The Path Of A Cannon Fodder 7 Chapter 6- 1.6

Vine asked with curiosity. Bai AnLing seemed once again to be in thoughts before he sat on the bed in the room, deciding to explain his plan to his cute yet stupid system.

"Before I explain, I need you to answer a few questions, ok?"

[Of course host! What do you want to know?]

Vine didn't see anything wrong with answering a few questions, and agreed immediately to its host's demands. Bai AnLing nodded his head in satisfaction at his obedient system's reply.

"I need everything you know about Xu Yuan, the art critic that discovered Lin Li's artworks."

[That's easy to find out..... Let's see....]

Even though static, Bai AnLing was sure he heard sounds like that of rifling through papers coming from his system.

'Isn't a system supposed to be digital and not a.n.a.logue?...'

Bai AnLing wondered.

[Oh! Here it is!]

"So can you give me some details about him?"

[Of course! Would you also like to see a picture?]

'A picture?'

Bai AnLing tilted his head to the side in wonder.

"Why do you have a picture of Xu Yuan? Are you gay?"

[I am not gay! I just have the information on everyone in this world!]

"Are you sure? I am not judging you if you are, I just won't dress in front of you."

[I really am not gay! I don't even have a body and I'm genderless, so how can I be gay?]

"Like I said, I am not judging you, everyone got their own preferences..."

The poor system tried to justify itself but it seemed like no matter what Vine said, its host didn't believe it. Vine internally cried about the host's cruelty towards it, first he yells at him for over an hour, and then Bai AnLing decides that it's gay. Feeling like he had enough fun after teasing it for a few minutes and also noticing Vine was starting to get frustrated with him, Bai AnLing got back to the point.

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, I was just messing with you, that's all. Ok?"

[...]

[... As long as you understand....]

"I do. May I please see that picture you were talking about now?"

[...Fine.]

Bai AnLing could easily imagine the sulking expression on Vine's face and smiled to himself, finding just how cute his system was very amusing.

[If you walk to the mirror, I can project on it the picture of Xu Yuan through your brain.]

Doing as Vine instructed, Bai AnLing got up from the bed and went to stand in front of the mirror. At first, all he saw was Lin Li being reflected on the surface of the mirror, but after a second the image wavered and got replaced by the image of a handsome yet domineering young man.

His short dark blue hair was styled in a manner that was both professional and fas.h.i.+onable, showing his pa.s.sion for his job and also his self-respect. Not only his hair was styled without a fault, the suit he was wearing was also perfectly sitting on his, what you could easily tell, very well built body. The suit was blue in color and matched his slightly tanned skin tone to the max.

The best thing about his looks though, were his eyes. They were golden in color and had a s.h.i.+ne to them, warning you to not mess with their owner since he can see everything. Bai AnLing really liked the wisdom and sincerity he saw in those eyes as well as their unique color.

"Vine... Are you sure that this is Xu Yuan, the art critic, and not someone else?"

[I made one mistake! One!]

Clearly Vine was still upset because of their last argument and felt a need to protect its damaged pride, which entertained Bai AnLing even farther as he struggled to hide his grin from it.

"So you are sure this time?"

[Yes, I am sure that this is Xu Yuan! Geez!]

"Ok, ok. It's just that he looks more like a model then an art critic, so I had to make sure."

He chuckled at his system's cute reactions, feeling he was quite lucky to have Vine after all. If it had a body, Bai AnLing would have petted Vine on its head in an attempt to pacify it.

[Well, his nickname is 'The male G.o.d of art' after all....]

"hehehe. It sure is a fitting nickname for him."

Bai AnLing once again checked the image in the mirror. As he looked into the pair of golden eyes, it was like his soul felt a tug on it, drawing him to the person who owns them. They somehow seemed very familiar but he couldn't remember from where or to whom they belonged.

"His eyes sure are beautiful though..."

In a haze, Bai AnLing reached his hand and tried to touch the image projected on the mirror but the moment it touched the cold surface, the image returned to being Lin Li's reflection. His mind snapped out of its trance at the switch, leaving Bai AnLing confused about what had just happened.

[Host? Is everything ok? You look kinda out of it...]

Even though it was still mad, seeing its host looking very confused all of a sudden worried Vine.

'Is he losing his mind?...'

It had to consider this possibility, looking at Bai AnLing's family records.

"Yeah... I'm fine..."

Bai AnLing shook his head as if trying to shake his haze off, before slowly gaining back his focus.

[If anything's wrong, please do tell me. Ok host?]

Vine asked Bai AnLing worriedly. A host going crazy won't look good on his resume after all.

"I'm fine, just give me the details on Xu Yuan. I need them for my plans."

[...Ok.]

Still worried about its host's mental stability, Vine decided to cooperate with Bai AnLing and see what happens next.