.
"Prepare train tickets to Vigo Town Station, etc... Give them any tickets and get off wherever they want. We don't know anything."
The best way to conceal his whereabouts is to not know where he is going.
Although many people know that this exorcist is very concerned about the shadow of the evil girl, and the place where it last appeared was the Hillevig Mountains.
"Does this evil spirit have any connection with Lu Li?" Mayor Mateus asked.
"Maybe he is Mr. Exorcist's mortal enemy." the assistant said.
"Still no other information?"
Assistant Valendo shook his head.
"By the way, go ask him if he minds if we send weirdos to follow him for protection, just like Catalina and Barrina..."
The words paused, and Mayor Mateus showed a trace of doubt on his face.
"Who is Barry?"
…
The appearance of the businessman caused Barry to disappear again.
The suppressed and tampered memories of Lu Li and others resurfaced.
"What the hell is that?!" Catalina's hair stood on end as she thought about them spending a night together with weirdness.
Equally creepy is Puseus, who is closer to Barry than Catalina, even sitting at his feet a few times.
"Is it gone or is it hiding around."
Lu Li's expression remained calm, his calm black eyes scanning the new room arranged by Mayor Mateus.
Recalling the process of getting along with "Barry", he noticed something strange several times during the period, but not enough.
Either interrupted by coincidence, or ignored because of indifference.
"I don't know." The businessman was the only person in the room who showed no emotion.
Even the eldest sister was screaming for the first time in a long time.
"Didn't you find the problem with it?" Lu Li asked the eldest sister.
The eldest sister didn't answer. She covered her face in shame and even forgot to wear a twisted mask.
Knock knock knock
All eyes in the room turned to the door.
Fortunately, the businessman seemed to be able to drive Barry away, and it was not him who knocked on the door.
Mayor Mateus, who looked serious, appeared outside the door and quickly scanned the room without finding the suspicious figure: "My assistant and I's memories told us that there was a man named Barry who was one of you, but...
…”
"I know."
Lu Li nodded.
Barry's disappearance made Mayor Mateus and the others also discover something strange.
After telling Mayor Mateus what had happened, he asked in shock: "Even so, do you insist on leaving?"
"The merchant can drive it away."
In other words, businessmen can see through weird disguises.
Unable to rest assured, Mayor Mateus summoned the owner of the strange power to exorcise Lu Li, and at the same time asked his assistant to investigate the origin of "Barry".
The former found nothing, even the eldest sister and the businessman didn't find it, and they couldn't find it. The latter took some time.
Mayor Mateus then hoped that Lu Li would allow people with strange powers to follow and protect Lu Li, but Lu Li did not refuse.
It's just that he didn't completely convince the weirdo.
The weirdo only agreed to escort Lu Li a certain distance and would not go too far into the wilderness.
This still depends on the identity of the employer and Lu Li.
"That's enough."
Lu Li didn't mind their self-protection and thanked them. They didn't owe him anything.
Worried Mayor Matthäus left.
"Will it still appear..."
Returning to the topic of "Barry", Pusius had his tail tucked under his belly and his four feet were shaking non-stop.
"Most likely."
After a brief silence, Lu Li said that since it had appeared twice, it was not surprising to see it again.
"Can you keep following us from now on?" Lu Li asked the businessman.
If the merchant refuses, it will leave if someone calls it. This is the "rule".
"You can ask the mayor to put pressure on those people and don't let them call the merchants for the time being." Catalina said.
The businessmen had no objection, so their proposal was conveyed to the mayor by his assistant, who then told the nobles.
Mayor Matthäus also sent a message, hoping that Lu Li could appear in front of the public media and even attend a party held by the city hall that night.
Prepare to secretly leave the ice-free port of Vina tomorrow.
However, Mayor Mateus knew that Lu Li didn't like this kind of place, so he only briefly appeared at the party as the protagonist, letting everyone know that Lu Li was safe and sound and that he was still here.
Before attending the party, Lu Li recorded the "Barry Incident" in his notes, but he didn't know if the recorded content would be tampered with due to cognitive memory being distorted.
That night, Lu Li showed up at the City Hall party to express his ignorance, and then returned to his room to wait for midnight.
Two hours before dawn, Lu Li said goodbye to Mayor Mateus and entered the dark passage.
The weirdos are waiting for them in the VIP compartment.
As daybreak approached, Lu Li emerged from one of the secret passage exits and stepped onto the cold streets. They were wearing gray robes. This kind of cloak that concealed their figures might attract strange looks, but it was the best way to quietly leave the ice-free port of Weiner.
