Translator: Deyonna
At this moment, even the usually calm Chen Xinyue was stunned.
Jon couldn’t understand and was in disbelief. He looked up and down at the man who had risen from the mound of soil, his expression showing the collapse of his worldview.
Since childhood, Jon had heard various stories about decontamination officers.
He heard that they possessed all sorts of extraordinary powerful abilities, and were loyal to Her Majesty the Queen’s every command, charging into dangerous occupied areas, slaying terrifying and exceedingly powerful king creatures.
They were mysterious, powerful, loyal, and brave.
They were the last guardians of humanity.
And after meeting Yuan Ye, Jon felt like his childhood idol had walked straight out of his dreams.
Although this powerful senior commander was inexplicably dismissed from his position, it didn’t stop Jon from viewing the title ‘decontamination officer’ through a ten-level fanboy filter.
Until—
He saw this long-waited, legendary figure, rumored legendary, powerful decontamination officer.
Wearing a dirty polo shirt, floral underpants, and an unkempt beard, he looked quite disheveled, like a middle-aged uncle on the verge of dying of thirst in the next second.
Jon went sluggish. “……”
Even Old Man Xu couldn’t help but doubt his own eyes for a moment.
Outside the room, Ye Yunfan, who had heard the entire conversation, was also stunned into silence.
The little octopus stretched his neck and got a clear view of the middle-aged uncle who called himself a decontamination officer.
His eyes widened in anticipation. 0w0
Then they turned into sluggish confusion. = =?
The little octopus looked at the middle-aged uncle, who seemed as lazy and sloppy as a salted fish, and then turned his head to look at Yuan Ye, who exuded a cool and domineering aura from head to toe.
Are these two really colleagues from the same place???
A few minutes later, Old Man Xu’s young apprentice, with a complex expression on his face, poured a bowl of water for the salted fish uncle.
“Glug glug…”
The middle-aged uncle drank it down straight away, but halfway through his drink, he suddenly heard a whisper coming from beside him.
Jon finally couldn’t help but ask. “Captain, is it true that he’s a powerful decontamination officer like Commander Yuan Ye?”
Before Chen Xinyue could say a word, the middle-aged uncle who had been gulping down water suddenly sprayed it out.
“Pfft—”
The young apprentice, who had his face sprayed with water: “……”
The middle-aged uncle abruptly turned his head and, coincidentally, locked eyes with the youth in the distance who had heterochromatic eyes and an expressionless face.
He froze for a moment, then immediately erupted into a thunderous cough.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough…”
Seeing the others’ exaggerated reaction, Ye Yunfan immediately confirmed that this guy should know Yuan Ye, and possibly even know him very well.
In the next moment, the uncle thrust the cup into the arms of the young apprentice and quickly strode towards Yuan Ye, taking three steps in two. He even instinctively tidied up his messy hair.
Finally, the man stood two meters in front of Yuan Ye, his expression anxious and slightly fearful. He clenched his right fist, pressed it against his left chest, and bowed his head in as a salute.
“Ch-Chief.”
Ye Yunfan was stunned.
Everyone in the room was equally stunned.
Only Chen Xinyue quickly transitioned from being stunned to being astonished.
C…Chief?!
Yuan Ye is actually a chief?!
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Similar to how investigation officers are ranked based on their abilities and meritorious deeds, the same principle applies to decontamination officers.
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After all, such matters are too distant for low-level military investigators like them. Furthermore, according to the Imperial law, Chen Xinyue, being a mutant, is not even permitted to enter the main city.
So she never thought that the decontamination officer who had been dismissed and exiled would actually turn out to be the most powerful chief?!
However, this could also explain why Her Majesty the Queen issued an exile order to the offender who committed such a grave crime instead of sentencing him.
But this time, the protagonist, Yuan Ye, on the contrary, didn’t show any particular expression. He lifted his eyelids, casting a glance at the man, and spoke in a very cold tone.
“Hu Changchuan, you’ve recognized the wrong person.”
After speaking, Yuan Ye took the surgical knife in his hand and took a step toward the corner of the courtyard where the whetstone was located.
The man standing in front of Yuan Ye, still in a state of shock, failed to react in time. But he subconsciously stepped aside, making way for the young man.
“I…”
Hu Changchuan’s mind was buzzing, unable to understand why the other person clearly and accurately called out his name, but claimed that he had mistaken him for someone else.
Very soon, he realized what was happening and swiftly caught up with Yuan Ye.
“Chief… I mean, Mr. Yuan, Yuan Ye?”
This address seemed to be within a safe range. At least Yuan Ye, who had just ignored Hu Changchuan just now, started talking to him.
“Is the supply station’s sentinel tower under your jurisdiction of duty?”
Today, the center of the human empire’s territory is the main city, and twelve giant sentinel towers are radiating from the main city.
The duty of the decontamination officer is to guard the main city and the twelve sentinel towers, and their battle targets are the strongest king creatures.
If all the decontamination officers stay in the main city, it will be difficult to catch up with the appearance of king creatures at the border.
So every once in a while, they will be stationed to take turns on duty. At the same time, this is also a necessary means for Her Majesty the Queen to control the entire empire.
“Yes…yes.”
The little octopus saw Hu Changchuan sweating profusely, looking obviously afraid of Yuan Ye, or, in other words, terrified.
At that moment, Ye Yunfan suddenly remembered what Yuan Ye had mentioned to Chen Xinyue and Jon the previous night—
[When I was in the main city before, they were all afraid of me.]
Originally, he didn’t think much about it. After all, in Ye Yunfan’s eyes, Yuan Ye was just someone who had strong fighting ability but was actually a kind and soft-hearted child.
But it seems that in the eyes of others, he really is like a great scourge that people try to avoid at all costs.
After confirming this, the young man glanced at him coldly and said in a displeased tone.
“If my calculations are not mistaken, based on the normal speed, you should have arrived by yesterday afternoon at the latest, correct?”
“Your calculations are not wrong. Without a doubt, your calculations are correct.”
Hu Changchuan didn’t have time to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead and hurriedly explained.
“Things were urgent. As soon as I received the distress signal the night before yesterday, I immediately set off to come and provide support. However, I encountered an attack by otherworldly creatures along the way. So…”
Hu Changchuan swallowed his saliva.
“The… the car broke down.”
“Oh, that’s quite a coincidence for it to break down.”
Yuan Ye’s tone remained as cold as ever, but the sarcasm in his words was very evident.
“It, it really broke down.”
Hu Changchuan tried hard to emphasize while nervously paying attention to the young man’s movements.
At this moment, Yuan Ye arranged five surgical knives neatly and then extended his hand to trace a smaller outline on them.
As he traced with his fingertips, a thin white line appeared on the blade’s surface.
To Hu Changchuan, those white lines appeared to be the dividing line between life and death. However, the little octopus on the young man’s shoulder seemed to be unafraid. He stretched his head out, curiously watching Yuan Ye’s actions.
Ye Yunfan initially thought that Yuan Ye’s ability could only be utilized through that long knife, but after last night, he realized that the other could use it without the need for the long knife.
Even now, Yuan Ye can surprisingly control his abilities to perform such delicate work.
—No wonder he is so powerful.
Ye Yunfan sighed in his heart.
But Hu Changchuan was anxious. He felt that this was a threat from the chief or even a death warning, so he repeatedly explained.
“This… this was completely an accident. Because that road is a dedicated transportation route, it has always been safe. But last night…”
Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that his words seemed to be shirking responsibility, so he immediately changed his words.
“Uh, when I received news that the supply station had been attacked by a king creature, I was extremely anxious. I spent the entire night killing the horde of otherworldly creatures that besieged me. Following that, I immediately attempted to establish contact with the supply station to confirm the situation. However, I received no signal. It wasn’t until this morning, upon my arrival, that I discovered the signal tower at the supply station had been damaged.”
“Anyway, Chief… Mr. Yuan Ye, I ran here non-stop through the night on my own two legs. If, if it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have ended up like…”
Hu Changchuan paused for a moment, unsure of how to continue.
His decontamination officer uniform was damaged during the intense battle that night, almost torn into shreds. So, in order to not run here naked, he casually found some clothes to cover himself.
In the end, he walked for a day and a night, relying on his two legs to reach this place.
But saying it out loud would make him lose face, so Hu Changchuan awkwardly changed the direction of the conversation.
“But luckily, you’re here. I was just thinking how it was possible for so many people to survive with the king creature attacking the supply station. So, it turns out…”
“Enough, there’s no need to explain it to me.”
Yuan Ye interrupted directly. He picked up a surgical knife that had been reduced to almost half its size. He examined it carefully and then indifferently said.
“The woman who pointed the gun at you earlier is the first discoverer of the king creature. According to regulations, you should find out about the situation from her and the team leader of the supporting military investigators.”
“Oh, alright… I will.”
Hu Changchuan paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chen Xinyue who was following behind him.
After Captain Chen arrived at the temporary clinic, she quickly tidied up a bit. Now, although she still appeared a bit weak, her spirits were high, and she looked sharp and competent.
“Hello, Officer Hu, I’m a B-level investigation officer, Chen Xinyue.”
She introduced herself in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing.
“Oh, hello, hello.”
Hu Changchuan was very astonished and even a bit shocked.
Because in his impression, the cold and arrogant chief always kept to himself. When did he start interacting with others?
And it was a woman, no less?
However, Hu Changchuan did not think that they had a relationship between a man and a woman because he had witnessed Yuan Ye kill someone with his own eyes.
He killed a noblewoman who attempted to touch him.
The scene was too gruesome, and to this day, it remains a psychological shadow for Hu Changchuan.
So he has always believed that the chief should be separated from the word women for the rest of his life, or rather, separated from the idea of any intimate relationships.
Including family affection, romantic love, friendship, and all kinds of relationships…
Eh, hold on.
Hu Changchuan’s peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of something. He noticed a small, pink, round flat cake on the chief’s shoulder.
Officer Hu, who was wearing flower underpants, turned around suddenly and took a closer look.
He had been too nervous just now and hadn’t dared to look up at Yuan Ye. It wasn’t until now that he noticed something on the young man’s shoulder. There was actually a…
—Jellyfish???
Hu Changchuan’s expression blanked for a second.
A jellyfish perched on the chief’s shoulder?
The sentence was chopped into several pieces, popping out of the man’s mind one by one.
Soon enough, Yuan Ye finally managed to cut out a somewhat satisfactory small knife.
The appearance of the small knife was almost exactly the same as Yuan Ye’s own long knife, like a smaller version of the actual knife.
“Come here.”
Yuan Ye raised his left arm and bent his elbow.
To expand the range of movement for the “little jellyfish”, he specifically wore a spliced soft armor wrist guard today.
The little octopus tilted its head and stood very obediently on the wrist guard of the young man’s forearm.
“Here, give it a try.”
Hu Changchuan watched blankly as the chief handed the small knife to the “little jellyfish” on his forearm.
Then, a small pink tentacle reached out, affectionately brushing against the boy’s fingertips before encircling the tiny handle of the knife.
The little octopus was puzzled. He didn’t understand why Yuan Ye suddenly made a toy knife for him. However, he still cooperated by gesturing up and down a few times.
[Hey!]
[Ha!]
[Ya!]
The little tentacle holding the knife became excited and made a ‘waya waya’ sound.
[I also want to try!]
[I also want to try!]
The remaining few also began to make noise, expressing their desire to play.
So, Ye Yunfan decided to use a different small tentacle to hold the knife.
Yuan Ye had a very serious expression. He used his index finger to move the tip of the tentacle that was holding the knife down a little.
“Mn, grip it tighter.”
This scene left Officer Hu, who was wearing floral underpants, in shock, with his eyes trembling.
“This…”
His lips quivered, and he staggered two steps back. He even began to doubt if the person in front of him was an imposter pretending to be the chief.
What’s going on with this world?
Ah?! What’s going on?!!
He was dazed and confused, like a big bear stung stupid by a bee.
The little octopus didn’t pay attention to the man in floral underpants, who was already doubting his life. He thought it was a toy Yuan Ye made for him, and he was actually having fun playing with it.
It’s a feeling similar to a boy getting a long, straight wooden stick. Regardless of age, he would pick it up and joyfully wave it around with a playful smile on his face.
Just then, the little octopus suddenly heard Yuan Ye speak up in a serious tone.
“Starting tomorrow, learn to use a knife from me.”
The little octopus suddenly stiffened.
Ah?
Ah???
You’re asking a baby octopus to learn how to use a knife???
Ye Yunfan looked at the knife held by his little tentacle, then looked at Yuan Ye’s fingers. Then, he inexplicably extended the knife and compared it to Yuan Ye’s fingers.
The miniature knife was actually shorter than Yuan Ye’s fingers!
So what can this baby octopus cut with such a knife?
Can it help with cutting bangs?
At that moment, the expression on the little octopus’ face finally synchronized with the uncle in floral underpants.
Dazed and confused.
Translator’s Corner: I apologize for the delayed update. My relatives came over for a gathering and stayed at my house for a week. I was expecting them to leave on Tuesday, but they extended their stay. It has been physically and mentally exhausting to have them around for a week (I’m not particularly fond of these relatives, haha). Unfortunately, there won’t be an update tomorrow as there is a lot to do in the house. I’m sorry, guys. I will try to post three chapters next week.
Also, if you have noticed any changes in certain terms (especially military titles) in the novel, yes, I have made some changes. Consider it my own stupidity, as I only realized some mistranslated titles after 20 chapters. Goodness, why did I even graduate?
Thanks for the chapter! These things happen, just do what you can for now 🙂
Please take care of yourself!!! Your mental and physical health is important.
Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Thank you for the update! Hope you get a good rest
Thank you for the chapter!!! Hope you get a good rest! Even if I love my relatives, having that many people around, without break, for a full week? Absolutely exhausting. You deserve the rest haha🩷
Thank you for the update!
Unpleasant relatives are really tiring, take a good rest!
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Thank you for the chapter! ❤
Ah, the horde descended and the hero was hard put to win the day…stinky relatives…pfft. Thanks for the translation 🤣❤️🐙
Thanks for the update and have a nice rest!!
YY isn’t even a tsundere – it’s his own unique category!! It’s so sweet that he made a knife for his “jellyfish”
Why is he so cute!
I can just imagine how freaking small the knife is🙌🏻😂