Beneath the shattered Clock Tower, the entire area burned fiercely.
Lynn sat on the Plague Doctor, glanced at the pocket watch in his hand, and spoke as its second hand ticked steadily:
"Our people should be here soon. Yin Yi, haven't you always wanted to know how we Night Doctors operate? This is the perfect opportunity for you to get a proper look. After all, you'll be one of us someday."
"And in a moment, I can introduce you to one of our own."
He smiled mysteriously, then took off his hat and snapped on a Night Doctor's Plague Doctor Mask.
Yin Yi nodded vigorously, looking utterly bewildered.
And at the very moment the second hand reached the thirty-minute mark, patches of pale mist slowly emerged from the distant black mist, drawing closer and closer. One eerie figure after another could vaguely be seen flickering within them.
Yin Yi instinctively held her breath, her eyes wide and her little hands clasped before her chest as she watched the white mist slowly surround them from every direction.
Were those the real Night Doctors?
Not the unprofessional lunatics who treated patients with physical violence in the Career Hall.
But an elite armed force with an organization and a command structure?
In the next instant, as the white mist slowly enveloped the entire area, figures wearing pitch-black Plague Doctor Masks and black robes phased through the surrounding ruins and walls like wraiths. They appeared around the burning Flesh Humanoids, spreading out to encircle the entire area.
"Reporting to Mr. Good Doctor. We are the nearest Night Doctor squad, code name [Wandering Soul]. Upon receiving our orders, we immediately came to support you. We await your instructions."
A dozen or so tall Night Doctors wearing Plague Doctor Masks emerged from the white mist before