Unfortunately, it didn't look like self-confinement was a viable option.
As he mused, Fu Qian tightened his grip, and Henry's struggles immediately subsided.
It turned out that, besides becoming more frenzied, Henry had also grown significantly stronger. He was far harder to control than before.
Fu Qian had another reason for wanting to find out how Henry was doing in the dark.
Easing the contamination was one thing. Fu Qian had been pondering the reason supernatural power was disappearing from the very beginning.
And so far, the most obvious culprit seemed to be the omnipresent colors.
Exposure to them caused contamination to accumulate and supernatural power to vanish.
So if confinement in absolute darkness could dispel the contamination, Fu Qian had even wondered whether the same method might restore some of his power.
So far, this mission hadn't presented any power that clearly fell within the supernatural realm. But as a professional, how could he focus only on getting by in the moment?
A mission that clearly involved the supernatural, yet had shown no sign of it so far—thinking there wasn't some enormous crisis brewing further ahead would be far too optimistic.
"Henry..."
As Fu Qian pondered, Oliver finally showed some reaction to Fu Qian holding the cat up in front of him.
So he did recognize him?
Seeing Oliver's attention drawn to the cat as he called out its name, Fu Qian nodded. That more or less confirmed another suspicion.
Oliver had indeed come looking for the cat. He might even have been the one who locked it inside.
The reason was still unclear. It was possible he had the same goal as Fu Qian and wanted to test whether the cat could survive in the dark.
Adele had mentioned earlier that Henry often came here to bask in