In this world, incidents like this might not be common, but they certainly weren't rare. Mirai couldn't look after everyone.
However, he couldn't ignore what was happening right in front of him. Besides, this old man had been the only stranger to help him after he arrived in Inuyasha and lost his spiritual power.
Timely help was always worth more than icing on the cake. No matter how shrewd the old man's intentions were, he could still be considered someone who had helped Mirai.
The burly man gave Mirai a cold glance, then stopped paying attention to him.
He Qian said with a smile, "Don't worry. Fangzi means no harm."
"Fangzi? Who's Fangzi?"
Mirai froze for a moment, then instinctively looked at Chizuru's granddaughter, who had been secretly watching him. Startled, she hurriedly turned her head away. Mirai then looked at the burly man who had just warned Chizuru and finally nodded blankly.
"What a cute child!"
"Um, Mr. He Qian, I'd like to ask about someone. I don't know whether you've heard of her."
Mirai gathered his thoughts for a while, feeling that it was about time to get to the point.
"Let's hear it."
"Have you heard of a priestess named Kikyo?"
Mirai asked, intending to determine Inuyasha's current point in time through whether Kikyo existed.
Kikyo was a powerful priestess tasked with guarding the Shikon Jewel, Mirai's mission target. She wore white and was beautiful, but she fell in love with a half-demon born of a human and a monster. That half-demon was named Inuyasha, which was also the name of this world.
Inuyasha's timeline could be divided into two periods: one after Kikyo's death, and another after Kikyo died, reincarnated as a modern girl named Kagome Higurashi, and traveled through a well to a point