ghost on paper

Chapter 60 Bomb
Truman has a bomb behind him.

Like a living thing, it stuck tightly to Truman's shirt, stretched out its claws like a crab, and dunked into the flesh on Truman's back.

It has a pocket watch running needles on it, like its eyes or heart.

Being possessed by a bomb, Truman didn't even feel it.

And when Lilith tried to pull the bomb from Truman's back, not only did Truman feel the pain that went deep into his bone marrow, but the pocket watch on the bomb also began to spin faster.

Its hour and minute hands were heading towards zero, which was twelve o'clock.

When these two pointers coincide, I'm afraid something bad will happen.

"Truman!" Lilith screamed, "Bomb!"

'Artisans' are able to identify such creations.

Lilith gained a lot of knowledge about casting after being promoted to Extraordinary.

Through Lilith's description, two nouns and a name immediately flashed through Truman's mind.

Bomb, Alchemist.

Freddy.

Where is he!
Truman looked around, seeing people coming and going, he was currently the focus of the crowd, and everyone was looking at the weird thing behind him.

Not everyone knew about bombs, but there were some who were knowledgeable. A man with a soldier's air pointed at Truman's back and shouted.

"bomb!!!"

This caused panic, the crowd began to panic, and in the panic Truman couldn't tell where Freddy was.

The alchemist's control over the bomb, that is, the "clothes bursting" skill, will not exceed 50 meters after the second-level "detonation" and third-level "resonance" skills are blessed.

The crowd is so dense, 50 meters is already far away.

Can't find it.

It doesn't make sense to find it.

Truman was thinking, with cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Freddy didn't dare to detonate the bomb in public. There are not only civilians but also nobles here. Detonating a bomb here may be sent to the beheading platform of Shenwei Prison.

Therefore, Freddy must be nearby. He followed Truman and waited for Truman to blow up Truman to a place where there were few people.

Therefore, you cannot leave the crowd.

But it doesn't rule out that Freddy was so crazy that he even killed Truman and the crowd. Otherwise, what is the countdown timer for?

"Truman, I can dismantle it, but I'm not familiar with its structure, so I may not be able to finish it before the countdown ends, do you believe me?"

"Now, there are only 3 minutes left in the countdown."

Lilith spoke these words very quickly, and what she asked was 'do you trust me' instead of 'do you need me', obviously, she had made up her mind to help Truman.

"I believe you." Truman said immediately, "but you only have 2 minutes and 50 seconds. If you don't finish dismantling, you have to leave."

"I run very fast, and it only takes 5 seconds to reach a safe place. Don't worry, I won't die with you. You have no relatives in this city, and someone needs to bury you."

Lilith spoke calmly and almost cruelly while working.

But Truman knew that she had a kind heart, otherwise she wouldn't be here with him in mortal danger.

Truman couldn't see Lilith's working status, but he thought of one thing.

"If I die, you can find the money I owe you from the village of Rowa. That's Anton's former residence, in the wine cellar."

"Anton hopes that the person who got the money can return him innocent. If you have the ability, you can try it. After all, the person who killed his family and me is the same person."

ah?Lilith seemed taken aback for a moment.

"But unless you've been promoted to 'Legend', don't try to get revenge..."

"I won't." Lilith said without raising her head. "Revenge is not for me. I can help you inherit your money and make it more effective."

"Very good." Truman praised, "You can try to pass the news I said to the emperor or Heisha, they may avenge me..."

At this time.

Truman paused suddenly.

Because he saw Freddy in the crowd.

The Habsburg butler stood in the crowd, staring at Truman with cold eyes, like a hunter planning to hunt, but the prey had already fallen into his trap.

Truman and Freddy looked at each other. At this moment, Truman felt a very extreme emotion, which might be called hatred.

This moment can be said to be the most vulnerable moment since Truman's time travel, and it was inadvertently grasped by Freddy.

At this time, the chaotic crowd had expanded into a circle centered on Truman, and there was no one within ten meters of Truman, and everyone was staring at the scene from the outside.

Now, even if an explosion occurs, it will not affect the crowd.

Freddy grasped the situation, and with a cruel smile he seemed to say, you're doomed.

boom!
Freddy opened his mouth and let out an explosion.

He doesn't have to make a sound like 'pointing a gun' when detonating a bomb.

But he likes this, he wants to see Truman's last despair in a desperate situation.

this moment.

Truman only felt that the hour hand on the bomb behind him jumped suddenly.

Lilith let out an exclamation.

"Run!" Truman gritted his teeth and roared.

But in the next second, Lilith didn't run away, and the bomb didn't go off.

Truman heard Lilith's relieved voice, "Fortunately, it was done in time."

"What did you do?!" Truman was surprised, the bomb was defused so quickly?All less than 1 minute.

"It's too late to dismantle it. I changed part of its properties. I judged that it was the part of the lead wire, and it was true." Lilith said, "I have never seen this kind of bomb made of spiritual matter. I've only seen them in books, you're lucky..."

Before Lilith finished speaking, Truman turned around and hugged her so tightly that he almost wanted to embed Lilith into his body.

"Thank you, Lilith, thank you, you saved my life." Truman said in Lilith's ear.

Lilith's character is not used to this kind of intimacy, she struggled and shook her head: "I just remember the money you owe me, I have to protect them..."

And when Truman looked into the crowd again, Freddy was no longer in sight, but several security officers rushed over from there.

"Let's go." Truman pulled Lilith away, and he didn't want to be questioned by the magistrate, nor did he want to expose Lilith's Extraordinary identity.

……

"A young 'craftsman'?"

Freddy, who was still hiding in the shadows, said softly.

He watched the figures of Truman and Lilith, and then focused on Lilith again.

……

Habsburg basement.

Torches burn here.

It illuminates here as if it were a sacrificial place.

It's not that the Habsburgs couldn't provide electric lighting.

It's just that making potions must avoid the eyes of the 'gods'.

Like a butcher, Heisha used an axe, a saw, and various utensils to turn the tentacles she dragged back from Shenwei Prison into meat paste.

Then, like a witch, he threw the meat paste into a cauldron and boiled it. After twelve hours, these inexplicable things turned into a cup of thick potion.

It was also at this time that she thought of her assistant.

"Where's Mr. Truman? I need Mr. Truman!" she said to little Baron Hobs.

　Update~ It's really miserable recently. First, the blood pressure is extremely high, and then I have otolithiasis...

　　
　
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