Chapter 123: A Narrow Encounter

According to the established plan, on the first day Xiao Fen and Liu Xinyao arrived in the Imperial Capital, there would be a phone call asking Liu Xinyao to go back. Xiao Fen would use this opportunity to also propose going home under the same pretext, waiting until before school started to report again.

This was a very clumsy excuse, not easy to pass in an ordinary Academy.

This was because the management of Trialists was stricter than that of ordinary people.

Considering the special nature of Trialists, a random Trialist displaying their strength in the Mortal World could cause a major accident, resulting in serious consequences.

On the other hand, expecting a Trialist to exercise self-control and not use their abilities to interfere with the daily life of the Mortal World was actually a very unreliable idea.

Therefore, both the World Tree and the Council of Elders would strictly restrain all Awakened, including Trialists.

According to the regulations, before obtaining the recognition of the World Tree, Trialists had to enter relevant schools for study in a timely manner and be concentrated and controlled as much as possible. This was also an important reason for the existence of Awakened bases on several continents.

When going out, generally, two Trialists were required to go out together. Moreover, these two Trialists could not have a direct relationship; for example, they could not be from the same squad, nor could they be related by blood, and so on. This was to ensure that if one Trialist had a problem, the other Awakened could promptly remedy the situation.

Of course, rules were rules, and big families always had many workarounds. Some Trialists were not subject to these restrictions, such as Du Juan, who had previously guided Xiao Fen.

Before this, Du Juan had already told Xiao Fen that the Du Family had completed all the work. As long as Xiao Fen put forward a nearly reasonable opinion, the person in the Du Family responsible for the School Disciplinary Committee would immediately approve the application. Subsequently, Xiao Fen would leave with Liu Xinyao.

Liu Xinyao would testify that Xiao Fen had arrived at the train station and, prior to Liu Xinyao, boarded the train returning to Xiao Fen’s city. In this way, a complete record was formed.

Next, Xiao Fen should get off the train halfway, then take a new train following Liu Xinyao to arrive at Fuyuan City and conduct a preliminary survey there.

After the survey, Xiao Fen could head to the long-distance bus station, where a car would be waiting for him at any time. This car would take Xiao Fen directly back to the four-star hotel in his city. Theoretically, this process would not exceed three days. It should be said that the Council of Elders would not notice this aspect.

Precisely because it did not attract the attention of the Council of Elders, the first stage would be very safe, and there would not be too many Trialists entering Fuyuan City.

On the other hand, regarding whether to let Xiao Fen conduct the second stage of the survey, Du Juan also had some hesitation. After all, as a Trialist who was only Level 1 in Du Juan’s eyes, he might be unable to provide any help to Du Juan in the most terrible battle for the Access Point, and would instead become a burden to Du Juan. This was very troublesome.

However, that was a matter for the second round. Xiao Fen currently still had to complete the task of the first stage first.

Providing a guarantee for Liu Xinyao did not take long to pass, but Xiao Fen’s own request to go home was rejected for some unknown reason. This sudden event disrupted Xiao Fen’s entire itinerary. Liu Xinyao left the School according to the original plan, while Xiao Fen lost an important witness.

Three days later, the Awakened Asia District Base finally gave a reply to Xiao Fen’s request.

He could go back, but he had to be accompanied by a Trialist.

One day later, the Discipline Officer of the Awakened Asia District Base made a final conclusion. A female exchange student who had just come from the UK became Xiao Fen’s partner. They had a 25-day free vacation period. During this period, they could go to any area in the Asia District, provided that both parties had to agree and pass the base review.

On the fifth day, Xiao Fen, who had not received further instructions from Du Juan, met his partner, Sylvia.

Full name: Da Sylvia Ventrue Yule the Tenth.

Xiao Fen immediately recognized the companion he had almost fallen in love with in the London World.

His companion actually appeared in the Real World with her real face. Xiao Fen secretly felt very surprised. However, he quickly discovered his previous misunderstanding.

The reason the Li Family people mistook Xiao Fen for the survivor of another team at the beginning was because Sylvia at that time should have appeared in a male or at least neutral guise. In other words, Sylvia had made a disguise at that time.

After the squad was annihilated, Sylvia was seriously injured. While considering her own physical recovery, she also needed to get rid of the pursuit of the Li Family team, so she had to change her disguise.

In other words, this female Trialist boldly abandoned her disguise, returned to her original appearance, and mingled in that noisy bar.

She was originally British, so appearing in the bar naturally would not be anything special. This bold change allowed her to deceive them and pass.

After that, the people of the Li Family either died or were injured, and none of them had seen Sylvia’s appearance.

In other words, all the hatred of the Li Family was focused on that Palin. At this time, appearing in the Real World with Sylvia’s image was actually the safest approach.

Xiao Fen did not intend to let Sylvia recognize him. He trusted the mask of the World Tree very much. In his view, it was impossible for Sylvia to recognize that he was actually that Palin.

However, when Xiao Fen and Sylvia greeted each other for the first time in the Real World, Sylvia had already recognized that the Eastern teenager in front of her was the target she had been looking for.

The rich and familiar scent of blood on Xiao Fen’s body made Sylvia almost faint at the first moment. She did not believe that Xiao Fen could not recognize her, so she secretly snickered at Xiao Fen’s pretense of ignorance.

“Palin, you are mine. I won’t let anyone take you away. It must be so!”

Looking at Xiao Fen’s back, Sylvia made up her mind in her heart.

Xiao Fen, who obtained permission to leave the Awakened Base, chose to return to his hometown immediately. However, on the train, a familiar phone number once again caused a change in Xiao Fen’s itinerary.

“It’s my guarantor. She is in Fuyuan City and just invited me to go over there.”

Xiao Fen looked up and spoke to Sylvia. The soft sleeper compartment where the two were located was shaking rhythmically, which gave the entire compartment a drowsy feeling. In addition, the room with only two people also occasionally fermented an ambiguous atmosphere.

“Guarantor?”

Sylvia tapped her tablet computer, looked at it, and said: “Liu Xinyao? Female, 17 years old, Outer Court student.”

Xiao Fen nodded and asked: “What is your opinion?”

Sylvia glanced at Xiao Fen, shrugged, and said: “I am interested in traveling. If you think it is necessary, then we will turn.”