Grey rubbed her face hard.
"Ahhh!"
The genius girl who was less than twenty years old let out a cry of regret through the gaps between her fingers.
When she opened her hands, her face had regained its usual calmness.
"Gus, come here."
She waved at her brother, who was out of his wits. "Tell me everything. Why did Qin Yong follow you to our house?"
Gus looked at his sister's eyes and was somewhat scared.
However, he still stepped forward out of habit and explained everything in detail.
Grey was silent for a long time. Then she sighed and said, "It seems that even the gods do not want us to avenge our father's death. That's why we were discovered …"
"Sister, what should we do now?"
Gus asked timidly. "Should we secretly ask uncle for a solution?"
"Don't be silly. Our good uncle is the most loyal subordinate of the Fist God Temple. I'm a believer of the power of machines and steam. If I fall into his hands, I won't have a good ending. He will definitely kill me for justice."
Grey pondered for a moment and said, "However, it's rare for the Red Gold Town to hold a fire execution, educate the people, clean up the mess, and do all kinds of other things. At the very least, uncle won't remember you until night. Even if he remembers you, he might not necessarily come to our house tonight. He will only find it strange if you don't go to the Iron Fist School tomorrow and send someone to look for you.
"But Qin Yong will be more troublesome.
"Just now, he surrounded you with his companions. Although they did not come to cause trouble, they must know where he went.
"Qin Yong is here to cause you trouble. It's fine if he doesn't show up for the whole afternoon, but if he doesn't go back after dinner, his companions will certainly be suspicious and come to investigate. By then, they will probably smell blood and discover the murder scene and Qin Yong's body.
"So, to be safe, I only have half a day left at most."
"Half a day?"
Gus exclaimed. "Sister, what do you mean by half a day?"
"Time to escape."
Grey's eyes were focused, and her eyes were as hard as iron. She patted Gus' shoulder heavily and said, "Gus, listen. With the atmosphere in the Red Gold Town right now, I will be killed if I stay. Even if uncle doesn't kill me for justice, the angry townspeople will tear me to shreds.
"I'm not afraid of death. From the day I abandoned the path of the Iron Fist, I was prepared to die without a burial ground.
"But I wasn't willing to accept that I would fall into hell before I could kill the person who killed my father. So I could only escape first, and then look for an opportunity to secretly investigate.
"The only problem is you, Gus. What are you going to do?
"Don't panic and don't cry. Calm down. I'll give you two choices.
"In the first place, you can stay out of it -- I will pretend to knock you out, and knock a lump out of your head, and tie you behind with a rope, but the back of the rope has been worn out with a stone beforehand.
"In that case, at dusk, after I leave, you'll 'break free' from the rope and report to your uncle. You'll say that you accidentally stumbled upon my scheme and saw the scene of me killing Qin Yong. Even you were almost killed by me. In the end, I only knocked you out and tied you up for the sake of our sisterly relationship.
"Your mother is your uncle's only sister, and you are your mother's only son. I estimate that such an excuse will probably persuade your uncle and save you. You have nothing to do with the whole thing anyway."
Before Grey finished, Gus had already shouted, "Sister, no, no, don't leave me alone!"
"I don't want to leave you alone either, especially to … your uncle."
After pondering for a long time, Grey said, "How should I put it? Although my uncle is not bad to us, I still suspect that he has something to do with my father's death. It's not as simple as the discovery of the body."
Gus widened his eyes and said in a trembling voice, "Sister, are you saying that … are you saying that —"
"I don't know."
Grey smiled bitterly. "However, my uncle is a priest of the Fist Temple, and my father is a corrupted heretic. What do you think the relationship between them should be?
"Therefore, if I leave you with your uncle, it is very likely that I will leave you with the person who killed my father. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never do that."
"I don't want to, either."
Gus shook his head like a rattle-drum. "I don't want to leave you, either, sister."
"Then, you can only run away with me," Grey said.
"We will escape together, figure out the truth together, and slay the enemy who killed my father together!"
Gus was at a loss.
Although he knew that it was the only choice, the young man who had never left the Red Gold Town felt as helpless as a fish that had just been washed up to the shore.
"Gus, think about it carefully. In any case, your sister will support you."
After saying that, Grey turned around and went into the training room.
During the conversation between the sister and brother, Lu Qingchen remained silent at the side. He looked up at the sky and stared blankly at the light gray crack in the sky. He seemed to be deep in thought.
Very soon, Grey moved two large wooden boxes out of the training room, as well as two sturdy, durable, and large-capacity backpacks that were made of rhinoceros skin.
Huala!
Various mechanical weapons were poured out of the large wooden box, as well as tools to create steam and compress air that were compatible with the steam balls.
Grey categorized these things and stuffed them into her backpack. She also stuffed them with nutritious food such as dried meat, cheese, and so on.
"Sister, where did these things come from?" Gus was somewhat confused. Pointing at the evil serial mechanical crossbow and the corrupted compressed air cannon, he asked.
"Dad left them," Grey said briefly.
"There's a diary of my father in the secret chamber. According to it, my father ran into a villain in the mountains years ago. The guy was not very good at fighting, but he fought on par with my father with the power of machines and steam. Later, the two of them were caught in a torrent and were forced to stay in a cave for a few days. During that time, my father made friends with the guy and gradually grew suspicious of the Fist God's strength. Eventually, he changed his faith.
"Later, dad let go of the heretic and kept in touch with him. Through him, dad got a lot of forbidden machines and weapons from the south and established his own altar of evil. That's about it."
"Then —"
Gus felt that his mouth was dry. His father's image was more and more blurred and twisted. "Even if we run away, where can we run to?"
"Let's run to the mountains first," Grey said briefly.
"There are so many expert hunters in the town. The power of the Fist God Temple is not something that we can compete with," Gus said worriedly.
Gus said worriedly, "Even if we can escape to the mountains, how many days can we hide for?"
"We'll have to depend on it."
Grey looked at Lu Qingchen. "Devil, you won't watch us being captured by the Fist God Temple and expose your existence, will you?"
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