"Very good. You may leave now. Even if not for the monk's sake, then for the Buddha's sake—no matter what, you were his contemporary. I'll take better care of you."
Zhang Xun sent Liu Shengcai away with a genial expression, as if his original intention of making things difficult for him had vanished completely.
Only after Liu Shengcai left happily did Zhang Xun's face darken. His fingers tapped against the armrest of his throne chair as he fell into thought.
He hadn't expected that fat man to be a contemporary of Xu Yue.
His standing was too low, so he had no idea that Zhang Xun and that newly risen brat were at odds. At first, the fat man had seemed to want to invoke Xu Yue's name, which Zhang Xun had scorned. But afterward, he realized something was off.
Since he had plotted against this rising star, he naturally needed to understand him well enough and prepare for anything.
Xu Yue had indeed risen to prominence during the Ninja War period, but if Zhang Xun remembered correctly, Xu Yue's first completed mission and first contact with Beiyang had been during the Third Shinobi World War!
It was said that Wu Pei had brought him in, and that had been a newbie mission.
Yet according to this fat man, Xu Yue's first newbie mission had been before the Third Ninja War!
Now that was interesting. Under Zhang Xun's careful probing, the fat man had spilled all of Xu Yue's information. When Zhang Xun pretended not to believe him and showed dissatisfaction, the man had even guided him through verifying its authenticity.
He had also bitterly complained about being captured by people from the Shogunate Gate afterward. Zhang Xun could secretly ask the Shogunate Gate to confirm that point.
Aha~
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