Volume 12: Cafe Heroes Chapter 16: Evil lurks in every corner (Part 2)
That heat wave should be a combination of evaporating sweat and human body temperature.
Li Lin felt surprised when he saw the idols in the training room who were stretching their bodies or rehearsing dances in several groups. He had watched those videos before. Although they were all idols, the cyborgs usually operated according to the program. Li Lin felt surprised when he saw a group of little girls practicing the program with sweat on their foreheads.
There was no dressing up or elaborate makeup at all. A group of girls wore loose clothes and followed the music in their ears to beat the rhythm according to the coach's instructions, constantly correcting their body shapes. Some girls who had just joined were still stretching their bodies , and they cried and screamed when their legs were stretched. They didn't look like beautiful girls at all.
Rather than saying that this is a group of idols, it is more like a group of unlucky people struggling for something. Especially when seeing an idol's legs and feet cramping and snot bubbles coming out of his nose while crying, Li Lin had a strange feeling.
How should I put it? Although I felt disgusted at the beginning, I began to feel a little more favorable towards them when I saw the stains formed by the evaporating sweat on the girls' clothes.
At least she is not just a cute girl like the anchorwoman, but she has really put in her sweat and actions. He doesn't dislike this kind of person.
"Alright, alright, everyone, take a short break for fifteen minutes, and then I'll introduce this person to you."
George, who had entered the working state, no longer looked timid, but clapped his hands generously, attracting everyone's attention.
After confirming that the girls did not continue exercising, but gathered together with their water bottles to replenish their water, George cleared his throat and began to introduce Li Lin to these curious girls.
"Some people may have seen it just now, but they didn't pay much attention to it, and they don't know what happened. I'll explain it here. He is Li Lin, the vanguard officer of this Pale Expedition. He has come to us for some missions. He is here to protect your safety. Because the situation is quite urgent now, sometimes he may have to go on stage with you and wait for orders, but he will be invisible, so you can rest assured."
"……?"
Although nothing was said, the eyes of many idols who were resting revealed the same problem, that is, distrust of Li Lin.
Everyone knows that the Holy Light Department is a group of bald guys. Although it looks harsh, the Holy Light's ability is absolutely trustworthy, and there is no need to worry about any unexpected events. But now suddenly pointing at a person who looks prettier than them and saying that this is a bodyguard, the first reaction of these girls is disbelief.
Although it is said that fighting strength has nothing to do with appearance, when you see a particularly weak and beautiful person, the first thing you think of is not that this person is strong and powerful, right? George seemed to have considered the concerns of these idols. He clapped his hands at these girls who seemed a little distrustful and slowly told them about Li Lin's deeds and stories.
"Teacher Li Lin is a lecturer in the University's Holy Light Department. He is also the first pioneer of the Pale Crusade and is responsible for leading the battle against the Day of Decay. You don't need to understand these things. You only need to know that he has killed several demigods and a true god, and accomplished many miracles that even epics cannot accomplish. So it is a complete waste of his talent for you to come here. It just happens that his schedule is more in line with yours recently. I invited him here this time because I want you to get to know each other, so that if there are any problems in the future, we can know who each other is, which is good."
"Mr. Agent! I have a question!"
"What's wrong?"
“That’s right!”
A lively-looking girl sitting in the training room saluted George, then stuck out her tongue and pointed at Li Lin.
“Aren’t official personnel not allowed to participate? If we let this big sister participate, what exactly should we do to win? Although I am just a civilian idol, I also want to be someone like this big sister! But even though she is a member of the Holy Light system, she looks like this, isn’t it a little strange? Bodyguards who are prettier than us, can they do it on purpose? Haha~”
"…I think you'd better think carefully about your words."
"Is there something wrong with that? Isn't she beautiful? Being a warrior is ridiculous. Why do we need someone prettier than us to protect us? If that's the case, where is our position as idols?"
As if she thought her words were very interesting, the girl covered her mouth and laughed, not noticing the increasingly strange and cold, even alienated looks from others. George also raised his eyelids, flipped through the roster, and nodded.
“…This is Miss Mary, right?”
"Really?"
"You don't have to come. You're taken off this time."
I still got third place in the auditions, what a pity.
George nonchalantly drew a line on the roster, then waved at the girl, indicating that she could leave.
“…Eh? Wait a minute, wait a minute!”
Hearing this conclusion, the girl froze in place and screamed in disbelief.
"No, wait, wait a minute! I was just joking . Can't you tell the difference between a joke and the truth? I was just joking. Why are you throwing me out just for a joke? This is not fair! And look at him, he doesn't look like a warrior at all!"
"If we need to insult some people who have truly contributed to the world in order to make other people happy, then there is no need for this cultural front. We can just kill all the opponents. Maybe the liberal side likes you very much, but we are the Holy Light system and do not accept this kind of tone. So it's a pity that you leave our team. We don't need such a crooked person."
"So I was just kidding!"
"…Whose fault is this time? Who conducted the cultural education and review? Shouldn't this person be investigated?"
"Don't look at me, I'm only responsible for finding girls, Wensi education is not my responsibility."
Completely ignoring the noisy former idol, George cast his suspicious eyes on Muse behind him. Muse just shook her head, indicating that she knew nothing about it.
Facing this situation, George did not say much, and signaled some staff waiting nearby to take her away. Even though the beautiful idol screamed and made a scene, no one listened to her. The other idols did not say anything, but just watched her and let her be dragged away by the staff.
