They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 41 Shy Huo Huo (Seeking recommendations and further reading)
A voice that sounded like someone easy to bully came from the entrance of the archives. Dan Lei immediately looked up and saw a fox-woman with green fur standing at the entrance.

This fox-woman girl is a real girl. The lifespan of the fox-people is already shorter than that of the other two races in the Immortal Ship, and the one that appears now can be described as a cub.

However, her distinctive, flame-like tail revealed her identity; this young fox-person was Huo Huo.

Dan Lei did the math. The game mentions that Huo Huo served the Ten Kings for thirty-eight years. If we take the year 8100 of the Star Calendar when the Suiyuan Incident occurred, she should have joined the Ten Kings' Division in 8062 of the Star Calendar.

Dan Lei resigned in Star Calendar 8073, and Huo Huo's information states that before she was promoted to trainee judge, she was responsible for maintaining Xueyi.

Dan Lei hadn't met Huo Huo before he left, but since she was recruited into the Ten Kings Division, she was supposed to learn the rules first, and she was too young; ten years was just the right amount of time.

Now Dan Lei understood why resigning was so easy; it turned out that the Ten Kings Division had found someone more suitable than himself to stay in the Prison for a long time, and who could immediately take over his duties.

Sure enough, when Danbi saw Huo Huo arrive, he immediately introduced her.
"Dan Lei, this little girl is named Huo Huo, and she is the messenger from the underworld who will succeed you."

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei immediately complained.

"A ghost messenger? Why is he a level above me right from the start? I've been a ghost soldier for over a hundred years."

Dan Lei was joking here, because if he weren't a ghost soldier, it wouldn't be so easy for him to resign. The salary of a ghost soldier isn't much higher than that of a ghost soldier, but the responsibilities are much greater. He wouldn't even want to be given the job.

However, Huo Huo clearly misunderstood, and she immediately grabbed the doorknob fearfully and said...
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Danlei, you must be the senior who left those work manuals. Your skills are much better than Huo Huo's. Huo Huo didn't mean to be a level above you."

When Danlei realized that his sarcastic remark had almost made Huo Huo cry, he immediately stopped teasing her, not wanting to be remembered as someone who bullies little girls.

So Danlei quickly reached into his pocket to see what he could give to appease the little girl.

As a result, after searching for a long time, I found that my pockets were empty.

After all, Dan Lei came to the prison to "surrender," and bringing weapons and talismans could easily cause misunderstandings.

Therefore, all Danlei can offer right now are the concept craft essences from the Holy Grail.

So, Dan Lei could only take out a Type-0 Yoriichi Magical Puppet to impersonate a puppet. After materializing it, he placed it directly next to Huo Huo and said...
"Your name is Huo Huo, right? This is our first meeting, so as your senior, let me give you a gift."

"I made this automated puppet myself. You can use it for self-defense. You can name it yourself."

Dan Lei isn't afraid to expose his ability to conjure things out of thin air, because this ability isn't too rare in the Star Iron Universe. Most Destiny Walkers can temporarily store their weapons in the small space created by Destiny Energy.

Danlei was more worried about the fact that the Yoriichi Type-0 puppet was quite ugly, and he was afraid that Huohuo would be frightened again after seeing it, causing her to cry even harder.

Fortunately, Huo Huo is timid and afraid of ghosts, but not of puppets. Moreover, Dan Lei had said before that with the forging technology of the Demon Slayer Swordsmith Village, the swords made there would at most be considered antique props in Luofu, not weapons. Although they could still hurt people, the kitchen knives used by the chefs of Meizhuan Pavilion were more durable than this thing.

Moreover, the main body is just a wisteria tree stump of average strength, which, in the eyes of the Xianzhou people, is really just a big toy.

So Huo Huo wasn't frightened a second time, and even thought that the puppet was ugly and might be able to scare away ghosts.

Having calmed down a bit, Huo Huo regained her rationality and then shyly refused.
"No, no need. I can't just accept gifts from my seniors."

However, at this moment, Danbi spoke up for Danlei, because she didn't want Danlei to waste time with Huohuo there.
"Huo Huo, just accept the toy Dan Lei gave you. With his abilities, he can easily make these toy-like puppets. Besides, this kid is quite rich; I bet I don't have as much as he has in my entire life savings."

Upon hearing Danbi's suggestion, Huohuo clearly hesitated, so Danlei decisively pressed the matter while it was still fresh in her mind.

"Alright, don't hesitate any longer. I've already set you as the owner of this puppet. You can study the structure yourself later and modify it as you like."

"Didn't you just inform me that the general was coming? I have to go now, I can't keep the general waiting. Bye-bye."

As Danlei spoke, he couldn't help but pat Huo Huo's head like he would a puppy, and then ran off.

Huo Huo was still a little dazed after being patted on the head, and by the time she came to her senses, Dan Lei had already run far away.

Knowing that Danlei had important business to attend to, Huohuo was naturally too embarrassed to stop him any longer. She could only take the Yuan Yi Zero-style dog away from home and think about what name to give it.

On Dan Lei's side, after rushing back to the third interrogation room, he saw Jing Yuan walking slowly towards him from the direction of the main control room of the prison. So he decided not to go into the interrogation room first and waited for Jing Yuan's arrival at the door.

Here, Dan Lei was not surprised that Jing Yuan had come alone.

In Luofu's most heavily guarded prison, there is a military guard every few hundred meters, and there are no fanatical fans.

Even a general of the rank of Envoy from Luofu wouldn't dare to travel alone; anyone who thinks that way must be looking down on the generals of Luofu.

In fact, while Dan Lei was watching Jing Yuan, Jing Yuan was also observing Dan Lei.

Jingyuan deliberately walked slowly; he wanted to see Danlei's reaction.

Danlei is, after all, a member of the Chiming clan, and given the current state of Luofu, Jingyuan knows that quite a few members of the Chiming clan have grievances against him.

When Jing Yuan arrived, he glanced at Dan Lei's information. Strictly speaking, this man was the grand-disciple of Ding Yunhua, the former Dan Ding Si who had been expelled from Luofu. He had every reason to be dissatisfied with him.

But at this moment, Jing Yuan felt that even if Dan Lei had some dissatisfaction, at least he still showed respect for him.

However, he did not choose to come forward, and his expression did not show the awkwardness of a subordinate meeting a superior, proving that he did not want to get close to me, or even make a name for himself.

Based on this behavior, Jing Yuan was basically certain that Dan Lei and the Luo Fu Dragon Master Council were not a group of people, because they would show a look of disgust when they saw him.

If you see it from afar, you'd probably pretend you don't see it; it's probably already sitting inside.

Jingyuan is a polite person who is usually very approachable. In this situation where there are no other people around and the other party has not been impolite, he will not deliberately make people wait.

So Jing Yuan quickened his pace, walked briskly to Dan Lei, and said with a smile.
"You must be Mr. Danlei. Please don't stand at the door, come inside and sit down to talk."

Dan Lei nodded, and out of respect for the position of General Luo Fu, he took the initiative to open the door and politely said...
"General, please go first."

(End of this chapter)