Once Odis realized that members of the "Rose School" had boarded the train, he picked up Rupert's hat from the table and said, "You drank so much last night, you're sleepy, so take a nap."
Rupert yawned, took the hat and covered his eyes, obscuring half his face, then leaned back in his chair and "slept".
Soon, the train started moving again. Odis and Bazel noticed that someone was watching them, but they were not flustered and continued to chat and laugh.
At the same time, Odis also brought out some dried fish that he had bought locally. The two chatted about how if they were rich, they would definitely come here to buy a manor while eating the dried fish.
They completely fooled those few "Rose School" members, and soon the feeling of being observed disappeared.
A few minutes later, Odis quietly went to observe the newly boarded passengers and quickly locked onto his target.
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There were three men wearing trench coats. Their attire was fine, but the problem was with their trench coats.
The passengers in this carriage were either going to work on Blue Mountains Island or to conduct business or on official business.
Because Bayam is hot all year round, migrant workers don't spend money to buy trench coats that they rarely wear, while the latter mostly wear formal attire and have no need to wear trench coats.
As for why the members of the "Rose School" wore trench coats, Odis knew quite well. Firstly, trench coats were convenient for combat, and secondly, they allowed them to carry items imbued with spiritual energy more naturally.
Secondly, there's the possibility of spending the night outdoors, and the trench coat can keep you warm and protect you from mosquitoes. Just wrap it around yourself, lie down, and you can fall asleep.
Odis noticed that after the three men got into the car, they took out a map and started talking quietly.
He thought for a moment, took out a cigarette, stood up and handed it to the train police officers, then chatted with them about the resistance army.
This was not surprising, because since entering the plains, many passengers had started talking to the train police about the resistance.
The train police officers also like to brag at this time, so it's normal for them to start talking about it.
Odis was chatting not far from the three members of the "Rose School," eavesdropping on their conversation while talking to the train police officer.
At the next stop, the three members of the "Rose School" got off the train, and Odis chatted with the train police officer for a while before returning to her seat.
At the second stop, some more passengers boarded. One of the teenagers immediately gave the police chief a pack of cigarettes and then began selling local specialties, cigarettes, and alcohol to the passengers.
Odis bought some nuts from him for six pence and watched the three members of the "Rose School" walk out of the station. Only after the train started moving again did Odis whisper, "They're looking for someone at a nearby estate."
Bazel was taken aback: "No...no, they're not looking for Farmer Blair, are they?"
"I guess so," Odis said. "Perhaps our destination is indeed not in Takar."
Rupert stopped pretending to be asleep and picked up his hat, putting it on his head. "So what do we do now?"
Odis pondered for a moment before beckoning to the boy who had been peddling local specialties: "Three bottles of wine, please."
Just as Bazel was about to remind the captain that the boy's purchases were several times more expensive than Bayam's, he realized that the boy's purchases were worth much more.
But then he thought, the captain had already bought nuts once, so he must have noticed this. Therefore, there must be a reason why he bought things again.
The boy, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen, had dark skin and was a local. He hadn't expected to land such a big deal and quickly pulled out three unlabeled bottles of Fenny from his pocket: "3 pounds."
Fenni is considered a relatively inexpensive drink in the area; in Bayam, three bottles might cost less than 15 sul.
Odis took out the money without hesitation, but did not give it to the boy immediately. Instead, he said, "I would like to know what major events have happened in Takal recently."
The reason Odis bought the boy's nuts was because he realized that in addition to selling local specialties, cigarettes, and alcohol, the boy was also an information broker.
This can be seen from the fact that the other party listens patiently to the customer's conversation and takes the initiative to inquire about interesting things about Bayam.
However, the young man's professional skills were mediocre, and judging from his clothing, he was living in poverty.
Of course, their poverty was also related to their being controlled by local bullies.
This reminded Odis of his own awkwardness when he first started working in intelligence, and how he bought some nuts simply to support the boy's business.
The boy immediately said, "Three days ago, in the eastern part of Takal, a family was brutally murdered."
"It is said that they were tortured for a long time before they died, with the women being raped in turns and the men having their ribs pulled out one by one while they were still alive."
"Strangely, none of the neighbors heard any screams."
Odis shook his head: "That's not something I want to know."
The boy continued, "The sheriff of Takal has just cracked a major case and killed several criminals."
"Some time ago, the richest manor in Takal was robbed. After hearing about this, the sheriff disguised himself as a jewelry merchant and quickly lured out the robbers."
"The sheriff offered them a price that satisfied them, and during the transaction, the sheriff poisoned the gangsters, killing them all."
Odis smiled. "That's not what I need either."
The boy looked at Odis and the other two with some suspicion, as if he was worried about whether Odis would actually pay. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "A few days ago, slave trader Duke was attacked by rebels when he went to the countryside to sell slaves."
"He was beaten to death on the spot, and his slaves were taken by the rebels."
Rupert sat up straight immediately: "I told you so."
He knew that his spiritual intuition told him that traveling by train was better.
Odis handed the boy a 3-pound note: "Your eyesight needs more training, otherwise you wouldn't have given me two pieces of information for nothing."
The boy didn't pay much attention to Odis's words and immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you, sir!"
As the boy was leaving, Odis said to Bazel, "When you have time, go and kill the sheriff of Takal. You'll definitely get a lot of bounty."
Bazel was taken aback, thinking he had misheard: "Sheriff...sheriff?"
The boy who had just left immediately stopped, thinking that the gentleman in a suit was joking.
"Yes, Sheriff," Odis said. "He must have been a criminal with a bounty on his head. He was afraid of being targeted by bounty hunters in Bayam, so he disguised himself and went to Takal."
"But those bandits already knew him and took the initiative to contact him, asking him to join the operation."
"But because of the dispute over the distribution of the loot, he was poisoned to death by the sheriff. Since all the bandits were dead, the loot was definitely not all recovered."
Rupert, standing nearby, was dumbfounded: "This...this sounds like an absurd novel from the Southern Continent!"
In recent years, novels with extremely absurd plots have become popular in the Southern Continent. Such novels are very popular among the lower classes in the Northern Continent and have a large market in various countries of the Northern Continent.
Odis smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, if you robbed a manor, would you sell the stolen goods on the spot? Would you easily trust a jeweler in a small town?"
"This..." After Odis said that, Rupert also noticed the inconsistencies in the description of the sheriff.
But because the sheriff did catch the criminal, the first thing that comes to mind when people hear about it is that the sheriff is very capable.
At this point, Bazel said, "Captain... Mr. Gar's guess makes a lot of sense. In Takar, because there are many outlaws hiding there, no police are willing to go there."
"So the sheriff is always elected by the residents of the town; whoever looks the most powerful gets elected."
"Locals, rebels, town priests, wanted criminals, and others have all served as sheriffs there."
For Bazel, he had great trust in Captain Gar's intelligence analysis capabilities.
Rupert said to Odis with a sigh, "Now I understand why you dared to hold an intelligence exchange meeting in Bayam."
At this moment, the boy, somewhat excited, asked Odis, "Are you the 'captain'?"
The boy's words caused several people to turn their heads or look back at Odis.
Odis was also taken aback: "You know me?"
"I...I've heard of you...you've fought against people who sell fake information," the boy said excitedly, his words somewhat incoherent.
Odis smiled and nodded: "Your information network is quite good."
Remembering the "captain's" reminder when he gave him the money, the boy immediately said, "I...I will work hard to improve my eyesight."
Odis simply smiled slightly and said nothing more.
After the boy left, somewhat excitedly, Odis casually tossed out a small handful of powder, and the surrounding voices immediately quieted down.
This is a magic spell invented by Odis that makes conversations within a certain area difficult to detect for several minutes.
He then whispered, "Now let's talk about our problem."
"The 'Rose School' has obviously also received news of Duke's murder. They guessed that the farmer named Blair must have been sold to another farm by the rebels, so they have been sending people around to search for him these past few days."
"Besides, we really can't go to Takal, because not all the people from the 'Rose School' are looking for Blair. There are still some people there, and they might spot us as soon as we get off the train."
Rupert was slightly taken aback by Odis's certainty before asking, "You...you received advance information?"
"According to what that boy said earlier," Odis said, "the tragedy that happened in Takal was definitely committed by the 'Rose School'."
"Among the perpetrators involved in that tragedy, there must have been some powerful extraordinary individuals, otherwise the people around would have heard the cries for help."
Rupert was truly convinced at this point: "So what should we do now?"
Odis pondered for a moment and asked Bazel, "Where can we contact the rebels?"
Bazel thought for a moment: "Get off two stops later. There's a fishmonger there who works for the resistance."
"I'll go talk to him and see if we can get in touch with the resistance through him."
Odis nodded and then said, "Let's contact the rebels first. Finding out Blair's whereabouts from them is the fastest way."
Bazel and Rupert nodded slowly, feeling that what the captain said made a lot of sense.
At this point, Rupert was completely convinced of Odis's abilities and genuinely wanted to join Odis's pirate crew.
As Odis's "witchcraft" disappeared, the surrounding conversations returned to normal.
The three of them stopped talking about business and started chatting casually.
The train moved forward and entered the rainforest again, causing the train police officers to tense up once more.
Of course, Odis couldn't waste the wine he had just bought. He opened a bottle and tasted it. It tasted pretty good. So they ate dried fish, chatted about interesting things about Blue Mountain Island, and drank some wine.
Bang!
Suddenly, gunshots rang out from the carriages behind.
Odis and Bazel, who were sitting by the window, quickly peeked out and saw that some locals had jumped onto the train and were throwing supplies off it.
The people who fired the shots were railway police officers. They saw that those people did not seem to be carrying weapons and were probably not rebels, so they boldly opened fire on them.
Thump thump thump~
The train police officers were clearly surprised when the locals immediately pulled out their guns and began to fight back.
The train police then realized that these people were the rebels, but instead of attacking the train directly, they were robbing supplies from the train.
Odis thought to himself, "The Sea God wouldn't have shown you 'Railway Guerrillas,' would he?"
As the enemy retaliated, the train police immediately sought cover and fired indiscriminately. As long as the other side was not trying to seize the train or blow up the railway, they did not need to risk their lives.
Just then, Rupert, hearing what seemed like a commotion outside, peeked out and pointed at one of the rebels, exclaiming, "Blair! Blair Colin!"
Odis was taken aback: "Are you sure!"
Rupert immediately replied, "I'd recognize him even if he were burned to ashes!"
Odis followed the direction the other man was pointing and saw a local man in his forties, with dark skin and a very honest appearance.
However, what he was doing was not proper. He suddenly threw down a large bundle of cloth and gave the train police officers a simple, honest smile.
At that moment, a whistle rang out in the rainforest, and the rebels quickly began to jump out of the vehicles, and in no time they had all withdrawn.
Odis laughed, "It seems Thursday really is the best time to act, and using transportation to find people makes sense! Let's go, let's jump out of the car!"
While the people in the carriage were still discussing the rebels, Odis and the other two jumped off the train amidst the shouts of the train police.
At this moment, the rebels were carrying supplies away from the railway and had to hide them all in the rainforest before the next train arrived.
At that moment, they saw three Runes walking quickly toward them, so they immediately raised their guns.
Odis smiled and said, "We mean no harm, we're just here to find someone!"
"Hands up!" the rebel leader commanded.
Odis raised his hand: "I know people from the Church of the Sea God, and I have even provided them with some assistance."
Barzel and Rupert also reluctantly raised their hands.
In their view, the three of them could easily eliminate the entire opposing group without leaving any trace.
When the rebel leader heard what Odis said, he waved to everyone, telling them not to fire for the time being, and then sent three men to search them.
The man searching Odis was a lean rebel, and Odis cooperated, allowing him to search her from bottom to top.
When the rebels searched Odis's bag, Odis suddenly grabbed their hand: "There are no guns in here."
As he spoke, he opened his bag, and the other person, seeing that it contained only some rolled-up papers, didn't pay much attention.
The search continued, and when they reached Odis's upper body, they found her wallet.
The rebel smiled slightly, took out Odis's wallet, and prepared to keep it for himself.
Odis reached out and grabbed the other's wrist, snapping it easily with a forceful twist.
The cries of pain from the enemy immediately heightened the tension, and the rebels once again raised their guns to target Odis and his men.
Odis, however, calmly took the wallet from the broken hand of the rebel who was searching him: "For the sake of 'Sea God,' I won't kill you."
Then, as Odis put away his wallet, he said to the other leader, "Don't mistake my tolerance for weakness."
"We'll just have a quick chat with Blair Colin and then we'll leave. Of course, you can try to stop us if you want."
The rebel leader stared at Odis for a few seconds before turning to Blair behind him and saying, "Go ask them why they're looking for you."
Blair, who looked honest and simple, nodded and said, "Okay."
At this moment, Odis said to Rupert, "The person has been found, what's the next step?"
Rupert suddenly looked completely bewildered: "I...I don't know either."
"Huh?" Odis even had the urge to punch this guy.
Just then, Blair, who had walked over, seemed to suddenly remember something. He pointed at Rupert and said, "I remember now, you're Ryan's student!"
Rupert looked the honest-looking farmer across from him carefully and asked, "Yes, I...where have we met before?"
He only had Blair's portrait in his hand, which looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen the man before.
"I used to run a small restaurant by the sea, and Ryan often came here to eat. He even brought you here once," Blair said.
Rupert asked, puzzled, "Then why...why did you become a slave again?"
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Blair sighed: "My restaurant business is so good that a Loen man took a liking to it. He offered a very low price, but I didn't accept it."
"So he colluded with the police to frame me, and as a result, I went to jail."
"It was Ryan who bailed me out, but I had nothing left, so I had no choice but to sell myself."
Rupert nodded. That was indeed the case, and his teacher had also mentioned that he really liked the grilled fish at that restaurant.
Rupert thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you have any news about my teacher?"
"No," Blair said. "However, I do know the whereabouts of another of Ryan's students. She seems to be injured and is hiding in a manor not far from Takal."
He explained, "I was previously acquired by Duke, a human trafficker, and the first estate he took us to was there."
"However, that student was also secretly hiding in the manor, so he couldn't save me."
"That…that's Wilby Manor, just east of Takal."
Rupert immediately clapped his hands and said, "I know."
Then he asked, "Do you need help?"
"No need," Blair said. "I'm joining the resistance. I'm going to teach those Loen people a lesson."
Rupert nodded and said nothing more.
Odis waved to the leader of the rebels, then turned and left with Bazel and Rupert.
Because Odis was not familiar with Takal, he dared not use the word "travel" casually.
Although a spiritual premonition won't lead to something like directly appearing in front of the enemy, if the place you appear in is spotted by the enemy's spies, it would be a losing proposition.
After walking a distance, Bazel whispered, "I know where Wilby Manor is. We can buy a ticket at the station ahead and take the train there."
"Since there might be members of the 'Rose School' at the Qatar station, we might as well not get off the train, but instead take it directly through Takal to the next station, or we could just jump off the train."
Odis laughed and said, "We don't actually need to buy tickets. We can just get on the train when it arrives."
"Moreover, it is safer to hide in the freight car, since the passenger car is only so big, and you can see from one end to the other at a glance."
Bazel paused for a moment before nodding: "Okay, once we arrive at our destination, we can just jump out of the car to avoid attracting their attention."
Odis nodded: "Okay."
He glanced at Rupert: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
"I just feel that things have been going too well so far," Rupert said, frowning.
Odis laughed and said, "Since your teacher's teacher chose Thursday, haven't we been doing very well all along?"
"Good luck will run out," Rupert explained. "Or rather, it's impossible to solve a problem entirely because of good luck."
"The date chosen by the teacher's teacher is just a day when we will have more good luck and solve problems more easily."
Odis seemed to understand: "In other words, no matter how smoothly things are going for us now, the difficulties we're bound to face are still waiting for us ahead."
This theory can also be represented by numbers. For example, if the difficulty to be solved is "10", the probability of successfully solving the problem is 5, and the obstacles to solving the problem are also 5.
Therefore, before the problem is solved, whether it can be completely solved is a 50/50 chance.
However, on the day designated by Rupert's teacher, the probability of successfully solving the problem is 6, and the obstacle to solving the problem is 4.
However, the problem is still there. It's not that it doesn't need to be solved, but rather that there are fewer obstacles, making it easier to solve the problem.
Of course, this also involves the difficulty of the problem. For example, if the problem that Odis and his group face involves demigods, then even if the obstacle is reduced to "4" or even just "1", they will still find it difficult to solve the problem.
Rupert then reminded the captain and Bazel, mainly because he feared they were being overly optimistic.
After all, so far everything they've encountered has gone relatively smoothly, and they've found Blair with almost no obstacles.
Odis thought for a moment before saying, "Your classmate... well, another student of your teacher, can you guess who it is?"
"I can probably guess," Rupert said. "It should be Leona."
What sequence number?
"Sequence 6".
Odis then asked, "Could your teacher also be in Takar?"
"It's hard to say."
Odis walked ahead, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Didn't your teacher remind you what the purpose of this operation is?"
"It should be possible to offer him some help," Rupert said, "or something else related to him."
"But I don't know exactly what he wants me to do, or rather, he himself doesn't know either."
"My teacher once said that his spirituality can only sense that someone can help him through a difficult time at a critical moment."
"For example, Blair doesn't necessarily go to rescue the teacher. Instead, he guides us to the teacher's location in such a roundabout and secretive way, so that we can avoid being discovered by the enemy and quietly go to rescue him."
"But before that, Blair wasn't quite sure what help he could offer."
Of course, Rupert's teacher Ryan's extraordinary abilities could not be easily told to strangers. Rupert said this because he completely trusted Odis and had no more secrets from Odis and Bazel.
Odis hummed in agreement and said, "In other words, this matter involves a Sequence 5 and a Sequence 6."
"Then the enemy will most likely send two Sequence 5s, as well as several Sequence 6s and Sequence 7s as helpers, and many 'low-sequence' extraordinary individuals to do things like finding people and keeping watch."
Rupert smiled wryly. "That's probably how it is."
It was precisely because there was a chance of encountering enemies at Sequence 5 that he thought of finding helpers.
Odis scratched his head: "So what we need to do next is to make sure we don't attract their attention."
"It's better to miss out than to take a risk."
"Once I find your teachers, I will immediately use my 'travel' ability to take them away, and then come back to pick you up."
"Don't make contact with the enemy, just rescue them without anyone noticing."
Rupert smiled and said, "That's a good idea."
Ugh~
Just then, the three men heard a whistle coming from behind them.
Odis made a gesture, and the three of them hid in the woods together.
A steam locomotive roared past on the railway.
After the train passed, Odis and the other two began to climb onto the train and entered a freight car that was only half full of cargo.
After closing the car door, Odis laughed and said, "If any more rebels try to steal supplies, we won't open the car door for them!"
The three exchanged a knowing smile, as if they could see the rebels outside struggling to open the car door.
Odis quickly inspected the cargo in the carriage, which consisted of boxes of daily necessities. He sat on one of the boxes and said, "Take a rest and stay in good condition."
The three of them found comfortable spots to rest and stopped talking, with only the occasional sound of a ship's horn accompanying their journey.
As the train pulled into the station for the third time, Bazel said, "We've arrived at Takar station."
To avoid being unloaded from the carriage, the three men quickly hid behind wooden crates.
The truck doors remained closed, meaning there was no need to unload at this station. However, one person lingered in front of the doors for a while before leaving.
It was clear that there were indeed people from the "Rose School" keeping watch at the station, but they didn't pay much attention to the freight cars; they just made a brief observation and left.
The train restarted and soon pulled out of the station.
After moving some distance away, Bazel peered into the car for a while and suddenly said, "The view is limited here, let's jump from here."
The train doors were opened, and three extraordinary individuals nimbly jumped off the train.
Outside, there was a sparse forest, making it easy to hide one's tracks.
In just a few minutes, they crossed the woods.
Before me lay a scene of interspersed trees and farmland, with many tenant farmers working in the fields. If I went out like this, they would surely spot me.
Bazel suggested that they wait until people went to rest at noon before passing through here.
The problem is, with so many people working in the fields, it's impossible for them all to go and rest.
Odis smiled and said, "No need for that."
As he spoke, he opened his bag and took out a scroll: "This is an 'invisibility scroll,' but it can only hide our figures; it can't hide our scents, sounds, or anything like that."
"So, Bazeir will lead the way in a bit, and we shouldn't make any noise."
"If you encounter people from the 'Rose School,' try to walk around them. If you really can't get around them, stop and observe."
"However, the other side has a very keen sense of smell. If they are discovered, they will launch an attack quickly without Sequence 5 and then rush into the manor to rescue people."
"If the other party has a Sequence 5, I will use 'Travel' to take you away directly."
"But before I leave, I'll make a commotion to attract people's attention and prevent them from discovering our target."
Bazel and Rupert nodded slowly, sensing that the captain had essentially considered all the possibilities.
After the three were ready, Odis threw out the scroll and chanted in ancient Hermes, "Open."
The scroll shattered, seemingly forming a dark vortex that concealed the figures of Odis and the other two.
Then they became transparent, no longer obscuring the view behind them.
The three of them quickly walked forward into the fields and, after walking for about ten minutes, arrived at Wilby Manor.
The process went very smoothly without any obstacles.
Upon entering the manor, the three began searching. Soon, they all looked toward the attic of the warehouse, where a window had been opened a crack, as if someone was quietly letting in some air.
Thus, the three of them, in a state of "invisibility," entered the manor's warehouse openly and legitimately.
There was only an elderly warehouse manager there, who was dozing in the sun and didn't even hear Odis and the others moving the ladder.
Upon arriving at the attic of the warehouse, the first thing you see are some rarely used farm tools and animal hides hanging on the walls.
Before they could search, the animal skin was suddenly lifted, revealing a woman in her thirties who looked rather dignified.
Her face was a little pale, and there were dried bloodstains on her clothes around her abdomen, but she seemed to be in good spirits.
She smiled at Rupert and said, "I've been waiting for you! I ran into Blair a few days ago, and the teacher said it would be soon to see you."
At the same time, she scrutinized Odis and Balzer with a hint of wariness.
Rupert quickly said, "These are the helpers I invited. We were able to find this place so quickly thanks to them."
He then introduced the woman to Odis and Bazel: "This is Leona."
The three people nodded slightly as a greeting.
Rupert then asked, "Where is the teacher?"
"Inside." Leona led the three people through several layers of hanging animal hides to a bed made of animal hides, where a middle-aged man of about forty years old was waiting, looking very weak.
Odis breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked the middle-aged man, "You used such a clever method to let us find you here, do you want us to rescue you immediately?"
He guessed that Rupert's teacher must have his own plan, or rather, a plan to make everything go smoothly, so he asked this question first.
But the other person weakly replied, "I don't know either."
Odis was taken aback, and then felt the urge to hit someone again.