Iggwente Upper City, Knight Road.
In the afternoon, in the room at 26 Knight Road, in the spacious living room on the second floor, Dorothy and a group of visitors were gathered here, visiting Anna, who had just recovered from a serious illness. Anna, who had stayed in the hospital for a long time, was very happy to see so many familiar faces at once and happily chatted with them one by one.
"How have you been recovering these past few days, Anna?" Sitting by a window, Dorothy asked Anna, who was beside her, and Anna nodded and replied obediently.
"Don't worry, I was just scared by those wicked wolves at the time. With the blessing of God, I'm fine now. We must believe in the power of God, don't you agree, Teacher Mayshouse?"
Anna said to Dorothy with a smile, and winked playfully with one eye when it was barely noticeable. Seeing this, Dorothy couldn't help but respond with a smile.
"Of course, thank God for protecting each and every one of us."
'It seems Anna is also very clear about her role now, knowing to hide the truth about herself and do her best to cooperate with the An Yin Bureau's work.'
Looking at Anna's performance, Dorothy thought to herself. An important reason for her visit was to confirm Anna's current state and see if she would be flustered under the Hunter's surveillance and protection. But judging from the present, Anna's performance was much better than she had expected.
'As expected of an excellent student in the orphanage, much more mature than ordinary kids her age, obedient and aware of her situation. It seems I can feel a bit more at ease.'
After finishing her conversation with Anna, Dorothy thought this and then prepared to go to a nearby table to eat some pre-prepared dessert and enjoy the rest of the visiting session.
And at this moment, while everyone was immersed in the harmonious atmosphere of the visiting session, an invisible Shadow that could not be spied upon was silently infiltrating the scene.
Some invisible thing passed through the wall, slowly drifted into 26, floated in the spacious living room, drifted among the crowd at the gathering, peeking into the situation, trying to find every detail.
However... no one at the scene sensed anything wrong. They were still chatting and laughing with each other, unaware of the slightest abnormality around them.
No one could notice the existence of this invisible thing, but it was secretly watching everyone. It circled around each person to observe, and even passed directly through human bodies, yet the people it passed through didn't notice any abnormality.
After finishing her conversation with Anna, Dorothy began to stroll around the living room, occasionally sampling the pre-prepared desserts and tea, and trying to talk to other attendees to learn about Anna's property inheritance situation.
"This house is quite good. I wonder how much it costs..." Looking at the surrounding environment, Dorothy sighed like this, and a man who seemed to be a lawyer, who was talking to her, replied with a smile.
"This Knight Road is a good location, Miss Meisihuos. Although it's a terraced house, it won't be much cheaper. A price of over five hundred pounds is probably unavoidable."
'Only five hundred pounds...' Listening to the lawyer's response, Dorothy thought speechlessly to herself. These five hundred pounds were only enough for her to buy a secret transmission, while in the secular world, this amount of money could buy a multi-story terraced house in a good location. She couldn't help but sigh that as long as it involved the mysterious, prices would skyrocket to exaggerated levels.
'I wonder how much Grego's salary is. As a Hunter Captain, his salary shouldn't be low, otherwise he wouldn't have gone from a wage earner to a city middle class, and even save money to plan to buy a detached house in the suburbs... But his income is still not as high as mine.'
Dorothy thought this. Listening to Grego's occasional complaints, she knew that he had been saving money for almost a year and had not yet reached his goal. A detached house in the suburbs was also priced at around four or five hundred pounds, which proved that Grego hadn't saved that much in a year. Dorothy could get this amount with just two jobs.
Perhaps this was the advantage and disadvantage of being an Extraordinary in the public sector. Dorothy had heard Aldrich say that official Extraordinary weapons and items were directly distributed from above. As long as one accumulated enough Spirituality and merit, the public sector could even directly help arrange promotions and make it relatively easy to obtain Extraordinary information. However, it was very restrictive, and they couldn't earn extra money like Dorothy did.
Sitting in front of a window, Dorothy pondered while drinking a cup of tea, occasionally admiring the scenery outside the window.
And just as Dorothy was immersed in this peaceful and quiet atmosphere, her expression suddenly froze, and her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
'Hiss... It seems... something is a bit off...'
Dorothy, who was sitting by the window, suddenly felt a hint of strangeness. She had a weird feeling but couldn't pinpoint exactly where it was strange.
'Feeling... a bit uncomfortable... Feeling... a bit strange... Why would I suddenly have this feeling?'
Dorothy thought with some confusion. She suddenly felt that something seemed wrong with the surrounding environment, that there was something that made her feel uncomfortable.
With a hint of confusion, Dorothy activated the passive ability granted by Appraisal, a vision capable of observing Spirituality to a certain extent.
Then she saw in the air in front of her, about a meter away, a pale, blurry, translucent human face emerging. Its withered, hollow eyes were silently staring back at her, and her outstretched hand holding the teacup had even passed through the white Shadow.
At this moment, Dorothy's mouth slightly opened, her eyes began to widen, and she gasped, as if she was about to lose control and cry out the next second.
"What a nice street view..."
At the crucial moment, Dorothy relied on her rationality to forcibly suppress her impending panic, making her already open mouth utter calm words. Then, she continued to quietly drink tea and admire the scenery outside the window, as if she hadn't noticed anything unusual.
Seeing Dorothy's appearance, the pale Ghostly Shadow that had stopped and gazed at her, after circling Dorothy twice, quietly drifted away. In the corner of Dorothy's eye, she saw that thing start to circle and observe the other people in the gathering again, occasionally passing through others' bodies.
'Damn... What the hell is this Ghost thing? Why is it here?'
Observing the Ghostly Shadow constantly drifting among the crowd from the corner of her eye, Dorothy thought seriously in her heart and began to guess what this thing was.
'Is this something the Hunter arranged here to secretly patrol and protect Anna? No, it even went up to observe those housekeepers disguised as Hunters one by one. It shouldn't be something belonging to the Hunter.
'Can pass through physical barriers, a hazy human form, invisible to normal vision, floating around like a Ghost... No, not like a Ghost, it IS a Ghost!'
Dorothy confirmed in her heart. In a world with Extraordinary powers, it's normal to have Ghosts, right! This thing is a Ghost... or to be precise, it's a Ghost...
Dorothy thought this, and at the same time understood why she had felt a slight strangeness just now. It was because that thing had approached her, right beside her. The source of Dorothy's discomfort came from this Ghost.
And why was this? Dorothy knew the answer very well.
Because it is related to death and Ghosts, the Spirituality that symbolizes withering and eternal sleep is ""Silent"", and ""Silent"" is a Spirituality opposite to ""enlightenment"". Therefore, as an Extraordinary of ""enlightenment"", when she approached or even came into contact with that Ghost, she sensitively produced such a feeling.
In Dorothy's Spirituality vision, that thing felt like an existence almost maintained and constructed by ""Silent"" Spirituality and some other impurities, and it was directly exposed, unlike Extraordinary whose Spirituality was contained within their bodies and not easily detected.
'So... why would something like a Ghost appear in this temporary residence specially arranged for Anna, at 26 Knight Road.'
Sitting in her seat, Dorothy thought with a solemn expression.