Synopsis

The chapter begins with the group discussing their travel plans to Anhui. Along the way, they receive information about the Vile Blood Troupe, a mysterious organization that has seized Anhui, and the Namgoong family, who have been unable to defend against the takeover. The group then arrives at a luxurious inn where the innkeeper reveals himself to be the former Alliance Leader, who is supposed to be dead. He requests that his survival remain a secret.