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"That's going too far. It's as if I've harmed anyone. I'm a disciple of the immortals, after all."
Su Mei wore a melancholy expression, as if she felt misunderstood.
"Yes, it's precisely this affected manner that makes people feel dangerous!"
"But if I weren't pretentious..."
Su Mei stopped pretending to wipe away her tears and gave Ye Lan a kind smile that looked like that of a virtuous wife and loving mother, without any hint of danger.
"Would you be more satisfied with this, Yelan?"
“...It’s even more terrifying from a certain angle.” Ye Lan muttered. Fine, even if Su Mei was teasing her, she was giving her face by showing her emotions.
That's truly terrifying if someone is always smiling.
"So why do you all think I'm dangerous? My senior and junior sisters all think I'm great."
"Just... intuitively?" Ye Lan stroked her chin and began to think about the question.
Thinking about it carefully, putting everything else aside, Su Mei really isn't aggressive towards others.
"It feels like you've been keeping something on your mind?"
"What a shameless statement! Yelan, are you the kind of person who would feel pleasure from being seen naked?"
"I was suddenly made a dirty joke!"
"Actually, I'm also curious whether this counts as one of the 'excitements' you're looking for."
"Uh, no, this has nothing to do with stimulation, right? It's just plain perverted."
Su Mei's sudden off-color joke successfully eased the atmosphere, but it clearly aroused Ye Lan's desire to make sarcastic remarks.
"What if we put a collar on you and took you for a walk in the park late at night?"
"That's just going to be even more perverted! The kind of thrill I enjoy is extreme sports! What are you thinking?!"
"It's just human curiosity," Su Mei said with a smile.
"Why must we attribute this to humans?"
"Just kidding." Su Mei stopped joking when she saw Ye Lan's expression. "Anyway, I'll leave the meeting to you, Ye Lan."
"Tsk, okay."
Ye Lan was persuaded by Su Mei.
If you're going to keep things to yourself, then so be it. To be fair, everyone has things on their mind sometimes.
It's only because Su Mei, a wise woman whom one doesn't know very well, has something on her mind that people find her dangerous.
Honesty, even if it's only temporary, is part of making friends, but unfortunately Su Mei skipped that step.
The probability of Su Mei having bad intentions towards Liu Bai is probably not high. Besides, Liu Bai's hand... can handle a lot of dangers.
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"When will the stormtroopers arrive?"
As Liu Bai walked out of the restaurant, he asked Rita.
"Tomorrow or the day after," Rita thought for a moment. "We haven't received any news of Lord Ragnar's departure yet. Is Kiana doing well with you guys?"
"She's doing well—it's just that we're not getting along. She's staying at my place now. Do you have time to come see her?"
Liu Bai sighed.
The thought that he would likely experience Kiana's sleepwalking incident several more times in the future made Liu Bai feel exhausted.
"No, then forget it. You can write down Kiana's mistakes in a little notebook, and after Kiana returns home safely, I can give the notebook to her sister, who is also our captain, Lady Durandal."
Rita felt immense sympathy for Liu Bai, who was now in charge of taking care of Kiana.
I just can't get along with unruly kids.
"Wow, so cunning."
“Miss Kiana simply lacks a proper amount of rigorous training.” Rita covered her mouth and chuckled, as if stating some trivial fact. “Well then, goodbye. Thank you very much for sharing your information about the Herrscher. If there is an opportunity, Rita would love to invite you to afternoon tea.”
Rita's Affection Level: 36
Rita slightly lifted her skirt in a curtsy to Liu Bai before slowly leaving.
Rita gathered a lot of intelligence today.
Although there is no concrete evidence to prove that the lawyer Liu Bai mentioned actually exists, apart from oral accounts.
But it's better to believe something is true than not—more importantly, there's little point in Liu Bai lying to them.
This situation, where the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, is the easiest to backfire. Taking precautions in advance can reduce losses significantly.
Moreover, it's a good opportunity to give our group something to do. Now that we know about their existence, we should investigate the recent Honkai events and hopefully find some clues.
"Where to next? Should we...go find the assassins?"
Kujo Sara's tone was quite strange.
Ever since seeing the jackal's miserable state, I realized that the "Honkai pheromones" I had airdropped a few days ago were nothing but trash.
Then consider the scene where Liu Bai stripped the assassin's clothes...
Although Kujo Sara was still unsure of the actual effects of the potion, her bad feeling remained.
"Of course we have to go look for them... The clothes from a few days ago still haven't sold, let's see if we can find anything a bit more upscale."
Mebius wouldn't accept clothes from low-level assassins, and he couldn't sell them without targeting high-level ones.
In particular, Liu Bai was shocked to see that the Firefly Sorcerer was also among the assassins.
Does that mean... the list of female assassins has expanded considerably?
Liu Bai instantly developed a collecting desire.
In addition, this can also increase Honkai's favorability slightly.
—Although the simplest way is to go underground to feed those captive assassins.
However, the World Serpent's high-level assassins are only a few Death Weavers, and they cannot be refreshed. Feeding them a potion doesn't provide much improvement.
To increase Honkai affinity using Love Elixir, the assassin must meet one of the following conditions: "high-quality" or "large quantity".
Moreover, after a normal feeding, you have to wait for the elixir to wear off before you can feed it again for another boost.
Of course, Liu Bai also really wanted to try feeding the Herrscher... but he had to wait for news from Ye Lan.
"Here you go, take it, Honkai pheromones."
“…Okay, okay.” Tōsara stiffly accepted the medicine.
If you say it's Honkai pheromones, then I'll reluctantly continue to believe it...
"Oh, right, let's also go check out the suburbs."
You need to farm dungeons and also hunt wild monsters.
If you don't farm monsters, where will you get gacha coins? And how can you draw cards without gacha coins?
Moreover... if a rare monster spawns in the wild, you can catch it directly and use it as a pet.
Liu Bai was quite envious of the eight Death Weavers of the World Serpent, but unfortunately, it was impossible to give them to him...
"...Whatever makes you happy."
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"...The target was found. There was a second attacker at the time, but the swordsman was not found."
"How dare you walk here without any precautions."
"Do you want to take action?"
"Group chat... it's best to be cautious. The Chamber of Commerce has already had to cut its losses to survive, let alone us, who knows if the other side is bait or not."
The two puppets were whispering to each other in the shadows.
"What if there's a mistake in any of our steps, and they trace it back to us..."
"That would be a big problem."
Thousand-person Temple, the second person from the forest, continued the conversation with his companion: "Although we don't have the Temple of a Thousand People yet."
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"Our target is the Second Herrscher who hasn't been resurrected yet. There's no need to reveal too much before finding her trail... But judging from their appearance, what are they searching for?"
"Hmm...it's very likely us. Let's evacuate first."
The two Herrschers of Domination, however, remained completely composed.
"But now that they've arrived, we can't miss this opportunity... There just happens to be a squad of assassins around here, let's test their strength and what their backup plans are."
"agree."
The two quickly finished their "talking to themselves" and then disappeared into the shadows.
…………
"Mr. Liu Bai, haven't you noticed yet?"
"No, this doesn't seem to be a respawn point."
"...I really hope you can communicate with me in more accessible language."
The low-flying Kujo Saro sighed.
They're currently searching for monsters in the wild and dungeons, respectively.
The journey has been quite fruitful—at least Kujo Sara felt it was enough.
However, Liu Bai still seemed unsatisfied – he hadn't found the rare pet he wanted.
"Saro, what about you?"
"Have."
Whoosh-!
clang!
Kujo Sara casually deflected the arrows shot at her.
"Northwest direction, about 600 meters away, the source is... underground."
Six hundred meters isn't far, but the view is obstructed, so Liu Bai can't see it.
"What is the enemy's configuration?"
"Wait a moment... The enemy is still emerging. Currently, there are 7 Divine Warriors and 8 Guardian Warriors... There are special types, and there is also a Lady Hidden in the Mirror!"
"A lady hidden in a mirror?"
Liu Bai was not very alert during the first half of the story, but he became alert during the second half.
"Yes... Why are you suddenly so excited? Please be careful."
Kujo Sara sighed, then drew her bow, and a purple lightning arrow appeared on the bowstring.
A mere suicide soldier, daring to exchange fire with her?
"Be sure to summon Lord Huang Quan at any time."
"Understood." Bai gripped the salted fish knife tightly. "Cover me. Also, Lady Cangjing, stay behind."
"It's my duty... but I still hope you can be more serious on the battlefield."
While complaining about Liu Bai's orders, Kujo Sara killed a Divine Swordsman assassin with an arrow.
"If you're serious, I'll call in reinforcements."
I've already taken the stage myself, and you're still asking if I'm serious?
After crossing the obstructing buildings in front of him, Liu Bai saw the small team of assassins.
However, upon seeing Liu Bai, not many of the martial arts warriors reacted to him.
Only the guards rushed towards Liu Bai, including two imperial guards.
Is this the special species that Sara mentioned?
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