Finally Meeting an Important Person

After that, three days passed.

During that time, Fang Li's treatment was no longer as poor as it had been at first.

Although, just as before, he still had to do some work because of his status as a Wanderer, the samurai no longer treated Fang Li the way they had before.

Of course, it was not that the samurai's attitude toward Fang Li had improved. It was simply that Fang Li's performance that day had made them realize that he was not someone to be trifled with either.

In order to win, Fang Li had dared to risk having his arm cut off. That bold recklessness instinctively made those timid samurai, who had always cowered within Aragane Station and never dared face the Kabane head-on, feel a trace of fear.

Thus, the samurai no longer mocked Fang Li to his face. Instead, they kept their distance, and aside from matters that needed to be discussed for work, they no longer interacted with him at all.

Fang Li was more than happy to have some peace and quiet, so naturally, he had no objections.

In truth, if Fang Li wanted to leave, he could do so at any time. There was no need for him to spend his days among the samurai just for three meals a day.

When entering an Instance World, the space did not provide an exchange function. Main God Envoys could only make exchanges after returning to the Main God Space.

There was only one exception: currency exchange.

While in an Instance World, Main God Envoys could use Exchange Points to exchange for the needed currency based on the value of that world's money.

Under such circumstances, with his 5,600 Exchange Points, Fang Li might not have been able to live in luxury, but he could at least guarantee his food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Yet Fang Li did not do so.

The first reason was that such exchanges were one-way. Exchange Points could be used to obtain currency, but currency could not be sold back to the space for Exchange Points.

Therefore, basically no one would be willing to spend their versatile Exchange Points on a pile of currency that would become useless the moment they left that world.

The second reason was that only by staying among the samurai could he better keep track of the situation.

Even now, Fang Li still did not know when the plot would officially begin.

Therefore, Fang Li believed it was entirely necessary for him to remain among the samurai.

If anything happened, the samurai would certainly receive the news first.

For that reason, Fang Li had to stay among them and keep abreast of firsthand information so he could understand the current situation.

The moment he heard news of a Hayajiro arriving at Aragane Station, Fang Li would definitely head over at once.

Fang Li remembered that on the day the plot began, someone on a Hayajiro arriving at Aragane Station during the day would be falsely accused of being a Kabane and then shot dead.

Even if he did not know which day the plot would begin, as long as Fang Li saw such an obvious development, he would know when Aragane Station was about to fall.

As a result, three days passed. Although several Hayajiro came and went, that incident never occurred.

Fang Li could only suppress his growing impatience and continue waiting helplessly.

Still, his life during this period was not entirely uneventful.

At the very least, after the Martial Contest, Kurusu Kunoichi came looking for Fang Li almost every day for three days straight.

Today was no exception.

During the midday shift change, while on his way to the dining hall, Fang Li was startled by Kurusu Kunoichi, who suddenly sprang out from some unknown corner.

Ignoring Fang Li's lingering fright, Kurusu Kunoichi directly threw out a question.

"Has your injury healed?"

Fang Li's mouth twitched. Forcing himself not to roll his eyes, he replied irritably, "How long has it been since then? How could it have healed so quickly?"

In fact, Fang Li's injury had long since healed.

After that day's Martial Contest, Fang Li had poured another portion of the Wound Recovery Potion onto the wound and healed it.

However, Fang Li had not admitted to anyone that his injury was already healed.

Precisely because Kurusu Kunoichi had been constantly pestering him.

"I say, is this really necessary?" Fang Li still spoke with little patience. "I only used a small trick to beat you once. There's no need to hold a grudge until now, is there?"

"I... I'm not holding a grudge!" Kurusu Kunoichi glared at Fang Li and said unconvincingly, "I just want another match with you."

"Most people call that holding a grudge." Fang Li patted his forehead, his voice filled with helplessness. "I knew your pride was high, but I still underestimated it."

"Urgh..." Kurusu Kunoichi looked as though he had nothing to say.

Seeing Kurusu Kunoichi like that, Fang Li could not help but smile.

It was not easy to see this samurai, who was overly strict and serious by nature, get stumped like this.

Just then, a rather pleasant voice rang out behind Kurusu Kunoichi.

"Kurusu, so you were here?"

Upon hearing that voice, Kurusu Kunoichi's eyes widened slightly. He turned around, his expression unexpectedly flustered.

When he saw the newcomer clearly, Kurusu Kunoichi cried out in surprise.

"Lady Ayame!"

That form of address made Fang Li's eyes light up. He raised his head and looked over.

He saw someone slowly walking toward them along the path ahead.

It was a girl.

She appeared to be around Fang Li's age.

She wore luxurious clothing.

Her long black hair, cascading like a waterfall, was tied into a ponytail that hung behind her.

There was even a floral ornament tucked into her hair.

As for her appearance, it was exquisitely beautiful beyond belief.

At least, before coming to the Main God Space, Fang Li had never seen such a beauty face-to-face.

Looking at the beautiful girl approaching them, Fang Li spoke softly.

"Yomogawa Ayame."

—Yomogawa Ayame.

Her name alone showed that she was a blood relative of the Yotsuyu Clan, the family that governed Aragane Station.

This girl was the eldest daughter of the Yotsuyu Clan, someone who could take over from her father as Aragane Station's ruler at any time without anyone finding it strange.

Moreover, she was also the important plot character Fang Li was required to protect in Main Mission Two.

I never thought I'd meet her here...

Under Fang Li's gaze, Yomogawa Ayame noticed him as well. After a brief pause, she bowed apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, did I interrupt you two?"

"No, not at all." Kurusu Kunoichi hurriedly shook his head and replied, "We weren't discussing anything important. Please don't say that, Lady Ayame."

Before Yomogawa Ayame could react to Kurusu Kunoichi's words, Fang Li's eye twitched.

This guy was the one enthusiastically pestering me in the first place...