Two days of preparation time is neither long nor short for Lin Ye.

Skadi had been lost for almost one week now. Although he did not show it, he is still quite impatient. But he also knew that it was useless to be impatient.

Being impatient won't find Skadi faster.

In other words, he had to be completely prepared before setting off for his mission. This will be the most dangerous trip yet for him. With what he had experienced by now, that saying something.

Therefore, even if Lin Ye was worried about Skadi, he still had to hold his temper back. He needed to wait for Kal'tsit to give him the green light to act.

Fortunately, he didn't need to wait any longer.

Two days after Ptilopsis met up with him, Kal'tsit had informed him that he could leave. And that all the members in charge of the operation had returned to Rhodes Island. Lin Ye had taken his things and went to see them.

But what Lin Ye didn't expect was that the group was almost entirely women.

Yes, when Lin Ye rushed to the meeting point, he saw that four women were waiting for him. He couldn't help but be stunned by this.

"Oh! You're finally here."

The first to greet him was a woman as tall as him with long silver hair. On her head, were two pairs of horns sticking out from it, a pair of big ones on the side and a pair at his forehead.

"Hello," The woman's dress looked very Eastern to Lin Ye's eyes, but what was even more eye-catching was the weapon behind her.

"That is a Guan Gong Sword isn't it?" Lin Ye asks her.

"Ha, it seems that you are very interested in my weapons," The woman smiles and stretches out her hand to Lin Ye, "I haven't been back to the island for a long time. Well, you are a new face that I've never seen before. Let me introduce myself. My name is Matoimaru and I came from Higashi."

From the far East, huh? No wonder she's dressed so differently.

"Hello, my name is Lin Ye," Lin Ye also stretches out his hand and shakes hers, "Nice to meet you."

"You got a good grip on you," She said happily.

"I'm glad you think so." Lin Ye glances to the side to find his other teammates.

The second girl was wearing a dark red dress with silver hair and a pair of heavy headphones on her ears. She was sitting in the corner, listening to the song inside of them.

When she noticed Lin Ye's gaze, she stood up slowly. She was much smaller than Matoimaru. She took off her headphones and shook her hair before saying her greeting.

"Former Colombian soldier, Frostleaf," She nodded at him, "Pleasure meeting you."

"Hmm," He nodded back, "Pleasure is all mine."

She is a kid.

This was Lin Ye's first impression of seeing Frostleaf.

Then that first impression was killed when he saw her weapon behind her.

An axe? Terra's girls are scary.

Lin Ye thought to himself.

Then he saw the last two girls. One of them was Blue Poison, whom Lin Ye had already known.

He smiles and nods at her, saying hello on her way.

The other girl was dressed like a scientific researcher, she wore heavy clothes, but had a babyface. When Lin Ye looked over to her, she showed Lin Ye a very sweet smile. He smiles back at her.

"Hello, Doctor Lin Ye," She bowed slightly, "I have heard a lot of you for a long time now. I finally meet you in person this time. My name is Magallan."

Magallan?

Lin Ye is surprised that this innocent and cute girl could have such a great name. Usually, they would have such weird names. Then he felt he had already heard her name in the past.

He didn't need to think for long, Magallan gave the answer to him, "I used to work in Rhine Lab."

Her voice isvery sweet in a way, she had short hair that bent at her ears, and she looked like a high school student.

"I am a colleague of Miss Silence and Miss Saria," She smiled at him, "I have taken care of Ifrit for a long time now."

Lin Ye remembered Ptilopsis had mentioned her name to him two days ago.

"Thank you very much for everything you did for Ifrit. As well as Miss Saria and Miss Silence," Magallan says with a smile, "When I learned that their relationship was restored, I was very happy."

The relationship between Lin Ye and Magallan was closer now because of the relationship between Saria and Olivia.

"Okay, Doctor Lin Ye," Matoimaru says, "Doctor Kal'tsit said that we can set off immediately when you arrive."

Lin Ye freezes, "Already? Is everyone here?"

"Yes," Matoimaru nods, "Are there any problems?"

How could this be okay?

Lin Ye sees there is something wrong with how the team is set up.

How could Matoimaru not see it?

At the moment, Matoimaru and Frostleaf seem to be guard operators, Blue Poison was a sniper operator, and after talking, Lin Ye also learned that although Magallan and Olivia are both researchers, she is not a medical operator. She is a supporter operator.

In other words, their team was composed of two guards, a sniper, a supporter, and Lin Ye, an operator who didn't know what class he was in.

There are no defenders and no medical operators in this team. Which has never happened before for him. He knew from when he went to Kjerag on his "business trip" that there should always be a defender operator, Matterhorn, and a medic, Sussurro in a team.

So, he directly expressed his doubts. Frostleaf's brows furrowed "Aren't you a medical worker?"

People really like to ask me that.

Lin Ye scratches his head and says, "I know basic medical techniques, but I am not a medic operator by any means."

"Hah, how could Doctor Lin Ye be a doctor," Matoimaru says with a smile, "Didn't you see that Doctor Lin Ye was still carrying a weapon? Wow, what a beautiful looking sheath, I wonder what the blade looks like? Can you let me touch it?"

Lin Ye takes a step back and shakes his head politely, "Please, don't touch this."

"Haha, I'm just kidding. You don't need to be nervous."

Then, Magallan spoke, "Because our operation is special this time, our partner only gave the permission to only bring six persons for this collaboration. Doctor Kal'tsit believes that our current combination is the best."

"Six?" Lin Ye looks at Magallan confused, "But we only have five here, who is the other one?"

"Miss Skadi," Blue Poison says, "Our partners don't know about Miss Skadi's disappearance, and we can't tell them. So, Miss Skadi is also on the travel list."

"As for why we don't have a defender or medic with us, the both of them are suitable for a much larger squad," Magallan says, "But we can only bring five people, and you must go Doctor Lin Ye, I must be also on the list because of my special ability, and Miss Blue Poison is the same. Therefore, there are only two places to choose from. If a defender operator and a medical operator went with us, it would be more difficult for us to deal with any sudden incidents."

"Is that so?" Lin Ye hasn't thought about this. Now thinking about it more carefully, if there were only two more positions left, it was more appropriate to choose a guard operator to fill it in.

Blue Poison also spoke, "Furthermore, in the environment we'll have to face, it will be difficult for Defender operators and medical operators to have any room to work."

"That's how it is, huh." Lin Ye nods.

Then his phone rings. He takes out his phone to find that Kal'tsit is calling him, "Sorry, I need to answer this."

He walks a little farther from them, he answers the call.

Kal'tsit asks straightforwardly, "Have you met your teammates?"

"Yeah."

"Get ready to go. It's less than two days before the appointment start. You'd better get there as fast as you can," Kal'tsit asks, "As for the candidates, has Magallan already told you the reason?"

"Yes."

"Then I can talk more about it," Kal'tsit continues, "It's not just the line-up. To be honest, Matoimaru and Frostleaf are both very good. But they are definitely not the top on the Island. However, I still put them on the team and even gave them two more days to come back. Matoimaru is an Oni. They have a good talent for this mission, the same is for Frostleaf. Don't misjudge her, she has experienced war, she is full of resilience. In the first place, the most important point, they are all limited to stability."

Lin Ye said confused, "Stability?"

"They can follow orders."

" I see. Very fascinating," Lin Ye nods, "I understand."

"You still don't understand. What I want to say is, once you encounter this kind of dilemma and want to break the game, the first thing you need is unity. In other words, the team should cooperate with each other perfectly. I think you know the importance of following orders,"

Her words made Lin Ye nod with a wry smile.

Looking back at his experience of the half-year, a seriously ill Liz, a violent Ifrit and a Lappland. He didn't need to say anything more about her.

She's a Lappland. Full stop.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Ye was lucky to still be standing right now.

"And the person I picked for you this time may not be the strongest, but they are definitely the most capable," Kal'tsit says, "They don't have too many problems. They will follow orders without question,"

Kal'tsit words make Lin Ye feel that something is wrong here, "Wait, who will give the orders?"

"Who do you think?" Kal'tsit said lightly.

"Who? Me?!" Lin Ye is very surprised, "But I don't know anything about leading."

"You don't need to think too much, let Magallan do her work. You know, you only need to listen to her. But this is on the condition of no accident happen. Once an accident occurs and you have to face some seemingly unsolvable, then you need a voice. And I hope that voice is you, Lin Ye," Kal'tsit says, " And as for seniority, Lin Ye, I know everything you've done in the past six months. You have the ability to do this job and guide the team out in desperate situations. Of course, if you don't want to do it, I can also let Magellan lead the team instead. But will you not dare to this? I thought you were chosen by God."

Lin Ye smiles bitterly, "Please don't use my own stupid words against me. It's not that I don't dare to do this, but..."

"You doubt your abilities? Honestly, I still don't believe it either."

Lin Ye is even more confused, "Then why do you still-?"

"Skadi believes in you," Kal'tsit says lightly,

Lin Ye is silent.

Using Skadi, I see.

Lin Ye sighed at this.

And I hate how it's working.

After a long time, he finally said, "I am willing to give it a try."

"That's good," Kal'tsit seemed to expect this answer, her voice was still calm," All the best."

Lin Ye was about to hang up, but Kal'tsit stopped him.

"Wait."

"What's wrong?"

"Although this may sound like a joke, I really do mean it," Kal'tsit said, "You are the only man in the team. I will leave these girls in your hands. I want you to bring them back safe and sound. Can you do it?"

Lin Ye takes a deep breath, and lets it out slowly, "I will do my best to bring them back safe and sound to you."

"Then good luck," Kal'tsit cut off their call.

However, she did not realize that Lin Ye only said he would keep THEM safe and sound.

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

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