Cao Yuan:...
"Give it to me?" Lin Qiye froze.
"Yeah. Old Cao goes crazy the moment he draws his blade, and even if we gave him this sword, he wouldn't know how to use it. I thought you handled it pretty well before, Qiye, so you should have it!" Baili Pangpang said matter-of-factly.
"But I don't know how to use a sword either..."
"You don't have to use it for close combat. Just treat it as a tool," Baili Pangpang continued.
"All right."
Lin Qiye accepted Praying Abyss, carved a summoning array into its hilt, and set it aside.
"Why hasn't that teacher arrived yet?"
After chatting for quite a while longer, Cao Yuan checked the time and could not help asking.
Baili Pangpang pondered for a moment. "Maybe his sixth-hand minivan broke down on the way."
"...That's not impossible."
"What kind of person could Commander Ye have paid such a huge price to hire?" Baili Pangpang began guessing. "Could he be another Human Apex?"
"Probably not." Cao Yuan thought it over. "The Human Apexes aren't part of the Night Watchmen system. Commander Ye probably couldn't hire them, and besides, we're just a Nameless Squad that has lost its qualification to become a Special Squad. We shouldn't be worth a Human Apex personally teaching us."
Lin Qiye nodded in agreement.
"It's already past two in the morning. That teacher probably isn't coming tonight. We should all go back and get some rest," Lin Qiye said after checking the time.
By then, everyone else was exhausted as well. Jialan had even dozed off against his shoulder. Hearing that they no longer had to wait here in vain, they nodded and returned to their rooms.
The lights went out, and the entire warehouse was plunged into darkness.
Half an hour later.