Eden's Potential

"Although I don't know why you know that guy Einstein, since you know him, you should know that he doesn't usually speak like a human being and has a strange temper."

"That means you lack social skills."

Whether it's the current civilization or the Previous Era, Einstein can be bribed with chocolate.

"You have great social skills!" Mobius glared at the air next to him.

Can you please stop using all your social skills to find women? I know you didn't mean it, but it still makes me uneasy!

"I'm leaving now. Mobius, please be careful, there are still quite a few dangers here."

"Don't worry, I know. Didn't you see I didn't bring Blanca with me? I'll take care of some small things here and then go back."

Mobius stretched, completely detached from work, and lazily slumped in his chair, waving at Vil-V.

"That guy..."

As she muttered to herself, Vil-V walked out of the tent, found a safe and open spot, opened her backpack, took out a bunch of parts, and quickly assembled a drone equipped with a small machine gun.

"Liu Bai, are you very familiar with that guy?"

As Vil-V began operating the drone, she asked a question.

"Obviously."

"Ha, obviously... Eden knows about this? Well, he definitely knows, after all, it was Eden who facilitated the communication between the two of you." Vil-V slapped her forehead.

She realized something was off: the atmosphere between these two seemed even closer than her relationship with Eden.

Well, Vil-V isn't blind. A twenty-year-old adult Vil-V can see the almost-old married couple atmosphere Eden and Liu Bai, and now there's someone even more of an old married couple...

Vil-V finally realized that Liu Bai might have some problems in his private life... Well, the statement that a ghost has problems in his private life sounds like a grammatically incorrect sentence.

This is a mess.

Vil-V sighed again.

However, Vil-V quickly adjusted her mindset. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her. She was mainly just a little confused and wanted to gossip, so Vil-V quickly refocused her attention on the drone footage.

"Waaaah... that was horrific..."

Vil-V used a drone to take in the city ravaged by Honkai Beast and Death Soldier.

"It looks like it's been ravaged by a natural disaster like a typhoon... Perhaps, according to you, Liu Bai, this is even more terrifying than a natural disaster?"

"Yes, compared to the Great Honkai, natural disasters are far too gentle."

Liu Bai nodded, and for the first time, Vil-V felt a heaviness on her shoulders.

This kind of monster battle...

Where is the person you're looking for?

Vil-V licked her lips, unable to tell whether it was fear or excitement, and asked.

"The mountain to the northwest, roughly at its foot."

"Knew."

Vil-V carefully operated the drone.

She didn't want some giant monster to suddenly appear and shoot down her drone.

"Speaking of the monsters here..." Through the drone's perspective, Vil-V could still see the Death Soldier and small Honkai Beast roaming the ground.

"Grunts will be eliminated during the rescue, and high-risk enemies will be dealt with as cleanly as possible afterwards."

"That's really cruel."

Vil-V nodded.

"Boss, do you think this can be rebuilt?"

"Suspended".

"I think so too... Boss, don't let my appearance fool you, I actually studied civil engineering and architecture in college, so I have a pretty good understanding of architecture... although I dropped out because I felt I wasn't learning anything in college."

"Vil-V muttered."

"This place is probably beyond rebuilding."

Chapter 337 Eden's Potential

With Vil-V operating the drone and Liu Bai pointing the way, the two found the Sakura sisters and Pardo in no time.

The rescue team was then notified and dispatched to the destination. Not long after, the three people were brought back unharmed.

After that, Vil-V devoted herself to helping the rescue team, and the situation there came to an end three months later.

"Ugh... I'm so tired..."

With a huge backpack on her back, Vil-V pushed open the door of ELM, looking half-dead.

"I will never do rescue work again. Let whoever wants to do it do it. I ruined four drones in three months!"

As they walked, Vil-V continued to complain, but according to common sense, people who say such things are usually the ones who will go if they are conscripted again.

"Alright, alright, Sister Vil-V, stop complaining."

Pardo, on the other hand, seemed indifferent. Well, this girl's adaptability is MAX.

Sakura and Rin remained relatively silent. Although three months had allowed them to recover from the destruction of their hometown, they were still somewhat apprehensive in this new environment.

Welcome back.

Eden, wearing an apron, was cooking at the stove and greeted the returning group in a very casual manner.

She had known all along that these people would be coming back. After all, Vil-V and the others couldn't run back and forth, but Liu Bai could. Whenever there was nothing to do, Liu Bai would come back, especially later in the rescue, when Liu Bai no longer needed to worry about the people on the other side.

So even though Eden was the only one left in the huge company for the past three months, to be honest, Eden was quite happy.

"Two servings of fried rice, please."

Vil-V casually tossed her backpack onto the sofa, then sat down in the seat next to her, sprawled out, and ordered food like a lord.

"Wait a moment." Liu Bai was about to say something, Eden nodded in agreement.

"What do you three want to eat?" Liu Bai glanced at Eden, then asked Sakura and the others.

"I want to eat meat!" Pardo was quite enthusiastic about it.

"Rin and I will just eat whatever is convenient for us." Sakura, being a newcomer, was quite reserved.

"Okay, then I'll make you some noodles—I'll add meat."

Liu Bai patted Pardo, who was about to give her a reminder, and then turned and floated into the kitchen.

"I can help." As a newcomer, Sakura felt uneasy about not doing anything.

"You two must be Sakura and Rin, right?"

Eden, who was busy with various tasks, saw Sakura and suddenly looked the cherry-haired girl up and down.

"What... what's wrong?"

Although Sakura has developed a strong heart over the past three months and is no longer the confused high school student she was three months ago, she still feels inexplicably guilty when facing Eden's scrutiny.

I always felt that the way this person was looking at me wasn't just looking at a person in a simple way.

"Very good." Eden nodded absentmindedly.

Very good? What makes it very good?

Sakura looked completely bewildered.

It would definitely make a great clothes rack.

Eden was very satisfied with Sakura. In her entire life, Liu Bai was the only man she had ever designed clothes for, and she might even design clothes for Liu Bai —or at most, add her biological father to the mix.

So she was looking for a female clothes hanger right now. Sakura, with her well-proportioned figure, was spotted by Eden as soon as she came in. No doubt about it, she was perfect in every way, a model-level girl. So, she decided that Sakura would be her fitting model from now on!

Before Sakura could even think, Eden continued, "Why don't you two rest first? After all that's happened, you can familiarize yourselves with this place... Liu Bai, shouldn't we move the kitchen upstairs? It's not really appropriate for a company to have it on the first floor."

"That's true."

Liu Bai nodded in agreement with Eden's suggestion. After all, the original design was intended to trap Vil-V, and maintaining it as it was now would be inappropriate.

"Vil-V, submit a design to me by tomorrow."

"Huh? I just got back! You heartless capitalist, don't you have any humanity left?!"

Vil-V, sprawled on the sofa, protested vehemently.

"You're discussing humanity with a ghost?" Liu Bai rolled his eyes, decisively resorting to shamelessness.

It would be such a waste not to use a master architect like Vil-V here.

Moreover, Vil-V only got tired in these three months. In the company, apart from learning things from Liu Bai, she didn't have any heavy work at all.

"Asshole..."

Vil-V mumbled a weak curse, then continued to slump down.

Anyway, she didn't want to move at all for the time being. The task Liu Bai gave her... wasn't it supposed to be done by tomorrow? At worst, she could just come up with a plan on the spot to appease Liu Bai.

Based on what she'd learned about Liu Bai over the past few days, he probably didn't know much about architecture, and he probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference even if she tried to fool him.

As for what to do when construction actually begins... can I really let things fall into a complete mess while I'm watching?

Moreover, Vil-V felt that even if she was just going through the motions with Liu Bai, she would still do a better job than a bunch of so-called experts.

After this rescue mission, the skill that Vil-V gained the most from was architecture!

Spending all day in the ruins thinking about where there might be survivors and what to do if the place were to be rebuilt, after three months, Vil-V felt that she might be more skilled at mortar work than at screwing in screws.

"By the way, Eden, has Liu Bai finished working on your album yet?"

Suddenly, Vil-V remembered something else. Vil-V had been in charge of the Eden album, but Vil-V was soon "exiled" by Liu Bai, so Liu Bai took over again.

Thinking of this on a whim, Vil-V asked casually.

However, Eden's answer startled Vil-V: "Three hundred thousand copies were sold."

"Cough cough cough!"

Vil-V, who was sprawled on the sofa, sat up straight immediately.

"This is a huge hit! Eden, you're a newcomer! A digital album?"

"Yeah, I think I'm fine."

Compared to Vil-V's incredulous expression, Eden remained calm, as if this was a matter of course to her.

"... Yeah, when it comes to singing, I don't think any of those kings and queens of pop can beat you. It would be strange if you weren't popular."

Vil-V clicked her tongue. "How much did you earn?"

"Not much, four and a half million."

"Robbery..." Vil-V groaned.

Is this industry really that lucrative?

Sakura and Rin were also stunned by the numbers Eden casually threw out.

Four and a half million... That's enough to buy several dojos like ours, right?

"Eden, aren't you a millionaire now?"

Pardo's eyes were sparkling with gold.

"I have a million, but I wouldn't call myself a millionaire," Eden said calmly.

"Eden's family is a real dog-owning household."

Liu Bai added, looking at Pardo whose thinking was completely out of sync with Eden's.

Eden's family background is truly excellent. If Eden himself hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't be starting from scratch like this now.

"Sister Eden, how do you plan to spend this money?" Pardo asked excitedly.

"I've already spent the money on some new equipment and some high-end musical instruments."

"That's all? What's the rest?"

"What's left?" Eden looked at Pardo with great confusion.