"A key?"
Su Bai reached up and brushed the key tied to the hair tie at his shoulder. It was the key Su Xuan had given him.
To escape the trouble brought by the Red Moon Society, Su Xuan had hidden himself away in a city almost identical to Honghuai City. This key was a gift he had given Su Bai after their last meeting in "Honghuai City," as well as the key to the door leading to that "Honghuai City."
Su Bai's fingertips lightly touched the surface of the key, and his gaze darkened for a moment. The Headless Manager before him had reacted the instant he heard the key clink. Clearly, he had sensed something from it.
After a brief silence, the Headless Manager sat back down, his movements swift and stiff, as though trying to conceal his earlier lapse in composure.
"It's nothing. I 'saw' wrong."
With that, he said no more, and the entire office fell silent.
Still, Su Bai had gleaned something from the Headless Manager's attitude.
Since his rebirth, very few Strange Creatures had actually detected the power of the "Ghost Shaman" or the "Puppeteer" within him. Although the ghost driver on the Route 444 Bus had noticed it early on, ever since he officially became the owner of the Mist Shop, even the Fog City Lord, who claimed to be a Puppeteer fanboy, had found nothing unusual about him.
This time, Manager Jiao had clearly sensed Wu Heng's power on him, which was why he thought Su Bai was someone with "connections."
Was it because his power was unstable? Because he had been sleeping with Xiao Wu's shell in his arms lately? Or because Wu Heng had brought out that Marriage Contract?
The Dolls Wu Heng made were unique even in the Nightmare