Chapter 31
Chapter 31: The Weasel Comes To Pay New Year Visits To A Demon, Obviously Up To No Good
“Wow, wow, wow, no way. Our idol, our heartthrob idol, is going to personally command us in battle and inspect our learning results. I am not dreaming, right?”
The students let out marmot-like screams. They smacked their desks and stomped their feet. Their excitement was impossible to hold back.
“Oh my gosh, what have we done to deserve this? What are we, that our heartthrob idol will command us and lead us in battle?”
“Uuu, my grades are so bad that I feel too ashamed for my heartthrob idol to inspect me and command me.”
“Ahhh, after we graduate, can we write this on our resumes? In such-and-such year and such-and-such month, Commander in Chief Chong Ming led us into battle and destroyed the enemy. We were the Commander in Chief’s soldiers?”
“Mom, Dad, I have made it. I am a soldier under the Commander in Chief. It is like the Beast God himself came to our house and our ancestors’ graves are burning with joy.”
Jiang Tea Tea: “…”
[The variety of life really showed itself to her at this moment.]
On the platform, the teacher raised his hand. The noisy excitement of the students stopped at once. Every neck stretched long and every pair of eyes stared at the teacher.
The teacher spoke again, his voice full of passion: “Classmates, this joint training Supremacy Tournament between thirty military academies and the top thirty army corps, with Commander in Chief Chong Ming as the chief commander, is something that has never happened before.”
“It is not only about our personal honor, but also the honor of the academy, and even more the honor of defending our country after we graduate.”
“Because of that, I hope each of you chooses your teammates according to your own supernatural abilities. Use the soothing skills you have studied these past six months. Help yourselves and help our Imperial academy seize first place in this Supremacy Tournament!”
The students raised their arms, clenched their fists, and shouted with fighting spirit, faces flushed with excitement: “Take first place, take first place. We will definitely take first place. We will make our academy the top military academy of the Empire and make ourselves the top military academy students!”
The bright, hot energy of life boiled over at that moment.
Even Jiang Tea Tea was infected. For a while she could not tell if it was the Fake Young Miss’s will or her own, and she raised her arm along with them.
During the afternoon classes, the students were more active and passionate than ever. They rushed to raise their hands, asked questions, and drew inferences from what the teacher taught.
Many boys even changed into their beast form on the spot as live teaching aids, to improve their learning, act as moving targets, and become observation subjects for others.
After school, many people rushed out all at once to look for senior students from other departments to form teams with.
“Sister Tea, have you decided who you want to team up with?” Huang Da Zhuang turned around and asked Jiang Tea Tea, who was slowly packing her books.
Jiang Tea Tea answered casually: “Why think about that? I can be a one-person team.”
“Sister Tea, you are crazy,” Huang Da Zhuang blurted out. “You are an ordinary human girl with no supernatural ability. For military academy students, the training ground is a real battlefield.”
“If you go in as a one-person team, you will be wiped out. You will lose your credits, your honor, everything. How will you graduate? How will you get into a top army corps to serve the country and serve my idol?”
Jiang Tea Tea finished packing, stood up, and looked at Huang Da Zhuang: “If I do not form a one-person team, will you team up with me?”
Huang Da Zhuang let out a quacking sound like a duck being strangled. He puffed out his chest and said: “If you want to team with me, it is not impossible. I do not have a supernatural ability, but my beast form has natural advantages. My nose is good. No smell can escape me. I have more legs, and I run fast.”
He carried the excellent ancient genes of the canine family. His enhanced sense of smell was sharp and his legs were fast. He was much stronger than most boys without supernatural abilities.
“Alright, we will team up. Let’s go eat,” Jiang Tea Tea said cleanly and simply, and then walked out.
“Just the two of us? You do not have anyone else in mind?” Huang Da Zhuang called out and hurried after her.
Jiang Tea Tea walked very fast: “I do not have any other choices. Do you?”
Huang Da Zhuang scratched the back of his head: “I do not either. You know that beastmen and humans without supernatural abilities, and half-beastmen without abilities, are seen as burdens by beastmen and humans with supernatural abilities.”
“Even though we study in the Pacification Division and even if our grades are excellent, they will still choose beastmen, half-beastmen, and humans with supernatural abilities from the Pacification Division. They will not choose people like us who do not have any abilities.”
“Besides you, I do not have any other friends.”
Jiang Tea Tea did not care at all: “If they do not choose us, then they do not choose us. If we have no friends, then we have no friends. Fewer people means easier communication, a smaller target, and it is more convenient when we make a move on others.”
After hearing her words, Huang Da Zhuang thought of how Jiang Tea Tea’s fighting skills were excellent even without a supernatural ability. When she fought, she was ruthless and sharp. Facing a Mutant Tiger or a Mutant Leopard, she did not show any fear at all. She had even wanted to kick his idol once.
So, at worst, if their team could not beat others, he could just change into his beast form, carry her on his back, and run. If they hid in the training ground until the end, that would still count as a win.
Huang Da Zhuang suddenly figured it out. He followed Jiang Tea Tea onto the hovercar and said: “Sister Tea, you are right. We will team up. You be the captain, I will be the vice captain. You lead, I assist. It will be simple and worry free.”
Jiang Tea Tea: “…”
[They even have to split it into captain and vice captain, one main and one support. Is that really necessary?]
Beastman boys were really such cute creatures.
It was not only Jiang Tea Tea and Huang Da Zhuang who were talking about forming teams. Everyone else was too. The entire academy was discussing who to team up with.
Many people wanted to lock down strong teammates as early as possible, so they did not even come to the school cafeteria to eat. There were very few people eating there. The dishes on the counters were almost untouched.
As soon as Jiang Tea Tea and Huang Da Zhuang arrived, they started wolfing down food. Halfway through their meal, Jiang Yi Cheng came over with a tray and sat down across from them.
Jiang Tea Tea ignored him and acted as if he did not exist. She did not stop at all. She just kept eating.
Jiang Yi Cheng finished the food on his tray, then sat there watching her eat. Only after she finished and wiped her mouth did he speak: “Tea Tea, I am sorry. I really did not know you could not afford food, that you did not even have money for meals.”
Jiang Tea Tea tossed her used napkin onto the table and said: “Your parents and your younger sister are all in the Central Public Security Bureau. Even if you have not been dragged down by them, how can you still eat with such a good appetite?”
Jiang Yi Cheng froze for a second at her sharp question. His face flashed with embarrassment, then he spoke in a firm, righteous tone: “As a citizen of the Zhenlin Empire and an enrolled student of the royal military academy, obeying the laws of the Empire is my duty as a citizen and as a student.”
“My dad, my mom, and my younger sister committed crimes. They should be punished. I should not hold on to wishful thinking and come beg you to withdraw your charges, or beg His Highness Chong Ming not to pursue their crimes.”
[We have not seen each other for a short time, and his face has turned faster than flipping a page.]
[Not bad.]
Jiang Tea Tea raised an eyebrow at him: “So? Why did you come to me? To rebuild our brother and sister relationship?”
Jiang Yi Cheng nodded, then shook his head: “I came because I hope we can be close again as brother and sister like before. I also hope I can team up with you and help you win the championship of this Supremacy Tournament between the thirty military academies, and help you become the best soothing specialist for beastmen and half-beastmen!”