The red light flashed a few times and quickly went out.

In the eye sockets of the huge skeleton, a small doll appeared.

It was a funny clown toy that was only the size of a baby.

The style was quite ancient, with a sense of mystery.

Su Li grabbed the seal and gradually felt stiffness and numbness in his body.

Such a strong negative effect!

This little toy seemed to be able to control people's bodies.

The Night Watchers arrived one after another.

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Seeing Su Li and Lilith sitting motionless on the huge skeleton, Cameron jumped up and lightly tapped Su Li with his sword.

Affected by the fusion effect, Su Li fell down like a piece of paper, still holding the clown doll in his hand.

Researcher D2 took out a black velvet box from his pocket, carefully put on the gloves used to isolate mystical power, and put the clown doll into the black velvet box.

As soon as the box was closed, violent shaking came from inside the box.

It seemed that there was not a doll inside, but a living monster.

Cameron reached out and grabbed the box with his strong hand. D2 then took out a roll of banishing gauze with layers of mystical energy and bound the box. Gradually, the box became quiet.

All the Night Watchers breathed a sigh of relief.

The seal has been contained.

Su Li and Lilith stood up, and Cameron said, "Use Seal 3-7382 to absorb the remaining pollution and mystical energy, and screen for other dangers in the surroundings."

...

Ten minutes later, the entire museum was carefully searched by the Night Watcher team.

After confirming that there was no problem, Cameron patted Su Li on the shoulder and said, "This is your first joint operation since joining our Black Hat team, and you did a great job."

Su Li smiled and asked, "Captain, what kind of extraordinary item is this seal? It's so powerful."

Cameron thought for a moment and said, "Its main ability is manipulation. It should belong to the Sequence 8 Clown from the mysticism path, and it cannot be ruled out that it has some characteristics of the Sequence 7 Magician or even a small part of the Sequence 6 Faceless."

"Just now, your body showed some stiffness, mainly because it manipulated the spiritual thread of your body."

Su Li remembered the upcoming battle of the Seven Great Churches and asked, "How can we avoid this situation?"

Cameron said, "It's simple, interrupt it, use explosions or extraordinary powers to affect its casting process."

After explaining this matter, all the members of the Black Hat team had gathered.

Vice Captain Lilith tidied up her slightly messy bangs and smiled, "It's a good habit to summarize and reflect after the battle."

At this moment, Sorl, who was on duty in this area, walked over and asked Su Li, "Are you okay?"

Su Li asked, "What do you need?"

Sorl said, "Investigate the source of the seal. Your stealth effect and Soul Guide ability are very suitable for this incident."

He looked at Captain Cameron, who nodded and said, "Be careful, let's regroup first."

After reloading the Ghost Revolver, Su Li followed Sorl out of the South Museum and quickly entered Plinsk Street.

Walking down the stone steps of the bridge, the two soon arrived at the real adventurer district.

The road meandered downward, passing through the bridge.

This place seemed to be a street rebuilt from a rift valley. Even during the day, it appeared dim and couldn't let in much sunlight.

Su Li looked up and roughly counted the steps. There were more than a hundred in total.

Sorl pointed in the direction of the bustling street area in the distance and said, "That's the real South District Street. Pay attention to your wallet and keep the revolver in your hand."

Is it chaotic inside?

Looking at the slum-like Plinsk Street, Su Li took out a revolver from his thief belt and played with it in his hand.

The two walked along the street. Su Li frowned and asked, "Did the seal run out from here?"

"Yes, many people died. From my experience, it should not involve evil gods or demonic rituals. You can communicate with the spirits at the scene and see if you can get any useful clues."

Hearing Sorl's words, Su Li couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and subconsciously said, "Wouldn't it be better to bring Lilith here? She is a necromancer and better at dealing with these incidents than me."

Sorl rotated his heavy brass arm and moved his shoulders, saying, "I can barely communicate with spirits. Bringing you along can familiarize you with the process. Besides, it's soul soothing. I haven't performed any exorcism rituals for a while. Once too many spirits accumulate, it's easy to breed some evil creatures or attract cultists causing trouble."

"Besides, this is also a way to train newcomers."

Looking at the dilapidated streets around him, Su Li asked, "Did the seal come out from here?""I can understand smuggling magic potions, after all, it can bring certain benefits. But why would a Transcendent secretly place a sealed object to carry out murders? What's the benefit in that?"

Sorl chuckled lightly, glanced at the rookie in front of him and said:

"There could be many reasons: for instance, revenge. Using the sealed object to kill their enemies. Or for rituals, some cultists, in order to complete certain specific ceremonies, would use the properties of the sealed objects to commit crimes in a short period of time."

"Evil gods and demons are very easy to please. As long as they or it are interested in what's to come, anything could happen."

"For example, bearing a child for a demon, or selling one's soul, and so on."

"Cultists always have various problems and troubles to throw at the demons. Of course, this doesn't rule out that they are doing this to create trouble for people like us, to divert our attention."

Su Li didn't expect that Sorl would give so many answers to a very simple question.

This reminded him of many scenes he had seen in movies, sparking many associations.

"Brother Sorl, your experience is truly rich."

Hearing Su Li's praise, Sorl laughed heartily, smoothed his messy short hair with his left hand, and said with a smile:

"If you want, you can be as professional as me, but it will take you some time."

"Every year, all the major churches compile the Transcendent events that have occurred into volumes, omitting some necessary parts, and make them into archives for newcomers to study. You can go to our church's library on the second basement level. The cases there are much more interesting than detective novels."

Su Li remembered Sorl's advice, after all, he loved reading.

During their conversation, the two had already walked down the winding stone path to the main road of Plinsk Street.

It was now three or four in the afternoon, but the sun couldn't shine into the southern district, and the dim slum was filled with constant hawking.

The street was crowded with people.

There were running children, cheap food, poor girls soliciting customers, and many pedestrians carrying weapons.

However, the majority here were still the poor.

It was different from the church area that Su Li was familiar with.

It wasn't as prosperous and clean as the west district, nor as hurried as the eastern industrial district.

Most of the pedestrians around were dressed in ragged and old clothes. When they looked at adventurers or people dressed brightly, their eyes revealed greed and vigilance, like a pack of starving wolves, crowded and eager, ready for robbery, mugging, and fights at any time.

However, with the appearance of Sorl and Su Li, many sneaky people subconsciously shifted their gaze, like hyenas in the animal world seeing a lion patrolling its territory.

Sorl took out a small notebook, on which some simple information was hastily recorded. He flipped through it and pointed to a relatively new entry:

"Let's go, we'll first go to the first crime scene... Rodvia Inn."