The Enigmatic Return (Neera and Jean) novel Chapter 1433

Neera stared at those few short sentences, reading them repeatedly. Only then did her restless heart find a bit of comfort.

News also started pouring in from the other districts.

All the explosion sites had their fires extinguished.

The chemical plant and drug research center had suffered severe damage. Fortunately, the data was still intact. As for casualties, they were currently being tallied.

After reading everything one by one, Neera returned to her bedroom.

As she passed by Adriana's room, she knocked on the door.

Adriana was sitting in a chair by the window. Hearing some noise, she said, “Please come in.”

Seeing it was Neera, she leaned back into her chair, “Oh, it's you. What's up?”

As she spoke, she rubbed her throbbing temple.

Neera walked over and asked, “Aunt Adriana, can't you sleep?”

With a helpless tug at the corner of her mouth, Adriana said, “Indeed, after such a big incident, how could I possibly sleep?”

Neera knew Adriana was worried about Chad. “Aunt Adriana, don't worry. Uncle Chad will be fine.”

Adriana nodded. “I know, but I can't help but worry. Moreover, for some reason, my eyelid is twitching badly, and I feel a sense of unease in my heart. I always feel like something terrible is about to happen.”

Neera's brows subtly furrowed as that unsettling feeling began to surface again.

Neera shook her head, refusing to let her thoughts run wild, and comforted Adriana by saying, “Aunt Adriana, don't overthink it. Worrying about it now won't help. What's meant to come will come. We just have to take it one step at a time. Otherwise, you'll only scare yourself. Nothing has even happened yet, and you're already on the verge of a nervous breakdown. That's not good. It's already very late, and you need to rest. If you don't, your health will suffer. When Uncle Chad comes back and sees you like this, he will definitely be heartbroken.”

Adriana sighed. “All right. I'll follow your advice. I'll go to bed as soon as I finish washing up. You should also rest early. Don't just advise me and then stay up late yourself.”

“Sure. I understand.”

Despite saying that, Neera was plagued by severe insomnia after leaving Adriana's room and returning to her own. She tossed and turned in her bed, finding it hard to fall asleep.

Her mind was in a mess, with all sorts of things piled up together, causing her to feel restless.

She ended up only feeling sleepy at past three in the morning.

Her tense spirit gradually relaxed. Just before her consciousness plunged into chaos, she had a vague thought. If Bartitsu Guild wanted to take action against the Gordon family, they would've done so already. It's already so late, so they probably wouldn't come anymore.

However, the reality was completely the opposite.

Matthew deliberately chose the moment when Neera was at her most vulnerable, in the deepest of sleep, to launch an attack on the Gordon residence.

When Neera was awakened, her mind was in a state of confusion, completely bewildered.

“Neera! Neera! Wake up! Wake up! We're surrounded! Hurry, come to your senses! The fight has already started down there!”

Neera regained her consciousness immediately when she heard that they were surrounded.

She abruptly sat up, realizing that the room was dark. Even though she couldn't make out who was beside her in the darkness, she could tell from the voice that it was Adriana who had just spoken.

At that moment, she heard the sounds of intense fighting coming from downstairs and outside the window. Her heart immediately leaped into her throat. Instinctively, she wanted to turn on the light and get out of bed to see what was happening.

Adriana quickly stopped her, lowering her voice to say, “Don't turn on the light! Zephyr told me to wake you up, but we mustn't turn on the light or make any noise.”

Neera frowned. “Why? What's the situation down there now?”

Adriana shook her head, her hand cold in the grasp. “I'm not sure either. I was awakened by Zephyr. He was in such a hurry, and he only had time to wake me up and told me to find you—”

She hadn't finished speaking when suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

In that moment of crisis, the sudden knock at the door startled both Neera and Adriana.

The two of them were tightly huddled together, warily watching the door, neither of them making a sound.

Soon, the sound of knocking echoed again, followed by Zephyr's voice. “Ms. Garcia, it's me.”

Neera's spirits lifted when she heard that. She quickly rushed over to open the door. “What's going on? Are the people from Bartitsu Guild here? What's the situation down there?”

Zephyr walked in, casually shutting the door behind him. He led the two to the window, peering down through the gap in the curtains.

Seeing the chaos below, the sheer number of people left Neera utterly speechless. “H-How can there be so many people?”

Zephyr wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice so deep it was almost inaudible, his whole body exuding a strong aura of menace. “It's not just these people. The entire Gordon residence is now tightly surrounded, both inside and out. We've deployed a substantial number of people, but it's still less than a third of what the other side has!”

Neera was shocked. “How could this be? Given the power of Bartitsu Guild, it's impossible for them to send so many people!”

It was important to note that the people Neera was willing to deploy included those affliated forces from the Gordon family.

And yet, the numbers of Bartitsu Guild far exceeded theirs.

Isn't this equivalent to having more than half of Bartitsu Guild here? How is this possible? Neera was baffled.

Zephyr's face was gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice, “Bartitsu Guild didn't just send their own people. Several families have also come along! The Hoffman family, the Quigley family, the Watson family... They've all been rallied together. It seems Matthew had arranged everything in secret long ago.”

Neera was pale as a sheet, shocked by the unexpected turn of events. She had done her best to prepare for the worst, yet she still couldn't overcome the wild ambitions of Bartitsu Guild.

Adriana was now extremely anxious. She quickly asked, “What is Matthew's purpose? Even if he really takes down the Gordon residence, what's the point? If the Gordon family is gone, Bartitsu Guild will also become a target for everyone!”

However, Zephyr let out a cold, scornful laugh, his voice filled with contempt and mockery. “Matthew is as cunning as a fox. He has already planned his next ten moves. Why do you think he took action, and why did he involve so many of his subordinates? He has meticulously planned everything.”