"No, quick! Look over by the road—the blizzard hasn't stopped!"

Upon hearing this shout, those near the window turned to look into the distance.

Indeed, the raging snowstorm in the distance had not ceased. It was only absent around their building.

While the people in the building were abuzz with discussion about this miraculous scene, several guards standing watch outside clearly saw the whole process.

"Truly worthy of being the First Exorcist! This is like the work of God."

"Exactly!"

"I'm so envious. Why can't I awaken my powers?"

"Pete, I think you could try buying an Awakening Potion. Maybe that would do the trick?"

"F**K, get lost! If you're paying, then I might consider it!"

"..."

Their whispers, as they gazed at the sky, didn't reach Chu Feng's ears. He was already looking for a place to rest!

He was under the protection of the Four Symbols Spirit Trapping Formation. With the three hundred million US Dollar assignment, he could truly lay back and earn his money.

Buddha... no, wait, this is the West! God bless! I'd love a dozen more assignments as easy as this one!

Lying on a soft bed taken from his Storage Space, Chu Feng smiled slightly and closed his eyes in relaxation.

One of the protagonists of this Exorcism operation, Felix, the federal government's star Exorcist, was already on the west side of the city with over twenty elite members of the Exorcism Department.

"Felix, for this operation, we've evacuated all the ordinary people from the city. So now, it's all up to you guys! If... if it really fails, believe me, the trouble will be immense. I might not be able to bear that responsibility! So..."

The handsome man standing in the center of a villa's hall listened. A glint of cold light flashed in his eyes, but he spoke with complete confidence.

"Rest assured, Uncle Dalton. Although the blizzard does pose some difficulties, I am a Fifth Level Exorcist. What's more, I have two elite Exorcism squads to assist. Believe me, you'll soon see that Bizarre reduced to ashes! Now, you should really be thinking about how to edit my Exorcism footage to make me look even more impressive—that's the real task at hand!"

"OK, then I'll be waiting for your good news!" On the phone, the elderly Dalton laughed heartily, his voice cheerful.

After they hung up, the faces of the two men who had just spoken turned significantly darker.

「Inside Eielson Air Force Base.」

Hmph! Such an arrogant fellow. You better pray the plan goes smoothly. Otherwise, I'll request to have you sent to the lab and used as a test subject.

「Meanwhile, in the hall of the west-side villa in Fairbanks City.」

Felix's face was even icier as he cursed loudly, "Damn old geezer, already thinking of shirking responsibility! Why isn't he in his coffin yet? Once I become the First Exorcist, the first thing I'll do is replace you!"

「After a while,」

As he settled his emotions, he sat on the sofa, playing with a glass bottle filled with a colorless liquid. Suddenly, CLICK. The villa's door was pushed open by a strong force, and a soldier dressed in a white Combat Suit with a matching white mask strode in.

"It took two days, but everything is finally set up."

"Thank you, Colton."

Felix bumped fists with the incoming soldier, showing a clear familiarity between the two.

"Forget it! Do we really need to stand on ceremony? I never expected that after all these years, we'd actually meet here!"

The soldier named Colton pulled down his mask, revealing a smiling face.

"I also didn't expect that the Colton who used to be bullied all the time would awaken, become a member of the Exorcism Department, and even a captain at that."

"Haha, life's journey is always full of surprises, isn't it?"

"You're right about that!"

Felix nodded in agreement, his gaze slightly unfocused. He recalled how, after his awakening, he had surprisingly been chosen by the Rockefeller Family, and emotion welled up within him.

BEEP. BEEP.

Just as the two were about to continue talking, Felix's phone abruptly rang.

Hearing the sudden alarm, the expressions on both of their faces tightened simultaneously.

"Time's up! We'll have to catch up later."

"OK!"

Colton nodded slightly, pulled his mask back up, and immediately walked outside, raising the communicator to his mouth as he went.

"Attention all! It's now twenty hundred hours. The Bizarre could arrive at any moment. Everyone, prepare for combat!"

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"

"..."

At this moment, the blizzard outside the villa grew stronger.

The snow fell heavily, reducing visibility to less than ten meters. Suddenly, a snowman with a red ball for a nose and two pitch-black beads for eyes, its crimson mouth split wide to its ears, burrowed out from the thick layer of snow on the ground.

Ignoring its grimacing face, the snowman's somewhat chubby appearance was actually quite cute!

Following the first snowman's eerie appearance, a second emerged, then a third, a fourth...

In just a short while, the villa where Felix and the others were staying was completely surrounded by countless Bizarre snowmen.

The snowmen, their crimson mouths split in silent laughter and their pitch-black eyes fixed on the villa, seemed as if they could see right inside.

The blizzard was too fierce, and there was some distance between the snowmen and the villa. So, despite everyone inside being highly focused and vigilantly scanning their surroundings, they still hadn't noticed anything.

"Strange. I haven't seen any Bizarre, and the Warning Crystal hasn't reacted, but I feel like countless eyes are watching me!" a member of the Exorcism squad crouching by a second-floor window of the villa pulled back behind the wall. He whispered nervously to a comrade at another window.

"F**K! I've told you countless times, stop trying to scare me! I'm not falling for your tricks again!"

Clearly, his comrade didn't take his words seriously. Remembering the previous pranks, he even shot a distrustful glance sideways.

But that casual glance nearly scared him to death.

His comrade, who had just been speaking, now had a round snowball where his head should have been.

The whiteness was swiftly spreading over his body.

No, it wasn't just spreading—it was more accurate to say it was an infection, a transformation, a transmutation! His teammate, who had been a normal person just moments ago, was rapidly turning into a snowman.

No... this isn't something an ordinary Evil Spirit, or even a common one, could do. The intel on this Bizarre must be wrong!

The terrified Exorcism squad member instinctively wanted to cry out, to warn his teammates inside the villa that the Bizarre had arrived.

But his body didn't obey his brain's command.

Instead, a grotesque smile slowly spread across his face beneath the mask.