Shinonono Tsukasa observed Li Wei's vehicle, a behemoth more than three times the size of a regular IS armored vehicle, armed to the teeth, and its design style clearly showed that it was an armored vehicle specializing in space warfare. Now, this should be considered the enemy's home ground.

Shinobu thanked him, and taking advantage of the opportunity Li Wei had given her, she dragged the net still wrapped around her and rushed out of the encirclement. The IS armored vehicles at the end of the net, each with less power than hers, and Li Wei had somehow severed the connection between the net and the steel cables, allowing her to escape danger so easily.

After escaping danger, Shinonono Tsukasa did not flee immediately, but instead headed towards the coordinates given by Li Wei. She was unwilling to abandon Li Wei and run away, but her armor was severely countered by the enemy. Returning to the battlefield at this time would only cause trouble for Li Wei, so all she could do was follow Li Wei's instructions.

After confirming that Shinonono no Tsukasa had left, Li Wei dutifully finished his act, bringing the self-directed and self-acted drama to a close. The reason Li Wei insisted on finishing the act was to leave enough evidence for the armor's records. Even if Shinonono no Tsukasa hacked the core of the armor, at least it would leave a record of his fight to the death with the fallen nation's machinery industry.

After Shinobu left, the intensity of the battle immediately surged. Meanwhile, Li Wei and his puppet clone exchanged barbs on the communication channel, a war of words and physical attacks, a battle that determined both strength and death. It took Li Wei about a minute to leave the wrecked airspace and head towards the designated coordinates. Thanks to a location-finding spell, Li Wei could pinpoint Shinobu's location in real time. Shinobu kept her promise and waited for him at the agreed-upon location.

Chapter 1. Escaping Danger

When Li Wei arrived at the designated coordinates, Shinonono Tsuka was already waiting there. Shinonono Tsuka was in a rather disheveled state; the outer coating of her armor had been burned beyond recognition. However, this battle damage also gave her a unique charm.

Using his puppet clone Sophia, Li Wei gained a clear understanding of the performance and characteristics of the armor used by Shinonono Tsukasa. Therefore, he chose this plan, which could bring her a deadly sense of pressure without actually killing her, leaving him no time to even make his appearance.

Li Wei gradually slowed down the armor and finally stopped in front of the opponent. In the space environment, it is not easy to accurately control the distance between oneself and the target. The superb skills that Li Wei showed made Shinonono feel somewhat familiar. She saw the shadow of an acquaintance in Li Wei.

Li Wei removed his helmet. Thanks to the shield and oxygen recirculation technology, IS armored pilots could still enjoy fresh air even in space. The only thing to be careful about was not to look directly at the sun without the protection of a helmet, as it would burn their eyes.

Shinonono Tsukasa also opened her helmet, revealing her true identity to the person opposite her. Moreover, the person opposite her was a member of IS Academy. To her, the academy was an ally of the friendly faction. Although they were not officially allies, their daily interactions were no different from those of allies.

Shinonono said, "Thank you for your rescue. If you hadn't arrived in time, I might have been captured by those guys by now."

When Li Wei saw Shinonono's face, he feigned a puzzled expression and said, "Why do you look so familiar to me? You look a lot like someone I know."

Shinonono knew in her heart that the tall young man in front of her was Li Wei, the one her sister had mentioned in the communication. She had collected information about Li Wei, and when Li Wei unfolded his helmet and revealed his true face, she already knew Li Wei's identity.

After some thought, Shinobu realized that Li Wei and her sister had a good relationship. To her, Li Wei was like a brother-in-law, and their relationship was quite close. However, it seemed that Li Wei had not revealed her true identity.

Although Shinonono Tsukasa was on a space station in high orbit, she never relaxed her intelligence gathering on the ground. After all, intelligence was extremely important, and she dared not joke about such a matter.

Through her own channels, Shinonono Tsukasa also collected some information related to Li Wei. However, Li Wei seemed to have hidden his past, so the information she could collect was limited. But judging from the content of the information, Li Wei was not a bad person.

Shinonono no Tsukasa doesn't intend to interfere in her sister's relationship. After all, Shinonono no Houki's childhood friend, Orimura Natsumi, was really disappointing. She had originally planned to match the two up, but after witnessing Orimura Natsumi's lewd behavior, she gave up on the idea. There was really no need for that.

As for Li Wei, another male student in the college, his reputation is much better. Whether it's his grades in class and tests, his personality so far, or his steady and reliable work style, these are all plus points.

The world will become increasingly chaotic, and only those with immense power and a heart that will not succumb to darkness can protect her sister in such a turbulent world. Therefore, the more she understands Li Wei, the more she values ​​him. Furthermore, Li Wei has now saved her life, which further strengthens her affection for him. In the current environment, such a reliable man is truly hard to find even with a lantern.

Li Wei said, "Forget it, let's not think about this anymore. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Speaking of which, where do you plan to go next? The madmen of the Destroyer Industry are the kind of people who won't give up until they achieve their goal. If they can send so many people to besiege you, they can do it again."

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Xiao Zhizhi felt somewhat worried. After all, this wasn't the first time she had dealt with the madness of Wangguoji. Just as Li Wei said, Wangguoji were all madmen who didn't play by the rules. Since they were able to find her so accurately, they could definitely do it again. She still hadn't completely escaped danger.

Shinonono sighed and said, "I originally planned to go to the academy, but I didn't expect to be ambushed halfway there. Thanks to you, I was able to escape danger. You are a student of the academy, right? You not only saved me this time, but also made a great contribution. I was carrying a lot of IS armor cores and a new type of machine that hadn't been unsealed. If these things fell into the hands of those madmen, it would be troublesome."

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Li Wei said, "You are Dr. Shinobu Tsukasa, right?"

Shinonono no Tsukasa nodded and said, "It's me. You're even more perceptive than I expected. As expected of the top-ranked representative of the senior class, you're a qualified pilot."

As an IS pilot, one must be quick-witted and have a fast reaction time to survive in the chaos of the battlefield. Li Wei's reaction speed was quite fast. She had only said a few words when Li Wei had already figured out her identity, which she was very satisfied with.

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Li Wei said, "Thank you for the compliment, but I know I still have many shortcomings and need to work harder. I didn't expect you to be Houki's older sister. Houki will definitely be very happy if you go to the academy this time."

Shinonono Tsukasa felt a little awkward. In fact, there were some minor issues in her relationship with her sister. After all, Shinonono Houki was a hidden tsundere and very awkward. The negative impact that the White Knight incident had on the world, as well as the fact that her family was implicated and had to live under the surveillance of others, made the relationship between the two sisters seem somewhat unnatural.

Of course, she couldn't explain this to Li Wei, since family scandals shouldn't be aired in public.

Shinonono said, "The new machine I'm carrying is for her. After all, with someone as outstanding as you as the class representative, she doesn't have the opportunity to get the special machine that the academy provides for students. In order to allow her to have more practical training, I prepared a new machine for her."

Shinonono no Tsukasa didn't feel embarrassed about this. After all, the world has never been fair. As her biological younger sister, Shinonono no Houki, she would naturally treat her differently. She didn't think it was shameful to talk about this.

Li Wei laughed, "This is a good thing; Hou will definitely be happy." (A sarcastic remark.)

Chapter 1. Return to Earth

Shinonono looked down at her disheveled state and thought that if there were still ambushes on the road, it would be difficult for her to shake off her pursuers on her own.

Shinonono Tsukasa was a little puzzled. How could Wangguo Machinery Industry, that idiot that only made knock-offs, have produced such a troublesome weapon this time, and with such a good capture effect? ​​She was a little confused. Could it be that the technicians at Wangguo Machinery Industry had all suddenly figured it out?

No matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn't figure it out. She also had some understanding of the Destroyer of the Nation's Machines, knowing that this terrorist organization was poorly managed, with many factions that were not under each other's control. Therefore, it was understandable that some factions would go their own way and even develop their own black technology.

However, this could be considered the most dangerous one she had ever experienced. In the past, when she fought against the fallen state's machine industry, she usually had the upper hand. Relying on the backdoor left in the core of the IS armor, she could monitor the opponent's real-time status and achieve one-sided intelligence transparency. Whether to fight or stay was entirely up to her.

This time was different. She couldn't monitor the enemy's back door, so she no longer had an intelligence advantage. In addition, the enemy used new weapons. If it weren't for Li Wei's rescue, she would have been in serious trouble.

Shinononozuka said, "I plan to go to the academy next, so I'll leave my safety on the way to you. I didn't expect the Extinction Machinery Industry to become so troublesome. After I get to the academy, I'll need to borrow their equipment to modify my armor."

Li Wei said, "I'll take care of the safety on the road, but my testing mission isn't finished yet. Could you give me some time?"

Shinonono looked at the heavy armor used by Levi and asked curiously, "Is this kind of large-sized armor specifically designed for space warfare?"

Li Wei laughed and said, "This is an engineering machine. The weapons on it are only for self-defense. The real purpose of this armor is to clean up space debris. You see, there is a lot of space debris in the sky above the Earth now, such as satellite debris and asteroid fragments. If it is not cleaned up, humanity will face various dangers in future space exploration. This armor is used to clean up this debris. Of course, it can also clean up some large non-combustible debris."

Shinobu knew who Li Wei was referring to when he said "large non-combustible garbage." She had no good feelings towards the crazy organization, Wangguojiye. They had made things difficult for her time and time again. Even a Buddha has a temper, so how could she not be angry?

Shinonono followed Li Wei, watching him continue with the test mission. Just as Li Wei had said, this armor was specifically designed to clean up space debris.

Li Wei maneuvered his armor to a position between the space debris and Earth, then activated a special booster to launch the space debris into outer space. Whether this ejected space debris would hit anything was no longer Li Wei's concern.

Shinonono looked at Li Wei's actions and understood. This method was indeed more appropriate. If the space debris were broken up with artillery fire, even smaller fragments would fill the entire high orbit, making it even more troublesome to clean up later. Pushing the space debris away like this is the best solution at present.

Everyone knows that Earth's orbit is full of space debris, but no one has been able to clean it up. Any force that tries to clean up the space debris is interfered with by other forces. A certain superpower keeps this space debris because it is useful for launching weapons into orbit, and it does not allow anyone else to touch it.

The fact that the academy deployed such armor indicates that it intends to return to outer space. This ambition makes Shinobu somewhat worried, as outer space is a field that only a few major powers can venture into. Entering this field rashly could very likely cause disputes.

The test mission took more than an hour. Li Wei used various methods to clean up space debris while preserving the test data.

The previously somewhat chaotic debris field has been cleared out in large areas by Li Wei, and this area can now be considered a safe zone on the track.

Li Wei said, "It doesn't feel very useful. When faced with ultra-small fragments, there aren't many ways to capture them. We can only chase them by hand. We need to add more methods for catching mayflies. We can modify floating cannons for this purpose."

Shinonono looked at Li Wei's skillful data feedback and felt gratified. Only a reliable man like him could she entrust her sister to.

Shinonono Tsukasa secretly hacked into the core of the armor used by Levi and began quickly browsing the records inside. Just as Levi had said, this was a test armor and there were still many imperfections.

When she saw the previous battle records, she realized that Li Wei had managed to turn the tables and kill everyone surrounded by the fallen soldiers. Such skill was top-notch; he could pass his graduation exams without any trouble now.

Unlike traditional military academies, which require a fixed period of study to graduate, IS Academy allows students to graduate early as long as they complete the required credits and pass the final graduation exam. This can be considered a special privilege for aristocratic soldiers.

Moreover, some students in the academy are active-duty military personnel who come to study, and the academy is able to make special arrangements for students with special circumstances.

Shinonono Tsukasa remained silent, as peeping into someone's privacy wasn't exactly something to be proud of, but she was genuinely curious about Levi. Levi was the only male to activate the IS armor on his own, while Orimura Natsumi was granted special access through a backdoor she left in the core—essentially a special case.

In comparison, the difference in skill between the two is immediately apparent. Moreover, she has been monitoring the core data of Orimura Natsu's IS armor. Orimura Natsu is very mediocre in armor driving. She is not the worst, but she is not even average. If it weren't for her male identity, she would have been sent to the logistics department for training long ago.

As a militarized management academy, IS Academy follows many of the rules of the military. If a student performs poorly academically, the school will adjust their major based on their characteristics. Those with a talent for piloting will become pilots, while those without a talent for piloting but skilled in maintenance will become ground crew members. Valuable talents skilled in tactical and strategic planning will be directly admitted to special command training classes.

Natsumi Orimura is good for nothing and relies entirely on her male identity as a get-out-of-jail-free card to continue working in the pilot class.

After completing all the tests, Li Wei and Shinonono Tsukasa began to enter the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike traditional spacecraft, the IS armor, equipped with a high thrust-to-weight ratio, did not make a lot of noise when descending into the atmosphere. The projection of the IS on the ground monitoring radar was smaller than that of ordinary meteorite fragments. Therefore, apart from the Academy's control tower, no one else knew that the two had landed on Earth.

Chapter 1. Many girls like him.

After descending to a lower altitude, the two individuals landed successfully in the designated landing area, guided by the academy's control tower. Unlike traditional fixed-wing vehicles, the IS armored vehicle can hover and land with great agility, requiring only a small area for landing.

After the large armored vehicle landed, Li Wei shut down the main engine of the armor. At the same time, the core armor detached from the external equipment. Ground crew members, who were also wearing armor, came over and began to put various additional equipment onto the small trailer that had been prepared.

The elite ground crew members from the academy are all equipped with IS armor, but the armor is more geared towards logistical maintenance and only retains the most basic self-defense firepower.

The components of the IS armor are quite heavy. Without external assistance, trying to maintain the IS armor by manpower alone is like trying to repair a wartime Tiger tank with only a wrench.

Looking at Li Wei, who was only wearing the core armor, Shinonono Tsukasa sighed inwardly. The academy had also developed its own technological path, no longer limited to the basic routes she had given them. This combination of core armor and optional equipment could be quickly changed according to the battlefield situation. Moreover, most of its components were square, which facilitated wartime production, logistics, and maintenance, as well as modular replacement during maintenance. Shinonono Tsukasa was both impressed and somewhat surprised that they had been able to achieve this.

Just then, a tall, beautiful woman wearing a black teacher's uniform skirt walked over.

Li Wei said, "Sister Qiandong, I'm sorry, something unexpected happened."

Chifuyu Orimura glanced at Shinobu Tsukasa beside Li Wei and said to Li Wei, "When a general is in the field, he may disobey the emperor's orders. The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. When there is a clear conflict between the command at the rear and the situation on the battlefield, the change in the situation on the battlefield shall take priority."

Chifuyu Orimura wasn't some bald micro-management master who could do something as stupid as "Squad leader, move your machine guns forward ten meters," so she could understand why Li Wei chose to engage the people of the fallen machine industry under those circumstances.

Li Wei said, "By the way, Sister Qian Dong, I captured a relatively intact wreckage of the machine crew we defeated this time. It's in the storage space of the additional armor. I think this thing can help the academy acquire some new technologies."

Li Wei was lying through his teeth. In reality, the armor used by those cannon fodder puppet clones was all handcrafted by him. It did have some new technologies that the academy didn't have, but compared to conventional armor, it was only slightly more advanced. Its overall strength was only among the better third-generation machines. It was only because it had weapons that could counter Shinonono Tsukasa's armor that it was able to push Shinonono Tsukasa into a corner at the beginning.

Furthermore, the ability to achieve the encirclement tactic was also related to the design flaws in the armor used by Shinonono Tsukasa. Shinonono Tsukasa was overconfident in her own skills and her ability to master the back door of the IS armor core, so her armor was more inclined towards high mobility and high defense, with fewer types of weapons, and more inclined towards long-range sniping and single high-explosive energy weapons suitable for protracted battles. Faced with the previous "net of heaven and earth", such a configuration would only result in being beaten one-sidedly.

Chifuyu Orimura said, "The academy will record this merit for you. Before I came here, I had already received information from the higher-ups that the academy will reward you, but I don't know the specific reward yet."

Li Wei said, "I'm just grateful that the college isn't going to hold me accountable for my unauthorized actions. I didn't even think about any rewards or anything like that. If there's nothing else, I'll head back to my dorm."

Chifuyu Orimura patted Li Wei on the shoulder. When wearing the regular IS armor, the pilot's height would increase dramatically, usually reaching over three meters in height at the shoulder. However, the small core armor that Li Wei was wearing did not increase the pilot's height by much, so Chifuyu Orimura simply raised her hand and touched the shoulder armor of the core armor.

Watching Li Wei's departing figure, Shinonono Tsukasa, who had already deactivated her armor, revealed a dreamy expression and said, "What a fascinating boy."

Chifuyu Orimura, standing to the side, crossed her arms and said, "This isn't like you at all. That kid is quite popular in the academy; many girls like him."

Shinobu, snapping out of her daze, said, "A lot of girls like him?"

Chifuyu Orimura said, "Isn't this just common sense? It's not just the high school class, but also the university class and the teachers' club, there are quite a few people who like him. This isn't the place to talk, let's meet at our usual bar when you're done."

Shino no Shizuka nodded. She had important business to attend to here. This time, she planned to stay at the academy for a while. In addition to handling official business, she also wanted to observe Li Wei up close.

Shinonono Tsukasa was unaware that her heart had already undergone some changes. Originally, she had planned to conduct her business strictly, deliver the armor to her sister after the delivery, and then leave the academy to return to the heavens. But now, she actually wanted to stay here for a while, a change that was quite significant.

After leaving the landing zone, Shinonono Tsukasa rode her electric scooter to the chairman's office and handed over the newly approved cores. The academy would keep a small portion of these cores, while the rest were quotas for various countries. Not only major powers, but also some wealthy smaller nations had ordered cores. Each core would net her two million US dollars, even though the cost was less than a dollar. The exorbitant profits from this technological monopoly were evident.

After delivering the goods, Shinonono Tsukasa contacted Orimura Chifuyu and they went to the bar in the courtyard where the two of them used to drink together.

Although students make up the majority of the population at IS Academy, as a small seaside city with a population of several thousand, there are also bars specifically for adults.

The bar the two frequented was a retro-style bar, resembling a 10th-century European tavern. Shinonono Tsukasa ordered their favorite low-alcohol drinks in advance, and then waited for Orimura Chifuyu to arrive.

Before long, Chifuyu Orimura pushed open the tavern's double doors and spotted Shinobu Tsukasa in the corner. She strode towards her.

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