Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalmers were still following the little undead doll's guidance to track the Undying Bone's movements in the city. Meanwhile, in another corner of the city.
Olivia Xalvadora squatted outside a fast food restaurant. As soon as she saw some leftover food from a customer, she immediately ran over and picked up the half-eaten meal, ready to leave.
But the next second, a thin arm was suddenly grabbed by the boss lady.
"It's you again, little sister!"
Olivia Xalvadora was startled and instinctively dropped the meal box, trying to run.
The boss lady, with the meal box flung at her, held tightly and hurriedly said,
"Hey! I'm not trying to catch you! Don't run!"
Ignoring the mess on her clothes, the boss lady pulled Olivia Xalvadora over and asked,
"Sister, are you hungry? Don't pick up leftovers, it's unsanitary. Auntie can give you a new meal, okay?"
Hearing she would get a new meal, Olivia Xalvadora stopped struggling and looked at the slightly plump boss lady, her eyes bright and dark.
Seeing the thin and somewhat dirty child in front of her, the boss lady felt a pang of sympathy and immediately turned to call over her husband to prepare a new meal.
Olivia Xalvadora looked at the food in the window and suddenly pointed at the duck blood inside, "I want that."
"Hey! You're picky now."
The boss complained with no hint of disdain, skillfully preparing a serving of duck blood and adding a greasy duck leg on top.
The boss lady said as she pulled out a chair beside her, signaling for Olivia Xalvadora to sit and eat while giving a glance to her husband.
The boss got the hint and immediately went inside to make a phone call.
As Olivia Xalvadora sat down to eat, she keenly heard 110 and phrases like "missing little girl." Without further ado, she grabbed the meal box and ran off.
She knew they were going to call the police to send her back again.
Since leaving her uncle's house, she had encountered many people asking if she was lost, wanting to take her to the police station.
She knew the police officers were good people, and that place was where even ghosts dare not enter. But she didn't want to be sent back.
Hugging the meal box, Olivia Xalvadora ran fast, and the boss lady chased after her a bit but couldn't catch up, only yelling at her back,
"Sister, don't run! Hey! Don't run so fast! Be careful not to fall!"
Olivia Xalvadora didn't look back, hugging the meal box while darting into an alley, making twists and turns until she finally stopped and shouted around,
It didn't take long before Greta's figure appeared before her.
Olivia Xalvadora, unfazed, held up her large meal box, "Uncle, I brought food back, eat!"
Greta looked at the meal box, then at the skinny girl, and turned her head away,
Thinking he was being picky again, Olivia Xalvadora opened the meal box and leaned over to show him,
"Uncle, eat duck blood, not rat, it's dirty."
Greta still shook his head,
Olivia Xalvadora felt resigned—this uncle was too picky.
After much persuasion, Greta reluctantly took a bite of duck blood.
Olivia Xalvadora chewed on the duck leg, getting oil all over her mouth.
As the two crouched in the corner eating, suddenly, they heard urgent footsteps accompanied by the boss lady's voice.
"Officer, it's this alley. I saw the child run in here; she looks a lot like the recent missing kid you are looking for."
On hearing this commotion, Olivia Xalvadora stood up with a start, and Greta disappeared in an instant.
Olivia Xalvadora became anxious,
As the footsteps drew nearer, just as Olivia Xalvadora was about to run herself, Greta reappeared, reaching out to scoop her up, holding her at his side, and once again disappeared with a teleportation move.
The boss lady and the police were left with nothing, searching around but finding no one, leaving only disappointed.
Shortly after the boss lady and the police left, Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalmers arrived on the scene.
However, just as they entered the alley, the little undead doll in Scarlett's arms abruptly pointed in the opposite direction.
Scarlett knew they were a step too late again; the Undying Bone had slipped away once more.
"How can it keep running ..."
No wonder the Security Bureau had been chasing for over a week without even catching a glimpse of the Undying Bone.
This Undying Bone, relying on its teleportation, was basically toying with people.
Samuel Chalmers, seeing her rare frustration, tried to sense the Undying Bone's location. However, the Golden Light had just started to scatter a few sparks toward a direction before Scarlett snatched them back with a slap.
She looked at Samuel, her eyes hinting at displeasure,
"Don't you know how weak your Golden Light is? You wouldn't have been wasting it randomly before, would you?"
Scarlett suspected that the drastic depletion of his Golden Light in the past might have been due to his careless usage.
Samuel met her gaze, pursed his lips, and said helplessly,
Seeing his earnest expression, Scarlett reluctantly believed him and casually shoved the Golden Light back at him, saying,
"With the doll here, we don't need you for now. If they escape, we just keep looking."
Samuel, noting her casual handling of the Golden Light, deepened his gaze slightly but showed little else on his face, nodding mildly,
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
Scarlett also knew that chasing around blindly wasn't going to work.
"We need to think of a way to lure it out."
Reviewing the Undying Bone's tracked movements over the past few days, Scarlett's eyes suddenly fell on the position of the fountain square.
After leaving the little boy's house yesterday, Samuel had contacted the police and directly accessed the surveillance of the fountain square.
Earlier, due to the lack of knowledge about the Undying Bone's appearance, retrieving the footage had been difficult. But with the incident involving the little boy, it was much easier to lock onto the target.
Scarlett remembered the complete surveillance footage she saw that morning.
Though the camera was too far to see clearly, before rescuing the little boy, he had been quietly sitting there all along.
And watching him sit there silently, no one would have thought he was actually a zombie.
If he wasn't viewed as a typical Undying Bone but rather as a solitary heroic soul harboring human obsessions with the world...
Scarlett faintly understood what he was watching as he sat there.
He wasn't looking at any specific person.
What he was observing was the bustling celebration of the Mortal Realm.
Thinking of this, Scarlett's heart trembled slightly as she devised a plan.
Turning her head suddenly, she looked at Samuel Chalmers.
When Samuel met her gaze, his dark eyes deepened slightly, and he simply asked,
"Tell me, what do you plan to do?"
"I heard that here in Peaceful City, there's a large street parade every New Year."
Although it's not yet New Year, maybe a preemptive parade rehearsal could work?
If he wants to witness the Mortal Realm's grand celebration.
Then let's give him a celebration in advance.