894 Busted (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

”I don't know her name. She has brown hair, a small face, a tall nose, brown eyes, and I saw her wearing the uniform of service staff with a red bowtie. I also heard Zhao Pinlin mentioning that he had met her at the bar, so I guess she's a waitress there. Zhao Pinlin was treating her respectfully, like a toady pet,” Wang Xuxu said quickly.

Wang Xuxu described her encounter with the woman to Mo Fan, hoping that it could be of help.

-Is she a Gray Priest, or a Blue Deacon?- Mo Fan started thinking.

Normally, whenever the Black Vatican was recruiting new members, the Gray Priests would be in charge of the process. They would carefully observe candidates and determine if they were suitable. They would then approach these candidates as ordinary people, before slowly turning them into members of the Black Vatican.

Judging from how the woman was teaching Zhao Pinlin how to obtain his own Dark Beast Monster, she was most likely a Gray Priest, yet Wang Xuxu said that the woman seemed to be controlling the manor...

-She could be a Blue Deacon too. It looks like this waitress is my priority target, but it's too difficult to find her now. She must be hiding somewhere. There's no way she's going to be mucking around at the bar still,- Mo Fan said to himself confidently.

Either way, Wang Xuxu had surely helped him a lot, giving him a clearer direction to stop him from wandering around like a headless fly.

It would be great if the waitress was really a Blue Deacon. Her bounty would not be low, and money was the reason that Mo Fan had agreed to come!

”The space I set up for you will last for some time. If any other members of the Black Vatican come here, you should pretend that you're in great pain. Don't let them notice any difference,” said Mo Fan.

”You won't leave me here, right?” Wang Xuxu's eyes were pleading. Even though the pain had greatly reduced, she was still inside a pool surrounded by darkness. She wanted to see sunlight, her classmates, and her family again!

”Mmm!” Mo Fan nodded.

”Thank you.”

”Don't thank me yet, the poison is still our biggest problem. We won't be able to leave this place if we can't find the cure,” said Mo Fan.

”I'm already grateful that you're willing to help me,” said Wang Xuxu.

Knowing that death was inevitable was scarier than death itself. Even a single minute felt incredibly long for Wang Xuxu. Mo Fan's promise had at least given her a reason to hang in there.

”Let's hope we can all leave this place in one piece,” sighed Mo Fan.

Closing the door of the room, Mo Fan started heading back using the same path that had brought him here.

Unfortunately, two Gray Priests were patrolling nearby. Mo Fan hesitated for a while, before deciding to go after them. After all, the Gray Priests were his only clue to locate the Blue Deacon, and also learn about the cure to the poison.

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The dark hall of the orange building...

Rong Sheng, Mu Ningxue, and Guo Wenyi were still waiting in the dim room. At times, a Dark Beast Monster would pass by the room on the outside, searching for traces of someone alive.

Guo Wenyi leaned against the door and watched through the gap. She suddenly saw a gray creature with strange runes on its body slowly approaching the room.