The white-clothed man seemed to have run out of patience.
He looked at the paper figurines that suddenly exploded in front of him, then silently glanced at Little Yuanzi standing by the window.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but all that came out were puffs of white smoke.
Little Yuanzi felt a bit guilty.
She lowered her head shyly and apologized in a childish voice, "Big brother, I'm sorry. You have to be careful. I..."
Before Niannian could finish her words, the other black-clothed men exploded one after another like fireworks.
They had been relentlessly attacking the white-clothed man, so they were the closest to him.
When they exploded, the electric current crackled and spread like a spider's web, leaving one nowhere to hide.
The man's clothes were blown to shreds, black and charred, completely unrecognizable from its original white appearance.
Niannian scratched her head.
Oops, she hadn't managed to finish her sentence.
She actually wanted to say that all the talismans she drew the second time had been thrown out by him, and all those paper figurines would explode. Big brother should be careful.
"Pfft..."
The man who had once been as elegant and otherworldly as an immortal now looked like a coal miner fresh from Africa.
He was completely unrecognizable from his previous self.
Thick black smoke billowed from his mouth. Fortunately, since they were all people from the mysterious arts world, they all had some means of protecting themselves. Otherwise, with this current, they would either be dead or severely disabled.
It took the man a while to recover.
The elevator platform of the vehicle slowly approached the window. The man stared directly at Niannian. After a long moment of silence, he said, "Whose little Taoist priest are you?"
"I'm from my master's family."
Niannian blinked her eyes, looking innocent and harmless.
Her answer was perfectly reasonable, but it was as good as no answer at all.
"Hahaha, you're really interesting. It's not safe here now. I'll take you down."
The series of explosions just now and Niannian's evasive answer didn't anger the man.
He remained calm. The feeling of frustration only lasted for a moment. Knowing that Little Yuanzi didn't do it on purpose, he still kindly wanted to use the elevator platform to take Niannian down.
Looking at the man with open arms, exuding kindness, Little Yuanzi took a few steps back.
It wasn't that she disliked this person. It was just that she still had something to do and couldn't leave the hotel yet.
"No, thank you for your kindness, big brother. I'm going to find my master and senior brother, and I also need to save a merman who was captured."
"Merman?"
The man frowned in surprise.
"Yes. Big brother, who are you? Why are you fighting with those black-clothed men?"
Niannian suddenly realized that she might have said something she shouldn't have. Although this big brother didn't seem like a bad person.
But mermen were full of treasures. To both people from the mysterious arts world and ordinary people, they were extremely precious.
It was hard to guarantee that it wouldn't arouse others' greed and covetousness.
"I'm from an official special agency. You can also think of it as the relevant departments. I saw something strange happening here just now, so I rushed over to see what was going on.
When I got here, I found that the hotel was filled with evil aura. I originally wanted to go in directly, but I was blocked by this group of black-clothed men at the door. We fought all the way here."
The man didn't care if Little Yuanzi understood or not. He explained everything very clearly.
Some things couldn't be told to ordinary people, but they could be told to those in the same field.
It didn't matter if he revealed this kind of insignificant information.
"Oh, big brother, it seems you can't kill those black-clothed men. There are still a lot of such paper figurines in the hotel. If big brother is afraid of danger, it's better not to stay here. I'm going to find my master and senior brother first. Goodbye, big brother!"
Niannian was definitely reminding out of kindness.
And she was telling the truth.
When the man was fighting with those black-clothed men just now, he couldn't break through the defense of the paper figurines, which meant he couldn't defeat them.
The paper figurines didn't know fatigue, and the ghosts inside were all puppets raised by someone. They weren't afraid of anything.
They would only keep attacking.
If one couldn't defeat the paper figurines with their strength, they would only be exhausted by them.
But the truth was unpleasant to hear. A six-year-old child was brave enough to face danger, while he, as an adult who thought he was good at the mysterious arts, was clearly pointed out that his strength was insufficient and that he should back off if he was afraid. It was really a blow to his pride.
The man felt that he had to fight for his dignity, so when Little Yuanzi turned around, he stretched out his hand and said, "Wait, I'll go with you!"
What responded to him was Little Yuanzi's confused and hesitant look as she turned around.
Yes, Niannian was thinking about whether she could protect this unfamiliar big brother if something unexpected happened.
She instinctively placed herself in the position of a protector. The man seemed to understand what Niannian was thinking.
He rubbed his forehead helplessly, let out a long sigh, and explained, "I was fighting at a high altitude just now. I could only sit on the elevated vehicle, and I couldn't move freely, so I couldn't give full play to my strength. My actual strength is not that bad. Don't worry. If something really happens, you don't have to stand in front. I have the ability to protect myself and can also protect you."
Niannian blinked her eyes.
Protect who? Protect her?
The man's strength was indeed not bad, but it was still a bit lacking compared to hers.
At most, he could be on par with her second senior brother.
He couldn't even defeat her third senior brother.
Even her second senior brother needed her protection in front of her.
This statement was a bit... overly boastful.
Shen Weixun couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Seeing that the man was so insistent, he made the decision for Little Yuanzi, "Okay, you can come with us. You said you're from the official relevant departments. There should be more than just you here, right? If you have other companions, call them over now. Come in through the window, and we'll go together."
Although Shen Weixun had already agreed, the man still stared at Niannian without moving and didn't do anything else.
He seemed very persistent in getting Niannian's affirmative answer.
It seemed that only when Niannian affirmed him could things be perfect.
"Since my third senior brother said it's okay, then it's okay."
"I'll call my people."
Sure enough, after Niannian nodded, the man immediately took out his walkie-talkie.
Not long after, they saw a man appear on the elevator platform.
This man was dressed very casually, so casually that he looked like an old man taking a stroll on the street.
He looked about the same age as the white-clothed man, but he had a stubbly beard and was unkempt. He was wearing an old man's shirt on the upper body and flip-flops with flowery shorts on the lower body.
With this look, no one would probably think that he was a person from the mysterious arts world who was proficient in calligraphy.
"Yo, Lao Meng, is your cleanliness obsession cured?"