Seeing that Gerald had hit the brakes, Rey took the chance to take a wooden box out from his backpack. The box itself had a painting resembling a spider on the lid…

Following that, Rey slowly opened the wooden box… Revealing a single black bead.

“The item they were after… is this bead!” said Rey as he handed the box to Gerald.

Taking the box, Gerald then stared at the black bead… and barely a second later, the bead momentarily glowed red!

Seeing that, both of them exchanged glances with each other. It appeared that both of them had witnessed the same thing.

“…Where on earth did you even get this thing?” asked Gerald after a short pause.

“Well, remember when we went for a trip to the countryside? I found it by a small river and simply felt compelled to pick it up… Later on, Tyson and the others realized that I had the box, and they instantly wanted me to hand it to them though I refused…” replied Rey.

“I see… Have any strange incidents happened to you after you took the