Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Emergency Arrest

“Master… Thank you, Master, for setting me free.”

The female ghost glanced at the two people, then turned her gaze away from Adam Jennings and thanked Scarlett Jennings instead.

Scarlett looked at the female ghost in front of her, who had been dead for at least ten years, and only asked,

“Tell us your story. Who is the spy you mentioned?”

The female ghost’s face showed grief and anger, “His name is Archer Stanton!”

*

The female ghost’s name was Marceline Woods.

She was once a student at Sea University.

In her sophomore year, she dated a graduate student who turned out to be Archer Stanton.

They shared common interests and similar knowledge, dated for over two years, and even planned to marry after graduation.

But she never expected that her boyfriend had secret contacts with Flower Nation.

She initially thought she was being paranoid, but after secretly observing and investigating, she discovered more clues.

She had originally planned to gather some evidence to report him, but unexpectedly, she was discovered in the process and even… killed by him.

Archer Stanton buried her body in a small grove, possibly out of fear that she would come back for revenge, he sought out a magician from Flower Nation, and according to the magician’s method, used white paper rope and Talisman Paper to encircle her body.

For more than ten years, Marceline Woods’s soul was forced to be trapped in this circle, unable to break free.

Until last night, when the array that had been restraining her inexplicably seemed to be drawn open by something, Marceline Woods immediately escaped.

“I don’t know what happened either. When I came to my senses, I was already in his dormitory.”

Marceline Woods pointed at Adam Jennings, who couldn’t help but step to the side, feeling a chill run down his spine from being pointed at by a ghost.

Scarlett said,

“It must be because the Talisman Array that was suppressing you and the Summoning Ghost Map happen to originate from the same source.”

The Summoning Ghost Map passed down from Flower Nation had accidentally triggered the Talisman Array during the summoning.

It was all just a coincidence.

“After leaving the boys’ dormitory, I went to find him, only to discover that he was still at the school, and even had become a professor here!”

Marceline Woods’s expression was filled with hatred as she spoke,

“How could someone like him not have been caught after all these years? I can’t accept it!”

That’s why she tried to find someone to help.

She hadn’t expected the Talisman Array wasn’t released, merely loosened.

As soon as she spoke, she was dragged back by the array.

“That man said when he buried me, that he wanted me to shut up completely. I didn’t expect that he really intended not to let me speak even after death.”

Marceline Woods’s eyes were full of dissatisfaction and resentment.

She looked at Scarlett, eyes filled with pleading,

“Master, since you can set me free, can you capture that man? He’s disguised himself too well. Who knows how many people he’s deceived over these years…”

Scarlett looked into the pleading eyes of the female ghost and agreed calmly,

“Don’t worry, he won’t escape.”

She picked up her phone, glanced at the caller ID, answered the call, and asked,

“Officer Wright, where are you now?”

On the other end of the line was Daniel Wright from the Sea City Police Station, who had just arrived at the school entrance with his team and quickly reported their location.

Scarlett continued,

“I’m by the small grove at the school, and the spy to be apprehended is Sea University professor Archer Stanton.”

She paused and added,

“He’s one of the suspects you identified in the case of the eight student suicides.”

Hearing the target identified directly, Daniel Wright’s eyes lit up.

“No problem! I’ll notify my team to go over and control him first.”

Not long after Scarlett hung up the phone, Daniel Wright arrived with two other officers.

With an air of righteousness emanating from them, Marceline Woods instinctively hid behind a tree as they approached.

Scarlett pointed to the spot Marceline had just vacated, which was the circle outlined by the white paper rope.

After explaining the situation clearly, Daniel Wright’s team began digging.

When the school leaders rushed to the scene after hearing the news, they arrived just in time to see the officers digging out a skeleton from the ground, nearly fainting on the spot.

Upon hearing that the body belonged to a female student who went missing from the school over a decade ago, the school leaders were at a loss.

It was even worse upon learning that she was harmed by her boyfriend, now Professor Stanton, and they almost fainted again.

Finally, learning that she was murdered for discovering Professor Stanton was a spy, this time, they truly fainted.

A spy from another country.

Operating undetected at their school for over ten years, and even becoming a professor there.

The school leaders feared that if this news got out, Sea University might be removed from the nation’s top university list next year.

This chaos didn’t affect Scarlett. Seeing Marceline staring at her own skeleton from a distance, she slowly approached and asked,

“Don’t you want to see for yourself the fate of that man?”

Marceline turned her head dazedly at Scarlett’s words.

Scarlett gave her a nod, “Go on.”

While the man hasn’t been taken away yet, personally settle the karma.

A trace of blood-red appeared in Marceline’s eyes, and after a moment, she solemnly thanked Scarlett, then turned and vanished into the night.

…

Not far from Sea University, inside a luxurious residential building, Archer Stanton sat with a gloomy expression as he failed to get in touch with a student for a long time.

Feeling an inexplicable unease within, he decided to dispose of some items that night.

He stood up, ready to leave, when his wife called out, “Why are you going out so late?”

With a gentle and scholarly demeanor, Archer Stanton showed a hint of helplessness, “A student seems to be in trouble, I have to go and check.”

His wife started to say something more, but their seven-year-old daughter ran over, hugging Archer’s leg,

“Daddy, tell me a story.”

Archer dotingly bent down to pick up his daughter, kissed her cheek, and said, “Be good, daddy has something to do. I’ll tell you tomorrow.”

After a few consoling words, he was about to hand his daughter to his wife, when unexpectedly, the well-behaved girl’s face suddenly turned sinister, and she grabbed his neck tightly,

“No! I want you to tell me!”

The girl’s menacing face eerily overlapped with a familiar one, startling Archer into breaking free and violently throwing his daughter away.

His wife caught the child just in time, holding the now terrified and crying daughter, looking at her husband in disbelief,

“Archer Stanton! What are you doing!?”

Archer finally came to his senses, realizing his daughter was still the sweet and innocent child she had always been, and the choking felt more like an illusion.

He hurriedly approached, crouched to console the child,

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, did daddy hurt you when he… mmph!”

But before he could finish, his neck was gripped tightly once more.

It was his wife, with a sinister look on her face, strangling him.

Not just her, but even the daughter who had just been crying suddenly stopped, her face once again turned menacing as she joined in strangling him.

With both of them choking him, Archer’s face quickly turned blue and purple.

On the verge of suffocation, he vaguely saw a familiar figure standing behind his wife and daughter, hands resting on the nape of their necks, seemingly controlling them.

In disbelief, Archer looked at the woman in front of him.

Long hair, white dress, it was his first love.

But, how was she here?

She was supposed to be dead.

He had killed her with his own hands.

Fear spread instantly, Archer frantically shook off his wife and daughter, collapsing onto the floor, all semblance of his scholarly demeanor gone, replaced by a look of fearful madness, while shouting,

“Go away! Go away! Ghost! There’s a ghost!”

His behavior frightened his wife and daughter, watching him choke himself, then suddenly scream and recoil in fear.

Wanting to stop him, they were pushed away violently.

Archer stumbled up, trying to escape the control of the ghost over his wife and daughter, charging unseeingly towards the door.

As he opened it, he was met by two figures in uniform standing outside.

“Archer Stanton, you are involved in the murder of Ms. Marceline Woods, the theft of state secrets, inciting mass suicide, among other criminal acts. You are under emergency arrest.”

Hearing this, he stopped short…

If before he felt uneasy, now he knew for sure…

The sky had indeed collapsed.