"Afterward, we exhausted ourselves trying to track him down, but he seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving behind no trace at all." Hong Ying sighed. "He's like a ghost in this city. We can sense his presence, but we can never get close to him."
Lin Qiye frowned tightly.
"And that's not all. Before, he only stole the corpses of Mysteries. But last month, we discovered traces of a Night Killer Ghost. Just as we were preparing to eliminate it, we found that... it was already dead.
"Half its body had been frozen solid, and its body had been completely torn apart. Likewise, half of its corpse had been taken away."
"So he went from stealing Mystery corpses to actively hunting Mysteries?"
"That's right. At this rate, I feel like all of us are going to lose our jobs." Hong Ying sighed helplessly.
Wen Qimo smiled. "Look on the bright side. Isn't it a good thing that someone is helping us share the workload?"
"But I'm just really annoyed! If there's no fighting, I can't exactly spend every day helping uncles and aunties settle relationship disputes, can I?" Hong Ying said bitterly. "I haven't fought in nearly half a year. It's driving me crazy."
Chen Muye approached from the side carrying dishes and spoke calmly.
"No matter who he is or what his purpose is, eliminating Mysteries is the work of us Night Watchmen. What he's doing is against the rules."
Leng Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly. "This time... I'll definitely catch him."
"I can give it a try too," Lin Qiye said.
Honestly, he was quite curious about the identity of this "Secret Thief." Lin Qiye had also always suspected that the Mysterious Person who had passed him information about the Mad Scorpion mercenaries during the New Year