Chapter 85: Travel Lodge

Erin instantly noticed the form in front of Yu Sheng, and the little puppet immediately darted over with great excitement.

"We're going to establish an organization!" For some reason, this fellow was even more excited than Yu Sheng himself, "Have you thought of a name yet? It needs to sound incredibly powerful, especially mysterious, the kind where just mentioning the title is enough to secure business..."

"A name... I have indeed thought of a few," Yu Sheng said, holding a pen while pondering, "Have you thought of any?"

"Call it the Erin Vanguard!"

Yu Sheng immediately turned his gaze toward the fox girl: "What do you think would be a good name?"

Erin jumped up and down: "Hey, don't ignore me! What's wrong with Vanguard? Can't a small group be called a Vanguard?"

Hu Li looked at the puppet who was currently leaping up and down, then looked at Yu Sheng and the form on the table; after thinking for a long time, she cautiously spoke up: "I don't really understand this, but could we call it 'A Loving and Harmonious Family'...?"

Yu Sheng's face instantly became nothing but blank stupor.

Erin was practically bouncing right up to his face: "See, this name is even worse than the one I came up with! You'd be better off listening to me than to this silly fox..."

Yu Sheng sighed, thinking that he truly couldn't expect much from these two clowns at home, so he picked up his pen and wrote down a name he had long since decided upon on the form—

Travel Lodge

Erin immediately stretched her neck to look, and upon seeing those two characters, she paused in surprise: "'Travel Lodge'? That's the name? Why? It feels strangely odd..."

Yu Sheng had to reach out and push the puppet's head, which was already blocking his line of sight, to the side: "It's because of my 'Doors'."

The Young Lady puppet was pushed aside; she crossed her arms and pondered for a moment, seeming to gradually understand Yu Sheng's train of thought.

Those doors leading to distant places, those incredible sceneries, and the certain faraway "place" that Yu Sheng had always wanted to find.

"On the road, is it..." Erin nodded, muttering softly, but she remained quiet for no more than two or three seconds before her trash talk bubbled up again, "Then how about you add my element too, put 'Puppet' in front, and add the silly fox's element as well, like her tail or something, making the full name 'Puppet Tail Travel Lodge'... If it's a no, then it's a no, don't glare at me like that."

Yu Sheng sighed, but since he was by now accustomed to this puppet causing trouble, he ignored her and continued filling out the rest of the form.

In the slot for initial team members, he carefully wrote down the names of Erin and Hu Li.

"Leave the ID number column blank for now," Ren Wenwen looked up at Yu Sheng's progress, pointing her finger at the portable card-making machine sitting on the desk nearby, "The crystal chips are already inside; the data will transmit in a few minutes to activate them, so please fill out the basic personnel information below first."

Yu Sheng uttered an "Oh," hesitated for two or three seconds, then looked up at Erin and Hu Li.

"What is your educational background?"

Erin immediately crossed her arms, tilted her head back with a proud expression: "Puppets don't need to go to school! Puppets receive ancient knowledge directly from the Ancestor of Puppets during the creation process, and then establish connections through the Alice Garden to communicate insights and gain life experience after birth!"

Hu Li hesitated for a moment, looking a bit embarrassed: "At that time... I was still in elementary school, and then something happened..."

Yu Sheng stood with his mouth agape in a daze for a long while, as if suddenly realizing some cold, cruel realities, while simultaneously feeling that the grand ambitions and expectations for the future he had been brewing were slowly collapsing in the face of this harsh reality; half a minute later, he finally let out a long sigh and filled in two entries in the initial team member information for the "Travel Lodge" that were destined to shock the industry—

One with prenatal education, and one who dropped out of elementary school.

Seeing this, Ren Wenwen came over to comfort him: "You need not mind; the situations among different races are complex, many racial education systems are incompatible with the Borderlands, and academic credentials are not mutually recognized, so the content of this column is basically just for reference..."

"Under normal circumstances, those registering organizations in the Borderlands should all be 'locals,' right?" Yu Sheng glanced at this clerk, "You don't need to comfort me."

Ren Wenwen paused, seeming as though she wanted to say something more, but just then, a series of buzzing sounds emanated from the portable card-making machine sitting on the desk.

"Ah, the ID data has transmitted."

A moment later, Hu Li and Erin finally received their identity documents—two small plastic cards that looked no different from normal human ID cards.

"I think this photo is a bit ugly," Erin held the card, which was slightly large for her, in both hands, turning it over and examining it for a long time before looking up to complain to Ren Wenwen, "Did you people who take ID photos all receive specialized training? No matter how good-looking someone is, they end up with a face full of bitterness and deep hatred after being photographed—and you even changed my eye color..."

"That is to ensure the ID can be used in general situations—although you yourself probably won't have many occasions to use it," Ren Wenwen said casually while organizing the form Yu Sheng had filled out, "Look, Miss Hu Li has no objections."

"Mm-hmm, I think it's very good," Hu Li nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, then carefully tucked her ID card into her tail, looked up at Yu Sheng, and displayed a happy smile on her face, "Thank you, Benefactor, for running around on my behalf~"

Yu Sheng smiled, said nothing, and simply reached out to ruffle her hair, then scratched the fluffy fur behind her ears.

Hu Li loved this—she narrowed her eyes, looking as though she were enjoying it immensely.

"In that case, the registration process is now complete," Ren Wenwen packed everything away, speaking to Yu Sheng while rising from her chair, "The license cannot be produced on-site; someone will deliver it to you in a couple of days. Additionally, there is one more item, which is for you."

Speaking thus, she rummaged again in her backpack, which seemed capable of holding countless things, and handed an object to Yu Sheng.

It was actually a brand-new mobile phone.

Yu Sheng looked at the item being handed to him in surprise, not daring to accept it for a moment: "Huh? Why?"

"It is special equipment; inside is pre-installed an intelligence sharing and information exchange platform established by the Special Duty Bureau, and it can also be used to activate support nodes set up throughout the Borderlands, along with some other auxiliary functions, such as maintaining communication under certain adverse conditions, or locating the nearest contact station in areas far from the Borderlands but managed by the Special Duty Bureau; if you have previously encountered other Spirit Realm Detectives, you should have seen them using this; it is different from ordinary mobile phones."

Yu Sheng blinked, suddenly recalling the mobile phone used by Little Red Riding Hood.

The style did indeed seem quite similar to the one currently in Ren Wenwen's hand.

He hesitated somewhat: "Is this thing... given out for free?"

"It is charged, although quite reasonably priced," Ren Wenwen smiled, "However, you need not consider that—this is a gift given to you by our Director in his personal capacity."

Only then did Yu Sheng reach out to accept it, though he remained somewhat astonished: "A gift from Director Baili Qing? Is this... appropriate?"

"You resolved the entity entrenched in Nightfall Valley and safely returned two Special Duty Bureau agents and one Spirit Realm Detective to the real world; this gift is merely a trifling expression of gratitude," Ren Wenwen said with great seriousness, "When I came, the Director and our Team Leader specifically instructed me, saying that if you have any needs in the future, you can contact the Bureau directly, especially regarding daily life; if you encounter difficulties due to certain 'supernatural reasons,' you must, must tell us, and do not worry about causing trouble."

Listening to this, Yu Sheng uttered a dazed "Oh" a couple of times; this "care" conveyed by Ren Wenwen made him feel somewhat strange, yet he could not quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Then, after a short while, seeing that the clerk lady before him showed no intention of taking her leave, he could not help but curiously ask: "Um, is there anything else?"

Ren Wenwen opened her mouth, looking quite hesitant; she indeed seemed to have something she wanted to say, yet she was nervous and hesitant, unable to bring herself to speak.

"Just say it if you have something to say," Yu Sheng smiled upon seeing this, "If it's something instructed by the Special Duty Bureau, I will strive to cooperate, after all, you have helped me greatly."

"It's not the Special Duty Bureau... it's my own matter," the Miss clerk hesitated for a long time before finally gathering her courage; the capable and proficient demeanor she had displayed while processing the registration procedure earlier had completely vanished, "I just want to confirm, did you write that story, 'The Blizzard Mystery Case'?"

The expression on Yu Sheng's face instantly froze for a moment, followed immediately by realization; he looked at the other party with some uncertainty: "Uh, I did write it, are you..."

The Miss clerk's face instantly lit up brilliantly: "I, I have read things you wrote! Many things! I read them on my phone!"

Yu Sheng finally confirmed his suspicion, and his entire person instantly perked up; he turned his head to look at Erin: "What did I say! Look, what did I say! I am a..."

Before he could finish boasting, Ren Wenwen had already swiftly pulled a notebook out of her bag and thrust it in front of Yu Sheng with an intensity as if she were about to commit an assassination: "Could you please give me an autograph?"

At this moment, Yu Sheng was already overjoyed; he happily accepted the notebook and pen, agreeing repeatedly: "No problem, no problem..."

"Wonderful! When I first saw it in the archives, I couldn't believe it; I recommended the things you wrote to the Team Leader, but he said he couldn't understand them..." Ren Wenwen spoke with animated eyebrows, "Let me tell you, my favorite character under your pen is 'Lin Qi'; I especially ship him with 'Night Blade'..."

Yu Sheng: "...?"

The hand holding the pen suddenly trembled a bit.

(End of Chapter)