"Instructor!"
"Instructor!"
Su Baiyi stumbled, crying, and threw herself onto Wang Zihao, her beautiful eyes filled with panic and distress.
She hesitated to touch him, but had to. She fumbled around his body, but found nothing.
Tears blurred her vision as she looked at Duan Chen.
"What should we do, Instructor? That apostle just put a strange pocket watch on Wang Zihao, but now it's fused with his body! Could it cause him any harm?"
Su Baiyi burst into tears.
Duan Chen took a breath, looking at his slightly injured arm. He pursed his lips.
Putting aside other concerns, he quickly went to Wang Zihao's side and bent down to check his body. Unexpectedly, Wang Zihao opened his eyes at that moment.
Duan Chen and Su Baiyi were both startled.
Wang Zihao coughed twice, clutching his chest, and stood up.
"I'm fine, Instructor, don't worry. Although I don't know what that pocket watch is, my ancient script monitors my physical condition."
He calmly brought up his ancient script and opened his physical condition monitoring.
"It shows no negative changes in my body, and my mental resilience is continuously improving. It should be a good thing."
The most important question now was why the apostle would place a good item like this pocket watch into Wang Zihao's body.
The situation was filled with too much strangeness.
"By the way, why are you awake?"
Unable to figure out this matter for the moment, Duan Chen turned his attention to Su Baiyi and asked her.
Su Baiyi trembled slightly, feeling a bit embarrassed.
She softly explained, "It's because of my talent, Instructor."
Her talent was Charm. She naturally had an advantage in mental resistance. Upon sensing a mental charm being cast, she immediately chose to faint.
She then used her talent to charm herself, feigning unconsciousness.
In reality, she could dispel it whenever she wished.
A flash of surprise crossed Duan Chen's eyes.
He had initially thought Su Baiyi was just a pretty face. To think she could react so calmly and protect herself in such a critical moment.
Wang Zihao nodded and said, "I had a similar feeling. Because my ancient script is an intelligence-type talent, I sensed the mental charm the instant it was cast."
"However, I don't have complete mental resistance, so I still suffered some erosion. But compared to others, I probably woke up much sooner."
Duan Chen and the others looked at the three people lying unconscious on the ground, then at the open courtyard gate not far away, the bodies of the villagers hung inside, and the tattered items lying on the ground in front of the courtyard.
What was all this?
"So, how should we write the report about this?" Wang Zihao scratched his head, looking confused.
"Should I write about the apostle giving me a pocket watch in the report?"
"No," Duan Chen immediately denied.
Su Baiyi and Wang Zihao looked at Duan Chen, puzzled. Duan Chen decided to exercise his duty as an instructor at this moment.
"Don't you know that certain items captured during missions can be kept?"
Su Baiyi blinked and nodded.
"I have heard of that, but the pocket watch wasn't something we captured, was it?"
The smile on Duan Chen's lips turned downward. "Indeed not. However, the pocket watch has already merged into Wang Zihao's body. If this matter is reported, Wang Zihao will likely have to undergo examination."
"Do you want to undergo examination?" He looked at Wang Zihao, and the seriousness of the situation made Wang Zihao's scalp tingle involuntarily.
"If you undergo examination, it will probably take about half a year. But because you are the first person to have an unknown substance injected by an apostle without suffering any harm, the guild will likely monitor you closely."
"No!"
Just hearing this, Wang Zihao immediately refused.
He took a deep breath, staggered to his feet, and bowed to the two people standing before him.
Duan Chen did not dodge.
Su Baiyi looked surprised.
Wang Zihao pleaded earnestly, "Instructor, and Sister Su, I hope you can keep this a secret."
Su Baiyi hesitated, then looked at Duan Chen.
Finally, she sighed, "I can only guarantee that I will not proactively reveal this matter. If someone asks me about the pocket watch, I will try my best to protect you as long as my own interests are not harmed. But if my interests are compromised, I can only apologize."
Wang Zihao said he understood and nodded gratefully. That was good enough. He didn't expect anyone to sacrifice their own interests to help him keep a secret.
Duan Chen said directly and casually, "You don't need to worry about me. I want to investigate this pocket watch myself to find out what's going on."
"So, I will keep it a secret for you."
"Thank you, Instructor and Sister Su." Wang Zihao breathed a sigh of relief. He could accept an examination, but he couldn't accept being repeatedly examined. That would delay too many things. He didn't want his progress to be hindered by constant examinations. It was completely contrary to his plans.
Seeing that both of them had agreed, Wang Zihao felt a genuine sense of relief. However, he still couldn't understand why the apostle had placed a pocket watch in his body, and why this watch seemed to cause him no harm.
Duan Chen didn't think too much about it. He checked the physical condition of the other people who had been taken away, and felt at ease.
"They've all just fainted. You two stay here to look after him. I'll clean up the battlefield."
As he turned away, Duan Chen heard Su Baiyi and Wang Zihao still talking behind him. His eyes suddenly changed. If he wasn't mistaken, this should be a fishing ground. The magician's mention of an accidental encounter was completely unbelievable. He was likely intentionally lured here. Then the question arose: why did the magician want to lure him here? What was the other party's objective? And his words were indeed intriguing, what was going on here?