The four deductionists, convinced they had stumbled onto a huge secret, hurriedly slipped away.
Perhaps the offering teleportation was still on cooldown. They didn't vanish into thin air, but instead kept a wary eye on one another as they made their way down the narrow path from the cemetery to Yorikof Town, looking back every few steps.
Carlos remained where he was, watching them leave with an eerie expression. He didn't move even after the four figures disappeared from sight.
After a long while, he finally lowered his emerald eyes.
"Those people are pretty obedient. They didn't try to undermine us, and they've already gone back to town."
He seemed to be muttering to himself, but the next moment, the hem of Yiqing's robe appeared behind him.
The Sheqing Ghost floated down, bending forward. "There isn't much time left, is there?" They'd already mentioned that the cemetery's anomaly would last only an hour. At one in the morning, everything would return to normal, and it would be too late to look for any more clues.
"Mm. So let's leave those people alone for now." As Carlos spoke, his finger twitched slightly, and he snapped.
At the same time, back in Yorikof Town, a weightless, imperceptible little paper doll rose behind the blonde woman, who had sprinted the entire way back and was still badly shaken. Having received the order that it no longer needed to keep watch, the doll slightly loosened the hands clutching her clothes. In an instant, the wind carried it away.
It quickly crumbled into powder in midair, vanishing like a wisp of smoke without leaving a trace.
The Magician and the Sheqing Ghost walked back to the main entrance.
At that moment, Zeng Lai, whom they'd left guarding the entrance, was staring at the gatekeeper dog