"You think I have the final piece of the puzzle."
"Yes." Yu Xunge sighed. "I also think... you've been waiting for someone like me to expose all of this."
There really were problems with Youwo's memories, which were full of contradictions and mysteries, and she really was searching for answers.
But searching for answers and genuinely wanting to find them were two different things.
Besides... Youwo might already have had some inkling. She stood outside the door to the truth, afraid to push it open, yet hoping someone would help her do it.
"Go on." With a light flick of Youwo's fingers, they left the Clock Dial Battlefield of Godly Instruction and returned to the study in the Castle. She walked behind the desk and sat down. "Whether you've finished or not, whether you're right or wrong, I'll let you leave when the time is up... if only for the sake of the Fragrant Branches now all being in Zai Jiu."
It seemed this Fragrant Branch had been seeking news of the Fragrant Branches all along. Otherwise, she would not have deduced their current situation from the name Zai Jiu Xianchan.
Yu Xunge walked over to the Castle's window and perched against the sill. First, she said to Tulan, "Detective Tulan, feel free to ask any questions you have along the way. They might help us spot some contradictions."
Tulan touched a wingtip to her head, then swept it forward.
Amused, Yu Xunge felt considerably better. She said to Youwo, "First of all, I don't think Qihua would have issued an order like that."
"Which one?"
"No matter which world you invaded, you had to wait until she returned. She wouldn't allow a Final Descent against any world while she was absent."
"Doesn't that sound like an order she would