Hearing them talk about the person in charge of the Other City made me intensely curious.
A place this special ought to have an equally special person in charge, right?
Was he one of the Underground Lizardmen, or a human?
But the two of them were talking at the moment, and it would have been rude for me to interrupt.
"But if you want to meet him, he'll definitely agree. He's mentioned you several times before. He said there weren't many humans he thought highly of—only three and a half, and you're one of them."
I could no longer hold back. "Three and a half?"
Chu Chu Chu looked at me. "That's right, three and a half. One is himself, another two and a half include someone named Guiguzi, while I don't know who the other one is. The remaining half is a guy surnamed Shu, apparently someone from your government."
Someone surnamed Shu?
Old Shu! My eyes widened. I knew Old Shu was probably formidable, but I hadn't expected him to be so well-known even in the Other City. Even if he only counted as half a person, that was already no small feat.
I looked at the Doctor, wanting to confirm whether the government official surnamed Shu Chu Chu Chu mentioned was Old Shu. The Doctor nodded, confirming my guess.
Out of the three and a half, Chu Chu Chu had only named two and a half. She didn't know who the other half was either.
I asked the Doctor if he knew.
The Doctor said he wasn't very sure either.
Chu Chu Chu said that if the Doctor wanted to meet the person in charge, she could arrange it for tonight.
The Doctor said there was no need for her to arrange anything. He would contact the