The Beginning of Chaos

The only one who could stop Miss Warfarin, Typing Girl, was not by Bai Ye's side right now. She was not part of External Operations, so even though Bai Ye had invited her, the girl had not joined the dinner gathering.

"Hehe, perfect opportunity."

Miss Warfarin rubbed her hands together and had Bai Ye lean against her. Compared to Bai Ye, the Blood Demon was much smaller, making the sight of him leaning on her rather comical.

However, in her excited state, the Blood Demon's physical abilities were formidable enough to support Bai Ye with ease.

Bai Ye was in a rather hazy state. All he could smell was a sweet fragrance, like strawberry cake.

He could sense someone moving him around, seemingly intending to carry him away. But since he detected neither hostility nor malice, the half-drunk Bai Ye let the girl take him along.

There was a soft sensation at his side, and Bai Ye instinctively leaned closer.

"Honestly..." Warfarin rolled her eyes, yet she did not stop him.

"Flat as a board..." Then she heard Bai Ye mutter.

A vein bulged on the Blood Demon's forehead. If she had not been so knowledgeable about medicine, she would have suspected whether this guy was actually drunk or deliberately trying to provoke her...

After much tugging and dragging, Warfarin brought Bai Ye back to her office and lifted him onto the bed.

"Mm, let me have a look..." Warfarin's voice was full of excitement. She had lived for an exceptionally long time, and there were few things in the world that could truly interest her anymore.

Yet Bai Ye had appeared and delighted her. As a Blood Demon, uncovering the secrets of blood was her eternal pursuit.

Bai Ye's race was a profound mystery, one that drew her in. What was more, Bai Ye seemed to be hiding secrets related to Oripathy as well.

Just as the Blood Demon tried to pull open Bai Ye's shirt, the tightly locked office door suddenly opened.

"What are you doing?"

Doctor Kal'tsit walked in.

"Eek!"

Warfarin, completely unprepared, jumped in fright.

"How is that possible... I clearly asked Closure to temporarily disable the surveillance... And the door should have been locked too..."

"Kal'tsit, how did you know?"

"I know everything," Doctor Kal'tsit said blandly.

"Damn old woman..."

Warfarin muttered, then saw another Blood Demon poke her head out from behind Doctor Kal'tsit.

The truth was immediately clear.

"You bastard! You traitor!" Miss Warfarin glared at her fellow Blood Demon.

"Well, you made far too much of a commotion. There was no way to hide it." Closure spread her hands, looking helpless.

Many people had seen Warfarin take Bai Ye away from the bar earlier. Even if Closure tried to cover for her, it would not have meant much.

"Putting that aside, you helped open the door, didn't you?" Warfarin pointed at the electric door to her office.

Closure put on an expression that said, "I have no idea what you are talking about, because I am merely a Blood Demon," and ignored the fuming Warfarin.

"Do you remember what I told you this afternoon?" Doctor Kal'tsit ignored the oil-can enthusiast fooling around. She glanced at Bai Ye sleeping on Warfarin's bed before turning her gaze toward Warfarin.

"Uh... Actually, Mr. Bai Ye and I formed a cooperative relationship. He agreed to it himself!" Warfarin argued.

"Yet your previous agreement did not include taking advantage of someone while he was vulnerable, did it?" Doctor Kal'tsit remained unmoved.

"Ah... What bad luck..." Warfarin sighed. She knew there would be no chance for her today.

"Take him away, then..." The Blood Demon looked thoroughly deflated.

"Let him sleep here tonight," Doctor Kal'tsit said, taking out her terminal to check it. "He only joined today, and Logistics has not yet prepared a supervisor-level dormitory for him."

"Sarkaz polite expression!" Warfarin was stunned. What kind of move was this?

"If he sleeps here, where am I supposed to sleep?"

"Ask yourself. Besides, do Blood Demons need to sleep every day?" The corners of Doctor Kal'tsit's lips lifted slightly. "And you understand what you should not do."

"Sarkaz polite expression!" Warfarin gritted her teeth in anger. So she was supposed to look but not touch? Was Kal'tsit deliberately leaving him here to torment her?

"I'll be going now. Good night, Miss Warfarin."

As she spoke, Doctor Kal'tsit walked out of Warfarin's office and thoughtfully closed the door behind her.

"Kal'tsit, did you just smile?"

In the corridor, Closure suddenly asked.

"No." Doctor Kal'tsit remained expressionless.

"Impossible! I definitely saw you smile just now."

"...You saw wrong."

"..."

"..."

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

After a while, Closure continued, "Hey, Kal'tsit, why are you so concerned about that kid? And isn't this way too ridiculous? He became a supervisor as soon as he arrived... Don't tell me he's really your illegitimate son?"

"But he didn't inherit any of your traits..."

"Mm... It's hard to imagine Kal'tsit going after a man. Did you use asexual reproduction or something? And then get overwhelmed by maternal instincts?"

Closure spouted shameless nonsense without noticing Doctor Kal'tsit's expression growing darker and darker.

"Mon3tr..." At last, Doctor Kal'tsit could endure no more.

"Wait, wait, wait..." Closure immediately backed down. She had been hung from the bridge before, so she did not dare keep pushing her luck.

After a while, she heard Kal'tsit murmur softly beside her, "What exactly am I thinking..."

The Beginning of Chaos

"An unfamiliar ceiling..."

Bai Ye woke from his deep sleep.

Making use of an old, dead joke, he sat up from the bed.

Then he saw Warfarin sitting nearby—the Blood Demon's ruby-like eyes emitted a dazzling red glow in the dim room.

This was not some ordinary red-eye effect. They were literally glowing.

Bai Ye was nearly startled by her. His hand twitched, and he almost drew his sword from his inventory.

"Now that you're awake, get up already." Warfarin did not care in the slightest that Bai Ye had slept in her bed. She casually tapped her terminal a few times.

The curtains rose automatically, while specialized electronic wallpaper using modern projection technology simulated a window. The room gradually brightened as well.

That was about as much as the compartments aboard Rhodes Island could manage. Having a real window was practically impossible.

"So you were the one who brought me back yesterday?" Bai Ye roughly understood what had happened.

Warfarin looked at Bai Ye with interest and could not resist teasing him. "Aren't you afraid some part of you might be missing? Spending a night in my bed comes at a price~"

"If there had been hostility around me, I would have woken up immediately. Don't underestimate my danger sense." Bai Ye did not fall for it at all.

Seeing that, Warfarin waved her hand dismissively and said with some disdain, "How boring. Hurry up and leave."

Bai Ye's reaction truly bored her.

Warfarin began to wonder whether her identity as a Blood Demon was becoming less and less intimidating.

In the past, frightening rumors about Blood Demons had circulated among the public. They had been especially demonized, and the younger Operators would always tremble when they saw her.

But now, light novels about vampires spreading from Higashi had severely distorted the image of Blood Demons. People were no longer so afraid when they saw her.

She did not know whether that was a good thing or a bad thing...

Seeing Warfarin uncharacteristically wave him away, Bai Ye asked in confusion, "Did Doctor Kal'tsit say something to you? Otherwise, you definitely would not be acting this obediently, right?"

"Tch, why would I be afraid of her... She's just a... Forget it..." Warfarin flatly denied it, but her voice grew quieter and quieter until it was nearly inaudible.

Bai Ye folded his arms, wearing an expression that plainly said, "I don't believe you." At last, the Blood Demon became embarrassed and angry, snapping, "Don't underestimate me! I spent nearly a century overcoming my bloodthirsty impulses!"

She was flustered. She was definitely flustered.

But a century... That really was rather terrifying...

Without realizing it, Miss Warfarin had revealed just the tip of the iceberg regarding her age.

Seeing that, Bai Ye stopped teasing her. He pointed at his arm and said, "Well, drawing blood isn't impossible. Didn't I say before that I need more support from the Medical Department? I also want knowledge of pharmacology."

Only then did Warfarin remember that Bai Ye had indeed told her that before.

"You're really willing to let me study your blood?"

Bai Ye's openness surprised Warfarin instead. People usually resisted being studied, but Bai Ye did not seem to have the slightest objection.

Was he really that agreeable?

"I don't mind." Bai Ye extended his arm for the Blood Demon to draw blood from as he explained, "If I can trade blood for benefits, I'm the one getting the better deal."

"You really are a strange one."

Warfarin followed the procedure and drew a small vial of blood before pulling out the needle.

With his Constitution attribute boosted to a full thirty points, the needle wound on Bai Ye's arm rapidly healed, leaving behind only a single bead of blood.

Warfarin's body suddenly stiffened.

Her gaze fixed tightly on the bead of blood on Bai Ye's arm. Her eyes gradually began to glow red, and before she knew it, she bent down and licked it.

The warm, soft touch of Warfarin's small tongue made Bai Ye's heartbeat speed up slightly.

"Mm... I'm sorry... Blood... Your blood really is impossible to resist..."

Only after a while did Warfarin regain her senses. Even someone as shameless as her felt a little embarrassed now.

After all, she had just said that she had already suppressed her bloodthirsty urges.

However, she had confirmed that Bai Ye's blood was indeed special. Its allure to her far surpassed that of any other kind.

Breathing lightly, Warfarin suppressed the instinctive reaction his blood had stirred in her, then stood and began preparing materials for Bai Ye.

"Pharmacology alone definitely won't be enough. Basic Medicine, clinical medicine, Arts healing, life sciences, emergency treatment—PRTS's database contains most of those, though I also have some special knowledge and books here."

As one of the founders of Rhodes Island's medical system, Miss Warfarin's medical skills were clearly first-rate.

"Forget Arts healing... I don't need that."

Bai Ye was not interested in healing through Originium Arts. During battle, he would not have the attention to spare for using Originium Arts to heal himself. In that kind of high-intensity battle, exposing such a massive opening would practically be a direct declaration of defeat.

No matter how much he healed, he would only end up coughing it all back out.

As for learning Arts to heal others?

Bai Ye would not do that either. He had his own reasoning: I can fight better than you, so why should I support you?

As long as he learned to make medicine himself, that would be enough.

Of course, if he wanted to learn that skill, he naturally had to unlock prerequisites such as Basic Medicine. If it were an ordinary Terran, reaching the average level of Rhodes Island's Medical Department would require a certain educational foundation and several years of hard study.

However, Bai Ye had a game interface. He only needed to spend experience points to master skills.

Bai Ye had anticipated this long ago. The reason he had not spent all the experience he had saved on raising his personal level was for this very moment.

Still, that little experience was not enough. There were quite a few prerequisite subjects and skills to learn, so unlocking them all was naturally unrealistic.

Bai Ye began to miss his Players.

No, he was craving the experience points and Lungmen Dollars in the Players' pockets.

After settling his private matters with Miss Warfarin, Bai Ye left her office.

Mm, saying it like that somehow sounded a little strange.

Especially when Bai Ye saw Typing Girl standing in the corridor, looking at him with a strange expression.