# 984
Chapter 984: Games and Programmers
"Oh right, I heard you brought back a Human Apex from Japan who has a god's artifact on them?" Zuo Qing asked casually.
"That's right." Lin Qiye glanced at Zuo Qing's expression and asked in surprise, "Commander Zuo, you don't seem surprised?"
"It's just a Human Apex. What's there to be surprised about?"
Zuo Qing smiled dismissively.
"Where is he?"
"Follow me."
Lin Qiye led Zuo Qing to the door of a rented apartment.
Through the window, they could see a handsome young boy sitting on the bed, his snow-white hair cascading over the bedside like a waterfall, clutching a book titled "Qiqi Baby Chinese Pinyin Complete Guide" in his arms, earnestly reciting from it.
Beside him, Jiang Er floated in the air, her voice coming from a nearby Bluetooth speaker as she patiently corrected his pronunciation.
"Shāmò."
"Sāmò."
"Shātáng."
"Sā táng."
"Shāmí... Never mind, we won't read that one. Um... shāfā."
"Sāfā."
"..."
Zuo Qing好奇地打量着屋内的Yuzuri Takishiro，"这么年轻？"
"他才十三岁。" Lin Qiye将Yuzuri Takishiro的事情，全部跟Zuo Qing说了一遍，包括他手中那柄【神祸】的来历。
听完之后，Zuo Qing陷入了沉默，看向Yuzuri Takishiro的目光满是复杂。
"左司令，我有一个请求。" Lin Qiye认真的说道，"虽然我们把他带回了Great Xia，但他毕竟不属于这里，没有义务听从Night Watch的一切安排，而且他还小……"
"我明白你的意思。" Zuo Qing点头，"我们不会强迫他做任何事情，一切以他自己的意愿为主。"
似乎是听到了两人的谈话，屋内的Yuzuri Takishiro抬起头，那双干净的眼眸好奇的望向窗外，露出暖阳般温和的笑容。
"我们马上就启程去集训营了，你打算怎么安置他？" Lin Qiye转头看向Zuo Qing。
听到这，Zuo Qing诧异的开口，"我以为，你们要带着他一起去。"
"我们只是去练兵，又不是去打仗。" Lin Qiye摇头，"更何况，他长这么大都没有经历过同龄人该有的安稳生活，正好他初到Great Xia，对什么都很感兴趣，我想让他好好的玩一段时间。"
"我明白了。" Zuo Qing点头，"我不会说日语，一会，我让一个会说日语的人来带他。"
"好。"
Zuo Qing走后，Lin Qiye便迈步走入屋中。
正在客厅休息的Baili Pangpang等人回过头，见Lin Qiye来了，便开口问道：
"七夜，左司令怎么说？我们有新任务了？"
"嗯，收拾下东西，我们马上回集训营。"
众人对视一眼，纷纷起身忙碌起来。
"七夜哥哥，你们要去忙了吗？" Yuzuri Takishiro见到这一幕，眨了眨眼睛，问道。
Lin Qiye走到Yuzuri Takishiro的面前，伸手摸了摸他的头发，微笑道："嗯，哥哥们还有很多工作要做，一会儿会有人来找你，带你在Great Xia逛逛，你能照顾好自己吗？"
"能。"
"我告诉你的电话号码，已经记住了吧？遇到什么棘手的事情，就给我打电话。" Lin Qiye叮嘱道，"还有，别在普通人面前随便使用能力，知道吗？"
"知道了。"
"真乖。"
Lin Qiye站起身，像是感知到了什么，转身走出了屋外。
远处的天空中，一条红色的巨龙，正背着一个蓝衣少女，急速的向着这里飞来。
Flame-Vein Earth Dragon飞至地面，化作穿着护工服的Hongyan，她公主抱着怀中沉睡的Jialan，走到了Lin Qiye的身前。
"院长，我回来了。"
"辛苦了。"
Lin Qiye微微点头，将Hongyan送回了Asylum of the Gods，抱着Jialan，走进了屋中。
之前在"Human Enclosure"的时候，Lin Qiye担心Jialan遇到危险，便将她提前送了出去，此刻回归Great Xia，第一时间让Hongyan把她带了回来。
接回了沉睡的Jialan，收拾好行装，Lin Qiye等人便与Yuzuri Takishiro告别，迅速的前往集训营的方向。
……
目送Lin Qiye等人离开，Yuzuri Takishiro坐回屋中，随手变出了一只游戏手柄，便坐在电视机前玩起了游戏。
没多久，一阵清脆的敲门声响起。
Yuzuri Takishiro的目光扫了门口一眼，十字星辰般的眼眸微微眯起。
"等级lv.99……好强的气息。"
Yuzuri Takishiro喃喃自语，回想到刚刚Lin Qiye跟他说的话，还是张开嘴，有些别扭的用汉语说了一句：
"请进。"
房门打开。
一个穿着格子衬衫，带着鸭舌帽的男人从门外走了进来。
他先是打量了Yuzuri Takishiro片刻，随后将目光落在了电视机的游戏上，轻咦了一声。
"你就是 Yuzuri Takishiro?" he asked in fluent Japanese.
"Yes." Yuzuri Takishiro nodded. "Are you here to pick me up?"
"That's right." The man glanced at the controller in his hands. "Do you usually like playing games?"
"Yeah."
The man's eyes lit up slightly as he lifted his cap.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Guan Zai... I'm a programmer."
……
"Ten days to turn that bunch of rookies into qualified Night Watch?"
In the car, Baili Pangpang exclaimed in shock, "That's way too short, isn't it?"
"Why the rush?" Shen Qingzhu was equally puzzled. "These recruits haven't been in training for more than four months since they started... If this were a normal year's rookie training, we'd only be a third of the way through."
Only An Qingyu seemed to realize something, glancing at Lin Qiye's grave expression and guessing:
"Is war... coming?"
"Yes."
Lin Qiye nodded. "Whether we like it or not, we only have ten days left. After all, war won't wait just because these recruits are green."
The others fell silent.
"The good thing is that from the start, we've been relentlessly pushing their potential in a high-pressure environment. Though the training period is short, their combat readiness isn't actually that weak." Lin Qiye continued. "What they lack is simply tempering through life-and-death situations."
"Tempering through life-and-death situations..." Cao Yuan pondered for a moment. "How do we do that?"