How could that be?
Huo Yuhao looked at the drunken Elder Xuan in disbelief. The thought of clinging to the man's thigh flashed through his mind once more, but the next instant, his overwhelming sense of danger was triggered again. The character for "danger," already red as though it might drip blood, was now flashing as if it were about to explode.
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched. Though he had no idea why this old man gave him such an immense sense of danger, the idea of treating him as a powerful backer was absolutely impossible.
Just how unreliable did this old man have to be for Huo Yuhao's inborn sense of danger to deem him someone who could never be trusted?
Huo Yuhao sighed inwardly. His talent had only ever been triggered when an enemy was about to unleash an exceptionally troublesome attack. At any other time, even if he were minced bit by bit by an enemy's attacks, it would not react at all.
That was precisely why Elder Xuan's ability to trigger his danger-sensing talent with nothing more than the thought of relying on him left Huo Yuhao so astonished.
"Little fellow, I heard the barbecue at the shop you opened tastes quite good. Where is it?"
To Huo Yuhao's surprise, Elder Xuan did not ask about the combat techniques Huo Yuhao had displayed on the Soul Duel Stage—techniques that were clearly not something a nine-year-old should possess. Instead, he first asked where the Barbecue Restaurant was.
"It, it's the first shop on the right outside the school's west gate."
Elder Xuan's unexpected question caught Huo Yuhao off guard. He had originally been considering whether to drag Brother Long and old man Du Busi, those two suckers, out to take the blame and attribute all his abilities to