Mrs. Maria's silhouette didn't leave a blue contour in Chen Ke's field of vision. She had either vanished into thin air or used some method to block Spiritual Vision's probe.
Chen Ke rounded a corner and ran up to the bridge deck; as expected, there was nothing on the bridge save for the lonely street lamp.
29 years later, Maria was as young as Chen Ke, which signified that she definitely wasn't a normal person either. And the sentence she said, "Your blood flows through our veins," was of particular concern to Chen Ke.
Looking up at the pale moon, he wondered, did all Secret Keepers, like Mrs. Maria, possess the ability to not age? Chen Ke suddenly realized something—if Maria had appeared tonight, could she have gone to see little Jack?
A foreboding sense hit Chen Ke, and he turned his head and ran towards the nearby cafe. He barged through the door and ended up on a mezzanine of the library's roof.
