"What is this...?" he asked, looking at the charred bone in Convenience Store Owner-003's hand.
Examining it up close, he seemed to see a layer of powdery particles floating over the black bone's surface. They drifted freely, like swarms of tiny insects hovering in a summer forest, occasionally forming shadows of certain shapes, like twisted faces wailing endlessly.
In a daze, he even felt he could hear the bone roaring. Those roars seemed to share something fundamental with the Burial Body's deeply unsettling Call.
"A thorn from the Burial Body's heart." Convenience Store Owner-003 stroked the grain on the Bone Spike's surface, his eyes slightly lowered, and said slowly, "I made it specially."
"This thing can hurt most entities of a lower order than the Burial Body. The greater the difference in order, the more pronounced the effect. But it's a consumable, so use it sparingly."
Lin Yi froze for a moment. Convenience Store Owner-003 couldn't be unaware of his current abilities. Although Convenience Store Owner-003 hadn't seen him take on the Wrathful Angel alone, surely he had seen Lin Yi escape from that enormous Alien Angel while he was in the Clock Tower?
Convenience Store Owner-003 continued, "Yesterday afternoon... a group of Fanatics entered the Convenience Store. One of the girls received the Burial Body's Call, became a vessel for part of its will, and then left."
"I wasn't in the Convenience Store at the time. I had only left a strand of my will to observe what happened inside, so I couldn't stop them."
"If I ran into her, I could kill her easily, but I have a lot to do and no time to go looking for her."
"You're different. You'll definitely run into her, and when you do, she'll probably be quite a problem."
"Uh... so