"So these are Ghost Infants—the Ghost Infants that escaped from the Rift. The moment they appeared behind the school, hadn't I already ordered elites to deal with them? Why haven't they been eliminated? Why are there even more now?"
Director Zhang Ping was under immense pressure, his brow deeply furrowed.
The other higher-ups remained silent as cicadas in winter.
Luo Mu said, "Director, I received word from Zhang Haiming earlier. The Ghost Infant over there nearly killed Yi Mingqiu, captain of the [Cleansers]. Fortunately, [Nightfall] acted in time and dealt with it..."
Everyone was slightly stunned by those words!
[Nightfall] again!
Even the Ghost Infant that Yi Mingqiu, captain of the Investigation Bureau's [Cleansers], had failed to handle—
[Nightfall] had actually taken care of it.
Just who was he?
Zhang Ping was greatly surprised. After calming down, he asked, "If the Ghost Infant was dealt with, why have so many more appeared?"
"According to the information from over there... there was more than one Ghost Infant to begin with. It may parasitize anyone's body and revive at any time. Moreover, the Ghost Infant's revival is compulsory, unlike a normal ghostly revival. Many people in Linjiang City are now hosts for Ghost Infants..."
After saying that, Luo Mu looked at the higher-ups around him. "Perhaps... perhaps someone among us has also been parasitized. They simply haven't revived yet."
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
In other words, without even realizing it, they might turn into ghosts too?
Zhang Ping felt an enormous weight on his shoulders. The Ghost Infant's revival and those energy fluctuations had distorted the ghostly aura.
Some ghosts that had originally remained dormant could no longer stay silent and had begun awakening as well.
Now, the entire city was crawling with ghosts.
Yet these Investigation Bureau higher-ups had gathered here