After walking out of the border courtyard, Zane quietly glanced back to make sure Sanhua hadn't chased after him. Only then did he let out a small sigh of relief.
'Good thing Sanhua didn't notice she lost a pair of stockings, or she would've already come running out with a blade.'
Just thinking about Sanhua's resonance ability to control wind and snow made Zane shiver. Back then, when he helped suppress Sanhua after she went berserk in an overclocked state, he ended up with frostbite and had to lie in bed for a full three months.
'Three months. Do you know how I got through those three months?'
'How many Astrites did I lose during those three months?'
'Three months, about 700 Astrites lost… in short, March 7th?'
Speaking of Astrites, Zane suddenly remembered that his previous pull still hadn't shown its result.
At the time, he had only seen a flash of golden light before being interrupted by Rover. After that, he brought Rover to Jinzhou City, then went back to the border courtyard to remind Sanhua to rest more. Running around like that, he almost forgot about it.
Thinking of this, Zane eagerly opened the gacha interface.
"Let me see what I got…"
The moment the pale blue interface unfolded, before Zane could even react, a figure suddenly leaped out from the other side of the gacha screen.
At that moment, Zane, who was standing in front of the interface, felt his vision go dark. A streak of black hair flashed past his eyes, and the next second, something crashed into his arms.
A sudden impact hit his chest, making his mind blank out for a moment. By the time he came back to his senses, he realized he had already fallen to the ground.
Looking down, he saw a girl who looked like an emperor penguin lying on top of him. Her small face was buried tightly against his chest, as if she had fainted from the sudden collision.
A loose, high-collared pure white sweater flowed down from her neck like a waterfall, extending all the way to her upper thighs, like a white silk ribbon gently wrapping around her body.
The soft, comfortable texture of the sweater, combined with its length, gave it a dress-like charm.
On the outside, she wore an oversized black work coat. The coat had a simple and clean cut, but it was clearly too big, hanging loosely over her body and creating a uniquely lazy feeling.
Looking further down, beneath the loose top, a pair of beautiful legs was perfectly outlined. A pair of black pantyhose tightly wrapped around her slender legs, showing off their long, delicate shape.
The black stockings contrasted sharply with the white sweater. Black and white together created a strong visual impact while complementing each other perfectly.
Such an exquisite combination brought together the gentleness of the girl next door, the intelligence of a female executive, and the allure of an older neighbor, all concentrated into this small body.
On top of that, the girl's round face was covered by a pitch-black mask that hid her upper half, revealing only a delicate chin and cherry-like lips.
It made people want to lift that mask and uncover the secrets hidden beneath it, to see her true face and inner world.
"Mmm…", With an extremely soft murmur, the girl slowly woke up.
"Where… is this?"
As she spoke, she lifted her head from Zane's chest and looked at this somewhat handsome young man.
While the girl was observing Zane, he was questioning whether she really had five-star strength. Soft hands, a body that looked fragile, and those crit-build black pantyhose…
No matter how he looked at it, she didn't seem like someone who could fight.
Zane even felt that if he punched her, she might end up squatting on the ground crying for a long time.
With the girl's appearance, the gacha interface had also changed.
Aside from the original Otherworld Summon, there was now an additional option, Special Summon.
Filled with curiosity, Zane clicked on [Special Summon].
[Note: Special Summon is designed to strengthen specific characters. All items in this pool exist to enhance the combat power of a designated character.]
Of course, Zane wasn't surprised that once you had a character, the system would start selling constellations.
What surprised him was that under the Special Summon interface, besides the girl who had just appeared, there were also options for himself and Rover.
Looking at the icon representing Rover, Zane frowned in confusion.
'Things I pull from the gacha can also be used to strengthen Rover? But… why? If characters obtained from the system can be strengthened by me, then why can Rover be strengthened too?'
'Or is it that as long as certain conditions are met, I can strengthen specific people?'
'But that doesn't make sense either. I've only known Rover for less than a day. If there really were some condition, shouldn't Jinhsi's priority be higher…?'
After thinking for a long time without finding an answer, Zane gave up. Anyway, with Rover's ability to twist open the skull of a Fury-class Remnant with her bare hands, even without investing many resources into her, she could already crush all enemies.
At most, he could get her a few life-saving items to make sure she wouldn't get taken out unexpectedly, then fast-forward to the defeat CG…
Don't get it wrong, it's the enemy entering the defeat CG.
Opening the interface representing this mysterious girl, her identity description came into view.
[Codename: Doctor.]
[The Evil Spirit of Babel]
"Ah?"
After letting out a Liberri-like sound, Zane stared at the short description and gradually recalled what this identity represented.
The Evil Spirit of Babel, a top expert in Originium and Oripathy research in Terra, a cold strategist, the leader of Rhodes Island, a die-hard member of the "smelly feet" community, an idiot who just goes "aba aba" when out of sanity…
And based on the girl's outfit, wearing as much as possible on both upper and lower body, meaningless straps everywhere, classic black stockings, thick-soled oversized boots… Zane could basically confirm that the girl in front of him was that Doctor.
As expected, he pulled something ridiculous again…
'But I remember the Doctor in the game didn't dress like this… could it be that I finally decided to change my outfit?'
Of course, aside from the outfit, Zane was also curious about what could be drawn from the Doctor's exclusive Special Summon.
'Would it be Rhodes Island operators like Mlynar and W? Or knight creeds and king sets? Or maybe…'
'The Doctor eating Echoes raw?'
Unfortunately, the system interface didn't display the items in the pool. Zane had no way of knowing what was inside.
Unless he went straight for an 80-pull guarantee.
But even without pulling, judging by how this system behaved, Zane could already guess that without hitting pity, the only thing he'd get would probably be sanity potions with a 7-day expiration.
At this moment, compared to Zane, who was still confused, the girl known as the Doctor quickly sorted out the situation.
After understanding everything, she calmly climbed off Zane, dusted herself off, and said in a composed tone, "This isn't a good place to talk. Zane, aren't you going to show me around this world first?"
As she spoke, the Doctor looked up at the somewhat unfamiliar city and reached out to remove her mask.
Zane, who had been focused on the system interface, was drawn to her movement. He waved his hand and closed the summon interface, completely failing to notice that the Doctor had directly called out his name.
Staring blankly at her face, which perfectly combined a queenly aura with cuteness, Zane suppressed the urge to rush over and rub her cheeks hard.
After all, there was plenty of time ahead. Busy days lead to growing affection over time. There would be plenty of chances to pinch those cheeks in the future.
For now, the priority was to have a proper, in-depth emotional exchange with this cute Doctor…
Looking at Zane, whose mouth was already drooling as he entered a crazed state, the Doctor helplessly held her forehead and sighed.
"Alright, alright. Instead of staring at my face like that, shouldn't you first explain this world to me?"
"Oh, right! But… what's there to explain?"
Looking at the pure, untainted eyes on Zane's face, like those of a college student untouched by knowledge, the Doctor couldn't help but frown.