"I have high hopes for you. Keep it up."
He Haikun smiled and patted Gu Qing on the shoulder.
Then, under their gazes, his entire body sank into the shadow beneath his feet, vanishing without a trace in an instant.
Zhao Chuan, the Awakened squad's instructor, stared at the spot where He Haikun had disappeared, deeply surprised.
He wasn't surprised by He Haikun's wondrous superpower, but by how brazen Gu Qing was.
Even facing someone as powerful as a deputy captain, he hadn't shown him the slightest deference.
He had spoken without expression, his face cold throughout.
More surprising still, He Haikun, a man notorious in the Night Court for his pettiness, had smiled from beginning to end, without the slightest anger.
So...
What exactly was going on?!
Why would the incredibly petty He Haikun show such concern and tolerance toward Gu Qing?
Could it be...
That Gu Qing was actually a Transcendent Scion?
Was he the offspring of some important figure in the Night Court?
The kind of illegitimate child secretly placed outside, whose identity no one knew.
The more Zhao Chuan thought about it, the more alarmed he became. Realizing he seemed to have discovered some incredible secret, the look in his eyes kept shifting as he watched Gu Qing.
By contrast.
Wu Jiahao stood nearby, looking thoroughly glum.
Gu Qing was clearly just a Paranormal Contact, yet each Night Court leader valued him more than the last.
That made him, a distinguished supernatural awakened, seem as unnoticed as a stray dog by the roadside.
Comparisons really could kill. The enormous sense of disparity was incredibly hard to stomach.
As for the two girls, Liu Yue and Xia Shuran.
The former was filled with envy, longing for the day she could earn the leaders' appreciation like Gu Qing.