Chapter 445: Interlude

Chapter 445: Interlude

As someone who had started out as a regular member in one organization and later climbed to the managerial role of an Elder in another organization, Gao Yang had rich experience both in the workplace and on battlefields, and he knew that he should go in a little later and pretend he had heard nothing.

Judging by how Qilin was acting, things...would probably end very quickly.

But I’m so curious! Are they really doing it?!

Life is precious, but gossip even more so!

Clenching his teeth, Gao Yang quickly pushed the ajar door open and strode in, pretending to be in a rush.

The air seemed to freeze.

Gao Yang immediately saw Qilin, dressed in a loose gray crew-neck sweater with his hair disheveled and his expression a mix of awkwardness, nervousness, and fear, lying down on a sofa, his limbs splayed. He was holding onto his black-rimmed glasses with his left hand and holding onto a pillow with his right hand.

Dressed in a cardigan the color of pale dogwood and a longer beige jumper dress, Vermilion Bird stepped on the sofa between Qilin’s splayed legs with her stockinged right foot, the high-heel taken off.

She was leaning into Qilin’s space, her left hand pressing against Qilin’s forehead to force him to look at her, stopping him from moving around.

On the long middle finger on her right hand was something small and clear.

In that suggestive posture, they turned to look at the door when they heard it open, their faces going still as they shouted at the same time.

“Let me explain...”

“No need!” Gao Yang raised a hand and stopped them. “Guildmaster Qilin, you have always wanted to try contact lenses, but every time, you got too scared to actually put them on. Having had enough of it, Elder Vermilion Bird swore to put them on for you with her pride on the line tonight, but things aren’t going great, it seems.”

“You aren’t right, but exactly right!” Vermilion Bird smiled, pleased. She jutted her chin at Gao Yang. “What are you waiting for? Come help! Pin Guildmaster’s hands down for me. I’m doing this tonight one way or another!”

“Okay!”

Gao Yang rolled up his sleeves and went up to them.

“Relax,” Qilin uttered.

Instantly, Gao Yang felt his body go lax, and his brain became muddled. He felt too lazy to do or think anything, so he followed the urge to sit down on the sofa next to him, staring into space.

Gao Yang could sense himself getting manipulated. While he could try to resist, it would take too much willpower and attention, so he didn’t. He allowed the power to take over.

“What’s the evidence?” Gao Yang asked openly. He believed he was now entitled to the knowledge.

Qilin glanced at Gao Yang and admitted, “I’ve seen a record about life monsters and death monsters, in a manner of speaking.”

That was as good as nothing.

Gao Yang pressed, “Does the record fit the life monster we encountered?”

“Truthfully, no.” Qilin smiled wryly.

“No?” Vermilion Bird was surprised, but then something occurred to her. “Life monsters may have more than one form though. Some monsters have both a human form and a monster form, for example.”

“I agree,” Gao Yang said.

Qilin didn’t comment on that. After a bemused moment, he stood up and said, “I suppose it’s time to show you.”

“Really?” Vermilion Bird’s eyes lit up. She had heard Qilin talk about it, but never saw it.

“Show us what?” Gao Yang paused before quickly coming to a guess. “Are you talking about the Gates of Closure?”

Qilin nodded with a soft smile. “But I can’t show you the actual thing now. Let’s go for a reenactment for the moment.”

Gao Yang caught on immediately.

“Look at my eyes and don’t fight it.” Qilin lowered his head slightly, looking at Vermilion Bird and Gao Yang.

Gao Yang met his eyes, feeling like a cool fluid energy was flowing into his head and pooling and settling down in the back of his head.

The sensation was slight and natural, almost imperceptible.

Compared to before, though, Gao Yang could at least sense the invasion of Qilin’s Willpower this time—the hundreds of Luck points he put into his Charisma hadn’t been in vain.

It would still be too tall a task for him to fight Qilin’s Eidos, but at least he had made progress.

He was told that Lilia had woken up two seconds after falling into Qilin’s illusion, which showed that her Willpower and Charisma were much higher than Gao Yang’s.

Gao Yang’s thoughts strayed. Qilin was already at the door to the storage room. He opened it and walked in. “Follow me.”

Sitting on the sofa, Gao Yang and Vermilion Bird exchanged a look before quickly getting to their feet and following him.