Chapter 701


    chapter 701 Analyzation By Rayna


    After talking to James on the phone, Curtis went straight to the bedroom.


    Rayna was sitting on the bed inside the bedroom. When she heard the sound of footstepsing from


    the corridor, she tightened her grip on the phone.


    “Rayna, open the door.” It wasn''t until Curtis'' voice rang out that she heaved a sigh of relief and ced


    the phone on the bed. Then, she got out of bed and went to open the bedroom door.


    As soon as Curtis walked in and saw the slime on the floor to the left side of the bed, he quickly pulled


    Rayna toward him and checked her all over. “You didn''t touch that thing, did you?”


    “No, I didn''t.” Rayna shook her head.


    Yasmin, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, was not the least bit disturbed by the sound of Curtis


    talking to Rayna.


    Holding Curtis'' hand, Rayna saw him nce at the person on the bed and exined, “She''s too afraid


    to sleep alone, so she came to our room.”


    “Once Cassidy gets rid of the Serekos in the yard, ask her to take the child back,” Curtis said


    indifferently. Then, hended his gaze on the Serekos, which had curled into a ball on the floor. “What''s


    going on here?


    “Yasmin burned it with fire. She said using fire will make the Serekos enter dormancy early,” Yasmin


    exined in a low voice.


    Upon hearing that, Curtis let go of Rayna and walked forward. As he bent down and looked at the


    Serekos that had curled into a ball as hard as a stone, he picked up the branch that Yasmin had used


    before and gently poked the Serekos. “It''s hard.”


    “Don''t you think it feels very much like a leech?” Rayna walked up to Curtis and said, “When a leech is


    roasted by fire, it will curl up into a hard mass.”


    “Now that you put it that way, I suppose they do have simrities, but only in this particr habit. Look.


    Their appearances are different. The Serekos doesn''t look as ugly as the leech. It at least has a round


    head. The leech has a pointed head, which makes its head-to-body ratio appear unbnced.” Curtis


    put the branch aside as he spoke. Then, he got up and took Rayna''s hand before leading her to sit


    down on the couch at the side.


    “I spoke to James on the phone just now.” Curtis proceeded to tell Rayna about the call earlier and also


    the situation in the yard.


    After listening to that, Rayna did not say much but asked, “What''s the purpose of Fernando doing this?”


    “I don''t know. Even Cassidy herself can''t figure out why.” Curtis was also puzzled and bewildered by


    that.


    “Do you think there are eggs in the slime secreted by the Serekos outside?” Rayna asked Curtis in a


    soft voice.


    “I think so. James shares my opinion after looking at the photos. It''s just that we don''t know what kind


    of eggs they are,” Curtis exined.


    “Do you still remember I told you before that the flowers nted in the yard here are very vibrant in


    color?” Rayna''s eyesight had yet to recover, but she was able to make out the colors of the flowers in


    the courtyard with exceptional rity, which was surprising.


    “Hmm... I wonder why the Serekos often appear in this courtyard. Moreover, they''ve never left this


    courtyard, right?” Rayna meticulously analyzed what Curtis had just told her. She wasn''t sure if it was


    just a hunch, but she somehow felt that there was something wrong with the courtyard, or to be


    specific, the Gilroy residence.


    “Among the wooden brick houses here in Jayfort, a small mansion built separately in the house''s


    courtyard should be a rare urrence. Did you notice any other mansions that are built separately in


    someone else''s residence for the past two days?” Rayna asked Curtis.


    “No. It seems that this is the only mansion here.” Realization dawned upon Curtis after he heard


    Rayna''s question. “Do you have something in mind?”


    “It''s just my spection.” Rayna nodded and told Curtis about her assumption. “If Fernando''s godfather


    is really doing research, then is it possible that they know there is something in this courtyard that is


    capable of making the Serekos transform into something different?”


    That was the only possibility. Otherwise, she thought it made no sense for them to sneakily unleash the


    Serekos into the Gilroy residence twice within two days.


    “And how did they release so many Serekos at once? It takes time,” Rayna added, considering Curtis


    had gone out not long after Cassidy and the rest left, and he was only away for twenty minutes.


    It was quite difficult for them to release so many Serekos in twenty minutes without attracting attention.


    “This ce is located in the countryside. Basically, there are not many people on the streets after


    midnight,” added Curtis.


    “But even if there is no one, there must be a car. Yasmin and I didn''t hear any noise that sounded like a


    car engine the whole time.” Rayna recalled the events before the discovery of the Serekos and was


    certain that she and Yasmin did not hear anything abnormal.


    Now that Rayna put it that way, Curtis also thought things were likely not what Cassidy had perceived.


    “Maybe the Serekos are already around this house.”


    “Well, that''s possible. It takes time for the Serekos to crawl all over the yard and also the outer wall.


    They can''t do that in a short time unless they are close in the vicinity.” Rayna sounded assertive. “You


    should talk to Cassidyter and ask her to look around. Maybe the nest of the Serekos is just around


    this house. Who knows?”


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    “You do have a point.” Curtis listened to Rayna''s analysis and somehow agreed with her. Still, he


    couldn''t understand how Rayna came up with the idea and asked, “How did this cross your mind?”


    “Before you guys came, the Serekos appeared on the window, and that scene looked familiar to me,”


    Rayna whispered.


    Hearing that, Curtis arched an eyebrow. His handsome face showed a hint of curiosity as he asked,


    “Familiar?”


    “Yes, it looked familiar,” Rayna responded gently. “Back when I attended kindergarten, there were many


    soft, green insects crawling on the walls of the school during summer.”


    “Why did such a phenomenon happen?” Curtis was puzzled.


    “Our school was built in a forest, which was considered a local unique feature. The school was


    dpidated, though. There were only a few teachers, and they were in charge of teaching both


    kindergarten and elementary school students. I remember we were only offered up to third or fourth


    grade in elementary school. Students had to go to town to study fifth and sixth grade before entering


    junior high school.”


    “So there were green insects because the school was located in a forest?” Curtis asked.


    “It was also because of the crops in the vicinity. Whenever summer arrived, the green insects would


    infest our school. Some bold boys would catch those green insects to scare the girls,” Rayna said,


    recollecting her past memories. “Children back then were so pure and innocent. They had no toys to


    y with, so they had fun catching insects.”


    She paused before continuing in a cid tone, “I remember that there used to be a wheat field around


    the school, and the harvest was plentiful every year. There were also some vegetable fields, and the


    vegetable leaves were huge! Despite so, they all ended up getting devoured by the green insects, of


    course.”


    “The growth of vegetables and crops are dependent on thend.” Curtis mulled over the connection


    between the two and said, “But here, thend...”


    Rayna pointed out, “It''s the garden. There''s also a mountain behind here, but I don''t understand


    something. Is Cassidy really unaware that there may be something wrong with thend?”