The Cat-Eared Disciple

Ansel ate coffee and snacks while flipping through Yeah's notebook.

"Eating at night? Be careful not to fall into a sub-healthy state." Yeah looked at Ansel and teased him with a smile.

"Well, I eat at night because of my racial traits! Yes, it's my racial traits!" Ansel scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed.

"Actually, I've always been curious, are you really a boy?" Yeah admired this hardworking operator, but the guy's appearance was indeed somewhat deceptive.

She even heard that many strange people called the nurse next to her "Bunny-eared Girl".

"Really... Yeah, have you also learned bad habits from the supervisor?" Ansel puffed out her cheeks.

"What's wrong with him?" Yeah asked curiously.

Ansel was momentarily speechless. He opened his mouth, but felt that what he was about to say was difficult to say.

But in the end, he blurted it out. "Supervisor Bai Ye made me wear a really weird nurse's uniform, saying it would attract more of those guys... that kind of clothing is women's clothing!"

"Cough... This is indeed a bit too much..." Yeah was also taken aback by Bai Ye's wild imagination, but when she turned her head to look Ansel up and down, her eyes became somewhat inexplicable.

"W-what's wrong?" Ansel, somewhat uneasy.

Yeah shook her head. "No, it's just that I inexplicably feel that you look quite right dressed like that, actually, it doesn't seem out of place at all, um, it suits you quite well..."

She couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.

"Hmm, Yeah, you seem to be in a better mood?" Ansel, however, focused his attention on other things.

"Um?"

"I always felt that Yeah was very tense before, but recently she seems to be relaxing." Ansel didn't know how to describe this feeling.

Yeah fell silent.

Yes, she has indeed changed.

This place originally only brought her pain, anger, and hatred.

Those things burned her, making it hard for her to fall asleep.

However, I've recently shifted my focus a bit.

After all, there are too many things to do here. In addition to treating patients, she also has to run medical training courses for the Reunion Movement and even guide a troubled child named Mephisto.

In Yeah's opinion, that child needed psychological counseling. She always felt that she could see her own shadow in him—if it weren't for Teacher Kal'tsit, perhaps she would have become extreme and morbid due to a lack of guidance.

"Perhaps this is what Bai Ye and the teacher intended?"

Yeah muttered to herself.

She felt that Bai Ye wasn't actually that unreliable. Entrusting a problem child to her to handle wasn't laziness, but rather had ulterior motives.

"Let's leave Mephisto to Operator Yeah..."

Bai Ye didn't want to deal with problem children; he was busy enough and didn't have time to do psychological counseling.

With the guidance of Talulah, Yeah, and Miss Alina, if Mephisto still goes astray and becomes like his previous self, then he will have no choice but to be "dealt with".

He had mixed feelings about this former enemy. In his past life, he had hated his actions, but later he learned of his suffering and the final fate of the singer of the end.

Unforgivable, but understandable.

If given a second chance, Bai Ye still hopes he can embark on a better path.

Bai Ye stepped out of his tent.

He just sold out a batch of the Potion No. 1.

This thing is quite popular with Players.

Most Players will spend experience points to buy some potions as spares, since potions are always quite useful in the wilderness, whether for PvP or leveling up by grinding monsters.

Players and the Reunion Movement have now established a healthy symbiotic relationship. Players help the Infected and can also obtain skills, items, and quests from them.

The Reunion Movement gradually got on track. They rescued infected people on the frozen ground, destroyed mines, and collected resources while advancing towards Chernobog.

Even with Bai Ye's help, Talulah will not remain on the frozen ground any longer.

The land here is too barren and the climate too harsh to feed the infected.

This is a rare period of peace.

However, Bai Ye knew very well that new conflicts would soon break this peace.

He only hoped to accumulate as much strength as possible and improve his abilities in order to deal with new dangers.

As Bai Ye pondered, he strolled through the Reunion Movement's camp.

Then he saw Melantha practicing her swordplay, and Kroos sitting beside her.

Bai Ye walked over curiously. It gets dark early here, and Bai Ye had already dismissed them to go back and rest.

I never expected there would still be people competing against each other!

Chapter 124 Cat-Eared Disciple

Bai Ye's footsteps on the snow made no sound.

Stealth has become an integral part of his daily routine, and eliminating one's own presence is a must-learn skill for Players.

Standing by a large tree in the open space, Bai Ye watched Melantha practicing her swordsmanship.

The girl's movements were elegant, and her swordsmanship was based on Swift Sword, but because it was a long sword, there were also slashing movements.

The girl's technique likely incorporates some kind of Eastern sword style.

Her weapon is a slender and sharp straight-bladed longsword, a style of weaponry only found in the Yan or Higashi.

Bai Ye could tell that Melantha was quite serious during training. Her face was tense, sweat dripped down her bangs, and because of the cold weather, her body was steaming.

After completing a full set of swordsmanship training, the girl turned to look at Kroos: "Mellie, how long has it been?"

"Ugh, half an hour... Whoa! Manager Bai Ye!"

Kroos answered her friend's question, she was suddenly startled. It turned out that Bai Ye had appeared beside them without them noticing.

"Good evening, supervisor." Melantha was also startled and quickly turned around to greet her.

"Ciallo~"

Bai Ye has a special greeting, but the two operators are already used to it. This artificial language, a combination of Siracusa and Victoria, is quite interesting.

The two were quite nervous upon seeing Bai Ye.

After all, although this head instructor looks quite gentle and is always smiling, the things he does are not very human—he abandons operators from the aircraft and chases them in the snow on a motorcycle... In short, it's quite outrageous.

Bai Ye ignored the two uneasy people and took the weapon from Melantha's hand.

After the girl let go, Bai Ye drew his long sword.

Perhaps because it was frequently used by Melantha, the weapon was also imbued with a special fragrance, exactly the same as the girl's scent.

According to the information, Melantha comes from a family with a long history in the fragrance industry; her parents also run a fragrance processing factory and a fragrance brand.

Bai Ye quite liked the scent; it smelled pleasant. However, upon smelling it, he suddenly frowned.

Bai Ye then twirled his longsword, sheathed it, and looked at Melantha, saying, "Please don't use aromatherapy products in the wilderness anymore."

"Unusual scents can attract wild animals and easily become clues for enemies to track."

Bai Ye knew that some races had an exceptionally keen sense of smell, and they could easily distinguish this faint fragrance.

"I understand," Melantha nodded.

She's gotten used to using aromatherapy, such as scented candles, invigorating perfumes, or sachets.

For example, she now carries perfume from her hometown with her, and when she feels listless, she smells it to refresh herself.

Melantha looked up at Bai Ye, who was holding her weapon, and a thought suddenly popped into her mind.

She turned to Bai Ye and asked, "Manager Bai Ye, can you teach me swordsmanship?"

"Don't you already have a swordsmanship teacher?" Bai Ye remembered that this child should be learning swordsmanship from Flanka.

"Besides, I'm just an ordinary department head, and I'm not very proficient in swordsmanship or anything like that."

As he spoke, Bai Ye glanced at the skill levels on his game system attribute panel.

Expert level.

In the previous life, the pinnacle of Players's martial arts skills was the expert level.

However, according to Bai Ye's knowledge, there are even higher realms beyond that.

However, Players are bound by the game system and therefore cannot continue to comprehend deeper concepts.

In Bai Ye's opinion, since he hadn't yet "enlightened," his swordsmanship was just so-so.

"Hmm..." Melantha hesitated, not quite believing Bai Ye's explanation.

Seeing this, Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. "Did you see me sparring with Flanka last time?"

"Hmm..." Melantha nodded gently, and said somewhat shyly, "I saw... you knocked away Teacher Flanka's sword."

"I saw it too!" Kroos raised her hand.

"..."

The Bai Ye was speechless.

That's not a good idea.

Melantha was Flanka's student, and then she saw her own teacher defeated by her...

Bai Ye apologized to the fat fox in his heart.

You've embarrassed yourself in front of your students.

"I'm sorry, Manager Bai Ye, I just... wanted to become stronger." Melantha said, clenching her fist.

"Please guide me!"

Although she was a little timid, she still looked up at Bai Ye with a determined look in her eyes.

Bai Ye looked into the girl's pink eyes and was moved by the emotions and will contained within them.

Those were remarkably beautiful eyes.

"Well..."

Bai Ye handed the long sword in his hand to Melantha.

"Only this once."

As he spoke, he took out his weapon, which he hadn't used in a long time— R.G. Industries M30 standard single-edged straight sword that he had obtained from Penguin Logistics.

After acquiring "Arc Light," he never used this relatively low-level weapon again.

The weapon, made of metal, was quite heavy, but Bai Ye held it in his hand with apparent ease.

"Thank you, teacher!" Miss Melantha was overjoyed.

"I am not your teacher," Bai Ye denied outright.

"That... is Master?" The kitten girl tilted her head.

"Tsk... I'm just a substitute teacher... Oh well, teacher it is."

Bai Ye wasn't good at dealing with this kind of serious girl, so he just let her be.

"Hello, teacher." Miss Melantha also picked up her longsword.

"Let's practice once first, I'll test the waters."

Bai Ye assumed a stance ready to attack.

"Okay... I'm going in!"

Melantha raised her longsword.

Contrary to her introverted personality, her attack moves were quite sharp.