Chapter 786 Catherine Can’t Reach Them
After they left the restaurant, Rylan suggested taking a walk, but Catherine did not refuse.
After realizing Catherine couldn’t eat spicy food, Rylan changed the dishes. The food at that restaurant was very delicious, and Catherine ate a lot. She didn’t refuse the proposal to take a walk because she felt it could help digestion.
“Catherine, what made you suddenly think of returning to school?” Rylan asked.
Catherine turned her head to look at him. Under the neon lights, her face flickered, and her gaze was somewhat ambiguous. “You investigated quite carefully.”
At that, Rylan’s expression changed slightly, and his tone became anxious momentarily. “No, I didn’t. I didn’t mean that!”
“It’s fine!” Catherine interrupted him. She didn’t really care about that.
As much as Rylan knew her, she knew Rylan. Rylan, who had always been strategic and in control of everything, would never allow any unexpected situations to occur.
He naturally investigated her beforehand since he came to Loxton to contact Catherine. Otherwise, he could not have contacted her directly.
“There’s actually no reason. Someone wants me to go to school, so I retrace the path I didn’t take.”
“Is it your sister from the Swanns?” Rylan asked.
He knew that Catherine still had relatives in the Swanns. It was just that a lot had changed since Catherine went back to the Swanns.
Even though Rylan hadn’t been around Catherine in the past few years, he knew a little about what was happening around Catherine, including her return to the Swanns.
“Yes!” Catherine nodded slightly.
She had been out for a while, so she decided to go back. “I still have something to do in the laboratory.”
Rylan didn’t retain her and complied with her wishes. “Okay, I’ll take you back.”
Rylan drove Catherine to the school entrance.
He pulled open the door and helped her out of the car. Catherine waved her hand at him. As she was about to leave, she suddenly heård Rylan say, “I’m here in Loxton this time because there’s a multinational project I need to follow up on personally.”
Catherine stopped and turned back to look at him.
Rylan thought she didn’t believe him and went on to explain, “I’m planning to set up a branch in Eskana.”
“Go for it!” Catherine said and left.
Looking at her departing back, Rylan’s eyes flickered with light.
Establishing a branch in Eskana was very important, but more importantly, there was someone there who he cared about.
Catherine went straight to the laboratory after returning to school.
When she entered, Amelia came out just in time. “Catherine, you’re back!”
“Yes!” Catherine nodded slightly.
After returning from the competition in Alton, Amelia immersed herself in the laboratory every day.
Seeing that she was so highly motivated, the senior brothers around her were willing to help her.
She was even busier than Catherine every day now.
“Catherine, did Ronin contact you? He was looking for you and asked me about your whereabouts. I told him you weren’t in the laboratory, and you went out for something,” said Amelia.
Upon hearing this, Catherine didn’t pay much attention. “I’ll contact him later.
Ronin always wanted to contact Catherine throughout the day, but he was worried that Catherine would find it annoying. So, he liked asking people around Catherine about her news.
Ronin knew the limit and wouldn’t violate Catherine’s privacy, so Catherine didn’t mind when he did so.
“I’ll go ahead and have dinner then. You should go back and rest early, too,” Amelia said. After seeing Catherine nod her head, Amelia then turned to leave.
After Catherine returned to the laboratory, she called Ronin. The phone call was not connected. Although Catherine felt strange, she didn’t pay much attention.
She hadn’t returned to the laboratory for a while, so she needed to organize the materials in the laboratory carefully.
Unlike the large laboratories of her senior brothers and sisters, Catherine’s laboratory was specially approved by Marshall and was separate.
She didn’t allow anyone to come in and clean her laboratory. Everyone had different habits of placing things, and she had her own habits. She didn’t want anyone to break them.
A few hours had passed since she had finished organizing the things that had been accumulating in the laboratory for some time.
Catherine then realized that Ronin had not yet replied to her message.
Ronin would usually call her back within three minutes after she sent him a message.
Catherine thought Ronin might be with Withal and the others, so she called Withal.
She then realized that both Withal’s and Zobber’s phones were working, but there was no answer.
After sensing something was wrong, Catherine used an app she had developed to send a message to the Hacker Alliance’s liaison asking him to find Ronin and the other two’s location.
The Hacker Alliance’s liaison replied with a message, [Miss Catherine, something’s happened to the organization. We contacted Mr. Withal first. He should be over there now.]
Hearing that there was a situation, Catherine guessed that the three should have gone there together.
However, the three of them didn’t answer the phone at the same time, which made her feel abnormal.
[Send me the location.] After sending the message, Catherine exited the app.
Several organizations were under the Hacker Alliance, and four leaders had always managed them. Catherine herself wasn’t sure exactly which ones there were.
She had just exited the app when the Hacker Alliance liaison sent the location to her phone.
Catherine put her phone away. Pulling open a drawer, she took a key out of it and then left the laboratory.
The organization was located on the outskirts of Loxton. Catherine rode her motorcycle, which took her half an hour to get there.
The factory ahead was silent in the darkness of the late night. This was a Hacker Alliance organization in Loxton. During the days, it was an ordinary factory, and nothing was peculiar.
At night, it became a meeting place for some Hacker Alliance members.
Just a few hours ago, the factory was attacked by a group of unknown people. Some Hacker Alliance members were injured.
The members immediately sent a message to the headquarters for help. The headquarters then sent orders to the nearest members to go for support.
It just so happened that Ronin, Zobber, and Withal were in Loxton. They received the message and came there to help.
Catherine didn’t come in first. After observing the situation, she went around to the factory’s back door and entered the factory through the small door.
The factory looked silent, but the air was still filled with the smell of disinfectant and blood.
Catherine’s face instantly became quite grave. She frowned as she groped her way forward, her eyes increasingly solemn.
Her right hand was tightly pressed against her thigh, which held the weapon that could keep her alive.
Such a stance would allow her to draw her weapon at the first opportunity to confront the enemy. Catherine wasn’t sure about their organization, but she knew every organization had a secret room.
She recognized the clues her people had laid out inside the factory and followed them to the secret room.
Sure enough, there was movement inside the secret room.
Catherine didn’t know if the people inside the secret room were friends or foes, so she didn’t take action.
In one agile leap, she opened her arms and braced herself against the sides of the wall with her powerful arms. She used her arms to support her entire body silently against the ceiling.
Following the gap in the door above her, she looked toward the secret room.
After taking in the situation of the secret room, Catherine instantly frowned. Her originally cold eyes immediately darkened and sank, releasing infinite killing intent.
