On how PhDs become human evil

"Yes, Ms. Cecilia."

The rose-haired girl called Yulis and the purple-haired boy called Amagiri both nodded.

"Then Kiana and Artoria, please sit over there."

"Yes."

"Ah."

After Kiana and Artoria took their seats, Cecilia tapped the blackboard again: "Alright everyone, let's begin the class meeting. As you all know, the annual Star Martial Festival is about to begin, and this year it's the Phoenix Star Martial Festival."

Star Warrior Festival.

Organized by the Unified Enterprise Foundation, this is a large-scale martial arts tournament where students with power in Asterisk compete. The age range for participants is 13 to 22, and each student has three chances to participate over these 10 years.

The Star Martial Arts Festival operates on a three-year cycle, with one competition held annually: the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival in the summer of the first year, the Griffin Star Martial Arts Festival in the autumn of the second year, and the King Dragon Star Martial Arts Festival in the winter of the third year. Participants who achieve rankings in the Star Martial Arts Festival earn points for their respective academies, and the combined points of each academy are calculated after the conclusion of each season's King Dragon Star Martial Arts Festival. Participation is generally open to students; however, some students participate for three consecutive years and then leave their academy, while others dedicate nine years solely to participating in the King Dragon Star Martial Arts Festival.

The three types of Star Warrior Festivals are conducted in different ways.

The Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival is a two-person team competition. The rules are to either defeat all of the opposing team's players or destroy the school badges of both of them.

The Griffin Star Battle Festival is a team battle in which five people form a team. The rule is to directly defeat all the opposing players or destroy the school badge of the team leader.

The Wanglong Star Martial Arts Festival is an individual battle where the rule is to directly defeat the opponent or destroy their school badge.

The winner of each Star Festival will have their wish fulfilled by leveraging the power of the Unified Corporate Foundation.

It could be acquiring a large amount of wealth or gaining a prestigious status; whatever the integrated corporate conglomerate can achieve, the integrated corporate conglomerate will make it happen for the winner.

This year's Star Martial Festival is the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, a competition held in the form of two-person teams.

"Although participation in the Star Martial Arts Festival is entirely voluntary for students, it is a great place to hone their skills. From a teacher's perspective, I really hope that everyone will be active in the Star Martial Arts Festival and compete with students from other schools."

"Of course, it's okay if you don't want to. Anyway, there are still two weeks until the registration deadline. If any students want to participate in the Star Martial Arts Festival, they can come to my office to register within these two weeks."

Listening to Cecilia's story from below, Kiana reached out and nudged Artoria: "Saber, let's go to the Phoenix Star Martial Festival."

"Miss Kiana, wouldn't it be a bit unfair for us to participate in...?"

Kiana is a Herrscher, and a five-core powered one at that. Even if she only uses one of her abilities, it would be enough to destroy the entire Academy City.

Artoria is a Heroic Spirit, whose physical abilities far surpass those of humans. With Excalibur and Avalon by her side, she essentially wields the strongest spear and shield simultaneously.

Just like Artoria said, it was really bullying for the two of them to participate in this kind of student-level competition.

"Oh, what does it matter? This is part of the training. Who knows, I might run into someone with similar abilities to mine, and that it might inspire me to develop my Herrscher abilities. Saber, you can also exchange sword techniques with other people."

"Hmm...that's true."

"Then it's settled. I'll go find Mom... to register with Teacher Cecilia in a bit."

Section 583.5. This goes beyond simply bullying.

Just as Kiana and Artoria were planning to participate in the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival, a major event occurred at Rewolf Black Academy, one of the six major academies in the same academic city.

Rewolf Black Academy has the worst reputation among the six academies. It has a warlike atmosphere and is the only academy in the six academies that encourages students to duel with each other. Therefore, it is also the academy where urban students are most likely to cause disturbances.

It is a haven for individualists with unequal school rules, a place where people buy others' money and criminals abound, and a redevelopment area closely associated with lawless individuals, especially "Pleasure Street".

Many students will stop at nothing to win.

If Seidokan Academy is like a park, then Reiwolf Black Academy is a fortress. Moreover, the buildings on campus are extremely vulgar, looking less like an academy and more like a den of thugs.

However, this does not mean that everyone at Rewolf Black Academy is a thug. On the contrary, due to its militant school spirit, the students of Rewolf Black Academy are among the strongest in the six major academies. They have won many individual battles in the Royal Dragon Star Martial Arts Festival, and are currently recognized as the strongest students in the Academy City.

Besides the strongest one, the other students in Rewolf Black Academy are also formidable. At least in a one-on-one situation, the students of Rewolf Black Academy are the strongest among the six academies.

But now—

"Ughhh..."

"Ugh..."

"Tsk..."

The students, all wearing the uniforms of the Rewolf Black Academy, lay on the ground, groaning in pain. Each of them had serious but not fatal injuries.

If outsiders saw this, they would surely be shocked that a student from the renowned Rewolf Black Academy, known for his individual strength, would end up in such a miserable state.

If outsiders knew that only one person was responsible for this scene, they would probably start to question the meaning of life.

But that's just how it is.

The one who defeated hundreds of students from the Rewolf Black Academy was really just one person.

Patting the head of the giant lightning lion beside him, Bai Jie looked at the students around him: "Want to continue? If we keep fighting, I can't guarantee you'll still be alive. Controlling your power is quite troublesome."

"To be honest, I just happened to fall from the sky and wanted to ask someone something. Why did everyone have to gang up on me?"

Having received a message from Tsukasa Kadoya, and for the sake of that other Cecilia, Bai Jie came to this world. However, due to a problem with the coordinates given by Tsukasa Kadoya when he traveled between worlds, Bai Jie appeared directly in the air and experienced a free fall. The landing point was naturally the Reiwolf Black Academy.

Bai Jie, who had just arrived, wanted to ask a student about the world, but to his surprise, the student attacked him without saying a word.

Then he was knocked unconscious by Bai Jie's punch.

Upon seeing the student knocked unconscious, the other students swarmed around Bai Jie and began to beat him up. They weren't there to avenge their friend; in truth, friendship didn't exist at the Rewolf Black Academy. They attacked Bai Jie simply because they felt he was strong and wanted to defeat him.

The result was that everyone was wiped out in a second by Bai Jie, who was afraid of trouble, by summoning the Lion's Golden Form.

"Well, judging from your situation, you can't talk to me either. Speaking of which, with such a big commotion, isn't the academy's principal going to come out and do anything about it?"

"If you're looking for someone to take charge, then I am."

No sooner had Bai Jie finished speaking than a slightly deep voice rang out, and a fierce-looking, plump man walked over in front of Bai Jie.

The man was wearing the uniform of the Reiwolf Black Academy, which meant he was also a student. But strangely, Bai Jie did not sense any special energy from him that other students had; he was just an ordinary person.

“I am Diluc Abel, the student council president of Rewolf Black Academy. If you want to speak to someone in charge, then I am you.”

"Oh? You're just an ordinary person, but you speak with a lot of confidence." Bai Jie smiled. "Alright, since you're in charge, then you're in charge. Tell me about the situation here. I just arrived and don't know anything."

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Inside the student council president's office at Rewf Black College.

Bai Jie put down the last document about the world and leaned back on the sofa: "I see, so this is how the world is... Hmm, I understand the situation now. It's quite an interesting but also quite boring world."

"Have you finished watching? If you have, can you talk to me? Visitor from outer space," Diluc asked.

"A visitor from outer space... that's certainly true. So what do you want to discuss with me? Something like, 'I've provided you with information, and you do me a small favor'?"

"...It seems you're a smart person."

"I've seen plenty of people like you, and I'm sick of all your charades." Bai Jie waved his hand. "So, how do you want to trade with me?"

"The deal... now is the time for you to provide me with compensation."

"Oh dear, it seems you've misunderstood something." Bai Jie laughed. "Indeed, you provided me with information about this world, but that was your reward for letting those who attacked me go. Therefore, the first transaction is over. You traded the information about this world for those people's lives."

Diluc's face darkened: "This is against the rules."

"Rules? Heh."

Bai Jie smiled and then snapped his fingers.

boom!

Diluc's hand exploded instantly, splattering blood all over the office walls.

"Ughhhh!"

Diluc clutched his shoulder and groaned.

Walking up to him, Bai Jie said, "My word is the rule, understand?"

"Hmm... I understand."

"very good."

Bai Jie snapped his fingers again, and the blood in the room seemed to flow backwards, rushing back to Diluc's arm at incredible speed. Even the scattered pieces of flesh and bones were reassembled. In less than two seconds, Diluc's shattered arm was completely healed.

After stretching his arms, Diluc said with fear, "You really are a monster."

“People often say that. So let’s put it this way, how do you want to trade with me? Let me make it clear beforehand, my asking price is very high, so if you want to trade with me, you’d better be prepared to risk your life.”

"...This is all I can do, this is the maximum price I can pay, there's nothing more I can give."

"Everything you can do, everything an ordinary person can do?" Bai Jie laughed. "You want to get something for nothing?"

"I myself am not very capable, but the forces behind me can do a lot of things. At least in this academic city, they can do almost anything."

"I see... Well, as the price of the deal, that'll do. So, what do you want?"

"You will become a student of Rewolf Black Academy and participate in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival."

Diluc said.

"That's my request."

Chapter 584: No update today and future update plans.

Classes start at 9:00 AM: one and a half hours of mechanical engineering and one and a half hours of English. Classes resume at 1:30 PM: one and a half hours of physical education and one and a half hours of engineering mechanics. After dinner, there's a three-hour class on military theory, lasting until 9:00 PM. This is in addition to updating new textbooks.

That's the reason for no update today.

Let me also explain my plans for this book. Although updates to this book have been quite unstable lately due to online classes and a new book, I have gradually shifted my attention to this new book, and I intend to finish this one.

Currently, I'm writing the "Academic War City" volume. After finishing the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, this volume will end. Then, I'll return to the Kamen Rider series to resolve some foreshadowing left by Detective Conan. After that, I'll start another large volume to deal with some things, and then the book will be finished. I estimate there are about a hundred chapters left.

Actually, I wanted to finish when I reached one million words, but as I wrote, I realized I couldn't finish it in one million words, so I continued writing, and it's been dragging on until now. That's the downside of infinite flow novels; it's hard to control when to finish.

This book didn't do very well. I went through a lot while writing it, and when I read the reader reviews, most of them were negative. I know why: I didn't think too much about the book when I was writing it, which resulted in quite a few flaws. As a result, I spent a lot of time cleaning up the mess later.

But in any case, this book has come to this point. I hope everyone can continue to accompany me on the last two or three volumes. At the same time, I would also like to ask everyone to continue to support the new book.

Many thanks.

P.S.: The new book is titled "The Debt King's Idealistic Salvation in the Collapse." The protagonist has abilities similar to Orb and Decade, transforming and fighting by borrowing money and using the Blank Key. Currently, it's up to Sekiro (the Collapse universe version), and has already reached 170,000 words, which is quite a lot.