June 7th, morning.
When the first ray of sunlight shone through the glass window into the hotel room.
Du Wei lay on the bed and suddenly opened his eyes.
His face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot, making him look utterly listless.
“It seems I’ve had another nightmare…”
“But I can’t remember anything about the dream at all.”
Du Wei murmured to himself, he closed his eyes and, upon reopening them, returned to his usual calm and indifference.
Immediately after, he frowned, pondering a question.
He had suspected that the curse from the nun had, after lying dormant, started to stir again.
The manifestation of the curse involved dreaming of the nun, like the floating scenes that appeared in his dreams at the very beginning.But now, Du Wei couldn’t ascertain what he even dreamt about.
The difference between the two was significant, but from another perspective, they were fundamentally the same.
“My dreams might have been devoured…”
“But I can suggest to myself not to dream.”
Du Wei judged, then he took a deep breath and glanced at his right hand.
His entire right hand was somewhat pale.
In the past, it was only after entering an Evil Spirit Transformation that his right hand would change, but now it seemed that this change was undergoing an Otherness.
The degree of Evil Spirit Transformation, as the name implies, is related to evil spirits; the longer the contact, the deeper the transformation.
“Thankfully, it shouldn’t be a problem for the time being.”
As Du Wei said this, he touched the ebony cross necklace on his chest.
Feeling the solid object through his clothes, he felt much relieved.
This necklace was given to him by the hunter Alvin Dowqui in the basement of St. Bodia Church Headquarters; he put it on and carried it with him.
Its purpose was to ward against the risks of Evil Spirit Transformation, which was still quite effective for Du Wei at present.
“It’s time to prepare to go back.”
With that.
Du Wei got up and went to the bathroom to freshen up.
But just as he finished squeezing out the toothpaste, his phone rang.
“It shouldn’t be Alex calling, she usually sleeps at this time.”
Du Wei raised an eyebrow and walked out of the bathroom to take his phone from the pocket of the clothes hanging on the rack.
However.
The screen displayed his girlfriend Alex’s name.
Du Wei raised an eyebrow and quickly pressed the answer button.
Immediately after, Alex’s anxious voice came through, “Honey, there seems to be a lockdown around my place; don’t come over today, there might be an incident here.”
Du Wei’s heart tightened, “What happened?”
Alex said, “I’m not sure, but early this morning I received a notice saying that if we need to enter or exit the neighborhood, we have to register with security, and there seem to be plainclothes officers patrolling outside.”
Hearing this.
Du Wei was stunned; hadn’t Tom said he would protect her in secret?
Had they been discovered so readily?
He coughed and said, “Don’t worry, I’m aware of this. It’s because there’s a dangerous individual who has arrived in New York. I spoke with Officer Tom yesterday and specifically asked him to have people patrol nearby to prevent any incidents.”
“Ah?” Alex exclaimed, “What do you mean? You knew?”
After speaking, she clenched her teeth and said, “Don’t tell me you’re involved in this.”
Du Wei felt awkward and didn’t know how to respond, so he fell silent.
On the phone, Alex’s voice fell silent for a few seconds, seemingly taking deep breaths.
“Honey, are you trying to tell me that besides moonlighting as an exorcist, you are also helping the police solve criminal cases?”
“I feel like our family isn’t short on money, right?”
The “us” she referred to were Du Wei and herself.
Although it was a subconscious remark, it revealed sincerity. If it weren’t for the tone being too angry, Du Wei thought he might actually be moved.
So, he hurriedly said, “Don’t worry, I absolutely have not been involved in any criminal cases. I’m outside preparing a gift for you right now.”
He indeed planned to pick some fresh flowers to bring back after washing up.
But Alex laughed coldly, “Are you sure you’re not lying to me?”
Du Wei firmly said, “I am certain.”
Alex snorted, “Officer Tom is right ahead. I’ll ask him myself. If you are involved in this, I’m telling you, darling, I will definitely let you know what anger is.”
After finishing, footsteps resounded from the phone’s speaker; it seemed Alex was walking toward someone else.
Du Wei’s mouth twitched, and he instantly calmed down.
He listened intently, already considering how to cover up the lie.
On the other end of the phone, the voices of Alex and Officer Tom came through.
Alex asked, “Officer Tom, my boyfriend said a dangerous individual has arrived in New York, and he’s helping the police solve this criminal case, right?”
Hearing this, Du Wei’s heart leaped.
But what followed from Tom’s reply made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Only to hear Tom say, “Miss Alex, your boyfriend is my good brother. How could I involve him in such a dangerous case?”
Alex asked again, “You wouldn’t have colluded with Du Wei, would you?”
Tom said gravely, “I feel like you’re doubting my integrity and my professional conduct.”
It was then that Alex said, “Sorry, I was just too worried about him. As long as he’s not involved in something so dangerous, it’s fine.”
The tacit understanding between men sometimes doesn’t even require communication.
“You truly are my good brother.”
Du Wei said to himself in his heart.
At that moment.
Alex apologized over the phone, “Baby, I misunderstood you.”
Du Wei said indifferently, “It’s okay, you meant well. And I think that if something like this happens again in the future, you surely won’t overthink it.”
Alex snorted proudly, “So where are you now? I’m really looking forward to the gift you’ve prepared for me.”
Du Wei said with a smile, “It’s a secret for now. After all, it’s supposed to be a surprise.”
…
After hanging up the phone.
Once Du Wei was done washing up, he checked out of the hotel.
And the hotel staff came to the room for routine cleaning.
First, they stripped the bedsheets, and then they moved to the bathroom.
“Strange, is the air conditioning on? Why does it feel a bit cold?”
While cleaning, the staff muttered curiously, looking up towards the washroom, but discovered nothing unusual.
However.
In the mirror, unseen by the staff, the Evil Spirit Du Wei, dressed in black, took off his mask. Its face was void of emotion, with not a hint of feeling in its eyes.
Empty, deathly silent…
It watched the staff working outside, and the mirror’s surface suddenly rippled ominously.
But the staff member saw nothing.
All the anomalies took place inside the mirror, where, without any reference point, the illusion was utmost surreal.
Not even Du Wei could see this Otherness, unless he entered the mirror again.
Seeing this, the Evil Spirit Du Wei sneered and turned away, walking into the stagnant darkness behind it.
The so-called darkness was in fact the Mirror Evil Spirit…
Inside the mirror, it whispered, “Let’s get you a new face…”
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