"Mm, that's it. It's all over," the Thin Man said with a nod.
"Did you figure something out?" I knew the Thin Man better than anyone else there, so I asked him directly.
"The toy spirit is that doll. The toys it controls, and the souls of those toys..." The Thin Man spoke slowly. "They must be the guests invited to the birthday party."
Nangong Yao watched Wu Ling and said, "Ling's soul is gone."
I kept my eyes on the Thin Man.
"Brother Qi, we've been targeted too, haven't we?" The Thin Man's mouth twisted.
"Yeah. We'll probably get an invitation," I said with a nod.
Just then, a series of taps came from the window. A crow landed there. When it saw us looking, it opened its beak and spat out a scroll, then flapped away.
The Greenleaf people came to their senses, too, and understood why the Thin Man had carefully told the whole story.
The Thin Man was still sitting there, perfectly composed, without relaxing in the least.
Gu Mo went over to the window and studied the hotel's sealed window. "How do we get it?"
"We'll have to break it," Liu Miao said, looking around the hotel for a suitable tool.
But I could break the folding window without a tool.
"What a hassle," Gu Mo grumbled.
I placed my hand on the window. The moment I activated my ability, it vanished.
The scroll looked just like the one I'd seen before. The wind blew it into the room, and it landed at my feet.
"Ready?" Nangong Yao asked.
"I'm going with you." Liu Miao eagerly moved to stand beside me.
I glanced at the Thin Man.
He'd lost the composure he'd shown moments ago and looked uncertain. "Well... I was only thinking about that