Happy New Year, everyone!

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When Karen walked off the ring, you could see that the way everyone looked at her and the details of their interactions had changed significantly. After all, true respect is earned through one's own strength.

In comparison, Marlowe is an exception. Firstly, although he was not able to witness it with his own eyes in the last mission, he actually had a clear perception of the formation he constructed; secondly, he was browsing the cards.

After Lun gave himself this notebook recording the formation, he was still immersed in the relatively simple academic atmosphere.

"Karen, I have a guess about this formation. Can you show it to me?"

"I'm not very familiar with the formation." Karen replied apologetically.

It is indeed true that a person's energy is always limited. Although Mr. Huofen left himself extremely rich formation notes, Karen only stayed at the stage of looking at it and did not have much time to

In actual practice, Alfred has been immersed in the study of formations.

At present, Mr. Hofen gave the formation notes to himself, but Alfred is the most suitable inheritor.

However, after the two previous exchanges in the ring, Karen's "confession" is often subconsciously regarded as a virtue of humility by the listeners.

"I'll lay it out and you can take a look at it for me, okay?" Marlowe asked.

There was no other way. Karen could only nod, thinking that although he didn't have much practical experience, he had at least taken the time to read a lot of Mr. Huofen's formation theory records. Then he should be able to give Marlow a few words based on the situation.

.

Anyway, it's all correct...

"Then let's go next door." Marlowe led Karen to the side door with great enthusiasm.

The first floor of the factory is a collective venue for fighting clubs and shooting clubs. The first half of the negative floor is a private activity training place for Bibin and Fanni, and it also serves as a communication venue for other people in the team. Naturally, the demand for area usage is not large;

In other words, there is still a small half of the basement space that has not been decorated and arranged. Marlowe led Karen here, and he first started to arrange the formation on the ground.

Karen stood nearby and asked, "Would you like something to drink?"

Marlowe, who was squatting on the ground drawing formations, raised his head and said, "Oh, there are a lot of drinks over there."

"I don't want to drink, I want to drink soda." Karen shook his head with a smile and continued, "You draw first, and I'll go take a look on the first floor. I remember there is a merchandise shop there."

"Would you like a soda? It's okay, I'll get it." Marlowe took the initiative.

"No, no, you continue to draw the formation, I'll get it."

Karen went up the nearest staircase. There were two stairs leading from the factory to the basement. Basically, only one was used, and no one used the other.

When Karen went up from here, Neo happened to lead Richard down another staircase.

The captain appeared here, and everyone who was noisy immediately became quiet.

Neo said: "Although there is a new academic building, our office has not been set up yet, so we can only hold meetings here. Now, let's make preparations."

"Yes, Captain."

"Yes, Captain."

Everyone started to move the chairs, and according to tradition, the seats were arranged in an oval shape.

Richard took the initiative to help and greeted everyone with a friendly "hello" and "hello", but he received mostly bland responses.

"Captain, do you need to prepare food?" Fanny asked.

"No, let's go out for dinner. We are only responsible for meetings here."

"Okay, captain, then I'll go up and bring down some red wine."

"Let me help you." Richard came over immediately.

Fanny glanced at him. The captain hadn't formally introduced him yet, but she probably knew the other person's identity, so she nodded and said: "Go and tell the people above that the boss asked her to take down the wine she kept here, and then they can

Will move down."

"Okay, I understand." Richard, who was diligent and eager to integrate into the team, immediately ran upstairs and found a small boss above who repeated Fanny's words.

"Yes, I understand, I will send it down right away." The little boss agreed immediately, and then took people to get the wine.

Richard reached out and rubbed his face. Even a sociable person like him felt a little embarrassed when he briefly came into contact with his teammates.

This is a different atmosphere, and I need to find it quickly, learn it, and join it.

Richard took the initiative to cheer himself up and clenched his fist and waved it.

"Be careful."

Richard turned around and saw Karen standing behind him holding a box of soda. The fist he waved earlier almost hit the soda bottle.

"Karen, why are you here?" Richard asked.

"I was called here." Karen shrugged.

"I'll get it for you." Richard offered his hand.

Karen unceremoniously delivered a whole box of soda to Richard, and placed a small bucket with ice cubes on top of the box;

After all, who can refuse to command his cousin?

"cough……"

Richard almost lost his appetite.

The two of them went downstairs together;

Because his sight was blocked by the things in his hands, Richard went downstairs very slowly, but even so he still asked:

"You also joined Team Neo?"

"Well, because I was recommended."

It was recommended by Mr. Pavarro.

Richard smiled and said: "Then you have taken advantage of my grandfather?"

"hehe."

It is normal for Richard to think so, although at first he thought Karen was from a family like him, because Karen treated him with a completely equal attitude, without any flattery;

But Karen's attitude when facing his father and grandfather at his home made it clear to Richard that Karen had no family background.

Because the other party can hide it from himself, but he should not hide it from his father and grandfather, otherwise it will be a great disrespect. People with family backgrounds must know this rule.

Therefore, Richard could only think that Karen was just an interesting servant of God who he could get close to at the Pavarro Trial.

For such a divine servant to be able to join Team Whip of Order, it is a great chance and luck. As for joining Team Neo, it is basically impossible.

Therefore, from the perspective of Richard, the only explanation is probably that either Neo saw Karen at his home, so he simply did a favor and included Karen in the team as a non-staff member, or his grandfather mentioned it as an extra, because

When I sent my grandpa out yesterday, my grandpa specially said to me:

You are a good friend, you can spend more time with him.

Grandpa usually doesn't praise people.

"Are you a non-staff member?" Richard asked again.

"Well, yes."

Okay, it seems that I guessed it right. Counting myself this time, Captain Neo has recruited a total of two non-staff members.

"They seem to be having a hard time getting along," Richard said.

"Well, a little bit."

"But it's great that you are here. We can take care of each other. At least when there is an awkward moment, I know who I can talk to to relieve my discomfort. When I feel awkward, I also know who I can turn to to look at and smile at each other."

"Yes, that's right."

"Don't worry, I will protect you." Richard said.

Karen nodded and said: "That's great, thank you."

He could feel that his cousin did not mean to look down upon others, and was indeed happy because he was also in this team.

"By the way, do they know my identity?" Richard asked.

"Hasn't the captain formally introduced you yet?"

"No, but there is a meeting coming soon. I should be introduced during the meeting, but I don't want to be introduced to my family background. It's not that I want to hide my identity, but I'm worried that I won't be able to get along with others and there will be barriers."

"Well, you're very thoughtful."

"So, you have to keep it secret for me."

"I will."

"Haha, that's great, Karen. If I had known you were involved, I wouldn't have been so nervous that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. You don't know, but when I drove here today, I felt nervous at the thought of meeting my teammates.

I was so excited that I kept jumping."

“Everyone actually gets along very well.”

"They are not easy to get along with. They are very xenophobic. The atmosphere in their team cannot be called xenophobia, but they are really like a pack of hunting dogs. They will identify whether you are one of them based on the smell on your body.

This is a social circle that I have never been in contact with before, and I am also learning to blend in with them. However, I would like to suggest that you should restrain your aloofness, just like the way you acted when you faced me yesterday."

"Me?"

"Yes, but you should also understand. Look, weren't we sent up to move things? The two of us are newcomers and non-staff members. We must do these errands. We need to be smarter.

Be sensible."

Karen was very curious about how smart his cousin was. He was obviously from a family of judges, with a prominent family background and a respected status, but he had always had a clear understanding of this kind of human sophistication.
To be continued...