chapter 13 he ran away

Canglan City, a certain tall building.
Creak.
The door was slowly pushed open, and Sam Zhao walked in, looking dejected, sighing from time to time.
"Elder Zhao, what's wrong with you?"
The five people sitting in the room were somewhat surprised to see Sam Zhao in this state, asking with curiosity.
"Did you get injured last night?"
"Judging by this expression, it's more likely a heartbreak..."
"Damn, Elder Zhao, is it possible that your wife wants a divorce?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
The five people speculated one after another. After a while, the silent Sam Zhao sighed softly.
"Am I really... so uncharismatic?"
"..."
The five people rolled their eyes in unison, pretending not to hear this statement, each continuing with their tasks; some sharpening blades, some cleaning guns, some playing with their phones, and some taking a nap...
"No, I'm seriously asking you!" Sam Zhao became anxious when he saw that nobody paid him any attention.
Seeing that nobody was paying attention to Sam Zhao, Alice, who was cleaning his gun, sighed, "Sam, are you feeling distressed?"
"Kind of," Sam Zhao paused, "I ran into the owner of the Golden Forbidden Ruins last night."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room suddenly raised their heads, stopping their activities and their eyes gleaming.
"The guy who looks like the proxy of the Angel zhi?"
"Yeah."
"Is he strong? Who is he?"
"You're thinking too much," Sam Zhao shook his head, "he's just an ordinary high school student. The 'Klein Realm'-level power fluctuation should be residual power left by the Angel zhi on him. He's just a newcomer who has recently entered the Cup Realm."
Upon hearing this, several people's eyes showed a hint of disappointment.
"I thought a 'Klein Realm Realm'-level powerhouse had come to Canglan City..."
"But it makes sense, if that extremely dangerous god did choose a proxy, and if he has grown to 'Klein Realm Realm'-level, the higher-ups can't possibly not know."
The man sitting on the sofa squinted his eyes slightly, "Regardless, if the Angel zhi has chosen a proxy and bestowed a Divine Sanctuary, it's a major event. We need to report to the higher-ups immediately."
"Right, Elder Zhao, since you met him, where is he? You didn't bring him back, such an important person?"
"He ran away..." Sam Zhao sighed, "He told me he needed to get his backpack, and while I was distracted, he ran off."
"..." Everyone was speechless.
Just as everyone was preparing to tease Sam Zhao, the door of the room opened again.
A man still wearing a dark red cloak walked in, with traces of blood still on his face, and his steps were heavy, like he was carrying lead.
Upon seeing this man, including Sam Zhao, everyone stood up immediately.
"Captain!"
"Captain, are you okay?"
The captain waved his hand, took off the blood-stained cloak, and sat down on a small stool by the door, his expression filled with indescribable exhaustion.
"I'm fine, but... the Ghost King has escaped."
The faces of the few people instantly became serious.
The captain continued, "Last night, I pursued the Ghost King all the way to the outskirts north of the city, and we had a fight. It was heavily injured and later used its own origin to force an escape."
"So, the Ghost King might have already escaped Canglan City?" a man sitting on the sofa suddenly spoke up.
Everyone looked at him, and the captain's eyebrows raised slightly, "Speak up, Mary."
Mary Wu stood up slowly, pulled out a map of the surroundings of Canglan City from under the sofa, and spread it out on the ground.
"Canglan City is relatively remote, and it is also quite far from nearby cities. The captain fought with the Ghost King in the outskirts to the north last night. Besides Canglan City, the nearest city there is dozens of kilometres away." Mary Wu drew a circle on the map.
"So what?" Alice looked puzzled.
At this moment, the captain's eyes gradually lit up, "The Ghost King is heavily injured, and it won't be able to cross such a distance until it recovers its strength."
Mary Wu continued, "And if the Ghost King wants to regain its strength, it can only do so by consuming people, which means..."
"It will definitely return to Canglan City?"
"Exactly."
Sam Zhao frowned slightly, "But Canglan City is so big, we have no idea where it might appear from."
"Sewer." Mary Wu pushed up his glasses and used a red pen to draw a curve on the map, "The Ghost King likes to go into the sewer, and it escaped through the sewer before. There's only one sewer connecting the outskirts of the north city, which means that the location where the Ghost King appears is very likely somewhere along this sewer route."
"Immediately send people to search along this sewer. This time, we must not let it escape!" There was a glint of coldness in the captain's eyes, and he immediately gave the order.
"Understood!"
"Oh, one more thing." Mary Wu turned to look at Sam Zhao, "Make sure to bring back the proxy of the Angel zhi. His potential is too great, and he absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Ancient God Church! In a sense, this matter has a higher priority than dealing with the Ghost King!"
Sam Zhao immediately straightened his chest, "Leave it to me. I'll definitely personally catch that kid!"
"Didn't he run away? How are you going to find him?" Alice muttered softly.
"He's wearing the uniform of Second High. I'll wait for him at the school gate today. I don't believe I won't catch him!" Sam Zhao's mouth curled into a confident smile.
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"Bro, why aren't you going to school today?"
Carl Yang looked at Ben Lin, who wasn't wearing a school uniform or carrying a backpack, and asked curiously.
"I have something to do today, so I won't be going." Ben Lin put on his shoes while opening the door, "Is Aunt still asleep?"
"She just got back an hour ago."
"I see. Go to school a bit earlier later. Don't follow my example."
"Alright."
Ben Lin closed the door, quietly took off the black silk from his eyes, and put it in his pocket.
His eyes had recovered, but he hadn't told Aunt and Carl Yang yet. One reason was because Aunt had the night shift last night, and the two of them hadn't seen each other at all.
As for the second reason, Ben Lin had just obtained these eyes, and he hadn't been able to control the power in his eyes well. The golden light would sometimes suddenly appear from the depths of his eyes. Although it wasn't very obvious, if Aunt and the others saw it, they would definitely force him to get his eyes checked again, which would be a waste of money.
He wanted to announce this matter when he could completely control his eyes. However, since he was going out, there was no need to wear the black silk. It would be too conspicuous.
Ben Lin took out the sunglasses that Carl Yang had bought for him from his pocket, put them on, and walked towards the bus stop with long strides.
After more than an hour of bumping along, Ben Lin finally arrived at his destination.
Sunshine Mental Hospital.
The last time Ben Lin had come here was ten years ago.
In these ten years, Ben Lin had changed a lot, and this mental hospital had changed a lot too.
All the old walls had been renovated, the gate was twice as wide as before, and two modern high-rise buildings replaced the original three-story small building. Even the characters "Sunshine Mental Hospital" had turned into gilded embossing!
Standing at the gate, Ben Lin could no longer connect the modern hospital in front of him with the small building in his memory.
Perhaps the only thing that hadn't changed was the old man who guarded the gate.
Only, his figure had become much more hunched, and his hair had turned much whiter.
The old man seemed to have spotted Ben Lin and squinted his eyes, raising his right hand to point at Ben Lin...
Just as Ben Lin thought that the old man still remembered him and was about to say hello,
The old man loudly shouted, "Hey, you there! You're blocking the cars behind!"
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