After announcing the action time in front of the brigade, Urushibara Osamu glanced over their faces, and finally his gaze lingered on Xia Pingzhou for a second.

Xia Pingzhou noticed his gaze, looked up, and met his eyes expressionlessly. The leader's eyes were always so deep, making it hard for one to figure out what he was thinking.

Urushibara Osamu lowered his head and casually left a playing card in the glass on the bar. Then his figure transformed into a flurry of crow feathers, scattering with a rustle.

At this time, except for Bai Tanlang who was staying beside the Year Beast Monarch, there were still ten other members of the brigade left in this underground bar beneath the Old Wu Antiques Shop.

After the leader left, Xia Pingzhou sat on the sofa patiently teaching Ayase Origami to play several basic mobile games. This kimono-clad girl, who had never been exposed to much technology since childhood, couldn't even understand the simplest snake game.

On the screen, the little green snake kept hitting the wall.

Every time the snake was about to hit the wall, Ayase Origami would instinctively flick a piece of paper from her sleeve to cover the screen, blocking the snake's path. Xia Pingzhou was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, isn't this like covering your ears to steal a bell?

Occasionally, Xia Pingzhou would raise his eyes, glancing at the brigade's No. 6 "Frenzy Gun" Andrew and the brigade's No. 11 "Slot Machine Kid" Anluns from the corner of his eye.

Both of these members benefited from the Terrarium Battle, but Xia Pingzhou had yet to witness their current strength.

In the King Hall of the Terrarium, Andrew obtained a high-powered bullet forged from Dragon Blood;

while Anluns acquired a treasure called "Gambler's Gloves," which could alter his fortune, allowing him to freely control the numbers rolled on a slot machine.

Xia Pingzhou was very curious about how strong Anluns, who could freely control the slot machine, would be in an actual battle.

To date, he had only seen the effect of the slot machine rolling the same pattern three times consecutively once. At that time, in the Terrarium Battle, Anluns used the slot machine to roll out three "bombs" and blew the Royal Court Team's "Tower of Babylon" to smithereens, showcasing his strength.

At this moment, someone suddenly broke the silence in the bar.

"Speaking of which, why does the leader always leave in such a hurry every time?" Tong Zizhu sat at the bar and asked curiously, "I've hardly seen him since I joined the brigade, and with such a handsome face, isn't it a pity not to let people see it?"

"The leader said I could explain the remaining matters." The hacker asked without looking up, "Do you have any objections?"

"Yes, doesn't the leader need to strengthen bonds with the members more? He always leaves us behind and runs off," Tong Zizhu said casually.

The hacker replied, "After all, the leader isn't like a flirtatious little cat looking for a mom everywhere. He's really busy, though I don't know what he's busy with either."

"Try calling me 'mom' again." Tong Zizhu said with a smile, her hand already grasping an illusory fox mask.

"Mom... what if I call you?"

Bloodline said mockingly, suddenly putting the glass down on the bar, leaning over drunkenly and wrapping an arm around Tong Zizhu's shoulders, bringing his face close to her neck. Then, like a vampire checking the quality of human blood, he took a deep breath of the scent from her neck.

Tong Zizhu shuddered all over, her pores expanding, and her previously arrogant demeanor vanished instantly.

She could tell that Bloodline was already drunk, so she smacked her lips and said, "Goodness, being called 'mom' by a hundred-year-old woman is quite a new experience."

Bloodline leaned his head on Tong Zizhu's shoulder, took a sip of wine, and then tilted his face slightly, "Rookie, come drink with me. I haven't really chatted much with you since joining the brigade." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Yanmo Lin said sarcastically, neither cold nor warm, "You two rookies should share your insights since you joined to find people, add Bai Tanlang and a cat, and you'd have enough for a game of mahjong."

"What's wrong with joining to find people? I think the ones among us that joined to find people are the fiercest fighters. Don't you think so, little Tong sister?" Bloodline said lazily, his lips curling, as he poured himself another glass of wine.

"Don't include me, I'm not good at fighting." Tong Zizhu sighed, gently pushed Bloodline off her shoulder, and then picked up her glass to drink with her.

"Speaking of which, rookie, did you find that Su Ying?" Xia Pingzhou suddenly asked.

Tong Zizhu was silent for a while, then downed a big gulp of wine, "Sort of."

Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow.

"How did you find her?" he asked.

"I asked the hacker kid for help, and after some time, I've mostly figured out who she is," Tong Zizhu said softly, "The funny thing is... she's actually my guardian's daughter."

"Your guardian?"

"Yes, a man who claimed his name was 'Ke Wei,' but his surname was actually Su, 'Su Wei,'" Tong Zizhu said quietly, "At that time, Su Ying left when I was young, entrusted me to that man, and never said what relationship he had with her."

She paused, "Every time I said I wanted to see Su Ying, that man would keep silent. He also didn't want to say what relationship he had with Su Ying, and I thought he was some bad guy, so I ran away from home. When I went back later, I couldn't find that man anymore... until now, with the hacker kid's help, I found out he was actually Su Ying's father, meaning he was my grandfather."

Xia Pingzhou was suddenly stunned.

It was only then he realized that after adopting Tong Zizhu, Su Ying didn't abandon her but transferred her care to Su Wei, only for Tong Zizhu to choose to run away from home.