"Um... Huang Yan? Right? Have we met on the starship?"
After walking together for ten minutes, Wang Tianwei finally asked.
No matter how she looked at him, this person looked exactly like the blonde youth she had seen in the starship's dining hall.
Huang Yan looked down at her and answered readily,
"Yes, I thought I saw it wrong at the time. I didn't expect you to come to Qilin too."
"...Yeah."
Wang Tianwei withdrew her gaze.
She guessed right; he was someone who knew the original owner of this body.
This is awkward. The original owner's memory didn't seem to have any interactions with him, right?
Or rather, apart from that white-haired guy, her memories of everyone else were not very profound...
After those two sentences, silence returned among the three of them.
The livestream chat, however, exploded,
"It's the young master of Taihe Technology ahhhh!! May I ask if the young master still lacks a most loyal servant?"
"Cow head! It's that poser from yesterday!"
"Upstairs, she is the biological daughter of CEO Wang from Yida Technology..."
"...Actually, I'm quite a poser too... Did you hear that? I said I'm quite a poser too."
"I've always felt that the packaging of Yida Technology's nutrient solutions is really hard to describe..."
"Yo! There's also the young master of the Jian family. These three people were put together?"
"...Did our school poke some kind of nest this year? Does Qilin Military Academy really have Qilin prodigies?"
"With all due respect, what right does the principal have!!?"
"Am I the only one who thinks... the three of them look pretty good?"
"Good face, but that Wang Tianwei is still too short."
"Whoa! You can actually see someone complaining about the height of Yida Technology's heiress on the internet! The money in her account is longer than your life!"
The three of them, including Wang Tianwei, couldn't see how noisy the senior students were on the internet.
"Let's split up here."
Huang Yan glanced at the vintage watch on his wrist and spoke first.
Yama Chao didn't allow them to group up, and only gave them one hour at the start. He wasn't familiar with these two people, so there was really nothing to plan.
Jian Jingyu naturally had no objections, and Wang Tianwei also nodded,
"Be careful."
"Eh? Why did the three of them split up!?"
"No way! If these three separate, how long can Wang Tianwei last with her B-grade mental strength? The young lady has probably never carried such a heavy backpack in her life, right?"
"The upstairs commenter's hatred for the rich is almost hitting me in the face."
"If she can't hold on, just quit. Lose some credits, work hard later, and make up for it."
"The upstairs commenter is talking big! It's obvious they've never risked their life for credits!"
"...I don't know, I got an extra fifty points at the time, so I didn't even have to take elective courses."
"Damn!"
Chao Hao was also hiding in the shade of a tree, watching the livestream on his optical computer.
Over there, the students of Class S were wilted from the sun, and some had already put their backpacks on their heads.
During the time they were waiting, students from other classes also arrived one after another.
When the people in Class S saw that the other classes were only given laser guns and alarms by their leading teachers after arriving at the starting point, they looked at Chao Hao with condemning eyes.
But how could someone called Yama be embarrassed? Instead, he loudly and cheekily said,
"Why are they only handing out guns now? Can't they carry them?"
"...Teacher Chao, the school rules state that guns should be distributed at the starting point, in case something happens on the way..."
Chao Hao disapprovingly clasped his hands behind his head,
"Ah, if anyone has a mishap, just kick them out. They can still have a mishap on such a short walk? How will they enter the military district in the future?"
That teacher immediately turned his face away and stopped talking.
Don't argue with him; if you argue, he's right!
Teacher Chao, who had been paying attention to the time on his optical computer, stood up straight the moment the numbers returned to zero.
"Alright, little brats! One hour is up, are you ready to go in and hunt?"
The students of Class S felt it was hard to describe.
Is Yama Chao really a retired soldier? Why does he have the aura of a space pirate?
But after he said that, why did it ignite some fighting spirit? It was as if they really were little soldiers under his command...
"Ready!"
"Then charge! Show those three little mice some color!"
Seeing the students of Class S swarm into the mountains like bandits, the smile on Chao Hao's face never faded.
Suddenly, a female voice came from behind,
"Teacher Chao, allow me to remind you that the school strictly prohibits your hunting operation of breaking up three students to act as bait."
Chao Hao turned around and looked for a long time, then thought of something and lowered his gaze,
"Oh! Teacher Fu."
The veins on Fu Manli's forehead bulged,
"...Am I that hard to find? Chao, Hao?"
"Hahaha... Um, don't be angry, I really didn't do it on purpose... Blind spot! You know about blind spots, right?"
Fu Manli glared at him fiercely for a long time before saying,
"Your actions just now were not approved by the school, right? Class S has many key students; you shouldn't target them."
Chao Hao chuckled,
"Target them? Who?? You are really wronging me.
These students have special statuses at such a young age. Will the people who target them in the future be me?
No, no, no! Everyone except me will target them.
Not only people from the Federation, but possibly space pirates, even those high-level star beasts, or the Zerg..."
Chao Hao looked towards the entrance,
"Since they entered the military academy, they want to serve the Federation.
If their own strength is not solid, and they are later caught by their weaknesses, defeated, and manipulated, is it really just their personal business?
Behind one of those three students is Taihe Technology, and behind another is Yida Technology.
Just these two companies alone almost monopolize the Federation's mechas, advanced aircraft, and nutrient solutions.
Not to mention the other one, the son of the Chief Judge's family...
With such a background... even if they are useless mud, they must be propped up on the wall for me.
I will absolutely not allow anyone to use them to threaten the stability of the Federation in the future."
"What if there is?"
Fu Manli said seriously,
"You are now just a teacher at Qilin Military Academy, not a military district commander anymore. You cannot and should not control everything.
Isn't the price of losing a leg enough?"
Chao Hao reflexively moved his right ankle and remained silent for a long time,
"Then there can't be... The new batch of people hasn't fully grown up yet, and the current Federation cannot withstand turmoil.
If that day really comes... and I can't solve the enemy, I will personally solve them."
"I knew you hadn't moved on from that incident! They are just your students! Not the soldiers under your command. You have no right to do this!"
Fu Manli was furious, but she didn't dare let others hear her conversation with Chao Hao, so she could only lower her voice.
Chao Hao passed by her,
"Don't worry, I will be responsible for each and every one of my students to the very end.
You shouldn't worry too much either. Who knows, maybe those little brats can survive under my hands?
If they really can't, can't they just drop out? Or pressure the principal to fire me?"
Then he chuckled again,
"Who asked me to be Yama Chao? Yama... doesn't he have to govern everyone?"
