Unexpected

"Mr. Eight-Armed Vajra, would you mind coming over for a chat?"

Hu Hao looked at Tao Yu with a complicated expression and let out a quiet sigh.

Tao Yu wasn't surprised by the invitation.

Since Hu Hao had shown up here, Tao Yu figured there was a good chance he'd come because of him—or because of the heiress.

A powerful inspector who needed the Sun Family's permission just to come here must have had a reason for arriving in the New Frontier.

After all, the Hu Family wasn't an ally of the Sun Family. They were a fairly neutral family.

Tao Yu didn't greet him coldly. He was about to leave the Pioneer Zone for a while anyway, and now that this "love rival" had come around, he might as well deal with him.

He had confidence in both himself and the heiress, but since he'd spotted a fly, he might as well shoo it away.

"Mr. Hu, you're a rare guest. What brings you to our Pioneer Zone?"

Tao Yu spoke with the air of a host. Hu Hao's already troubled expression stiffened slightly, and a hint of melancholy seemed to appear in the foxlike corners of his eyes.

With Tao Yu's current strength, he easily sensed something unusual about him.

It was somewhat like Long Yin'er and Madam Long, both of whom Tao Yu had been intimately involved with. It seemed to be a special bloodline inheritance, apparently no weaker than Long Yin'er's, though still a fair bit below the heiress and her sister.

It seemed to be some kind of fox bloodline.

Tao Yu couldn't tell exactly what kind of fox, though. He could only faintly sense that Hu Hao's abilities leaned toward the mental realm, most likely in the direction of illusions.

Without deliberately using any