Ye Buyu carefully considered the situation.
The information she had obtained from Little Whale still needed verification. The Present World had probably already speculated about what was known; the difference was that reality was crueler than those speculations.
Telling them this broad information seemed unlikely to help their current situation at all. Besides, Little Whale had said that revealing its existence would bring serious trouble.
She had to guard against that, too.
Thinking it over carefully, Little Whale seemed to have given her plenty of information, but it was all grand and vague, as though it had wiped away the mist shrouding the truth of the world and allowed her a glimpse of the whole world.
That was all.
As for other useful information, there wasn't a damn thing.
Ye Buyu finished her meal and pondered for a moment.
She felt as though she had sat through an incredibly impressive popular science lecture. Apart from learning that she was somewhat special, that powerful enemies still lurked within the Forbidden Zone, and that Little Whale counted as an ally...
Only the statement that the two great Calamities would not attack the Present World for six months was of any use.
Ma Zhuo looked left. Lou Guanshan was poised for battle, watching their surroundings warily.
He looked right. Minister Wusu had both hands braced as he stared solemnly at Ye Buyu.
Ma Zhuo quietly withdrew his gaze, called the Cook over to clear the table with him, and then slipped away without a sound.
After a long while, a sigh drifted through the silent room.
Ye Buyu lowered the hand she had held up while thinking. When she looked up, the confusion and blankness had vanished from her eyes, and she was back to normal.
She would say what she should and