Hearing "kindred," A Nan Number One froze for a moment. As for Raphael's kindred, there was actually one beside their boss: Bai Zhi.
Xia Ji didn't count. She had merely put on a shell... but the process by which she had once been created had been quite brutal.
But the kindred Master Lu mentioned clearly couldn't be Bai Zhi. It was very likely some kind of vessel September had deliberately prepared for herself long ago.
Even a crafty rabbit had three burrows. With September's level of intelligence, it was impossible for her not to have prepared a backup plan.
"Did you see her with your own eyes?" Raphael asked in a deep voice. "...Another me."
Master Lu shook his head. "No. I only learned about her from September... Apparently, she's an individual completely different from you. She wasn't born with Raphael's genetic defect, so she doesn't need the Purifying Flask to prolong her life."
"How is that possible..." Raphael's face was full of shock. In a daze, she said, "Then what am I?"
"Even so," Master Lu said gently, "she also lost Raphael's characteristics. She doesn't possess any of Raphael's bloodline."
"What does that mean?" Raphael was stunned again.
A Nan Number One thought for a moment. "Something like body snatching... or memory transplantation? They made her believe she was the real Raphael or something, but in essence, she's just a stranger."
Raphael only looked at Master Lu. Here, she could only trust him.
"I haven't seen her myself, so I don't know whether your guess is correct." Master Lu looked at Xie Nan Number One. "But the fact is that because of her existence, she helped September with many things behind the scenes, things I knew nothing about."
A Nan Number One nodded. "Please continue."
Master Lu slowly said,