Chapter 274

Follow that old woman.

"It's Auntie Wang from next door!"

From the neighboring village, to be precise.

The surrounding villages often had interactions with one another.

This connection became even closer after the Beast God Temple was established.

Auntie Wang was a very kind person.

She often enthusiastically helped the people in the village.

And her grandson, little You.

When school was on break not long ago, she had even brought him to Holy Dragon Village to play.

Back then, he had curiously asked Chen Xuan all sorts of questions about phantom beasts.

He even said that when he grew up, he wanted to become a beast tamer as powerful as Chen Xuan.

To protect his dad, his mom, and his grandma. "Looks like I have to make a trip!" Someone in the village is asking for help!

And it's the familiar Auntie Wang, no less.

Besides, Chen Xuan had a fairly good impression of little You.

A child had gone missing — he really should lend a hand.

Moreover!

If he helped someone who had prayed at the Beast God Temple,

the faith power he gained would be even greater.

Chen Xuan didn't want to give up this chance to boost his faith power.

Thinking of this!

Chen Xuan had made his decision.

"Little boy, want some lollipops?"

"Fragrant and sweet lollipops — want one?" In Zichuan City!

At this moment!

It was already six or seven o'clock.

The sky was dim.

Inside an amusement park!

The place was still brightly lit.

The Witch Amusement Park.

It was the largest amusement park in Zichuan City.

Every day, many children came here.

Even though there had been that kind of legend about children going missing,

it still hadn't affected its popularity.

On the contrary!

Because the incidents seemed like paranormal events,

the amusement park became even more of a hit.

By nighttime, even more people came and went.

At this moment!

An old woman dressed as a witch let out an ugly, duck-like sound.

She stood in front of a little boy, taking out lollipops to tempt him.

The witch wore a mask like tree bark.

It kept anyone from seeing her face.

On the little cart she was pushing, there were many brightly colored, mouth-watering lollipops.

Judging from the color of those lollipops,

they were clearly a delicious treat.

"Mommy, lollipop, I want a lollipop!"

The tempted little boy acted coyly toward his mother.

"Eat, eat, eat — your teeth are already rotting and you still want to eat. Did you forget the oath you swore two days ago when your tooth hurt, that you wouldn't eat sugar?" "Let's go, or your teeth will all rot away!" "Wait till your teeth are better, then you can eat!" The young mother's face hardened.

Under the little boy's reluctant gaze, she dragged him away. "Rotten teeth?"

"Can't eat candy? What a pity!"

Watching the mother and little boy slowly walk away,

the eyes beneath the witch's mask revealed an eerie look.

In this amusement park, where cheers rang out everywhere,

her voice sounded especially creepy.

"Baoshou, any discoveries?"

"No discoveries at all, everything seems perfectly normal!" "But, children do still go missing from time to time!"

"Right under our very noses — how strange!" On the outskirts of the Witch Amusement Park,

two people were discussing something.

Small phantom beasts stood on their shoulders.

Clearly!

They were all Beast Tamers.

Beast Tamers from the Zichuan City Bureau of Beast Tamers.

The tall, thin one on the left was called Wang Baoshou.

The shorter, more solidly built one on the right was called Zhao Fazheng!

The Witch Playground Child Disappearance Incident.

It had already been going on for a month.

Over the course of a month,

they had been investigating nonstop.

They had even dispatched quite a number of personnel to patrol here day and night.

However!

They still hadn't found a single clue.

Not only that.

While they had sent many people here to investigate,

several of their colleagues had also vanished for no reason.

But!

They hadn't received a single bit of news about them.

"Dammit, how could something like this happen!" "Qianyuan and the others have been missing for days now too!"

"Did they vanish in the same place as those children?" "Is this the work of a person, or has some kind of paranormal incident really occurred!" Wang Baoshou couldn't help but punch the lamppost by the road.

The sudden pain made him pull back his fist. "Paranormal incident?"

"What kind of joke is that, that's impossible!"

"After investigation, so many paranormal incidents have occurred within our Federation!" "But in the end, weren't they all found to be the work of some strange Phantom Beasts?" "Heh~ this time, it must also be the work of some Phantom Beast!" "It's just that that Phantom Beast is hiding too deeply."

"It's been this long, and we still haven't found it!" "Dammit!"

Zhao Fazheng was likewise extremely furious.

However, he was far more level-headed than Wang Baoshou.

He didn't believe in any talk of ghosts and gods.

Just at this moment.

A strange, heh-heh-heh laughing voice came over.

It drew the attention of Wang Baoshou and Zhao Fazheng.

"Granny, have you seen anything unusual happening around here recently?"

Seeing a strange witch pushing a small cart past them,