Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 886

The Cat and Mouse real-life game, also known as "urban hide-and-seek", was a game that had gained popularity in recent years.

"The game organizers invite strangers of different genders from the same city and randomly divide them into two teams by drawing lots. The mice are tasked with hiding, while the cats attempt to capture them. The cats win if they manage to catch all the mice within a set time limit, while the mice win if they remain uncaught by the end."

Calvin briefed them about the game rules and continued, "Recently, we've received several reports of missing persons in the city. Upon investigation, we discovered that most of the missing individuals had participated in the Cat and Mouse game.

"Last week, we had officers go undercover to join a game organized by the same group. That night, all participants returned home safely. However, in the following days, more people continued to go missing.

"Just the day before yesterday, our undercover officer suddenly disappeared from his home. After searching for his residence, we found this." He took out an evidence bag, which contained black soot.

The sight of that caused Shannon, Juniper, and Skylar to turn solemn because they immediately recognized that as the charred remnants of a talisman. Moreover, these ashes were left after repelling a malevolent being, with a faint trace of lingering negative energy still clinging to them.

"That's my talisman," Shannon said confidently as she looked at Calvin.

"That's right. It's the shielding talisman I bought from you. I told him to keep it with him at all times. But when he disappeared, this thing was left behind."

Skylar and Juniper gazed at Shannon in unison, aware of how powerful Shannon's talismans were.

It was obvious that the other party was no ordinary malevolent entity, as even after being burned by the talisman, it had the strength to take the officer away. Calvin precisely realized this was related to mystic arts and turned to Shannon for help.

Calvin was surprised to receive two more helpers and naturally didn't refuse them. Then, Shannon asked, "So, how is Scott involved in this exactly?"

"We've investigated the previous participant lists of Cat and Mouse; your brother was one of them." Calvin paused briefly, then continued, "Our officers found that he's also on the list of participants for tonight's game, which was posted in various online groups for Cat and Mouse."

In other words, that kid had already gambled with death once and was now preparing to do it a second time.

Meanwhile, Eddie had pulled up the terms and conditions of the game as soon as Calvin mentioned it. At that moment, he couldn't help but ask, "The rules state that the participants must at least be 18 and above. Is your brother 18, Ms. Jensen?"

Shannon was speechless, thinking, "No, that punk is only 14!"