Chapter 14 Oz Ice Man's Shroud

The moment Soren grabbed Reina's arm, the murderous intent that felt like a scraping blade on his back suddenly weakened a lot.

The Reis family's eldest daughter had a lot of clout.

Even the Umbrella Organization people, wanting to hunt down a fugitive, had to consider the safety of this young lady.

Soren didn't dare delay. While there weren't too many people surrounding them yet, he had to find that [Sealed Object] as soon as possible.

Because the hostage was very cooperative, the two entered the hotel lobby smoothly.

As soon as he went in and saw the hotel environment, Soren's mind immediately "triggered" some memories, and he was even more certain where the sealed object was hidden.

Soren wasn't sure about the hotel room key, so he didn't plan to go straight up. It would be troublesome if he couldn't break it open violently.

He went to the front desk, intending to check in normally and get the key.

Originally, he thought he would have to show his ID, but he didn't expect the front desk manager to greet them warmly.

No money was collected, and no documents were checked.

A flattering smile was plastered on his face.

He didn't ask for any luxurious suites, just an ordinary large bed room in room 505.

Upstairs, the hostage Miss Reina weakly said that this hotel was her family's property.

The manager knew her.

Upon further questioning, he learned that half of the real estate on this commercial street belonged to her family.

Well, Soren almost forgot that this was a heartlessly rich little heiress.

.......

On the fifth floor, the gaze that had been locked on him had not disappeared.

Soren ignored it and opened the door.

The Moon Hotel was a high-end hotel, and the decoration was no worse than those five-star hotels in his previous life.

Such rooms were not cheap, and the "A-Ranked" Great Thief Aberck chose this place not only for enjoyment but also for safety. The more luxurious the hotel, the less likely it was to be subjected to room checks.

Behind this hotel was the Reis family, frequented by big shots. There were fewer room checks, the frequency of people staying was low, and things were not easily discovered.

Although Reina didn't mind helping Soren, she was also puzzled as to why he brought her to a hotel room.

But before she could ask, as soon as she entered the door, Soren said, "Close your eyes. Otherwise, you'll have a lot more trouble afterward."

"Oh."

Although Reina didn't understand what Soren was going to do, she didn't ask much, just like in the dungeon, and obediently closed her eyes.

Soren really didn't want Reina to see what he was going to do, or she would be in trouble.

Moreover, the more he said, the more he would expose himself.

Entering this room, the images in his mind instantly became clear.

Then, he focused his gaze on the corner of the ceiling.

Nothing could be seen with the naked eye, just a piece of white paint.

He stepped on a stool, then reached out and touched the edge, as if he had grabbed an invisible strip.

"Found it! It's really here!"

Soren was overjoyed.

He didn't know what this sealed object was, only that it was stuck in that inconspicuous corner.

Now that he had it in his hand, he used the Omniscient Eye to see what this transparent thing was.

[Shroud of the Oz Ice Man]

Description: It is the burial cloth of the long sleepers, the life-reaping belt of the living;

Curse Attribute: It can seal corpses at the Law level no higher than the item itself, preventing it from leaking any aura; of course, if you are willing to pay the price of your lifespan, you can also use it as an 'invisibility cloak', no one can find your whereabouts, or aura; get close enough to the shroud, it will absorb your life tenfold; if you have to wrap it around your body, the aura of the dead will cause your life to be lost a thousandfold;

Details: This is a shroud stripped from a mysterious ancient corpse at least 20,000 years ago, absorbing extremely cursed properties; do you see it? No, no one can see it.

When Soren touched this transparent strip in his hand before, he felt a little strange.

Now that he saw the details, he knew that it was the feeling of his life being drained tenfold.

Moreover, the curse attribute of this sealed object, if carried with him, would drain his life tenfold at any time.

Wearing it for a day, consuming it a thousandfold, would be equivalent to losing more than three years of life!

However, compared to being caught and dying on the spot, this price was simply too worth it.

"No wonder that Aberck felt confident that he could escape the Umbrella Organization's encirclement after getting this thing... This thing is simply a life-saving artifact!"

When Soren got this thing, the cloud of death shrouded in his heart suddenly disappeared for the most part.

Gambling with his life,

It seems I won again.

However, now was not the time to be sentimental. Soren picked up the two-meter-long bandage and began to wrap it around himself. Just as he was wondering how to wrap it around his whole body with such a short length, the bandage seemed to come alive on its own.

It was like a transparent little snake, greedily sucking the aura of the living, roaming around Soren's body, circle after circle, and in the blink of an eye, it wrapped him tightly.

At this moment, Soren could feel himself being bound like a mummy, tightly wrapped.

He looked down at his hands, and he could still see them.

But when he looked at the mirror in the room, it was very strange that, even though there were two living people in the room, only Reina with her eyes closed could be seen.

The place where Soren was standing was empty!

"Completely disappeared..."

Seeing himself disappear in the mirror, Soren finally saw the hope of escaping.

However, he also discovered a problem.

It was only a disappearance in the optical sense; his body was still real.

The carpet under his feet clearly showed the indentation of his footprints.

Soren knew that some experts with strong perception would be able to detect this abnormality, so he didn't dare to stay in the room any longer.

Before leaving, he glanced at Reina, who was still standing obediently, and said again, "Remember, no matter what happens, if someone asks you later, you must insist that I hijacked you and forced you upstairs with a death threat."

Reina nodded obediently: "Oh."

Soren thought for a while and said softly, "Thank you."

Hearing this, Reina didn't open her eyes, and a faint smile appeared on her pretty face.

Then, she heard the sound of the door closing.

For a long time, there was no movement in the room.

Reina guessed something and carefully asked, "Mr. Soren, are you still there?"

No one responded.

She asked again, "Can I open my eyes?"

Still, no one responded.

At this time, Reina still didn't dare to open her eyes, because she remembered Mr. Soren said that opening her eyes would cause trouble.

After waiting for a while, suddenly there was a noise outside the window.

A person jumped in and asked anxiously, "Miss Reina, are you alright!"

Reina opened her eyes again.

Soren was no longer in the room.

Everything that had just happened was like a dream.

.......

The news that the eldest daughter of the Reis family had been hijacked quickly reached the upper echelons of the Umbrella Organization.

This terrible hijacking incident immediately caused a violent shock in the upper class.

When the top professional experts in the headquarters heard the news and rushed to rescue the person, they suddenly heard that the matter had been resolved.

The hostage was rescued.

But the suspect disappeared.

The technical staff of the Umbrella Organization carefully surveyed room 505 of the Moon Hotel.

A middle-aged man with an imposing manner and a dark face was listening to his subordinates' reports in the room.

"So...you and the City Defense Force and the Security Team, a total of thirty elite squads, still let the suspect escape under your noses?"

"I'm sorry, General. We did see him hijack the eldest daughter of the Reis family into the room. Then...we were afraid that he would hurt the hostage, so we didn't rush to do anything... But when the organization's high-level professionals arrived, there was only Miss Reina left in the room."

"Hehe..."

The middle-aged man suppressed the anger in his heart.

Originally, the interception of the Crusader Society's transport team was just a trivial task.

Eliminating all the people and containing the "pollutants" would not cause any waves at all.

But he didn't expect a second-tier professional to lead a team to intercept a group of outer city gang "small fries", but they were counter-killed and the person escaped?

Then so many resources were mobilized, but the person was not caught.

Now there was a city-wide kidnapping case, and now the person escaped again?

If the person in front of him wasn't his capable subordinate whom he had brought out and whose ability had been recognized, the middle-aged man would really suspect that all the new people in their Umbrella Organization were fools!

Although it was confirmed that the fugitive had the strength of a near second-tier professional, it also proved that there was a big loophole in the organization's internal intelligence system.

Otherwise, how could such a strong person be just an unknown person in the Crusader Society, and even a complete blank in the Umbrella Organization?

Thinking of this, the high-level of the Umbrella Organization naturally became angry.

"Does the suspect's identity have any clues? Such a highly recognizable implanted armor, don't tell me you haven't found anything."

"There are clues. We retrieved the files based on the clues and found that the Dark Shadow Alley black market did auction a 'golden quality' spider implanted armor blueprint a few months ago that had never been recorded. And from the perspective of the effect, it is basically consistent..."

"A few months ago? Hehe... are you saying that the fugitive, who is at least a veteran firearms expert and knows the secret skill Mu-Shi, only advanced to a formal professional a few months ago? A few months of novice professionals, and they played your dozens of organized squads in circles?"

"...."

The atmosphere was awkward.

The staff member was scolded bloody.

But that was the fact, and these were the clues they found.

Although, they themselves didn't believe it.

The middle-aged man knew that getting angry now wouldn't solve the problem, and asked again: "Did you figure out why the robber came to kidnap the young lady of the Reis family? I heard when I came that the two seemed to know each other?"

"Yes. Before, the eldest daughter of the Reis family was with her bodyguard and Yulia, the eldest daughter of the Cortes family. They all confirmed that the two also knew each other. But Miss Reina couldn't provide more information, just said that she was coerced, and we didn't ask much."

"What about this room?"

"There are some abnormal traces in the corner of the ceiling. After the trace personnel investigated and compared, they found that there should have been a transparent object attached there before. We investigated the relevant files and guessed that this may be the sealed object lost in the Bravo family treasury theft case - [Shroud of the Oz Ice Man]."

"So, you want to say that the stolen goods you have been investigating for several years were directly taken away by the suspect, and then used that sealed object to escape?"

"Yes..."

After listening to his subordinate's report, the middle-aged man reviewed the entire arrest process again, and the anger on his face turned into solemn contemplation.

"From the beginning, whether it was using a taxi to mislead the pursuit or using a fake code to break through the checkpoint later, the suspect showed extraordinary calmness... His thinking was very clear, and he showed a very accurate sense of purpose throughout the entire counter-encirclement process. He first went to District Four, and after being blocked, he came to the Moon Hotel to get the sealed object... So, his purpose is very clear, which is to escape!"

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man's eyes sharpened.

"Notify everyone, focus on blocking and investigating District Four. The suspect's destination is still in District Four, especially investigate the rivers, sewers, and smuggling channels leading to the outer city..."

"Yes!"

The middle-aged man gave the order, but his brows were still not relaxed.

"Being able to make such a swift response in the warehouse, it cannot be ruled out that he knew in advance that [Isaac's Alchemy Handbook] was hidden in this batch of goods. This is strange. Samb should not have been exposed yet, how was the news leaked... By the way, is there any unusual movement from Mrs. Philo and the forces behind her?"

"Not for now."

"Keep an eye on them!"

"Yes!"

"Also, in all likelihood, you will not be able to catch that guy. Prepare to intercept him in the outer city. Isn't there the kid's blood-stained clothes? Notify Sergei, the 'Plague Doctor' of the Crow Gang, and tell him to find the person. Notify Samb to intercept him, and never let the suspect meet with the high-level officials of the Crusader Society!"

"Yes!"

"The most important point, the Duke's Mansion has issued a death order, and the handbook must not be lost! If it is leaked out and contaminates other people, it will have a huge impact on our Dawn City. Remember, anyone who comes into contact with the notebook must be cleaned up! This incident has caused such a big commotion, if you still let the person run away, then don't come back!"

"Yes!"