The one who spoke was the person formed by the leaf.
Only the important parts of his body were covered by leaves.
"It's been less than half a year. It's not that long, is it, Mister Tree Spirit?"
It was one of the three ancestor souls of Brute Cavern, Tree Spirit of the Tree of Eternity.
"There's nothing interesting in the mirror world these days. You're the most interesting one." Tree Spirit blinked. "So, in the few months that you were gone, I felt like my timeline had been stretched out a lot."
Angor remained silent while Greya curled her lips. What a smooth talker. If Tree Spirit had used his glib tongue more on Ye Sewei, he wouldn't have only had a crush on her until now.
Tree Spirit didn't know that Greya was mocking him in her mind. He walked to Angor with a big smile and patted on the boy's shoulder. "Not bad."
"I didn't believe it when I read about you in a magazine. But now that I've seen you in person, I realize that the magazine is right. " Tree Spirit did not hesitate to praise Angor. In his long life, there were only a handful of people who became wizards in such a short time. Angor was the fastest wizard he had seen in the past thousand years.
Of course, it was not always a good thing to advance quickly because one's foundation might be unstable. Tree Spirit was worried about this as well. But after seeing Angor with his own eyes, his worries were completely gone.
Not only did Angor advance quickly, but his mana pool was also very stable, judging from how he interacted with the primal mana in the outside world. Plus, Angor was now a member of the research department, which made him worthy of such praise.
"We can talk about other things when we get back," said Sunders. "I'm more concerned about this Puppet Hospital."
"What's going on here?"
Tree Spirit did not answer right away. Instead, he floated in the air and approached Old Ham, who was still tied up by the octopus.
Tree Spirit touched the unconscious Old Ham with a finger and sighed.
Then, he sighed and slowly retracted it. "Is he infected as well? Is it because of Eva? "
"You know Iwa too, Mister Tree Spirit?" Angor wondered why Tree Spirit knew Iwa's name so clearly.
Tree Spirit turned around and nodded. "Of course, I know that because I'm currently looking after the Puppet Hospital."
Tree Spirit's words stunned everyone.
The Puppet Hospital was being looked after by a tree spirit? Tree Spirit was one of the three ancestral spirits. What did it mean for him to be guarding this Puppet Hospital?
Everyone came back to their senses after a moment of absent-mindedness, and began to slowly accept this answer. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense. Since Tree Spirit was in charge of Puppet Asylum, there was no need for other people to come here. Greya's comment about the lack of human presence was reasonable.
However, if Mr. Tree Spirit was watching over him, how did Eva escape?
Greya asked the question.
Tree Spirit also gave an answer to this question.
The Puppet Mental Hospital's barrier could isolate the patients, but it couldn't isolate humans. Yi Wa was set free. The one who set Yi Wa free was not someone who wanted to make trouble; instead, it was Yi Wa's younger sister.
Yi Wa's sister was his only child.
Due to the bond of family, Yi Wa's sister had walked into the Puppet Hospital and released him.
It sounded ridiculous, but Angor had already heard similar guesses from other card artisans.
When Card Artisan and the others saw Yi Wa, they also wondered if Yi Wa's sister was behind this, and it turned out that they were right.
But Angor was still puzzled. Wasn't Tree Spirit watching over the place? How did Yi Wa's sister get away?
Tree Spirit sighed. "It's my fault."
When Tree Spirit was in the mirror world, his senses could cover the entire area of the Tree of Eternity. He was almost omniscient inside the mirror world. However, Windmill Town was outside the mirror world, so he had to spend a lot of energy to keep an eye on this place.
Just last night, Tree Spirit had slightly neglected the situation here. His attention was all on the ruins.
Something happened to the ruin where Mister Rein was guarding. In order to prevent any apprentices nearby from getting infected, Tree Spirit spent a lot of energy to create a barrier around the ruin.
Yi Wa's sister just happened to break into the Puppet Hospital.
When Tree Spirit realized what was going on, Yi Wa was already gone. Tree Spirit used Backtrack and saw Yi Wa's sister in full armor, so he went to find her.
Unfortunately, although Eva's sister was fully armed, she was still infected. Luckily, Yi Wa's sister was still at home when she got infected. Otherwise, she would have infected more people.
As for Yi Wa, he was not at home. He must have infected Eva's sister and left the house when she was unconscious.
Tree Spirit arranged a wizard to bring Yi Wa's sister here and began to search for Yi Wa, as well as to see if there were more infected people in Windmill Town.
During this period of time, Wind Car Town was in a state of panic. Everyone was afraid of their own safety. The residents locked themselves in their homes and did not go out unless it was necessary. Therefore, Tree Spirit did not see anyone else infected in Wind Car Town.
While Tree Spirit was planning to expand his search area to look for Yi Wa, Sunders and the others arrived at Puppet Hospital.
After hearing Tree Spirit's explanation, Sunders confirmed that Yi Wa's escape was not suspicious, so he asked Tree Spirit about the most important thing.
"Live thread eruption, what is this?" Sunders wanted to ask about Puppet Hospital first, but he heard Tree Spirit mention something similar. He had a feeling that the outbreak might have something to do with the current situation.
"I'll tell you even if you don't ask. Because you're probably the only one who can find a solution, "Tree Spirit said in a serious tone.
Before Sunders could ask more questions, Tree Spirit paused and looked at the entrance of the hospital.
A man wearing a black bowler hat, a gentleman's suit, and an obsidian cane slowly walked in.
After the man entered the hall, he took off his hat, revealing a head of neatly combed hair and a weather-beaten old face.
When everyone saw who had died, a trace of surprise flashed across their eyes.
It was the current ruler of Brute Cavern!
"Mister Rein!"
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