Although [Gaia]'s reputation had declined, it had once enjoyed a period of glory in China. [Gaia] base was established during its glory days, so Steel City's facilities were rather complete. It could be said to have everything. Be it restaurants, supermarkets, karaoke, bars and other entertainment venues, there were even game arcades.
However, this world's "virtual reality technology" was abnormally developed. Hence, the games were basically "virtual games" developed to train Heroes' abilities. Shi Xiaobai's eyes immediately lit up, wanting to give it a try. Riko did not have the time to waste with him in the game arcades, so she pulled him away. Shi Xiaobai felt it was a pity and decided to find a chance to play the entire game arcades in the future.
It was unknown where Riko found a car. The two of them drove and stopped, touring most of Steel City in an afternoon. Of course, the most important thing was to introduce [Annihilation]'s jurisdiction.
The [Annihilation]'s jurisdiction was located south of Steel City. The basic facilities were not much different from the other three jurisdictions. Riko mainly wanted to let Shi Xiaobai understand the structure of the jurisdiction, so that he would not get lost the moment he stepped out. However, it was unknown if Shi Xiaobai took it seriously.
The results of the Rookie Evaluation Test came out in the afternoon. A few text messages were sent to Riko's cell phone. Shi Xiaobai had naturally obtained first place in the rookie evaluation for [Annihilation]. Furthermore, he had become this year's second S- Class rookie. If Shi Xiaobai had obtained a few more points in the ability test, he might have been able to attempt for S Class or even S + Class. After all, his double S class talent was something that only appeared once every few years in the entire world. To [Gaia], he was the first one since its establishment.
There was another text message that was rather intriguing. According to the organization's investigation, Shi Xiaobai's identity information was a blank slate! This meant that even [Gaia]'s intelligence department was unable to figure out Shi Xiaobai's identity information. There were only two possibilities for such a thing to happen. First, Shi Xiaobai's identity had a level of confidentiality that exceeded [Gaia]'s authority. Second, Shi Xiaobai had appeared out of thin air. The former was unbelievable, while the latter was ridiculous and laughable.
Regardless, [Gaia] would not easily let go of such a monstrous rookie that only appeared once in a hundred years. Even if they had to use brainwashing methods, they had to make Shi Xiaobai have a sense of belonging to [Gaia].
There were even two text messages that resulted in conflict. One of them was sent by the upper echelons of [Gaia]. It hinted vaguely that Riko should try her best to make Shi Xiaobai have a sense of identity with the organization while protecting herself. The meaning was to request Riko to play with Shi Xiaobai's feelings, making him infatuated with her. While Riko was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, she was also somewhat angry.
Another message slightly healed Lizi's wounded heart. It was from her father. Her father had scolded Shi Xiaobai in the text message and sternly requested Riko to stay away from Shi Xiaobai. He also indicated that he would resolve the problems with the upper echelons of the organization. He wanted Riko to focus on her own matters and not let herself suffer.
Riko immediately replied to her father, explaining the misunderstanding. She also described the Shi Xiaobai she knew. After receiving the message, Lizi's father immediately replied, "Is there really such a silly child?"
Riko immediately burst out into laughter. She rattled off a long string of insights on how silly Shi Xiaobai was. Her mood immediately became extremely good.
Following that, Riko sent another text message to the upper echelons of the organization. She roughly explained that Shi Xiaobai was a pure and kind child. Furthermore, she had always treated Shi Xiaobai as a younger brother.
The upper echelons reacted very quickly. They immediately replied with a text message that gave Riko a headache. The gist of it was that the organization had decided to let Riko be Shi Xiaobai's rookie counselor. Furthermore, due to the lack of rooms in the rookie dormitories, Shi Xiaobai had to temporarily stay with Riko. They used "it's reasonable for a younger brother to stay at his older sister's house" as the corresponding reason.
According to convention, [Gaia] would specially provide a corresponding counselor to rookies at A Class and above. They would guide and help the rookies at A Class and above for a short period of time in the beginning. Such counselors were typically taken up by young members of the organization. However, Riko's status was extremely special. Not only was she the missy of the Nangong family, she was also this generation's Oceanic Pontus. With her status, there was no need for her to be a rookie counselor. This was clearly a deliberate arrangement by the upper echelons.
As for the rookie dormitories not having enough rooms was even more f * cked up. As a national and even international famous Hero organization, how could [Gaia] not have enough rooms? This excuse was too perfunctory! It was clearly forcing Shi Xiaobai to cohabit with her!
Riko was so angry that she nearly smashed her cell phone. Actually, with her status, if she were to directly reject it, the upper echelons would be helpless. If not, the upper echelons would not have used a tone of discussion, or even used such a lame excuse.
However, Riko did not immediately reject it. She pondered for a long time before finally agreeing to the request of the upper echelons. Firstly, Shi Xiaobai was brought here by her, so she had a certain degree of responsibility. Secondly, she did not hate interacting with Shi Xiaobai. Furthermore, Shi Xiaobai was still a child, and the place she stayed at did have extra rooms. Thirdly, she was a little worried that if she rejected it, the organization would find another beauty to tempt Shi Xiaobai. When that happened, she would be letting down the beauty who had been forced by the organization.
For the upper echelons of the organization to go to such lengths, it was obvious how terrifying Shi Xiaobai's natural endowments were. Riko did not wish for Shi Xiaobai to become a sacrificial lamb in [Gaia]'s rotten management. She believed that she had an obligation to protect this thirteen-year-old youth, just like an elder sister.
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Riko had many worries on her mind along the way. Shi Xiaobai also had his own worries. Back when he first met Riko, the scene of Riko instantly slicing the calamity fiend, Sahadun, into pieces was imprinted in his mind. Back then, he told himself that this girl was the Hero he had been searching for. He had to get her to join Xiaobai's Hero Squad.
Now, he had finally gotten what he wanted. Hence, another desire surfaced in his heart.
However, due to his King's reserve, Shi Xiaobai held back from saying it. Only after dinner did he follow Riko to the "home" she was going to live in from now on. It was a warm house in a steel shell; only after Riko switched on the television, allowing him to see the realistic and gorgeous battle scenes of Hero's League on the forty-inch LCD screen; until Riko went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Shi Xiaobai finally could not hold it in any longer. He held Riko's hand and said the request he had hidden deep in his heart.
"I want to become stronger. Help me."
Shi Xiaobai did not realize what kind of halo would surround him in the future, or how many factions and interests he would be pursued by. He only knew that he was still an ordinary person, still a powerless weakling in front of Sahadun. Hence, he wanted to become stronger. And the girl in front of him, a member of Xiaobai's Hero Squad, was his partner. He wished that she could help him.
At this moment, Shi Xiaobai did not address himself as "This King". His eyes were as bright as the stars, as deep as the starry sky.
At that moment, looking into the youth's eyes, Riko was very glad that she had chosen to agree to the organization's request.
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