It Must Feel Awful to Become an Ordinary Person, Right?

"Oh, this..."

Firefly really hadn't expected that she was involved in this. She looked at Bai Luoming and then at the cat in her arms, her expression somewhat conflicted.

Reason told her she should try to reconcile them, but a demon inside her was telling her, "To hell with reason! Didn't you hear what Elio said? Bai Luoming has no abilities now, so you should let go of Elio, and then..."

For a moment, Firefly wavered between reason and evil, glancing up at Bai Luoming every now and then, her eyes filled with an increasingly strange light, her breathing becoming heavier and heavier, and even the arm she was holding onto Elio began to tighten unconsciously.

Elio was initially quite pleased with itself, because it knew that Firefly would never do such a thing, given her personality. However, the constant pressure coming from its chest made it realize that something seemed wrong.

Meow! Meow meow!!

Elio extended its hind paws and kicked at the arm that was holding Firefly. Firefly felt the strange sensation in her arm and realized how absurd her previous thought had been.

"Ahem, um, this, I..."

Bai Luoming was puzzled by Firefly's words. If she wasn't going to fight, she shouldn't have acted like she had done something wrong.

But looking at Firefly like that, Bai Luoming still thought she was incredibly cute.

Just then, Kafka came downstairs and, seeing the scene, said to the group with amusement, "What's wrong? Why is Firefly's face so red again?"

No, not at all...

"Fine."

Both Firefly and Bai Luoming denied it, their expressions extremely serious. Only Elio took the opportunity to forcefully break free from Firefly's embrace, only then realizing how dangerous it had just been.

This Firefly is so repressed. Just being held in her arms makes me feel like I can't breathe. I really can't imagine how long I was repressed before I was reborn.

It ran to Kafka's side, scratching at Kafka's trouser legs with its claws, tearing fringed rips into Kafka trousers.

"You, the leader of our Stellaron Hunters, are so unreliable."

Kafka hugged Elio somewhat helplessly, then looked at her trousers that Elio had torn. These were the trousers she had just bought, washed, and worn only once.

Elio was at a loss for words. These two crazy people were its natural enemies. One suppressed gravity and had great strength; the other showed no respect for it at all. If Bai Luoming hadn't been unable to use his abilities, Elio had no doubt what Bai Luoming would have done to it.

Then it snuggled into Kafka's arms, thinking that Kafka was better now. Although Kafka's situation was also complicated, she was much better than those two crazy people!

"Alright, alright, didn't you have something to say to our guest? What kind of behavior is this? Stand up straight, act like the leader of the Stellaron Hunters, don't embarrass yourself!"

Kafka patted Elio on the back, gently comforting it, and used the three-piece instigation set on it.

Only then did Elio remember its original purpose: it had gone to great lengths to design the script in order to "invite" Bai Luoming here.

Thinking of this, it patted Kafka's arm and said to her, "Okay, take me there first."

Kafka, still wearing a polite smile, walked to the middle of the living room and then sat down on a small single sofa on the side of the room.

Bai Luoming and Firefly seemed to realize something as well, and the two sat down side by side, their hands folded on their laps, looking like they were waiting for their parents' judgment.

Only then did Elio clear his throat and address the two, "Ahem, enough fooling around, let's get down to business."

Bai Luoming was somewhat excited upon hearing this. Now they were finally getting to the point. He was also very curious about the purpose of the Stellaron Hunters going to such lengths to kidnap him here.

"What? Is it finally time to get into the main storyline? I thought you guys had tied me up here and there was no main storyline here?"

"Speak, what do you want me to do? Let me make this clear first, I'm not doing anything like selling hooks!"

"What do you take us for? Do we look like that kind of organization?"

"Hard to say..."

"You!"

Elio was getting a little angry. This guy was really amazing; he could always hit its weak points, even though it didn't have much strength on its body.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Elio took two deep breaths, then turned his deep eyes to Bai Luoming and said solemnly, "Mr. Bai Luoming, I have invited you here to formally invite you to join our Stellaron Hunters!"

Upon hearing Elio's words, before Bai Luoming could react, Firefly became excited. If Bai Luoming joined the Stellaron Hunters, wouldn't that mean they could stay in touch all the time? And if they could stay in touch all the time, wouldn't that mean they could be together often?

Firefly even drifted into deep daydreams. When they weren't on missions, she and Bai Luoming would go out shopping during the day, eat some local delicacies, see some beautiful scenery, and take some photos to remember the memories. Finally, at night, the two of them would do what they wanted to do...

Thinking of this, Firefly couldn't help but let out a silly laugh, but she quickly realized something was wrong and hurriedly suppressed her smile, looking at Bai Luoming seriously with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Bai Luoming didn't give an answer, but pondered for a moment before seriously answering Elio: "Why should I join the Stellaron Hunters? I'm clearly Nameless on the Astral Express, with such a clean identity, why would I join your criminal organization?"

He then continued speaking to Elio, "Besides, if I really joined you, would I still be able to take the civil service exam?"

Upon hearing Bai Luoming's words, Firefly's eyes dimmed quickly, and she leaned her head to the side, secretly glancing at Bai Luoming.

"I meant what I said very seriously. I really hope you'll give it a second thought. After all, in a sense, we're all serving the Terminus, aren't we?"

Hearing Elio's words, Bai Luoming became even more certain of his guess. Sure enough, he would be hanging out with the Terminus in the future, and it seemed that he would be doing much better Elio.

However, Bai Luoming remained expressionless. He gently stroked the sofa with his fingers, making a rustling sound, and pretended to be deep in thought.

"The future is the future, and the present is the present. Isn't it a bit unfair to use an uncertain future to judge my present?"

"Sigh, if that's how you put it, then there's nothing I can do. I was even saying that if you joined us, I would help you regain your strength."

With that, Elio leaned forward, flashed a confident smile, and said, "It must feel terrible to become a normal person, right?"