Seeing those three question marks, Megrez was unfazed and was about to continue typing.
But Dubhe sent a message first: “Megrez, these are troubled times. Don’t go joking around about things that don’t matter. You need to take what’s been happening recently seriously.”
“Ah… I know,” Megrez replied.
“I hope you truly do. Alioth died mysteriously last night, and we still don’t know who did it. I don’t want the Reincarnation Space to notify me of your death next,” Dubhe replied.
“Commander, are you worried about me?” Megrez asked, pleasantly surprised.
Dubhe: “…”
“I know you didn’t like Alioth, but do you not care at all about his death?” Dubhe retorted, displeased.
“How could that be? I actually take it very seriously,” Megrez answered.
“That’s good, then,” Dubhe sent another message: “Next, you and Mizar are to carefully scout targets for me and bring them to the new base. Remember, don’t let anyone find out.”
Megrez quickly typed back: “Whatever the Commander orders, I will do. In life, I am the Commander’s man! In death, I am the Commander’s ghost!”
Dubhe: “…”
…
Back at home, Tsukiyomi Ruri and Leona took off the Little Bear Costume.
“It’s a bit hot. I’m going to take a bath,” Tsukiyomi Ruri said to Leona as she undressed.
“Okay, okay! I’m going to get on the game,” Leona floated over to the bed and pulled out her phone.
As a Ghost, she naturally didn’t have to deal with things like sweating.
The bath was soon ready. Tsukiyomi Ruri sat down in the tub of warm water, her hair tied up into a bun to avoid getting it wet.
While soaking in the warm water, she also browsed the Reincarnator Forum on her phone.
As soon as she logged in, she found someone had sent her a private message. She looked and saw it was Little Moon—that was Mizuhashi Yuzuki.
“Lord Faceless, I’m about to enter a new Reincarnation World. For this Reincarnation World, as long as I can obtain just a modest amount of Reincarnation Points, I’ll be able to advance to Senior Reincarnator. Is there anything I need to prepare?”
This message had been sent ten minutes ago.
Tsukiyomi Ruri looked thoughtful. Mizuhashi Yuzuki was about to rank up?
A Reincarnator’s rank up naturally involved spending a large amount of Reincarnation Points at the Reincarnation Space in exchange for energy. However, since every Reincarnator had to face all kinds of challenges in the Reincarnation World, no one could simply hoard all the Reincarnation Points they earned. They always had to exchange some for various Ability Cards, Equipment Cards, and the like.
Furthermore, even though a person could only use one Ability Card and one Equipment Card at a time, that didn’t mean they only needed to prepare two cards in total. One always needed to prepare several different types of cards for different environments.
It was also worth mentioning that selling unwanted cards back to the Reincarnation Space yielded a relatively low return, far below the price they cost to exchange. So, these discarded cards were typically traded between Reincarnators at a price slightly lower than the exchange cost, or simply bartered directly.
“You’re a Solo Reincarnator. You can’t afford to be too high-profile. You need to keep a low profile. It’s best if you can disguise yourself as a Native of the Reincarnation World to confuse others,” Tsukiyomi Ruri said, sharing her own experience.
She had also once been a Solo Reincarnator. Disguising herself as a Native was a very common tactic. Using it, she had once led countless people around by the nose, only to burst forth at the final moment and reap the most Reincarnation Points.
“Thank you, Lord Faceless,” Mizuhashi Yuzuki replied gratefully, sending a smiley face emoji.
Although Mizuhashi Yuzuki felt that the Faceless was probably a dangerous figure, she was still someone who had saved her. So, when facing relatively important matters, she couldn’t help but seek her advice.
Tsukiyomi Ruri did not reply to Mizuhashi Yuzuki again. She put down her phone and properly took her bath.
…
When Tsukiyomi Ruri finished her bath and returned to the bedroom, Leona was enthusiastically watching TV.
Tsukiyomi Ruri glanced at the TV. A drama was playing; it seemed to be a love story. The female lead was bright and lovely, with beautiful long golden hair and a great figure. As for the male lead… let’s not even mention him.
“Ruri, you’re here! Do you want to watch TV together?” Leona waved her over.
“Do you like this type of drama?” Tsukiyomi Ruri asked as she walked over.
“Not really. I just think Yamaguchi Saki is very pretty. She seems so lively and gentle. An Idol like that is really attractive,” Leona answered with a smile.
It took Tsukiyomi Ruri a moment to realize Leona was talking about the drama’s female lead.
She looked at the lead actress again. Indeed, she was very appealing. As for the male lead beside her… let’s not even mention him.
“I’m not interested in TV dramas. I’m going to play a game. Are you coming?” Tsukiyomi Ruri asked.
“No, no, I still want to watch this drama. Don’t go into a dungeon by yourself in that game we play together. Wait for me to log on. Play a different game first,” Leona quickly said.
Tsukiyomi Ruri could only nod.
In this day and age, basically everyone who played games played several at once.
…
The next day at school, Mizuhashi Yuzuki took a leave of absence.
Tsukiyomi Ruri knew that Mizuhashi Yuzuki had gone to the Reincarnation World, and this time, it was an extremely important mission.
Although Mizuhashi Yuzuki was temporarily away, club activities still had to go on.
In the clubroom, Izumi Shirayuki said to Tsukiyomi Ruri and Inoue Keiko, “You two are free after school today, right? Let’s go investigate the Ghost Legend then.”
Inoue Keiko asked, puzzled, “I heard this Ghost Legend usually happens at night. If we go out to investigate during the day, will we be able to find any useful information?”
Izumi Shirayuki smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I already have some leads. Based on some known information, I’ve narrowed the target down to a group of Yankees.”
“Yankees?” Inoue Keiko didn’t quite understand.
Tsukiyomi Ruri, however, was a bit speechless. She had a feeling she’d guessed what this was about.
“Yes, Yankees.” Izumi Shirayuki said, “From what I’ve gathered, the Ghost Legend incidents these past few days have only happened to Yankees. I haven’t heard of it happening to anyone outside of that group. Maybe this incident itself is connected to the Yankees, so I plan to go take a look.”
“Alright then,” Inoue Keiko didn’t object.
Tsukiyomi Ruri saw Izumi Shirayuki’s purple eyes fall on her and immediately nodded in agreement as well.
Investigating a group of Yankees was bound to turn up nothing useful anyway. She might as well treat it as a casual stroll outside.
Seeing that both of them had agreed, Izumi Shirayuki was very happy: “Great, then it’s settled.”
It wasn’t dismissal time yet. After chatting a bit more, they each returned to their classrooms for lessons.
It wasn’t until afternoon classes ended that they regrouped and walked out of the School together.
