Dora felt as if she had fallen into a quagmire, so tense she could hardly breathe.
Only after she stepped out of the apartment building and basked in the warm sunshine did she let out a long breath. Stammering, she asked, "That table... and the cries for help... what was going on?"
"Don't ask. Don't stop!"
Sulu supported Dora and kept walking until they had made it all the way down the street. Only then did he let out a long breath. "Looks like we really made it out!"
Evil Spirits of the second tier and above could influence the Spirit World and alter their surroundings.
Once they created a sealed-off space, escaping became very difficult.
Sulu remembered this all too well, because the first supernatural entity he had encountered came with this terrifying ability!
As for the Evil Spirit in the gallery last time, perhaps Sulu had escaped because it had only recently been released and hadn't yet fully sealed off the area.
So it seems the Evil Spirit had only just possessed him and hadn't had time to alter the surroundings?
All spirits preferred dark places, which was why Kira's apartment had been so gloomy.
Of course, they merely preferred the dark.
Even under the blazing sun, they could still run around as lively as ever.
"What do you know?"
Seeing the sun and the crowds, Dora's fear eased a little, and her reporter's curiosity flared up again.
She felt that Sulu might give her a juicy scoop—something even more explosive than the meat factory story from before!
Unfortunately, Sulu wasn't going to tell her the truth about the world.
"Nothing... It's just psychological!"
He smiled at Dora. "Mr. Giles has some health problems. Well... besides photophobia, he also has some mental issues, so he needs treatment!"
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