Chapter 946

Maxine pointed upward. “Based on Thomas' position when he fell, it seems impossible for him to have ended up here. He would have fallen on a rock about 100 meters from the opening of the hole and rolled...”

After a brief pause, she continued. “He should have stopped rolling at around 200 meters deep. When we descended, I saw a pit where he would’ve come to a stop.”

“Are you sure?”

James was uncertain. He had only cared about going deeper and had not checked the cavern’s surroundings.

“Alright, then. Let’s head back there to check”

Maxine jumped up, grabbed onto a stone a few meters away, and quickly climbed upward.

Following her lead, James also opted to not use a rope and began scaling the rocky cavern.

Eventually, they returned to the 100-meter mark

An enormous rock, more than 20 meters wide, jutted out precariously from the walls.

Maxine raised her head and pointed, saying, “If he fell from there, he would’ve landed here.”

She moved her body and pointed to the rock under her feet.

at all here. After hitting this rock, he’d roll toward the stone’s slope.

“Okay.”

James nodded.

The two descended again.

meters, Maxine stopped and pointed to a recess in the wall, saying, "If he rolled down from that rock,

agreed with Maxine's analysis after

my

and said, “The evidence from our

actually die, why didn’t he show us he

night that Thomas may have staged death to fool outsiders. Also,

to believe that the Gu

do such

for James. “According to the clues collected, it’s almost certain that he’s come up with

expression

you think Thea knows that this whole thing was a ruse by my grandfather to confuse Tobias and me? Is there a way for him to know that Tobias will show

following you. He probably guessed that my job was to protect and monitor you. I’m sure he assumed that I’d relay all of this

reporting to

to grandpa, I didn’t say

not prod her further because he knew that Tobias probably still had not solved the painting’s secret. Otherwise, he would have reacted more after

“Let’s go back up.”

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