"Ouch... that hurts!"
Inside Li Nian's villa, she clutched several tissues stained red by her nosebleed, while Xiaoyun applied medicine to the bridge of her nose.
Lin Yu hadn't hit anywhere else—all three punches had landed squarely on Li Nian's nose.
On the other side, Phantom soaked his hands in a basin of ice water, plaining about the people from Order.
"Those bastards from Order are really ruthless, especially that guy called 'May May'—he went straight for A Nian's face, how infuriating."
Xiaoyun remained relatively calm as she continued applying medicine while asking, "Isn't he a friend of that 'Zhu Ming' who's about to join the organization? Why no mercy at all?"
Li Nian heard Xiaoyun's words and sighed.
"Actually, that was him showing me mercy... if he'd fought me seriously, I'd be hurt worse than this."
Xiaoyun looked surprised. "Is that guy really that strong?"
Li Nian nodded. "At least in direct bat ability, he's far better than me."
"And... he should have been promoted to 'Second Tier.'"
Li Nian said quietly, and Xiaoyun fell into thought again.
"'Second Tier,' huh..."
Phantom also realized what Xiaoyun was thinking about and directly looked toward the other side of the living room, where edian was performing an imaginary bone-chewing routine for Li Nian's dog, trying to make it laugh. He asked, "edian, old pal, the bets you arranged with Li Hua are for participants below 'Fourth Tier,' with same-tier opponents, right?"
edian stopped his chomping motion, turned around, and spread five fingers in a meaningless gesture.
"Yep, Li Hua just sent me a message asking if two 'Second Tier' matches and three 'Third Tier' matches would work. I said no problem for now."
Hearing edian say that, Xiaoyun understood.
"So it's definitely 'Second Tier' going up," Xiaoyun looked at Li Nian. "Though A Nian doesn't like fighting, when it es to all-out life-or-death battles, her bat power among 'Second Tier' is almost top-tier... which means they'll probably have that 'May May' going up."
"A super rookie who escaped from the 'Diviner,' already terrifyingly OP at 'First Tier,' and now he's silently promoted to 'Second Tier,'" Phantom said hesitantly. "Can 'Designer' handle that?"
"As for who you'll have go for the other slot, we're not sure if this 'May May' will even fight, but I'm certain about who the other batant will be," Xiaoyun said quietly. "It'll definitely be Order's strongest 'Second Tier,' Li Hua's direct subordinate in Su City... if Wang Yuyang doesn't go against him and goes against 'May May' instead, our 'Free Alliance' only has two 'Second Tiers.'"
Hearing this, Li Nian felt another pang of pain in her nose. "Ouch, do I really have to go up? Can't we send four 'Third Tiers' instead?"
Xiaoyun shook her head. "This time, Central China and East China should be the main regions, and since Li Hua is leading, Order's 'Third Tier' batants are easy to predict. East China head 'Gambler' Li Hua, Central China Inspector 'Nicholas'—those two are confirmed. Then Hangzhou Chief Captain 'Jade Cross,' Haicheng Chief Captain 'Hippo,' and either 'Snowy Owl' or 'Canary' from 'Night Watchmen'... Phantom, you're injured, Magic-Bunny can't be used temporarily, and I used too many corpses in today's fight. On our side, we can't scrape together three 'Third Tiers' that can reliably counter the above."
Phantom fell into thought. "Ah, but even if Xiaoyun and I force ourselves to go up, wouldn't that be better than sending A Nian to face 'May May' or 'A-Yin'?"
edian laughed. "So I saw this ing—the moment I heard Li Hua's proposal, I confirmed the matter of 'outside help,' and I've been waiting for today!"
"Although our 'Free Alliance' doesn't have enough manpower anymore... we can still ask for outside help."
"And when it es to outside help, 'Second Tiers' are much easier to recruit than 'Third Tiers,' aren't they?"
"Besides, an incredibly strong 'Second Tier'... we just happen to know one from the 'Psychological Society,' don't we?"
Phantom frowned. "You mean 'Designer's' girlfriend? 'Citalopram' is very strong, but if you want her to fight 'A-Yin' or 'May May'... she might not mind personally, but 'Designer' probably won't agree."
As Phantom spoke, edian wagged his finger.
"Of course I'm not talking about Little Wang's beloved. I'm talking about that reserve member—Order is after the demon she has; it makes sense for her to fight for herself."
Li Nian rubbed her chin upon hearing this. "Uncle edian, Sister 'Zhu Ming' is indeed very strong, but... she's still a reserve member after all."
"Agreeing on behalf of 'Order' and offering the demon in her possession as 'pensation' was already pretty presumptuous of us."
Phantom looked at Li Nian. "Oh ho, looks like you're quite close to that 'Veterinarian.'"
Li Nian pursed her lips. "We do have a pretty good relationship, and I've received a lot of favors from her."
edian laughed heartily. "Don't worry, since she's interested in joining our 'Free Alliance' and she's your friend, how could I let her suffer?"
"Since I've already agreed with Order on her behalf, whether we win or lose, whether she's willing to fight or not, I'll give her pensation," edian raised one finger. "I'll give her a [Void Bottle], top-grade quality, as my weling gift."
As edian spoke, Li Nian raised an eyebrow. "Uncle edian, you're really splurging big this time."
Just then, a leisurely voice came from Li Nian's yard.
"If there's pensation, I can indeed agree, but... what is a [Void Bottle]?"
Everyone looked toward the yard, where a woman in a white lab coat gracefully leaped down from the wall and walked toward the living room.
Phantom stood up. "This must be 'Zhu Ming'... or rather, now 'Clozapine' of the 'Psychological Society,' right?"
Xiaoyun looked over Lin Yu appraisingly, showing great interest. "How interesting—you've really got the temperament that suits our 'Free Alliance.'"
edian also looked at the newer and smiled. "Wele, wele. You can check the effects of the [Void Bottle] yourself... but before that, you're a 'Veterinarian,' right? I've got a 'Veterinarian' joke for you!"
"Once upon a time, a dog had a stomachache and went to see a veterinarian. When it arrived at the clinic, it said to the vet, 'Doc, my stomach hurts, could it be from eating too much raw meat?' To its surprise, the vet looked terrified. Guess what the vet said?"
Before the other could answer, edian burst out laughing and continued.
"The vet looked at the dog and said..."
"'Never mind your stomach—you're a dog, how can you even talk?'—Hahahahaha!!"
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