Looking at his fame increasing by over 4% in a single day, Xu Ran immediately thought of the trio of System Clerks in Cloud-Gathering City.
Could it be... they had stirred up some new trouble?
At that thought, Xu Ran couldn't help picking up the landline on the counter and dialing the dedicated number for Cloud-Gathering City.
"Boss, hearing your voice again is truly exciting. This is the first time you've called me of your own accord. You must have missed me so much that..."
"All right, Tony, stop right there." Fighting back the twitch at the corner of his mouth, Xu Ran interrupted Tony's deep-voiced speech. "Was business good at the Cloud-Gathering City shop today?"
"Of course!" At the mention of business, Tony's voice abruptly rose a pitch.
"Thanks to you, Boss, the shop was packed with customers today. But with the combined efforts of me and the other staff, everything was handled very well."
"Thanks to me?" Xu Ran raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Of course." At the other end of the line, Tony nodded emphatically. "It's because you took first place on all three Commander-Level Beast Tamer Rankings in Cloud-Gathering City's Beast Taming Rankings that so many customers came today."
"That's why?" A hint of puzzlement entered Xu Ran's voice.
It sounded quite reasonable.
After all, taking first place on all three rankings, surpassing President Fang's daughter Fang Yuling, had indeed given his fame a remarkable boost.
But...
That had happened the day before yesterday. Logically, his fame should have risen fastest right after it happened, so yesterday's increase should have been faster than today's. Yet the opposite was true.
For some reason, Xu Ran still felt something was amiss.
Was there something he hadn't considered?
Inside the Starfire Foster Shop in Cloud-Gathering City, Tony held the landline