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Chapter 42 - Perfect Estimate - II

Looking around the now-empty room, void of all the wealth it once held, I felt a hint of wistfulness surround my heart.

Clementine, Reazue, and Kuvie had finished transporting their haul half an hour ago.

As for me?

Well, I finally finished analyzing the locks to every succeeding room.

It really took me a while. Even with my information-gathering abilities, actual problem-solving was a little harder than I thought.

It was like facing an engineering exam with open notes, open internet, open professors, and even open answers… But the solution was awful enough to induce despair.

I had to go through the method to unlock it, one step at a time, confirming with my Gift that each sequence of the process proceeded correctly.

Slowly but surely…

With the finesse and precision of those who dabbled in medicine.

—Click.

A few lines outlined themselves in the wall furthest from the entrance. Clementine herself had checked this part a few times, but with no results.

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