The fourth memory begins.
It's strange that the order of time has been disrupted.
In the fourth memory about the Philosopher's Stone, Alicia returned to her childhood.
Young Alicia sat alone in the empty living room.
Like a lonely princess, sitting alone in her magnificent palace.
There is a chessboard in front of her. She moves the black chess pieces at one time and the white chess pieces at the other.
On the chair opposite, the stuffed fox sat crookedly.
Grandpa hasn't been back for a long time, which makes Alicia a little worried.
But being precocious, she didn't show her emotions.
Outside the window, the maple leaves in the yard have turned red and fallen to the ground, paving a red road.
Alicia, who was playing chess with her, looked towards the door from time to time.
Soon after, she heard the familiar sound of a car engine.
Dad is back.
During the time when my grandfather was away from home, my father, who was rarely seen, often returned home.
Although in Alicia's eyes, her father seemed a bit unapproachable, little Alicia still relied on him.
After all, this man who rarely smiles will still smile when he sees himself.
Da da da……
Boots pounded the hall floor, and Alicia got off her chair and ran to her father's side.
"Are you playing chess alone again? Little Alicia..." Rabbi Lins picked up Alicia and gently rubbed Alicia with his stubble-covered face.
Although it hurt a little, Alicia liked it.
She feels that her father has become a little kinder recently, and she, who once did not dare to talk to him, can now talk casually: "Dad, when will grandpa come back? I miss him."
Rabbi Lins said with a smile in his eyes: "It should be soon - dad's men are all looking for him."
As if remembering something, Rabbi Lins put Alicia down and half-knelt in front of her: "Dad was busy and forgot about little Alicia's last birthday, so I will give you a gift this time...
"Dah!" As if by magic, Rabbi Lins took out a crystal cuboid about the size of his thumb from his pocket.
The crystal refracted the light and was crystal clear. Little Alicia stretched out her hand to take it, but Rabbi Lins raised a finger and pretended to be angry: "Oh, are they kidding? It's just a piece of crystal? The gift they prepared is too simple. !
"Let Dad think of a way..."
As he spoke, Rabbi Lins rubbed his fingers, and a burst of dawn flashed on his fingertips, gently cutting the crystal.
In the blink of an eye, the original cuboid turned into a crystal clear and exquisite queen's chess piece.
With an expression of surprise on her face, Alicia accepted the gift made by her father.
"Happy birthday, my little Alicia..." He kissed her forehead, "You will definitely be the most powerful chess player in the world from now on."
The memory is over.
At this moment, Rabbi Lins had an indescribable expression on his face.
He stared at the foggy mirror, frowning, and did not move even though the foggy mirror did not continue to emit light.
As if deep in thought.
The memory did not continue to play.
The strange thing is that there are only these four memories about the Philosopher's Stone.
This is unreasonable.
Rabbi Lins walked out of the room and said to the interrogator: "Stop the equipment."
The lightning above Alicia stopped shining, and she stopped twitching...
Rabbi Lins' face was gloomy: "She used some kind of mechanical magic to cover up the memory search in advance...
"The whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone are not presented directly, and may be hidden in the memories she just showed.
"That's the end of today's torture." Rabbi Lins Pompey walked out of the interrogation room. "I want to carefully recall the memories I just saw and what they mean."
——
The next day, at the entrance of the Daedalus Foundation headquarters building.
After a short rest, "Angel Stalker" Kilia walked out of the building again.
The search for Wendy and Wright had been going on for thirty hours, and there were still no clues, which made him a little anxious.
He has assembled more than thirty capable people and plans to achieve results within four hours.
After all, it is possible that the remnants of Alicia's party who were unable to escape Ocean City were carrying the "Philosopher's Stone".
It was only a matter of time before we found Wendy and Wright.
However, after Rabbi Lins discovered that none of the three Aces from the outside world of the Foundation could rush to the city for support, he already realized that he was being targeted by a certain force.
Just in case, he dispatched four Kings from the outside world to Ocean City, and they will arrive soon.
If Kiria fails to find the hidden party members through his own abilities, but allows a latecomer to intercept the credit, it is likely to affect his prestige and status...
With both Ashur and Franken already killed, he did not allow himself to make any mistakes.
After all, after Rabbi Lins was promoted to god, the position of president of the foundation became vacant.
There is no one in Ocean City who can compete with him.
The huge red pupils on the stone helmet suddenly froze.
It was not that he found an angel thousands of miles away, but that he saw a huge man in a brown cloak pushing aside the crowd and walking in his direction.
That is?
For some reason, Kiria has trouble understanding the workings of the human mind.
He wasn't sure until the man in the cloak stood at the foot of the steps, facing him, and took off the cloak.
The precision alchemist who betrayed the foundation, Wendy, stood in front of him.
She lost some weight, and her whole temperament also changed - becoming solemn and cold.
Her eyes were like invisible weapons that could kill people. She raised her head and stared coldly at her Ace-level opponent, Kiria, who was much more powerful than herself.
"You are also responsible for Rob's death."
She threw off her cloak, revealing the brass-colored alchemical equipment she was wearing.
"I want you to pay with your life."
——
The sheriff named Jerry was standing in a commercial street with three colleagues, drinking coffee, eating desserts sent by merchants, and chatting.
The Daedalus Foundation has lost confidence in relying on them to search for prisoners, so the tasks assigned to the Sheriff's Department are marginal tasks.
For example, blockade "Wendy's Alchemy Workshop".
The colleague next to him was still talking about the hot girl he saw yesterday who came to report the crime, and Jerry suddenly heard something.
"Wait, guys, did you hear that?"
"What did you hear?"
Jerry looked towards the dark "Alchemy Workshop" not far away: "I just heard a sound inside."
"Impossible," the colleague next to him put down his coffee cup, "We have searched inside and outside three times, and there is nothing wrong..."
Bang!
There was a sound, as if something had fallen over.
"Damn, there's really a sound!" Some of the originally leisurely police officers straightened their hats, and some had already touched the batons at their waists...
The four of them moved towards the workshop warily.
First they saw a dark shadow surging in the workshop, and then——
After a loud noise, the door and glass of the workshop were broken open, and countless alchemical creations——
Fox, tiger, lizard, mouse, bat, badger, albatross...
Like an out-of-control wild animal, it rushed out of the workshop and onto the street, rumbling towards the Daedalus Building...
