It was reassuring that Senior Ji Feng's will still seemed fairly active.
Everything had happened too quickly. Ever since Holler had attacked Akasha, the succession of changes had been almost impossible to keep up with.
Although, judging by the final result, the two who had arrived by carriage seemed equally satisfied.
The meaning behind Akasha's words was clear enough. This spreading black, white, and gray was the outcome she wanted—the thing her team behind the scenes seemed to hope the outsiders would bring about.
Even though Lord Andir was overly kind to others and hadn't attacked again after reuniting with her, he still hadn't managed to avoid this outcome.
So much so that she didn't even need to spend any more effort provoking him. She could simply leave.
All in all, it was deeply satisfying.
Though Akasha might not know that Lord Andir was just as happy to see this change.
That's right. Fu Qian had never planned to do something as boring as see through the other party's intentions and then refuse to cooperate.
This was Senior Ji Feng's follow-up appointment, after all. Just like last time, every action was part of a "conversation" with the patient, a way to observe his reactions.
That principle of treatment had never changed.
So for Fu Qian, the point of this trip had never been to prevent anything unexpected from happening, but to observe how it happened.
For example, no matter how low-key he kept himself, he still couldn't change anything. "Eternal Night" had descended all the same, without a hint of reason.
Yes. Judging by Akasha's reaction, if that team's goal was to use him as the trigger for "Eternal Night"—
then, given the situation now, could the specific form of "Eternal Night" be this Gray Descent-like phenomenon seeping out of