As if remembering something, Jiu Ming abruptly cut off what he had been about to say. "Don't tell me there's some kind of faction divide in this situation too? Even if I hide my power, I'd still be discovered the moment I went over there?"
[You do have a bit of a brain after all.]
"Tch... you've gotten nastier lately." Jiu Ming curled his lip. Panel-kun would not hide such matters from him. He had probably not pointed it out earlier because he had anticipated something like this happening—or perhaps he simply wanted Jiu Ming to learn a lesson... so that he would not act on a hot-headed impulse again in the future.
"Mm, I get it. What a pain." After talking it over with Panel-kun, Jiu Ming stopped dwelling on the matter and directly gave the Mother Sea Dragon an answer. White Fox stared at him in a daze. She did not think Jiu Ming was someone who gave up so easily, but...
He had actually been persuaded that easily!? This was completely beyond expectations!
"What exactly did you find out?" White Fox asked Jiu Ming in surprise.
"Obviously, I found out about the risks." Jiu Ming shook his head. "I never expected there to be such a situation. Forget it, then."
"Though I don't know how you learned that, it is good that you made the right choice." The Mother Sea Dragon's stern expression immediately melted away, revealing her former gentle smile. "Going to the other side is very dangerous. The existence on the other side is not as mild-tempered as 'her.'"
"..." White Fox assumed a fox-like crouch despite being in human form, watching Jiu Ming and the Mother Sea Dragon communicate with utter frustration. What was she supposed to do when she could not understand a