After carefully checking everywhere in the clinic, Victor found no danger or ambush, and then returned to his body.
He opened his eyes and saw a beggar sneaking his hand into his clothes and taking out the pocket watch.
Victor grabbed the other person and scared him away with his fierce eyes.
"Hey... The physical body cannot move after the Yin Shen appears. This is a safety hazard..."
Putting his pocket watch back, Victor stood up and walked towards the clinic.
After knocking several times, the door opened, and the doctor inside looked at him in confusion.
"I came here by invitation."
Victor nodded slightly towards the other party.
The doctor stared at him, suddenly enlightened.
"Are you... the gentleman from the Anti-Suppression Department?"
The other party actually knew about the Anti-Suppression Department, which surprised Victor a little.
"I am Mr. Stanford's personal physician and his good friend. You can call me Jeff."
Victor took off his hat and replied politely: "Okay Doctor Jeff, please forgive me for not revealing my name. You can call me No. 99, or Watson."
After confessing his identity, the doctor did not ask for details and directly let Victor enter the clinic.
They arrived outside Stanford's ward, and the female nurse assistant inside quickly moved out to make room for them.
Standing beside the hospital bed, Victor used his heavenly eyes to check Stanford's condition. He saw that the other person's body had completely integrated with the surrounding environment. The "human disk" almost did not exist, and only the energy of the "territory" flowed through his body.
he died……
The dignified head of the White Crown Security Department, a figure who once competed with William Marshall for the head of the Defense and Suppression Department, and the powerful seer of the Secret Three, died so inexplicably?
"So...what happened?" Victor looked at the doctor beside him.
The latter lowered his head and sighed, then walked to the side of Stanford's body and gently pressed his chest with his thumb and index finger.
"Heart disease?" Victor frowned.
The doctor didn't say anything, and then opened the white cloth covering Stanford's chest. A bloody hole was opened in the skin under the cloth, and there was nothing inside.
"The heart was taken out? Who did it?" Victor was shocked and quickly asked the doctor.
The doctor's expression was quite solemn and he said: "I did it... because I wanted to check the cause of his death."
"What do you mean?" Victor felt even more strange.
The doctor continued to answer: "When he was sent, I did a comprehensive examination of his body and quickly confirmed that there was something in his chest that caused his heart to stop beating, so I performed an autopsy on him..."
As he spoke, the doctor turned around and picked up a plate from the cabinet behind him, which contained a stone the size of a fist. The stone was covered with blood.
"Then I discovered that Stanford's heart disappeared, and its original location was actually this stone..."
After learning this conclusion, Victor took a deep breath and hurriedly confirmed: "You mean, someone dug out Stanford's heart and then stuffed a stone into it?"
"That's true, but there are no traces of incision on his chest." The doctor explained carefully.
A mysterious premonition filled Victor's mind, and the danger in the dark corners seemed to be gradually approaching him.
At the last moment of the presidential lecture tour, Stanford died mysteriously, making Victor realize that something big might be coming!
Staring at the empty chest and the stone covered with blood, Victor suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that... it's the thief's invisible magic ability?
If a thief could really replace a human heart directly, wouldn't it be completely unsolvable to use this ability to kill people?
Zoe is also a thief, but she has never tried to use such a killing move when facing Victor's pursuit.
Is she too kind or is the thief simply unable to do it?
Victor felt a chill running down his spine, and he recalled the bizarre death of another person. The other person also died inexplicably at a critical stage in the development of the incident.
Yes, it is Miria Lilith who pretends to be a high-level vampire.
Is there any connection between the two?
If the thief who keeps stealing from the White Crown is Donny Hopkins, then Stanford may indeed die at the hands of Donny.
But... could Stanford be killed so easily?
His Lich ability is so powerful, as well as the Gravekeeper's Paralyzing Eye (evil eye). If Downey had not become a Master, would he have the strength to kill Stanford?
If he is already the Knower, is there any need to steal the Declaration of Liberty?
Victor realized that his plan needed to be adjusted. If the guy he wanted to deal with had such terrifying strength, he had to add some spice to the plan.
What to do? How to get that guy to take the bait?
Victor was thinking hard and suddenly thought of someone, so he said goodbye and left.
Just before he left, his personal doctor suddenly said something incomprehensible to him: "Mr. Stanford always said during his lifetime that if you think games are too boring, you should reject them."
Victor paused and looked at the doctor strangely. The latter smiled awkwardly and did not explain what he meant.
…
Now that I think about it, that mysterious letter may have been sent by Stanford. He had already prepared a backup plan. Perhaps he knew that the enemy would find a way to get rid of him first, so he wrote the letter in advance and sent it to someone else after his death.
Victor.
After some time, Victor returned to the Inspection Bureau and specifically asked about Hodney's whereabouts. He learned that because of Stanford's death, he had been recalled to the Ebony Tower to deal with the aftermath.
"What? That guy from Stanford... is he dead?" Tony also just got the news, and his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"That guy was a seer, and he was also the seer of the Third Secret. He had never experienced any big storms, so how could he die so easily..." Tony looked at Victor in shock, eager to get answers from him.
But Victor doesn't care about the cause of Stanford's death right now. What he focuses on is what the reminder of Stanford's body can bring to him.
"Give me the authority to visit the cell. I'm going to see that little girl." Victor asked Tony unceremoniously for permission.
Tony couldn't refuse him, so he took the key out of the drawer and threw it to the latter.
Victor immediately set off and came to the place where the seer criminals were temporarily detained, and met Zoe.
When dealing with such seers who have committed crimes without being registered, the Inspection Bureau and the Anti-Suppression Department will directly destroy them physically in most cases, unless the other party is willing to surrender and accept punishment.
But to be honest, as a thief, it is difficult to lock up Zoe.
Fortunately, she was very "obedient" during this period and stayed in the special cell of the Inspection Bureau without any attempt to transfer herself out.
This time when she was arrested, Victor put in a good word for her and spared her physical pain. The next time she was arrested, she would not be so lucky. Perhaps Zoe also knew this.
Her cell was specially decorated so that there was almost nothing she could handle.
The purpose of Victor coming here to see her is also to find out the limits of the thief's ability.
“Zoe, I have something to talk to you about…”
He stood outside the iron fence and spoke calmly to the girl inside.
Although the latter was imprisoned, he was well fed and drank without being mistreated. He was not disgusted with Victor's appearance and immediately sat up from the bed, swaying on his bare feet.
Victor wasted no time and continued to ask: "Can you explain in more detail the thief's abilities?"