Since Little Pink hadn’t officially entered the Dimensional Management Bureau yet, it naturally didn’t have a serial number yet.
What was going on?
Yan Luo was still trying to process everything.
The little girl looked fair and tender, and once she shed her disguise, she looked just like the sweet girl next door. With her big round eyes full of confusion and suspicion, she stared at Lu Xunche. He straightened up, stretched lazily, and said with a grin, “Great, such a one-in-a-million chance actually happened to me, your lordship. Maybe this time the mission will go a little more smoothly?”
The odds of two hosts carrying true systems appearing in the same dimension at the same time were extremely low—so low that even someone of Lu Xunche’s level had to sit on the sidelines and observe for a long time before confirming Yan Luo’s identity.
Yan Luo glanced at the two small light orbs nearby, then looked at the person in front of her. It took her a long moment to digest the situation, and recalling what he had just said, she asked hesitantly, “Senior… you’re from the Combat Department?”
Then what kind of mission would he have in this dimension?
“Mm.” Lu Xunche gave a slight nod.
[My host is the Deputy Director of the Combat Department!] The proud voice of Red-Orange-Yellow rang out.
But then Little Pink quickly chimed in, [Didn’t they say recently that the Combat Department had a major issue and temporarily pulled out of Dimensional Management?]
[So why are you guys here?]
Red-Orange-Yellow stiffened, and then they heard Lu Xunche let out a cold laugh. He raised his hand and pointed at the warm-colored little light orb, saying, “Ask him why I’m here.”
[Uh… um… we’re here on vacation! And while we’re at it, we’re helping out the front desk lady of the Dimensional Management Bureau to lighten her workload!]
Without thinking, Red-Orange-Yellow blurted it out in front of Little Pink.
Immediately, Lu Xunche’s face darkened completely. If Red-Orange-Yellow had a physical form at that moment, Lu Xunche—who had always been the type to solve problems with violence—would’ve kicked it without a second thought.
“Talking complete bullsh*t in front of your junior. Is that your excuse for dragging me into a mission that even the Strategy Department couldn’t find anyone to take?”
Sensing the situation was getting out of hand and afraid of saying anything more that might provoke this lord’s wrath, Red-Orange-Yellow quickly retreated, shooting back into Lu Xunche’s brow to hide.
Lu Xunche cursed under his breath, then resumed his usual nonchalant demeanor. He looked at Yan Luo and gave a simple explanation of the situation.
The Combat Department had indeed run into trouble. The Director had gone missing, and all members were temporarily pulled out of dimensional management. Lu Xunche had originally been on a rare vacation, but Red-Orange-Yellow had wandered over to the Strategy Department and somehow got sweet-talked by the front desk girl into accepting a mission that no one else in the department wanted. He’d been totally set up.
Lu Xunche, who had always relied on brute force to solve problems, was completely unfit for such missions. He had stumbled and struggled his way through a few dimensions, barely scraping by.
Yan Luo listened carefully from the side, and whether it was her imagination or not, when Lu Xunche talked about this, it sounded almost like he was gritting his teeth in frustration.
Propping up his head with one hand, Lu Xunche looked at Yan Luo with satisfaction, thinking that he had finally caught someone who could help. This time, surely the mission wouldn’t go completely off track again, right?
After explaining, he didn’t forget to ask:
“What’s your mission?”
“To eliminate the target’s blackening value.”
“Oh? Then who’s your mission target in this dimension?”
It seemed like their missions were similar, and since one was male and the other female, there shouldn’t be any conflict. So Yan Luo answered, “Jun Yulin. What about you, Senior?”