Today was a good day for Pela.
It was also a good day for Alice.
Dan Heng had arrived at the museum very early and proactively asked Alice about the tasks he was responsible for.
Right after, he went through all the materials on the museum's artifacts, roughly familiarizing himself with the background of the exhibits before starting to manage things.
His management ability wasn't the strongest among the big three.
Objectively speaking, when Zeig was acting normal and not going crazy, his displayed management prowess was actually a small tier above Dan Heng's.
But the prerequisite… was that he not go crazy.
"I think Mr. Dan Heng is probably the steadiest of the three." Alice said with a smile.
The hall was bustling with people.
Dan Heng had recruited a few fairly reliable temporary workers—all people he knew from the Underworld.
If judging purely by steadiness, it really had to be Dan Heng.
Although yesterday Zeig had also called in two helpers, and among them Bishop Otto had demonstrated astonishing ability.
But what Pela feared most was still Zeig going crazy.
Or the people around him going crazy.
Yesterday, Kiana had been working for a while, then just ran off to slack, even buying ice cream to eat. Later she didn't even ask the handsome guy before yanking away the Judgment of Shamash that was serving as his Wi-Fi, causing him to drop dead on the spot.
"Sigh, if the Executive Officer could just act normal, he'd actually be way stronger than Mr. Dan Heng." Pela sighed.
Dan Heng's biggest flaw was actually being taciturn and having a poker face.
A personality like his really wasn't suited for being in the spotlight.
Reaching this level already was impressive.
If Pela really had to rate him, Dan Heng's work performance was a solid A+, sometimes even touching S, but it would never drop to B.
As for Zeig—when he went crazy, there was no bottom limit, he could even hit E-. But when he wasn't crazy, his normal level was at least A+, sometimes S. Occasionally when he overperformed, he could reach SS, SSS, or even SSS+!
But something so unstable was really hard to rely on.
As for March 7th…
She sure is pretty.
While Pela was lost in thought, Alice hurriedly nudged her arm, pulling her back to reality.
"Lady Pela, look! Mr. Dan Heng just grabbed his spear and charged out!"
"Huh? What!"
Pela followed Alice's pointing finger and saw a figure clutching a long spear, rushing swiftly toward the entrance!
"Damn, I've got a bad feeling!"
Pela immediately ran forward, reached out, and shouted at Dan Heng:
"Mr. Dan Heng! What—what are you doing!"
"…"
Dan Heng stopped in his tracks, slightly turned around, and said to the two behind him:
"Sorry, I have something urgent to handle. Could you please not tell March or Zeig for now? It's my personal matter. Thank you—I have to go ahead."
With that.
He charged out without another word.
Pela stood frozen in place, mouth agape.
"Where's the promised steadiness?"
On the Express, Dan Heng had always been known for being steady. Very few things could make him care this much.
But today, Pela and Alice just happened to witness one of those extremely rare occasions.
And it was related to a certain Stellaron Hunter.
…
Dan Heng charged out of the museum with murderous intent, arriving at the Administrative District plaza.
He scanned the surroundings, quickly locked onto a direction, then gripped his spear tightly and sprinted off alone.
…
Meanwhile.
Zeig and March 7th were each sitting on benches at a roadside snack stall.
March 7th picked up a skewer of grilled sausage, popped it into her mouth, then gripped the bamboo stick tightly and quickly pulled it out.
While chewing the fragrant food, she glanced at Zeig beside her and raised an eyebrow:
"What are you looking at? Even while eating skewers you get distracted—are you even respecting this table full of good stuff?"
Zeig nodded and put down his phone.
The screen displayed a message from Pela.
To be safe, after hesitating for a moment, she had still told Zeig about Dan Heng.
"You're right." Zeig looked at March 7th, whose mouth was dripping with oil from eating, and said gravely:
"Even hesitating one more second would be disrespectful to the food!"
"Exactly, haha."
The two continued scarfing down skewers at the roadside. Zeig's phone screen gradually dimmed and turned off.
"…"
Pela silently stood behind the two, looking at them speechlessly.
As expected of two legends—even in a situation like this, they could wolf down food without a care for their teammate's safety.
"Hey hey hey, I already messaged you—why are you still eating skewers!" Pela slapped Zeig's shoulder and complained.
"What's the big deal? He just suddenly ran off?" Zeig said casually while his mouth dripped with oil:
"That's pretty normal, right? None of us three are exactly proper people—if he wants to run, let him run."
"But it's Dan Heng! The one who ran is Dan Heng?!" Pela shouted at the two:
"Someone as honest as him suddenly rushing off all murderous—something huge must have happened!"
Seeing no response from Zeig, Pela turned and ran behind March 7th, grabbing her shoulders:
"Miss March, quick—think of something!"
March 7th paused her chewing, looked at Pela in shock.
"Me think of something? Are you serious?"
"…"
After a moment of silence, Pela quietly retreated to Zeig's side and apologized to March 7th:
"Sorry, I got too anxious and forgot you're the Wallet Tiger Hero."
"…"
"Bang—!!"
Hearing Pela's words, March 7th forcefully swallowed the food in her mouth, slammed the table, and stood up:
"Friend, aren't you underestimating my strength a little too much?"
She opened her pink-blue eyes wide and turned to stare at Pela:
"Look at how I look—my identity obviously isn't simple. How do I resemble a Wallet Tiger Hero at all!"
Pela's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Could it be… you're now…!"
"That's right!"
March 7th confidently puffed out her chest:
"I don't know anything! And I can't do anything!"
Pela exclaimed in delight:
"That's amazing!!"
March 7th laughed smugly:
"Hmph hmph~!!"
Zeig: "…"
The black-haired man silently pulled out a tissue, wiped his mouth, and slowly said:
"Wallet Hero is Wallet Hero—at least in this version, you still haven't had a chance to show off."
"What kind of talk is that?!"
March 7th loudly retorted:
"Don't you think a super pretty companion who's been traveling with us all along—if she got a new form, the Trailblazer would definitely whale on it?!"
Zeig silently took a sip of tea:
"That's still later. How could it come out that fast? I figure you'd at least stay as a flower vase for several major versions before finally combining with other materials to become Emperor Hero."
"As for Dan Heng suddenly running off—it's not that big a deal."
"How so?" March 7th frowned.
"He might just be constipated."
…