Elysia: Again?!

Before arriving at the hotel where Kevin and the others were staying, Kevin asked, "So, what are your plans for the next few days?"

"I didn't plan to... However, Elysia will probably still drag me out, and Pardo will likely follow." After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yufeng added, "Although this feeling might not be very reliable, Lilith ... she might still appear in front of us."

"You still say there's nothing between you and Lilith?" Kevin said, looking at Zhu Yufeng with narrowed eyes. "Telepathy?"

"I don't know the exact reason either. It might be as I speculated. My consciousness was once bound to Lilith, so in some cases, we can sense each other's presence," Zhu Yufeng said. "Moreover... Elysia might also have some connection with Lilith that we don't know about."

Kevin ignored the last sentence and said, "I'm more inclined to believe it's because of the unspoken understanding you two developed last time. After all, we've had a second chance, Feather Dust's influence may not still exist."

"Then why do you still have memories?" Zhu Yufeng asked, arms crossed and eyes half-closed. "As the legal entity that exercises power, it's normal for me to retain memories, but why do you retain them?"

"That makes sense." Kevin. "I haven't been doing much these past few days, how about we schedule a time to play basketball?"

Zhu Yufeng thought for a moment and said, "It's been a long time since I played basketball with you. When we were at the training base, we spent most of our time training. This is a rare vacation for us."

Kevin his arms and said speechlessly, "You spend most of your free time training with Hua Yi in Great Void Sword Qi, and the rest of the time you basically do regular training. Although I understand why you do this, aren't you being too tense?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin with a blank expression and said, "I think it's quite normal. It's probably because I'm not really interested in many things."

"Take a break once in a while when you're at base. It's good to think about the other soldiers." Kevin spread his hands. "Do you know that your actions are tantamount to killing the entire Fire Moth? I remember you also took breaks and relaxed last time, didn't you?"

"When you realize you've seen all the movies and anime you've watched, and you've basically read all the books, you'll be like me," Zhu Yufeng said very honestly. "And once you've finished all the games, there's really no point in playing them again, especially if you're playing alone."

Kevin imagined it for a moment, and it seemed to be true, then said, "Then why don't you invite me to come along too?"

"I'll definitely do it next time."

After a moment of silence, Kevin spoke up again, "It seems that Elysia is indeed having a tough time. Without her, your life the Present probably be like a stagnant pool, right?"

"I didn't realize you could say something like that, Kevin." Zhu Yufeng with a look of surprise.

Kevin's eye twitched. "Don't think too far of me, okay? At least I admit the objective facts."

"Then why are you still so stubborn?" Zhu Yufeng chuckled. "I'll let you off the Elysia this time, but what about next time?"

"We'll talk about it next time." Kevin shrugged.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Got it, you'll do it again next time, right?

"Life has to have some fun, and anyway, Elysia knows what she's doing." Kevin said, holding the back of his head with both hands. "My thoughts have actually changed since my the Present. There are still ten years before the Finality comes. This time is short for humans, but long for us. At least for the Present, we don't need to be Honkai by the Honkai."

"Are you really looking forward to getting beaten up by Elysia?" Zhu Yufeng took a step back. "I didn't expect you to be like Kevin."

Kevin paused for a moment, then gave Zhu Yufeng a light punch in the chest. "To this the Present, the only thing you haven't changed is your habit of being sarcastic."

Zhu Yufeng smiled but didn't say anything.

We have arrived at the hotel where Kevin and the others are staying.

"Let's set the time for tomorrow afternoon. I'll contact you on my phone later to get the exact time and place," Kevin said.

Zhu Yufeng nodded. "If Elysia doesn't have any other plans, I should be fine."

"Between brothers and women, you still chose women," Kevin teased. "What's that Shenzhou saying again? 'Prioritizing women over friends'?"

Zhu Yufeng squinted at Kevin, then mercilessly attacked. "If I asked you to play basketball, and Mei suddenly told you she wanted to do an experiment with you, which would you choose?"

"But your relationship with Elysia isn't like mine with Mei, is it? And Mei and Elysia aren't the same type of girl, are they?" Kevin chose to retort. Mei really rarely invited him to do anything.

Tears welled up in my eyes...

"Indeed, you have a point. Elysia is someone I almost love, and you are too, but if I had to choose between a man and a woman, I would choose the woman, right?" Zhu Yufeng shrugged. "Besides, you know Elysia's personality, don't you? Unless she has some special reason for insisting that I come along, she won't interfere with my schedule."

"That's true, but generally speaking, you don't have any scheduled activities." Kevin waved his hand. "Let's contact each other later."

"I'll contact you later."

After saying that, Zhu Yufeng prepared to return to the hotel where he and Elysia and the others were staying.

Before leaving, Kevin said behind him, "At least this time, we are your comrades-in-arms or teammates, fighting and training alongside you."

Zhu Yufeng paused, turning his head slightly. "Kevin, what you said doesn't seem like something someone with your academic knowledge would say."

"That's exactly what I wanted to say," Kevin said speechlessly. "Mei also said I should read more books."

Zhu Yufeng didn't say anything more, but continued walking towards the mountain.

Kevin has a problem: he trusts May too much, and even does whatever May wants. In his previous life, he was even criticized by Mobius for "May being his external brain".

Mei herself didn't want Kevin to always believe in her unconditionally and listen to her. She had talked to Kevin, but Kevin never agreed.

Because that's how Kevin is.

He believed that all he could do was fight the Honkai Beast, and that other matters were beyond his control.

Another point is that he never intended to be a Heroes; he only did it because he needed to be by Mei's side. In other words, if Mei wasn't going to fight the Honkai, Kevin wouldn't fight the Honkai either.

"So, I'm actually pretty much the same as Kevin, about the same as everyone else?" Zhu Yufeng murmured. "But at least the Present. It seems like Kevin has finally started doing something else he wants to do?"

Although some of these activities are no different from dancing in a minefield.

Upon arriving at the hotel, as Zhu Yufeng had expected, Elysia was still very concerned about what he had talked about with Kevin. Zhu Yufeng simply said, "He'll do it again next time."

Elysia: "..."

Why didn't she realize before that Kevin was so annoying? No, Kevin is just stubborn, so she still has to start with Mei and have her keep an eye on Kevin.

Pardo: "..."

How come she never noticed that Boss Kevin had such an outrageous side before?

Kevin looked up from her book and said, "Aren't all girls like this?"

Kosma and Disaster exchanged a glance, and then Disaster spoke up, "What are everyone's plans for today?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia.

Elysia seemed to immediately understand his gaze and asked, "Do you have your own plans, Maple?"

"Kevin asked me to play basketball this afternoon," Zhu Yufeng said.

Hearing this, Elysia didn't think much of it, so she looked at the others and said, "I do have some things I want to buy. Phyllis, would you like to come with me?"

Pardo thought about it and agreed.

Kosma looked at the others and was about to speak when Disaster raised her hand and said, "I'll go with you!"

Kosma glanced at Disaster, then looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "... Then Feng and I will go play basketball together."

They will stay in the city for two more days, and the day after tomorrow evening, they will take a special plane and return to the headquarters of the Fire Moth along with other soldiers who participated in the operation.

The development of the situation was not beyond Zhu Yufeng's expectations. On the day they returned to the Fire Moth, when he and Kevin were ordering food at a high-end hotel in the city, Lilith appeared again.

However, this time, she had made special preparations, and it was not a chance encounter. Lilith had obviously dressed up carefully, and the clothes she was wearing were not casual clothes, but specially made formal dresses. Moreover, she knocked precisely on the door of the private room where Zhu Yufeng and the others were staying.

"Hi~ Do you mind if Mostima and I have dinner with you?" Lilith said with a smile, her hands behind her back.

Elysia: "..."

If it's okay, she doesn't mind.

Kevin replied quickly, "Of course."

Why would he mind?

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

I didn't expect Kevin's "I'll do it again next time" to come so quickly.

Mostima looked utterly dejected. She glanced at the others around her, then leaned close to Lilith and whispered, "My lady, this isn't some other place. There are other people here. For the sake of your future plans, this... isn't it inconvenient for you?"

Lilith glanced at the others present and chuckled, "They're all acquaintances."

Mostima looked at the other people sitting at the table with a strange expression. She recognized them all; they were all from that mysterious organization... But why did Lilith recognize all of them?

"But it seems we don't have any more seats." Although Disaster didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, she felt it was necessary to help Pardo eliminate any rivals she could.

"We can have two more," Kevin said. "Let's have them with Maple and Phyllis."

Maple and Lilith know each other, and Pardo also knows Mostima. No problem!

"Huh? Is that okay?" Lilith looked at Pardo with surprise.

Sitting to Zhu Yufeng's right Pardo glanced at Kevin with narrowed eyes, mentally calculating that even if she disagreed, given Lilith's tactics, she would probably ignore her and feed Brother Yu Feng, while she sat in the middle...

What a horrifying scene!

Pardo immediately said, "It's okay, Lilith, please sit here."

Let Sister Elysia handle this. Anyway, if Sister Elysia wants to beat up someone afterward, she'll beat up Boss Kevin. Lilith might even owe me a favor.

Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem like a bad deal.

It's Kevin, right... Next time, I'll just call Mobius's emergency number.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lilith's eyes as she looked at Pardo, but she quickly recovered and simply said, "Thank you, Phyllis."

Disaster: "???"

Why is Little Pardo...?

Seeing that Disaster kept giving her meaningful glances, Pardo gave her a look that said, "You'll see soon enough."

Elysia: "..."

Phyllis... well, it's not her fault. Given Lilith's personality, she'll probably just ignore her feeding Feng.

As soon as Lilith sat down, she smiled at Zhu Yufeng next to her and said, "We meet again."

Zhu Yufeng looked at her without saying a word.

Lilith glanced at Mostima, who was chatting with Pardo.

Zhu Yufeng understood. Good heavens, you've tricked a top hacker into doing this?

Fine, that's something Lilith would do.

Elysia watched the interaction between the two and her eye twitched.

Lilith glanced at Elysia, then gave a mischievous smile and said, "I've missed you terribly since we parted last time, and I've been looking forward to seeing you again. I dress up every day so that I'll look my best when I meet you again. How do I look, Maple?"

Zhu Yufeng's eye twitched. How could he not answer?

Disaster's eyes widened. What was going on? Although Kevin had told her that Lilith was Maple's childhood friend, didn't Lilith have a fiancé?

Kosma heard about Lilith from others and couldn't help but facepalm.

"It suits your outfit," Zhu Yufeng said, while mentally complaining to Elysia, "Stop pinching my waist..."

"Ah, I remember, you liked this dish more than the others. It's a pity the chef didn't quite get the heat right," Lilith said after taking a bite of the meat.

Zhu Yufeng: How come I don't remember liking this dish?

The next second, Lilith said again, "Hmm... although the cooking time wasn't quite right, it's still considered top-notch. Would you like to try some?" As she spoke, she picked up another piece of meat and held it to Zhu Yufeng's mouth.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Should he eat it or not?

Pardo: "..."

She knew it.

Kosma had already taken out his notes; he felt he could learn from them, or at least use them as a reference.

Disaster was dumbfounded.

Only Hua was seriously working.

"Lilith, I need to reiterate, Feng and I are lovers." Elysia couldn't stand it anymore, and she remembered that Feng didn't have any particular preferences for food, but Lilith's words made her unsure again.

In short, if something like this is going to happen, it should be her doing it, even if she's just a lover in a fake identity right now!

"But there's no rule that says you can't do this if you're not lovers, is there?" Lilith said innocently.

Elysia: "..."

Throughout the meal, Lilith kept feeding Zhu Yufeng while commenting on the dishes, even after Zhu Yufeng said he didn't need any. Disaster was dumbfounded. She finally understood why Little Pardo had chosen to follow her heart, and Elysia was completely helpless against Lilith.

This Lilith... isn't she shy at all? There's absolutely no sense of a girl's modesty.

Since Lilith was at least more well-behaved than before, Elysia didn't say anything, nor could she do anything. Lilith's act of evaluating the dishes had already raised the bar for her kind of operation.

However, even though Zhu Yufeng was on guard when they parted, Lilith always managed to catch people off guard.

"Feng, why aren't you wearing the Sun Earring yet?"

"... It's a bit affecting my daily life."

It really does have an impact.

"You didn't lose it, did you?"

"I don't."

"Then let's verify it?"

Helpless, Zhu Yufeng took out the Sun Earring from the lining of his clothes. Then, in that moment of distraction, Lilith kissed his lips again and then ran away with Mostima at lightning speed.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Elysia: "..."

Not again?!