"You're back so soon?" Lu Zhi saw Qin Huai and Loeffis. Loding were the ones who arrived.
The cafeteria was mostly empty at this time. Lu Zhi and Shen Qi's seats were in a corner, not easily visible unless one specifically looked for them.
Loeffis. Loding's eyes flickered as he whistled, "Alright, Captain Shen, as expected of the one who always has to be first in everything. You even found a partner with such dominance. That affectionate vibe, I'm envious and jealous."
Shen Qi tilted his chin slightly. "The door is that way."
Meaning: Get lost.
"Don't be like that." Loeffis. Loding made himself comfortable, sitting down and crossing his legs. He stared at Lu Zhi with interest. "When are you two getting married?" Kuai Shu Ge
Lu Zhi nearly choked on his bubble tea. "Is this how your Special Department conducts its special type of conversations? Or is it written on my face that I 'want to get married'?"
"Not exactly, I just like to freeload." Loeffis smiled innocently. "It's just that Captain Shen's face has always had 'unfulfilled desire' written all over it, so I wanted to give him a nudge. How about it? When are you getting married?"
Lu Zhi swallowed the pearls in his mouth. "I recall you're still single, Second Captain. Why are you so eager about other people's weddings? Are you desperate to get married yourself?"
Loeffis chuckled. "How did you know? Do you have a date to introduce?"
Lu Zhi glanced at Qin Huai behind him with a half-smile. "Why look so far away?"
Qin Huai: ...
Qin Huai: ???
Loeffis turned and looked Qin Huai up and down, stroking his chin. His eyes lit up. "Little Qin, why don't we give it a try?"
Qin Huai raised his hand expressionlessly. "Sorry, I'm straight."
Loeffis looked disappointed.
Shen Qi looked up. "Are you very idle?"
Loeffis's eyes brightened. "You can tell? I am very idle, otherwise, I wouldn't have come to chat with a mute like you, Captain Shen."
Lu Zhi silently took another sip of bubble tea. Loeffis, to be a captain of the second team and ranked in the top ten experts, truly possessed a fearless heart and a peculiar personality.
"Is he always like this?" Lu Zhi asked, pushing the straw towards Shen Qi's mouth. "Hasn't he been beaten to death yet?"
"His strength speaks for itself. Otherwise, he would have been mobbed long ago." Shen Qi lowered his gaze to the straw with tooth marks on it, opened his mouth, and took a sip. He frowned. "It's undrinkable, don't drink it."
Lu Zhi licked his lips. "It's alright, just a bit too sweet. It's a waste to throw it away."
He liked sweet drinks, but this bubble tea was sweet enough to make his teeth ache.
Shen Qi directly picked up the bubble tea and threw it into the trash can. That domineering move left Lu Zhi speechless.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's not good to treat me like air, is it?" Loeffis was provoked by their intimate actions. He turned to Qin Huai and said, "Go, buy me a cup of bubble tea, the extra sweet kind."
Qin Huai: ... Wake up, you've been force-fed dog food.
Qin Huai eventually turned and dutifully went to buy the bubble tea.
Loeffis: "After you two came out of the door, did you immediately capture the user?"
Lu Zhi nodded instinctively, then paused midway. He said with a half-smile, "Second Captain, if you want to ask something, just ask directly. No need to beat around the bush, right?"
Loeffis wasn't the least bit flustered when he was called out. He asked curiously, "Then I'll ask directly. How did you get out of the door, and how did you accurately locate the door's user?"
Lu Zhi gestured towards Shen Qi with his chin. "Ask him."
Shen Qi looked at him expressionlessly.
Loeffis withdrew his gaze and sighed with understanding. "I knew it. With your current strength, how could you accurately pinpoint the door's user? But with Captain Shen, it makes sense. After all, he's not a normal person."
Lu Zhi smiled kindly. People knew when to adapt. Loeffis loved to banter, but he was surprisingly sensitive to danger.
"Here's your bubble tea." Qin Huai placed the bubble tea in front of Loeffis.
"Thanks. I won't pay you back. Consider it a reward for saving me a few times inside the door." Loeffis said, took a long sip, and then his entire face contorted. After a long moment, he managed to swallow it, staring at the bubble tea in his hand with fear. "Wh-what is this?"
Qin Huai: "You said you wanted it extra sweet. I asked the server to add five spoonfuls of sugar."
Loeffis: ... You're welcome, I guess?
Lu Zhi chuckled and asked, "Qin Huai, how did you end up going into the door with the Second Captain?"
In the original novel's storyline, Qin Huai had always been a lone wolf.
Qin Huai replied, "I joined the Special Department. I'm now a subordinate of the Second Captain."
Although Lu Zhi was curious about the deviation from the plot, he didn't pry further, merely nodding. "I see."
"Little Qin has good talent. In time, he'll definitely become an S-class powerhouse who can stand on his own. I have high hopes for you." Loeffis said, pushing the bubble tea far away.
Qin Huai said with a blank expression, "Thank you for your affirmation, Captain."
Lu Zhi observed their interaction with interest, thinking that although Qin Huai was a few years younger than Loeffis, Qin Huai appeared more mature and steady in terms of personality.
"There have been quite a few people registering for extraordinary powers in the past few days. We are currently investigating the reason for the increase in superhumans. The door user is one of them." Loeffis ordered another latte and took a sip to neutralize the overly sweet taste on his tongue. He continued, "It's said that he became an apostle of a god."
Lu Zhi glanced at Shen Qi, who was sitting quietly beside him. His expressionless profile was truly pleasing to the eye.
Qin Huai added, "It's a new deity who calls himself the 'God of Life.' Based on our investigation, we can confirm that this deity seems to be from overseas."
"A foreign deity?" Lu Zhi's curiosity was piqued. "What does he look like?"
Each country's deities had their own systems.
For example, the Eastern deities of their Hua Country had countless gods and Buddhas in their mythology.
But the deities worshipped abroad seemed to be God?
"This is an image captured by satellite. It's very blurry, but it's certain that the other party is a small boy in appearance." Loeffis projected the image.
The image was very blurry. The still frame only showed the other party's physique, height, and those golden, non-human pupils.
Shen Qi, whose expression had been calm, suddenly had a dark glint in his eyes.
Lu Zhi observed for a while and stroked his chin, offering his conjecture. "Could it be God's son?"
Qin Huai and Loeffis: ...
Qin Huai blurted out, "Not like Zeus."
Lu Zhi: ...
Good, with one sentence, I know you've read Greek mythology.
Loeffis suddenly said seriously, "Actually, I suspect he's Cupid."
Lu Zhi: ...
Good, you're even more outrageous than me.