Chapter 16: Evil Rituals

Chapter 16: Evil Rituals

The rain had stopped, and the early morning twilight sprinkled through the gaps upon the rain-washed clouds, coating the city a brilliant golden red.

A girl wearing a red scarf sat on top of a glass tower. Her legs were wrapped in white silk, which was left exposed underneath her short, lacy skirt. She swayed her khaki boots on the ledge as her clear eyes stared into the rising sun.

System?

I am here.

Wont you get sick after eating all of those strange things?

No, mistress. It is my responsibility to clean up the worlds filth.

Do you eat anything else? Food?

No, mistress.

Thank goodness, she breathed a sigh of relief as she produced a box of strawberry vanilla Pocky from her breasts. She put a stick between her pink lips as she stared into the distance.

However, my snacks seem to disappear on their own, as if somebody is stealing them! she exclaimed.

Mistress, I think you are the one whos eating them a bit too fast.

Oh.

Name?

Lu Yibei was startled awake and found himself in a familiar place, being asked this familiar question by a familiar face.

I almost walked through the Gates of Hell, and here you are, not even the slightest bit of worry for me.

Cant you come up with something else? Lu Yibei asked. We literally just met here a few hours ago.

The maid sighed as she put her hands on her hips and said, You think I want to do this? Ill have you know

Okay, okay! My name is Lu Yibei, and Im guessing that your next question is about my age.

No, the maid rolled her eyes. I just wanted to ask: Do you remember anything that happened last night?

Hmm he recalled for a moment before frowning. After I got home, I couldnt sleep. After a while something knocked on the door, and he let himself in, and then

Speaking of this, Lu Yibei could recall using Acala, the Immovable, to strike Mr Rabbit down! He vividly remembered that Mr Rabbit twitched before lying motionless on the ground, and the putrid stench of blood seemed to waft into Yibeis nose once again.

Lu Yibei turned pale, turning his face away to retch.

The maid expected his reaction, handing over a box of tissues and a glass of warm water.

After he had calmed down, the maid continued, If I tell you that you didnt kill anyone, will you feel better?

Of course. During my autopsy, I found that the exact time of death was three to five days ago. There are ghost mushrooms, bovine lacrimal glands, and cooked saltpetre in his body, as well as

Youre telling me that this person was man-made?

Jiangli glanced at the corpse once again. Ghost mushrooms, lacrimal glands, cooked saltpetre those materials were used in evil rituals.

Exactly, An Qing nodded and smiled. Im not done yet. Come have a look.

An Qing lifted the corpse and turned it around with ease, exposing its mangled back to Jiangli.

I know its abnormal for this person to be man-made, Jiangli asked doubtfully. Whats so important about this anyways?

Look carefully, An Qing pointed at the corpse.

Jiangli frowned, covering her nose and mouth, and observed the corpse carefully.

The corpses back was littered with wounds, and all of them showed regularities. Every few wounds appeared parallel to each other, as if they were scratched out by the sharp claws of a creature.

Among the wounds was one that was much deeper than the others, revealing bone.

Jianglis eyes widened as a faint blue light sparked in her eyes. Tossing aside the interference of the other wounds from her vision, she reconstructed the scene before her.

Some kind of facial makeup Extremely distorted Very deformed, and its eyes are of irregular size Eerily uncanny

I got it. Its an isolation spell.

See? You got it! An Qing smiled. That damned rabbit found a way to access a powerful spell. He must be clinging onto somebody powerful.

This particular isolation spell was very powerful; it can be used on low-levelled threats or other creatures to control them as well as completely cut contact and isolate a target.

Mr. Rabbit must have sensed that he was targeted, so he sent a pawn to test the waters, Jiangli concluded. If that were true, then Mr Rabbit must be working together with somebody very powerful.

The plan of using Yibei as bait could no longer be used, but he couldnt be left alone either. It was too risky.

Should I let him stay in the Night Division temporarily?

Knock, knock, knock!

Helloooo?! Open up! I know both of you are in there! If you have the balls to use my godson as bait, why wont you open the door? Hey!

Silence.

Fine! Dont open the door! Ill just sleep outside here and wait!

Hearing Bai Kai curse them outside the door, Jiangli and An Qing couldnt help but sigh.

Open up!