Caught in the Act / Each with Their Own Agenda

As they were talking, Bai Ye could already hear Miss Laurentina walking towards the room door.

"Quick!"

Bai Ye quickly reached out and rolled up all the leaflets and blankets, putting them into his inventory.

Skadi escaped into the bathroom.

Just as Specter unlocked the door with his key, Bai Ye swiftly pushed open the window...

"What's going on? It smells so strange..."

Specter sniffed the air and entered the room, only to find the window open and a strange smell wafting through the air.

The wind inside was much stronger than outside, but the howling wind could not cover up the traces of the smell.

Specter, a masterpiece of Sargos's bio-engineering technology and Abyssal Hunter, possesses an extraordinary sense of smell.

She quickly realized something was wrong.

"Why is there a bloody smell?! It's Skadi's scent. Is she injured?!" Specter's gaze fell on Bai Ye.

At this moment, Laurentina's face no longer held its usual smile. Her expression was serious, her gaze piercing, and her scarlet eyes seemed to hold a murderous intent.

What exactly happened?

A dangerous character suddenly appeared on Bai Ye's forehead.

Chapter 155 Breaking Through

"Shark, I'm alright."

Just before the tense atmosphere in the room was about to explode, Skadi suddenly opened the bathroom door and poked her head out.

"You're alright? That's great... But what exactly happened? I distinctly smell your blood. Hmm, and the humidity in the room has increased!"

Specter breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Skadi was unharmed.

In fact, not only Skadi, but even Specter secretly believed that only she and Skadi, the two Abyssal Hunter, had survived in this world. Therefore, Laurentina also valued this simple-minded companion very much.

In truth, she didn't fully trust Bai Ye yet, for a simple reason: their nemesis was sealed within Bai Ye's body. Although Bai Ye didn't possess that unpleasant odor, and he had helped Skadi rid herself of the Firstborn "curse" (or rather, "blessing")...

However, the Firstborn is ultimately the greatest enemy of the Abyssal Hunter.

The Abyssal Hunter gave almost everything to kill Ishar-mla.

From Specter's perspective, who can guarantee that Bai Ye truly sealed away the Firstborn seal...?

"I... I'm fine." Skadi couldn't very well say that she had slept with Bai Ye and then made a complete mess of the room.

She could only stand in the washroom, peeking out her head and stammering.

'... This idiot, at least act a little. Isn't this just blatantly telling everyone I'm hiding something...?' Bai Ye covered his forehead.

Sure enough, seeing Skadi's clumsy movements, Specter clearly sensed something was wrong. She glanced at Bai Ye first, then walked towards the bathroom.

"You... you stay away! I'm not dressed!" Skadi panicked. When Bai Ye took away the sheets, he also confiscated her swimsuit. And when she rushed into the bathroom, she didn't take anything with her.

'This guy... I remember there were bath towels in the bathroom, right?' Bai Ye muttered to himself.

Specter didn't care about Skadi; she simply opened the door and went into the bathroom.

"Don't worry, let me see where you're injured..."

"Shark, no!"

Let me see!

After a while, Skadi and Specter came out of the bathroom.

The two girls had rosy complexions, as if they had just taken a bath, but it was unclear what had happened in the bathroom.

Bai Ye didn't have the time to eavesdrop; he was busy cleaning up the mess in the room, otherwise his expression would probably be quite interesting.

The three of them booked only one room.

Because Specter cannot stray too far from Bai Ye. The closer she gets to Bai Ye, the stronger her healing ability becomes, which allows her body to gain the upper hand in the fight against Oripathy.

However, this also caused great inconvenience to Bai Ye.

To be honest, neither Bai Ye nor Skadi had a proper time to enjoy themselves today. After all, Specter's return time was actually earlier than expected, and the two of them had to carefully control their power to prevent them from destroying the house.

Fortunately, when assigning beds, Bai Ye and Skadi slept together, while Specter slept alone.

After Laurentina fell asleep, Bai Ye began to whisper to Skadi.

"What did you do in the bathroom?"

"She wants to check the wound, afraid something might have happened to me," Skadi whispered as she pressed herself against Bai Ye.

"She didn't find anything, did she?" Bai Ye felt slightly nervous.

Skadi shook her head. "She didn't find anything, it's not a big problem."

Skadi's tone was very confident, so Bai Ye no longer doubted her. He took the girl's hand and asked, "Shall we continue?"

"The shark is still right next to us!" Skadi muttered, pinching Bai Ye's other hand between her fingers.

"She's already asleep... As long as we're quiet, everything will be fine," Bai Ye murmured softly.

Skadi gave Bai Ye a symbolic push, but did not refuse. Instead, she let Bai Ye do as he pleased. In the end, she also had some ulterior motives. Otherwise, how could she not stop Bai Ye's actions when she was stronger than Bai Ye?

As Bai Ye moved, the girl couldn't help but let out a soft hum.

She was startled and quickly looked in the direction where the Specter was sleeping.

Fortunately, Laurentina seemed to be tired and was sleeping soundly with calm breathing, unaware that anything was wrong.

In addition, the still-bustling Obsidian Festival streets outside the hotel, the lively and noisy atmosphere, and the enthusiastic rock music coming from somewhere in the distance seemed to drown out this somewhat abrupt hum.

This relieved Skadi.

"Quickly open that soundproof cover!" Skadi grabbed Bai Ye's hand, stopping him from continuing.

"I almost forgot..." Bai Ye smiled awkwardly, then casually set up an Air Shield before continuing with peace of mind.

However, this happened without either Bai Ye or Skadi noticing.

The Specter suddenly opened its eyes.

Yes, she was pretending to be asleep.

With all that noise outside, how could she possibly fall asleep so easily?

Because of her powerful hearing as Abyssal Hunter, she could hear Bai Ye and Skadi's whispers clearly.

"I never expected Skadi to be so bold..."

Laurentina had actually noticed Skadi's strange behavior while they were in the bathroom.

Abyssal Hunter don't have strange things like periods that reduce combat effectiveness.

However, a faint smell of blood emanated from between Skadi's legs, along with the strong scent of Bai Ye.

Even though she hadn't experienced anything, Laurentina wasn't a fool. She wasn't as naive as Skadi. After a brief moment of stunned silence, she understood the truth of the matter.

However, Specter didn't confront her on the spot. Instead, he pretended to be unaware and continued playing the "lure," bathing and playing with Skadi. Skadi, also shy, didn't notice Specter's unusual behavior.

Otherwise, with her extraordinary combat intuition, she might have actually caught Laurentina in a moment of distraction and noticed something was wrong.

To be honest, it was a bit of a rip-off.

The nun slowly sat up from the bed, and she couldn't help but turn to look at where Bai Ye and Skadi were.

Although Skadi couldn't hear anything after her soft hum, her extraordinary eyesight and modified darkvision allowed Specter to clearly see Bai Ye and Skadi's movements in the darkness.

Gradually, Specter's cheeks began to turn rosy...

Volume 5 Parallel Lines

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Chapter One: Each with Their Own Hidden agendas

Bai Ye and Skadi slept very well that night.

But when the two of them sat up in bed refreshed in the morning, they saw Laurentina looking like she hadn't slept at all. Her eyes were bloodshot—wait a minute, sharks' eyes are supposed to be red...

In short, Bai Ye could tell at a glance that Specter had stayed up Bai Ye. Although, given the physique of Abyssal Hunter, missing a day of sleep wouldn't be a big problem. After all, these guys are capable of high-intensity continuous combat, and their physiques are already extraordinary.

However you look at it, the Specter looks a bit strange...

"Laurentina, are you alright?"

Bai Ye asked with some concern.

"Uh... I'm fine."

When Specter saw Bai Ye, her cheeks suddenly flushed. She rolled her eyes at him and then fled into the bathroom.

"Hey... shark, I'm taking a shower! How did you suddenly come in again..."

Skadi's startled cry came from the bathroom. Afraid that Specter would notice something was wrong, Skadi quickly pulled the curtain shut to cover herself.

The world where only Skadi is injured has been achieved again.

"It's okay, just squeeze in, I won't bother you anyway," Specter muttered.

"What a strange reaction..."

Bai Ye stretched and tidied up the room.

To be honest, he hadn't expected Specter to show such an expression. How to put it... Laurentina usually always appeared composed, though she could be a bit sharp-tongued and quite ferocious in battle, she was generally a lady.

After all, this person was an artist before becoming a soldier.

It now seems that Bai Ye doesn't know much about this former nun.

Specter splashed water on his face, which not only moisturized his skin but also calmed him down.

When she saw Bai Ye, she suddenly blushed and ran away. Now, she has regained her composure.

To adjust his mindset, Specter decided to start with something he was more familiar with. "Skadi, what have you been doing after I left yesterday?"

"No... I didn't do anything. Why are you calling me Bai Ye too, just like Bai Ye?" Skadi was caught off guard, not expecting Specter to suddenly ask about this.

"I'm just a little curious..." Specter leaned close to Skadi's ear and whispered, "After all, when I first came in, your and his expressions were quite interesting."

Specter herself was actually a bit conflicted. She wanted to reveal what she knew and see what Bai Ye and Skadi had to do; however, she also knew that doing so might change the atmosphere between the three of them.

She instinctively felt that she didn't like this change.

"Sigh... never mind." Specter finally decided to let Skadi go for now.

However, regardless of the circumstances, after learning about Skadi and Bai Ye's relationship, she was unsure how to face them. In particular, she suddenly began to wonder if Skadi and Bai Ye were doing that kind of thing behind her back every night.

Although Bai Ye had erected a soundproof barrier, preventing Specter from hearing anything, she clearly witnessed the entire process through her extraordinary dark vision. Afterwards, she couldn't help but do some things she wouldn't normally have done.

Even now, when she thinks about it, she can't help but feel her cheeks flush and her legs go weak.

"Skadi, are you done yet? I want to take a shower too."

Laurentina and Skadi came out of the bathroom, only to find Bai Ye looking at them with a strange expression.

Their eyes met briefly, but then they looked away in perfect unison.

"W-what's wrong?" Specter couldn't help but ask.