Sunny Painter

After Lin Yu and Sister Huang exchanged glances with the other person, that person looked over as well.

Because the other person had very neat, short orange hair and dressed in a highly androgynous style, Lin Yu could not tell for a moment whether they were a handsome girl or a thin, frail-looking man.

After all, the gradient-colored turtleneck sweater and black straight-leg pants concealed most of the curves of their originally slender figure, even covering most of their neck.

However, the other person's profession did offer some clues.

Because they carried a huge drawing board on their back, Lin Yu had little trouble guessing that they were most likely a Painter.

Huang also waved at the other person and called out their name.

"Aoi, over here."

Hearing that codename, the memories stored in Lin Yu's mind were instantly activated.

"Tier 3," "Painter"...

And most importantly, ranked eighty-fifth on the leaderboard!

The second Tier 3 was one thing, but had someone ranked on the leaderboard actually shown up?

Lin Yu's heart grew heavy.

Sure enough, since Shen Bingmiao had specifically reminded him, this Instance seemed to harbor even more malice than usual.

The Clearance Conditions looked simple enough—kill the Dark Creatures and clear the Instance—but things probably would not go so smoothly.

But now that matters had come to this, Lin Yu could only pretend to be surprised.

"Aoi? Could you be that famous Painter on the leaderboard?"

"That's her. She's a major client of the Hunter Society," Huang said with a laugh. "I didn't expect to run into you in the Instance."

Aoi hurried over, opened her arms, and gave Huang a big hug before saying, "Sister Huang, I didn't expect to run into you either. What good luck!"

"I was still worried I might run into someone difficult