Did You Have Fun with Those Two Older Ladies, Dreadbone Rakshasa?

Finally, I'm back—

Bai Xuan let out a long breath as the Darkness Arena gradually faded away.

The Witch of the Evernight had been even harder to deal with than he'd expected.

As the arena vanished completely, Isia disappeared with it. Before she left, though, she spat one last resentful curse: "You're not human!"

"Haah—"

Bai Xuan shrugged helplessly.

The Pope really was petty!

Hadn't he done it to get out of the Darkness Arena?

"Petty, my ass!"

"Ahem—"

"I'll keep deciphering those runes. I'll let you know if I make any progress."

"Of course, Your Holiness."

Only after Isia's voice had faded completely did Bai Xuan turn to Xilin. "Xilin, I'd like to study those runes more closely too. May I?"

Xilin paused, then smiled and nodded. "Of course."

White Sea City Investigation Bureau.

Bai Yu sat alone at her workstation.

Anomalous Calamities had been appearing less frequently lately. She was the only one still working late in the brightly lit office; the other Investigators had long since gone home.

"Soul Jade... I never imagined something like this existed."

She leafed through the documents in her hands, murmuring to herself.

"Well? It's important, isn't it?"

Liu Mufei's voice came through her phone.

"Yes," Bai Yu replied. "If it really exists, Espers could pass as ordinary people and live peacefully among everyone else."

"But I don't understand. You said there's only one—"

"Only one original," Liu Mufei replied. "But I have a way to reproduce it on a large scale."

"You can do that?" Bai Yu blinked in disbelief.

If an item like this could be mass-produced, it might change the shape of the entire world.

A creation that could completely conceal Superpower fluctuations was beyond price!

"So, will you help us?"

"Yes... I will."

Liu Mufei continued, "To make