Dare You Kill Me With One Shot

She tried her best to ignore the slightly aggressive gaze, letting Dr. Ratio put the necklace on her while praising him.

"Could Dr. Ratio's taste ever be wrong? I knew it would suit me perfectly even before putting it on."

The aventurine stone at her neck flowed with dazzling colors under the light.

Dr. Ratio walked in front of Stelle and carefully scrutinized her.

"It looks very good, Stelle, it suits you."

If Stelle knew that this necklace was worth eight figures in credits, she would definitely gape in astonishment and say: No, no, it's not that it suits me, but that I have to match it!

The first gift had already been given, so there was no need to hide the other two.

Dr. Ratio took out the other auction items and personally stuffed them into Stelle's seemingly bottomless backpack.

Silk pajamas, pots and pans, take them all!

Even if Stelle didn't know the exact value of the gifts Dr. Ratio gave, they were definitely expensive.

Stelle was like a gleeful otter after being fed to satisfaction, pecking Dr. Ratio's cheek, once on the left, once on the right.

Aha: Stop teasing this kid, they're obviously innocent to an outrageous degree, even more so than Gepard.

Sure enough, as soon as Aha's words echoed in her mind, Dr. Ratio, who had been pecked twice, immediately looked away, flustered.

He was definitely embarrassed!

Stelle lowered her head to eat her ice cream cone, trying to hide the smile at the corner of her mouth.

It was a pity that Dr. Ratio had to go back to work, otherwise he really would have wanted to have a meal with the Trailblazer.

Dr. Ratio took out his phone, which had been vibrating incessantly with incoming messages, a hint of worry clouding his brow.

"Stelle, I..."

"You have to go, right? It's okay."

Stelle immediately waved her hand understandingly, "I'm already very happy to see you before the warp. Remember to come visit the Star Rail when you have time. I'll come back to find you when I warp back."

"Okay."

Dr. Ratio smiled too, reached out and ruffled the Trailblazer's hair, reluctantly leaving.

He even turned back every few steps as he walked.

Stelle stood there watching Dr. Ratio until his figure disappeared from sight.

Great, this mission was also successfully completed!

Thinking of Dr. Ratio, Stelle couldn't help but reach out and touch the aventurine stone hanging at her neck.

It was a very beautiful necklace, and she liked it very much.

The Trailblazer was in a good mood. Thinking of the wallet stuffed with Aidion Tokens by Dr. Ratio, she really wanted to go back to being a gambler.

But, she couldn't indulge in gambling.

She still had to continue searching for her target.

The Trailblazer pouted and reluctantly bid farewell to the arcade machines standing not far away in Aidion Park.

As soon as she turned around, preparing to wander aimlessly, she suddenly heard a sinister voice in her ear.

"Trailblazer, you really are all things to all people, aren't you? I thought Dr. Ratio was going to float away when he left, almost forgetting how to walk."

Huh, who was that?

She turned her head and suddenly saw an unexpected person.

Bооtie?

Wasn't the Space Ranger usually very busy? Why was he here?

Stelle blinked blankly, not understanding why she would see him here.

Bооtie had come to Penacony on business today and happened to see the Trailblazer. When he wanted to go up and say hello, he realized that she was with an annoying Corporate brat.

"What, surprised to see me? Am I not supposed to be here?"

"Ah? No, it's not..."

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Stelle scratched her head. What was wrong with Bооtie? Did he swallow gunpowder?

Why was he so angry?

Not only did she not know the inside story, but even Bооtie didn't.

Even Bооtie himself didn't know where this nameless fire of his came from.

In fact, Bооtie had been observing the Trailblazer for a long time.

He stood in the shadows, one hand in his pocket, the other holding the cowboy hat on his head.

He tried to hide himself, just so he could observe Stelle for a little longer without being noticed.

The Trailblazer was really carefree. It seemed that even the lifeless Penacony was stained with a bit of vitality because of her.

Watching her casually sip Soolada.

Watching her stage a car accident by throwing herself in front of a vehicle.

Watching her use a baseball bat to knock over a wobbly advertising sign.

Watching her eat an ice cream cone, her eyes narrowed in contentment.

Vibrant, happy, adorable Stelle.

He suddenly recalled a time long ago.

He remembered when Stelle hadn't joined the Star Rail, when Stelle hadn't lost her memory, when Stelle was a Space Ranger, following behind him and shouting, "Bооtie, I dare you to shoot me and make me fall in love with you!"

Was this a real past?

Was it a memory of something that actually happened?

Maybe there was a bug in his brain's synesthesia beacon, or perhaps it was a real past, or maybe it was a fictional illusion conjured up by Bооtie.

In any case, Bооtie had always had this memory in his mind.

(Everyone can imagine it as a parallel world~)

In fact, wasn't Stelle a Stellaron Hunter before joining the Star Rail?

What if, before Stelle became a Stellaron Hunter, she had another unknown identity?

That's right!

A Space Ranger!

Just as Stelle had forgotten her past as a Stellaron Hunter, she also didn't remember her glorious years as a Space Ranger:

"Bооtie, I dare you to shoot me and make me fall in love with you!"

Stelle chattered incessantly in his ear, and Bооtie leisurely reached up to adjust his hat, his other hand taking out a gun, casually playing with it in his palm.

Watching the extremely easy-to-misfire firearm dance like a lively fish in his palm, he finally gripped it firmly.

He knew Stelle just wanted to play the hands-up surrender game, wanting to see him point the gun at her, and then she would pitifully raise her hands in surrender.

Even so, he never pointed the gun at her, even though he knew his gun never misfired, even though he knew sometimes his gun didn't have bullets.

But he just couldn't do it, he couldn't even jokingly point the gun at Stelle.

"Alright, stop fooling around."

Bооtie casually took off the hat on his head and put it on her head, the girl's nostrils filled with the smell of strong liquor from the man, choking her and causing her to cough twice.

When she came back to her senses and looked up, she realized that Bооtie had already strode away.

Stelle hurriedly followed, failing to catch Bооtie's whisper, scattered by the wind in the air—

"If I could... I really would love to shoot you and make you fall in love with me..."

But that was all in the past.

Now, Bооtie shook his head vigorously, trying to shake this hazy and blurred memory, unable to distinguish its truth, from his mind.

He knew he shouldn't be jealous for no reason just because he saw the Trailblazer and Dr. Ratio being so intimate.

What right did he have?

"Sigh." Bооtie sighed heavily, hesitating, and after a long while, he awkwardly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth:

"I was just having a moment, don't mind it. I have something to do, I'll leave first."