Inside the house.
Du Wei picked up the Joker Card he had thrown to the ground.
Looking at his own image wearing a tailcoat on the card, at his feet, the evil wolf hidden in the shadows had already opened its gaping maw, ready to bite at any mont.
"It seems that if I use this Joker Card for gambling again, the Evil Spirit will make its move against ."
His voice was flat, but it revealed an indescribable weariness.
The first Joker Card he had obtained had always been a great help each ti he used it.
But as he used it more and more, its hidden dangers began to quietly erge.
Du Wei had two Joker Cards.
Each one contained a part of the Evil Spirit.
The one representing the gamble had reached a critical point.
That is to say,
if Du Wei used it one more ti, the Evil Spirit would start to devour it, resulting in what Father Tony had once described.
Which is—becoming part of the Evil Spirit.
Quietly, he slipped the Joker Card into his wallet.
Du Wei tidied up the room, ignoring the scraps of balloons scattered on the ground, writhing.
The red balloon seed to be Pennywise's dium.
But even after the gamble ended and it was about to gain the Antique Clock before being popped, it still hadn't completely perished.
An Evil Spirit is utterly idealistic.
As long as the balloon returns to its original state, it will still be able to continue existing.
But now it was incredibly weak; even restored, it wouldn't have the strength to leave the house.
Du Wei wouldn't fear it, so it couldn't gain strength and beco more powerful.
This was an unsolvable problem.
In the past, it was always Du Wei who was troubled by the Evil Spirit, caught in an unsolvable situation, a slight misstep and he could end up dead with no one to bury him.
But now,
it was Pennywise who was being watched by Du Wei, trapped in an even more unsolvable situation.
...
Ten minutes later.
Du Wei had cleaned up his house.
By then, the red balloon had returned to its original appearance, only it seed shrunk, a whole size smaller than before.
In the state of Spirit Vision,
Du Wei could barely feel anything unusual, as if it was indeed just an ordinary red balloon.
"I'll keep it at ho for now... Perhaps it can be useful in the future,"
Du Wei said this and took the red balloon, heading up to the attic of his ho. Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire
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anwhile,
At the New York Police Departnt,
Officer Tom received a call from the Derry Town police.
He cursed with an annoyed face, "Fuck! I've already said, Dr. Du Wei is the New York Police Departnt's best friend, and soone from our staff will provide feedback about Derry Town's matter, so don't bother again, OK?"
On the other end of the phone, the police from Derry Town said helplessly, "But three students have been scared, and their parents are demanding an explanation from us."
Tom said coldly, "Explanation? What explanation? Do they have direct evidence proving this has anything to do with Dr. Du Wei? That's just making trouble for nothing!"
The other party asked, "Then, how should we appease them?"
Tom said disdainfully, "Do I really need to tell you how to handle this kind of situation? Or do you think you're not cut out for this line of work? If that's the case, then my only suggestion is that you resign imdiately, thank you!"
After that, he hung up the phone.
At this mont.
One of his subordinates knocked on the door.
Knock, knock, knock...
Without turning his head, Tom said, "Co in."
The subordinate pushed the door open and hurriedly said, "Boss, the police in Esselgreen have found so special materials that I think you should look at."
Upon hearing this,
Tom lifted his head to look at the person, and his expression beca serious.
The matter with the Veda Sect was no longer solely handled by the church.
The officials had already classified it as a vicious case, to be resolved jointly by the police in Esselgreen and New York, so the information and materials from both sides were shared.
Tom took the file from his subordinate's hand.
Upon opening it, he was imdiately t with the eye-catching headline: "1994 Maria Maternity Hospital Fire Incident in Esselgreen City."
At once, Tom furrowed his brow and began to look at it closely.
His subordinate explained, "Boss, the Esselgreen police investigated the birth records from Joanna's birth year and discovered that in the sa year, there was a fire at the local Maria Hospital, where many dical staff, infants, and pregnant won died in the blaze."
While looking at the file, Tom said displeasingly, "Why am I only hearing about such an important matter now? Are those bastards over in Esselgreen raised on shit?"
The subordinate explained, "Boss... this kind of incident was quite bad and thus was suppressed, um... you should understand."
Tom snorted in dissatisfaction and with a grave face asked, "So what, they suspect the fire was deliberate, and Joanna is one of the infants supposed to have perished in the flas?"
The subordinate replied, "That's what they suspect indeed, but for now, we've only been able to locate Joanna's genetic sample, which ans it's still only a suspicion."
Genetic comparison is the best thod to confirm soone's identity.
But infants just born are unlikely to have genetic backups taken, and the technology wasn't widespread at that ti anyway.
Without a second thought, Tom said, "Tell them to contact the people who lost their children back then, see if they can investigate Joanna's real parents through her genetic sample."
"Also, archive all the newborns who died in that fire and investigate the newborn data from Esselgreen and New York from the sa year. We need to see how many others like Joanna those Veda Sect madn might have produced."
The subordinate imdiately said, "Right away, boss! I'll get on it."
As he spoke, the subordinate hesitated, looking at his boss's haggard face, and bit his lip.
"Boss, you've been averaging only three hours of sleep a night for the past few days. You can't keep this up..."
Tom waved his hand and said, pointing at his own dark circles disdainfully, "That's why you're just a subordinate and I'm the boss."
Before he had t Du Wei, during the tis he frequented the Red Light District, he would party from off-duty till the next day and still manage to go to work as usual.
Just two or three hours of sleep a day didn't affect Tom one bit.
He remained as energetic as ever.
…
It was past two in the afternoon.
Furman District.
Carrying a thermal container, Du Wei took a key from his pocket and opened the door to Alex's house.
Since they had made their relationship official yesterday.
Alex had given him a spare key to her house.
This represented trust.
As soon as he stepped inside,
he saw Alex lying on the sofa browsing so websites on her laptop.
On seeing Du Wei co in, Alex turned her head and said lazily, "Baby, why did it take you so long? If I hadn't called to hurry you up, you might have been later still."
Feeling apologetic, Du Wei said, "I got held up by so matters this morning, don't be mad."
Alex pouted and upon noticing the thermal container Du Wei was carrying, curiously asked, "What have you brought ?"
"I thought you might not have eaten, so I made you sothing on the way over."
Saying this, Du Wei sat down beside her.
Alex's eyes lit up, but she still huffed, "If you hadn't added 'on the way over,' I might actually be touched."
As she spoke, she leaned on Du Wei's shoulder and kissed it softly.
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