Bai Ye Is Just Called Bai Ye 2/12

(I suddenly remembered that the protagonist from one of my discarded drafts used Star Force...)

Bai Ye had no use for the Star Force Crystal at all. At the time, he had also been busy hunting down Mephisto, so he had forgotten about the item he drew and never extracted it.

The thing had been gathering dust in the system inventory until Bai Ye remembered it now.

Although Bai Ye was not suited to using the Star Force Crystal, he suddenly realized that Texas might be the person best suited to use it.

"Texas, come to my room tonight..." Bai Ye leaned close to the girl and whispered.

"Huh?!" Texas did not react at first. After a moment of silence, she seemed to think of something, and her little face slowly flushed red.

The girl tried hard to maintain her usual composure, but she still stole glances at Bai Ye as she asked,

"Isn't this a little too soon?"

"What are you thinking..." Bai Ye rolled his eyes and rapped Texas on the head. "Didn't you want to become stronger? Humans have their limits, Texas. I want to help you figure something out and see whether we can break through that limit."

Before actually trying it, Bai Ye could not be certain whether the Star Force Crystal would truly work on Texas. Nor could he be sure whether anything unexpected might happen during the transformation.

So Bai Ye needed to stand guard for Texas.

"Tonight? I understand." Texas nodded. Though she did not know what Bai Ye intended to do, she trusted him deeply now.

"Phew... As for now, what should we do...? How about I teach you swordsmanship?"

Bai Ye was about to say more when the terminal in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

When he opened it, he found