After saying goodbye to old Isaiah, the four of them walked out of the building together. Xinyun took out the business card that she had just obtained water and dialed out the number.

"hey, this is Joel!" A black accent sounded in the other end of the phone.

"It's me if I get water."

After hearing what Xinyun said in Chinese, he was stunned on the other end of the phone, and then immediately switched over: "Hey, it's you old! I called me so quickly, but I didn't expect it would be you. What's your business?"

"We may...really need your help. Can you come here? We are still at Caltech, where we got off the bus just now."

"Ho! There is really a place where I can serve! No problem, you wait. I just drove out not far, and I'll be here!"

The water agreed completely and hung up the phone.

"Speaking of this... don't you think Old Isaiah is a little strange?"

While waiting for the water to arrive, Jiang Xiao asked Xinyun.

"You...can't you doubt him? This is impossible! I know old Isaiah very well, and he will never betray us!" Xinyun quickly shook her head into a rattle and cut the railway firmly.

"No...I don't mean that." Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "I mean...the attitude towards you."

He thought for a while: "The other awakened people we have met are respectful to you. In their eyes, your priesthood is the supreme thing. But it seems that the only old Isaiah, although he is very affectionate to you, it is more like a pure friendship than a forced respect for the rank. This makes me feel very comfortable and natural. Haven't you noticed this?"

"Is this...is it?" Xinyun tilted her head and thought for a while: "So, I haven't noticed it before. When I met him, it seemed like he was like this now... Well... it really looks very similar to you!"

As he said that, Xinyun raised her head and looked at Jiang Xiao: "But... the feeling he gives me is still different from you... Although Isaiah and I are good friends,... you have a different attraction from him... Always make me want to be close to you."

Seeing the beautiful Loli girl saying such words with a serious expression made Jiang Xiao feel a little embarrassed. He laughed dryly and stopped talking.

Fortunately, less than ten minutes later, I watched the taxi with water drive over from a distance, and suddenly stopped in front of the four of them, smiling at them with white teeth: "Hey! Brother, I'm fast enough!"

"First send us a hotel to stay in, and you'll need the best one, and then go up with us." Xinyun didn't make much politeness and opened the door and got into the car: "We have something to ask you."

"Okay, you're here!" Deshui honked the horn, and after all four of them got into the car, he kicked the accelerator and rushed out.

The car stopped at the entrance of the Hilton Hotel in Pasadena. Deshui waited until Xinyun and the four of them got out of the car, said hello, and drove the car to the parking lot. When he returned to the lobby, the four people's rooms had already been booked and were waiting for him to arrive.

"Go upstairs and say it." Xinyun greeted Deshui and walked towards the elevator.

For safety reasons, Xinyun only opened one presidential suite. Fortunately, although Pasadena is not a big city, it is still in the Greater Los Angeles area. The highest-standard presidential suite provided by the Hilton Hotel here has a total of four bedrooms.

The five people entered the room and sat down. Deshui looked Xinyun up and down, rubbing his hands constantly. It was obvious that he was expecting and curious in his heart.

"Because of a coincidence opportunity, we heard about your abilities. Can you demonstrate it to us?" Xinyun looked around the room, but couldn't find the right object, so she simply pointed to the small table in front of her: "Just use this."

"Ability?" Deshui was stunned. After thinking about it, he nodded and pressed his palm on the small table. Sure enough, the table shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and instantly shrank to the size of a wine glass.

"Very good!" Xinyun clenched her fists hard, trying her best to suppress the excitement in her heart: "If this ability... if used on objects with complex structures, can it ensure that after the original size is restored, it will not affect the function?"

"Look at what you said! Of course not! Otherwise, what's the point!" Deshui shook his head quickly: "You look down on me too much! No matter how complicated it is, please make sure you use it the same as the original one! Just say, what do you want me to shrink for you?"

Xinyun did not answer directly, but said slowly: "So, what is the recovery process? Can you set the time to automatically restore it to its original size? Or is it other similar methods?"

"This...is probably not possible." Deshui shook his head: "Unless I touch it myself, there is no way to restore the object that I have reduced."

"This... is a little troublesome." Xinyun supported her head and looked at Jiang Xiao.

Should... act with this Deshui?

The journey to find seeds at the bottom of Lake Baikal is already important and full of dangers. Even if we can fully trust such an awakened person who has just met, why should he take such a big risk for his own business?

Assassins from the academy may appear at any time and take their lives!

"You... just say whatever you have. You don't have to be polite to me." Deshui pressed his hand on the wine glass-sized table on the ground, and in a blink of an eye it returned to its original state: "You are the first priest I have seen. If you are the only one who can do something to do with small force, what is that?"

"I'm afraid... this is not a trivial matter." Xinyun smiled bitterly and said, "What if... it's at risk of death?"

Deshui's originally relaxed expression also became solemn: "Death? What you are talking about is the assassin sent by the academy that you mentioned in the car before?"

"Yes." Jiang Xiao took Xinyun's words: "We don't know when the next assassination will come, nor do we know what kind of abilities the opponent will have. Even..."

He stared at Deshui: "I don't even know if that assassin would be you. Since you speak so well in Chinese, you should know what a chance encounter is. But the problem now is that without your ability, we can't continue the next journey. So... we can only hope for your help."

"Well..." Deshui no longer smiled like before when he spoke, and pondered for a moment: "Indeed, this decision is difficult to make easily. If you feel relieved, tell me all the things."

"Okay." Jiang Xiao nodded immediately without hesitation and began to talk in detail about everything that had happened so far.

Is this black guy who claims to be in Chinese with Yu Deshui worth trusting?

Jiang Xiao didn't know.

Although the chance of being an assassin in the academy is not high, at least it cannot be completely ruled out. And... even though he is not disguised by the academy assassin now, Jiang Xiao cannot guarantee whether he can fully trust Shui in his subsequent journey.

But... besides trusting him, does Jiang Xiao have any other choice?

there is none left.

Seven days later, the scientific research ship will dock, and the pursuers of the academy don’t know when they will arrive. Without the ability to reduce objects with water, Jiang Xiao could not think of any way to hide the truth from the sea and bring a huge scientific research ship and deep-sea submersible into Lake Baikal.

So... Jiang Xiao could only take a try.

Deshui surprisingly didn't say a word throughout the whole process. Until he finished listening to Jiang Xiao's story, he still sat upright on the sofa, rubbing his fingers with his hands and lowered his head.

Jiang Xiao did not urge him, but just waited quietly for Deshui to make a decision.

After five minutes of silence, Deshui raised his head and said, "Then, let me summarize it."

"There is such a thing that is very important, hidden somewhere on this earth. But different people have different opinions on why it is important. Let me call it a treasure."

"Now, two groups of people want to get this treasure. One group is you, and the other group is the academy you call. You think that if that academy gets this thing, there will be any dangerous consequences, so you must stop them and get the treasure yourself."

"Then—the question is here." Deshui smiled: "How should I be sure that if you get this thing, you will not bring dangerous results, and only the academy will do it? Or, to put it another way. How should I be sure that you are the partners of justice, and the academy is the evil devil?"

Jiang Xiao nodded with a smile: "That's right, I admit that your suspicion is reasonable."

"Right!" Deshui shrugged, spread his hands, and turned to Xinyun: "You are a priest, the first priest I have ever seen since I awakened to this day. I respect you very much and are willing to provide you with some help within my ability. The promise I made before will not change, but this matter... is too big, I am afraid I cannot bear it easily."

Xinyun nodded and said, "I understand. I don't regard myself as the kind in online novels. When my body was shocked, my brothers all admired the protagonist whom I defected to. Oh, you may not know that it is popular in China..."

"I know." Deshui laughed: "Apart from crosstalk, my second hobby is online literature. Have you forgotten? I am a Chinese expert. Let's get back to the point, so... I really need to think about this matter carefully. And after all, you still have time. Isn't that ship not allowed to arrive at the port in seven days?"

"Yes. So, do you need seven days to think about it?" Xinyun said: "Okay, we will stay here forever, and wait for your news in seven days."

Deshui shook his head and laughed: "No, I never said I would consider it alone! Just that, let alone seven days, even seven months or seven years, I can't make a decision. If you want to know someone, isn't the best way to get in touch?"

He raised his head, looked at the room, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well... Hilton's presidential suite is really good. I'll follow you in the past seven days."

"What's this? Examination?" Jiang Xiao laughed in silence.

"Even if it is a cohabitation trial before getting a marriage certificate, it's okay!" After making the decision, Deshui became poor again: "I said, there seem to be only four rooms here, right? There are five people in total, so who will I sleep with at night?"

Although he said that, his eyes did not have the purang Xinyun or Zhao Tianyu. It seems that this guy just likes to make trouble.

"Master, I'll sleep in the living room. It's just that this is convenient for the night." Luan Rang took the initiative to speak to Xinyun.
Chapter completed!