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Reiner had no way to ask West what he really thought.

Does he really not want to go home?

After traveling abroad for more than ten years, he chose to return to his hometown before his father's sixtieth birthday. Even the small card that seemed to be given out in a scam had his own address written on it.

But West has not written a letter to his family for so many years. His parents don't even know whether he is alive or dead. Now that he returned to Olmster, he did not go home immediately. Why?

Is it just because of the mistakes you made in the past that you don't dare to face your parents?

"You idiot, if you make a mistake, you just need to apologize honestly. If there is anything that the family can't solve, why is it so awkward?"

Uncle Mason lowered his voice, as if this was the only way to prevent his tears from bursting.

Aunt Gwen had already burst into tears.

Reiner paused and continued to speak.

"Both of you, West not only saved the farmers on the plantation, I think he also left some kind of mark on the criminal through the surge technique."

He stood up. It was up to Reiner to find the traces West left behind at the end of his life.

"That's all I want to say. West may have done many wrong things in the past, but at least in the last moments of his life, he used magic to protect others and fought against extremely vicious criminals. His feats should not be Just buried."

After leaving these words, Reiner left the hotel. He already had a certain idea in his mind.

The surge spell that West used his own blood could not allow the farmers to safely escape from the warehouse to the plantation. At most, they would be evaporated by the high temperature only half the way.

But Reiner could clearly see a trace of water mist surrounding the farmers. Based on the topography of the site, it could be inferred that the water came from the plantation's artificial river, but West's warehouse had no way to access this river.

In other words, the mist that Reiner saw was not caused by West.

At the fire scene, the second mage besides West was naturally Macon Hydahia.

Macon used the surge technique to block the high temperature, which allowed the farmers to escape successfully, but he was not a kind person. There was only one reason why he would do such a thing.

That means he was also at the fire scene, among the farmers!

Reiner packed Mrs. Freya in a box, came to the hospital, and took the elevator to the door of the ward.

The hospital was quiet and peaceful in the evening. In the ward, several injured farmers were lying on the bed. Most of them had not yet regained consciousness. The entire ward was silent.

Reiner greeted the attending doctor and walked into the ward.

A cursory glance showed that although there were a few injured farmers who were tall, none had blue hair, and none looked similar to Macon's photo.

At this time, Reiner put the box in his hand on the ground, opened it, and the kitten inside immediately jumped out.

"You actually stuffed me into a box. You really don't have any manners towards a lady. Meow, where are you?"

Madam Freya was only halfway through her protest when she noticed her surroundings. She hurriedly hid behind Reiner and rubbed Reiner's trouser leg with the tip of her tail.

"Does this smell familiar to you?"

Reiner asked, looking around at the farmers.

"Meow meow meow???"

When Mrs. Freya heard Reiner's words, she moved her nose and took two steps forward.

"It does look familiar. This is the smell of Macon."

She turned around and immediately hid behind Reiner.

"It's just that the auras of the people here are mixed together, and I can't tell who it is."

"It doesn't matter, just make sure he's here."

Reiner didn't care whether Macon heard what he said or not, and continued.

"In many mysteries, the way the criminal hides his identity is to disguise himself as the victim, so that he can move freely while being cleared of suspicion. I think Macon also has this plan.

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Taking a step forward, Reiner took out a bottle of red potion from his storage bag.

"He thought that under the cover of West's surge technique, he could successfully disguise himself as a farmer on the plantation and escape, but he didn't know that West had already prevented this in advance."

He opened the bottle cap and poured out the potion, but instead of flowing to the ground, the potion turned into a cloud of smoke and floated in mid-air.

"He used the surge technique to leave a mark on each farmer's body. This was the last mark he left with blood. And this mark, Macon, who escaped disguised as a farmer halfway, naturally did not have such a mark. So he couldn't detect the clues left by West."

Macon Hedathia, a mid-level mage who had been on the run for many years, never imagined that he would be exposed because of the sudden appearance of a first-level mage.

The red smoke dispersed and turned into several long snakes, flying towards several farmers. This was a potion that could sense West's blood. The farmers who were detected meant that they were protected by West's surge technique. People who have passed.

Soon, after the smoke dispersed, you could see only a sleeping farmer in the corner, and the smoke showed no sign of getting close to him.

Reiner took two steps and came to the hospital bed. Mrs. Freya jumped on Reiner's shoulders and looked at the unconscious patient warily.

Reiner reached out to the farmer and was about to cast a confinement spell when he saw a burst of yellow smoke surrounding the hospital bed, showing an ominous sign.

When the smoke came into contact with the hospital bed, it immediately made a sizzling sound. The solid metal was quickly corroded and turned into black filth. The smoke continued to spread to the surroundings, with a strong tendency to affect the surrounding patients.

Reiner did not hesitate. As soon as he raised his hand, Lanchester's eternal blazing sun shone. In this small space, the casting of any spell was somewhat restrictive. Reiner also used his own magic to restrain the fireball, making it all Explosive power all points in one direction.

Bang

The explosion was fleeting, and the hospital bed where Macon was originally located was blown to pieces along with the wall. The yellow smoke was also burned away by the flames. In the smoke, the cold wind of the evening poured in from the big hole in the wall and blew it away. Smoke and dust.

The hospital beds had been destroyed by the heat, but Macon was nowhere to be seen.

Reiner could see a red line in the air, which was the tracking spell of the Eternal Blazing Sun that had just existed, guiding the direction of Macon.

The red line extends from the cavity in the wall, pointing to the garden outside the hospital.

"Did you escape?"

Reiner didn't hesitate and jumped directly from the hole.

The height of four floors is enough to kill someone. Before jumping down, Reiner released a slow falling spell, and then slowly fell to the ground.

But as soon as he touched the ground, Reiner felt something was wrong. The originally hard earth suddenly became soft and sticky, sticking to Reiner's shoes, making it difficult for him to walk.

Behind him, a man in a hospital gown held two test tubes in his hands and was staring at Reiner.

One test tube contained yellow viscous liquid, and the other contained clear and transparent liquid.

He threw out the two test tubes, then raised his hand, and the test tubes exploded at the same time. The two liquids mixed, creating a dark green flame vortex. The vortex continued to expand, heading towards Reiner, who was restrained from moving!