Zero might have left Half Moon Village for Endow Hill but the villagers did not let the young doctor take the party away from them with his absence. If anything, they were more fired up.
"The new village head sure knows how to work us hard," Vrald mock-complaint and Gerald rolled his eyes at his friend's remark. There was no real bite behind his words.
"As the stand-in leader of the Technology Research Department, I would like to take the lead in preparing the best gift for Village Head Zero," Raj announced.
Tambolt gave his old friend a scandalised look. "Who made you the stand-in leader? Wiser trusts me more, you're just an assistant!"
Seeing the internal squabbles, Lovina grinned and declared that the Magic Research Department would be the first to finalise their gifts.
"Oh no," Zenobia disagreed with the sneaky witch. "I believe the Business Team will succeed in that. None of you has any connections that we do."
