# 1016
Chapter 1017: New Attendant and the Unlucky Guy
Lin Qiye draped in a white coat, pushed open the door to the director's office.
The moment he stepped inside, he froze in place.
"Bragi…"
"Hush!!"
Bragi, hidden behind the curtains in the director's office, vigorously gestured for Lin Qiye to be quiet.
He crept to the door, cautiously glancing outside to confirm no one had followed. Once he closed the door, he exhaled in relief.
"Bragi, why are you in my office?" Lin Qiye asked, puzzled by the scene before him.
"I really had nowhere else to hide." Bragi forced a bitter smile. "Lately, Monkey and the King have been bursting into my room every morning, dragging me to the courtyard like bandits, forcing me to play music for their battles…
Every night I've been having nightmares, terrified that the next second they'd burst in and carry me away. I've连续好几个晚上没睡好觉了！
They're unreasonable savages, they're devils!"
Looking at Bragi's indignant expression and those panda-like dark circles under his eyes, Lin Qiye's mouth twitched slightly.
"So, you slept in my office last night?"
"That's right."
"…" Lin Qiye paused thoughtfully. "Have you considered why they keep singling you out?"
"Because I play the琴弹得太好了." Bragi answered without hesitation.
Lin Qiye pinched the bridge of his nose. "…Besides that?"
"What else could it be?"
"Maybe they want you to integrate with them in this way?"
Bragi was stunned. "Integrate with them? Why?"
Then he recalled the conversation Lin Qiye had with both of them before, seeming to realize something.
"You mean… they're doing this on purpose? To get me involved in their… um… 'daily activities'?"
"You should consider yourself fortunate that you're a musician who can't fight. Otherwise, their approach would be to drag you into fighting alongside them." Lin Qiye patted his shoulder and continued, "Your own matters are still for you to handle. How you choose to get along with those two is entirely your call.
I have things to attend to. I'll be going now."
Lin Qiye waved goodbye and opened the underground passage beneath the director's office, heading straight for the dungeon where the "mysteries" were held.
Bragi stood alone in the director's office, lost in thought.
…
Lin Qiye walked along the dim corridor until he reached two brand-new cells.
The cell on his left held a vermilion-red pencil drawing circles on the ground by itself. The cell on his right held a诡异摇晃的不倒翁.
During the chaos in Shangjing City, Lin Qiye had personally killed these two "Klein"-level "mysteries" using the 【Heaven-Equaling Avatar】. For attendants of this caliber, Lin Qiye placed considerable importance on them.
Although he was still at the "Unmeasurable" realm and couldn't summon "Klein"-level attendants yet, he could sense that his breakthrough to "Klein" wasn't far off.
Once he broke through to "Klein," these same-level attendants would become his important right-hand forces.
A "Klein"-level attendant's influence was far beyond what those at the "Unmeasurable" realm could match.
Even looking across all of Great Xia's Night Watch, there were no more than twenty "Klein"-level experts. Yet this hospital already had five "Klein"-level attendants. If he recruited these two, that would make seven.
Seven "Klein"-level attendants meant that Lin Qiye alone possessed combat power capable of matching a special squad.
Of course, this was "matching," not "defeating."
A special squad's combat strength couldn't be evaluated solely by the realm of its members. Through their extremely tacit coordination, they achieved effects where one plus one equaled more than two.
At the very least, Lin Qiye was certain that if he brought seven "Klein"-level attendants to fight the former 【Mask】, 【Spirit Medium】, or 【Phoenix】 squad, he would be the one to lose.
However, the current 【Nightfall】 hadn't yet reached that level in direct combat strength.
Lin Qiye's gaze fell upon the panels behind the two cells.
"
Sinner: Pen Spirit Grudge
Choice: As the mythological creature亲手 killed by you, you hold the right to decide its soul's fate:
Option 1: Directly obliterate its soul, causing it to perish completely from this world.
Option 2: Bring its 'Fear Value' toward you to 60, and it can be hired as a hospital attendant. While caring for patients, it can also provide protection to you to a certain extent.
Current Fear Value: 95
"
The roly-poly in the other cell was also judged by Fear Value, though its Fear Value was only 13.
This came as no surprise to Lin Qiye.
From their previous battle, he could tell the Pen Spirit was much more timid. Having been grabbed and snapped by the demon ape he transformed into had clearly traumatized it.
But the roly-poly… it had been in a state of rage until death. After all, Lin Qiye's method of ambushing it hadn't exactly been honorable.
Lin Qiye walked to the Pen Spirit's cell first and spoke calmly:
"Be my attendant, or die."
The pencil that had been drawing circles on the ground suddenly froze.
After a moment, a spine-chilling female voice whispered:
"Pen Spirit… Pen Spirit… You are my past life, I am your present… If you are willing to be his attendant, please draw a circle… If you are unwilling to be his attendant… please also draw a circle."
Under Lin Qiye's watchful gaze, the vermilion-red pencil stood frozen for quite some time before slowly, crookedly drawing a circle.
"She is willing."
The female voice whispered.
Lin Qiye: …
After signing the contract with the Pen Spirit Grudge, Lin Qiye stood before the roly-poly's cell.
"Be my attendant, or die."
The painted man's face on the roly-poly's surface glared at him angrily, unmoving.
"Unwilling?" Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow.
The roly-poly remained motionless.
"Don't regret this." Lin Qiye gave it a meaningful look and turned to leave the underground dungeon.
Seeing Lin Qiye simply walk away like that, a disdainful expression spread across the roly-poly man's face, and he snorted derisively.
After a while, Lin Qiye returned.
This time, he carried a dog in his arms… a pug dressed in a tailcoat.
Lin Qiye casually tossed Wangcai into the cell, clapped his hands, didn't even glance at the roly-poly, and turned to leave.
"Good luck." he said casually.
Once Lin Qiye was far away, the roly-poly man's brow furrowed slightly, seemingly puzzled by Lin Qiye's actions.
He lowered his gaze, only to see the pug in the tailcoat leisurely urinating at his feet, then standing on its hind legs and slowly revealing a sinister smile directed at him…