First Meeting with the Grand Elder, a Friend from Abroad

What was it that wanted to see me?

Listening to Xie Antong, Lu Ce immediately sensed that something was off. Why did it feel like they had brushed past the important matter?

This was just a minor detail...

Perhaps Xie Antong had absorbed more Joy lately, making her bolder in how she handled things. She expressed her emotions more directly now and no longer acted as timidly as she had when facing Sin.

But Lu Ce still steered the conversation back and asked,

"Grand Elder? Who is that?"

This was already modern society. Why was anyone still using a title like "Elder"?

"Is your brain not working properly? Didn't I tell you about him last time? The Dragon Group's Grand Elder, Nie Jiutian."

"He even risked his life to help you in the game."

After saying that, Xie Antong paused to think. She was somewhat unsure whether she and the others desperately holding back the Nail of the Fallen God really counted as helping him.

If they had smashed his head open sooner, would that Pain have come out long ago?

Tsk...

"Oh, him."

Only after Xie Antong described him in detail did Lu Ce remember who he was. He tapped his head. Maybe he really was becoming forgetful.

If the game's restoration of him had been perfect, then his current mental state could only be because of the mask.

And this was only its most ordinary state, yet it was already having such effects.

It seemed he needed to wear it more often to get used to it.

"Why does he suddenly want to see me? Does he know about our relationship?"

"He probably suspected it long ago. At the very least, he knows I can find you," Xie Antong said.

"As for why he wants to see you,