I had to admit, Yuan Shan had brought one surprise after another today.
Not only had I unexpectedly learned something about Nepheli, but she'd even heard of the person at the center of the mission?
I'd been wondering what excuse I could use to get the Night Watchers to help conduct a citywide search.
Besides, Shangjing was huge. Even if I limited the search to the supernatural, there was still a chance of finding people with the same name.
And if Chief Yuan remembered him, he must have had something special about him. That made it all the more likely he was my target.
"Oh? Who is he?"
I didn't hold back, naturally following up with the question.
"I've only heard his name. I've never met him."
Yuan Shan shook her head as she looked at me, her expression even stranger than when I'd asked about Nepheli.
"Actually, if you'd come to Shangjing a few years earlier, you probably would have heard of him."
"The Jiang Clan isn't particularly prominent, but it does have some history. And in Jiang En's generation, they finally produced a young genius who drew a great deal of attention, a standout among his peers..."
Yuan Shan paused, recalling something.
"He was even as famous as your business partner, that little vampire named Taylor."
Taylor Gullard?
By vampire standards, he could reasonably be called young, but wasn't he only Intermediate Tier?
The more I heard, the stranger it all seemed.
"Sadly, life is unpredictable."
Yuan Shan's voice rose and fell like a storyteller's.
"Who could have guessed that Jiang En, the one everyone had pinned their hopes on, would get stuck at the Intermediate Tier bottleneck? After years without making any progress, not only had others caught up with him, he'd gradually become a laughingstock."
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