Cheng Ping left with the Sea God Scepter, while Qi Si remained pinned to the wall by surgical scalpels.
After exceeding its usage limit, the [Soul Contract] skill had entered a locked state and could no longer be used.
In other words, the deal between Qi Si and the director rested entirely on a verbal agreement, which either party could tear up at any time.
It was easy to imagine that without strong restraints, and with sufficiently tempting benefits, a breach of contract was inevitable.
After instructing Lin Chen to bring the Holy Son Idol to Blue Frog Hospital, Qi Si continued to slump there listlessly.
Cheng Xiaoyu crouched nearby, glaring like a tiger watching its prey as he voluntarily took on the duty of guarding him.
Second by second, Cheng Xiaoyu grew visibly more restless, as though something terrible was about to happen, though he had no idea how it would arrive.
The clacking of footsteps came from the thick fog beyond the main gate, crisp and hollow, like high heels striking tile.
A hazy figure took shape in the mist and drew closer and closer.
Cheng Xiaoyu suddenly let out a piercing shriek, scattering into wisps of faint black smoke that slipped into the cracks in the wall. Qi Si's line of sight was thus able to meet the figure beyond the iron gate without obstruction.
It was a woman in a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses, her pale gray eyes particularly striking.
She stepped over the threshold, stopped before Qi Si, and gave a slight nod. "Long time no see, Qi Si."
At Green Frog Hospital, Lin Chen stood by the pond but did not see the female teacher's corpse.
A faint sense of foreboding rose in him. Just as he was about to tell Qi