A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 169 A Tumultuous Time, Foreseeing a Future of Severe Injury
Chicago, Kassel College, President's Office.

Angers, suffering from a headache and fever, slumped in his office chair, listening to one bad report after another.

"Principal, a new A-grade hybrid from the Zhou family of Xiangyang has been discovered near Kassel College."

"Intelligence reports that a degenerate hybrid has appeared in the war-torn region, committing several small-scale massacres with extremely cruel methods. Should we dispatch an executive branch team?"

“Mr. Henkel did not leave Chicago, and at 10:00 a.m. today, he went to Chicago Airport to pick up the thirteen North American families and six other heirs.”

"The Executive Director of the Japan Branch, Gen Chisei, has applied to return to school for the second time. Should we approve it?"

"The Philadelphia team successfully returned to the academy at 8:00 AM this morning. The mission log should give a 'canceled' rating. However, considering that the team members are all elites of the academy and the special nature of this mission, should we modify this log?"

“The Gattuso family’s construction materials and engineering teams have arrived, which may affect teaching, physical education, or training classes. Should we stop them from working during the day when classes are in session?”

Angers sighed, no longer wanting to touch cigarettes or alcohol. He couldn't understand why things were escalating.

Even though they had explained to Han Gao and the others that Kassel had not obtained the Dragonbone Cross at all, the other hybrid factions simply did not believe them.

Han Gao's side, Solomon's Temple side, and even the Zhou family of Xiangyang, who have never made a move, have all made rare appearances near Kassel College. What exactly do they want to do?
Not to mention the Japanese branch, which is always unruly, actually wants to get involved. What a hassle.

The other hybrid factions seem to have obtained some very clear evidence, confirming with a certainty that Cassel possesses the Dragonbone Cross.

But there really isn't a Dragon Cross in Kassel!
Are these people stupid?
Compared to the major problem of Kassel being surrounded by numerous hybrid forces, the corrupt hybrids in war-torn regions, and the mission scores of Caesar, Chu Zihang, and others, all mattered.

"Norma, try to arrange a meeting for me with the person in charge of the Zhou family's team this time. Invite him to the academy and have a drink in my office."

"The mission record for the Philadelphia team has been changed to successful. I don't have time to deal with them now. Also, please reject Genji's application."

"Heh, the Japanese branch. After this storm passes and we deal with the King of the Earth and the Mountain, we should teach them a lesson. No, there's also the Solomon Temple Society. Sigh, these are turbulent times."

After giving his instructions in one go, Angers breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked to the carefully curated wine cabinet to inspect it, thinking as he looked around what kind of wine to serve to the Zhou family's leader.

“Principal, war-torn region, Gattuso Engineering Corps,” Norma reminded him after a while.

Angers raised his hand and patted his forehead: "I'm getting old, really old. Let Schneider arrange for the executive team to handle this."

“Remember to tell them that the train has broken down and needs time to repair, so that they will have to come to Chicago in person to avoid being misunderstood by other forces as us smuggling the Dragon Cross.”

"To put it in Chinese, we are more wronged than Dou E."

"As for the construction team, let them work around the clock. I believe my students can overcome a little noise and dust."

Norma quieted down and quickly relayed the orders according to Angers' instructions.

Angers also selected suitable white wines to entertain the upcoming guests.

……

At the shooting range, Susie skillfully maneuvered her sniper rifle, moving like a machine, firing one shot, reloading, and firing another.

With perfect scores of 10 out of 10 every time, everyone knows that Susie is highly talented in sniping, so it shouldn't be surprising that she gets 10 out of 10 every time.

But seeing Susie sniping again today, many students in Kassel felt horrified and their hair stood on end. What's wrong with Susie?

Why am I acting like a robot today?

Ordinary people wouldn't be able to tell, but they are all mixed-race and have sharp eyes.

It can be clearly seen that every time Susie aims, pulls the trigger, and reloads, all her movements are exactly the same.

The force, angle, and posture are exactly the same from front to back!
They weren't surprised by the perfect score, but rather by the incredible control over the body.

Putting everything else aside, just when it comes to reloading, who can guarantee that their next reload action will be exactly the same as this one in terms of posture, and even the angles of various actions, without the slightest difference?

Not to mention, Susie did it not just once or twice, but every single time!
Even a Class A hybrid, aside from robots, couldn't do that, right?

However, I heard that there is an S-level freshman named Lu Mingfei. Can an S-level student achieve the same level as Su Qian?

Thinking of this, a second-year student who knew quite a bit hesitated for a moment before approaching Chu Zihang, who had a cold and unapproachable expression: "Um, could you ask around?" "Chu Zihang, you guys went on a mission with that S-rank person before, right? Is an S-rank person as powerful as Su Qian?"

Chu Zihang turned around, and his expressionless face made his classmate secretly regret his actions. Why did he have to ask Chu Zihang for advice? Everyone knew that the Lionheart Society president was cold and aloof.

Fortunately, Chu Zihang didn't put him in an awkward position: "Yes, it's just that this mission happened to coincide with the Philadelphia incident, so neither of us was able to perform well, and I'm not too sure about it either."

Chu Zihang would never speak ill of someone behind their back, even after learning from Fingel that Lu Mingfei had a high rank but no S-class power.

Not to mention, Lu Mingfei was Chu Zihang's former high school classmate.

"Oh, thank you."

During the conversation, Susie had completed the course requirements and walked back to Chu Zihang's side. Her classmates quickly nodded their thanks and left.

As she walked, she thought to herself, "Everyone says Susie is weird, but now that I look at her, she's a complete robot. Sniping is one thing, I can understand it for the sake of her grades, but why does she always take such a fixed distance?"
Watching her classmates leave, Susie's eyes sparkled, completely unlike the cold, robotic figure her classmates had imagined: "How was it?"

She wasn't asking for Chu Zihang's opinion on her marksmanship; she believed Chu Zihang would understand what she was asking.

Chu Zihang nodded slightly, his expression showing a hint of confusion.

"What's wrong? Nodding means you've been promoted, right?"

Chu Zihang looked around to make sure no one could hear the conversation, and that Norma's eavesdropping had been canceled by Fingel, so he had no more worries: "That's strange."

"My promotion to Sequence 6 is called The Schemer."

After selling the Hunter's Potion recipe and obtaining the materials from Lady Twilight, Chu Zihang advanced to the level of a schemer last night, with his spirituality greatly enhanced, along with his five senses and spiritual intuition.

Physical fitness has improved slightly, but the most noticeable improvement is in mental agility; many things become clear after a little thought, and results can be deduced after a little consideration.

In addition, he possesses extraordinary abilities to mislead, confuse, and deceive, as well as enhanced fire manipulation skills.

No longer needing to be fixed as a musket or a fire crow, it can shape flames into any form and also possesses the ability to combine its body with flames to leap and move instantly, comparable to teleportation.

Chu Zihang was very satisfied with the other improvements, especially the teleportation of Flame Movement, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced his combat power.

but……

"A conspiracy?" Susie wasn't a novice; she naturally understood that the names of each sequence of potions had symbolic meanings.

He immediately understood why Chu Zihang was confused; the conspiracy and Chu Zihang had nothing to do with each other.

Chu Zihang is caught in a role-playing dilemma for the first time. How should he play the role of a schemer?
Before he and Susie could reach a conclusion, the teacher in charge of sniping for the school's janitor team announced that get out of class was over.

Susie walked with Chu Zihang through the charred Kassel campus, pointing around and sighing, "If only we could be like the arsonists, simple and straightforward, just burn it all down."

“After all, it’s a power left over from the past, so it can’t be smooth sailing…” Chu Zihang paused as he said this.

A subtle, burgeoning spiritual intuition stirred within him; something, something very important to him, remained agitated.

what exactly is it?
"Chu Zihang? What's wrong? Chu Zihang?" Su Qian asked anxiously when she saw Chu Zihang suddenly stop moving, thinking that there had been a problem with his promotion.

Chu Zihang didn't look at Su Xi. He slowly turned his head to look southeast. Without explaining, he quickly ran over. His physique had been subtly improved after multiple blood surges, and he also had the added benefit of magic potions.

Chu Zihang ran so fast that Su Qian couldn't keep up: "What, what happened..."

In a daze, another scene appeared in Susie's field of vision, overlapping with the gradually disappearing figure of Chu Zihang.

That was a scene from the school clinic.

In the future scene, Chu Zihang is lying on a hospital bed covered in blood.

What is this...?! Chu Zihang is seriously injured?

After Susie was promoted to Sequence 8, she could occasionally see fragments of the future that were a little further into the future, unlike in Sequence 9 when she could only see fragments of the future a few seconds in advance.

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