24: The Night Watchman 07

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Moments after the black hole swallowed up the Death-Walker, the sky was calm again.

It was still the middle of the night. Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster had just struck midnight. A flock of red-breasted birds flew by from a distance and came to rest here and there on withered branches.

Both the Night Watchman and the Child of the Wind required 35 San points, but the former cost half as much at night. Now that Zong Yan had 60 San points in his pocket, he could switch between the two persona cards when it was dark.

Anyway, the points were deducted when he activated each persona. No matter how quickly he canceled the status, the cost was the same.

Zong Yan purposely flew a short distance away before turning back. Meanwhile the harbinger bird flapped its wings and flew above him.

When he finally returned, he was a pathetic sight.

The young man's dripping wet black hair was plastered to his cheeks. Cold streamlets of water trickled down his thin face and onto his white shirt, soaking the fabric and revealing the pale skin beneath.

"Yan Ge!" When Wang KeMing saw the other teen appear out of the night, he ran after him at a trot and took out a compressed towel from his bag.

When the temporary investigation group was first organized, Wang KeMing had engineered a role for himself.

First of all, his Awakening talent wasn't that impressive. He was just a Level 1 Awakened which didn't compare at all to Yan Ge, who was practically born to save the world.

Second, he really wanted to form a good relationship with the little prince; and third, the final person in the team was a girl. Wang KeMing would have been embarrassed to make her handle everything, so he positioned himself as the logistics officer of the team.

"Where's Edward?" Zong Yan took the towel, draped it loosely on his hair, and wiped a few times as he asked casually.

"When he saw it was an emergency, he decided to go find the other investigators. I just contacted him and he said he'd be back soon."

Wang KeMing held up his cell phone. Their temporary investigation team had set up a chat group on MU's app. Whenever something came up they could notify each other immediately.

Zong Yan nodded. He took out his phone also and unlocked the screen.

The latest notice in the chat group was a message from Ada. Her profile pic was a selfie of herself with a fan over her face.

【Bloated Woman (Ada)】 : I just saw the notice from MU. Is everyone okay?

【Your handsome classmate Wang (Wang KeMing)】 : We're all fine. Have you been impacted at all?

【Bloated Woman (Ada)】 : No (^-^)/ Stay safe everyone

Zong Yan thought for a moment and replied.

【I love Gauss (Zong Yan)】 : We're okay. Don't worry

After closing the chat group, he swiped back to the notification screen.

To be honest, Zong Yan had gotten a bad feeling ever since he dropped his Child of the Wind status.

His original plan was to delay the creature until the rest of the troops arrived.

It was only after Zong Yan faced the Death-Walker in his Child of the Wind persona that he understood the majestic strength of the Great Old One's avatar. He couldn't protect himself, let alone retreat safely.

Sure enough, Zong Yan's premonition was right on the money.

MU's app was blowing up, and the first post left Zong Yan speechless.

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