Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

"Okay, okay," he hurriedly took the potato chips, muttering, "What's it to you..."

After receiving the potato chips, Yilan still kept her head down and puffed out her cheeks, looking quite aggrieved.

"Okay, okay." Luo Bai couldn't bear to see her so upset, so he handed the opened potato chips back to her.

"Hehe." Yi Lan finally smiled brightly, grabbed a few potato chips, and handed them to Luo Bai. "Here, have some... these are delicious."

“Such a simple person…” Luo Bai looked at her, somewhat stunned.

"Hey, have you finished talking?" Shu Yu'er, who was watching from the side, said with a hint of sourness, "Are we still having the interview?"

"Noodles, of course noodles." Luo Bai popped a potato chip into his mouth, pushed open the iron door of the interview room, and casually asked, "Why didn't you send your sister for the interview?"

"You look too naive and easy to fool."

Yi Lan paused, then said blankly, "Huh? Do I really look that stupid?"

"But my sister says I have a good eye for people..."

"Are we still going to have the interview?!" Shu Yu'er shouted angrily as the two were still being all lovey-dovey.

"Alright, alright, let's have an interview." Yi Lan turned around, faced Shu Yu'er, and handed her a potato chip, grinning foolishly, "Here you go, don't be angry, sister."

The moment Shu Yu'er met Yi Lan's smile, her heart and lungs stopped, her pupils dilated, and a slight blush rose on her cheeks.

The more one despises filth, the more one yearns for purity.

"Why are you blushing like a teapot?" Luo Bai roared inwardly, then suddenly realized that the other party was a player of the [Saving Girl] class, and it all seemed strangely reasonable.

"You...you're bribing me!" Shu Yu'er had never felt so nervous. She clutched the potato chip in her hand, unable to speak clearly.

"Pfft!" Luo Bai couldn't help but chuckle, almost bursting out laughing.

Shu Yu'er regained her senses and, recalling what she had just said, her face quickly flushed red.

What am I saying?!

She felt a surge of frustration.

Who bribes someone with a potato chip?!

Shu Yu'er lowered her head and pushed the two of them into the room: "Go to the interview right now!"

"when--"

The iron gate was slammed shut, and after much hesitation, the three of them finally entered the interview room, or rather, the reception room.

A familiar figure came into view, and Luo Bai was slightly taken aback: "Miss Mei...?"

Melonica's delicate body trembled. She stood up, slowly turned around, and the small coffin she was carrying bumped against the iron table, making a crisp sound in the deathly silent reception room.

"Hello...Teacher..." Melonica bowed nervously, looking every bit the model student.

"Hello, Dean..."

Yilan waved cheerfully: "Hello~"

Shu Yu'er's expression immediately turned cold: "An acquaintance?"

"Still a vampire..."

This scene is so classic: a beautiful woman getting a job, and the coach getting in through connections...

"Let's proceed according to the procedure first," Luo Bai said in a deep voice.

He personally prefers Ms. Mei to join the team, as she has more acquaintances, but it's still best to keep public and private matters separate.

"This is my resume." Melonica sent the data to other people's tablets, which included her [honors] from childhood to adulthood.

"The top four in the regional competition..." Luo Bai glanced at them and asked, "How many people participated in this regional competition?"

"Uh—" Melonini paused, lowered her head, and whispered, "Thirty-two people…"

"No practical skills, and only 46 points on the written exam?" Shu Yu'er noticed something amiss and frowned. "How did you get into the academy? Did you bribe your way in...?"

Before she could finish speaking, Luo Bai pointed to the bottom of her tablet: "Stop thinking about bribery, look down..."

Shu Yu'er looked in the direction he was pointing, her eyes widening suddenly: "KC silver head?!"

"Why would KC Silverhead build a level 4 fortress?"

"You clearly have better options, why did you join the team?"

"Is this KC silver head really yours?"

A sharp glint flashed in her eyes as she bombarded her with questions. Melonica stammered, which only deepened Shu Yu'er's suspicions.

Luo Bai coughed lightly, breaking the suffocating atmosphere, and said, "How you take silver is a private matter, you don't have to answer."

"As for why you joined our team, that needs to be answered. Let's get down to business, Ms. Mei."

He offered her a way out, but Melonika still seemed very embarrassed.

At this moment, the naive Yi Lan pretended to be serious and fiercely pressed, "You're here for an interview right around lunchtime..."

"Humph!"

"You wouldn't be... after our team's meals, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Melonica's face flushed red. She quickly lowered her head, clutching the hem of her clothes tightly, and said guiltily, "You have a good eye for people..."

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Chapter 261 The Fifth Member

"I knew it! I'm a good judge of character." Yi Lan said proudly, hands on her hips, exuding confidence.

"Impressive, impressive." Luo Bai clapped his hands expressionlessly, appearing extremely perfunctory.

"A noblewoman from a level six fortress, reduced to trying every possible way to get a decent meal..." Shu Yu'er sighed as she looked at Melonica's file. "Affinity... 1.8... She must have been kicked out..."

If the affinity is below 2.5, the amount of acetylene emitted in a natural state is higher than that absorbed, which means that it will not recover automatically and its physical strength will be weaker than that of an average person.

Such people are also known as "the forsaken by God".

Those abandoned by the gods can only improve themselves through external means such as eating. Without a good and continuous supply of resources, their advancement to the True Spirit stage is a long way off.

"Hmm." Melonica hummed softly, looking down. After a while, she took a deep breath, looked up, and gave a bitter smile. "That's right, I was kicked out."

"No one in the western fortress dares to take me in."

"I...I came over here..."

The voice that spoke grew increasingly soft and bitter.

As Yi Lan listened, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. Grabbing her hand, she sobbed, "Did the students ostracize you, were they afraid of you, and nobody wanted you... so you came to our team..."

“You…” Melonica looked at the silver-haired girl in front of her. A warmth came from her palm, which made her feel inexplicably flustered, as if her thoughts had been seen through.

"I didn't even cry, so why...why are you crying...?"

Ilan was right. Although Melonica successfully entered the academy, the atmosphere was not as friendly as she had imagined. In particular, when she was asked about her friendliness during her self-introduction, the strange looks she received reached their peak.

"Waaah... Let's just take her in!" Yi Lan cried her heart out.

Looking at Melonika's file with a serious expression, Luo Bai asked directly, "You don't want to immigrate?"

“I will definitely go back!” A faint red light flashed in Melonica’s pupils, but quickly subsided. “Fanaria still owes me justice…”

“Fairness…” Luo Bai murmured the word repeatedly, a hint of difficulty flashing across his face, “You have citizenship of [Fanaria], it will be difficult for you to join the [Bian Yuelong] team…”

“But…” Melonica hesitated, “If I move here, I won’t be able to go back…”

It's very easy for immigrants from higher-level fortresses to migrate to lower-level ones, but it's very difficult to do the opposite; it's simply impossible due to the procedures involved.

The atmosphere reached a stalemate where both sides were at a loss.

Shu Yu'er put down the tablet, sighed, and said, "Let's register for [external assistance]."

Professional players who have registered in foreign fortresses cannot be registered as "foreign aid" players. Fortunately, Melonica is a bit bad and didn't become a professional player in her hometown.

"It seems that registering foreign aid requires approval..." Luo Bai's expression was a little strange, as if he wanted to say something but dared not.

Shu Yu'er took out a detector and said to Melonica, "Check the deck."

"Registering a Level 4 Fortress Supporter requires that the deck must not contain any Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, or Link cards."

"The competition venue will be inspected again; don't take any chances."

"Cannot serve as team leader..."

"The maximum contract size is Grade A, and a 10% handling fee is required..."

She rattled off a long list of terms, her face expressionless throughout, showing neither joy nor sorrow.

Fair and impartial.

"If you've thought it through, leave your fingerprints here." After reading the terms, Shu Yu'er took out a fist-sized black disc covered with countless micron-sized needles for collecting life factors.

"Huh?" It all happened so fast, Melonica was still stunned, until Luo Bai nudged her and muttered, "If we don't hurry, she'll regret it..."

“Okay…okay!” Melonica quickly replied, “Press your thumb on the black disc.”

[Deck verification passed]

Foreign aid registration successful

A mechanical sound echoed in the air.

"You're not a bad person at all." Luo Bai glanced at Shu Yu'er out of the corner of his eye, his opinion of her changing somewhat.

It's not that rigid.

"What does this have to do with me?" Shu Yu'er said coldly. "It's just a formality."

"Yay!" Yi Lan exclaimed with joy, raising her hands high. "Now the team is complete!"

Upon hearing this, Melonica exclaimed urgently, "Am I supposed to play in the league? But... but my deck..."

Her Silver Head deck is a Desecration deck, which hasn't been created yet, and she has the same problem as Luo Bai.

The high-cost texture design is sorted out, but the card-making materials and acetal energy are not something that can be solved in the short term.

Luo Bai understood her predicament and smoothed things over by saying, "Let's talk about the deck later."

"Time to eat."