Tom cursed and left.
Before he left, he also took Father Tony’s stock, an old photograph that could be lit at a crucial moment to ensure safety for a while.
For the average person, that would suffice.
Du Wei and Father Tony watched as Tom drove away, the expressions on their faces both somewhat different.
The former was expressionless.
The latter’s right face was bruised, looking defeated and dirty.
“He didn’t pay, Mr. Du Wei, Tom didn’t give me a dime, and he punched me…”
Father Tony complained to Du Wei, having been a priest for so many years and never before encountering someone as unreasonable and asshole-like as Tom.
Regarding this.
Du Wei said indifferently, “When he took you to the Red-Light District to have fun, you should have known that he had already paid.”Father Tony was dumbfounded, “That was his treat.”
Du Wei said sarcastically, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
After that, he added, “Also, you’d better change your bad habit, there is no need to be stingy with Tom over this sort of thing. You shouldn’t try to fool him with that crucifix dagger.”
That was just how Tom was.
Keep in mind, the first time Du Wei was conned by Father Tony, he almost fired a gun.
Father Tony, who was standing to the side, muttered, “Do you think I wanted to trick him? Last night, he dragged me to the Red-Light District in the dead of night, saying he wanted to make the most of his time before leaving, and it was only after drinking too much that I bragged about the crucifix dagger.”
“Ah… I better avoid going to those places in the future.”
Hearing this, Du Wei nodded slightly, his look at Father Tony carrying a hint of surprise.
He had thought Father Tony had done it on purpose, but it turned out there was a reason for it.
Tsk…
Just then, Father Tony asked, “By the way, once the people from the Tribunal arrive, do you plan to take them to the museum in Scolyn City?”
Du Wei turned to look at him and said lightly, “After all, the painting is there. No matter what, I have to go there myself, but resolving this issue, I guess, is not going to be possible in just a day.”
To find the painting named ‘The Other Side,’ either close it or destroy it.
The reason he said it would take a long time is because Du Wei counted both the to and fro travel and the potential trouble he might encounter.
Hmm…
He also had to inform his subordinates to take a plane and gather directly in Scolyn City.
Father Tony actually couldn’t understand why this man, every time he encountered an Evil Spirit incident, always led the charge.
“You’re like a saint.”
Du Wei scoffed, “I don’t think so, and now I have to call my girlfriend and tell her my vacation is over.”
Father Tony marveled, “She will surely understand.”
…
At this moment.
At the Church Headquarters, in St. Bodia’s airport.
Four exorcists wearing priest’s attire and with serious expressions were carrying a silver box onto the plane.
Three men and one woman, two of whom were old acquaintances of Du Wei.
Exorcist Harry and James’s niece, Homier.
Sitting inside the cabin.
Homier’s expression was very serious; she had been through a lot lately and had matured and steadied quite a bit more than before.
Harry sat beside her, looking pale and somewhat ill, his eyes also different from before.
His pupils were grey, whereas before they were distinctively blue.
In Hill Psychiatric Hospital, Harry had directly looked into a nun’s head, and his eyes were severely damaged.
But now, he had recovered, and thanks to his misfortune, he had entered the second stage of Spirit Vision, much stronger than the average exorcist.
“Mr. Du Wei’s promotion speed in the church is really fast. When I first met him, he was just a newly promoted exorcist, and now he has become our boss.”
Harry’s tone was tinged with exclamation and nostalgia.
Working with a man who was highly intelligent, and extremely calm to the point of making almost no mistakes, following his leadership was not a bad thing.
Upon hearing this, Homier turned his head to look at Harry and sighed, “He is indeed a very impressive person.”
A few days earlier, when Du Wei arrived in St. Bodia, both Homier and Harry were aware of it, but they were not qualified to be involved.
Because those who welcomed Du Wei were basically bishops.
“However, it seems like he doesn’t know we’ve become his subordinates.”
“Who knows, we might give him a surprise.”
…
Meanwhile.
Over the skies of Scolyn City, a large swath of clouds was slowly gathering.
From time to time, lightning flashed across.
A heavy rain was coming soon.
A man in work clothes stood in front of the Scolyn City Center Museum and cursed under his breath, “Damn, this blasted weather is so annoying, why has there been so much rain lately?”
His colleague by his side complained, “The folks at the tourism bureau wouldn’t complain about the rain; they’d hope for it to continue for a few days so they could use it as a gimmick, saying that the floral scenery is better after the rain and so on and so forth.”
“They’ve got problems in their heads.”
“Haha, I think so too.”
The two staff bickered with each other when suddenly…
A huge bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, directly hitting the lightning rod on top of the museum.
“Wow…”
The first worker to speak turned his head in shock, looking at the top of the museum, “Fuck! What was that?”
His colleague looked up but saw nothing except the increasingly overcast sky.
“What did you see?”
The man was a bit puzzled, “I… I might have seen it wrong, but I thought I saw someone standing up there when the lightning flashed.”
“You must have seen it wrong, if there really was someone up there, they would probably have been struck by lightning and turned into thin air by now.”
The man said with some conflict, “Alright, maybe I really did see it wrong.”
In reality, he couldn’t be sure what he had seen was actually a person, because as the lightning struck the rod, he seemed to have seen some kind of illusion.
Um… like a school reflected in a mirage.
…
In New York.
Du Wei packed his stuff and set off for Scolyn City in his car.
New York wasn’t too far from Scolyn City, but it wasn’t exactly close either.
But it was much quicker than traveling from St. Bodia to Scolyn.
Therefore, after calculating the time to meet with his subordinates, Du Wei chose to depart.
In the car.
Du Wei drove while looking at the backpack placed on the passenger seat.
The only mask he had left was on top of the backpack, cracked down the middle, almost falling apart.
No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like an almost discarded piece of junk.
However, in the state of Spirit Vision, Du Wei could see tiny red lights gradually emanating from the eye sockets of the mask, as if scorched by fire.
The shadow was recovering faster than Du Wei had anticipated, but not quickly enough to meet his current needs.
He had high expectations for the shadow.
So Du Wei spoke in a deep voice, “I hope you recover to your original state soon, otherwise, I don’t really have many trump cards to play.”
Coin, Joker Card, plus the shadow.
The trump cards were still too scarce.
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