Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose silently flipped through Hope's diary and journal.

Hope is a spokesperson for a certain magician in the slums, but the specific level of that magician is not mentioned.

However, judging from the details, they are probably not some very important person.

It's highly likely that the mage was killed, but whose sanity hadn't completely disappeared.

They wanted to struggle a little longer and produce some groundbreaking research results in order to regain their social status.

By regaining his social status, he can regain his rationality.

It's highly likely that he's currently at the 2nd ring, but it's also possible that he's at the peak of the 1st ring.

While Hope is ostensibly the manager of the soup kitchen, she is actually the magician's secret agent.

He was tasked with spreading special drugs in the slums and collecting the mutated corpses.

Of course, live experiments are also part of it.

According to the diary, Hans is not alone in his experience over the years.

Every year, at least dozens of people are strapped to the operating table while still alive, while several or even dozens of homeless people die in the slums.

Nobody cares.

Hope herself also suffers from psychological abnormalities.

To outsiders, Hope was just a kind and amiable old man.

Even with Luo Shao's high level of rationality, he couldn't detect the problem.

Not only that, he also embezzled aid supplies from the slums.

Normally, supplies in slums shouldn't be distributed only once a day; the government provides three meals a day.

But at Hope's place, there was only one meal a day.

In short, Rosenborg made him into hand-beaten beef balls, which was too light a beat.

Rose looked at Hans, who was lying on the operating table, groaning and muttering in pain, his body swollen and deformed.

There was a moment of silence.

"I'm going to save Tiana."

Rose said this.

It is foreseeable that if the gang cannot find Hans or collect the money for a long time, then Tiana, who is being held as collateral, is very likely to be dismantled.

Rose couldn't imagine that such an innocent, kind, lively, and bright-eyed Tiana would die so painfully.

I can't stand it either.

Rose stood up and casually tossed the journal in her hand onto the long table.

He turned to Hans and said:

"Mr. Hans, I will definitely rescue Tiana."

Rose walked to the door.

He stopped.

He looked through the sharp, well-maintained, reflective scalpel hanging on the wall.

I saw a strange face.

That face was so terrifying, ferocious, and furious.

That was Rose's face.

Rose went upstairs, cleaned up Hope's body, and threw it into the room where Hope's body was kept.

Afterwards, Rose left Hope's house. It was getting dark, and night was approaching.

It's the perfect time.

Rose then headed toward the gang's hideout that Hans had mentioned in his ramblings.

He knew that the gang was involved in drug trafficking, loan sharking, human trafficking, and protection money.

They also knew the approximate location of the gang.

After all, gangs wield considerable influence in the slums, so it would be hard for Rose to be unaware of it.

However, Rose was unfamiliar with the gang's personnel composition, organizational structure, and internal framework.

Because he intentionally avoided the gangs, and because he was relatively young, the gangs couldn't affect him.

Rose quickly arrived at the gang's hideout.

Rose looked at the several specially treated heads hanging at the entrance, used as a deterrent.

Rose heard that these were punishments imposed by the gang on those who refused to repay loan sharks, pay protection money, or disobey the gang.

Rose had heard of one of them; he was a very diligent person.

He wanted to marry his fiancée, so he bought a house to marry her and saved up a lot of money.

He didn't have the habit of keeping his money in a bank; in fact, practically no one in the entire slum kept their money in a bank.

Then he acquired wealth he shouldn't have, which attracted the attention of gangsters, who robbed him. He fought back fiercely and injured several gangsters.

Finally, he was pinned to the ground, his head was chopped off, and hung at the doorway.

This world has always been like this: when you're below a certain baseline, if you want to move up, everyone will desperately pull you down.

If necessary, you will pay the price with your life.

This is why Mason doesn't encourage Rose to move up the social ladder; he understands this social structure and mechanism too well.

In the past, Rose would have needed to increase his faith again at this point.

However, for Rose at this point, it's still too bland.

He'd seen even more bizarre things: in those tents, several homeless men would inhale enhancement drugs until they were oblivious to the world around them.

tearing each other apart

Rose glanced at it from afar and began chanting [Wind Net Perception].

Then images of almost the entire gang appeared in Rose's mind.

Then, Rose began chanting "Take the form of a cloud".

An invisible, controllable wind gathered around Rose's body.

Rose utilizes the wind to reduce wind resistance and her own weight, relying on her high strength and agility of 12 points,

With a light leap, he entered the gang's territory.

Using the house as cover, he constantly moved in and out of the gang's territory.

At the same time, he also used [Wind Network Perception] to continuously search for Tiana's location.

Countless pieces of information flooded into Rose's mind, and Rose kept searching and filtering them.

His network of investigations covered almost the entire gang, but he still couldn't find Tiana.

He frowned.

"Could it be that Tiana is already...?"

Rose shook her head, dismissing the thought from her mind.

"If it's not above ground... then what about underground?"

Rose is extending the [Wind Network Sensing] technology underground.

He discovered that the gang's hideout did indeed have several basements used for holding prisoners.

He searched and eventually found the basement where Tiana was.

Through the [Wind Network Perception], Rose realized that Tiana had not suffered any major damage.

However, because she was still very weak after recovering from a serious illness, and it seemed that the gang still needed Hans to repay the money, they did not touch Tiana.

Rose breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that you're still alive.

Rose found the entrance to the basement and quickly went to the vicinity of it.

It was in the basement of a house. Rose sensed that there were three people in the house and two people in the basement.

He used his short stature and the ability to transform into a cloud to eliminate sound and resistance.

They used the clutter and furniture inside the house to avoid being seen by the three people inside.

Soon they arrived at the entrance to the basement.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt a magical fluctuation beneath his feet.

Only then did he realize that he was standing on an indistinct and imperceptible rune.

"Oh no!"

In an instant, Rose realized that this was an early warning device unique to this world, one he had never seen before in his past and present lives!

He used his physical abilities to leave quickly, but it was too late. The rune emitted a piercing alarm, instantly alerting the three people inside the house.

"Who's there!"

A man's voice came from inside the room.

In Rose's perception, he also knew that the two people underground had noticed and were rushing upwards.

Rose hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to leave or force his way in to save Tiana.

"Da da da!"

While the novice was still hesitating, the veteran inside the house had already picked up his gun and started firing wildly at Rosena without regard for anything else!