Ye Lan secretly returned to the rest area at headquarters, finding no one else present.
"Could it be that the Leader hasn't noticed my disappearance?"
As Ye Lan was feeling puzzled, she noticed the Night Watcher equipment previously placed on the table seemed to have been moved.
She went over to pick it up and checked the recent messages.
There was a message sent by the Leader quite early:
[Contact me when you return, and explain your situation thoroughly.]
Seeing this message, Ye Lan slightly parted her cherry lips, with a sorrowful expression.
"So there's no escaping after all? Woo-hoo-hoo~"
Now she had no choice but to explain properly.
However, Ye Lan didn't want to expose information about the Rising Sun Troupe, not out of concern for what the Leader might do to her, but to avoid social death.
Social death is more terrifying than anything else!
She really needed to think carefully about how to muddle through this.
But could she really deceive the leader of a Night Watchers organization?
If the Leader could be so easily fooled, they'd be doomed sooner or later.
She needed to think it through carefully.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Lan suddenly had an idea and began contacting the Leader.
[Leader, I'm back.]
As soon as Ye Lan sent this message, the Leader replied within seconds.
[Come to the office for a talk. I'll have Ji Yun come to escort you.]
[Mm.]
After sending this message, Ye Lan let out a breath.
A moment later, Ji Yun appeared in the rest area.
Ye Lan, already mentally prepared, didn't show any unusual behavior, but acted very naturally.
Ji Yun asked, "Are you ready?"
"Mm-hmm, I'm ready!"
Then Ji Yun brought Ye Lan to the Leader's office.
The Leader was sitting in his seat waiting for Ye Lan. Seeing her, he let out a slight breath.
It seemed there was nothing seriously wrong, which was good.
Ji Yun then left the office.
The conversation between the Leader and Ye Lan officially began.
"Where did you go during the time you disappeared?"
Although the Leader had roughly guessed her whereabouts, it was still better to ask representatively.
After all, this girl seemed unwilling to reveal that secret yet. It wouldn't be too late to wait until she wanted to say it.
Now the Leader just wanted to know what reason Ye Lan had come up with to deceive him.
"Actually, it's all the Dream Narrator's fault!" Ye Lan immediately shifted the blame without hesitation, not wanting to involve the Rising Sun Troupe at all.
"The Dream Narrator is really too bad! This time he only let me enter the dream, leaving me all alone in there for so long! He's done nothing but evil!"
The Leader raised an eyebrow slightly.
What Ye Lan said was close to what he had guessed. That Dream Narrator had indeed targeted Ye Lan.
"Then what did you do in the dream? Since he only let you enter the dream alone, he must have had some purpose."
"Hmm... He talked about some strange topics with me."
"Can you disclose them?"
"Hmm, he said it's a secret that can't be casually told to others, otherwise it could easily bring disaster."
That's how Ye Lan understood it anyway.
The Leader's mouth twitched.
Good grief, she was almost telling him that she was on the side of the Star Eclipses.
Keeping secrets for that kind of unknown dangerous Star Eclipse, this was truly a little genius idea.
If it weren't for Ye Lan's somewhat special identity, the Leader would have wanted to open up her brain to take a look.
To this, the Leader could only suppress his curiosity.
"What kind of disaster would it bring? Surely you can disclose that much?"
"He said it might attract many Supernova Star Eclipses."
"Never mind then."
The Leader really couldn't imagine what kind of secret could attract many Supernova Star Eclipses.
The capital, such an important lifeline city, couldn't withstand the turmoil of multiple Supernova Star Eclipses.
"But there's one thing I can tell the Leader, after all, saying nothing would be too difficult, it would feel like my loyalty to the Night Watchers organization is insincere."
The Leader's mouth twitched.
She already had one foot in the Rising Sun Troupe, what loyalty was there to speak of?
It was already a blessing if she didn't cause trouble.
However, the Leader was still interested in the one point Ye Lan wanted to tell him.
Then Ye Lan said a sentence.
"What the Dream Narrator told me was about the origin of Stars and Star Eclipses."
"The origin?"
The Leader was truly shocked by this statement.
Because the origin of these supernatural powers had never been researched by the Night Watchers, no one knew where they came from.
This topic had always been a goal that Night Watcher scholars wanted to tackle, but there had been no progress for so many years.
Unexpectedly, this final answer came from Ye Lan's mouth.
Or rather, it was obtained from the Dream Narrator's mouth.
If this news reached the ears of those scholars researching Stars and Star Eclipses, it would certainly cause a huge sensation.
However, what Ye Lan had just said meant that this matter couldn't be spread.
Perhaps the more people who knew, the worse the situation would become.
The Leader didn't have the courage to face multiple Supernova Star Eclipses under pressure. The incident with the Dream Narrator this time was already enough trouble for them.
Although it didn't cause panic.
"Then? What does this have to do with your entire person disappearing?"
"Well..."
Ye Lan immediately averted her gaze, a slight blush appearing on her flawless white cheeks, seemingly thinking about how to muddle through.
"Ah yes, it's also the Dream Narrator's fault!"
"His fault again?"
"That's right, he's a Supernova Star Eclipse, you know! So it's quite reasonable for him to have some outrageous abilities. He pulled my entire person into the dream, it's super scary!"
Supernova Star Eclipse?
The Leader immediately leaned back tactically.
When the [Star-Knower] issued the alert earlier, it indeed didn't specify a clear scale, appearing very mysterious.
And the Supernova grade did indeed match the troublesome level of the Dream Narrator, but it felt like it wasn't that simple.
But apart from the Supernova grade, the rest wasn't very credible.
"Is it really like this?"
"It's true, look at my sincere gaze! People shouldn't lose the most basic trust between each other!"
The Leader fell silent.
If that's the case, don't let your gaze dodge from time to time!
"I'll take it as you say."
Seeing the Leader still with a dubious expression, Ye Lan decisively changed the subject.
"Actually, I have another piece of news I want to tell the Leader, this matter is very important!"
"What is it?"
"The Dream Narrator is going to leave the capital."
"What? Is this information accurate?"
Now the Leader couldn't sit still.
He had thought they would have to try to enter the dream again tonight, or dispatch a large number of Night Watchers to patrol the capital, but Ye Lan told him the Dream Narrator was leaving the capital?
Ye Lan nodded affirmatively.
"Mm-hmm, he told me this himself, he shouldn't be lying."
Hearing this, the Leader gradually calmed down.
"Is that so...? If it's really like this, then this matter can be concluded for now. There's no need for our headquarters' Causality Star to continue activating."
The Leader let out a breath.
Although this Star Eclipse incident didn't last long, it had brought him considerable pressure.
Now he could finally relax a bit.