"An early trial? How... do you want to go to the 'Trial Ground' right now?"
Outside the hotel, Yin Lan looked at Lin Yu in surprise.
Lin Yu nodded and delivered the speech he had already prepared, half true and half false: "Two murders have already happened today. 'Schreiber' infiltrated the place, and 'Paper Kite' left after being framed... On top of that, 'Benevolent King' didn't put any safety measures in place for his [Item]. Although I had anticipated that things would become chaotic before I came here, I didn't expect them to become this chaotic."
"So, I feel that... perhaps I need to further improve my strength to deal with what comes next."
Good Night spoke up. "Xi Ba, don't overthink it. Don't put so much pressure on yourself, Xi Ba. There are so many 'Tier 3' experts here, and even 'Tier 4' experts... Although you're indeed strong among 'Tier 2' experts, we aren't lacking the combat power of one Xi Ba 'Tier 2' expert."
Lin Yu smiled and said, "But... what if the exact bit of strength I'm lacking is really what we need?"
"Besides, Captain Good Night, improving my strength also improves my ability to protect myself."
Good Night was about to say something else, but Yin Lan spoke first.
"Fine. I'll report this to the 'Secretary' and the 'Professor'... However, based on my understanding of those two and the 'Trial Ground,' I think they should agree."
"You'll get a reply by tonight at the latest. If you can go... the earliest should be tonight."
Lin Yu smiled. "Then thank you, Comrade Dionysus."
Yin Lan looked at Lin Yu, her expression relaxing. "You're being too formal. We're all comrades. I'm only passing along your request. There's no need to thank me—or rather, you said you wanted to