Quadruple split.

Chapter 2465 Empty Road

"I just got here. I was outside chatting with that girl Harley."

The mysterious Great Onmyoji chuckled, then hugged the winged beautiful girl with a look of surprise in his arms, and said happily: "Sister Peixi's experience has dealt a great blow to her, but because she has to temporarily serve as the person in charge of this base, she still has to pretend to be strong and work. I feel distressed just watching her."

Upon hearing this, Mo Tan and Ji Xiaoge immediately nodded in agreement, indicating that they completely agreed with Sister Xiao Le's opinion.

Although the first impression on the Paw Patrol was not good, during the past two days of getting along, everyone had actually realized that the half-elf girl named Hallie Boyd was not a bad person. In fact, although her words were a bit harsh, that was mainly because this intern with the temporary title of "Level 3 Expert" had a straightforward personality and a bit of arrogance that was quite common among senior intellectuals.

Admittedly, her straightforward personality is not pleasing, but as long as you spend some time with her, you will find that Harley is actually a very "pure" person -

She can face her own mistakes and also face the rightness of others.

She can take offense bluntly and apologize without hesitation.

Her unpleasant personality brought her many troubles, and more than half of them were unnecessary troubles, such as being regarded by Peschi as exploring hidden dangers and excluded from the action early, being brutally baptized by Wang Badan's dragon language magic, and being targeted by colleagues in the seventh large base after Peschi's accident. She was forcibly pushed into the position of "temporary person in charge" as an intern, and was forced to take charge of the overall situation and take responsibility before the people sent by the headquarters arrived.

You know, even if Harley was a top student at one of the Archaeologists Association's partner colleges in Academy City, and even if a 'Level 3 Expert' did have a very high status in the Archaeologists Association, and even if there was no second one like her in the entire Seventh Large Base, in this situation, there were simply so many senior personnel who were more suitable than Harley to take charge of the situation. As a result, after a very delicate discussion, this deeply shocked girl was pushed out and forced to take on the responsibility of temporary person in charge.

Obviously, this was a situation deliberately created by people who had long been dissatisfied with Harley Boyd in order to teach this guy who didn't know how to read the air, didn't know his place, and didn't understand the ways of the world a lesson.

The reason is not difficult to understand. Just like the aggressive and straightforward speech that Mo Tan and others had experienced before, many people in this station had been "challenged" by Harley Boyd for various reasons. Under similar central ideas, Pesci, who was strong enough in all aspects and had an outrageous resume, might be respected, but Harley...

It is no exaggeration to say that if the dragon language magic that Wang Badan had previously cast on Harry were made public, then many people, at least within the Archaeologists Association's seventh large base in the Savage Highlands, would feel very happy.

It is worth mentioning that although Harley has offended almost all the middle-level staff in the base, she has a good reputation and popularity at the grassroots level. As far as Mo Tan knows, it seems that this is because this girl is particularly "warm-hearted". As long as someone encounters difficulties, she will help. She would even like to see the wild boar aunt in charge of cleaning to mop the floor twice. Her main character is split.

But in fact--

"She is a person who doesn't understand the ways of the world and is a little bit aloof. Although she may appear overbearing when it comes to the areas she is good at, her character and sense of responsibility are impeccable."

Gu Xiaole shook his index finger and said helplessly, "But I can understand other people's ideas. Since the Archaeologists Association headquarters will be able to send someone over soon, it won't be a big problem to frame this capable but very unpleasant girl. As for workplace bullying... first of all, the definition of this thing is very vague, so Harry can't do anything to those people; secondly, I personally don't think it's a bad thing."

Ji Xiaoge blinked and asked curiously, "Isn't being bullied a bad thing?"

"Of course not. Maybe it's a little far-fetched for someone like you, Little Pigeon, who can easily gain everyone's love and recognition. But for someone like Sister Harley, this is actually a rare lesson."

Gu Xiaole smiled and explained, "So in my opinion, this literal meaning of 'being bullied' is really not a bad thing. Of course, the tuition for learning how to be a good person is the tuition, but how much you can learn and understand depends on the person involved."

Ji Xiaoge's face showed a look of sudden realization, and she asked again, "Then how much do you think Harley can learn, Sister Xiaole?"

“I can’t learn much.”

Gu Xiaole answered without hesitation, and smiled at the stunned Ji Xiaoge: "Or maybe she is not the type who can patiently study how to deal with people, but it doesn't really matter."

Ji Xiaoge lazily leaned on Gu Xiaole's shoulder, decisively chose to give up thinking, and asked: "Why?"

"This is it~"

This time, Gu Xiaole did not answer directly. Instead, he turned to Mo Tan and blinked: "What do you think, Mo-chan?"

"Harley just needs to be aware of what behaviors may make others unhappy. As for learning how to be liked by others, this kind of thing is too cost-effective for her."

Mo Tan hesitated for a moment, and then said calmly: "You can refer to Ms. Pesci in this regard. She is the type who does what she wants. Although it is inevitable that people will think she is a bit tough, she is professional enough, so being 'not tactful enough' will not make her a target of public criticism."

Ji Xiaoge immediately clapped her hands and suddenly realized, "So, as long as you don't offend others too much, a top student like Harry doesn't need to cater to others to gain respect?"

"What a clever little pigeon!"

Gu Xiaole rubbed Ji Xiaoge's cheek with a smile and said in a light tone: "And there are some people, like me, who are very scheming and good at pleasing others. The reason is that people like us are neither likable nor want to be hated, so we can only make ourselves appear more smooth."

Ji Xiaoge immediately waved her hands in protest and said sternly, "Sister Xiaole is not unlovable! Mo, don't you think so?"

"That's natural."

Mo Tan agreed without hesitation and said from the bottom of his heart: "I never thought that 'smooth' is a derogatory word. On the contrary, I think Sister Xiao Le who can get along well with everyone is very amazing."

The winged beauty held in Gu Xiaole's arms nodded repeatedly and said seriously: "Mo can't lie, so this is what he really thinks!"

"Thank you, Mo-chan, your words from the heart are very nice, and Sister Xiaole likes them very much."

Gu Xiaole gave Mo Tan a smile that was at least thirty pluses in sugar content. He didn't deliberately show off his charm, but his dazzling smile at that moment was no less dazzling than that of the stunning beauty in his arms. He teased, "Do you want me to hug you as a reward?"

While Ji Xiaoge was dazed by the charm that the Great Onmyoji showed in an instant, and didn't even realize that she should be a little jealous, Mo Tan just shook his head with a calm expression and said in a calm and calm tone as always: "Since it is what you really think, you don't need a reward."

"You should say that the fact that Xiaole likes this is the best reward!"

Gu Xiaole stuck out his tongue, then lightly skipped the topic and asked curiously: "So, when do we set off? Where is the headquarters of the [Destroyer] mercenary group?"

"Let's do it tomorrow morning. After we hand over to the investigators at the Archaeologists Association headquarters later today, we won't need to stay here any longer. I asked Burge before, and he was originally planning to leave tomorrow morning. I'll ask Wang Badan who's staying in Loya to tell him."

Mo Tan first went to the opposite side of the room to get a chair for Gu Xiaole, and then said to him, who immediately knelt down on the chair in a somewhat subtle manner, "As for the headquarters of the Destroyer Mercenary Group, if I remember correctly, it should be in the Ankh Market in the west?"

"cough."

Ji Xiaoge cleared her throat and corrected in a low voice: "East."

So, Mo Tan very meekly changed his words and corrected the mistake: "Well, the Anka Market in the east is also in the northwest continent, but it is not that close to us."

Mo Tan's sense of direction is almost absolute, and because he is a pigeon half-orc, he is infinitely close to a humanoid GPS in the game. Ji Xiaoge tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's not realistic to walk there. If we go straight from here to Ankh Market, we have to cross the Savage Fang Wilderness, the Principality of Freya, the City-State of Toriel, the Ruins of Undershell, the Ruined City of Fallen Mountain, the Arizona Ruined Pit, the City of Gold, the Territory of Georgia, the Territory of Falls, the Brilliant City and the entire Wilderness of the Goblins. It's too far." Mo Tan: "......?"

Gu Xiaole: “……?”

"what?"

Ji Xiaoge looked at the two people with a bit of surprise with some curiosity, and asked puzzledly: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, I just didn't expect you, little pigeon, to be so good at geography. It makes me feel ashamed that I can get lost for two days from Chiba Prefecture to Saitama Prefecture."

Gu Xiaole waved his hands and sighed, but did not mention that the main reason for getting lost was actually because he plunged into a fierce (approximately epic level) ghost realm, and it took him a full day and a half to defeat the culprit.

"hey-hey."

Ji Xiaoge smiled shyly and whispered, "It's mainly because someone has a very poor sense of direction, so I thought... I should remember some maps or something to help him find the way."

Mo Tan smiled awkwardly, without any confidence to refute.

"Amazing!"

Gu Xiaole looked at Ji Xiaoge with sparkling eyes and asked curiously, "How much did you remember, little pigeon?"

Ji Xiaoge stretched out her index finger and gently tapped her chin. After stroking it for a long time, she said a little embarrassedly, "I wrote it all down, roughly."

“…Roku.”

"What do you mean?"

"6."

"hey-hey."

"So, if not on foot, how are we going to get there?"

Gu Xiaole turned to look at Mo Tan and asked curiously, "Are you using the teleportation array like when I came here?"

"The Mage Guild's teleportation array is indeed convenient and fast, but unfortunately, we really can't afford the severely overpriced teleportation fee."

Although he had to use the Mage Guild's teleportation service to send letters to the City of Miracles every other day under his chaotic neutral personality, he was currently only well-off among the "second-rate adventurers" and could not afford high-end consumption. Mo Tan shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "My initial idea is to take an airship, Ye Ge..."

Ji Xiaoge understood his beloved's thoughts immediately and replied: "The place closest to us with an airship tower is the Principality of Freya, which has airships from the Explosive Airline and the Pan-Dwarf Business Circle."

[I want to ride the Holy Church Union's airship. ]

Mo Tan, who would never forget how safe and fast the airship that Black Fan rode during the Academy City Exchange Meeting was, muttered to himself, and then said seriously, "My suggestion is...Explosive Air."

"Eh?"

Gu Xiaole swayed restlessly in his chair and asked with interest, "I heard that the accident rate of the ship of the explosion-proof airline is very high! I remember it was 3% or 6%..."

"sixty."

Mo Tan sighed and said in a dry voice, "The latest financial report of the Gold Coin Foundation highlighted the praise of its subsidiary, Explosive Air. The data listed above shows that the average accident rate of Explosive Air in the first three quarters of the Holy Calendar 9571 was only %, the crash rate was only %, and the explosion rate was also a new low, only about %."

Gu Xiaole: "...Mo-chan, if you can't bear it anymore, we can just die."

"When it comes to the passenger death rate, Explosive Air is actually doing pretty well, similar to the Eagle Company outside the game. After all, their safety measures and emergency procedures are so complete."

Mo Tan shrugged, and said something fair for 'Bao Gang Airlines', whose stock price skyrocketed after the financial report was released, earning Harlequin about 500,000 gold coins. Then he said seriously: "The reason why I chose Ba Gang is that on the one hand, the ships in the Pan-Dwarf Business Circle are too slow and the tickets are too expensive, and on the other hand, we have Ye Ge. Sister Xiao Le, you should know her specialty, right?"

"Oh oh oh! なるほど! なるほど!"

Gu Xiaole immediately slapped his forehead and said excitedly: "By then, Little Pigeon can directly cook two dishes in the power room, let the ship overload at a speed of 1000000%, and arrive at the destination first before crashing and disintegrating!"

“Hey—”

The next second, Mo Tan was hit in the chest by the pigeon kick from the winged beauty. Although he was touched, he was not hurt at all.

"Why did you kick me..."

"It's because you didn't explain it clearly that Sister Xiaole misunderstood!"

"Why do I feel like it was your fried rice that day that almost blew up Mr. Burge and Mr. Klaus..."

"Stop interfering in the affairs of beautiful girls, Mo-chan!"

"..."

“So they actually used the powerful sticky rice dumplings to stabilize the hull structure and nip the risk of disintegration in the bud?!”

"... Actually, I just asked her to help look after the engine. Explosive Airways has always welcomed wild engineers to do odd jobs during the ride, and they can even give discounts on the ticket price."

Chapter 2456: End