Green could not help letting out a surprised "Huh?" Had something in the Graveyard stimulated the White Substance?
Puzzled, Green ran one test after another, but found nothing that could provoke any further reaction from it.
That left him baffled. What was going on?
Then inspiration struck. What if the reaction had not been caused by something inside the Graveyard, but by the Graveyard itself?
With that thought, Green immediately took it out of the Graveyard and brought it to Black Claw's Laboratory, where he used a Magic Field to cut off a small portion.
He still could not tell what the White Substance was, but he was confident that such a tiny amount would not affect the Graveyard.
He released it. The fingertip-sized blob of viscous white substance wriggled free of the Magic Field's restraint like a little snake and darted toward the Graveyard.
Green followed close behind. Once inside the Graveyard, the little blob stopped instead. It raised one end and turned this way and that before pointing itself toward the Town Center and plunging forward.
In the next instant, it slipped straight into the wall of the Town Hall.
A wash of white light spread across the wall. In the blink of an eye, the substance had merged into it and vanished completely.
Green frowned. He could now be certain that the Graveyard itself had triggered the White Substance's intense reaction.
Moreover, the substance could merge directly with the Graveyard. Green still did not know what it was, but after that tiny portion had been absorbed, he sensed nothing amiss. If anything, the Graveyard seemed to have grown stronger.
There had been so little of it, though, that the change was too subtle for him to be sure.
It appeared beneficial and harmless, but until Green knew