Honkai, But Spirit Simulator

So, Tesla wore a slightly gloomy expression.

"Then there's no helping it, so does that mean we can rest for the next few days?" Tesla's gloom didn't last long, and she soon revealed a look of liberation.

Apart from her life skills, Tesla's daily routine at this point in time was also chaotic, belonging to the type of person who "could be sleeping in her room at any time."

"If Dr. Tesla has nothing to do, I have no objections." The blue-haired girl stretched lazily.

"?" Tesla heard something between the lines in Einstein's words, "Liesel, do you still have work? Sent down from above?"

"Of course not." Einstein had a faint smile on her face, squinting at the air beside her, "I just wanted to take this opportunity to show Liu Bai around London... Liu Bai, you haven't been to London yet, have you?"

"Of course not, it would be great if someone was willing to show me around."

Liu Bai gladly accepted Einstein's proposal.

"Hey! Wait! Isn't that just a date?" Tesla discovered the blind spot.

"A date?" Einstein pondered for a moment, then nodded, "According to Dr. Tesla's description, there is some truth to it, although Mr. Liu Bai is a ghost, the essence of the matter is indeed a date. Now that I think about it, I have no experience dating a member of the opposite sex, and of course, even less experience dating a ghost."

"Th-th-th-th-this—"

Hearing Einstein's answer, the innocent girl Tesla's brain was now a bit overloaded.

What to do? What to do? What to do?

Tesla, say something—!

"Liesel! I want to go too!"

Under the chaos of her brain, Tesla chose the simplest and most direct idea in her mind.

"If Dr. Tesla has time, of course you can."

Einstein smiled at Tesla.

"Cough... R-really? Is that okay?" Tesla, who had calmed down, had a somewhat erratic gaze, "Th-this is also my... cough, never mind."

Tesla puffed out her chest slightly and looked at the air beside her.

"You! Don't think about taking this opportunity to do anything vulgar to Liesel!"

Liu Bai: ???

Chapter 21: Prelude to a Date

"I'm a ghost, what are you thinking, my Miss Tesla."

"W-who's yours!"

Tesla's face quickly turned red, "Shameless!"

A unique focus.

"Okay, okay, not mine, not mine." Liu Bai comforted perfunctorily.

"Are you treating me like a child?"

"Dr. Tesla's behavior does resemble that of a child in some ways." Einstein smiled and stretched.

"Liesel! Why are you saying that too!?"

[The first phase of the experiment has come to a perfect end. You may have witnessed the birth of the Titan, but compared to the date invitation from Einstein, the birth of the Titan doesn't seem that important]
[Einstein Compatibility +5%, Tesla Compatibility +8%]

The next day.

Einstein still got up at her usual time, slowly made herself a sandwich, and sat on the sofa eating leisurely.

As for Tesla... no one saw her.

"Mr. Liu Bai, could you please knock on Dr. Tesla's door?" Einstein licked the salad dressing off her fingers, "Dr. Tesla should still be sleeping now, and if no one disturbs her, she might sleep until noon."

"Is she some kind of little pig..."

Liu Bai complained, from last night until noon, that's almost twenty hours, right?

Liu Bai directly switched hosts and transferred to Tesla's side—that is, to Tesla's room.

Looking at the various garbage that started from under the bed and almost filled the entire room, Liu Bai couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Liu Bai saw more than a dozen pizza boxes alone.

As for Tesla herself, she was lying on the bed in a sprawling manner, fast asleep, with the quilt kicked to the side, muttering things like "Truffles are not mushrooms"—although even if the King of Heaven came, truffles would still be mushrooms.

In short, Tesla lying on the bed now couldn't be seen as a lady at all.

If she wasn't wearing pajamas, Liu Bai might have seen everything.

Heaven have mercy, he didn't know Tesla's sleeping posture was so terrible.

However, there were several cloth dolls placed on Tesla's bedside... well, probably the most girlish things in this room.

"Sleeping so soundly." The corners of Liu Bai's mouth twitched slightly, and he floated out of the door, without directly waking Tesla.

Without even thinking about it, if he really woke Tesla up so directly, Tesla would definitely explode after waking up.

Knock knock knock.

After knocking three times, Liu Bai poked his head in. As expected, Tesla just rolled over, showing no signs of waking up.

Liu Bai simply maintained his head-poking posture, one arm outside, knocking on the door.

Dong, dong-dong, dong-dong-dong-dong, dong

Liu Bai even knocked out a drum rhythm.

"Liesel, stop knocking!"

Tesla finally woke up under Liu Bai's drum bombardment.

However, she seemed to mistake the knocker for Einstein, so she was surprisingly not too agitated.

"This rhythm is even worse than your violin! A million times worse!"

"..."

Liu Bai was silent. So that's why he was mistaken for Einstein?

(Liu Bai Compatibility -5%)

Liu Bai silently added drama for himself in his heart.

But he doesn't seem to have seen Einstein play the violin.

"Dr. Einstein's violin is not bad." Einstein also came up at some point.

"Any instrument that sounds when I'm sleeping is terrible."

Tesla, wearing a white nightgown, opened the door and looked at Einstein with some dissatisfaction.

"..." Einstein silently sized up Tesla in front of her, then silently rubbed her forehead.

Although she didn't say a word, her actions already conveyed the meaning of "this child is probably hopeless."

By the way, Liu Bai's expression was probably the same as Einstein's gesture.

"Um... which of us should speak?"

"Speak? Speak about what?"

Tesla seemed to think Einstein was talking to her, with a confused look on her face.

"I'll do it."

Liu Bai spoke slowly, but even so, it still startled Tesla.

"Liu, Liu Bai, why are you here?"

"I'm either by Einstein's side or by your side, is there a third option?"

Liu Bai said quietly.

"By the way, the pajamas are cute."

Bang——!

Tesla, instantly realizing something, blushed rapidly and slammed the door shut.

About two or three minutes later, Tesla, having changed her clothes and carrying a bag, reappeared in front of the two.

"Let's, let's go! Didn't you say you were going to take Liu Bai to see London?"

Tesla would never admit that this was a date with Liu Bai!

"Not going to touch up your makeup, Dr. Tesla?"

Einstein knew her colleague quite well.

"It's not urgent to leave right now."

"Rather than me needing to touch up my makeup, it's more like you, Einstein..." Tesla glanced at Einstein's still messy natural curls.

Neat and tidy clothes formed a perfect contrast with completely uncombed natural curls.

Tesla really suspected that Einstein just let her hair air dry every time she washed it.

This girl has no intention of taking care of her appearance at all.

Well, she knew this from the day she met Einstein.

"Come on, Liesel, take this opportunity to dress up too."

"Eh? Me? Forget it, Dr. Einstein doesn't like those cosmetics." Einstein was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Tesla to say this, and then politely refused.

"Okay." Tesla wasn't too surprised by Einstein's answer, and then took out cosmetics and a small mirror from her shoulder bag while going downstairs.

The grumpy old sister Tesla actually wears makeup...

Unexpected moe gap.

But both Tesla and Einstein are very young now.

It's 1954.

Tesla is just 20 years old.

Einstein is only 16 years old, not even an adult yet.

So the two of them are still full of vigor... although the future Tesla is quite energetic too.

...No, on second thought, these two seem to have the same personalities in the future as they do now.

Then, under Liu Bai's observation, Tesla, who was putting on makeup in front of the mirror, quickly transformed into a beautiful and youthful young woman.

Tesla was wearing light makeup, and although it was subtle, it did give off a refreshing feeling.

Of course, Tesla's clothes today were also very fashionable.

As expected of someone who often goes on vacation.

"Feels... pretty good?"

"Hmph, of course." Tesla turned her head.

It seems that Tesla gladly accepted Liu Bai's praise.

...She's quite the tsundere.

(Is it... really that good?)

Tesla secretly glanced at herself in the mirror again.

Chapter 22: A Date with Two Doctors

Empire Research Institute

Although the name is "Research Institute," its essence is actually a higher institution of learning—a university specializing in providing talent for the Destiny headquarters.

"It's even more 'aristocratic' than I imagined."

Liu Bai looked at the classical building in front of him, which exuded an aura of history, pondered for a moment, and gave what he thought was the most appropriate adjective.

"'Aristocratic'? That's a rare evaluation, but after all, it's a university with seventy years of history, and it's named after the Empire... Looking at it that way, Liu Bai, your evaluation is quite fitting."