"How can it create a safe house?" Jin Lou was clearly stunned. Staring at the slowly healing wall, it muttered to itself.
"How could I have been so careless? Why didn't I test it before coming in?"
Its mechanical arm tapped weakly against the wall, making a dull thud.
Jin Lou looked extremely remorseful.
"If only I'd knocked first. How could I have let my guard down like that?"
"Is this a trap set by a Nest Builder?"
Li Luo was also starting to understand. This "Fire Thief Studio" wasn't the real one. The room she had just left was the actual safe house.
"Yes." Jin Lou nodded and said helplessly, "It mimics buildings to lie in wait for its prey. It usually sets up a fake fork in an alleyway, and anyone who walks in gets trapped. I just never thought it would mimic a safe house. It's never done that before..."
As it spoke, Jin Lou tapped the wall again in self-reproach.
"Or maybe it has done this before, and I just never knew..."
