Chapter 387


    Chapter 386 Ancestral Shrine


    "We''re leaving now. If someonees to take the box, just fake it when fighting them. And let them


    take it away."


    Hearing that, Joaquin was a little dubious. "You took the box so that they can take it away?"


    Katherine smiled with a confident and certain expression. "That''s right. If we don''t let them take it from


    us, how would I give Jayden a taste of his own medicine?"


    As the two spoke, they walked out of the bank.


    Before he could ask her what exactly she was scheming, her guess was right, and a few men dressed


    in ck swarmed over out of the blue, intending to take the box in her hands. The poorly executed n


    and the fact that it was carried out at the entrance of the bank showed that these people were not


    nning to let her take the box into the car.


    His expression hardening, Joaquin immediately rushed forward and stood in front of Katherine to


    protect her. Just then, a few people rushed out from the bank and darted behind Katherine before


    rapidly snatching the wooden box away from her hand.


    With her back toward them, a spark suddenly shed past Katherine''s eyes, and she tightened her grip


    so that the box would not fall into their hands easily. However, she only put up a fight for a short


    moment before the men eventually snatched the box. Seeing this, their leader instantly retreated with


    his men. In just ten minutes, these people vanished without a trace, leaving even the bank security


    dumbfounded and wide-eyed.


    With a nce at each other, Katherine and Joaquin didn''t linger any longer and quickly entered the car.


    After the car pulled away from the bank, Joaquin maneuvered the steering wheel with one hand and


    rested the other on the window, his cheek on his hand as he let out a smallugh, his expression


    turning rxed.


    "All right, what exactly did you put in the wooden box?"


    Katherine looked at the fleeting scenery through the window carelessly, in a good mood as well, and


    she asked instead of answering, "Before or after?"


    Joaquin raised his eyebrows before idly saying, "Both."


    Katherine shrugged with a nonchnt expression. "If it''s before, I don''t know, but I know very well


    what''s after—it''s a reagent I developed myself."


    Stopping at a red light, Joaquin looked at her sideways with a quizzical gaze. "A reagent you


    developed yourself?"


    "Yeah, that''s right. Just in case, I took two bottles before leaving LW Laboratory. I didn''t expect to use it


    so soon."


    Didn''t expect it? Joaquin didn''t believe her and said, "Looks like you thought things through. You even


    predicted that the ident today would happen and what Jayden would do next."


    Katherine smiled humbly. "A great fighter doesn''t only think of what''s next. It''s only by thinking further


    ahead and considering your opponent''s next moves that you can fully prevent anything from going on."


    Joaquin nodded to indicate that he approved, his lips raising into a smile as he was filled with pride.


    "What does that reagent do?" he asked.


    At this question, Katherine''s eyes turned smug as she turned to look at him pridefully. "Although the


    reagent isn''t that powerful, it''s not weak either, and it might even cause harm at a close distance. The


    bottle is custom-built, and as long as someone opens that wooden box, it''ll explode automatically,


    causing the reagent to turn into a gas. The person who opens the box won''t be able to dodge it in time,


    and they''ll be burned by the gas as soon as theye into contact with it."


    Hearing that, Joaquin let out augh. "That''s awesome."


    "Of course." Katherine lifted her brow before continuing, "Besides, the wound it leaves will be a little


    special due to the gas. As long as I see it, I''ll immediately know who opened the box."


    "Who do you think it''ll be?"


    Katherine shot him a look. "Do you still have to ask such an easy question? Besides Jayden, who else


    could it be?"


    Joaquinughed. "Well, what if one of hisckeys opened it before him on the way back?"


    Katherine raised her thin hands and waved at him. "That''s impossible. Someone like Jayden will never


    let hisckeys encroach on his power. He likes to feel like he has everything in the palm of his hand, so


    of course he''ll be the one to open something this important. His men won''t be that stupid."


    Her tone was carefree and instantly lifted Joaquin''s mood as well. He watched her extended finger out


    of the corner of his eye and felt an itch in his heart, wanting to take her hand in his and y with it


    gently. However, the light turned green, so he could only tuck his intentions away and focus on driving.


    "And what was in the box before? What do you mean when you say you don''t know?"


    At this question, Katherine thought for a moment and told him without hiding anything, "There was only


    a sheet of paper in the box and the words ''ancestral shrine,'' so I''m guessing that Grandpa left


    something important there, or maybe even hid it."


    "The Olsen Family''s ancestral shrine?" Joaquin was a little taken aback by her words. "Isn''t it in


    Kynd?"


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    "Yeah." Katherine slumped in her seat, feeling a little glum. "Say, why did Grandpa do all of this?


    Putting a sheet of paper in Regal Summit Bank but storing the actual item in a shrine in Kynd—isn''t


    he just toying with us?"


    She hadn''t expected that aftering all the way to this ce and even getting chased by


    mercenaries, they still had to turn back.


    Spotting her huffy face from the corner of his eyes, Joaquin couldn''t help but feel amused.


    "Grandpa definitely has his reasons for doing this. Maybe it''s safer this way. However, this also shows


    that this belonging of his is extremely important, and it probably is just as powerful too."


    Hearing that, Katherine fell into deep thought before she nodded with a solemn expression. "You''re


    right. Didn''t Grandma get hunted down before her identity was even revealed? Those people were after


    Grandpa''s belongings, so whatever he''s hiding definitely can''t be underestimated."


    Then, she hesitated for a moment before mumbling, "But I can''t believe he hid it in the Olsen Family''s


    ancestral shrine. They''ve fallen from power recently and aren''t as powerful or influential as before, and


    I heard that they''ve all settled down as regr people now."


    Joaquin hummed in reply. "I know this. I''ve heard about the Olsen Family when I was on a mission


    before, and I''ve passed by their ancestral shrine too."


    "Eh?" Katherine''s eyes brightened. "You''ve been there?"


    "Yes. The Olsen Family''s shrine isn''t in their mansion but in a remote area in Kynd. Their previous


    mansion has already been sold and doesn''t belong to them anymore, and as for the shrine, they rarely


    go there except for important asions."