Outside the restroom door.
As soon as Du Wei opened the door, the scene that met his eyes made him halt in his tracks.
The headless black shadow stood just outside, its hand reaching upwards in a stiff posture, motionless as if searching for something.
It looked as though it was seeking its head.
“Are you looking for your head?”
Du Wei watched it coolly, his voice exceptionally calm.
Upon hearing the sound, the black shadow immediately reached out to grab it.
Du Wei frowned and put on the new mask without hesitation.
This would be a good opportunity to test if the new mask retained the original abilities.
The sensation was chilling.A tumultuous malice pounded incessantly in his mind, seemingly emanating from the head of the black shadow.
Unlike the prior Masked Evil Spirit, this new mask seemed somewhat uncontrollable.
The intense malice radiated from Du Wei in a circle.
Wearing the new mask, he could see through the two hollows to the bloodshot pupils within.
His aura underwent a dramatic change.
He no longer resembled himself, Du Wei, but rather, the black shadow.
As he donned the mask, the antique clock hanging on the wall of the first floor paused abruptly then resumed ticking.
The black shadow seemed to have singled out Du Wei, hurling itself directly toward him.
This puzzled Du Wei, as he could clearly feel that, upon wearing the mask, he was enveloped in an Evil Spirit’s shell, just like before, albeit more concealed.
Yet the black shadow appeared unaffected.
Suddenly, an idea emerged in Du Wei’s mind; the black shadow was a victim, he had removed its head and face, but it hadn’t died, only a part of it had entered the mask.
In a way, this was somewhat akin to a Joker Card.
“If you want your head, I’ll give it back to you,” Du Wei thought, as his right hand, transformed by the Evil Spirit, reached for the source of the chaotic malice at the back of his head, tearing out the black shadow’s head.
The black shadow opposite him stiffened, immediately shifting its focus, its hands cradling its head to put it back in place.
However.
Its eyes had completely vanished, or rather, its entire face had.
The atmosphere turned somewhat awkward…
Du Wei, with the mask and bloodshot eyes, stared intently at the black shadow before him, which in turn, having lost its eyes, faced Du Wei with a blank gaze.
After a moment of hesitation, it merged into the shadows in the floor.
The entire counseling clinic abruptly felt much “cleaner.”
“The black shadow left?”
Du Wei furrowed his brow at this sight and quickly rushed out to check.
In his Spirit Vision state.
There was no trace of the black shadow anywhere inside the house.
It seemed to have truly runaway.
“Could this lead to trouble?”
Du Wei couldn’t help but mutter, aware that the black shadow was an Evil Spirit that had stayed in the counseling clinic with the purpose of finding an opportunity to kill him.
But this time, he had taken its face, completing the face-swapping mechanism.
In essence, it became the new Masked Evil Spirit.
Yet only part of it resided within the mask, allowing it to still roam outside.
An Evil Spirit adrift in the world is unstable, and with the black shadow’s triggering medium, anyone who saw it could become its target, potentially causing a lot of trouble.
“Wait a moment…”
Du Wei touched the new mask on his face, inexplicably feeling an extremely strong connection.
Furthermore, the sensation of being enveloped in an Evil Spirit’s shell was much more intense than when he first put on the mask.
The change appeared only after the shadowy figure disappeared.
Du Wei squinted his eyes and turned to walk into the restroom, where he bowed his head to examine the shattered mirror pieces.
Each piece of glass reflected a man wearing a mask encompassed by a layer of shadow.
“So you’ve become my shell…”
Du Wei removed the mask, revealing a pale, indifferent face.
The next second.
The shadow emerged from his own, still eyeless, but this time the malice was more intense.
It trembled, yet it seemed more like extreme anger.
Du Wei turned his head emotionlessly and glanced at it, “You can’t fight against me.”
The shadow immediately retreated and vanished once more.
This time, however, it did not leave the psychological counseling clinic.
Du Wei knew that the shadow’s desire to kill him had grown stronger than before, but it definitely could not succeed.
Most importantly,
It had become the new Masked Evil Spirit.
As long as he wore the mask, it would transform into his shell.
He had regained another trump card.
Du Wei stepped out of the restroom feeling slightly relieved.
He looked at the silent first floor, pondered for a moment, and slowly said, “When I wear the mask, I am the shadow. Even using the Joker Card to make a wish could also be attributed to the shadow.”
“If I encounter a new Evil Spirit, it is the shadow that will trigger the hatred.”
“It will have nothing to do with me.”
“Once the people from Dusk Bell Church get in touch with me, I guess it will be time for the Church to compensate me for my losses. Then, I can make a trip to Scolyn City and look for that more dangerous Mirror Evil Spirit.”
Against the Evil Spirit Du Wei, a normal Mirror Evil Spirit wouldn’t be effective, but a more dangerous and terrifying Mirror Evil Spirit couldn’t simply ignore him.
At the very least, it would keep it at bay for another while.
However, before that, Du Wei had to find a way to endure the agony of Evil Spirit Transformation and regain his inherent hunter abilities.
Just then,
His phone suddenly rang.
The caller was Avery.
He pressed the answer button and heard the pleasing female voice from the other end: “Honey, are you home yet?”
Du Wei replied, “I’ve been home for a while.”
Avery said, annoyed, “You’ve been home for a while and you didn’t tell me, not even a text message?”
Du Wei said awkwardly, “I took care of some things when I got home, and the mirror at home is broken, so I need to clean up.”
Avery realized and said, “Oh, I see. By the way, next Thursday, my parents are coming to New York to see me. You should have time by then, right? It would be a good opportunity for you to meet them.”
Du Wei calculated the time; today was June 5th, Friday. There were six days until next Thursday.
Six days should be enough time to sort out most of the trouble.
So, he replied with a smile, “Of course I have time. But I need to prepare a proper gift for meeting them – do your parents like anything in particular?”
Avery laughed and asked, “A gift? Why would you prepare gifts for them? Isn’t that a waste of money?”
Du Wei said, puzzled, “Isn’t it customary to bring a gift when meeting the parents?”
Avery huffed, “But buying a gift means spending money, and I just don’t like the thought of you spending money on my parents.”
Du Wei, chuckling, asked, “So what should I do?”
Avery mused, “Let me handle the gifts. When the time comes, we’ll go shopping together and see what to buy. Oh, and how’s the surprise you’re preparing for me coming along?”
Du Wei answered, “I haven’t placed the order yet, and it seems quite complicated; I need some time.”
Avery asked, puzzled, “Order? Complicated process? What did you buy? It’s not actually a car, is it?”
Du Wei explained, “It’s not a car, but lipstick. However, I found that there are too few shades available to make up the number I want.”
Avery gasped in shock, “How many are you looking to buy?”
Du Wei said, “999. I think it’s pretty practical, and very romantic too.”
Avery: …
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