Azure Files, the starting point of all miracles

"Teacher, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Perhaps noticing Xiyu's subtle gaze, Liyin, who was leading the crowd, stopped and turned to look at Xiyu.

Being stared at by her with such sharp eyes, Xiyu, who was already in the wrong, felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

Even though I know that Liyin's eyes are like this most of the time, and she is not targeting me, it is still the same...

"Ahem, no...it's okay."

"By the way, Liyin, you are really amazing. You actually built such a small base without making any noise."

"You are too kind. This level is far from being called a 'base'."

Liyin shook her head: "Because I don't plan to stay for a long time, I only carried out the simplest transformation."

"However, since I am not as good at networks and programs as Minister Himari, it will take some time to break through Caesar's signal shielding."

"Before that, teacher, you and these students can rest here with me."

"Well, thank you for your help, Liyin."

"This is what I should do."

After leaving these words, Liyin returned to the workbench.

It seems that she has already begun to prepare to attack Caesar's shielding device.

Taking advantage of this time, Misaki began to treat the burn on her teacher's right hand again.

Thanks to Liyin's resource reserves, Xiyu's arm injury was soon under better control.

As long as no other accidents occur, Xiyu will be able to recover soon after returning to Kivotos and receiving good treatment.

Perhaps because they saw hope, the faces of the members of Arius's team were not as solemn as they were at the beginning.

"Misaki, Atsuko, Hiyori, Saori, thank you for your hard work along the way."

"Let's take a short break now."

Seeing that several people were still holding weapons and ready for battle, Xiyu couldn't help but speak to comfort them.

"thank you teacher."

"But don't worry, this level is not even one tenth of what it was when I was in Arius."

Atsuko smiled at the teacher through the mask.

Misaki then added, "You should worry more about yourself than about us."

"That's right... Hehehe, after all, teachers nowadays are really fragile..."

Hiyori looked Xiyu up and down: "Although I don't know what the big sword that teacher took out earlier is, but you should not be able to do this now, right?"

"You have endured so much pain. If anything were to happen, you, teacher, would—"

As usual, before Hiyori could finish her pessimistic words, she was interrupted by Misaki's brain explosion.

After seeing that the three people looked calm, Saori felt a little relieved.

Although she wanted to stay with her teacher, the mature girl did not choose to do the same as her companions, but came to Liyin.

"thank you for your help."

"…This is all for the teacher. You don't need to thank me."

After a brief silence, Li Yin spoke lightly.

"What's up?"

Liyin's attitude was not good.

But Saori didn't care.

Because she couldn't sense any hostility from Liyin.

Maybe she has always been like this.

Without thinking too much, Saori stated her purpose: "Is there anything we can help with?"

Liyin: “……?”

"I've heard of Millennium College. It seems to be a very powerful college."

"But our current opponent is Caesar. It should be difficult for you to fight against them alone, right?"

"Although our Arius team is not as strong as those truly powerful Kivotos, we are still very good at fighting."

"There should be something we can do in this situation."

"..."

In response to Saori's suggestion, Liyin fell silent.

In fact, what Saori said was not entirely correct.

Saori, who lacked understanding of Liyin, still underestimated her.

Even if she is alone, with her strong technological development capabilities, Liyin can definitely easily gather a large number of mechanical legions to fight against Caesar.

But it will take some time.

Xiyu's right arm is now severely burned and is also suffering from blood loss. Liyin doesn't want to waste too much time on this.

So, should I accept Saori's proposal?

Li Yin did not answer.

Instead, he looked at Xiyu intentionally or unintentionally.

Coincidentally, the conversation between the two at this time also attracted the attention of the four people on the other side.

But unexpectedly, Xiyu did not try to stop it, but nodded in agreement.

"Even if I don't agree, you will do it secretly."

Seeing the stubbornness hidden in Saori's eyes, Xiyu sighed helplessly, and the expression on his face quickly returned to its usual gentleness.

"So, I agree to your participation in the battle."

"However, I have a request."

"You must protect yourself well."

"..."

Looking at the man in front of her, Saori suddenly felt a warm current surging in her body.

This kind of situation has never happened in previous battles.

This feeling is really amazing.

If I had to describe it with words -

As long as I am with my teacher, I can do anything!

She clenched her fists tightly, and at this moment, an unprecedented light burst out in Saori's eyes.

"Yes!"

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The four members of Arius's team set off.

Under Liyin's instructions, go and destroy the signal shielding device that Caesar placed in this area.

As for Xiyu, he was strongly asked by several people to stay because of his injury. Now he is remotely commanding the four people through the device provided by Liyin.

Glancing at the man beside her intentionally or unintentionally, Liyin suddenly discovered that he seemed a little different from his past image.

It seems... there are more white hairs?

Overworked?

Or is there some other reason?

"..."

Chapter 72: Purnapates's final "gift"

"How's the search going? Have you found the location of Teacher Xia Lai?"

"…I'm sorry, sir."

"My men have done their best to search the area, but—"

"I don't want to hear these meaningless excuses, I want results!"

As an angry voice came from the front, the mechanical soldier responsible for reporting the current situation lowered his head even more.

"We, Caesar, have already sent thousands of mechanical soldiers to encircle and assassinate Xia Lai's teacher."

"But what was the result? In the end, despite losing hundreds of soldiers, we didn't even get to touch a hair of that teacher Xia Lai!"

"…I'm so sorry, sir! I swear, I've had my men completely blockade this area."

"There's no way they can escape from this level of encirclement!"

"Shut up! I said, I want the result!"

irritable.

Angry words.

Perhaps it is fortunate that they all have mechanical bodies, so they will not be splashed all over by the saliva spewed by this commander.

In fact, it is understandable that this officer is so irritable.

Not to mention the defeat in the 5000-to-5 battle, just the consequences of attacking Xia Lai's teacher were clear to Caesar, who knew Kivotos well, better than anyone else.

If this matter cannot be completed as soon as possible, once the students of Kivotos become aware of all this, they will most likely - no, absolutely, will go berserk!

At that time, it is easy to imagine what choice Caesar’s top management will make.

In order to calm the anger of these students and divert the conflict, they will definitely shift all the responsibility onto themselves and this group of soldiers, and then kick them out of "Caesar".

The commander, who had served under Caesar for many years, was well aware of this.

High risk means high reward.

If he could deal with Xia Lai's teacher, Caesar's control over Kivotos would definitely be taken to a higher level.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that each of these students seems to be very strong. In fact, they are just some mentally immature children.

As adults, they can play them around with just a few tricks.

Yes, that's right!

Just like how he deceived the president of the Federation Student Union and forcefully entered Kivotos...

But——the prerequisite is that the stumbling block of Xia Lai’s teacher must be eliminated!

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Just as the Caesar commander was furious, he would never have thought of this.

Several of the people targeted by Caesar have now sneaked within a hundred meters of him.

Listening to the occasional roar not far away, the four girls looked at each other and said into the communicator: "Teacher, we have arrived at the target area."

"The commander of Caesar is less than a hundred meters away from us. What should we do next?"

"..."