44: the next day

Time: October 18, 2075, early morning. Location: Night City Badlands, Buckle Family Camp.

At 6:00 AM, Fang Yun woke up on time, not because he had an 8 AM class, but because the wool bed had powerful features.

Fang Yun opened his eyes, his consciousness instantly clear, his brain booting faster than 100% of people globally.

With a carp jump, he sprang off the wool bed.

Fang Yun stood by the bed, stretched, and then began doing the Seventh Set of National Middle and Elementary School Students' Broadcast Gymnastics.

While doing them, he also called out the rhythm:

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight."

"Two, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight."

"..."

Before long, Fang Yun finished the entire set of broadcast gymnastics.

Next, Fang Yun began to relax his neck, wrists, lumbar spine, and ankles in sequence.

Finally, after activating his entire body, Fang Yun stood straight, closed his eyes, slowly pressed his palms downwards, and simultaneously slowly exhaled.

"Hoo—"

After exhaling, Fang Yun stood quietly in place.

After a while, Fang Yun suddenly opened his eyes. At the same time, his whole person was energized, and he shouted:

"Good!"

Fortunately, the soundproofing of this tent was decent, otherwise, Fang Yun's shout of "Good" would have definitely woken up people in several surrounding tents.

Pulling open the tent flap, Fang Yun crawled out of the tent.

The slanted sunlight shone on Fang Yun's face, causing him to squint.

As his eyes gradually

adapted to the brightness of the sun, Fang Yun also saw the situation outside the tent clearly.

Although it was only 6:00 AM, there were already some people active in the Buckle Family Camp.

He didn't know if it was because of the potential conflict with the "Black Hand" settlement today, or if the Buckle Family members just woke up this early.

In short, there were quite a few people in the Buckle Family Camp currently moving back and forth between the tents, and some were setting up washbasins next to the tents to wash their faces.

Fang Yun turned his head to look towards Valentine's tent.

He saw Valentine standing at the entrance of his tent, holding a towel and wiping his face.

"Looks like Valentine just woke up."

"Did he finish washing his face?"

While thinking, Fang Yun walked over to Valentine and raised his hand to greet him.

"Yo! Valentine. Good morning."

Valentine casually wiped his face twice, put down the towel, and saw that it was Fang Yun, so he replied:

"Yo! Fang Yun. Good morning. How did you sleep last night?"

Fang Yun showed a smile and said cheerfully:

"I slept really well last night. I slept straight until dawn and didn't have any dreams."

Valentine also smiled and said to Fang Yun:

"Is that so? That's good. I didn't sleep very well last night, I had several dreams in a row."

Fang Yun's tone was somewhat teasing as he showed concern:

"Oh, come on. If you ask me, it's because you're about to take action against the 'Black Hand' settlement, and you're a bit stressed, that's why you're having dreams."

"Once I take out all the Nightwalkers in the 'Black Hand' settlement, you'll be able to get a good night's sleep."

Valentine laughed after hearing this:

"Haha, maybe that's true. It'll be up to you then. I'm looking forward to you showing your might."

Fang Yun patted his chest and replied with a smile:

"Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll definitely take out all those Nightwalkers."

Just as Fang Yun and Valentine were chatting and laughing, Vavinia suddenly darted out from behind Valentine's tent.

Seeing Valentine and Fang Yun chatting happily, Vavinia walked up to them and greeted them:

"Brother, Fang Yun, good morning."

Valentine heard Vavinia's voice, turned his head, and replied cheerfully:

"Sister, good morning. How did you rest yesterday?"

Vavinia raised an eyebrow and said with a smile:

"Slept straight until dawn without a single dream."

Upon hearing this, Valentine said with a hint of annoyance in his tone:

"It's good that you rested well."

"You and Fang Yun both rested quite well, why am I the only one who had several dreams? Sigh, it's frustrating."

Vavinia saw the slightly troubled expression on Valentine's face and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Giggle giggle."

...

Actually, Fang Yun had noticed Vavinia the moment she appeared.

Besides his powerful optical implant observation ability, it was also because Vavinia was a great beauty who fit Fang Yun's aesthetic.

While Vavinia was talking to Valentine, Fang Yun raised his eyes and carefully observed her outfit today.

Under the morning sunlight, Vavinia's golden hair reflected a shimmering light, constantly fluttering in the wind, and a pair of small ears quietly appeared beneath the golden hair.

Her eyes were as clear as yesterday, with azure blue pupils, like the sky reflected in a calm lake, incredibly beautiful.

Her nose was high, and her fair, rosy cheeks still had some water droplets that weren't wiped dry from washing her face.

Looking down, below her swan-like slender neck were exquisite collarbones.

Looking at her upper body, Vavinia was wearing a bright yellow jacket today, with a pure white base shirt underneath.

Looking further down, a pair of black leather pants tightly wrapped around Vavinia's long legs, her fleshy thighs taut against the leather pants, showing a rounded curve.

Finally, Fang Yun's gaze fell on Vavinia's feet.

Although Fang Yun really wanted to know what the jade feet of a great beauty like Vavinia would look like, unfortunately, Vavinia was wearing a pair of black leather shoes today, hiding her jade feet completely, not letting Fang Yun see them.

After admiring Vavinia's beauty for a while longer, Fang Yun suddenly noticed Valentine's gaze.

Fang Yun subtly shifted his gaze and then interjected into Vavinia and Valentine's conversation.

"Ahem. Speaking of which, shouldn't we go eat breakfast?"

Hearing Fang Yun's words, both Valentine and Vavinia paused.

Although they were speechless at Fang Yun's abrupt interruption, Valentine still answered him:

"Yes, we should go eat breakfast."

"Wait for me a moment, I'll put the washbasin and towel back."

With that, Valentine picked up the washbasin, lifted the tent flap, turned around, and walked into the tent.

Fang Yun and Vavinia were left standing there.

For a moment, Fang Yun didn't know what to say to Vavinia, so he simply said nothing.

"Given the chance, you're still useless."

Soon, after more than ten seconds, Toke walked out of the tent again.

"Let's go, Sister, Fang Yun."

Fang Yun and Vavinia nodded simultaneously.

Then, Fang Yun took the lead, guiding the way towards the camp's mess hall.

After only a few steps, Valentine's voice came from behind Fang Yun:

"Fang Yun, you ate so much last night... can you still eat breakfast today?"

Fang Yun's steps paused slightly, then resumed smoothly.

"Of course I can eat."

"Don't ask how I eat it, just say it's a wondrous ability."