Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 236 The Reason for the Threat

There needs to be a legitimate reason for doing things, so Guan Tong immediately put the bear head into a bag and then went to find Dean Zhou Qinfeng.

Zhou Qinfeng was startled when he saw the bear head. After Guan Tong took out the note and learned the whole story, his face immediately darkened.

"The college will never allow such a threat to the personal safety of a lecturer. Lecturer Guan, rest assured, we will definitely protect your personal safety. I will go and notify the security department to arrange for people to guard the faculty and staff dormitory building."

Given the official importance placed on the academy, a large security force was naturally deployed. A fully equipped and manned armed unit was stationed within the academy's security department, ready to respond to any unforeseen crises.

"Dean, there's no need to go to the security office yet. I'd like to ask you, after learning about this, have you thought about anything?"

Guan Tong keenly observed that in addition to anger, Zhou Qinfeng's expression also contained a sense of unease, as if he knew something was wrong.

When asked this question, Zhou Qinfeng hesitated for a moment before sighing, "Sigh, Lecturer Guan. I told you before not to give Yelena Stasia private lessons, but you wouldn't listen."

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong was certain that Zhou Qinfeng must know something about the inside story.

He immediately pressed on, "Dean, this concerns my personal safety, please tell me the details."

Dean Zhou nodded, his expression somewhat helpless: "Do you know who this Yelena Stasia is?"

"They must be nobles from Sissia."

This wasn't just his opinion; all the students in the academy who knew her thought so. Judging from her speech, demeanor, and clothing, she certainly didn't come from an ordinary family.

“She is indeed a noble, but not an ordinary noble,” Zhou Qinfeng said. “Her admission was specially arranged by the higher-ups, and her ability to violate school rules and live off-campus was also permitted by them. Do you think an ordinary noble would receive such preferential treatment?”

"Indeed not..."

Guan Tong thought to herself that after the establishment of the Human Alliance, many powerful foreigners entered Beixing after countries opened their borders.

Among them were wealthy businessmen and even high-ranking cabinet officials from other countries. However, once these people entered Beixing, they were treated no differently from ordinary people; they were also placed in shelters and did not receive any preferential treatment.

Among the students enrolled this year, some of the foreign students have surprisingly diverse backgrounds. So far, some have been revealed to be princes from small countries or children of high-ranking officials from other nations. However, these students also have to live in dormitories, eat canned food, and are treated like everyone else.

In comparison, Yelena's ability to stay overnight away from home stands out.

Zhou Qinfeng said, "I guess, just a guess, that she is likely from the family that represents the country of Xiska."

“The Konia family?” Guan Tong said in a deep voice.

He had studied history and knew that the Konya family was the founders of the country of Sissia, and that the first Sissia Emperor was the eldest son of the Konya family.

Although the political system of Cissia has changed over the centuries, popular belief holds that the country is still ruled by the Konya family, albeit in a covert form rather than an official one.

“This is just my guess. After all, Yelena’s surname is ‘Stasia’, not ‘Konya’. But if she really is a member of that family, there will be many people and things involved, and getting close to her will inevitably be risky.”

Although Zhou Qinfeng said that, he and Guan Tong both knew that if there was a need to conceal one's identity, one could simply change one's name.

"That's all I know. Lecturer Guan Tong, I know you have a rather radical personality, but it's best to leave this matter to the academy to handle. You should also temporarily stop teaching her; it'll be safer for you."

Guan Tong shook her head slightly: "This is a death threat against me personally, and I need to know who did it."

"...Alright. Anyway, I still have to go to the security office. We need to arrange for some people to stand guard in the faculty and staff dormitories, otherwise it's just too dangerous."

Zhou Qinfeng went out with a lingering sense of fear. He certainly had reason to be afraid; if a lecturer were to be killed on campus, it would undoubtedly have an extremely negative impact.

After Zhou Qinfeng went to the security department, soldiers quickly went to Guan Tong's dormitory, took away the bear head and bed sheet as evidence, and left someone to guard the lobby on the first floor of the dormitory building.

Some of the other lecturers were unaware of why soldiers were standing guard in the faculty and staff dormitory. It was only because Zhou Qinfeng and Guan Tong had not revealed it that the others were unaware of this.

The next day.

After the class, Yelena went to the gymnasium as usual.

When she arrived, Guan Tong was already there, but she noticed that Guan Tong's expression was different from usual.

"Stasia, I have something to tell you." Guan Tong didn't beat around the bush and went straight to telling you about the death threat she had received.

When Yelena heard the words on the note and saw the bloodstained bear head lying on the bed, her purple pupils contracted slightly, revealing a hint of solemnity and anger.

After Guan Tong finished speaking, she asked, "I wonder if you have any clues about the person I want to do this for?"

"..."

"If you know the answer but don't tell me, there's no point in continuing our lessons."

Although Guan Tong wants to be a good teacher, that doesn't mean he wants to be a pushover.

If Yelena knows the identity of the person who issued the death threat but doesn't reveal it, then Guan Tong would be foolishly training her further.

"I'm sorry," Yelena said after a moment of silence. "I'll handle this."

"No need, just tell me who it is. I'm the one being threatened, so I'd feel more at ease if I handled it myself."

"..."

"Aren't you going to tell me?"

Seeing that Ye Lianka remained silent, Guan Tong didn't ask any more questions and walked towards the door.

Yelena's voice didn't come from behind him until he reached the door.

"He is my brother."

Guan Tong stopped in her tracks.

"Only he would do that."

"Your brother?" He turned around. "His own brother?"

Yelena nodded.

"Sister complex?"

"..."

After a brief silence, Yelena said, "...He doesn't want me to have the power to compete with him, so he sees you, Guan Tong, who teaches me, as a threat."

compete……

Guan Tong didn't know what the siblings were competing for, but it made sense that Ye Lianka was so eager to master the transformation of mental energy.

“Where is your brother?” he asked.

“He’s in Sisya,” Yelena said. “He must have ordered this, but he won’t do it himself.”

“Then they’re subordinates or hired hands.” Guan Tong nodded. “I don’t know what you siblings are competing for, and I’m not interested. That’s between you two. But it’s wrong for your brother to send someone to threaten an outsider like me.”

“I know. I’ll make him stop doing that.”

"Do you think he'll stop just because you tell him to? Or why don't you send one of your men to kill someone close to him? Can you do that?"

Ye Lianka was slightly taken aback, probably not expecting Guan Tong, a teacher, to say such a thing.

“If you can’t do it, why would he be afraid of you?” Guan Tong said. “So I’ll handle this matter. I’m too far away to deal with your brother in Xisia for the time being, but as long as the people he sent are still in Pinglu, I can still manage them.”

Ye Lianka looked at Guan Tong with a strange expression upon hearing this.

Without a doubt, at this moment, Guan Tong didn't feel like a "teacher" at all; she felt more like she knew the modus operandi of some bloodthirsty mercenaries in the gray area.

(End of this chapter)