"Good," the leading Daoist man nodded in response.
He turned around, gesturing to the three Daoists behind him, "Form the array."
The four Daoists took positions to the southeast, northwest, each standing on one side, surrounding Li Changzhou and his group in the middle, reciting incantations under their breath.
"What is this?" Li Qianxia, full of curiosity this evening, followed her brother and Yang Qinglan, having experienced very little.
"It's one of the spells derived from 'Vertical Earth Golden Light.' I'm not sure exactly what kind," she said.
No sooner had Turquoise Pool finished speaking than the four transformed into beams of golden light, shooting through the window and streaking across the night sky toward the east like shooting stars.
In the station meeting room, the four Daoists were ashen-faced, their lips drained of color, sweat soaking their hair as if someone had dumped a bucket of water over their heads.
Zheng Qing watched them with a grave expression.
{The combined physical strength of the four of them is as strong as the strongest national team members in martial arts!}
{Report this immediately!}
In his mind, the composed yet frantic voice of the logistics group reverberated.
One thousand nine hundred sixty kilometers away, Tokyo, 7:46 PM, a deserted alley in Shimokitazawa at night.
Two men and two women, one in each direction of southeast and northwest, murmured incantations.
In their midst, wisps of golden light slowly emerged, shimmering like water.
The golden light grew more abundant and more stable until, suddenly, four shooting stars passed through the sky, and the golden light in the center of the four coalesced into four figures.
"Lady Turquoise Pool," people began to appear at both ends of the seemingly quiet alley, a group of seven or eight emerging out of nowhere.
Turquoise Pool slowly opened her eyes, looking at these people: "Find the person—"
"Ah..." Li Changzhou clutched his chest in pain.
"Brother?" "Changzhou?" Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia, who had been surveying their surroundings, immediately turned their attention to him.
"It seems your body is very strong," Turquoise Pool said with a meaningful smile, "Doctor, treat him."
"Yes," a bespectacled player among the seven or eight people approached.
"No need, really, I can bear it!" Li Changzhou refused.
Having the knowledge of both administering and concocting poisons for King Cobra, he measured others by his own measure and trusted no one's treatment.
Yang Qinglan took out a latest-model Blood Pearl and handed it to Li Changzhou.
After swallowing it, he felt a little better; he had seriously doubted whether his heart had made it through the teleportation.
Turquoise Pool glanced at him, then asked the others, "Have you found the person?"
"Found him, that person went to a venue in Shinjuku tonight, attending an 8 PM 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean' voice actor meet-and-greet."
"'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean'?"
"It's the sixth part of an anime series. Today, the voice actors of the six main characters will be there to promote the sixth part."
"A fugitive still has time to attend an anime event… Is this anime special?"
"It features abilities known as 'Stands,' capable of releasing flames, specializing in swordsmanship, among other special abilities. Moreover, only Stand users can see other Stand users, and the strongest Stands can stop time for nine seconds."
Another person spoke in a grave tone:
"Lady Turquoise Pool, a person's instincts can sometimes be related to their experiences. These voice actors, if they become too immersed in their roles, might very possibly awaken instincts similar to 'Stands.'"
"Stopping time," Turquoise Pool pondered, "It seems we need to hasten our efforts."
She looked towards Li Changzhou: "Can you move yet?"
Li Changzhou wanted to say something, but in the end, just waved his hand.
"He says his heart hurts," Li Qianxia translated.
"Even with a heavy heart, we must move. Let's go and kill all the 'Stone Ocean' voice actors before the event starts," Turquoise Pool said, walking out of Shimokitazawa's alley amidst the crowd. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩