When she wanted to turn him down, she suddenly thought that if the contract signing went well tomorrow, she would be able to go back the day after tomorrow.

She thought that Shanks must have something to talk to her about since he was looking for her. Hence, she agreed. "Okay, where should we meet?"

Shanks gave her the address.

After Luca wrote it down, she hung up the call.

Although Shanks worked under Abel and belonged to the Island of Despair, Luca was aware that he had taught her a lot. She regarded their relationship as mentor-apprentice.

Shanks never accepted apprentices, and she had never called him master either, but his kindness to her was not something she could ignore.

Luca put on her coat and left the suite.

Gale sat in the car and saw Luca walk out of the hotel. He immediately informed Luke and followed behind her taxi.

Luke was at the police station but he did not forget to tell Gale to continue to follow Luca.

He frowned when he saw the message from Gale. 'Luca is out so late? Where is she going?'

Luke replied: [Follow her and see who she's meeting.]

Gale glanced at his reply and wondered how Luke was so sure that Luca was going to meet someone else.

The taxi stopped in front of a hotel.

Luca got out of the car.

Gale slowly parked the car on the side of the road, touched his chin, and sighed. "It's a hotel. What is she doing here?"

He did not report it to Luke immediately. After all, a woman walking into another hotel at night was most likely because she was meeting someone.

It was just that he was not sure who this other person was.

"Do you need me to follow her?" The man sitting in the front passenger seat asked.

Gale touched his chin. They would not be able to follow her if Luca went up to the guest floors.

That was because they had not made arrangements in this hotel in advance and did not know the people here. The hotel staff would not easily disclose the privacy of the guests.

"You can't follow her even if you go in. I'll ask the boss." Gale thought about it and felt like he had to inform Luke, so he called him immediately.

"What's the matter?" Luke answered the call and went straight to the point without any small talk.

Gale said honestly, "Boss, I followed Dr. Craw and we arrived at a hotel. She went in, but we didn't make arrangements in advance, so we can't follow her in.”

"What hotel?" Luke asked.

"Galle Hotel," Gale glanced at the building and replied.

"It's Ray's family business." When Luke heard the name, he remembered that Ray owned the hotel.

Gale blinked. ‘What a coincidence? With Ray's approval, we'll know who Luca is meeting.'

"Wait." Luke hung up and called Ray.

He briefly explained the matter. Ray said that he would arrange for someone to check the information of the guest and let him know.

After Luke thanked him, a police officer came over and said, "Sir, please come in with us to make your statement."

"Mm." Luke nodded as Jason pushed him and followed the policeman.

He replied to Gale. He told him to wait at the door and Ray would pass him the details of the person Luca was about to meet.

Gale sat in the car and looked at Luke's message. He could not help but sigh. "This is too easy."

"What did the boss say?" The man sitting in the front passenger seat asked.

"Boss told us to wait here," Gale relayed Luke's message.

The man in the front passenger seat stopped talking.

Inside the hotel.

Luca mentioned the room number to the front desk. Since Shanks had given the staff a heads up, she successfully got the access card and took the elevator upstairs.

She walked to Shanks' room, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, Shanks opened the door.

Shanks frowned. ‘She thought that I asked her here because I need her to do something?'

Shanks turned around and said, "Come in."

Luca stood at the door, thought about it for a while, then walked in. She was full of doubts as she stared at Shanks' back.

‘Why does he want to see me?' Original from .

Shanks walked over to the sofa, picked up his briefcase, pulled out a few photos from it, and handed them to her. "These are for you."

Luca took them in confusion and found that the person in the photos was Nyla.

"Mr. Shanks?"

"I'm sure you want them?" Shanks asked. Unlike the others on the Island of Despair, he had a high degree of freedom, so his access to communication devices such as phones was not restricted. These photos were taken when Nyla was playing with him.

After he took the photos, he found out that Luca was going to Russia. He happened to have plans to leave the island, so he developed these photos.

He brought them here just for her.

Luca held the photos carefully with both hands. She could not bear for the photos to crease even just a little.

"Thank you." She thanked him. Luca did not hide how much she missed Nyla in front of him.

Shanks looked at how she treasured the photos with a calm expression and said, "I gave you these photos for a reason. I have something I want you to do for me."

"Go ahead." Luca knew that there was no free lunch on the Island of Despair, even with the most innocuous Shanks. She never thought that she would get these photos for nothing.

Shanks took out a list and handed it to Luca. "I need some medicinal materials for my research, but these are quite special. They're not available in Russia, and there are not many places in the world that have them. When you return to A City, help me find them."

Luca frowned.

It was not a big deal to go look for medicinal materials, but A City was so big. Where would she start?

She took the list and scanned through it.

Luca knew about these herbs, but they were really hard to find.

"A City is very big, I may not be able to find all of them." Luca did not dare to make a deal with him.

"These herbs have appeared in Province Z. You can go there to find them,” Shanks reminded her. He could not stay outside for too long after leaving the island. Abel had a suspicious personality and would not allow him to stay out for so long. Moreover, he did not want to go anywhere but Russia.

"There's a stronghold in Province Z." Luca thought to herself that A City was far away from Province Z. Even if she was in the country, it was inconvenient for her to visit.

"Those idiots looking for medicinal herbs? I don't trust them,” Shanks said. Those men only know how to fight. They had buff bodies but no brains.

Many had learned from him, but they proved to be incapable. If they were asked to help find the medicinal materials, it was likely that they would be deceived.

They did not know how to distinguish common medicinal herbs, let alone these rare and hard-to-find ones.

As such, he could only ask Luca.

Luca kept silent. Shanks' words made sense.

Those in the stronghold were indeed unreliable. She was the one who had learned the most from Shanks on the Island of Despair and was also the one who had mastered the most medical knowledge.

It made sense that Shanks asked her to complete the task.