"No, no, no, don't open the door! You can't ruin Mr. Deadpool's magnificent image in Little Aether's heart."
Wade stretched his tiny arm, barely half a meter long, toward Hu Tao, trying to stop her from opening the door.
Hu Tao didn't even glance at him. She simply fixed her gaze on the door, where the knocking continued.
"Oh dear, sorry about that, but the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has its rules. You're alive and kicking, dear customer, so you can't keep staying here. Since the Traveler's come looking for you, he can take you home."
"Right, that's settled, then."
With that, Hu Tao opened the door before Wade could try to stop her again.
Lin Ze walked in, scanning the room.
"Hu Tao, where's Wade? He tried to kill himself by jumping into the Zoo? How could he?!"
The police officers' and zoo workers' conversations drifting through the air had given Lin Ze enough to piece together what had happened. He just wanted to see Wade as soon as possible and ask what on earth had been going through his head.
"There. He's hiding over there."
Hu Tao pointed toward the sofa. Lin Ze walked around it and uncovered the man who had wrapped himself in a white sheet and was trying to squeeze into the gap behind it.
"Wade!"
Lin Ze yanked the white sheet away.
"Aaaah!!"
Paimon covered her eyes and screamed. Lin Ze was startled by the sight, too, and hurriedly draped the sheet back over Wade.
"Why aren't you wearing clothes?!"
"Oh, my dear Little Aether, I'm sorry you had to see Little Wade like this. He really shouldn't have met you on an occasion like this, but you were just too eager and caught me with a surprise attack."
"I know, I know, he looks