This was a very inopportune time to be receiving a call. Adam thought that the call would be from the resistance army or the pawn shop, and he was feeling quite disgruntled to be interrupted right when he had found such a perfect mission.

If he were requested to do something else, and the mission was taken by someone else during his absence, then that would've been immensely frustrating.

Thankfully, the call was actually from Wang Shuai.

"Was the cleanse not thorough enough?" Adam was rather surprised to see Wang Shuai being projected out of the communicator. "Rest assured, according to the contract, we have an obligation to complete the cleanse of your psychic world."

"No no, I'm calling because I wanted to thank you." 

Even though Wang Shuai was still looking quite physically exhausted, his mental state had clearly improved markedly compared with the day before, and...