"Yo, Qingque—she looks pretty relaxed, full of chill vibes."
"Bored bored bored… I miss the addictive feel of the Jade Abacus tiles so much."
"If you're bored, find something to do."
Fu Xuan's voice suddenly rings out from the right channel of the earphone party.
That hint of displeasure is obvious to anyone.
Qingque's reflex arc is a bit slow—maybe she's still groggy—and doesn't immediately realize who's speaking.
"Good idea, but there's nothing to… uh… do… in the Commission!!"
Mid-sentence, the green-clothed girl jumps up from her chair like a startled little sparrow.
Shivering, she turns her head to the side.
"M-M-M-M… Master Diviner…"
She sees a face full of ill intent—yet physically quite pink and tender.
Fu Xuan's expression fills the center of the screen, making people unable to hold back laughter.
[Laughing my ass off—slacking off and getting caught red-handed by the boss.]
[Qingque, you don't want to lose this job, do you?]
[That Edo star netizen up front, calm down a bit.]
"Right now, immediately, at once—"
Fu Xuan points at the door.
"Go to the port and wait for the Jade Abacus colleague who happens to be passing through the Luofu. If you mess this up, just you wait."
"Yes, Master Diviner!!"
With a 'whoosh' sound effect, Qingque vanishes instantly, and a plot image pops up.
In the image, Fu Xuan has a dark face, hand on Qingque's shoulder.
Qingque is so scared her twin tails stand straight.
"A-Anything else you'd like to add, ma'am?"
Fu Xuan's eye twitches.
"Remember—Dock 17, Qian sector. The person is easy to recognize: white hair, tall and skinny, named Bai Xiao."
"And—I'm not old!"
"Got it, Qingque! I'm heading out now—put a million hearts at ease, ma'am!"
Fu Xuan: "???"
The plot image changes.
Fu Xuan stands in place, watching Qingque's feet turn into circles as she dashes away.
The exaggerated composition truly makes it hard to suppress Elation.
[Did I hear right? Fu Xuan said Bai Luo? The internal spy is that powerful?]
[The subtitles say Bai Xiao…]
[Could it be—]
With urgent questions needing answers, Ah Xian clicks to continue the plot.
The screen returns to Leon.
He stands beside a dock, a starskiff behind him.
Holding a pill between two fingers, frowning as he stares.
"Ruthless stuff."
"Extract human marrow to refine into a pill—consume it, and you gain the same aura…"
"Heh."
Leon lets out an indifferent cold laugh, crushing the pill into powder and letting it scatter from his fingers.
In the past, normal plot wouldn't have such detailed actions.
But starting with version 1.1, plot CG ratio greatly increased, adding many character motions.
Quest item appearances are no longer uniformly shoved center-screen.
Many items characters pass have proper models.
Some players' eyes fall on the powder scattering from Leon's fingers, getting goosebumps all over.
Extract human marrow?
[…Turtle, feels like a euphemism.]
[Be confident—remove 'feels.' I think it's already putting cannibalism right in your face.]
Ah Xian is shocked too.
She didn't know that in the earlier plot, the thing the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus gave Leon to disguise his aura had such a terrifying origin.
"I don't have a hobby of eating people. Disguising aura is simple."
He takes out a small bottle and sprays it on himself.
"Uh… perfume?"
No one answers.
In the game screen, Leon puts away the bottle, turns his gaze left and right, then suddenly stops.
Following his line of sight, the green-clothed girl is quickly running this way.
Ah Xian freezes, letting out an Aatrox-style confused sound.
Qingque supports herself on her knees, panting.
"Are you Mr. Bai Xiao? S-Sorry… for keeping you waiting!"
Leon: "(…Never judge by appearances.)"
"(Looks cute and carefree on the outside—turns out to be a Disciples of Sanctus Medicus believer.)"
"(Good acting, decent sense of time.)"
"Not waiting long—I just arrived."
Qingque sighs in relief at his words, flashing a smile.
"I'm here to receive… uh… a diviner! Call me Qingque. This way, please."
Leon: "(Disciples of Sanctus Medicus like codenames—love color + plant/animal combos.)"
"(Qingque… fits the bill.)"
Seeing Leon follow Qingque away and hearing his inner thoughts, many players blink blankly.
Before they can comment, the screen blacks out.
[Same spot, seven or eight minutes later…]
Another white-haired man appears at the same dock, meeting a Divination Commission diviner walking toward him.
His clothes bear Qiankun Taiji and other elements, yet differ noticeably from Luofu native style.
Clearly not local.
"Are you Mr. Bai Luo from the Jade Abacus?" the diviner asks.
Bai Xiao: "I am."
"Mr. Bai Luo supporting our Luofu Divination Commission at this time… we're deeply grateful. Please follow me."
At this, the diviner winks at him.
Bai Xiao freezes, then forces an unnatural smile in response.
This plot segment, with unhidden subtitles, lets anyone quickly understand.
Then—
[Laughing my ass off!]
[Qingque and the spy both think they picked up the right person—hilarious.]
[Addendum: Leon and Bai Xiao probably think they're docking with the correct contact too.]
[Since Leon was led away by Qingque, the one who sabotages the Matrix of Prescience Ultima isn't him.]
[Definitely not—Leon came to the Luofu to help; no way he'd really go undercover.]
[I'm curious how it'll unfold next. Leon came to the Divination Commission—why no collision with the Trailblazer?]
[With his personality, protecting from the shadows, duh.]
Back to Leon's perspective.
Qingque respectfully offers welcoming tea.
"Mr. Bai, please have some tea~"
"(This kid's oddly polite—perfectly in character.)"
"(No wonder she can lurk in the Divination Commission full of divination Bs—she's got skills.)"
"(Naturally, I can't slip up either.)"
"Thank you." Leon sips the tea in thanks.
"Hahaha… can't hold it—I must need more professional training."
"Never expected that with Leon brain-husband's IQ, he still hasn't realized he followed the wrong person."
"Fighting wits with himself—this is peak comedy."
"And he actually uses modern homophone slang like 'divination B'…"
Qingque glances at the door from time to time.
"(Why hasn't Master Diviner arrived yet?)"
She secretly checks her phone; the player's view switches to her first-person.
Seeing Qingque's chat with Fu Xuan, Ah Xian suddenly understands.
"Timeline clear—it's when we were using the Acoustimeter to track Kafka."
"Makes sense. When we reached the Divination Commission, the Matrix of Prescience Ultima was already malfunctioning."
Qingque receives leader instructions; her inner complaints are pure joy to hear.
Even more unexpected—she scratches her head, then asks that question.
"Mr. Bai, what do you do for work?"
"This game is gonna kill me with laughter!!"