Cheese

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Cheese (芝士)
Alias(es)	Cheese
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Border City Disaster Management Department; East City Branch; First Team
Occupation/Role	Disaster Handler; Whisper Path Spirit Ability User; Li Yèlái's handler and trainer
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 4

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Awakening	20	Awakened Verbal Hypnosis, a Whisper Path ability.
Second Awakening	8 20	Gained Compulsory Suggestion, allowing her commands to directly disrupt or compel targets.
Third Awakening	25	Successfully awakened Spirit Words / Word Spirit after preparing a targeted potion.

Background / History

Cheese was assigned to assess Li Yèlái after his encounter with The Skinner. She secretly used her ability to confirm that he was not lying about becoming a Spirit Ability User, while withholding deeper questioning to preserve operational secrecy 5.

As a veteran handler of the First Team, Cheese became Li Yèlái's driver, handler, and early instructor. She trained him in Psychic Barrier and intended to teach Sky Stepping; his one-attempt mastery of the former visibly exceeded her expectations 7 8 11.

During the human-trafficking case, Cheese supported the pursuit team and identified signs of a ritual after discovering the traffickers' deaths. She repeatedly interrupted the pregnant Spirit Ability User's escape attempts, then faced the newborn Void Realm creature at close range before Li Yèlái intervened 8 9.

Cheese later joined Li Yèlái and Detective at the Wang family manor. Her interference was decisive after the Ghost Immortal altar's destruction: she compelled Wang De's reinforcements and the Spear Knight to commit suicide, then nearly succumbed to her own curse after overusing her ability 17 19. She subsequently prepared a potion to ensure her third awakening produced an offensive Word Spirit ability rather than a random result 20.

During the Black Prison containment breach, Cheese woke Li Yèlái after Dream Eater put him into a lethal sleep amid Ice Witch's freezing temperatures. She accompanied him through the Mobius Ring Diagram maze, fought to reach him after he stayed behind against the Prairie Cavalry, and used Word Spirit to destroy an ambusher threatening him 32 34 37 38.

Appearance

Cheese is a petite, short-haired young woman, approximately 1.6 meters tall. She usually wears oversized hoodies, but her appearance changes sharply when dressed formally or for operations 7 14 19.

• Delicate features and peach-blossom eyes 48 49.
• Fair skin and a notably curvy figure 7 14.
• Normally favors oversized hoodies, which she says make her look thinner 14.
• Wore a dark-red gown while assisting at the Wang family banquet 19.
• Uses a white swimsuit during Psychic Barrier training sessions 7.

Personality

Cheese is capable, quick-witted, and professional under pressure. She calmly assesses threats, understands Forbidden Item protocols, and makes difficult tactical decisions without hesitating 9 30 32.

She is also openly teasing toward Li Yèlái, frequently making flirtatious jokes or provoking him for a reaction. Beneath this playful manner, she is protective of him: she concealed the extent of his abnormal learning talent, worried when he was stranded in Black Prison, and repeatedly offered practical support for him and his sister 11 34 37 48 49.

Cheese recognizes the danger of distortion and has explicitly asked Li Yèlái to free her should she ever lose control 26.

Abilities & Skills

Whisper Path

Cheese is a Whisper Path Spirit Ability User whose powers operate through spoken commands. Her abilities are primarily control-oriented, but can become lethally effective when a target's resistance is weakened 8 18.

• Can issue commands prefaced by “Listen to me.”
• Her commands can disrupt movement, stiffen limbs, induce cardiac arrest, or compel suicide 9 10 19.
• Targets with strong psionic resistance or external protection can resist her influence 18 19.
• Her commands are significantly weakened by anti-spiritual-power equipment 49.

Verbal Hypnosis

Her first-awakening ability allows her to influence a target through speech 20.

• Used to verify Li Yèlái's account of encountering The Skinner 5.
• Can issue quick battlefield instructions such as ordering armed targets to disarm 8.
• May be insufficient against enemies with superior speed, close-range pressure, or strong resistance 9 18.

Compulsory Suggestion

Her second-awakening ability gives her spoken suggestions greater force, allowing direct combat control 20.

• Stiffened the trafficker's limbs and prevented her escape 9.
• Induced cardiac arrest in the Void Realm creature long enough for Heavy Cavalry to attack 10.
• Forced Wang De's backup and the Spear Knight to kill themselves 17 19.
• Requires substantial sugar intake after intensive use due to her curse 19.

Word Spirit

Cheese's third-awakening ability is a more offensive expression of the Whisper Path 25.

• Used “Word Spirit: Exploding Flames” while fighting through the Black Prison breach 34.
• Detonated the Black Gargoyle ambushing Li Yèlái 38.
• Gives her direct offensive output beyond hypnosis and suggestion 20 25.

Handler Expertise

Cheese has extensive practical knowledge of Spirit Ability Users, awakenings, curses, psychic weapons, Forbidden Items, and official handler procedures 5 13 30 48.

• Trained Li Yèlái in Psychic Barrier and prepared to teach him Sky Stepping 7 8.
• Guided him through Psychic Weapon activation and consumption management 13.
• Introduced him to Black Prison's containment structure and Forbidden Item safety rules 30.
• Explained the limitations and costs of the Anti-Spiritual Power Helmet 49.

Curse

Cheese's curse manifests as an urgent dependence on sugar after using her powers. If she fails to consume enough sugar, her heart weakens and her condition can become life-threatening 5 19.

• Regularly carries fruit candies, saccharin, white sugar, and rock sugar 5 19 32.
• Needed emergency sugar and milk after exhausting herself against Wang De 19.
• Used saccharin before unleashing Word Spirit during the Black Prison breach 34.

Equipment / Items

• Off-road vehicle — Her preferred handler vehicle, suited for pursuit operations and poor roads; Li Yèlái has damaged it during missions more than once 7 10 11.
• Candy and sugar supplies — Necessary to manage her curse after using Whisper Path abilities 5 19.
• Dagger — Kept concealed as a last-resort weapon when her ability cannot be used safely 9.
• Third-awakening potion — A specifically chosen potion intended to grant Word Spirit 20.

Relationships

• Li Yèlái / Night General — Colleague, trainee, and close comrade. Cheese serves as his handler and instructor; both have saved the other's life during separate operations 7 10 19 20.
• Yáng Chén — First Team captain. He consults Cheese on Li Yèlái's condition and advancement, while she relies on his combat strength and leadership 5 19 20.
• Detective — Fellow handler and participant in the Wang family case; Cheese aided him and Li Yèlái against Wang De's forces 14 17 19.
• Li Yúnyān — Li Yèlái's sister. Cheese treats her kindly and assisted in testing the Anti-Spiritual Power Helmet against her curse 49.
• Puppet — Fellow handler and ally. Both helped guard Li Yèlái's second-awakening ceremony 27.

Trivia

• Cheese suggested the codename “Snow Leopard” for Li Yèlái, hoping to create a “Cheese-Snow Leopard combination,” but the authorities instead named him Night General 12.
• She claims to have learned Psychic Barrier after only a single look, despite privately recognizing that Li Yèlái's instant mastery was exceptional 7.
• Her uncle has business connections with the Wang family 14.