Unspeakable bubbles

Bubble manipulated its shadow and waved at Misato: "Miri, look, if Bubble were a ghost, how could it have a shadow?"

“Sasha once said in a ghost story that ghosts don’t have shadows.”

"Yes, yes." Seeing this, Misato relaxed completely.

"Is manipulating shadows your secret?" she suddenly thought of something. "But Bubble, aren't you enhanced on the physical side?"

"I don't know, one day Bubble suddenly gained the ability to control his shadow."

"Hmm, I see. I've never heard of anyone having multiple mysteries, but at least the bubble wasn't eaten."

Misato rubbed her face and yawned widely.

"Phew, I feel much better now. I can finally get some sleep tonight."

"Miri, your dark circles are so heavy," Bubble asked curiously. "What did you do last night?"

"You're right. If I had known you had some mystery related to shadows, I wouldn't have been so shocked when you suddenly disappeared under the shade of the tree."

"It made me think that big tree had turned into a monster, and I was stuck there for a long time."

Miri yawned repeatedly, "I'm not going to talk about it anymore, let me lie down for a while."

She slumped onto the table, deciding to take a nap during her lunch break.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and an annoying voice rang out.

"Bubble, Misato, Hisae, the three of you come to the office."

"Oh!"

"Ok."

"..."

"Miri, did you hear that?" Seeing that Misato was lying on the table without responding, Miki Noboru walked over to her and tapped on the table.

"Wake up, get up! Miss Bella..."

"Ugh, you four-eyed guy, couldn't you have come to wake me up a little later?!"

"Aaaaaaah! I want to sleep!"

Miki Noboru adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "I'm just a messenger. Whether you go or not is up to you."

Upon hearing this, Misato's complaints abruptly ceased.

She stared at Miki in astonishment, remembering that he was very introverted and would never say such a thing.

"Hey, what's wrong with Miki, who used to be so quiet all day? The way she talks has changed so much."

"This isn't like you!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Miki Noboru said indifferently, "People change... I've delivered the message, you can decide for yourself."

After saying that, Miki Noboru turned and walked out of the classroom.

"Tch, how absurd." Misato clicked her tongue, and seeing that Bubble and Hisa were waiting for her at the door, she had no choice but to stand up.

"They're here, they're here, let's go."

............................................................

"Miss Bella, what's wrong? I'm so sleepy, can I go back to sleep first?"

As soon as she entered, Misato Toda spoke first.

"It's nothing serious. It's already the end of the month, so it's time to tell you about the off-campus practice program."

Bubble didn't react much, but Hisako and Misato were taken aback.

"The three of us...the three of us together?"

Nagano Hisae blurted out, "Miss Bella, in the past, it was always a student from a high-rise building who led several students from lower-rise buildings to complete off-campus practice. There has never been a situation where students from the highest-rise buildings formed a team together."

"It's good that we're together." Misato breathed a sigh of relief after realizing what was happening.

She, Bubble, and Jiujiang are already the students at the top of Unicorn Academy.

Compared to students who want to climb up from the bottom, there is not much competition among the three students.

Moreover, the group usually gets along quite well.

Thinking of this, Misato's initial dissatisfaction upon entering the office vanished, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.

If, if it really were the three of them in a group this time, everyone would definitely work together to complete the off-campus practice!

“Miss Bella, has the college changed its policy? I’ve always felt that it’s unreasonable to throw students from different floors into a dangerous place and make them complete so-called off-campus practice.”

“Miss Bella, you are well aware of the situation at Unicorn Academy. Under those circumstances, it is impossible for everyone to unite. The weak will only band together to trip up the strong.”

"This is a task that requires everyone to work together to complete. Internal strife can easily lead to the worst possible outcome."

"The outside world is dangerous. It's not like inside the academy where bloodshed never happens."

"Because of the college's flawed policies, countless people..."

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Misato, but the academy's policy has never changed."

Bella interrupted Miri, who was getting more and more excited, and shook her head: "Putting you all together this time is just an exception."

“A special case?” Misato’s eyes darkened. “I thought, I thought…”

"Why think so much? This time, the three of us together will definitely be able to complete the project smoothly."

Hisa patted Misato on the shoulder, then turned to Bella and asked, "What's our off-campus project this year?"

"Go to the Kuntila Grassland to complete a month-long observation diary."

"prairie?!"

Hisae Nagano looked at Bella incredulously: "Miss Bella, I saw it on the news yesterday!"

"There must be a very serious infectious disease outbreak there right now!"

"Huh?" Misato didn't know about this news; she never reads the news.

"Jiujiang, are you sure?"

"Don't believe me? Ask Bubble!"

Seeing Misato looking at her, the little girl nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right, Bubble watched the news yesterday too."

“Well, Bella also finds it strange. But this is a document directly sent from the principal's office.”

Bella picked up a few sheets of paper and waved them in front of her: "If you don't believe me, come and see for yourselves."

"Let me see!" Misato snatched the A4 paper from Bella's hand, and soon she frowned.

"They only mentioned going to the grasslands to complete an observation log, and nothing else?"

"Look at the last page. When it's time to set off, someone will meet you."

“You can ask the person who arranged this meeting for details,” Bella said, her brow furrowing.

"Don't worry about infectious diseases. The college has ways to ensure you won't get infected."

"Hmm, to be honest, I'm also completely baffled about why you guys were specially assigned this time."

Section 229, Chapter 228: Shadow Dragon

In Bella's memory, this was the first time she had ever encountered such a strange assignment. As an adversary who had infiltrated the Unicorn Academy, she naturally made many connections to it.

The vast grasslands... We've done off-campus practice there before, but this time the situation is different; there's an outbreak of infectious diseases!

In this situation, the college still assigned three of its top-level students to complete the project, which seems problematic no matter how you look at it.

"Bella understands how you feel. If possible, I would love to accompany you to the Great Plains."

"But unfortunately, I have to go to Lily of the Valley for an academic exchange the day before you leave," Bella said with a hint of regret.

“Miss Bella, may I ask what guarantees the academy can guarantee we won’t get infected?” Misato asked, sounding very uneasy.

"Is there some mysterious or targeted measure? I'm still young, and I don't want to go and never come back!"

"Yeah, yeah, although previous off-campus internships were unreliable, this one is just too unreliable."

Hisako gestured with his muscles: "As an awakened being on the physical side, my resistance to various things is much stronger than that of ordinary people, but as for infectious diseases, let's just forget about them."

"The three of you are the future hope of Unicorn Academy. Let me ask you this: if you were the higher-ups in the academy, would you let the academy's top students die in vain?"

Bella did not explain what method the academy used; in fact, she could not explain it, because Bella herself did not know.

But not knowing didn't stop Bella from persuading the three little ones in front of her.

“Well, that’s true,” Misato said hesitantly, “but…”

"There are no buts, we have no way to disobey the orders issued by the academy."

After a pause, Bella reminded her, "It's already this late, Misato, aren't you going to sign a contract?"

"Miri, the fortune teller, it's time to show off your best skills!"

"A fortune slip?" The little girl's eyes sparkled with curiosity. "What's a fortune slip, Misato?"

"Well, it's just a little mysterious method of predicting good or bad fortune, nothing special."

Misato shook her head and said helplessly, "Although it's very accurate, it also has many limitations."

"I can only make one prediction per month, and unfortunately, I already made one for myself at the beginning of this month."

"So, I can't count on that."

"That can't be," Bella suddenly laughed. "Miri, once a month was your level a year ago. Now a year has passed, haven't you improved at all?"

"Uh"

Misato Toda's face stiffened, but she laughed it off as if to cover it up.

"Haha, Miss Bella, you think too highly of me."

"It's not so easy to break through one's own mysterious limits. I'm not as diligent as Jiujiang, so I haven't made much progress this year."