The clothes were washed last night and aren't completely dry this morning, so they don't have any new clothes to change into.

"Haven't you done it yet?"

Li Chaoge was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said, "Can I wear my jeans? They don't fit perfectly, but I can fold up the cuffs and wear them."

Since I can't wear my original clothes, I'll just wear his for now. He has some old clothes in his closet that I can fix up and wear.

This outfit also helps to conceal Seele and the others' beauty.

Although the dresses Seele and the others wore weren't particularly revealing, only showing their calves, the stares they attracted from passersby along the way made him feel a little uneasy.

He could understand that it was normal for Seele and the others to attract attention from passersby because they were so beautiful, but he still wanted Seele and the others to be his exclusive beautiful girls.

He was well aware that this was a possessive mentality.

However, he had no idea how to deal with this feeling.

These days, it's not like the feudal ancient times. It's perfectly normal for girls to wear pretty dresses in the street. Does he expect his girlfriend to never go out or only wear trousers? That's completely unrealistic.

"The captain's clothes? Of course!"

Seele nodded vigorously. They had actually thought of this last night when they put the clothes away to wash, but for them, wearing the captain's clothes was a very novel experience, and it was quite nice to have a legitimate reason to wear them.

Seeing Seele eagerly pursuing the captain again, Black Seele pursed her lips but said nothing.

Li Chaoge found clothes for Xier and Hei Xi and then went to wash up. After he finished washing up, he looked at Exusiai, who had already familiarized herself with the house and was comfortably lying on the small sofa in the living room eating fruit. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Exusiai... when did you appear in my room?"

He was still completely bewildered. How could Exusiai and Seele/Black Seele appear out of nowhere? Moreover, Exusiai appeared on his bed without any warning, even more so than Seele/Black Seele!

Even Tencent Logistics' deliveries aren't that fast!

"It was last night, but I didn't disturb you since you were sleeping at the time."

Leaning back on the sofa with her long, black-stockinged legs crossed, Exusiai patted the spot next to her while munching on a pear she'd pulled from the refrigerator, and mumbled to Li Chaoge, "Boss, sit down, don't just stand there like an idiot."

"...Wait, I'm going to take you out for breakfast. Calling Exusiai on the street will attract a lot of attention."

Speechless at Exusiai, who acted as if she were the master of this place, Li Chaoge decided to teach her a lesson. "I'm wondering if it would be better to call you Xiao Le or Lele?"

Exusiai is just a code name for her; her real name is Remuel.

"Hey boss, please don't call me by that name in front of others... Here, have some pear, please don't call me that!"

Just moments ago, Exusiai was cheerful, outgoing, and laughing. She suddenly became shy, quickly sat up straight, and handed the pear, which she had bitten off most of, to Li Chaoge.

That's her nickname! It would be super embarrassing if a stranger heard it!

"Then what should I call you? I can't just call you angel."

Li Chaoge glanced at the pear in Exusiai's hand. Most of it had been bitten off, and the remaining part was very juicy. He wondered how much of Exusiai's saliva was in it.

"Anything is fine as long as it's not a real name!"

Exusiai immediately said, "Why use a code name? It's because you don't want others to know your real name!"

"Then I'll still call you A-Neng."

Seeing that Exusiai was getting anxious, Li Chaoge stopped teasing her and immediately decided on this nickname.

The term "A'N'S" feels very friendly and natural; that's what he's always called Exusiai. As for how A'N'S addresses his boss, there's no need to change it; anyone can be called "boss" these days.

"Yes, boss!"

Exusiai stood up, gave Li Chaoge a serious salute with a stern face, then raised her hand to brush a strand of her burgundy hair from her shoulder and gave Li Chaoge a mischievous smile: "By the way, boss, do I look good with long hair? Didn't you say that Exusiai looks best with long hair~"

"...Of course it looks good."

Li Chaoge had to admit that Exusiai was beautiful.

Despite her carefree and unreliable demeanor, and her overly familiar manner upon arriving at his place, Exusiai with her long, flowing hair is undeniably beautiful and alluring.

The short-haired Exusiai in the game is also very beautiful, but short-haired Exusiai looks more like an energetic tomboy. Exusiai is a ranged attack operator that he has always liked in Arknights. Perhaps it's because he can't laugh heartily in real life for various reasons, but when he hears Exusiai's lively voice and innocent and cheerful smile...

He had seen a fan art of a long-haired Exusiai before and had always wanted the official release of a long-haired Exusiai skin. Unfortunately, all the skins released for Exusiai afterward were short-haired, and with the emergence of more and more powerful operators, Exusiai has become obsolete.

He may have casually mentioned in the group that he preferred Ah Neng with long hair, but Ah Neng took it to heart and even grew his hair long.

"Hehe, it wasn't a waste of all the time I spent growing my hair long."

Hearing Li Chaoge's approval, Exusiai chuckled and moved even closer to him, close enough for him to smell her fragrance.

Scent? Is it perfume or body odor?

Li Chaoge was slightly lost in thought as he looked at Exusiai's smile so close to him.

This straightforward, almost naive, silly smile didn't damage the image of the beautiful, long-haired Ah Neng; on the contrary, it made her appear even more cheerful and lively.

Actually, Exusiai's skin and artwork aren't particularly revealing, but she's quite popular in Arknights. Initially, Exusiai didn't seem to be very popular among players because there were many other characters in the game who were more attractive and stylish than her. However, she topped the popularity charts in an official survey.

The reason for this is Exusiai's cheerful and lively personality, and the smile that is always on her lips.

Although he has been out of meta for a long time and is often criticized for being useless, he still prefers to use Exusiai, the cheerful one, as his first choice for ranged operators.

Who wouldn't like a cheerful and optimistic girl in black stockings? Anyone who doesn't is a heretic!

"A-Neng, won't your long hair affect your combat ability?"

Li Chaoge reached out and brushed aside the wine-red strands of hair on Exusiai's shoulder, asking with some confusion.

The world of Arknights isn't so peaceful. As a logistics escort, Exusiai often needs to fight, so long hair might be quite inconvenient.

"Of course not, Texas also has long hair."

Exusiai laughed indifferently. Compared to Texas, who needed to cover her from the front, having long hair only meant she had to spend more money on shampoo when she was providing firepower from the back. If she was short of money and tried to mooch off Texas's shampoo, Texas would just give her a death stare.

"Speaking of which, boss, how many people came here? Is it just me and those two Xi'ers?"

As if remembering something, Exusiai suddenly asked.

"Yes, just the three of you."

Li Chaoge nodded in confusion.

"Then I won this time!"

Exusiai's face lit up with an excited smile. Texas had lost her bet, so there was no way she could avoid it now, hehe...

"What did you win?"

Li Chaoge looked at Exusiai with great confusion.

"Hehe, anyway, it's a good thing. Boss, you don't need to know too much. You'll find out when Texas arrives!"

Exusiai smiled, not wanting to reveal the news so soon. She noticed out of the corner of her eye that Seele and Black Seele had changed their clothes and were walking over. She immediately pulled Li Chaoge and walked outside.

"Let's go! Boss, take us to get apple pie!"

"I want to try your apple pie!"

Chapter 9. Guarding Until the End of All Things

"Wait, wait! Ah Neng, your hood isn't on yet! Let me put another hood on you!"

Suddenly pulled out the door by Exusiai, Li Chaoge was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled her back and closed the door again.

Exia isn't just called an angel; she really does have angelic qualities. The circular incandescent bulb on her head is like an angel's halo.

In the world of Arknights, Exusiai going out like that might only cause a bit of surprise, but in reality, it wouldn't work; she would definitely be surrounded by onlookers and the photos would be posted online.

Seele and Black Seele looked pretty when they first appeared yesterday, but to people who don't know Honkai Impact 3, they were just pretty and wouldn't think it was cosplay. However, the halo that suddenly appeared on Exusiai's head is not so easy to explain, even if it is cosplay.

He had just noticed Exusiai's halo, but it was an illusion, not a real object; he reached out to touch it but couldn't.

Thinking about it carefully, it's normal that it's not a physical object. If it were a physical object, would it be the halo and Exusiai, or Exusiai and the halo? If you block Exusiai's halo, wouldn't you be able to suspend Exusiai? If not, wouldn't it be possible to artificially separate the halo from Exusiai?

Of course, Li Chaoge didn't plan to research that much. Right now, he just wanted to find something to cover up the halo above Exusiai's head so that Exusiai wouldn't be exposed because of it.

He hadn't figured out how to resolve their identities, let alone how to deal with it if their identities were exposed; those things were too complicated. Because so many things were involved, he just hoped that nothing would ever go wrong and that he could just live his peaceful life.

"Oh? Right! Boss, can you turn this off for me?"

Pulled back by Li Chaoge, Exusiai suddenly realized what he was saying and immediately pointed to the halo on her head.

I've gotten so used to this bright, shiny thing lately that I almost forgot to tell the professor to turn it off.

How can I help you turn it off?

Li Chaoge, who was about to get the hat for Exusiai, was stunned and turned around to look at her in surprise.

He was still thinking that if he couldn't block the light of Exusiai's halo, then he would be in trouble. He didn't expect that Exusiai would ask him to turn off the light bulb. What ability did he have to turn off this intangible halo?

"Just turn it off like that? I don't know if it's triggered control or mind control, but boss, you can just turn it off." Exusiai, completely clueless, simply shoved her head in front of Li Chaoge and urged, "Boss, as everyone's doctor, it's normal for you to have some special abilities. Hurry up and turn it off so we can go have breakfast! I'm starving after lying here all night!"

As the Doctor, who is seen as omnipotent by everyone from Kal'tsit on Rhodes Island to the medical vehicle, turning off the light bulb on her head is just a trivial matter.

"Can I really turn it off?"

Hearing Exusiai's rambling explanation, Li Chaoge was completely bewildered. Wasn't Exusiai's halo supposed to be always on and couldn't be turned off?

But there was no harm in trying. He tried reaching out and touching the halo, but there was no response. He then tried turning off the lights.

The fluorescent light that was emitting light then disappeared.

Yes, it's gone. There's no trace of the halo anymore.

Li Chaoge couldn't touch it to begin with, and now that it has disappeared, there's no way he could find any trace of the halo. However, Li Chaoge put his hand back in its original place and muttered something to himself.

Turn on the lights.

A halo appeared.

Turn off the lights.

The halo has disappeared again.

"Ah! My eyes are going to go blind! Boss, stop playing!"

The light in front of her eyes flickered in and out, and Exusiai quickly grabbed Li Chaoge's hand and held him in her arms.

Although she had a halo above her head and her bangs were long, the bright lights didn't affect her much. But her boss's actions made her feel strange. She had finally turned off this big light bulb, and she couldn't let her boss discover some weird hobby.

"Well......"

Li Chaoge paused, looking down at the arm that Exusiai was holding tightly with a strange expression.

It's not bad, although it looks no match for Seele and Black Seele, but if you feel it carefully, it's still very soft and comfortable.

"Let's go eat! I can't wait to eat the apple pie!"

Exusiai, seemingly oblivious, kept shaking Li Chaoge's arm. Like Seele and the others, she showed no reservations about Li Chaoge's touch.

"Okay, Captain, let's go have breakfast first."

Seele, who had already changed her clothes, smiled and echoed, "Although Exusiai clung to the Captain as soon as she came out, causing the Captain's attention to shift from her to Exusiai, she was actually not difficult to get along with, judging from Exusiai's lively and cheerful appearance."

Seele had a good attitude. Even though she couldn't give herself to the captain, she had already understood the captain's feelings from his actions, so she wouldn't be jealous so easily.

If she were that easily jealous, she would have been dying of envy long ago, because the captain has always been surrounded by many girls, not just Bronya and Mei, but also the heroes from the previous civilization era, and girls from other worlds...

Even excluding the people in the game group, there are already a lot of girls in their world, so how could she be jealous?

Exusiai must have gone through a lot of effort to get her ticket to this world, just like her. Since everyone likes the captain, she won't think too much about it.

Because those who like the captain are not bad people.

Compared to the understanding and empathetic Seele, Black Seele didn't have such a good temper. She glared angrily at Li Chaoge and said irritably, "What did you say last night? Are you already captivated by this new guy?"

She wasn't unaware of the situation; as two souls united as one, they had no secrets from each other, but she just couldn't stand it.

It wasn't enough that he flirted with so many girls; he had to go to other places to hook up with just as many girls!

If Seele hadn't really liked this guy, she would have ignored this jerk a long time ago!

"Uh, I'll take you out for breakfast now. Seele, Aneng, you two close the door."

Li Chaoge's face stiffened, and he immediately grabbed Hei hope's shoulder and pushed her out of the room, while calling Xi'er and Exusiai behind him to follow.

Although he realized he would eventually have to face a chaotic situation after Xier and the others talked about things in the group last night, he still didn't expect it to come so soon.

He's just an ordinary otaku, and even though he's about to leave the otaku life and become a corporate slave, he's still a complete novice with zero dating experience. How would he know how to handle a love triangle?

"Hehe, boss, you actually couldn't get them to obey you. You guys seemed to have gone to bed early last night too. Could it be... Doctor, you're not up to the task?!"

Exusiai watched Li Chaoge with schadenfreude, completely ignoring the fact that Hei hope's dissatisfaction stemmed from her.

"...Would you believe me if I said we didn't do anything last night?"

Li Chaoge turned around and glanced speechlessly at Exusiai, who had her hands behind her head.

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