On the Ark.

"Why thank me? You've already paid." Exusiai shrugged and said with a smile, "As for friends, well, I love making friends with tycoons like the boss."

Lin Ye complained, "Where am I a tycoon? You could say I'm rich by removing the word 'rich'."

"The boss is so funny, then I won't be polite with this apple pie."

Exusiai happily dragged over a new apple pie.

While chatting with Exusiai, Lin Ye felt something was off because Exusiai kept calling him "boss, boss." It reminded him of some service industry titles from his previous life. But could Exusiai, a courier who transports life and death, really be considered part of the service industry? Wait a minute, thinking about it like this, the conversation inexplicably turned philosophical.

"You really like apple pie, huh?" Lin Ye said, looking at Exusiai. "I know a girl who really loves pineapple buns."

"Is that so?" Exusiai tilted her head. "That's quite interesting. But desserts are inherently delicious, especially apple pie."

Lin Ye thought to himself, if you change Exusiai's "apple pie" to "pineapple bun," then that's what Nightingale meant. These two seem to have an inexplicable obsession with desserts. Lin Ye and Exusiai have only met twice, yet she's mentioned "apple pie" multiple times. From this perspective, Exusiai and Nightingale are quite similar. It's just that Exusiai smiles more, while Nightingale almost never smiles.

At this moment, Exusiai noticed the black steel sword on Lin Ye's back and said with some surprise, "Boss, do you still practice swordsmanship?"

"Well, what happened?"

“I didn’t see that when we last met,” Exusiai said. “I remember you were a doctor.”

"Can't doctors practice swordsmanship?"

"It just feels a bit off," Exusiai said with a grin. "Since you're already practicing swordsmanship, why do you want to buy a gun?"

Lin Ye casually remarked, "If there were guns, who would practice swordsmanship?"

“That’s not how it works, boss. The skill ceiling for swordsmanship is clearly much higher than that for the Guardian Gun,” Exusiai said. “I have a partner who uses a sword. Unless I have eight guns, it’s very difficult to beat her; she’s incredibly strong.”

"Can a sword be faster than a bullet?" Lin Ye asked.

"Why not?" Exusiai retorted.

Lin Ye was speechless for a moment, because if he thought about it carefully, in this world, a sword might really be faster than a bullet, but a weakling like him would never be able to do that.

Unable to purchase the Guardian Gun, Lin Ye was somewhat disappointed. There was no point in staying any longer, so after chatting with Exusiai for a few more minutes, Lin Ye prepared to return. Before leaving, he gave Exusiai his contact information: "I am Lin Ye, a psychiatrist at Rhodes Island. This is my phone number. If you need any help, please call me. If you can find a way to purchase the Guardian Gun, please be sure to call me."

"Boss, you're really persistent," Exusiai said with a smile. "Although I don't think there's much hope, I've made a note of it for today's apple pie. I'll definitely let you know as soon as I have any leads."

"Thank you." Lin Ye was about to leave, but Exusiai called him back.

"By the way, boss, there's something I actually want to ask you," Exusiai asked. "When are you going back to Rhodes Island?"

"I'll go back in a couple of days after I finish my work here. What's up?"

"Well, it's nothing serious. My partner is coming to visit you guys in a few days."

"To Rhodes Island?"

“Yes, it was Miss Amiya who invited me. I don’t know the specifics of the job.” Exusiai clasped her hands together again and said to Lin Ye, “However, my partner is rather quiet and doesn’t say more than a few words a day. If possible, could you please look after her? Thank you.”

There was no need to discuss this, so Lin Ye readily agreed: "No problem, what's your partner's name?"

Texas.

Chapter 176 A Battle of Dragons and Tigers (Part Two)

After saying goodbye to Exusiai, Lin Ye originally intended to go back to his room to continue sleeping, since he had nothing else to do. However, just as he reached the bottom of the building, a sports car stopped in front of him, the window slowly rolled down, and Lin Ye saw Chen sitting inside.

"Officer Chen?" Lin Ye looked at Chen with some surprise. "Are you here looking for someone?"

"It's for you," Chen said. "Get in the car."

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. After thinking for a moment, he got into the car without asking any questions.

After the sports car started, Chen noticed Lin Ye's strange expression and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing," Lin Ye shook his head.

"Just say it directly."

"Okay," Lin Ye couldn't help but complain, "Is your Guard Bureau really that rich?"

Chen frowned slightly: "Why do you ask that?"

"Because I noticed that you and Superintendent Shi both drive sports cars to work."

“This car originally belonged to Cha Shao Mao. I was just borrowing it. After all, you wouldn’t want me to borrow your official car, would you?” Chen glanced at Lin Ye and said indifferently. “Also, Cha Shao Mao’s surname is Shi Huaiya, not Shi. She’s different from me, so you’d better not call her Superintendent Shi.”

“Okay, I got it.” Lin Ye nodded. “So, why did you come to see me today…”

“There are some things I want to ask you,” Chen said. “As one of the only two survivors last night, you were originally supposed to be taken back by us to give a statement. But judging from your condition, it would have been better for you to go back and rest. However, now that it seems you were able to go on a date with a girl in a coffee shop, your health should be fine, so let’s finish the statement.”

Lin Ye immediately felt embarrassed: "How did you know? Could it be that you..."

He was about to say, "Are you spying on me?" when he remembered that he and Exusiai seemed to be sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window talking, which could be clearly seen from outside the street.

But this still made Lin Ye feel a little uncomfortable, as if his privacy had been exposed.

Perhaps realizing something, Chen slowly said, "I'm sorry, my words might make you a little uncomfortable. It's a habit of mine, and it's hard to change. I was just trying to joke with you. I know that girl; she's from Laterano at Penguin Logistics."

Lin Ye looked at Chen with some surprise. He didn't expect that the proud Chen would apologize for such a small matter.

"Uh, it's nothing serious. Exusiai and I were just talking about work." Lin Ye coughed twice. "So, are we going to the Guard Bureau now?"

"No." Chen shook his head, then stepped on the gas. "It's the hospital."

Twenty minutes later, the sports car arrived at Longmen's largest hospital. Chen then took Lin Ye in the elevator directly to the top floor of the hospital, to the best VIP room.

As soon as the door opened, he saw Swire lying on the hospital bed, complaining to the police officer codenamed Hoshiguma whom Lin Ye had met the night before.

"What?! That idiot took my sports car?! Who allowed that?!" Swire said, a little frantic. "With that idiot's skills—he can fall into a ditch even when riding a bicycle—he's probably going to drive my sports car straight to the junkyard! Ugh, that idiot!"

Chen, who had just entered the ward, could no longer bear it. He took out the Swire sports car key from his pocket and threw it at the ward: "Char Siu Cat, who wants to drive your car?"

Upon hearing Chen's voice, Swire immediately turned her head, about to unleash a torrent of abuse, when she suddenly saw Lin Ye standing next to Chen. She swallowed back the insults she was about to utter and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

“I brought him here.” Chen took out a form from his pocket and slapped it on Swire’s hospital bed. “This is yours too.”

"what is that?"

"It's a parking ticket," Chen said casually. "I specially picked it up for you. Remember to pay the fine at the traffic department after you recover. Don't thank me too much."

One sentence was enough to make Swire, who had just calmed down, explode again: "You damn dragon! You actually drove my car to get a ticket! Do you believe I'll tear you apart?!"

“Then come on over,” Chen said. “I can get you into the intensive care unit right now and give you another month of ward meals.”

Hoshiguma, unable to bear it any longer, covered her forehead and said helplessly, "You two, still bickering at a time like this? Behave yourselves. Old Chen, Swire is a patient, can't you be a little more considerate of her?"

Swire glared: "I don't need this damn dragon!"

Chen glared back: "Isn't this char siu cat always sick? The kind that's mentally ill."

Standing to the side, Lin Ye listened with great interest… no, with considerable embarrassment. Then he realized that if the two continued arguing, it would likely turn into an argument that lasted for hours, just like their first meeting, wasting half a day in the hospital room. So he coughed twice and took over the conversation: “Um, wasn’t I supposed to be here to give a statement?”

All three looked at Lin Ye. Swire asked with some confusion, "A statement? Who told you to come here to make a statement?"

“Old Chen… no, it’s me.” Hoshiguma coughed twice, then took out a pen and a notebook from his pocket. “The only survivors last night were you and Dr. Lin Ye. You were sent here directly, and Dr. Lin Ye went back to rest first. The statement was postponed until today, but you haven’t been discharged from the hospital yet, so we might as well do it here. We’re all on the same side, so there’s no need to make it so formal.”

Swire glared at Chen again: "Who's on our side with this damn dragon?"

This time, Chen didn't continue arguing with Swire. Instead, he glanced at Swire, sat down on a chair, and picked up a magazine to read. The argument officially ended.

Swire turned to look at Lin Ye, and after examining him for a while, said, "Are you alright now?"

"Yeah, I was fine to begin with," Lin Ye said. "But you, you recovered so quickly?"

“Just a few petty thieves,” Swire said. “If it weren’t for the sneak attack, I could have taken care of them all by myself.”

As soon as Swire finished speaking, Chen spoke up again: "Be careful when you talk big, don't hurt your back."

"You damn dragon!" Swire snapped again. "Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"

"I'm just telling you the truth." Chen closed the magazine, his expression quite serious, without a hint of joking. "That organization obviously knew you were coming beforehand, and they definitely took your combat strength into account. Even if you hadn't been ambushed, they would have used other methods to deal with you. You should be grateful; if it weren't for the person next to you, I probably would have had to go to the morgue to see you today."

Shi Huaiya was immediately speechless.

……

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Author's BB:

I recommend a book called "I, a martial arts master who runs a martial arts school in a crossover anime."

Synopsis: Sun Ye, the only legitimate heir of the Sun family with extraordinary martial arts skills, suddenly inherits the Sun Family Martial Arts School in Japan, which was located by his deceased uncle, after receiving a phone call across the sea.

Determined to carry forward the family's martial arts, the Turtle Hermit Style (modified Sun family version), Sun Ye traveled alone to Japan, intending to follow his father's teachings, recruit disciples, and promote the spirit of martial arts.

However, Sun Ye discovered that Japan was not so simple. Japan, which integrates countless dimensional fantasies and is located in the far east, has given birth to many creatures that only exist in fantasy and came to harass Sun Ye.

For example, there's someone named Kikyo who calls herself a shrine maiden, but all she does all day is shoot arrows with a bow.

For example, there's a certain exorcist named Isayama Yomi who claims to be his fiancée and spends all her time hacking and slashing with a knife.

For example, there's a vampire named Remilia who claims to be noble and dignified, but in reality, all she does is crouch down and defend herself all day.

For example, there's someone named Tamamo-no-Mae who calls herself the great nine-tailed celestial fox, but in reality she only has one tail and keeps meowing all day.

"What are you trash who don't focus on learning martial arts doing coming to my martial arts school every day? Get out of here!"

Sun Ye let out a cold, defiant roar, as if he were destined to be single forever.

Chapter 177: No one but me can pull out this sword…

"Alright, alright." Seeing that the topic had suddenly become serious, Hoshiguma clapped her hands and quickly stepped in to help. "Being ambushed and attacked is indeed hard to avoid. Swire has done the best she could."

"Did you do your best?" Chen glanced at Hoshiguma.

That one glance was enough for Hoshiguma, Chen's longtime partner, to realize that Chen wasn't going to let Swire go, and she immediately felt helpless: "Old Chen..."

"Do you know why this happened?" Chen looked at Swire and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Because you, a senior superintendent of the Guard Bureau, had lipstick and makeup remover in your backpack! Who else would the thugs target if not you?!"

Seemingly having her sore spot touched, Swire, who had originally wanted to refute, was once again speechless, only glaring at Chen, but without her previous imposing manner.

"Alright, alright." Hoshiguma tried to comfort Swire, after all, Swire was a patient. So she said, "Old Chen was just too upset because the nature of this attack was so heinous, and yesterday you took the wrong bag again. When Old Chen was catching the thief, he accidentally took out your lipstick and used it as a baton."

"Hoshiguma!" Chen glared at Hoshiguma, somewhat annoyed. "What are you talking about?! Didn't we agree not to mention this?!"

This one sentence changed the atmosphere in the ward. Swire, who had been speechless after Chen's rebuttal, burst out laughing and laughed for a full minute without stopping, even laughing until tears streamed down her face.

“Officer Chen, Officer Chen,” Swire said, rubbing her eyes. “Using lipstick to catch a thief, you’re probably the only one in the Guard Department who does that. No wonder you’re the famous Officer Chen.”

"It's all because you took my bag!"