Second Dreamscape Layer, Wangchun Building.
A luxurious black sedan stopped outside the building.
Shangguan Tian stepped out, glanced up, and headed toward the stairwell.
Click, click, click.
His glossy black leather shoes struck the clean concrete stairs with crisp clicks.
Keeping his back straight, he slowly pulled on white gloves and adjusted his sunglasses with the back of his hand. There was something distinctly eerie about him.
"Her Excellency the Saintess said that Doctor Xu is most likely a Holy Grail participant. At the very least, he obtained an Awakening Charm from one of the participants and intends to enter the First Dreamscape Layer to assassinate Mr. An Lu."
"Is that his mission?"
Shangguan Tian gave a cold smile, though he felt rather frustrated. No wonder Doctor Xu hadn't been afraid of him in the slightest. He had concealed himself remarkably well.
Fortunately, Her Excellency the Saintess had already received instructions from the deity and gone to the First Dreamscape Layer ahead of time.
"To be safe, she sent me here to seize Chen Yu and her daughter."
He chuckled softly as he climbed toward the fifteenth floor.
"Mom, stop nagging. I can buy it. It's just some meat and vegetables. I'm not a three- or four-year-old. I'll go buy them for you, so stay home and get some rest."
"Didn't you say I needed to become independent sooner in this day and age?"
Zhong Little Hua forcibly pushed her mother onto the couch, washed an apple for her, then took ten units of Federation currency, stuffed them into her pocket, and shut the door.
Click!
She pulled the door handle.
The childish expression on Zhong Little Hua's face darkened in an instant, like Sichuan Opera Face-Changing. An eerie light flickered in her pitch-black pupils made of obsidian.
"I can't