Chapter 056: Monster Family

Ke Xiaomo's brows furrowed slightly, then he looked up into the sky and saw that the thick spider silk tethering the message scroll was coming from the roof of a residential building adjoining the alleyway.

At that moment, a sinister figure sat atop the railing of the rooftop.

They were slightly hunched over, swaying their elongated legs, skin shifting in liquid-like shades of ashen grey. The corners of their mouth were raised high toward the sides, almost reaching the roots of their ears.

"Hey, friend, what were you just muttering to yourself? I'm quite interested."

As they spoke, the Deception Puppet yanked up the scroll stuck with spider silk, grasping it in their palm, and casually flipping it open to look down at its contents.