19. Accompanying Guide
“Willing to come out now?”
Zhan Ye lay paralyzed on the sofa as if boneless. Seeing Mo Xiao walk out of the bedroom, he casually teased a couple of sentences before starting to look for something on the man’s body.
“Got a cigarette? Lend me one.”
“No.”
Zhan Ye pursed his lips, spreading his body out sprawlingly. Watching Mo Xiao sit down on the only single sofa in the living room, he opened his mouth:
“What did you do in the Guide’s room just now to take so long coming out?”
Mo Xiao didn’t speak, looking at the Golden Eagle released by the man from his spiritual consciousness. The black mist on its body was very obvious; it looked like it was affected by pollution, lazily nesting on the man’s shoulder.
“Paralyzed here for so long, what’s wrong? Leg broken?”
Zhan Ye patted his thigh.
“It’s really not that I don’t want to get up, but this effect is simply too awesome. My legs are still numb right now.”
“This feeling, someone like you who hasn’t undergone a Guide’s deep purification wouldn’t understand.”
It seemed he was really fine now, even starting to show off in front of him.
Mo Xiao lowered his eyes, his gaze fixed on his right fingertips. As his index and middle fingers rubbed slightly together, the tooth marks on his fingertips were faintly visible.
“Since you’re fine now, let’s talk about you intruding into the room of the First Squad’s accompanying Guide.”
“I didn’t just intrude casually. The little beauty agreed to let me in. If you mind, I can give you all the resources from my mission last time.”
After all, getting this favor this time was partly due to Mo Xiao. Even if Mo Xiao didn’t say it, he remembered it in his heart. He was willing to endure the man’s belated anger now.
“No one lacks your supplies.”
“Then what do you want?”
They both knew clearly that Mo Xiao wouldn’t report today’s matter to the White Tower for a decision.
After all, a Guide with only F-class spiritual power level being able to easily enter a Super S-class Sentinel’s spiritual consciousness sea, even if only on the periphery, and successfully performing a simple purification to wake up a Sentinel on the verge of collapse—if the White Tower learned of this, they would definitely send special personnel to investigate.
He and Mo Xiao both knew the special nature of the little Guide’s spiritual power, so this matter could only be a private conflict between the two of them.
“The White Tower just assigned a clearing mission to the First Squad, acting probably the day after tomorrow. I will take her out with us. Shen Ji has been active again recently; you keep an eye on him.”
Things were temporarily stabilized with Anse, but Shen Ji was a thorny existence. Anyone who came into contact with Su Tang’s spiritual power would detect her uniqueness. Back then, it was Zhan Ye who had so easily released Shen Ji back to the Second Squad. Although Shen Ji hadn’t publicly stated which Guide treated him, people talk, and they hadn’t deliberately covered up news in this regard.
Zhan Ye nodded. It was a matter he hadn’t handled well; naturally, he would deal with the aftermath.
“However, aren’t you being a bit too impatient taking her on field duty?”
She was just a Guide who hadn’t yet familiarized herself with life in the White Tower. Taking her on a mission now—wasn’t the schedule arranged a bit too tightly?
“First Squad collective mission. This is also her mission.”
Zhan Ye shrugged. The person was with him; whatever he said went. He knew clearly in his heart whether he had selfish motives, but having just received Mo Xiao’s grace, he didn’t want to argue with him over this small matter.
“Then I can come find her for purification these next two days?”
“Let the Golden Eagle come.”
Purifying the spiritual entity would also benefit the main body. Besides, looking at Zhan Ye’s condition now, it was still passable. Since the situation wasn’t that critical, there was no need to let this guy get off cheaply.
“Fine, whatever you say.”
Men are always the easiest to talk to afterward. Mo Xiao hadn’t expected to experience this saying from a top-tier Sentinel one day.
…
“Accompanying the squad on a mission, does that include me?”
Su Tang slept for a long time this sleep. At 3 AM, just as she sat up in bed, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside, bringing her such news.
Su Tang looked at the man sitting familiarly by her bed. At this moment, she had no time to care about the man’s rapidly progressing intimacy toward her; her entire mind was on the matter of accompanying the squad he just mentioned.
“You are the accompanying Guide of the First Squad. A collective mission for the First Squad naturally includes you.”
Looking at the little Guide in front of him—just woken up, physical and spiritual strength not yet fully recovered, only able to lean weakly against the soft bedside backrest, lowering her eyes, looking fragile—Mo Xiao pursed his lips, pondering for the first time if his request was a bit harsh.
“Don’t worry. It is a Sentinel’s bounden duty to protect Guides. You are the First Squad’s accompanying Guide; the Sentinels of the First Squad will protect you from harm.”
Su Tang shook her head at Mo Xiao.
“Captain Mo, you misunderstand. I’m not worried about that. I was thinking, my spiritual power level is very weak. It’s because of high compatibility with your spiritual history that I can easily perform spiritual purification for you, but every time I can’t last long before failing. I’m afraid accompanying the squad out this time will drag the team down.”
The little Guide leaned against the bedside, head tilted up slightly, speaking these words to him softly and weakly. Mo Xiao only felt his heart soften bit by bit as well.
“No one is born strong. Those Sentinels in the First Squad were also honed bit by bit from the battlefield to their current state. Everyone is a collective; the concept of being a drag doesn’t exist.”
Su Tang nodded. She wasn’t resistant to accompanying the squad out. She wanted to become stronger, so simply nesting in the White Tower as a Guide who could only channel Sentinels and receive protection from others was absolutely impossible. Just as Mo Xiao said, ability is honed bit by bit. If she wanted to become strong, going out on missions was also a path she had to take.
“Okay, Captain Mo. I will prepare well during this time.”
“If possible, report to my office this afternoon. I’ll teach you some close-quarters combat useful on the battlefield. Of course, I hope you never have to use it, but if a critical situation really arises, you won’t be so powerless.”
Su Tang knew Mo Xiao was doing it for her own good, so she didn’t decline.
Only,
“Why not in the morning?”
Mo Xiao’s gaze slid over Su Tang bit by bit.
“In the morning, you should rest well.”
“I’m fine. I can feel my spiritual power has recovered by more than half. Drinking a bottle of supplement later will make it completely fine.”
As if to prove her statement, Su Tang straightened up from the backrest, intending to get out of bed and walk two steps for Mo Xiao to see. Just as she put on her shoes and stood straight, a wave of dizziness hit her eyes, and her whole body fell forward uncontrollably.
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