Translator: Deyonna
The little octopus looked up at Yuan Ye, hesitated for a moment, and then jumped onto the plate. It was only at this moment that Yuan Ye put away the knife and turned to look at the door, but did not immediately open it.
“I am not an officer.”
The current Yuan Ye doesn’t hold any military position. To be precise, he could only be considered an ordinary folk, hunting otherworldly creatures.
The reason why Yuan Ye didn’t correct Jon earlier was because he didn’t want to pay attention to the new recruit investigator he had just met by chance.
“Alright, Mr. Yuan Ye.”
The woman complied readily, her tone respectful.
“Regarding your achievement in killing the king creature last night, I have already reported it to the royal court according to the procedures. However, there are still some details that need to be discussed with you in person.”
Ye Yunfan noticed that when Chen Xinyue mentioned the royal court, Yuan Ye clearly hesitated for a moment.
After a brief silence, the door of the wooden house opened from the inside.
“Come in.”
The tone of the young man remained as cold as ever.
Then Ye Yunfan once again saw Captain Chen, whom he had previously encountered underwater. Compared to Yuan Ye, who had already freshened up, Chen Xinyue and Jon behind him appeared to be in a sorry state.
Especially the former. Her face was deathly pale, her breath weak, and her eyes cloudy. It was evident that she was exhausted and worn out after suffering serious injuries.
Jon held the medicine box, looking a bit embarrassed, while Chen Xinyue seemed unconcerned. She remained composed, displaying proper etiquette.
“Apologies for disturbing.”
Captain Chen had originally intended to get straight to the point, but when her gaze fell upon the little octopus on the plate on the table, her expression visibly froze.
This subtle change in expression immediately made Ye Yunfan nervous because it was evident that Chen Xinyue’s current reaction represented her recognition of him from their previous encounter in the sea.
In that case, she must also be aware of the relentless pursuit of those otherworldly creatures towards him.
“Mr. Yuan Ye, it’s… something you picked up from the sea?”
Although it should have been a question, Chen Xinyue used an affirmative tone. Yuan Ye did not answer, and his tone was quite impolite.
“So, this is the detail you want to discuss with me?”
“…Of course not.”
Chen Xinyue keenly sensed Yuan Ye’s rejection and displeasure with this topic.
“It’s just that when we discovered the ‘door’ at that time, this little jellyfish was nearby…”
Before the woman could finish her sentence, Ye Yunfan suddenly trembled violently.
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Because she also referred to him as a jellyfish.
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So there was only one possibility: in the eyes of humans in this world, he really was a jellyfish!
“……”
Ye Yunfan suddenly felt his mind becoming a bit chaotic.
At this moment, Yuan Ye listened to all the details of Chen Xinyue’s encounter with the “little jellyfish” underwater, but he didn’t have any particular reaction. He simply said.
“It is just an ordinary evolved species, nothing more.”
The difference between otherworldly creatures and an evolved species is quite clear. The former possesses strong aggression and a desire to slaughter, with an abnormal craving for flesh, while evolved species are the opposite.
They are simply native plants and animals on Earth that have evolved, nothing more.
Seeing this, Chen Xinyue decided not to continue this subject. Although she still had some doubts about Ye Yunfan, there were more important matters at hand now.
“Mr. Yuan Ye, you personally killed the king creature last night. You must have noticed that it was not fully matured, but hatched prematurely and was greatly mutilated.”
Yuan Ye nodded. “En.”
Generally speaking, the normal metamorphosis of an otherworldly plane is quite lengthy. First, it releases otherworldly creatures and a large amount of contamination. Then, these otherworldly creatures scatter around and engage in frenzied killing, devouring flesh and blood. After that, they return to the otherworldly plane and use the plundered flesh and blood to nurture and hatch the king creature.
This metamorphosis period is the longest stage, and the successfully hatched king creature is essentially the strongest among the otherworldly creatures in terms of combat power, vitality, intelligence, and size.
In short, the king creature is undoubtedly the most special and strongest among all otherworldly creatures.
That is also the reason why everyone, including Yuan Ye, initially misidentified the king creature.
And it is quite evident that this king creature had not fully developed and is a deformed premature birth.
Yuan Ye is clearly aware of the abnormalities, but as a decontamination officer with the sole duty of killing the king creature, the investigation, research, and handling of the aftermath are the responsibilities of the investigation officers.
Moreover, he has just fought fiercely all night and is heavily injured. Even if he wants to report the anomalies, he currently lacks the appropriate identity and authority to do so.
So as an ordinary otherworldly creature hunter, Yuan Ye’s only duty now is to cooperate with the inquiries of the investigation officer, Chen Xinyue.
“At that time, the monsters that were originally crashing into the lighthouse suddenly went mad and dived underwater. I felt something was wrong, so I followed them down and from a distance, I saw you killed the king creature.”
Chen Xinyue’s tone became heavy.
“After you left, I took the opportunity to collect and retrieve the remains of the king creature.”
The previously quiet and inconspicuous little octopus suddenly startled, then immediately became excited.
Holy shit!
Originally, he was feeling extremely regretful about missing out on a big meal, but he never expected that Captain Chen had managed to retrieve all of it!!!
—He still has his food!!!
[Food! Food!]
[Want to eat! Want to eat food!]
The little tentacles immediately became elated and excited.
Immediately, Ye Yunfan also quickly realized something—
Hold on, is that little monster the king creature?
Actually, the responsibility of recovering the remains was originally the duty of the decontamination officers. They are responsible for killing the king creature and bringing back the remains to the Royal Court Academy of Science to aid in research.
However, Yuan Ye was no longer a decontamination officer, and at that time, his strength was exhausted and support had already arrived. Therefore, he gave up on retrieving the remains that had been washed away by the water current.
“So your main point?”
Yuan Ye’s tone was flat. He turned around, took out a scissor and a sewing kit from the cabinet.
Hold on, a sewing kit?
Ye Yunfan still couldn’t understand Yuan Ye’s actions. He supported his head with his tentacles and watched the young man seriously choose the color of the thread.
Yuan Ye was well aware that everything Chen Xinyue had said earlier was just a prelude. Otherwise, if that was all there was to it, she wouldn’t have come to him but would have directly handed over the king creature’s remains to headquarters.
—This is indeed a great achievement.
It is enough for her to be promoted from a B-level officer to an A-level officer.
Chen Xinyue looked at the calm expression on the young man’s face and couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration. She had only heard rumors about this decontamination officer before, but now that she had seen him in person, she realized that he was not just an empty-headed butcher.
“I originally intended to follow the procedure and hand it over.”
Chen Xinyue paused for a moment and continued.
“But when everyone misidentified the king creature, Bard’s team, who came to support, had never even seen the appearance of the king creature. Yet, as soon as they arrived, they immediately concluded that it was an underdeveloped king creature.”
“En.”
Yuan Ye took out the freshly washed black leather gloves and compared the finger parts one by one with the tentacles of the little octopus.
Although Chen Xinyue was not sure what Yuan Ye was trying to do, she continued to speak earnestly.
“Moreover, even before completely eliminating the threat of otherworldly creatures, Bard issued a command to retrieve the body at all costs. And when they discovered that I had taken the body ahead of them, they quickly surrounded the clinic in secret.”
At this point, Chen Xinyue recounted once again how she had set up a trap with Jon by pretending to deliver the medicine.
The curly-haired puppy listened with a blank expression, only realizing belatedly that he had unknowingly participated in such an important and secretive plan.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ye finally looked up and met her gaze. Chen Xinyue’s eyes did not waver, and her voice was firm and resolute.
“So I suspect that the attack of the king creature on the supply station this time had human intervention.”
As soon as her words fell, the entire room fell into a deathly stillness.
Jon, though not particularly intelligent, understood the otherworldly plane’s metamorphosis and the hatching of king creatures. He knew that these were not things that could be controlled by human intervention.
If the captain’s speculation was true, then the danger and importance of this incident would undoubtedly escalate to the highest level.
Although Ye Yunfan severely lacked knowledge of this world, he was well aware of how despicable and grave it was to artificially create a terrorist attack and massacre.
If it weren’t for Yuan Ye being here at that time, more than two thousand people in the supply station would have been killed in the massacre last night.
“……”
After a long silence, Yuan Ye cut off the tips of the two little fingers of the gloves and then began to skillfully and quickly thread the needle.
The young man’s tone was indifferent. “Assuming that the facts are as you have speculated, then you should not have left the man with a severed arm alone in the clinic.”
Chen Xinyue suddenly froze.
“What…”
She blurted out, but abruptly stopped herself.
Ye Yunfan turned his head to look at the woman and silently supplemented the unspoken implication behind Yuan Ye’s words.
Because the other party seems to have been exposed, and your probing has also alerted the enemy. If there is indeed a mastermind behind the scenes, the other party’s best course of action now would be to strike from both sides.
For example, while continuing to search for the body of the king creature, first gather some leverage that can threaten those who have known the truth. If that doesn’t work, they might resort to directly killing to silence them, cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots.
Chen Xinyue froze for a good while, but immediately after this, she suddenly managed to react.
After a night of intense fighting, coupled with her severe injuries and the mental strain of devising strategies and probing, her body was already completely overloaded. As a result, her groggy brain actually failed to grasp the importance of this matter!
“Tha…thank you so much. I think I should leave now!”
The woman’s face turned extremely ugly. After speaking in a haste, she immediately got up in panic and stumbled out of the room.
“Captain—”
Jon still had a silly and confused look on his face. He didn’t totally understand the cryptic conversation between the two, but he still followed the captain and chased after her.
Yuan Ye didn’t look at the woman’s embarrassed and panic-stricken figure, but instead focused wholeheartedly on his work. After a few minutes, he reached out and turned the plate on the table in half a circle, causing the “little jellyfish” who had turned to look at the door to look at him instead.
“Here, try these.”
Saying that, he bent down and bit off the thread, pushing the modified pair of black “little shoes” in front of the little octopus.
Ah?
Ye Yunfan snapped back to reality, and he looked at the shoe-shaped finger cots in front of him, and suddenly froze in place.
Wait a minute, this can’t be right.
The little octopus’s blue eyes suddenly widened, looking up at the Yuan Ye with a hint of disbelief.
This guy actually took the time to make a pair of shoes for him while discussing such important and urgent matters with Chen Xinyue???
Omg baby shoes
I was wondering what he was doing, so that’s what it was 😂
It’s so cute lmao
I wonder if Ye Yunfan would be able to enjoy that delicious meal. After all, that “food” is quite an important thing.
Thank you for the update!
Thank you for the chapter
Priorities, babe, priorities. Our Yuan Ye has his priorities 😀
I’m just imagining Ye Yuanfan putting on the shoes and walking around in that awkward and cute way dogs do when they wear shoes for the first time!
Dirty, baby’s feet got so dirty…now there are tentacle booties! O.M.G. I’m dying it’s so fluffy! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🐙
Yuan Ye is unexpectedly adorable
He has smol lil boots to walk in now!!
Yuan ye is the ultimate master of multitasking 😂💯