I had no choice but to seriously consider what Qianqian had said.
What she said was also a fact.
No one knew when the outsiders' invasion would come, but the signs were already visible.
It was only a matter of time.
"So, in your opinion, should we agree to let them enter the world?"
"It cannot be stopped, but neither can they be allowed to act without restraint!" she said.
"But how do we restrain them?" She made it sound easy, but what did we have to restrain them with?
"What are they afraid of?"
I answered, "The Walkers."
"Then isn't that enough? As long as you can find a way to restrain them through the Walkers, why worry that they'll turn against you?"
Qianqian's words made me smile bitterly. "But even now, I have no idea what kind of organization the Walkers are. And just because they can restrain the Three Great Ancient Clans doesn't mean they'll be willing to teach me how."
"The leader of the Walkers is the future you," Qianqian said calmly.
What she meant was that I should communicate with my future self. Persuading myself should not have been difficult, but I didn't see it that way. Even if the leader of the Walkers really was me, would the future me be willing to help the present me?
This wasn't my first time dealing with those Mysterious People. They did not seem to hold me in any awe, either. As for that future me, he had never shown himself before me. He should know that I existed. Was he deliberately avoiding me, or had he never intended to meet me in the first place?
Or perhaps the Three Great Ancient Clans were a test he had set for me?
"Of course, there is another way