Time Is Running Short

Isn't this guy supposed to be a bystander? Isn't he fearless?

Do you know what it means to speak up at this moment?!

The expressions of the others were similar; no one expected that it would be Danzhu who spoke up at this moment.

"Um... Danzhu? Shouldn't you think about it first?"

You can't handle this kind of thing!

After a brief moment of confusion, the others looked at Mobius with a hint of amusement.

Did Mobius get his base stolen by his own assistant?

This is really... getting more and more interesting in a way.

"What's there to think about!"

Completely oblivious to everyone's gaze, Danzhu waved her hand and said, "I just want to learn how to write a book!"

"...Book?"

Elysia was taken aback.

"What book?"

Elysia felt that something was a bit off.

"Ahem! Of course, it's the kind of book that can't be shown to the public." Danzhu turned her head to the side.

"... You still write that kind of stuff?" Mobius softened upon hearing this, but a subtle change appeared in his eyes. "You've got quite a few side hustles, Danzhu."

"Well... if I don't do some side hustles, I can't just sit around at work doing nothing, can I?"

"..."

Is it possible that there are things you should do at work?

"That makes some sense." Mobius nodded in agreement at this point.

Mei: "..."

That's why she never envied Mobius for having two capable assistants.

Of all of Mobius's assistants, Mei only wanted Klein, maybe with Blanca at most. The others were all slackers.

Even Blanca, the senior, has become nothing more than Klein's accessory. In terms of working herself to the bone, Klein might even be better than Mei.

If it weren't impossible, Mei would really like to transfer both Klein and Blanca away to see if Mobius, Danzhu Cangxuan, and the other two could actually do their jobs properly.

That bastard, he's gone too far with all that slacking off.

"... I never expected Danzhu to write something like this."

Hua felt like she was getting to know her friend all over again.

Will anyone actually watch this?

"That's precisely why I want to learn!" Danzhu puffed out her chest confidently.

"This rascal..." Mei rubbed her temples, then stepped forward and patted Danzhu on the shoulder.

"Dr. Mei? What's wrong?" Danzhu looked at Mei with a relaxed expression.

"Dr. Danzhu, I have some very unfortunate news to tell you."

Mei rarely used a serious tone, which startled Danzhu.

To be honest, aside from written reports, I've never heard Mei call me that before.

"No, unfortunate? Um... does the Moth Chasers to Fire not allow writing books?"

"Of course I let her. Have I ever stopped Elysia from writing that nonsense?"

Mei's nod relieved Danzhu.

That's right. Compared to someone like me with a clear purpose, Elysia's writing is a complete mess. She writes nonsensical things all day long, making it impossible to follow her train of thought. I'm obviously much better than her, right?

"... Then what did I do wrong?"

Danzhu thought about it and realized that he hadn't offended this person.

"I'm not going to compete with you for Liu Bai. I'm just gathering material for a book."

Danzhu's social skills are also top-notch; he's a rare social butterfly who's also a homebody. To prevent Mei from misunderstanding him, he simply spoke his mind.

But this did not change the expression on Mei's face at all.

"Yes, that's the problem," Mei said, making a statement that seemed contradictory at first glance. "I now suspect you've leaked top secret information about the Moth Chasers to Fire. Do you have any objections?"

"Ah?"

Danzhu's mouth dropped open; she truly hadn't expected that such a charge could be leveled against her.

"Top Secret?"

"What? My teacher isn't top secret?"

"Yes, of course it counts." Danzhu nodded. "But I wouldn't just write the person's name down! I could even write something like 'This is purely fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.'"

"But the article did come from you, Dr. Danzhu. What if someone discovers your identity and tries to make far-fetched connections?"

"You can even bring this up?" Danzhu was truly astonished. How could you say something like that without batting an eye?

"Wait a minute, I really don't have any improper thoughts! This is just gathering material! Reasonable material gathering!"

Reasonable?

It makes absolutely no sense! While we're curious about the whole process, we also think this kind of thing is incredibly irritating!

We're all struggling with these things, and you're still happily preparing to gather material and publish a book?

Happy, huh? I'll make you cry today!

If you don't deserve to be taught a lesson, who does?

"Come on, choose one: leaking secrets, harboring the source of Honkai, or posting false information online."

After Mei finished speaking, Danzhu's face turned pale.

This time she understood. Apart from the first one, there were two other things: one was confiscating her property and her figurines.

Another method is to check her browsing history.

... Are you a demon?!

"I... I leaked the secret." Danzhu finally gave in.

"Dr. Vil-V, are all otaku this easy to deal with?" They'll give in as soon as you show them their browsing history and figurines... They're so easy to manipulate.

"None of your business!" Vil-V's face darkened. She had been threatened into joining the group by Liu Bai in the same way back then.

"That shut-in didn't eat your rice!" Danzhu retorted indignantly.

Then Mei glanced at Danzhu; "Here, this is the key to the solitary confinement room. Pick a room you like and lock yourself in."

"..."

That's incredibly insulting!

Mei completely ignored Danzhu's resentful expression and continued, "By the way, I'll assign you some work later, remember to finish it on time."

"Me, a criminal in solitary confinement, still have to work?!"

"Oh, so Dr. Danzhu, you want to be a real criminal?"

Mei pushed up her glasses. "That's enough. Are you planning to cut off your own escape route?"

"From now on, report to the solitary confinement room at six o'clock every morning. I will assign you work. You will finish work at 12 o'clock at night. If you fail to complete the assigned work each day, I will have someone randomly throw away one of your... no, a whole cabinet of them."

"Are you a demon?!"

"Anything else you want to say?" Mei's glasses reflected a cold light. Today, I'm going to see if you can actually do your job properly!

"... No." Danzhu shrank back, took the keys, and slipped away.

Cangxuan was even quicker to slip away. The moment Mei told Danzhu to do the work, Cangxuan understood what Mei meant.

So, he simply sold his own sister.

After dealing with Danzhu, Mei looked at Elysia.

"Captain Elysia."

"... Are you there?" Elysia shrank back.

"Submit a report on your spiritual world by the day after tomorrow. It needs to be substantial, you know? Don't use your dizzying writing style."

"Whoa! How cunning!"

Chapter 427 Time is of the essence

Mei was eventually tackled by Mobius.

Report? What kind of report is this?! Why don't you just supervise Danzhu writing the little imperial edict directly?

Others were also quite unhappy with Mei's approach, so they simply pretended not to see it.

Then, Eden took Elysia away first, and the others gradually left as well.

"Teacher, are you alright?"

As soon as Liu Bai stepped out, Su came to greet him, her face showing a hint of curiosity.

Kalpas was with Su, but compared to Su, Kalpas was much more indifferent. Leaning against the wall, he only nodded slightly when he saw Liu Bai come out.

"What could be wrong with me... But why did Kalpas come? Did you bring him?"

"He came by himself..." Su scratched his head.

He and Kalpas actually had some difficulty communicating. It wasn't that their relationship was bad, but they simply couldn't connect on a deeper level.

Su Kalpas usually treats his words as nonsense...

After realizing this, Su stopped trying to win over those who didn't reciprocate her feelings.

Anyway... we're not that close.

He only occasionally paid attention to Kalpas because he found Sakura's "father-son theory" interesting and wanted to build a relationship with Kalpas.

But now... if my teacher's future son really has Kalpas's personality, then that would be truly terrible.

It's really amazing that Sakura could make that kind of connection...

"A Honkai Beast has appeared in the Far East. I'm going to deal with it."

As always, Kalpas Jie ignored Su and spoke directly to Liu Bai.

"Emperor-class or Judgment-class? What's the code name?"

Liu Bai had become completely accustomed to the fact that even regions that had long been pacified were still producing Emperor-class.

Emperor-class -Emperor-class it is. Last time there was a Yaksha, this time we won't be short of an Emperor-class.

"Emperor-class, codenamed Fei Tian, I can handle it all by myself."

"Oh... Fei Tian, do you want Sakura to take you? The Far East is her hometown."

"What use is she?" Kalpas asked with a look of disdain.

In his opinion, those women were all a little sick... although the cause of their illness was the ghost in front of him.

"You're certainly direct... but you'll always be safer with someone by your side. I remember there was an assassin in the Poison Cocoon who wanted to follow you, wasn't there?"

"Immer?" Kalpas said the other party's name directly. "No, he's too weak."

"Don't underestimate people, Kalpas. How about trying to form your own team? The power of teamwork might be beyond imagination." Although Liu Bai couldn't quite remember who Immer was, it was rare for Kalpas to meet someone he could play with, so Liu Bai didn't mind giving him a hand.

After all, only a few people can be remembered by Kalpas.

"No need." Kalpas's tone was starting to sound impatient.

"Then why don't we Kalpas have Mr. Immer be your adjutant?" Su said casually at this moment. "Anyway, he will eventually be assigned to another team, so why Kalpas have him be your adjutant?"

Su also felt that it was unrealistic to have someone like Kalpas, who only liked to charge into battle, lead the team. However, it was still possible to assign Kalpas a deputy, but in reality, a housekeeper.

Su actually thought it was really remarkable that the assassin named Immer could get along so well with Kalpas.