Zhang Heng was still thinking about Bartender Lady's final words after returning to school. As he was about to leave the bar, she had added, "A lot of strange people have popped up lately. You'd better stay away from that person with the ahoge on her head."
A person with an ahoge? Zhang Heng thought about it. The only one who fit that description was Mukaiji Nanako, Chen Huadong's newly accepted apprentice.
Mukaiji Nanako was Hayase Asuka's junior schoolmate and had only recently arrived in China as an exchange student. Zhang Heng had met her not long ago and helped her find the book she wanted in a bookstore. But then the old man in Tang suit had appeared out of nowhere, and Zhang Heng had said goodbye to Mukaiji Nanako and Chen Huadong.
Strictly speaking, he had not had much contact with Mukaiji Nanako. Judging solely from that day, she had seemed quite normal. However, Zhang Heng also believed that Bartender Lady would not make baseless remarks. Moreover, the old man in Tang suit's appearance indirectly suggested that there might be some issues with Mukaiji Nanako.
Although the old man in Tang suit looked like someone who spent all day doing nothing proper, a little thought revealed that he had always appeared for a reason. Aside from their first meeting, when he had signed the Proxy War contract with Zhang Heng, he had basically appeared whenever Zhang Heng was in trouble. Their second meeting had been because Moresby had entered the frozen world, and their third had been because Zhang Heng had faced Justitia, the goddess of justice. Then there had been the bookstore incident not long ago, when the old man in Tang suit had taken a book from the shelf before Zhang Heng could—a book that should