The address on the anonymous email was the Jacobin Monastery, about a ten-minute walk from the city hall.
The Gothic monastery was built by the Dominicans in 1215 and had a history of more than 800 years. The bricks and tiles of the entire building were made of red clay. It was divided into three main parts: the church, the cloister of the inner courtyard, and the monk's dining hall. The most famous theologian and philosopher of the Catholic Church, Thomas Aquinas, was buried in this place.
When Zhang Heng and Leah walked into the church, the first thing that came into view were the nearly 30-meter-tall beams that supported the roof of the church like a straight palm tree. The long arched windows were inlaid with hand-painted stained glass, and the sun shone through the windows and onto the central bench, giving off a sacred vibe.
Zhang Heng looked around. Other than them, there were other tourists in the church, but he didn't see anyone acting out of the ordinary. Edward didn't like to take pictures, and in the parallel quest twelve years later, Zhang Heng only got a picture of Edward when he was sixteen from Leah. According to Leah, Edward had changed a lot after ten years, which was why Zhang Heng wanted to keep her by his side.
However, Leah obviously couldn't find her brother in the church.
The two were now disguised as a couple. Leah held Zhang Heng's arm as they toured the ancient thirteenth-century building with other tourists. The girl's hair had also been dyed silver from blue. She lowered her voice and said, "I feel like we are spies. Is my brother that cautious now?"
"Little Boy's worries are not unreasonable. The reason why Edward changed his email to contact us means that he feels that his original email is no longer reliable. This also means that Black Nest is getting closer and closer to him," Zhang Heng said.
Considering that his appearance was exposed when he met Piercings in the bar, Zhang Heng's image had changed a lot. Inspired by the first time he met Fox, he changed into a suit, sprayed cologne, and combed his hair neatly, looking like a financial elite.
In the parallel quest twelve years later, Black Nest found Edward in a nursing home three weeks later. Edward had replaced a volunteer there, but the nursing home wasn't Edward's first hideout in Toulouse. In fact, to prevent Black Nest from finding him, Edward had been changing his residence frequently.
Therefore, Zhang Heng didn't know where Edward was hiding. However, if the contact didn't go well, he could only choose to go to the nursing home a week later to try his luck. This time, however, because of the participation of the players, many things had changed. Not only 01, but Black Nest was also in a similar situation.
Besides, it was difficult for Zhang Heng to explain how he knew where Edward was hiding. Hence, he didn't act rashly in the past two months. The two months of living in the town were obviously precious time for the players to learn. Speeding up the process might not necessarily bring him any benefits, and it might even bring him greater risks.
"Do you want to look around?" Leah asked. The two had been in the church in the church for almost twenty minutes, but they had found nothing.
"Yeah." Zhang Heng nodded. Behind the church was a beautiful cloister, a place for monks to communicate and meditate. Two sections of the cloister were destroyed during the war, and they were rebuilt in 1964. In the middle of the cloister was a courtyard filled with trees and greenery.
The two walked across the red brick road, feeling the traces left behind by history. Unfortunately, they still couldn't find Edward here. In fact, they had been in the Jacobin monastery for nearly two hours, exploring every corner of the building. Still, they couldn't find any clues.
Left with no choice, the two left the monastery. Someone was handing out leaflets at the exit, and Leah took one. When they returned to the car, she took off her hat and sunglasses.
"Could it be that he's not here today?"
"It's unlikely," Zhang Heng frowned. "Actually, there's one thing I don't quite understand. Edward's email only contained the location, not the time. That means we can come here at any time, and he can't stay in the monastery every day. It would be too obvious. So, I think we've overlooked something. That thing is always in the monastery, but it doesn't stand out. Let's come again tomorrow. Pay more attention to the things around us."
As soon as Zhang Heng's voice trailed off, Leah suddenly gasped. "Is it possible that something my brother left behind is outside the monastery?"
"Huh? What did you find? "
"When I was young, my brother and I would play a password game. It's a text written in Hebrew."
"Do you still speak Hebrew?"
"No, no, no. It's a very simple little password. We don't care about the meaning of the Hebrew itself. We just need to compare it with the corresponding French alphabet, translate it, and get the information we want," Leah explained. She waved the Catholic leaflet in her hand and pointed to an inconspicuous spot on it. "Here, look."
Zhang Heng craned his head and saw a line of Hebrew. From the typography and context, it seemed to be a passage from the original Bible. Leah tried to find the corresponding letter word by word, and in the end, she got the word 'garden'.
"Garden? Do you mean the atrium garden we saw earlier? Is there something we've overlooked? "Leah asked curiously. She was excited, just like when she was playing a treasure hunt when she was a child.
Little Boy's voice came through the communicator again. "I just searched the gardens in Toulouse and found a restaurant, a boxing training ground, and an elementary school. Will Edward be in one of them?"
"Choose a location," Zhang Heng said to Leah in the back.
"A restaurant? I'm a little hungry. "
"Okay." Zhang Heng navigated to the restaurant named Garden with his mobile phone. As soon as he entered the door, he knew that Edward was unlikely to be there. The restaurant was very famous in the area, and many customers came here every day. Such a high flow of people was obviously not very friendly for someone who needed to hide his identity to avoid being tracked.
Fortunately, the foie gras was delicious, and the sausages were delicious as well. For Leah, who had been wandering around the monastery for the whole afternoon, the food was simply amazing. Her exhausted body and mind were rejuvenated.
After the two finished eating, the sky was about to turn dark. Leah said, "There's a boxing training ground and an elementary school left. This time, you choose."
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