"Alright."
Jiang Qiu nodded. Yang Yu sat down lightly across from him. Her eyes, like ice souls reflecting the daylight, regarded him with a natural intensity, as if she were a pilot gazing up at her giant mech. "Thank you for saving me. I'm alive because of you.
Once we get back, you should become one of the Tianjiao Project's Optimizers, with access rights to Virtual Training Pod number thirty..."
After a pause, Yang Yu pursed her lips. Her gaze focused entirely on Jiang Qiu's eyes, like an ice needle probing a pool of water. "Will you compete for the top spot among the Ten Heaven's Chosen?"
"I will."
Jiang Qiu smiled faintly, not shying away from the question.
'The top spot among the Ten Heaven's Chosen belongs to whoever is capable enough to take it. Why be afraid to say so?'
'But this Yang Yu is a bit strange. We don't know each other—this is our first formal meeting—yet she looks at me as if she's been waiting for years.'
