Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Turtle Sticker from the System
Nothing can make her feel more at ease than the words "Spiritual Matron."
Layla instinctively chose to trust them.
Scarlett Jennings and Gregory Xander took the opportunity to lead people back to the car.
At this moment, the police responsible for the arrest finally arrived, knowing these people were the ones who reported the incident; as customary, the police needed to take them back for questioning.
Seeing the police coming over, Scarlett Jennings instinctively used her clothes to cover Layla’s appearance, then showed her credentials to the officer,
"We’re from the Security Bureau. We accidentally discovered this place while looking for people and will have someone from our department liaise with the police later."
The officer heard "Security Bureau" and was momentarily stunned, wanting to ask more questions, but the team leader had already arrived,
"Since the Security Bureau is handling this case, we won’t interfere much, but we still thank you for assisting the police in breaking up this underground casino."
They all saw the group of people tied up, including the scar-faced leader who looked like he had been struck by lightning, face pitch black.
If people from the Special Security Department were involved, it wouldn’t be surprising.
Scarlett Jennings signaled to one of the small fry in the Black Mist Organization, "This one uses Evil Technique, we’ll take him away, and his related information will be synchronized with the police later."
After speaking with the police, Scarlett Jennings and her group got in the car and left.
What they didn’t know was that, at the same time, somewhere on the other side of the city.
A woman wrapped in Black Mist slowly opened her eyes, sensing the array had been broken. Her face showed no panic, instead a smug smile faintly curved at the corners of her mouth.
...
On this side, Scarlett Jennings directly sent the person to the hospital.
Layla’s body needed a comprehensive examination, and she needed to be given nutritional injections.
The hospital had already been arranged in advance by the Peaceful City Security Bureau, with projects and staff instructed to keep things confidential.
Still, upon seeing Layla, the responsible medical staff were startled.
Though the Peaceful City Security Bureau had heard about the effects of the Face Changing Technique, it was their first time seeing it in person, leaving them visibly empathetic.
Over there, the medical personnel were about to help Layla do a CT scan when they couldn’t help but whisper,
"Um, can the turtle in this lady’s hand be put aside first?"
No turtles allowed inside.
Scarlett Jennings then remembered, soothing Layla’s emotions by letting her hold onto the system all the way, and now explained briefly with her fingers, taking the turtle from Layla’s hand.
The examination took quite some time.
Fortunately, apart from malnutrition, no serious issues were found.
After settling Layla in a private hospital room and assigning personnel from the Security Bureau to guard, Scarlett Jennings and the others left to rest.
As Layla needed to remain in the hospital for nutrition infusion, Scarlett Jennings brought the Spiritual Matron over the next day.
Once Layla was found, informing this elder became a priority.
The moment the Spiritual Matron arrived at the hospital and held Layla’s hand, Layla did not reflexively pull away for the first time.
That old withered hand, as warm as in her memory.
Even without seeing anything, Layla immediately recognized her.
Similarly, although the Spiritual Matron couldn’t see either, the instant she held Layla’s hand, she knew Layla had indeed been found.
Scarlett Jennings watched the tightly embraced "grandparent and grandchild" silently for a while, then took out the system turtle from her bag.
Compared to its spirited state after absorbing Black Mist last night, the system now appeared deflated once again.
[Scarlett Jennings, you swear, find a way to replenish my energy and change your host once we return!]
Scarlett Jennings heard and seriously promised,
"I swear."
Gregory Xander and Kingston Jennings were confused, but Samuel Chalmers noticed the slight dark circles under Scarlett Jennings’s eyes.
She clearly hadn’t slept all night.
Frowning slightly, he saw Scarlett Jennings step forward and pull out a turtle sticker from her bag.
Handing the sticker to the system.
The group saw the system grab the sticker with one hand, and then the entire turtle began emitting Black Mist, but evidently, its Black Mist was insufficient, squeezing for a long time before finally enveloping the whole sticker.
Scarlett Jennings confirmed everything was alright, then stuck the sticker on Layla’s hand.
Layla initially hesitated but quickly heard a mechanical electronic voice suddenly echo in her mind,
[Layla, little Layla, don’t be afraid, Grandma is with you.]
The mechanical voice without emotion was abrupt and jarring at first, but soon she realized, this voice was conveying what Grandma said to her.
Wait,
She... heard a voice!
Layla’s hands trembled slightly, as this was the first time she heard a voice since her senses had been taken away!
Gregory Xander looked at the conspicuous green turtle sticker, instinctively looking at Scarlett Jennings,
"What is that?"
"Something akin to a system sticker, it can transmit external sounds directly into Layla’s mind."
Just like the way she usually communicates with the system.
This was also what Scarlett Jennings and the system researched overnight.
Upon returning last night, she wondered if there was any way to help Layla regain some communication with the outside world.
Writing was possible, but communication was ultimately laborious.
Then she thought of how she communicated with the system.
Because of the Bronze Ring as a medium, she could hear the system’s voice even without binding it.
Moreover, the system’s voice has always been directly transmitted into her mind.
Scarlett Jennings contemplated whether she could reference this model, letting the system create something like a mini-system to temporarily assist Layla with external communication.
Initially, the system was, of course, unwilling.
It relied on absorbing others’ energy to have power, where would it find more energy to create a mini-system?
Even if it had, its energy wasn’t for wasting like this!
It firmly refused.
Scarlett Jennings didn’t push, simply said, "Then no choice, before we find a way to restore Layla’s senses, you’ll have to act as her translator temporarily."
Saying this, she pretended to remove the ring from her hand.
Upon realizing she intended to give itself to that woman, the system spun furiously in mid-air.
The result of its tantrum was agreeing to try helps.
Thus, person and turtle spent the entire night devising a way using a sticker as a medium.
Since the system absorbed very little energy, not enough to support establishing a mini-system, this sticker only had the function of synchronizing external sounds, and it also had a time limit.
Even so, this so-called system sticker still delighted Layla immensely.
Kingston Jennings looked at the system sticker, deep in thought.
Scarlett Jennings originally wanted to leave some time for Layla and the Spiritual Matron to talk, intending to question Layla in detail about everything that happened later on, but Layla tugged the Spiritual Matron’s sleeve, unable to speak but her intent clear.
"Master Jennings, the child wants to communicate with you directly."
Though Layla wasn’t officially trained as a Master, she stayed with the Spiritual Matron for four years and had unearthed some of her own Spiritual Power and abilities.
Despite still feeling immense pain about her ordeal, she knew that the people before her truly wanted and were capable of saving her.
She reached for a nearby notebook they prepared for her.
With crooked handwriting, she wrote down a sentence in the notebook, one word at a time.
[I know the true purpose of them taking my face.]