No-Parachute Bro, wearing nothing but a pair of oversized shorts, sat inside the sleeping bag. He might have been groggy from sleep; he subconsciously reached into his shorts and scratched, then even put his hand under his nose and sniffed it, instantly sobering up.
"Huh? Byakuya? You're the guide this time?"
A smile appeared on No-Parachute Bro's face. He was just about to reminisce when he suddenly turned serious.
"Give me a moment to adjust. I was just carrying out the Main Quest in a normal sixth-order world. Byakuya, what order are you at now?"
No-Parachute Bro put on his clothes and packed away the sleeping bag.
"Eighth order."
"Damn, you're already eighth order? We were both Second Order before."
No-Parachute Bro laughed carelessly, but Nairoi and the Little Detective beside him couldn't bring themselves to smile.
"So this is an eighth-order world?"
Nairoi's mood grew especially heavy as she said this. However, she did not avoid Goddess Shataye when speaking. Goddess Shataye seemed not to have heard her—or rather, from her perspective, Nairoi was acting strangely, suddenly switching to an unknown language while speaking, then returning to normal after a while.
"Correct."
After receiving Su Xiao's definite answer, No-Parachute Bro, Nairoi, and the Little Detective all looked solemn.
After some initial discussion, Su Xiao learned about the situation of the three. All three were sixth-order Contractors who had formed a small group called the 'Suicide Squad.'
One shouldn't assume that the name of their Adventurer Team was ominous. For the three of them, 'dying' was perfectly normal—or rather, dying in the mental world was normal. At critical moments, they had to go and 'die.'
The reason the three could deal with bizarre and unpredictable 'mystery cases' was that their abilities complemented one another.
After awakening No-Parachute Bro's 'Survival in