Super-Stinky Perfume and the Thoughtwave Card: Unclean Thoughts

"Can you tell me where that room is? If the Ritual can condense Spirituality Essence and I don't recognize it, I need to investigate."

Yu Yuan immediately told Mona where the collapsed apartment building was.

He also gave her the exact location of the Basement.

In the end, Yu Yuan said nothing to Mona about the Orthodox Church.

It wasn't that he didn't trust her. He simply felt that knowing about the Orthodox Church now would put her at a disadvantage.

It was a gut feeling.

Mona noted down the location Yu Yuan had given her, then said thoughtfully, "All right. I'll let you know if I find anything."

"By the way, Mona, is your teacher planning to take control of the Black Shield Police Department?"

"Hm?" Mona froze for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes. How did you know?"

Yu Yuan chose his words carefully. "Do you remember Carmen?"

"Carmen..." Mona thought for a moment, then recalled that he was the one who had found Lawrence's remains. She looked at Yu Yuan in surprise.

"He's one of your people?"

"More like... an ally. We worked together because Lawrence was threatening us."

"Lawrence? How did you get tangled up with him too?" Mona raised an eyebrow. The man before her grew harder to read by the minute.

"Wait..." Mona suddenly caught on.

"Don't tell me you and Carmen killed Lawrence!"

"We didn't have a choice. If he'd lived, we'd both have been in trouble." Yu Yuan shrugged.

Mona stared at Yu Yuan, at a loss for words.

She and her teacher had gone over it again and again, pinning suspicion for Lawrence's death on Hogg. And this was what had really happened.

After a moment's thought, Mona looked at Yu Yuan.

"Can Carmen be trusted?"

"From what I've seen of him