From His Daughter

"We couldn't be sure what these things were, but we found this inside one of the dolls."

As the secretary spoke, a bodyguard beside her opened the case and took out a core.

Lareus stepped forward at that moment. "This should be what they call a Honkai Energy crystal. The moment we found it, I sent a request for assistance to Anti-Entropy."

"That isn't even the most important part. People in our circle have been getting assassinated these past few days. I heard they encountered similar dolls before they died."

Han Jiang knew what Lareus meant. Einstein had specifically mentioned it during the meeting.

"May I take a look at the core?" Han Jiang added, "This crystal, I mean."

"No problem. Go ahead and look." Lareus spoke generously.

Anything capable of producing a core, whether a Honkai Beast or a Deadwalker, was already beyond what ordinary people could handle.

The fact that Lareus's bodyguards had managed to take down a doll meant they were quite capable.

Han Jiang took the core from the secretary's hand and frowned slightly. He immediately said to Fu Hua, "Class Monitor, take a look at this."

"What is it?" Fu Hua asked. "Is there something different about this core?"

"Yes." Han Jiang said, "The energy contained in this core is far too little compared to the others."

Fu Hua took the core and sensed it for herself. She too discovered that something was off with it.

Under normal circumstances, simply placing a Herrscher core on the ground could corrode an ordinary person into a Deadwalker.

Even a Quasi-Herrscher core could affect an ordinary person's bodily functions after contact.

"Has anyone else come into close contact with this core?" Han Jiang looked around the room.

Lareus nodded and said to his secretary and several bodyguards, "Anyone