The person who jumped from the tall building was a man. His clothes were cut several times when he crashed through the window, and the sleeve of his left hand was torn open as a result. Ren, who was chasing after him, had to notice the man's withered left arm.
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Although you can't see the man's appearance clearly from behind, you can roughly tell that he is not too old. His left arm is unnaturally thin, like the branches of a withered tree, paddling back and forth as he runs.
The man's right arm remained in the position of covering his abdomen, perhaps because of some injury to his abdomen.
After this man jumped down from the building, he ran all the way, very fast, and even ran directly into traffic without slowing down.
Ren chased him down several side roads, only to find that the other party was getting farther and farther away from him. Some people wearing security force uniforms chased him from behind, and soon surpassed him. Judging from the speed, it was not enough to catch up with the escaping man.
Not much time.
Ren took a breath, straightened up and was about to follow him to see the situation, when someone suddenly pulled his shoulder from behind, and a familiar voice said:
"Don't get involved in this matter."
Ren, who heard who the voice was, spread his hands helplessly, turned around and said, "Okay, it's your job. But can I ask who that person is?"
"You'd better not ask." The visitor said with resentment, "You keep making mistakes because you are too curious."
The person who pulled Renn was Captain Seven, an old acquaintance. He made a gesture and asked his subordinates to protect the streets that had become chaotic due to the man's rampage. Then he pulled Renn to the side: "I'm warning you,
This is not something you should get involved in. That man is a very cruel and wanted criminal."
"What crime did he commit?"
Captain Seven's eyes widened: "I told you not to ask! As the captain of the security team, I can't tell you this kind of thing no matter how you ask me! You don't know how hateful that person is. If you knew,
It’s impossible to want to chase him.”
"You saw his left arm, right? Yes? Isn't it scary?"
"That man was a columnist for a magazine in the city, working on the alchemical potion section. I heard that he had been an honorary advisor to Farmata before. Yes, he was the Farmata that was destroyed by the armored monster. This person has long been
A few years ago, a competitor imposed an aging curse. Although he successfully lifted the curse with his superb alchemy skills, the price was that his arm became a victim of the curse."
"Originally, he was relatively normal. Although he couldn't use one hand, he continued to write articles in the magazine and seemed to not care about his arm. Until the Farmata incident happened, he seemed to be stimulated by something and suddenly started to go crazy.
He targeted some children and used them for alchemy experiments, and he became a wanted criminal on the run."
"We have been investigating his whereabouts, but for some reason, this guy is always able to move around. Obviously we have requested the governments of various places through the World Parliament to assist in the pursuit. Logically speaking, it is impossible for him to flee to other areas. If he hadn't
The crime has stopped, we don’t even know where he went.”
"Even when this guy returned to Brica recently, he was unaware of it. If he hadn't been so audacious and sneaked into the central hospital that we closely monitored, we probably wouldn't have been able to detect him for a while. His
The target seems to be those children who have been subjected to strange curses recently, does he want to use them as an experiment to cure his own arm?"
Renn: "..."
Captain Seven: "What's that look in your eyes?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't tell me? But!" Ren took out his phone and looked at the time, "It's been five minutes since you started talking, and you've been talking for five minutes."
"Shut up!" Captain Seven's face turned red instantly after being teased like this: "Anyway, as long as you know that person is dangerous, I'm going to work now, and I won't tell you anything you ask me next."
"Eh~ Wait, wait, wait." Renn ran up to the seventh captain, grabbed him and asked, "You said he is very dangerous, so why don't you chase him quickly and just chat with me for a long time?"
The seventh captain pointed to his subordinates who were still evacuating traffic and said: "As soon as I got the information about the prisoner's whereabouts, I took my subordinates in civilian clothes and set out, preparing to capture him in one fell swoop. However, during the ambush, the team members
Someone has taken my place, they will be the main force, and we will be responsible for assisting."
Renn nodded. No wonder those who chased him before were all wearing the uniform of the security team, while Captain Seven and the others were in casual clothes.
Then he asked: "Who will succeed you?"
Captain Seven's expression froze and he said unnaturally: "You'd better not ask."
"You just said the same thing."
Captain Seven glanced in the direction of his subordinates, took a breath when he looked back, and said to Ren: "If you want to meddle in others' affairs so much, I suggest you do it another day."
"Another day..."
Renn repeated the word softly, then shook his head: "I'm free today."
With that said, Renn walked towards the direction where the fugitive escaped earlier.
The seventh captain stopped him again and said with a somewhat anxious expression: "I said, another day!"
Ren stared at the other person's expression for a long time. He probably understood the seriousness of the matter, but...
Renn smiled: "It's lunch time. I just went to the restaurant over there to have a meal. If I accidentally get involved in something, come and catch me later. You have no reason to stop me now."
This matter has nothing to do with him.
Farmata and the strange curse are all related to him.
Judging from the information revealed by Captain Seven, the wanted criminal was not completely relieved of the curse on his arm when he was working as a writer. It is very likely that he used his identity and knowledge to maintain a cooperative relationship with Farmata and participate in the legal system.
Marta at least provided professional knowledge to help with the refining of those evil potions.
The prisoner's purpose was to lift the curse on his arm, but after Ren destroyed Farmata, the prisoner lost his power, so he had evil thoughts and began to develop his own medicine.
As for why he can move around at will, it is probably because of the connections left by Farmata, so let’s not mention it...
Captain Seven said that the prisoner sneaked back to Brica City and planned to sneak into the city center hospital to contact the cursed children. Renn was not very sure of the other party's purpose, but he thought it had something to do with the curse on the prisoner's arm. Maybe the other party found those things strange.
The curse can solve his arm problem.
Now that they have met, and the matter is inextricably related to him, Renn naturally has no reason to ignore it.
As for the person who Captain Seven mentioned was responsible for taking over...