For a long time, Fu Qian had been curious about the origin of the Persuader.
Unfortunately, the other man was far too low-key. Even after Fu Qian had tested him repeatedly, the Persuader seemed not to remember much about himself, so Fu Qian had never learned anything.
But given the situation now, perhaps this old friend wasn't as forgotten as he'd believed. Maybe he hadn't been left without even a chance to leave a mark through a dream and use it to escape.
The last time Fu Qian had returned from the Nightmare Corridor, Lord Yarakir, who had been intent on hitching a ride, had not only secretly eroded him but had also demonstrated another ability.
That ability ignored people's subjective wishes and forcibly used Yarakir's control over nightmares to drag anyone who knew about him into a dream.
Su Gao had been one such example. She should have had the strongest resistance, but she'd chosen to accept the invitation and come help.
Afterward, Fu Qian had checked in various ways to make sure the familiar characters hadn't been affected in this regard.
That included both the Bookstore World and the real world.
Now it seemed his concerns at the time might not have been unfounded.
Even if crossing dimensions made it difficult, was it not entirely impossible?
Aside from the possibility that the Persuader's own abilities were unusual and worth exploiting, could Yarakir have finally managed to seep some of his power into the Persuader's "real world" after years of erosion?
In the Warehouse's description of Yarakir and the other victims, it had said, "The Corridor blocks all their efforts to return to the world."
It was hard to say whether "the world" meant everywhere outside the Corridor in the broadest sense.
Otherwise, if it referred only to the