Chapter 52 - CAUGHT THE SILLY RABBIT (2/2)

”Some players might recognize you, then it would be too noisy.  So, no.”

They might be referred to as 'fallen champions' but Bai Ze was still one of the top rank players in the Berserker class.  So there's really a possibility of that happening.

Bai Ze pouted.  ”Fine.  But you have to seriously think about recruiting new members for our team.  Like, right now.”

Shen Ji Yun's brows wrinkled a bit.  As if the thought of having new team members made him disgusted.  Well, who could blame him?  That last recruitment was truly a big disaster after all.  But he didn't immediately refuse.  He knew Bai Ze wanted to join the tournament next year.  Maybe he should just indulge him.

Bai Ze organized a team for him when he found out that Shen Ji Yun wanted to join the first Arcadia Cup.  He did it with no questions asked.  Then the Shen Ji Yun no longer bothered with the following tournament seasons.  He just didn't like all the fanfare.  But if Bai Ze really wanted to join in this upcoming season, then he didn't mind agreeing.  He's his closest friend after all.

”Okay,” he said.

Bai Ze let out a big grin.  ”You can't take that back now.”

He nodded before walking out of the main hall and towards the teleportation portal located at the entrance hall of the palace.  He entered and a map appeared in front of him, showing the land of Arcadia.  He picked Olkdale Town.  After the feeling of being sucked into a vacuum passed, he walked out of the portal and arrived at Olkdale Town.

Shen Ji Yun waited for this particular time before coming here.  Because according to Brother Zhao, this was the usual time that that Noctis logged in the game.  Well, at least that was his consistent time when he was still at his Origin Village.  And if Shen Ji Yun remembered it correctly, it was also around this time when he saw him yesterday.

He walked towards the Class Bureau.  Since this Noctis still didn't have a class and considering that he's already eligible to apply for one, there's a very high probability that he would directly go there.

When he was just a few more steps from the building of the Class Bureau, his gaze was suddenly attracted to a familiar figure.  A long ponytailed white hair, big blue eyes with specks of gold, that slender body clad in purple costume, it was definitely that player - Noctis.

Before he could think, his body already moved on its own.  He walked towards him and reached for his arm.  The white-haired elf turned around, his pretty face showed a slightly surprised expression when he saw him.  But Shen Ji Yun didn't seem to notice that.  Because the only thing he could think of at that moment was; [I finally caught you.]

”Ahm, do you need something?” the white haired elf asked, his tone a bit confused.

He was about to answer when he suddenly felt an intense pain from his shin.  He looked down and saw a male gnome with his little face crumpled in anger.

”Let go of Yan!”

Shen Ji Yun frowned.  Not because this gnome apparently just kicked him on the shin but because of the name he called the white-haired elf.  Why did it feel like this scene was so familiar?

Then he remembered that day when he met the silly rabbit.  He was talking to him when his younger brother, who looked much older than him, suddenly appeared.  If he's not mistaken, he also called the silly rabbit 'Yan'.  Shen Ji Yun tried hard to remember the face of that younger brother and then overlapped it with the face of this gnome.

His blue eyes suddenly widened for a second.  Because the face of that younger brother looked exactly like this gnome if he turned back into a child.  If he was calling this white haired elf 'Yan', then that could only mean...

”Silly rabbit?”