Princess Yinyao's back had developed mottled black patches, each about the size of a palm, as though someone had splashed ink across it.
It was exactly like the blue-uniformed employee they had seen at the monkey enclosure. The difference was that the black patches on the blue uniform had already spread to cover his entire back.
Princess Yinyao's had only just appeared and had not yet spread.
Yet, even as Zhang Yuanqing watched, the palm-sized mark silently bled outward, expanding to the size of two palms.
"What is it?" Princess Yinyao warily raised her little megaphone. "You're looking at me like I'm terminally ill."
"You're not terminally ill, but you're about to be done for." The Stop-Killing Palace Lord offered a reminder. "Your back has turned black."
Princess Yinyao froze at first, then seemed to realize something. With a crack, she twisted her head around to look behind herself and lowered her gaze at her back.
She snapped her head back around, grabbed Zhang Yuanqing's sleeve, and her little megaphone emitted an urgent voice:
"Quick, have Blood Rose take my place."
The princess was such a coward! Zhang Yuanqing nodded gravely.
"I will, but I think both you and Blood Rose can still be saved. Hmm, do you feel anything wrong with yourself?"
Princess Yinyao shook her head. "My body and soul both feel perfectly normal."
"Not feeling anything doesn't mean you're fine." The Stop-Killing Palace Lord circled Princess Yinyao, the hem of her red dress trailing along the ground.
Strangely enough, despite dragging her skirt around as she ran all over the Zoo, it had not picked up a single stain.
This dress seemed to repel dust.
After making a full circle, the Stop-Killing Palace Lord said:
"There should be some kind of contamination in the park. Those contaminated