Meanwhile, in the other world, in Fog Town's square.
White light flickered.
[Ji Luo]'s tall, straight figure slowly materialized in Fog Town's square.
He took a deep breath, completely suppressing his earlier dejection. His eyes brimmed with boundless fervor and fighting spirit.
"Lu! Bossy Guy!"
"I'm back!"
The moment Ji Luo opened his eyes, he eagerly looked around and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"I sorted out my thoughts back in the real world. Enough chitchat-let's party up and grind some levels in the Black Forest!"
[Ji Luo] wore a stern expression, his eyes gleaming with the sharp determination to redeem himself.
But before he could finish shouting...
"Old Ji!!"
A voice tinged with panic and wariness suddenly rang out a short distance beside him!
[Ji Luo] turned to look. Lu Ziye, who had also just logged in, stood a full ten meters away, staring at him with a look of alarm and guarded suspicion.
Even Bossy Guy beside him was giving him an indescribably strange look.
"Lu, what's wrong with you guys?"
Utterly confused, [Ji Luo] started walking toward them. "What's with those looks? Am I some kind of monster?"
Lu Ziye swallowed and forced out a smile that looked worse than crying, his eyes scanning Ji Luo up and down strangely.
Then, under [Ji Luo]'s bewildered gaze...
Lu Ziye ventured a tentative question:
"Old Ji, forget about leveling for a second."
"Could you... meow for me again?"
Nothing was worse than a sudden, awkward silence.
[Ji Luo] froze like a petrified statue, the corners of his mouth twitching wildly as though he were having a stroke.
"You want me... to... meow for you?"
[Ji Luo] blankly repeated what Lu Ziye had just said.
He stared fixedly at the silver-haired guy with the spiky hair, his complicated