"Have you got a good night’s sleep, Jay? It’s going to be a tough few days." Clovis waved his hand, watching Jay drive the car toward him.
The car was normal. It wasn’t modified in a way to fit more people or contain a lot of weapons. It looked like a Jeep, which was quite useful in hard terrain. Considering there would be a lot of ruins, this car should be enough to push some midsize rubble and cross over rocky areas.
The only modification that the car had was probably the engine. No matter how cool it was to have a roaring engine, they were going to hunt, so a loud engine was just going to attract those beasts.
It seemed that they had also packed up all the equipment they needed for this exploration.
"Yup! I’m pumped up for this." Jay peeked out the window while waving his hand. After resolving the matter with his family, it seemed that Jay became a bit more cheerful.
Kanaria was sitting in the front seat since she was the one doing the navigation. Meanwhile, they had to wait for their operator to arrive.
But to their surprise, the operator had yet to come even though the time was approaching.
"Have you told the operator that we are going at eight?" Jay asked Kanaria while furrowing his eyebrows.
"Yeah. I’ve told her about the time. Kh. Don’t tell me, she is going to be late." Kanaria gritted her teeth.
"Well, well… It’s going to be fine." Clovis waved his hands, treating it as nothing bigbiting.
"You can’t be too lenient toward her, Clovis. If you don’t force her, she will definitely slack off during our exploration." Kanaria sighed.
"It’s going to be fine." Clovis smiled. "She should be on the way.’
As they waited, they kept wondering when this person would come. Kanaria was biting her lips. The group had never been late. In fact, they usually came thirty minutes earlier.
When Kanaria was about to blow out, they soon noticed a car coming in their direction.
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"Is it her?" Clovis turned around, wondering who would come out of that taxi.
It seemed that she was the person they were waiting for. She had long brown hair and sleepy eyes.
She was wearing a sleeveless white shirt and a skirt as if she were telling them that she didn’t intend to partake in the fight.
Her appearance looked much younger than they expected. But according to her information, she was actually four years older than them.
On the one hand, it was amazing to become a Tier 2 human at twenty years old. On the other hand, compared to the real geniuses with a high evolution rate, she was much slower than them. People like Clovis, Jay, and Kanaria should be able to become Tier 2 humans before they are 17 or 18 years old. So, they were most likely to become Tier 3 humans before twenty years old.
Still, Clovis believed that she was still higher than average.
She noticed Clovis standing outside the car, so she immediately walked to him.
"Hello, are you our operator?" Clovis asked while extending his hand.
"Mhmm." She nodded her head before shaking his hand. "Melody. Pleasure working with you, Clovis."
"Oh." Clovis was surprised that she was more direct than he expected. It seemed that she didn’t want to waste her time with normal pleasantries.
Clovis glanced at her backpack and asked, "Do you need me to place the backpack on the back side?"
"No. It will stay beside me."
"Alright. Since it’s past the time, we should head out immediately."
Melody agreed with him and immediately walked toward the Jeep, entering it casually as if she hadn’t done anything wrong.
Clovis was coming from the other side, getting greeted by Kanaria’s rant. "You are late."
Both Clovis and Melody actually said the same thing.
"I (She) did not."
"…" Kanaria raised her eyebrows when she heard Clovis was protecting her. Meanwhile, Melody was looking at Clovis in shock.
"Clovis?"
"Well, she technically wasn’t late. Or you could say, she was about thirty seconds early." Clovis gave a wry smile, trying to stop the conflict.
"Mhmm." Melody nodded her head in agreement. To think that she would meet someone who understood her. Melody looked at Clovis with a new impression before Clovis smiled back.
At first glance, it looked like Clovis was just being gentle with her and helping her avoid unnecessary arguments. However, Clovis actually used this chance to give out a warning.
His expression turned dark and his smile felt like he was about to murder someone. He said it with a playful tone. "I don’t mind if you want to slack off or anything. In fact, you can do it openly and I will reprimand everyone who is getting bothered by that."
"Clovis?!" Kanaria widened her eyes, not believing what she had just heard. Jay was focused on the road, but he was listening carefully. It didn’t seem that Clovis was playing around this time.
"It’s just… when everyone is tired, I’m going to make you work for what I have paid for." Clovis’s message was simple. He didn’t restrict her or reprimand her, but he would definitely get the service he paid for.
Melody didn’t know why, but she felt chills down her spine. She had handled people like Kanaria, who would pick a fight with her every time, or people like Jay, who didn’t look bothered but would get annoyed sooner or later.
However, this was the first time that she had met someone like Clovis. He looked like he was someone who understood her. No, it might be because of that very reason that he knew how to handle her.
"Laziness is not a problem as long as you are useful. I hope you don’t think that you can do anything you want simply because you are a Tier 2 human." Clovis sighed. In the end, he had to act tough because the other party could look down on them as a higher-tier human.
It seemed that his message was pretty effective, as Melody said, "Don’t worry. I will work for my pay."