No Time

"My skill, is to see relationships."

Silence fell.

"Relationships?"

"Yeah, like love, loyalty, hate, friendship, and some other colors that I can't really tell."

"Colors?"

Yun grinned, "I can see relationships from colored ribbons. Black is hate, Red is love, White is familial love, Blue is loyalty, Yellow is friendship. There are other colors, but I don't know what they are yet. The wider the ribbon is, the deeper the emotions are. For one way feelings, the ribbon can wrap around the person that the feelings are directed to, but cannot directly touch. For mutual feelings, the ribbon is tightly bound around both people."

"What a useful skill, mine's only knowing the future for a couple of seconds... I wonder what your skill would look like when you level up. I'm happy for you!"

Yun smiled.

"I didn't tell you this, but Green is the color of envy. And you didn't show any of it just now."

"So, you were testing me?" I asked in incredulity.

"Yup, don't be angry with me, I just wanted to see if you would be envious of my awesome power~"

I rubbed Yun's head roughly and gave a smirk, "You're getting cheeky!"

Yun wriggled his eyebrows and we burst into laughter once more.

"Ok, ok, my stomach hurts from laughing too hard. And it's night but some people are still up. They might be wondering if I've gone crazy if we keep on laughing like this."

And true to Yun's prediction, a series of knocks were heard.

"Young master Mo, are you alright in there?"

Yun whispered, "That's my father's direct subordinate. I'll go answer, you hide in your space."

I went into my space as instructed and only came out after a message was sent to my core device.

We talked for quite a while as he explained his power.

"Ugh, sometimes, it's hard to see some people's faces and recognize them because they're wrapped around in so many strings and ribbons. It's hard to tell if they're the ones spouting the strings out or if they're wrapped in the whole pile..."

We ate some snacks and then I was convinced to stay overnight.

The next morning, 'Young master Mo' was called down to eat breakfast.

Yun wouldn't wake up and said the legendary cliche quote, "5 more minutes..."

As I tried to shake him awake, he even dared to grab my hair and pull on it.

I conjured up a waterball to splash his face.

"...I'm seeing orange. Who's annoyed at me?" was what the bleary-eyed Young Master Mo grumbled out groggily.

"I am, so stop pulling on my hair!"

I didn't get the chance to splash his face. He should have woken a bit later.

"Sorry, sorry... Let's get some breakfast..."

With his sheepish smile, I was no longer annoyed at him.

"I can't stay. I'm probably going to be seen as an intruder. And I did kill some of the people here. Even if they were zombies, some people will have grudges. I don't want to deal with it."

"Ok, come back again and have hotpot with me soon! And pick me up when you have a plan chosen!" Yun yelled out the window as I opened my wings and flew out.

I thought to myself, 'Why do you make it sound like you're the one treating me? Pft, so shameless. How'd he get to be this way?'

I got back to the base and walked to my office.

I greeted people as they greeted me first.

When I got to my office, my secretary was already there at his desk doing work.

Hm, I thought I gave them a day off?

"Mr. Jing?"

The secretary looked up.

"Oh, Chief, good morning!"

"Yes, good morning. I thought that I gave everyone a rest day?"

"Yes you did, I just had a couple of schedules to sort out. I'll be out in an hour. I just wanted to finish it before going out with my family to the theater and then the zoo," the man smiled brightly.

"I see, thank you for your diligence."

"No, no, thank you for giving us a break. I think we all needed it. The base is peaceful, but since it's merely starting up, the people responsible for the base are kind of freaking out over starting a new colony of a sort. And you know how they are all of diverse cultures. They just need time to sort out some things and get to know others."

That's true, I had been making them work besides the weekends, but they would have to come in even on those days to finish their work sometimes.

"Your conjecture is correct. I really should have thought of them a bit more. Mr. Jing, can you also set up a meeting between the Yang, Lu, and Valen clan heads? And please send them a proper invitation that'll ask them each to bring some people, no more than 10. The meeting date should be 2 days from today at 11 AM. And lunch will be served. Also, you'll be attending as well."

"I'll set it up immediately sir."

I sent a message to Yun.

It said:

I'm going to go with plan 2 and 4 merged. I'll make a council, and I'll also grow stronger at the same time. Can I pick you up tomorrow?

Ding!

The reply came immediately.

It said:

Sure, I'll ask my dad. He'll probably be ok with it. I don't even see the zombies since I'm kept at home, so he'll be fine if I'm not going to out to the battlefield. I'll say that you're going to teach me about powers, edible mutant plants and animals, and other stuff. I already know it from the core device though, so it'll be easy to convince him. All you've got to do is provide me the best suite and good food. Deluxe snacks and sweets wouldn't be so bad either.

...This brat...

Sigh, well, he's certainly out of his shy corner now.

The rest of the day, I planned out the things to discuss at the meeting. I also sent messages to the 8 people I would be bringing along besides Mo Yun and my secretary.

Andrei's mom, Principal Ying Xuan, 1 political representative, the hospital director, 2 hackers, and 2 researchers.

I smiled in excitement.

Because I knew.

This meeting would certainly not be boring.