Just as Pops finished speaking, the phone in Jackie Chan's pocket rang.
"You betrayed my love, your conscience bears the debt..."
Jackie took out his phone and glanced at the screen. It was Captain Black.
"Hello, Black."
He had just put the phone to his ear when Tohru suddenly shuddered beside him.
The big man shook all over, the hairs on his arms stood on end, and his face instantly went a shade paler.
"Tohru?"
Jade turned to look at him.
"What's wrong?"
Tohru didn't answer.
He hugged his arms, his teeth chattering, his eyes fixed on some nonexistent point ahead.
"Jade, I... I have a feeling."
"A very bad feeling."
Jackie glanced at him, but Captain Black's voice was already coming through the phone, so he didn't get a chance to ask more.
"Jackie, something's happened."
"Tara's mask was stolen from Section 13."
Jackie's expression changed.
"What?!"
His grip on the phone tightened, his knuckles turning white.
"What happened? What about Section 13's security system?"
"The cameras caught them. It was a group of sorcerers."
Black's voice carried suppressed anger.
"They slipped in through the underground passage, bypassed all the infrared and pressure sensors, and headed straight for the mask storage room. The whole thing took less than two and a half minutes."
"By the time we got there, the mask was gone."
Jackie took a deep breath.
Tara's mask brought together the other nine masks.
Whoever wore it would be possessed by Tara's power and become the master of darkness.
They had gone to such lengths to seal it away in Section 13.
And now someone had stolen it.
"I'm coming over right now."
"All right. I'll wait for you."
Jackie hung up and stuffed the phone back into his pocket, his face ashen.
Jade had overheard the