Ximen Wuwang's guess startled me as well.
One of Jesus's Twelve Apostles, Little Jacob, had actually come to Great Xia, and his appearance was very likely connected to the Underground people. No wonder Unit Nine had sent Ximen Wuwang over. First, he was tracking the Underground people, and second, he was probably secretly investigating Little Jacob as well.
Little Jacob had arrived in Great Xia before my father seized the Holy Relic, so he definitely hadn't come because of it.
"So, Jiang Xiaobai, the unit takes the Church bringing you to Jiangcheng very seriously. Old Shu suspects that the Church's purpose isn't simply to reclaim their Holy Relic. Whether they get it back may not even matter. What matters is that Jacob's purpose for coming must be fulfilled."
I understood what Ximen Wuwang meant. "You don't think Jacob wants to see me, do you?"
Ximen Wuwang said seriously, "It's not impossible. After all, your identity is special, and there's a terrifying group behind you. All that is enough to show that your status in the Realm of Gods is anything but ordinary."
I laughed. "So you're saying I could even represent Great Xia's Realm of Gods?"
To my surprise, Ximen Wuwang actually nodded. "I'm not the only one who thinks so. Old Shu thinks so too. Although Unit Nine has dealt with the Realm of Gods quite a bit, those dealings have only ever been official. We can't possibly have any deeper exchanges with the Realm of Gods; our discipline doesn't allow it. But you're an exception. That was precisely what we valued when we invited you to join Unit Nine."
I rolled my eyes. Ximen Wuwang really was blunt. He just said something like that outright, without worrying about what I might think.
Yu Min remained silent, but my