Chapter 715

Old Gale was the barefoot doctor of Black Lead Village. Originally entrusted by Lara to deliver the child to a Professor Grant, he never got the chance—before he could meet the man, he was burned alive. The child vanished without a trace. Listening to this harrowing past, Willow felt a suffocating weight in her chest, a surge of fury with nowhere to go. If she felt this way, how much worse must it be for Philip? Unable to help herself, she glanced at the old man beside her. His hands were clenched into white-knuckled fists, veins bulging along the backs, his entire body trembling faintly. After a long silence, he finally gritted his teeth and asked, word by word, "What happened to those bastards?" "Executed!" a villager from Black Lead Village blurted out. "Every last one of them was shot last year. Our whole village went to the police station to see the notice. Afterward, we all paid our respects to Teacher William and Teacher Lara. The evil got what they deserved—now they can rest in