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Chapter 171 National Special Security Bureau Caius Carew

Chapter 171: Chapter 171 National Special Security Bureau Caius Carew

Upon seeing the skull, Scarlett Jennings’s eyes flickered with a chill.

It seemed both unexpected and expected at the same time.

No wonder, as this skull reminded her of the one encased in a red cocoon found on the rooftop of that abandoned school building when Lucas Jennings and Azura Loomis were in danger.

The same shadow energy emanated from it, with resentful energy as the conduit.

She thought for a moment and took out her phone to call the National Special Security Bureau.

She had a premonition that this skull and the one from the abandoned building’s rooftop were not coincidental; this method of gathering resentful energy to affect the fortune of a whole area felt more like an evil formation.

If this was truly the case, it required official intervention for an investigation.

Ordinary people couldn’t access the National Special Security Bureau’s contact information, but there was a special contact window on the Spiritual Affairs APP.

It was through this that Scarlett reported the incident of someone using an evil technique to borrow bodies earlier in the morning.

Quickly explaining the situation and location, Scarlett hung up, intending to set up an isolation array around the skull before official personnel arrived.

However, just as she lowered her head to prepare, the originally buried blood-red skull seemed to seize the opportunity and suddenly sprang to life.

From inside the skull shot countless filaments like silkworm threads, heading straight for Scarlett as if trying to envelop her entirely.

Yet, at the very moment the silken threads were about to entangle her, Scarlett, as if well-prepared, dodged back while releasing several spirit talismans from her hand, forming an invisible barrier that trapped the mass of threads.

Without hesitation, Scarlett seized the moment the threads were trapped to pull out three thunder talismans from her hand.

Having witnessed the threads’ formidable power, Scarlett did not hold back, immediately unleashing her thunder talismans, the strongest enhanced by the golden light of Master Golden Light.

The three thunder talismans shot out like lightning, forming a triangle over the skull, enclosing it along with the threads.

"Heavenly thunder, rumbling; earthly thunders, dim."

Her voice was a clear and sharp pitch, yet carried the weight of a thousand pounds in every word,

"Above are the six Jia, below are the six Ding, the order from Taishang, to slash the thunder, boom!"

With the final word falling, three strikes of purple thunder accompanied by golden light broke through the clouds, bearing the force of tens of thousands of pounds as they crashed down heavily on the blood-red skull.

The power of the purple thunder annihilated all shadow energy.

The blood-red skull, amidst the flashing lightning, turned to ashes in the blink of an eye, much like the previous blood-red cocoon.

"Boom!"

A tremendous rumble caused the entire Sunbeam Mountain to tremble slightly.

It startled numerous birds and beasts in the mountains and also awakened Momo Ross, sleeping at the inn.

In a daze, she opened her eyes, finding the surroundings still pitch-black yet vaguely glimpsing flickers of lightning outside the distant window.

With the illumination, she turned her head, discovering that Lucas Jennings’s bed was shockingly empty. She instinctively sat up, looked toward the bathroom, and found it just as dark.

In the middle of the night, where could she have gone?

...

In the severed woods of the mountain, Scarlett Jennings looked at the skull, which had been directly turned to ash, realizing belatedly with some headache.

The thunder talisman enhanced by the golden light was too powerful, leaving nothing to show to the officials when they arrived.

Scarlett stepped forward, rummaging through the ashes, and managed to pick out two nail-sized red bone fragments.

Carefully placing the items into a vacuum bag and casually pasting a yellow talisman on, she finished the preparation and waited for the officials to arrive.

After over an hour of waiting, someone finally arrived.

It was a middle-aged man, exuding a scholarly and amiable presence. His spiritual power was gentle, too, and he seemed unsurprised upon seeing Scarlett.

"This year’s new students at Sea City Taoist Academy are indeed remarkable. I’ve been following your performance on the show. It seems the future promotion of the Mystical Sect relies on young people like you."

Scarlett’s sharp ears caught the emphasis he laid on the word "promotion," and something seemed to flash through her mind as she asked,

"I heard from the last episode that there was official intervention so the show could pass the review smoothly. Did it come from your side?"

The man smiled and said, "Besides me, the dean of your Taoism Academy also contributed."

The field of metaphysics had always maintained a low profile, leading to the decline of the Mystical Sect’s heritage, and belief was nearly extinct; people no longer believed in the existence of metaphysics.

Through discussions, the Taoism Association and the officials decided to gradually reintroduce the public to the existence of metaphysics.

The rise of metaphysical streamers over the past two years was an attempt, and the metaphysical variety show was the same kind of attempt.

This time, the variety show "Inspiration" clearly provided a different perspective to the officials.

His personal visit this time was also to reassure Scarlett.

"My surname is Caius, Caius Carew, and I’m responsible for this area in Seastay City. You can call me Uncle Caius. If you need official assistance in the future, you can directly contact me."

Caius Carew said, handing a business card to Scarlett.

As Scarlett accepted the card, she paused to ask him, "Uncle Caius, do you happen to know a mystical master by the name of Magnolia Hearne?"

Scarlett thought that her own mentor’s skills were quite impressive and should be known in the mystical circle. Yet Caius Carew appeared bewildered upon hearing this,

"Magnolia? That’s a rather uncommon surname. If I had heard of it, I think I’d remember, but..."

But he hadn’t heard of it.

Scarlett’s eyes darkened slightly, but she still thanked him earnestly.

The two continued discussing the skull, with Scarlett handing over the small bone fragments she had collected to Caius Carew, looking somewhat guilty.

Caius raised an eyebrow in slight surprise, considering that for a young person in the Mystical Sect, turning a skull imbued with shadow energy to ash was no easy feat.

In fact, most mystical masters did not even have a single thunder talisman.

Caius did not even think it was a talisman drawn by Scarlett herself, assuming instead it was a life-saving talisman left by her mentor, Magnolia Hearne.

With this thought, he grew more curious about that mystical master, Magnolia.

As they spoke, the sky began to lighten. To avoid further complications and unnecessary trouble, they hurried down the mountain.

Caius Carew came by car, and the two boarded from the midway station. While passing the inn, he dropped Scarlett off, exchanged a few words from the driver’s seat, and then left.

Scarlett watched Caius Carew’s car drive away, gauged the time, and, pretending she had just finished exercising, turned back into the inn.

Unbeknownst to her, from a room on the inn’s third floor, a phone discreetly captured the scene of her stepping out of the car.

From behind the curtain, Momo Ross watched the departing Land Rover. Taking a look at the old man in the driver’s seat, she sneered with a touch of mockery,

"Thought she was a real master... turns out, just kept by an old man, tsk."

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