Suren rescued Danny's three friends.

They got off in a neighborhood far from Green Street and started walking.

Along the way, Danny and the three youngsters, Nancy included, were excited.

But Suren remained expressionless, replaying the night's events in his mind.

Although all the illegally captured people in the basement were released, not many would likely escape. The gang's control over an area far exceeded most people's imagination. Those who looked like homeless people and orphans wouldn't be able to escape far on foot alone. Even if they hid, they would easily be discovered because they were unfamiliar with the area.

Suren wasn't sure if the Steam Party would eliminate some of the people they failed to capture, remember Nancy and the others, and then trace them back to Green Street, where they were captured, to look for clues.

Although the possibility was small, Suren knew that it was best not to leave such hidden dangers.

After all... this incident also involved that S-rank wanted criminal.

If only a few gang members had died and a few captured orphans had escaped, the Steam Party might not go to great lengths to hunt down the culprit.

But if the Umbrella Organization in the inner city discovered that the woman had been there, things would become complicated.

Before coming, Suren had thought that the Steam Party was only engaged in ordinary "illegal population trade," but now that he thought about it, there were some problems.

That group of illegally captured people was going to be "delivered." Delivered to whom?

Who would accept such a group of low-quality slaves? After all, adolescents and homeless people were far less valuable than young women.

Moreover, judging from the memories Suren extracted from the corpses, this "delivery" had been going on for a long time.

This meant that the recipient had a great demand for people.

Ordinary slave businesses couldn't possibly consume so many "low-quality" people.

Coupled with the S-rank wanted criminal, Suren felt that the matter might involve some other hidden issues.

...

"I was so scared. I thought I was going to be sold to a meat factory by those human traffickers to be made into canned food..."

"I heard from someone who was captured with me before that the people in the inner city raise mutated monsters as pets, and they feed us to the pets..."

"..."

Along the way, the three youngsters chattered and shared their terrifying experiences of being captured and the exaggerated legends they had heard with Danny.

"Oh, we can finally go home."

"Mom Susan must be worried sick knowing we were captured."

"Thanks to Danny this time, otherwise we wouldn't be able to come back."

Hearing this, Danny quickly looked at Suren next to him and corrected, "You should thank this gentleman. He saved you."

But he knew that Suren probably didn't want to reveal too much information, so he didn't explain how he had hired this savior.

"Thank you, sir."

The three youngsters bowed to Suren happily.

But Suren shook his head, not paying attention to their thanks, and immediately poured cold water on them, "You can't go back to your homes now, at least not for the next few months."

The three were stunned. "Huh? Sir... why?"

Suren felt it was necessary to explain the seriousness of the matter to them, so he said, "I killed some gangsters when I saved you. Those who captured you might remember that you came from Green Street. If they see you again when you go back, it will not only harm you, but also your other companions."

"Ah?"

Hearing this, the three were instantly at a loss.

Thinking of how terrifying those people were, they seemed really scared. They stood there, looking at Danny, then at Suren. "Then sir... if we can't go home now, where can we go?"

Suren thought for a while, then took out a stack of banknotes. "Here's some money, enough for you to live in another place for a few months. I suggest you take the intercity train to Marsh Street in the East District. That's the territory of the Crow Gang, and the Steam Party can't reach that far."

Looking at the stack of green notes that Suren handed over, the three of them withdrew their hands at the same time, and no one dared to take it.

"No, no, no... sir, we don't need money to survive."

"Yeah, sir, we can earn money ourselves."

"I can steal bread and won't go hungry..."

The three looked at Suren timidly, feeling terrified by this huge sum of money.

The lives of orphans in the slums were cheap. Even if they rummaged for food in the trash, they could still survive tenaciously.

Suren shook his head and explained calmly, "This money is for you to avoid wandering the streets for the next period of time, otherwise it will be easy for people to see that you are outsiders."

"But..."

"Take it!"

The three wanted to say something, but Suren had already stuffed the money into the hands of the little girl named Nancy.

At this moment, a "woo woo" sound came from the distance, indicating the arrival of the intercity train.

Suren said in a slightly threatening tone, "Take this train and leave. Don't come back for at least three months, otherwise, you may kill your companions."

He knew that scaring them would make it less likely for things to go wrong.

Hearing Suren's serious tone, the three were completely clueless and could only turn to Danny for help.

Danny knew the seriousness of the matter and persuaded, "Listen to this gentleman. He's right, you can't go back to Green Street now."

At this time, the steam train had arrived at the platform.

Sad, yet helpless.

The three looked back reluctantly.

Beta weakly asked, "Then, Brother Danny... will we ever meet again?"

Danny thought for a while, not daring to answer immediately, but eventually smiled at the three's expectant gazes, "Yes, we will."

The little girl Nancy timidly asked Suren, "Sir, can we know your name? Later... later I will pay you back."

"No need."

Suren shook his head.

After thinking about it, he took out two pistols and a dagger and handed them to the three of them, "Keep these for self-defense."

"Oh."

The train door opened, and there was no time for more farewells. The three carefully hid the weapons and money under their robes, boarded the train, and went further and further away.

...

The two watched the three leave on the platform.

Suren felt relieved to have sent away the three little troubles.

But Danny's eyes flickered with tears. He knew that he might never see these friends again in his life.

He knew very well that Nancy and the others couldn't go home, and he couldn't go back either.

Danny asked Suren, "Sir, where are we going now?"

Suren led him towards Green Street. "I will rent another house for you near Green Street. Don't go out for the next period of time."

"Oh, okay."

Danny nodded. "Then what do you need me to do?"

After all, this rescue was a transaction, and he hadn't forgotten that he had to pay the reward.

Suren didn't pretend and said directly, "You will refine some first-aid potions in the near future. If you need any materials, make a list, and I will bring them back to you next time I go to the black market. After a while, I may have some things that I need your help with."

Danny nodded, already prepared to sell himself as a long-term worker. "Okay."

The two walked back towards Green Street.

Suren also inquired about the "X Serum Project" and some details about the inner city.

Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "By the way, Danny, when you went to the black market last time, did you notice the S-rank wanted criminal from the inner city at the top of the bounty list? Do you know her?"

He thought that since they were both from the inner city, Danny might know her.

To his surprise, Danny actually knew.

"Sir, are you talking about that silver-haired woman?"

"Yes."

"I don't know her, but I saw her once in the laboratory."

"She's also a member of the research institute?"

"I'm not sure, but she shouldn't be a researcher, more like a combatant. Once when I was home, I accidentally heard my parents mention that our medical research department and the mechanical department were cooperating on another top-secret project, which seemed to be related to her..."

"Your parents know her?"

"Probably..."

"..."

Listening to this, Suren felt a thought instinctively pop into his head.

Danny's parents blew up the lab, and this woman happened to steal some research results and defected. Could there be a special connection between the two incidents that were more than three years apart?

...

Chatting all the way, they soon returned to Green Street.

Suren's efficiency was always high. Not long after they returned to Green Street, they rented a basement for Danny through a real estate agent not far from his own rented house.

This distance could avoid some trouble and allow them to take care of each other.

Because Danny's mutated appearance was too conspicuous, and it was inconvenient for him to go out wearing a cloak, Suren prepared sufficient food and water for him.

Fortunately, alchemists were all true shut-ins. As long as they had something to do in their hands, they could stay in the laboratory until the end of time.

After waiting for a few days, no trouble came to the door, and Suren knew that the trouble at the "Black Duke Club" had probably passed.

Suren's days returned to peace.

Since he had obtained a whole set of Black Tower Academy textbooks from Mr. Black, he had plunged into the study of theoretical knowledge and became busy.

Not only textbooks, but also the vice president's teaching plans and annotations, filled a storage ring.

The textbook content was simple and profound, progressing step by step. As long as you followed the order of elementary, intermediate, and advanced, it was not difficult to understand.

Moreover, because Suren had extracted so many knowledge fragments from his mind, he could often read those textbooks that others needed to study slowly very quickly. When he saw a lot of knowledge in his mind, he immediately had a strange sense of familiarity. After understanding some transitional content, he could connect the knowledge into pieces.

These textbooks were like a thread, stringing together those knowledge beads.

Stringing the beads into a chain, they slowly became systematic disciplines.

Potions, enchantments, plant installations, runes, alchemical spells, mechanics, forging, occultism, medicine...

Suren immersed himself in the sea of knowledge of this magical world and absorbed it like a whale.

His progress was also rapid.

Especially in the area of mechanical knowledge, the progress was simply incomparable.

The problem with the previously unsuccessful "spider bomb" was also found, and it was in a small blind spot of knowledge that he didn't know. With theoretical support, he could even improve the previous design drawings and create a more perfect spider bomb. There were also many technological innovations in "Iron Man II"...

Through systematic learning, his rune drawing skills and forging skills also increased greatly. Because of the more perfect skills, the rune golems he made now were several times more powerful than before. He could also slowly start trying those intermediate golems that were very difficult to make...

And so were alchemical spells, occultism...

Once the principle was understood, everything was understood.

...

Suren stayed in the basement every day and also planned a detailed and regular schedule for himself.

Exercising physical fitness, reading and studying, tinkering with machines and golems, occasionally going to the shooting range to shoot guns...

Following the schedule strictly every day, the data on the panel increased visibly.

The peaceful and fulfilling days passed quickly, and another month passed in a blink of an eye.

Suren originally wanted to continue to stay at home, but Kai came to him.

This former boss of Green Street, the commander of a bare杆 army who was bored, seemed to have nothing to do every day because he had no jurisdiction. Eventually, he couldn't bear the loneliness and found Suren.

"Let's go, brother, let's do something big!"

On this dark and windy night, Kai said mysteriously with an excited expression on his face, as if he was taking his brother to get rich, "I got a secret piece of information that the Steam Party will be transporting a batch of 'special mechanical equipment' from the inner city tonight..."