Chapter 197 The Harvest of Action
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"Now is not the time for flirting," Hobert interrupted the eye contact between the two Night Watch members. "Will lost too much blood just now. Although his life isn't in danger, he's still very weak. You rest here, and the rest of you come with me to search Heyman's residence."
Brian nodded and immediately led Hobert the way.
After the team members left, Will finally felt the wonder of the mystical world. He had almost died, but he was still alive.
Just then, the doctor who had rescued him passed by. "You, you're not dead?"
Will quickly and unsteadily got up and said, "Doctor, thank you for taking care of me just now. Yes, well, I, one of my teammates is a skilled surgeon."
"Lord of Storms! I must be dreaming!" The doctor said incredulously, "Only in dreams would there be a surgeon who can heal wounds instantly."
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Hobert and the other two arrived at Heyman's residence, which was a two-room apartment on the second floor.
Now both rooms were in a mess, filled with the smell of rotting flesh.
Hobert noticed several large pottery jars on the floor that had been broken. The foul smell was coming from the fragments of the pottery jars.
And on the table over there, there was also a smaller pottery jar. The lid of the pottery jar had an iron buckle that could firmly fasten the jar and the lid.
Hobert said, "That small jar should be what Heyman used to store sealed items, and these broken large jars must have contained a lot of rotten flesh. The main body of the 'Multi-Eyed Monster' should be pieced together from these rotten flesh."
He suddenly belatedly realized that although his ability to "discover loopholes" and "summarize rules" had not become stronger, his observation ability had become much stronger, and he could quickly find the clues he wanted.
For example, the pipe on the ground should be something Heyman left behind, but Hobert did not immediately remind the other Night Watch members.
He said to the Sequence 9 member, "Take this pottery jar to Borgia and have him store the sealed item.
"Wait, there should be something else, ah, found it, take it to Borgia together."
What Hobert found was a wooden clip that was dropped on the ground. Using it to clamp the sealed item would prevent him from being affected by the sealed item.
After the Sequence 9 member left, Hobert said to Brian, "Go to the room inside and see if there is any of Heyman's hair or his discarded personal belongings."
Brian had seen Hobert's strength in the previous battle, so he was willing to obey Hobert's orders.
When only Hobert was left in the room, he picked up the pipe that was half-covered by a tile and put it in his pocket.
If it were before, he would definitely give this clue to the Night Watch, because he had no divination pathway, and having clues was useless.
But now that Mr. K has come to Backlund and he has a divination pathway, he plans to keep this clue.
Maybe he can find a few more of Heyman's dens? The last den had more than 3,000 pounds in cash and property!
If he could find one or two more of these, wouldn't he be rich!
Hobert had previously obtained Heyman's pipe, but at that time Hobert was only Sequence 9, and because it involved the Aurora Order, Hobert did not dare to keep such clues.
Now it's different. Hobert is already Sequence 7, and he is the kind of Sequence 7 that can fight other Sequence 7s head-on, and he knows that Heyman is determined to leave the Aurora Order.
The former makes Hobert not worry that Heyman will trace back along the clues, and the latter makes Hobert not worry that the lunatics of the Aurora Order will trace back along this clue.
A few minutes later, Brian said, "I've searched, Heyman is very careful and didn't leave any clues."
Hobert nodded, "We'll go to the street to wait for follow-up support. Go around and ask if there are any people with severed limbs or large wounds. Bring them over and I'll stitch them up."
Brian immediately went downstairs, feeling very grateful to Hobert. Being able to save a person would lighten the punishment their team received.
Hobert carried a chair and sat down next to Will.
While resting, Hobert sorted out his feelings from the previous battle in his mind. At the moment of defeating the 'Multi-Eyed Monster', Hobert felt the liveliness of his spirituality and the loosening of the potion.
At that time, he realized that the process of defeating the 'Multi-Eyed Monster' must be able to summarize important information about digesting the 'Briber' potion, or about his own sequence.
Hobert first simply reviewed the previous battle: he found the weakness of the 'Multi-Eyed Monster' and dealt with it flexibly.
After a little thought, Hobert immediately understood that this combat process conformed to the characteristics of bribery.
Bribery is originally the process of finding the other party's weaknesses and then using these weaknesses to complete the bribe.
For example, if the administrative officer of a certain county is lecherous, then this is his weakness. Bribery is a further action taken against the weaknesses of others.
That is to say, in battle, or in court, or even on the field, as long as you find the other party's weaknesses and use that weakness to achieve your goal, you are also playing the role of a 'Briber'.
Then Hobert's thinking became more and more open, and he finally completely understood the description of the 'Briber' on the 'Black Emperor' card: "The real briber has understood the true meaning of 'loopholes'."
The opponent's weaknesses are the loopholes in him, and the reason why the Sequence 7 potion is called 'Briber' actually emphasizes the first half of the 'bribery process': finding channels for bribery.
This is a process of finding weaknesses and loopholes.
Hobert finally understood why the word "loopholes" was in quotation marks in the description. It refers to the concept of loopholes, not just loopholes in order or rules.
Having figured this out, Hobert felt the liveliness of his spirituality again, and he completely understood the meaning contained in the name of the 'Briber' potion.
At this time, Brian came over with several seriously injured residents. Hobert came back to his senses and began to use "stitching" to treat the injured residents.
More than half an hour later, police support arrived, and the follow-up work was handed over to them. Hobert and several Nighthawks members returned to the Blackthorn Security Company one after another.
Because the other teams had not returned yet, except for the 'Sleepless', everyone else was arranged to rest in the lounge.
Hobert lay on the sofa and slept for two or three hours before being woken up by Borgia.
All the Night Watch members have returned.
More than a dozen team members held a meeting in the conference room on the second floor to report on their respective results.
The actions of the six teams were not smooth in the capture of Hillman and Heyman. Hillman had foreseen the capture plan in advance and used mystical means to summon a Sequence 5 to help. Even with the use of 2-365 (the black gloves seized from the Tamara family), Hillman still escaped.
However, Hillman was also severely injured as a result, and it may take a long time to recover, or he may never recover to his best state and may never lose hope of promotion.
After learning about the results of the other teams' actions, Thomas said, "There is no doubt that Hobert played an important role in this operation."
It is not necessary to mention that Hobert almost killed the "Shadow Ascetic" alone, which has exceeded the set task that Thomas gave him. Hobert's support and interception later were the main reasons Thomas praised him.
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