Chapter 54: Blue Star – 8
by GideonChapter 54: Blue Star – 8
“Is it my appearance that’s poorly timed?”
Her gaze landing precisely on the long saber in Storm’s hand—the exact same one that had been thrown at them—Ye Jiujiu’s tone carried no discernible joy or anger, as calm as if she were simply stating a plain fact.
Storm, currently being stared at: …
An inexplicable chill slowly crept up his spine. He looked at the long saber that had been batted away to the side, then back at the long saber in his own hand. After a moment of silence—
Disregarding the three supermarket clerk specters who had temporarily paused their attacks due to Ye Jiujiu’s sudden arrival, Storm, urged by his survival instincts, flung the long saber away with a sharp whoosh.
The sound of metal hitting the floor was crisp, but that crispness seemed utterly negligible compared to Storm’s subsequent performance.
“It has nothing to do with me, I didn’t do it, I had completely no such intention!”
Following this rapid triple-denial—
Whether Ye Jiujiu believed it or not was hard to say, but the rest of the team members who were busy looting supplies were definitely shaken to their core.
What on earth?
Was this something their boss could actually say?
Could it be…
Facing such earth-shattering gossip, individual team members ultimately couldn’t restrain that primal human curiosity deep within their hearts. While continuing to rapidly plunder survival supplies for the future, they couldn’t help but peer out into the hallway, aiming a glance toward where Ye Jiujiu was standing—
First glance: the most eye-catching thing was naturally the burly, massive-framed Tata puppet.
But as their gaze drifted slowly upward—
The girl dressed in a white dress sat so lightly upon that bulky fellow’s shoulders.
Her bare feet were petite and fair, forming a striking visual contrast with the giant’s bronze-toned skin.
Her slender waist, perfectly contoured calves, straight and long legs, loomed faintly beneath the overlapping folds of her skirt.
Her raven-long hair was simply and casually twisted up with a few stray strands, setting off the girl’s face to look like an immortal yet a demon.
Hiss—
Is the boss…
Meaningful looks of those who know, know were exchanged among the team members. They felt they had already seen right through the truth!
Look at their boss’s slightly trembling physique; it must be because he met his crush under these circumstances, and because he almost hurt her just now, he was gripped by lingering fear and anxiety.
Look at their boss’s hanging hands, clenched so tightly that even his fingertips were faintly turning white; it must be because the crush had appeared and he was overwhelmed to the point of utter helplessness!
Look again at how tense and almost sweating their boss looked under the girl’s scrutiny, as well as his boss’s burning gaze locked firmly onto the girl…
Case closed!
The truth was definitely this!
It couldn’t possibly be because the boss was terrified of this girl, right?
What?
The girl had a huge meat shield underneath her?
Big deal!
Just looking at that dummy’s dazed appearance, it was obviously just the girl’s vassal or retainer; how could it compare to their boss?
Thus—
“Sister-in-law!”
Someone started the chorus, shouting out that title first. When Storm heard it, his face turned pale enough to drop dead right on the spot.
Damn it, that kind of address is strictly forbidden!
“Get lost!”
Without even caring about Ye Jiujiu across from him, he directed a tone toward his team members for the first time that sounded like he wanted to commit murder.
“If you don’t know how to speak, shut the fuck up! She’s not someone I can ever hope to reach!”
Yep—
Not only that murderous tone, but also that murderous look… It was as if he would have pulled out a blade and hacked these people to death right now if they weren’t his teammates.
In fact—it really wasn’t just “as if.”
You brats are going to be the death of me!
If that “sister-in-law” shout was heard by that pervert who might very well be right here on Blue Star… Storm had already considered which graveyard his superiors would bury him in… No, wait, even that was putting it mildly; whether he’d be left with a corpse in one piece after dealing with that pervert was a whole other question.
Asking himself honestly, Storm felt he hadn’t treated these little bastards poorly. What kind of deep hatred or grievance was this?
The scolded team members: …?
Looking at their boss’s expression…
Correcting mistakes once they realize them was their team’s fine tradition, so one and all, they offered sincere apologies right on the spot.
Ye Jiujiu, who had just been preparing to deduct points from them: …
She cast a meaningful glance at Storm and was just about to speak first—
The three supermarket clerk ghosts, who had been ignored for far too long, were unhappy.
Wait, what is going on here?
Did they think they didn’t exist?
“Too infuriating!”
Feeling deeply slighted, the clerk ghosts grew thoroughly furious.
They let out spiteful cries, instantly planning to take advantage of the fact that Storm had no weapon to eliminate this troublesome human first.
However—
Storm looked at the three clerk ghosts who had spoken out, and goodness knows what he remembered, but his eyes lit up instantly.
He didn’t even bother looking at their incoming attack, and couldn’t be bothered to pick up the long saber on the ground either. Storm’s voice was clear and resolute.
“It was them who knocked my long saber away just now, and then that blade flew straight toward you… I completely suspect they did it on purpose the moment they saw you appear!”
What kind of bullcrap is this human spewing?
Well, that didn’t matter. Daring to drop his blade in front of them… this human probably had some kind of saber technique skill, and right now eight-tenths of it was that his skill duration had expired and he couldn’t use his long saber skill anymore!
Strike while the iron is hot, take his life while he’s down!
He’s definitely going to die today!
Even the game system couldn’t save him, they said so themselves!
The three ghost clerks smiled coldly.
Watching those sharp claws close to within a meter of Storm—with just a gentle swipe, they could slice open Storm’s neck—
Storm sidestepped and dodged.
Seeing this, a newly joined team member who had wanted to step forward to help was instantly shoved back by a veteran team member.
“Don’t go disturb the boss… mhm?”
His eyes darted meaningfully toward where Ye Jiujiu was sitting.
The new recruit: …?
Weren’t things dangerous just now?
“You little dummy, no wonder you don’t have a wife, kid!”
Although the captain’s performance just now could certainly fool people, how long had they been working together? Did he really not know his own captain’s strength?
Against just these three clerks, the captain could definitely beat them!
Didn’t they see that before the girl arrived, their captain fought three-on-one and left those three ghosts gasping for breath?
The veteran team member was certain: if that girl had arrived just a few minutes later, would there even have been three moving ghost clerks left?
Therefore—
Watching Storm dodging in a seemingly panicked scramble in the middle of the arena, the veteran wore a look of profound wisdom.
The truth can only be one!
The captain is doing this on purpose!
He’s just trying to put on a pitiful display in front of the young lady to win her sympathy!
Otherwise, why would anyone refuse to use a saber and insist on showing off their footwork instead?
As for that stern reprimand earlier… probably because he was embarrassed, or because they poked a hole in the window paper and he got angry out of shame?
Hehehe!
Who would’ve thought that their big, sturdy captain actually had quite a smooth playbook when it came to chasing girls!
He was still playing dumb with them earlier!
And now his disguise had slipped!
The suddenly enlightened new recruit: …!
Thus, the line of team members hugged their supplies and sat in a neat row, watching their captain’s heroic posture from the side, attempting to study the techniques of wooing a wife.
Storm, who was avoiding using his long saber purely out of fear that it would trigger the memory of Ye Jiujiu almost getting hurt earlier and thus incur her wrath: …?
Though he didn’t know what his team members were thinking, he had a strong hunch it wasn’t anything good!
Especially…
What the heck!
Damn it!
Can’t they see he currently needs help?!
Pushing his wind power to the limit amidst the admiring gazes of his team members, Storm—unable to utter a single plea for help—gritted his teeth and relied entirely on his footwork to dodge in every direction.
Yet going on like this clearly wouldn’t work.
Feeling the growing number of wounds on his body, and sparing a quick glance at the young lady who seemed to be contemplating whether she should believe him or not…
He believed that anyone capable of being liked by that pervert definitely wasn’t some weakling—if she were truly that weak and lacked even basic self-preservation, that pervert probably would have locked her up in a cage long ago.
Therefore—
“What did that beautiful young lady ever do wrong? Why did you people try to harm her earlier?”
Looking at the three ghosts opposite him who clearly had no idea how terrifying that young lady really was, Storm’s heartbroken tone was filled with sincere emotion.
“How could you lay a hand on her? Are you even human?!”
That statement—
Setting aside the unimportant facts for a moment…
“We were never human to begin with!”
Seeing the accumulating wounds on Storm’s body, a flash of greed crossed the depths of the three ghost clerks’ eyes, and the words slipped out of their mouths without passing through their brains at all.
“He admitted it, they admitted it!”
Storm was instantly thrilled.
Pointing at the three ghost ghosts, the joy in his words was as high-spirited as could be.
What the hell?
Looking at Storm’s seemingly deranged appearance, a trace of disdain crossed the three ghost clerks’ eyes.
Hmph, must be acting like a ghost playing tricks because he’s at death’s door!
Just as they prepared to risk taking some damage to land a finishing blow and thoroughly slaughter Storm—
“You guys really are… ugly in appearance and bold in heart.”
The soft, breezy female voice had only just faded—
The shadows in the corner of the supermarket rapidly expanded, blanketing the entire floor.
“Whoosh—”
Three black protruding spikes burst forth from the shadows, impaling the three ghost clerks high into the air with zero room for resistance.
Amidst the stagnant silence, only the girl’s cold, aloof face grew increasingly clear.
“I hate it most when people try to make a move on me, you garbage—”
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