"Now you can tell me why you came two hours late." Xia Qianqing asked, shaking the grape-flavored cocktail in his hand.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you? I stepped on a mouse and killed it..."
"If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. There's no need to lie to me using such nonsense that you would use to fool a three-year-old." Xia Qianqing said unhappily.
Louis spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'll be honest. Actually, when I came here, I happened to meet the captain of the Court of All Living Things and killed him. Unfortunately, my clothes got dirty, so I took a shower and changed my clothes, which delayed me."
Xia Qianqing's mouth twitched slightly, "Okay, okay, this isn't just fooling a three-year-old child, this is just not treating her as a human being!!!"
You don't even want to pretend anymore, right?
Xia Qianqing suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile, "I believe it."
"Louis, I believe everything you say!!!"
The sound of gnashing teeth doesn't sound like he believes everything.
Louis complained slightly in his heart.
Louis was eating the steak that had already gone cold on the table in front of him. He pierced the middle of the steak with his fork and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Just believe me. You invited me to dinner. You don't just want to eat with me, right?"
Xia Qianqing covered her chest with both hands vigilantly, "What else do you want to do? I thought it was just holding hands and watching a movie..."
Louis was eating so fast that he almost choked because of the slightly subtle words.
"Ahem, you misunderstood."
Louis took a sip of his cocktail, cleared his throat and asked, "I mean, do you have any information about the new recruit assessment or something like that?"
Xia Qianqing held her chin with one hand, her long golden hair fell to one side just right, revealing a delicate four-leaf clover hanging from her earlobe.
She was silent for a while, glanced around to make sure no one was approaching, and then whispered, "I know a little."
"There happened to be someone in my previous internship team who had gone through the assessment last year. He told me that the assessment was divided into three stages, two of which would change every year, but one would never change."
“That’s a team fight.”
Team battle?
Louis was stunned, he thought it would be a one-on-one battle.
Xia Qianqing continued: "Are you surprised? I thought it would be a one-man battle or something like that."
"It's actually quite normal. A single-player battle can certainly select powerful psychics, but a strong single player doesn't necessarily mean a strong team. You have to know that in the future, when we go on a real mission, it's not the strength of a single player that's tested. After all, no matter how strong a person is, he can't be compared to a team."
"So, this is not only the only unchanging level, but also a message from the Night Stalker Base."
"Team is greater than individual!!!"
Xia Qianqing said this, her expression gradually became serious: "Believe me, Louis, you should know what my purpose is now."
"You are the strong one, and I choose to cling to you."
"Clinging on me." Louis covered his forehead and gave a bitter smile.
To be honest, he didn't really think he was that strong. He had only killed two captain-level members of the Court of All Living Beings.
He always believes that there is always someone better than you.
Isn't that how it's written in novels and anime?
When the protagonist entered a new environment, he thought he would be attacked by a dimensionality reduction attack, but he was attacked by a dimensionality reduction attack by the people around him.
It turns out that the place where the protagonist was before was a novice village or something like that...
After the newcomer assessment begins, there should be many geniuses emerging, right?
"Of course, I know it's not that easy. You set the conditions, Louis. I just want to follow you to the S-level ladder."
The wind passed through the transparent windows of the western restaurant, blew over the guests' tables, and then blew up the ends of Xia Qianqing's hair, accompanied by the swaying of the four-leaf clover on Xia Qianqing's earlobe.
Xia Qianqing said softly: "Of course, I don't have anything. If I have anything, it's just me."
"I'm just an unlucky guy, all alone."
"My only bargaining chips are myself and you."
Louis stopped using the knife and fork in his hand, put down the pierced and cold steak, crossed his hands and placed them on the table, his eyes flashed blood red, and he said jokingly: "So you are trading your body with me now?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Xia Qianqing's face. She lowered her proud head and covered her eyes with one hand. Her golden hair hid her face, but her trembling shoulders revealed her inner uneasiness at the moment.
Her mouth moved slightly: "No one has ever touched me..."
"You can rest assured..."
She seemed to regard herself as a commodity on the shelf, and despite her inner pain and struggle, she seemed reluctant to do so.
But perhaps because the store was on the verge of bankruptcy, debt collectors came one after another and made a scene in the store. In desperation, she could only use her most precious things as bargaining chips in the auction and was forced into this cruel transaction.
A flash of blood red appeared in Louis' eyes, and he didn't even have time to take back his words.
But after hearing Xia Qianqing's words, Louis sighed slightly.
He is not a bad guy who takes advantage of others.
If I really have to label myself, I'd just label myself as a "hypocrite".
Louis picked up the fork stuck in the steak on the plate again, and said in a calm voice: "Don't be like this, I'm not a bad person, I'm sorry for what I just said, I take it back."
"Well..." Although Louis also felt that the words he said were like spilled water and could not be taken back.
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