Why Is the Guide So Toxic?!

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Selected for the Tower's military ranks at the exceptional age of fourteen, and firmly established as a major general by twenty-seven, Du Shengyun is a Guide with a special mutated spirit form, yet still has no Sentinel match.

With his mutated jellyfish by his side, Du Shengyun's reign as the ultimate single person remains unchallenged.

Though Major General Du has tremendous mental strength and formidable abilities, and can lead a squad of up to a hundred Sentinels without breaking a sweat, he is also exceptionally gifted at military command. Shameless and willing to use any dirty trick, he is practically a shoo-in for the future position of Chief Guide.

It's just that when it comes to mental guidance and soothing, the military thinks he's a little... one-sided.

The head of the military sanatorium slammed the table in a fury. “A little one-sided? What kind of jellyfish is that poisonous? It can make a Sentinel throw up and get diarrhea halfway through guidance! Is he here to treat people or poison them!?”

A Guide whose spirit form naturally produces toxins, and potent ones at that, was enough to make many Sentinels keep their distance.

Just as everyone was certain Du Shengyun would be forced to spend his life with nothing but his cold military rank because he couldn't link with a Sentinel, one day the sanatorium director's door was suddenly kicked open.

Ignoring the murderous looks from a roomful of old men, Du Shengyun excitedly pointed at the blood-covered Sentinel in his arms, one hand still bewilderedly gripping a jellyfish tentacle, and announced jubilantly, “I found a cat, everyone! He wants to come home with me!”

Lin He: “…”

Everyone: “…”

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In an era when ordinary people could receive a catalyst injection at twelve and try to awaken their genes, Lin He was a natural-born Sentinel. His senses were exceptionally sharp, and his physical abilities far surpassed those of an ordinary Sentinel, but his spirit form was a mutated lynx, half a head taller than a person.

After seeing Tower Sentinels and Guides brazenly bully ordinary people in the city, Lin He came to despise the Tower. He had no intention of selling himself to those high-and-mighty scum. So he hid his identity, lived in the lawless part of town, and took on any job he could handle with his skills.

Then, at the age of nineteen, his mental landscape suddenly fell into chaos, and he nearly lost control.

After spending exactly 0.01 seconds weighing his dignity against his life, Lin He dragged himself to the military sanatorium with his last bit of strength and unconsciously grabbed a soft, cool tentacle dangling nearby.

Lin He: “Save me. I just awakened...”

Du Shengyun, clutching his jellyfish and fresh from being thrown out of the sanatorium: “!!?”

Everyone, there's a little cat who isn't afraid of poison. We're made for each other!

Also known as: Even a Poisonous Jellyfish Can Find Love

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Sentinel/Guide, 1v1, both are each other's first and only

Shameless, troublemaking, fiercely protective Guide gong X tough but forced to play the good boy under someone else's roof Sentinel shou

Some original worldbuilding, happy ending

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Theme: Don't let hardship defeat you. The future holds endless possibilities