Scarlett Jennings nodded at him, "Okay."
Although she didn’t have the clout to enlist You Xuan’s help, Cassian Wolf could~
The Mystic Regulation Office conducted overnight interrogations tonight, because Luke Hearne was completely disard by her words, revealing all the information he knew despite his injuries.
Even though the actual nature of the so-called source of filth remains unknown, the threats she used to scare Luke Hearne weren’t entirely unfounded.
The outburst of filthy aura consus demonic power and life force, and even after purification, a demon body contaminated by the filth suffers damage, including energy corruption.
So even if she hadn’t ntioned it, Cassian, as the head of the Mystic Regulation Office, would have sought You Xuan out for the imps’ sake.
Nathan White assisting her might even make the task much easier.
Seeing her nod, Nathan White smiled shyly and then took out his phone, whispering,
"Then, I’ll inform the dean."
He’s currently a student at Sea City Taoist Academy, so if he’s staying here temporarily, he definitely needs to inform the dean.
Scarlett Jennings waited for him to finish ssaging and confird that he was staying here tonight, so she didn’t try to persuade him further.
She reached into her pocket and suddenly pulled out a candy, placing it in Nathan’s palm,
"This candy is produced here on Demon Street; it tastes a bit different from regular candy. Try it if you’re tired."
Nathan White looked at the candy in his hand, nodded at her, and said softly, "Alright."
Scarlett Jennings bid farewell to Nathan White and then left the clinic.
As she stepped outside, she saw three people standing there.
Donovan Jennings, along with Lucas Jennings and Adam Jennings.
Scarlett was slightly surprised to hear Lucas say,
"Brother Donovan said it’s not safe for a girl like you to be out alone at night, so we’re here to pick you up!"
In fact, Donovan was planning to co pick her up by himself,
but both Lucas and Adam, having experienced the thrilling events earlier in the day, couldn’t fall asleep for a while, so they insisted on coming with Donovan.
Though they all knew that, with Scarlett Jennings’s skills, the safety concerns should be reversed.
However, after observing Donovan and Uncle’s treatnt of Scarlett, they both understood sothing—
No matter how powerful Scarlett is, she’s still just a girl.
Just because she’s strong and independent doesn’t an she doesn’t need anyone’s care.
Others might not know, but from the beginning, Donovan and Luca Jennings have always treated Scarlett as an ordinary girl.
Whatever she hasn’t felt in the past eighteen years, they intend to make it up to her.
And now, Lucas and Adam want to do the sa.
"Sis, you see, good thing we ca to pick you up; this street at night is so scary without even streetlights."
Lucas pointed to the pitch-black street ahead.
It was already past midnight; though other streets were still lively with bright lights and bustling barbeque and supper scenes, Demon Street was particularly quiet.
It seed that once night fell, this street stopped functioning.
Scarlett looked in the direction he pointed and smiled slightly, "This street does have lights."
Adam Jennings looked puzzled, as Demon Street had been cold and dark all the way, without any lights?
And then, as soon as Scarlett finished her words, the streetlights on both sides of the street where they stood suddenly lit up.
As they moved forward step by step, the streetlights ahead also lit up one by one.
Lucas was a bit surprised, "The streetlights on this street are sensitive lamps?"
Then, he thought sothing was off,
"No, they didn’t light up when we ca by earlier."
"You could say they’re sensitive lamps."
Scarlett explained, "But they react to demon energy."
She said, "The streetlights here are controlled by a Lantern Demon."
The Lantern Demon only provides illumination for the demon in Demon Street; they didn’t light up earlier because they are all human...
Donovan and the others: ...
So, were they just treated differently by the Lantern Demon on this street?
No, the point now should be that, the streetlights themselves are mystical creatures!
Having seen various demons during the day, the three quickly cald down after the initial shock of hearing the lights were demons too.
Slowly, the four walked along the path to the small courtyard; Donovan suddenly ntioned,
"There’s so business at the company; I have to return to Sea City tomorrow. I’ll find ti to visit you afterwards."
After saying this, he looked at both Lucas and Adam, "You two will return with tomorrow."
Lucas was imdiately crestfallen upon hearing this.
Leaving so soon? They’ve only been here for less than two days!
Adam wasn’t desperate to stay, but—
"My Benedict Beast is still with Samuel Chalrs; I need to stay."
Lucas quickly chid in,
"Bro Adam stays, then I’m staying too!"
Donovan, however, didn’t give them the chance to refuse, "No, you need to return and attend your classes,
Benedict Beast can be picked up later."
He’s leaving, and he cannot leave the two Jennings here with Scarlett.
Moving forward, the academy has just had such a major incident today; Scarlett will definitely need to keep busy for so ti,
if these two stay, Scarlett will have to divert energy to care for them.
Donovan naturally wouldn’t leave such a "burden" for Scarlett.
He decisively made the decision, leaving Lucas and Adam with no room to argue, and only reluctantly agreed.
Despite lanting that his journey to Demon Street was ending so quickly, Lucas soon perked up again,
and didn’t forget to advise,
"Sis, rember what I said, use the necessary thods, give Samuel a sense of urgency, otherwise he won’t take you seriously,
like today when you got upset."
Adam couldn’t help sniping, "Enough, stop spouting nonsense."
"How can what I say be nonsense?!"
Lucas argued his case, "This is a feasible suggestion based on reality! You’ve never been in a relationship,
so you’re in no position to question ."
Adam sneered, "Just because I haven’t been in a relationship doesn’t an you have?"
"Hey, I’ve totally been in one! Do you think everyone’s like you."
With a single sentence, Lucas KO’d Adam, while Donovan and Scarlett quietly watched the two squabble and listened to gossip,
the four chatted along their way back to the small courtyard, under the streetlights, their shadows stretching longer.
In the lamp’s shadows, there was a faint sound of Lucas urging quietly,
"Sis, trust , I’ve helped you look, the cool dude from the Special Demon Squad who protected Brother Donovan and the others today isn’t too bad..."
*
In the dead of night, in the adjacent small courtyard.
Samuel Chalrs sat alone in his room, listening to the complete silence next door, before slowly opening his hand.
Golden light scattered in the palm, and then sothing seed to slowly erge from his hand.
It was a strand of black filth.
Exactly what he extracted from Lucas’s arm for Scarlett Jennings, the source of filth.
He told her that after entering his system, the filth was cleansed by the golden light, but that was a lie.
He intentionally did not purify it, wanting to personally experience the origins of these filth.
Scarlett believes that finding the person behind the Ghost Fog will resolve the issue of filthy aura poisoning demons.
But Samuel knows clearly that without purifying the filth’s source, the demon contamination problem won’t be solved.
He previously tried analyzing the source with a scale sample from Noah Zimrman but achieved nothing.
So this ti, he decided to absorb it directly.
The Dragon Vein can perceive everything.
Only through direct absorption can he sense what the source of the filth is.
And now, he’s confird the source.
Samuel Chalrs lowered his gaze, seeing the strand of filth being entirely separated from his body,
and then as it separated from his hand, it transford into a drop of black water, dripping to the floor.
The golden light in his palm dimd, faintly revealing a gray stain left on there.
Within the room, the Benedict Jade belonging to Adam Jennings had been squatting by Samuel Chalrs’s side watching.
As soon as the black water dropped, the Benedict beast imdiately moved forward without hesitation,
its jade foot stamping on the filth, while its body made a move to suppress.
Samuel watched its actions and then simply picked it up, speaking in calm tones,
"Your true form hasn’t recovered yet; you’re just a jade body, not enough to suppress this filth."
He declared,
"This ti, I’ll personally suppress it."
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