"Tell me exactly what happened." Xu Ran rubbed his brow as he spoke into the phone. "Why am I having trouble following?"
"Uh... I don't really understand either." Tony sighed. "The Nightmare Beast King suddenly came to Qingzhou City today. President He and Mr. Gu Wu confronted it, and before long, it left."
"Then... President He came to the shop and told me the Nightmare Beast King was looking for you."
"No other details?" Xu Ran couldn't help asking.
"No."
"All right, I understand." Xu Ran rubbed his brow, hung up, and turned to the Three Little Ones. "Looks like we need to change our plans."
"Meow?" (What happened?)
Purple Cloud asked curiously.
"The Nightmare Beast King came to Qingzhou City looking for me today." Xu Ran paused briefly. "It probably has something to do with Twelve."
"So we may need to go back and meet the Nightmare Beast King."
"Meow?!" (But I haven't evolved yet!)
Purple Cloud immediately grew anxious at that.
As it was now, it couldn't beat the Nightmare Beast King.
"We're not going back to fight." Xu Ran smiled helplessly and stroked Purple Cloud's head. "Unless something unexpected happened, the Nightmare Beast King probably learned about Twelve's evolution path."
After thinking it over, he could only imagine the Nightmare Beast King seeking him out so urgently under those circumstances.
Still, this was also an opportunity.
Originally, they had planned to wait for Purple Cloud to evolve, then take Twelve away through overwhelming strength. If they could get the Nightmare Beast King to agree to the contract more peacefully, that would naturally be better.
"Neigh~" (Looks like Twelve can join us again soon.)
Starlight, whose thoughts matched Xu Ran's, had a little more amusement in its eyes.
"Cha!" (Then let's leave right now!)
Can Can, who had