Chapter 752: Chapter 752: Who to Take With
Shen Mo came over, greeted Zhu Shu who was next to Bai Youwei, and asked, “Where is Yan Qingwen?”
“He said he was going to have a smoke, he should be back soon.” Zhu Shu responded, “I will transfer the message from Professor Song and Director Chu to him later.”
Shen Mo nodded, saying, “We need to decide on the members as soon as possible, we only have a month to get used to each other.”
Zhu Shu appeared somewhat gloomy upon hearing this.
Bai Youwei, who was by her side, explained for her, “Qingwen has chosen Campaign 1 and is going to join the battle alone.”
Shen Mo was slightly surprised and paused before responding indifferently, “He must have his own considerations.”
Zhu Shu forced a smile and looked around, “… I’ll go find him, you guys start eating.”
She then left the dining hall.
As Shen Mo watched her leave, he turned to Bai Youwei and asked, “What about you? Have you decided on your team members?”
—The next battle for Bai Youwei was Campaign 10, which required eight people.
“Let me think about it…” She picked up a slice of orange from her plate, slowly put it into her mouth, her gaze drifted to the distant scene, observing the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the dining hall.
As for how she would ultimately choose and arrange these eight people, she needed to think it over carefully…
That night, Bai Youwei, Shen Mo, and Pan Xiaoxin returned to the Dollhouse to rest.
Tan Xiao did not come back. Ever since he reunited with his old pals, they had been hanging out together every day, eating, training, cracking jokes, always being the liveliest group.
When they were preparing to rest, Shen Mo brought up the team issue again:
“The two of us, along with Tan Xiao, Ya Chaohui, Xiaoxin, Asarina, and Along, that’s seven people. We need one more to qualify. Tan Xiao’s friends have always wanted to join. They may not fight well individually, but respond quickly and are fearless. Their combined performance in actual combat should be better than during training.”
“I won’t bring Xiaoxin this time…” said Bai Youwei, sitting on the edge of the bed and massaging her legs slowly, “The inspector for Campaign 10 is Ball, its games usually are brutal and require high physical strength. No matter how much we work on Xiaoxin’s physical ability, a child is always less than an adult.”
She paused briefly, then sighed and continued anxiously, “Of course, Tan Xiao and his friends have good teamwork, but I worry that if something happened to his friends in the game, would Tan Xiao act rashly?”
Tan Xiao’s execution is inferior to most people’s, and his temperament is rather erratic. You could say, he is the team member most likely to cause “unexpected” situations.
And these unexpected situations could be either positive surprises or troublesome predicaments.
Indecisive, Bai Youwei asked Shen Mo: “How many candidates have Chu Huaijin provided us?”
“We’ve gathered 22 qualified volunteers, approximately 17 or 18 of them have considerable physical abilities. Of these, about four or five have interacted with Du Lai and Fu Miaoxue,” Shen Mo said. “If you want to choose from these people, you should decide as soon as possible. The sooner we finalize the team, the earlier we can train for unity and coordination.”
Did Bai Youwei not understand this principle? Currently, Tan Xiao and his pals worked well together, so did Asarina and Along. However, to reorganize these people into a single cohesive force takes more than just a simple command from her.
Shen Mo scrutinized her for a moment and asked, “Are you influenced by Yan Qingwen?”
Bai Youwei sighed without affirmation or denial. She glanced at him and asked, “Do you think it’s necessary for Tan Xiao to participate?”
Upon hearing this, Shen Mo was silent. After a moment, he raised his hand to ruffle Bai Youwei’s hair.
“Don’t overthink it. I understand you want to keep everyone safe, but bringing a bunch of strangers into the game will definitely affect our chances of success, understand?
No matter how unruly Tan Xiao is, he is at least trustworthy. Ya Chaohui may hold a grudge against you, but he won’t make any mistakes when it comes to vital situations. Being from a different country doesn’t mean we can’t cooperate with Asarina and Along.
There are no perfect subordinates, only those who are useful and those who aren’t.”