All my hunting commissions come from another world?

The soft white fur brushed against Erii's fingertips. To ease her tension, Shiro even nuzzled her palm, which flattered Erii so much that she could no longer suppress the upward curve of her lips.

"Hmph, this is nothing. I'll introduce you to your new friends."

It was Bai's cuteness that attracted Erii, but Zhou Si began to feel proud.

"But this new friend is a big guy. Don't worry, I get along well with it and it won't hurt you."

"With the hunter here, Erii won't be afraid."

Erii held up her notebook, and Zhou Si felt a little shy when she saw what was inside. She quickly turned around and looked at a distant mountain peak.

"Huihui! Come out and recognize people!"

Zhou Si's voice echoed in the air above the meeting place, and soon, the crimson comet reappeared in the sky.

Bang!

The silver dragon landed in the sea in the blink of an eye, and the huge waves it stirred up crashed towards the people on the shore. Zhou Si took a step forward and exhaled a stream of cold air, which turned into ice crystals in front of Erii.

"Huihui, have you gained weight again?"

Zhou Si led Erii to the silver ancient dragon and affectionately patted its head. However, what he said made Huihui nudge Zhou Si with her head in dissatisfaction, and the gun wings on its back also spewed out a lot of dragon energy.

It flies in the sky for several tens of minutes every day, how could it possibly get fat!

"Okay, okay, I'm not fat, not fat."

Zhou Si pushed its head away a little to avoid scaring Erii.

After the assembly area was built, Zhou Si first brought Huihui in. Since following him, this homebody dragon has been staying near the Sand Plains base camp every day waiting to be fed.

Although this did not have a significant impact on Zhou Si and the investigation team, it was still an Elder Dragon, and its existence itself would have a considerable impact on the nearby ecosystem.

So after discussing it with Huihui, we brought it in. As for why we didn't let Huihui return to its original territory...

That's because this otaku dragon has become attached to him. This guy is naturally shy and lazy, and now that he's found a free meal ticket, he's bound to stick to it.

"This is Huihui, my good friend."

"This is Erii."

Erii hid behind Zhou Si, peeking out half her head to look at the silver dragon in front of her. Her hands were nervously gripping the hem of Zhou Si's clothes. It would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid when facing such a behemoth as the Sky Comet at such close range.

"Don't be nervous, Huihui likes you very much, say hello to it."

Zhou Si sensed Erii's nervousness and gently took her hand.

The silver dragon lowered its head and slowly approached the little red-haired figure.

The kindness of the giant beast and the encouragement from the hunter helped Erii to relax considerably.

The red-haired girl slowly stepped forward and placed her other free hand on the scales on Huihui's head. Huihui, who had just landed, still had some warmth on her scales, but the warmth brought by Zhou Si and Huihui seeped into Erii's heart.

"Hello, I'm Erii Uesugi..."

Instead of characters written on paper, a light, ethereal voice echoed across the coast, and Erii, realizing what she had done, immediately wanted to cover her mouth.

The expected scenario did not occur; the Word Power Judgment was not activated, leaving Erii's mouth agape in surprise.

Seeing this, Zhou Si's lips curled into a smug smile.

As expected, the essence of that power called "Word Spirit" is to manipulate the elements through their bloodline and that mysterious language. The higher and purer the bloodline of a hybrid, the stronger their ability to control the elements.

Erii is unable to speak because her bloodline purity is too high. Even ordinary words can stir the elements in the air. In addition, the special nature of the Word Spirit Judgment means that even her normal speech can lead to tragedy.

But...

How about learning about dragon-attribute energy? How about learning about dragon sealing power?

Huihui's dragon energy unintentionally suppressed the power in Erii's words. If Erii were using her words normally, this amount of dragon energy probably wouldn't have been enough to stop her. But since she was just speaking normally, the dragon-attribute energy in the air was enough to prevent her from affecting the surrounding elements.

What? You're asking what happens if Zhou Si guesses wrong?

All I can say is that even if a trial is initiated, who here can be brought to trial?

Even the weakest fighter, Bai, is protected by the Hunter's Book.

"You can speak freely here, but you'd better be careful outside."

Erii nodded. Her long-standing habit made her subconsciously respond to Zhou Si with a gesture, but Erii quickly realized what she was doing and then cautiously said something else.

"...Eri understands."

The power of words seemed to have truly lost its effect, and the dragon blood within her flowed sluggishly. After realizing that she could actually speak, Erii couldn't help but call out to Zhou Si.

"Mr. Hunter!"

"Well, what happened?"

"Thank you...thank you."

Looking at the red-haired girl in front of him, who seemed to have had some kind of shackle broken, Zhou Si also laughed.

"This isn't the real gift yet."

"Let's go, I'll take you for a look around the meeting place first."

"Ok!"

Chapter Ten: I know Kassel College all too well.

"How is Erii?"

As soon as the door to the Möbius Laboratory opened, Zhou Si rushed over, his slightly anxious appearance causing the green-haired loli in front of him to roll her eyes.

"You only think of me at times like this, right?"

"How could that be? I always send you back any interesting monster materials I find as soon as possible."

Although she can be quite sarcastic, Mebius always does her best to fulfill Zhou Si's requests, so whenever Zhou Si comes across monster materials that might interest her, she'll bring her a copy.

Just like the recent Frozen Peak Dragon and Safi'jiiva, Mebius received some scraps.

"It can be treated, but the sample size is too small."

Getting back to the main point, Mebius sat down in her office chair and rubbed her stiff shoulders. Seeing this, Zhou Si immediately went over and started massaging her.

"Ouch...be gentle."

Although Mebius's physical abilities had been greatly improved after the initial fusion surgery, Zhou Si's attributes were still a bit too exaggerated. Mebius, feeling his bones groaning, quickly told him to stop.

She certainly didn't want her first resurrection to end in a place like this.

"Oh, okay, okay."

"The two bloodlines in her body have merged together in a very strange way. The dragon blood is constantly eroding the part that belongs to the human, but it is restrained by some kind of force."

"Once this balance is broken, she will most likely turn into one of the monsters you saw before."

Mebius tried his best to explain Erii's condition in a way that Zhou Si could understand.

"Doctor, can you save him?"

"Who do you think I am?"

Mebius chuckled, her confidence written all over her face. She had already created a fusion warrior; solving Erii's bloodline problem would be a piece of cake.

The only problem at present, as mentioned earlier, is that the sample size is insufficient.

“I need more dragon blood samples, preferably from pure-blooded dragons.” Mebius slapped Zhou Si’s hand away and stood up from his chair. “This is your old profession.”

"That girl's bloodline is already very unhealthy. If she were a normal mixed-race person, she would have died long ago."

"Of course, you don't need to worry too much. Although it can't be cured completely for the time being, it's still quite easy to suppress."

Mebius stretched and prepared to pack up and head back to the Honkai area; there were still some things to finish.

"Isn't there any other way? Like using Haixi cells or fusion surgery?"

"If a fight breaks out inside her, will you take responsibility?"

Mebius replied irritably that she had already considered these feasibility issues, and there was no need for Zhou Si to bring them up.

"But there's one more problem."

"what happened?"

Seeing Mebius's expression suddenly turn serious, Zhou Si also became inexplicably nervous.

"Her brain has been tampered with."

"?"

Seeing Zhou Si's shocked expression, Möbius knew that he and Erii themselves were probably unaware of this matter.

"Her brain was artificially split in two. The specific effects of the surgery are currently unknown, but it is foreseeable that this surgery will have some irreversible impact on her mental health."

Mebius sneered. This kind of surgery was definitely not for curing a disease. Combined with Erii's bloodline and identity, it was easy to guess the purpose of the person who performed the surgery.

"Here's a piece of advice: you'd better take the time to thoroughly investigate her background."

"If this surgery wasn't performed by her current family, hmph."

Mebius snorted coldly, finding such despicable tactics utterly shameful.

"I understand."

Zhou Si nodded solemnly; he would have to investigate this matter himself later.

"Can this be cured?"

"already solved."

It was just a routine procedure. The principle behind the surgery was to sever the connection between the left and right hemispheres through the pons, and our all-powerful Hemisphere cells can completely repair this damage.

Having said everything that needed to be said, Möbius prepared to leave.

"By the way, Doctor, how's the situation on your end?"

Zhou Si suddenly remembered that they seemed to be planning to take action against the higher-ups of the Fire Moth recently, but she didn't know the situation or whether it was going smoothly.

Do you know why people can fly?

In response to Zhou Si's question, Mebius simply smiled, left with a cryptic remark, and then headed towards the portal.

Although he didn't know what they had done, Zhou Si could roughly guess that the higher-ups of the Fire Moth were probably not doing very well now.

The laboratory door behind her opened again, and Erii, having changed her clothes, walked out.

"How are you feeling? Dr. Möbius shouldn't have done anything strange, right?"

"The doctor is very gentle."

Erii shook her head and raised her notebook again. Since this wasn't the meeting place, Erii resumed her usual demeanor.

"Is she gentle...?"

Zhou Si chuckled twice and decided not to discuss the matter further.

It's a pity the caged bird isn't here, otherwise I could have introduced Erii to the lone bird.

However, although the caged bird is not here, another little bird is now at the Sand Plains base camp.

At Rhodes Island's office in the Sandy Plains, Elene held a monster encyclopedia from the Hunter World, enjoying her long-awaited leisure time. The reconstruction of the Sandy Plains headquarters was basically completed, and the cooperation between Rhodes Island and the Hunter Guild was on track.

But the little bird was ultimately a restless person. Most of the deep-sea hunters who came to this world with her had already joined the Hunter's Guild, and her interest in this world was no less than theirs.

So in her spare time, Elena would also visit the training grounds and the library.

But soon two uninvited guests broke this brief moment of leisure.

The office door was pushed open, and a familiar male voice came from the doorway. When Alini looked up, she saw Zhou Si's hateful face.

"Little bird, are you busy?"

"Don't call me little bird!"

Upon hearing Zhou Si's address, Eline's initially delighted expression immediately faded, and when she saw Erii behind Zhou Si, her expression became even more unpleasant.

"Don't look so stern, little bird, cheer up!"

Who do you think it's because of?

Elene muttered a few complaints to herself, but when she looked at Erii, she still gave her a polite smile.

"Elena, it's a pleasure to meet you."