Heard the initiative in Heloise’s words.
Ronald’s expression showed some confusion, but he immediately nodded:
"Then let’s hear it."
A slight smile curling at the corner of her mouth, Heloise immediately began to explain her idea:
"My method is simple—set a fire."
"Once a fire starts in a place like the teacher’s dormitory, almost everyone around the college, whether students or passersby, will gather at the first moment. They’ll come not just to help put out the fire but to enjoy the spectacle."
"And at that time, the two of us could leave with Lumiere."
"This would quickly reveal the enemy’s position."
After a few sentences, Heloise did not forget to add:
"Of course, the prerequisite for the success of this method is that your intelligence is correct, Ronald, that the enemy is indeed here now."
Ronald immediately understood the purpose of Heloise’s approach.
The Caster of the Nine Commandments, whose primary target was undoubtedly Lumiere, who was being held hostage by Ronald, would have to make a choice as soon as he and Heloise took the hostage away.
— Either the enemies hidden in the shadows would follow them.
— Or they would choose to abandon Lumiere.
However, abandoning Lumiere...
That would not only mean Ronald had gained complete control over Lumiere, and thereby the final part of the "Divine Comedy," but after tonight, Ronald would also do everything possible to extract intelligence from Lumiere.
Once Lumiere, who had deep connections with the Nine Commandments, began to speak...
The organization would have to expose many of its secrets.
Based on Ronald’s experience with this organization, this was likely something the Nine Commandments absolutely could not accept.
As such, the outcome became a single choice.
This was a blatant stratagem by Heloise.
If the enemies did not wish to risk revealing information, they would have no choice but to follow Ronald and Heloise as they left.
Then, the members of the Nine Commandments and the people running to put out the fire would be going in opposite directions.
Locating these hidden individuals then would become quite simple.
As Ronald organized his thoughts, he had to admit it was a feasible plan.
But the only problem was that this plan tested his fragile conscience.
With a slight frown, Ronald spoke his mind straightforwardly:
"I must be honest, Thor, I don’t like the idea of harming innocent people in this matter."
"Can we think of a more moderate approach?"
As an adult from modern society, Ronald was quite averse to the idea of setting a fire in a public place.
Responding to Ronald’s answer,
Heloise, standing before him, displayed a slight approving smile.
She then continued quite adeptly:
"Ronald, I think I understand the concerns in your heart."
"But I feel you might be mistaken."
"This building is only inhabited on the first floor; the second and third floors don’t even have a shadow..."
At this point, Heloise paused in her speech.
Her gaze immediately shifted to Lumiere, who was being restrained by Ronald:
"To be precise, the only resident of the second and third floors is in our hands right now, so we only need to light up the top floor."
"If we control the intensity of the blaze properly, the people here can deal with the problem before the fire spreads completely."
"No one will get hurt."
Only lighting up the top floor...
Heloise’s explanation moved Ronald.
Considering the actual situation, the plan indeed had a certain feasibility.
After all, with both of them alerting the people nearby to the fire, and with Springs having a decent water system, extinguishing a small blaze was not an issue under such conditions.
So, they decided to go ahead with the plan.
Ronald’s gaze darkened as he quickly recalled the architectural style of the teaching building in his mind, and a simple plan was soon hatched:
"Thor, let’s ignite flames in each of the four corners on this third floor."
"Then we’ll meet up and head downstairs to retreat together, okay?"
Just as their conversation concluded,
Ronald’s palm made a light noise where it touched Mil’s head.
The back-and-forth magical battle between the two had finally come to an end.
And with the appearance of this light sound, the spreading black mist between Ronald’s palms finally blanketed Mil at close range.
Mil immediately let out a scream.
It was Ronald who had fiercely punched her in the abdomen.
Even though the ’girl’ in his hands knew the dangers of the hellish black mist and was trying her best to control her emotions,
she still felt a flicker of anger in the face of this unexpected punch.
Thus, the power of the Oath River contained within the black mist took effect.
Mil, having lost her magical defenses, closed her eyes like an ordinary girl and finally lay limp in front of Ronald.
Feeling the feedback from ’Fury’s’ spell taking effect,
Ronald nodded in satisfaction,
"Problem solved, let’s move."
Ronald and Heloise were both highly efficient in executing plans.
From simply formulating to implementing the plan, neither of them wasted any time.
Ronald was carrying Mil, but with the help of the black mist gathering flammable material around him, he didn’t even have to light the fire himself. By the time he had set the fires in the locations he was responsible for, only a few minutes had elapsed.
Probably because of the nature of her job, this girl possessed incomparable proficiency in the skill of arson.
Even quicker than Ronald, she too had completed her objective.
So, when the two met up again and then stepped outside the dormitory building, the firelight at various places on the third floor was just beginning to glow.
After waiting a moment, Heloise placed her hands together to form a megaphone shape, then shouted loudly towards the dormitory,
"Fire! There’s a fire!"
"The rooftop of the dormitory is on fire, someone come and put it out!"
"It’s on the rooftop... Quick, go put it out!"
Following Heloise’s call, the residents of the teachers’ dormitory on the first floor also quickly reacted.
From the first person opening their door to check upstairs and then confirming the fire, others also immediately responded to the call to action.
In just the blink of an eye,
the entire dormitory had turned into a cooperative firefighting scene.
As for outside the teaching building...
Ronald and Heloise exchanged glances, nodded at each other, then their figures disappeared into the night of Saint Georgia University.