The timing was spot-on. He'd said he would shorten the process, and he'd done exactly that.
Fu Qian could naturally tell that Su Gao had finished her exorcism. He had even canceled the Return Edict at the very same moment.
From when Rob and the other man came running over to this brief exchange, there had been plenty of emotion and tension, and the story had even taken several twists. But in truth, not much time had passed.
Once she could move again, Su Gao had been decisive and direct.
The moment she opened her eyes, she took on the air of the person in charge—the very role he had promoted her for—and took control of the situation.
And it had worked rather well.
The three academy instructors before them, for example, had clearly been intimidated.
"Your Excellency... should we bring Dean Li here now?"
Neither human nor inhuman, neither object nor anything else.
From the first glance, the Night Watcher before her had struck Chang Mo as so peculiar that she couldn't help wanting to look again, yet didn't dare. She had even wondered whether the impression might improve if the figure opened its eyes.
But when those amber eyes actually fixed on her, Chang Mo felt immense pressure, though there was no emotion in the other's voice. For a moment, all she could manage was a reflexive question; she even forgot to ask how the other wished to be addressed.
"No need. We'll go to him."
Su Gao simply shook her head, then turned her gaze to Rob and his companion.
"You two, come along as well."
The night was deep, the lights bright.
Even without the status of a Night Watcher's envoy, it was always difficult to refuse a request from Su Gao, a demigod.
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