After thinking it over, Mao decided it was better not to take the risk. If they irritated the other party into losing patience and made them do something harmful to the observer spirit, that would be bad. Damage to the observer spirit would also cause considerable harm to the doll itself.
If it was destroyed, the doll would be affected as well.
Normally, though, something like that would not happen. Once it did, it needed attention. Shaking his head, Mao decided he could not leak this matter for the time being; the repercussions were simply too great. First of all, one thing was certain: the other party was absolutely connected to that anticipated type of Contractor. Mai Kashiwagi by Jiu Ming's side was the best proof.
That girl had clearly already been absorbed into the other party's organization. Still, wasn't that guy's ability ice?
There was another strange point. When the other party activated his ability, Mao had not seen any of the characteristics a Contractor should possess appear on Jiu Ming. Things like glowing eyes could be concealed by something covering them, but the blue light emerging from one's body could not be hidden.
Could it be that it had happened too quickly, so he had failed to notice?
"We've already been exposed. Is it really okay to keep staying here?"
"Of course it's okay. If I don't want to leave, it'll be the same no matter who comes... Uh, forget it."
Jiu Ming, who had been about to say something, suddenly shook his head. Testing the waters with objects had been fine before, but if they used people... Jiu Ming felt that tossing someone over there would only result in that person vanishing from the world. There was no need to do that. Rather than that, they should