"Luo Fan, I'm serious."
Jiang Shengnan looked extremely solemn as she stared at Luo Fan and said, "First, back in Peach Blossom Spring Town, so many humans gathered there, yet no Weird attacked them. That alone was very strange. As I see it, there are only two possibilities."
"What two possibilities?" Luo Fan asked.
"The first is that Peach Blossom Spring Town has some unusual treasure that can ward off Weird attacks, something like Innate Yang Steel."
She paused briefly, then continued, "The second is the power of a Weird."
"For example, in a jungle full of ferocious beasts, if a beast chasing you suddenly stops pursuing you, what might that mean? Most likely, you've run into the territory of another, stronger beast."
"So you mean you suspect Lin Wanqing is a Weird?" Luo Fan asked.
Jiang Shengnan had already spelled it out so clearly that it would seem far too fake if Luo Fan kept pretending not to understand.
"Exactly."
Jiang Shengnan nodded, giving Luo Fan an affirmative answer, then continued, "And I've noticed something that could serve as evidence. Whether here in the Sequence Alliance or back in Peach Blossom Spring Town, there's one thing about Lin Wanqing: no one has ever seen her come out in broad daylight..."
"More precisely, no one has ever seen her walking in sunlight. That seems to provide indirect support for the second theory."
Sigh...
Hearing Jiang Shengnan take things this far, Luo Fan sighed inwardly and felt somewhat annoyed as well.
When he had contacted Lin Wanqing and asked her to become one of the Thirteen Councilors, she had actually refused at first. He was the one who had persuaded her.
But now? Her identity as a Weird had already come under suspicion.
In Luo Fan's view, the main responsibility still