An Xiaoran held her Doomsday Phone, the screen's glow falling across her largely expressionless little face.
She looked down at the new message, then up at Luo Fan, who was nearby interacting with Nightmare Nekomata and Black Bird as he familiarized himself with his new abilities, before walking over in small steps.
She raised the phone screen in front of Luo Fan. On it was a message from Rose: "Arrange a meeting with Luo Fan to discuss joining forces to slay Weird Shadow."
Luo Fan took the phone and casually ruffled An Xiaoran's hair.
An Xiaoran smiled as she tilted her face up to look at him, her clear eyes filled with utter dependence.
"Reply to her. Tell her to come see me in Lin City," Luo Fan told An Xiaoran.
An Xiaoran nodded, took back the phone, and carefully typed a reply. She was quite practiced at it now. It seemed she had been chatting with Rose quite a bit lately-or rather, Rose had been pestering her into quite a few conversations.
Luo Fan stepped aside, weighing things in his mind.
Rose's initiative in approaching him about cooperation meant she might have gained new bargaining chips or had a more pressing reason.
The information about "rule levels" she had revealed last time had served as an introduction, but if she really wanted him to risk taking on Weird Shadow, she would have to offer something more substantial.
What would it be? Weird Crystals? Special Uncanny Artifacts? Or crucial information about Weird Shadow's weaknesses?
The next day, the weather was sunny.
A plainly dressed "woman" with a somewhat vacant expression arrived in Lin City.
Luo Fan did not let her enter the Weird Domain and met her directly in Linchen instead.
The faint, discordant sequence fluctuations and stiffness about her