Midnight.
Three figures lurked quietly not far from the Church of Light.
Their eyes stayed fixed on the church entrance.
"Master, it's already past twelve. That truck isn't coming, is it?"
Denji asked with a yawn.
After visiting Tsutenkaku, they had eaten at a nearby restaurant called Ganso Kushikatsu.
The food there had readily reminded Meng Fan of the fried-skewer carts on the snack streets of Dragon Country.
The skewers tasted even better dipped in sauce.
After eating, the three had only returned to the Church of Light at eleven that night.
Now midnight had passed.
Meng Fan had waited for an hour without noticing anything unusual.
"Could they really not be coming tonight?" Meng Fan began to doubt it too.
"Maybe they entered the church somewhere else. Could there be a secret passage or something?" Power said.
"I stationed flies inside and around the church. I'll notice immediately if anything unusual happens. Since the flies haven't reacted, that's enough to tell us the people delivering the bodies really haven't come tonight."
"Then can we go home? I miss the steaks in the fridge."
"Power, you just ate fried skewers, and you still want more?" Denji said in disbelief, feeling that Power was nothing but a glutton.
"What business is it of yours what I eat?"
"Stop arguing. Go into the Mirror Space for now. I'll keep watch out here and call you if anything happens."
Meng Fan created a mirror on the wall.
Power and Denji passed through it into the Mirror Space.
Meng Fan did not need sleep, so he remained crouched in the grass, waiting in ambush.
More time passed.
Meng Fan checked his phone. It was already two in the morning.
Most likely, they would get nothing tonight.
He was just about to get up and