Seeing everyone's gazes turn toward him, our Mr. Welt fell silent for a moment.
"Everyone, please wait a moment. There's something I need to confirm."
With that, Welt quietly took out his Jade Abacus and sent a short message to Himeko, who was far away on Penacony.
"Hm? A message from Old Yang? Why is he contacting me at this time?"
In Penacony, inside the Dreamjolt Hotel's Daydream, our Miss Himeko looked at the unread message from Welt on her phone, slightly stunned. She swiped to unlock it, and after reading the message clearly, a strange expression appeared on our Navigator's face.
"He wants a photo of that guy Yun Fan? Doesn't Old Yang have one himself... Oh, right, Old Yang's phone seems to have been destroyed. The one he's using now is a Xianzhou Jade Abacus."
Shaking her head, Himeko thought for a moment before replying to Old Yang.
[I don't have any photos of Yun Fan here. If you want his photos, Old Yang, you'd better go ask little March. She should have plenty.]
"Find March 7th?"
After pondering for a moment, Old Yang found the contact named 'March Camera' in his address book.
[Welt: March, you should have photos of Yun Fan there, right? Send me one.]
A few seconds after the message was sent...
[March Camera: Eh? Uncle Yang, why are you suddenly asking for Yun Fan's photo? ∑(;°Д°)]
[Welt: My previous phone was destroyed in a spatial turbulence. The Jade Abacus I'm using now doesn't have any photos of Yun Fan.]
[Welt: I'm currently on the Xianzhou Luofu, and there's something I need to confirm, so I need a photo of Yun Fan.]
[March Camera: Okay, um, let me look.]
[Ding! March Camera has sent you [Image] ×18...]
[Welt: ???]
Looking at the notification on the Jade Abacus, our Mr. Welt instantly wore the classic expression of an old man on the subway staring at his phone.
He seemed... to have only asked little March for one photo of Yun Fan, right? What was with this sudden eighteen photos?
[Ding! You have successfully received [Image] ×18...]
Silently opening one of the images, what first entered Welt's eyes was not the boy he had imagined, but our lively, cute, and full-of-energy pink-haired girl, little March.
At this moment, the girl was wearing something like a high-class princess-style dress, making a 'V' pose toward the camera. And behind the girl was the protagonist our Mr. Welt needed—Yun Fan, showing an amused expression.
Seeing this scene, a bad feeling immediately rose in our Old Yang's heart. Sure enough, in the remaining 17 photos, the vast majority featured our little March as the main subject, while Mr. Yun Fan, who should have been the protagonist, was more like a bystander or a cameo appearance.
"Sigh~"
With a helpless sigh, after a simple selection, Welt finally found one photo among the 18 that looked acceptable, then projected it using the Jade Abacus's projection function.
"This is... Yun Fan and Miss March 7th?"
Staring at the image projected by Welt, our Master Diviner was slightly stunned. She didn't quite understand why Mr. Welt suddenly projected a photo of Yun Fan and March in the Seat of Divine Foresight.
"A photo of Mr. Yun Fan and Miss March 7th?"
As the Divine Foresight General renowned for his wisdom, Jing Yuan pondered for a moment and seemed to understand something. He then turned his gaze toward Huaiyan on the other side of the round table, giving a slight look.
As a smart person, he knew Welt would never do anything without reason. Since he had projected this photo here, there must be a purpose.
The lifesaving benefactor that General Huaiyan had just mentioned was named 'Fan'. Clearly, 'Fan' was likely a shorthand. On the current Xianzhou Luofu, the person most likely to possess the great power to cross timelines was probably none other than that Lord of Samsara who controlled the authority of [Causality].
"This person..."
Looking at Yun Fan in the photo, Huaiyan's expression gradually became serious. In his line of sight, the figure in the photo slowly overlapped with the man in his memory.
Although there were slight differences between Yun Fan in the photo and the person in his memory, it could be completely confirmed that the two were the same individual.
"Yes, this is indeed the person I'm looking for. Mr. Welt, you've really helped this old man greatly this time. I'll remember this favor. In the future, if you ever need anything, Mr. Welt, feel free to ask."
Hearing Huaiyan's words, Welt merely nodded slightly and did not refuse the other's goodwill.
The smoothness of this trip to the Xianzhou Luofu had somewhat exceeded the old general's expectations. He never thought that on the very first day of arriving at Luofu, he would already obtain information about that 'Fan'. Sigh, if he'd known, he wouldn't have come so early.
[Huaiyan: Good granddaughter, Grandpa has already found out the identity information of that 'Fan'. Come to the Seat of Divine Foresight quickly.]
After sending the message, Huaiyan put away the Jade Abacus and then inquired further from Welt.
"Since Mr. Welt could guess that this person is the benefactor we're looking for, it seems you must be very familiar with him."
"Just now I heard Mr. Welt refer to him as Yun Fan. Could it be that this is the Emissary of [Causality]?"
Huaiyan was no fool. He had heard Welt mention the name 'Yun Fan' before—the Emissary of [Causality], and also the first Emissary under the 'Lord of Samsara'.
However, looking at the situation in that photo just now, this Mr. Yun Fan seemed to already have a 'partner'. That girl with pink hair... seemed to be called... March 7th, right?
"Correct, it's him."
Welt pushed up his glasses, lightly tapped his palm on the ground twice, and confirmed Yun Fan's identity.
"However, if General Huaiyan wishes to find him, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit longer."
"As I mentioned earlier, the main group of the Astral Express is currently docked in the Asdana star system, at Penacony. Himeko, March 7th, and Mr. Yun Fan—they're all on that Festival Star right now."