Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 732: Chapter 238: Insider

Leonard Churchill had no intention of letting others know that his injuries were not serious, so he did not let the doctor treat him.

He grabbed a potion and some gauze and simply treated himself.

Vera Williams, who had learned a little about medical care, conveniently lent a hand.

The two of them chatted while they attended to the wounds.

As Vera looked at the injury, she realized just how unreasonably resilient this body was.

The tenacity of skin, muscle, and bone was visibly exaggerated.

This was simply not something a frail gunman could possess.

But she was also smart enough not to say it outright. Instead, her watery eyes blinked as she turned to say, “Mr. Leonard Churchill, thank you for saving me once again. You really are amazing…”

“Hehe…”

Leonard Churchill caught the implied meaning in the girl’s words and simply laughed without speaking.

He had saved her indeed.

However, things were far from over.

Now that Captain Sam was seriously injured, the chaos that ensued presented the best opportunity for an assassination.

If there was truly an insider, now would be the time for them to show their face.

…

As he was thinking, there came a knocking of footsteps from outside the door.

The sound resembled that of high heels tapping on wooden floorboards, suggesting a not so light body weight, with unstable steps.

There was also someone with light, steady steps, clearly a master.

Before the person arrived, that duck-like voice had already come through the door: “Oh my, my dear niece, are you alright?”

Upon hearing this, Leonard Churchill had already quietly disappeared into the shadows.

Vera guessed his intentions and started tidying up the scene.

The danger was far from over.

The moment Madam Mela entered, her sharp little eyes began to scan the room.

Noticing Vera packing up the first aid kit, her gaze instantly darkened.

Her chubby hand also quietly rested on her handbag as she asked, “Vera, what exactly happened? Oh, I heard that an assassin came again?”

Vera looked at the corpulent woman who had arrived belatedly and didn’t want to explain much, saying, “Aunt, it’s all over now. You should go rest early.”

“How can I sleep!”

The corpulent woman, seemingly still in shock, patted her chest: “It was simply too horrifying, I think we must leave this damned countryside as soon as possible. Also, I’ve said it before, we shouldn’t let strange strangers stay in the Commerce Guild. Promise your aunt, we’ll leave tomorrow, okay?”

The successive events of the day gave her an immense sense of crisis.

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It seemed like some things were going out of control.

She wanted to reel people back in before things spiraled out of control.

“…”

Hearing this, Vera didn’t feel like arguing, but for some reason, she found these genuinely concerned words irksome today.

Leaving was definitely not an option.

Not to mention that the takeover procedures at Machinery City had yet to be completed, leaving would be throwing all previous efforts away.

Even if she truly intended to leave, now that she was being targeted, it was highly likely she wouldn’t be able to make it home alive.

Madam Mela, seeing that Vera didn’t respond but looked contemplative, probed further, “Tell your aunt, who exactly is this ‘Mr. Sunny’? When did you meet him?”

Having meals until midnight was one thing.

During the previous assassin’s attack, according to the guards, as soon as they entered the room, they saw that person named “Mr. Sunny” already inside.

What could a man and a woman possibly be doing in a room in the middle of the night?

What could they be doing?

She was someone who had been there before.

Listening to her aunt’s suspicions, Vera knew what she was implying but couldn’t explain. With cheeks blushing slightly, she simply said, “He is my friend.”

Madam Mela, seeing this expression, became even more displeased and said, “Vera… I think the Mike whom your aunt introduced to you last time was handsome and talented, and he might even inherit the earldom in the future. A proper high-ranking noble… You’re still young, don’t be deceived by the sweet talk of some stranger from who knows where.”

Vera responded, “Aunt. The Federation no longer has hereditary nobility. Those people are just adding luster to their own faces.”

Hearing this, something prompted her to instinctively want to argue, “And Mr. Sunny is really nice…”

Madam Mela scoffed, “Nice? I saw him, he’s nothing but a con artist…”

But before she could finish, she saw a figure slowly rise from the shadows, chuckling, “Madam, are you talking about me?”

“You…”

Madam Mela, seeing a man suddenly appear in the room, colored with embarrassment. Where did this guy come from?

Then she became filled with rage.

No matter if he was actually a Secret Guard sent by the old master or not, a servant who dared to eavesdrop on his masters’ conversation?

…

Leonard Churchill originally did not want to meddle in other people’s family affairs.

No matter how Madam Mela slandered him behind his back, that was the Song Family’s business.

Listening to it, he just found those petty schemes laughable.

But just now, while he was listening, a sudden enlightenment appeared: “You are exempt from the continuous negative Mental Magic Spell ‘Dream-weaving Incite’.”

This was truly bizarre.

How could a Mental Magic Spell come up during a normal conversation?

Although Leonard Churchill wasn’t wearing the Clown Mask.

His Mental Power was now at a very high level.

After spending two months in the environment with strong Mental Pollution at Upper State Prison, his Mental Power had surged by several times, reaching a remarkable “111.5”.

This figure was even higher than the Mental Power of most Third Tier Technique Type card masters.

Moreover, one of the prominent effects of the Void Moon Mind, the Contemplation Secret Technique he had learned undercover from the Silver Moon Sect, was its ability to exempt various negative mental states.