But...
Thinking of what the child had said about Little Joy encountering Bad Uncle...
Xiao Xiao furrowed his brow slightly.
At first, when he hadn't seen Fei Fei beside Xu He, he'd thought the monster had already left the little boy.
He hadn't expected...
In the end, the monster had indeed left the little boy's side.
But not of its own accord.
Something unexpected had happened.
And that unexpected incident...
A fierce uncle...
Wearing a black trench coat...
Come to think of it...
He could think of someone who fit the child's description.
Especially since that person really might have...
As the child had put it, suddenly attacked a monster.
The child had been very upset.
He'd said Little Joy hadn't done anything wrong...
Why had Bad Uncle hurt Little Joy?
Yes.
It hadn't done anything wrong...
Xiao Xiao smiled wryly.
But some people...
Were born at odds with monsters.
Of course.
Some monsters were also born unable to live peacefully alongside humans.
Xu He was "lucky."
Or perhaps Little Joy was "lucky."
They'd happened to run into a human like that.
And a human like that...
A human with a clear stance and the ability to threaten monsters...
As far as Xiao Xiao knew, there was only one.
Xiao Xiao thought for a moment.
He took out his phone and messaged Old Master Jiang.
He asked whether Old Master Jiang knew if his junior brother, Master Zhou, had recently attacked a two-headed monster that looked like a magpie.
A while later, Old Master Jiang called him directly.
"Young Friend Xiao Xiao."
Old Master Jiang's booming voice came through.
"I asked my junior brother..."
"You were right."
"He did encounter a monster like that some time ago."
"What's wrong?"
Old Master Jiang