Please stop persecuting your students!

You're addicted to teasing her, right?

Come on, what do you want to say this time? Are you talking about my hairline?

Saki: “…”

No, that’s not what he meant. Rather, he meant that it feels very good - cough!

Not knowing why Nia suddenly became so aggressive, Saki coughed lightly, reached out and tapped an invitation on the edge, and pressed his left hand on his waist, revealing a more obvious outline, trying to divert Nia's attention in this way. Nia, who was still in a state of rage, was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

There are four cards on the table and one in my pocket. In other words... there is one more card than when I got off the boat!

In other words - the fifth invitation!

Following the previous Baihu, Shin, and the S-rated Meitsu and B-rank Zantetsu who appeared at the port - that is, Meitsu's blade, a new student/teacher candidate!

Actually, after the invitation letter of Metsu appeared, Saki and the others had no interest in Ira. From top to bottom, even the blades that appeared were all teacher invitation letters, which were useless. It was impossible to pull them all in and finally form a terrifying scene like "a thirteen-year-old girl was assigned homework by eleven male teachers in turn", right?

The school cannot be opened because there are not enough students!

But this time is different!

'Lex...'

The girl's gaze first paused at the name, then glanced back, a hint of joy appearing on her face.

There is no doubt that this is an admission application form for students. From Saki's perspective, it is still an 'S' grade good thing, but it also proves a problem.

It seems that as long as you find the right way, these invitations are not difficult to get? You see, from the time of rescuing Baihu to today, five invitations have been issued in three days, which is an average of almost two invitations a day. So it seems that it should not be a problem to find enough people in the remaining ten days? Even let some picky guy carefully select them again?

The question is, what is the right way...

Saki: What's right or wrong? Just follow the protagonist and everything will be fine.

Having said that, he couldn't say it directly. The situation that was clear to him was probably still confusing to Nia who had no "common sense" in this area.

Some things are really hard to see through or connect without a God's perspective and some additional information. At least it is difficult for normal people to consider that, after all, they have not developed such detailed thinking logic and way of thinking in their previous lives.

Of course Saki didn't have any either, he was just an ordinary person who couldn't be found among the crowd of shameful people...but he had read the script!

“How about thinking about common ground?”

Saki tapped each of the four invitations on the table, and before Baihu looked over, he folded them up and put them away calmly. Nia comforted Baihu and fell into deep thought.

Monthly fee group; ８'5'７6?634:?4 There is also that Mie, although she does not stand out in appearance, but as a cannibal she can feel that both of them are not human, but are alien blades like her and Baihu, and the same is true for that 'Zhantetsu'.

So the selection criteria are Blades? Not necessarily, after all, those 'ordinary Blades' have no reaction to Saki, which means it is limited to 'rare or special Blades'?

That wasn't right. The boy - they had seen and heard the previous communication between the Nopon and him, so the Lex mentioned in the letter must be him. But no matter how you looked at him, he was just an ordinary human - unlike her and Zhen and Mie, who were wrapped up tightly, and didn't look like they were hiding their core crystals.

What kind of judgment criteria is that...

"Isn't there another thing in common?"

Saki is so patient and persuasive. It feels so good to guide the other person step by step to guess the truth even though the answer is already known.

It's quite painful.

To be honest, he wanted to spoil the whole story in one go, but now he had to be patient and slowly guide Nia to the route he expected. However, after getting used to it, it was still interesting to see this cat woman with a tangled and thoughtful look on her face.

Only Baihu looked at the interaction between the teacher and the student with a confused look on his face. He felt that he was being excluded. From the moment he arrived at the port until now, he had been in a state where he could not understand what the two of them were saying. He opened his mouth, but after seeing that his young lady was very interested, he closed it obediently.

Even though it always felt that the person opposite was more interested in teasing its eldest daughter, it didn't know how to explain this problem. After all, it was just a white tiger.

At this time, Nia was still trying to figure out what the three terrorist Blades had in common with her, White Tiger, and an ordinary child, but no matter how hard she tried, it was difficult to find a commonality in individual properties that applied to all known objects.

You say they are all cannibals or blades, but not all of them are, not to mention there is a human mixed in; you say they are all humanoid, but there is also a white tiger, and Zantetsu is an upright lizard, it doesn't make sense...

But apart from that, we need to find a common point... does it count if they all speak the language of the Underworld?

"I don't think so, eh!"

Although the white tiger had no idea what Nia was trying to say by mumbling these words, it still denied them based on its job as an "intellectual character". As a result, it received a very ferocious glare from its master. The big tiger simply crouched down with its head in its hands, holding its head down with its front paws, not daring to move.

Fortunately, at this moment, Saki began to provide further guidance.

"For example, who have you all intersected with?"

"With whom..."

Nia was stunned, and then the image of a silver-haired masked man jumped into her mind.

"real!"

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That’s right, if there is anything they have in common, it’s that they all have intersections with Zhen!

That boy was hired by Shin, Ira's people were Shin's companions, and even she and Byakuko...if it weren't for Saki, they would most likely have been captured by Arcadia and then rescued by her.

This is the biggest commonality among those who have 'triggered' the invitation letter at this moment!

Saki: “Emmmm…”

Actually...well, it's not wrong.

The Underworld...Xenoblade Chronicles 2, this story itself, except for a few individuals, is just a continuation of the bad karma between Shin and his friends five hundred years ago. It's understandable to say that it has an intersection with Shin, but it's a little lacking in meaning.

Thinking of this, Saki didn't point it out, nor did he single out Lex, the boy who had just appeared and was now just as ordinary as him. Instead, he said with a stern face:

"I think so too."

After completing an operation similar to "I +1", Saki paused, looked down, and said in a low voice:

"And this may be our last chance."

"...So, what should we do? Go to Ira? Or..."

Nia was a little hesitant. Saki didn't want to have any contact with Irado, and she was the same. After all, without the grace of saving her life and failing to become a partner, Ira was just a villain who killed people without blinking an eye. Naturally, she no longer had a good impression of him, and she no longer wanted to return to Ira as she did before after leaving for a short time.

But it seems that as long as I follow Ira, I can get a lot of invitations. If I just treat the other party as a tool... does it seem acceptable if it is just like this?

Nia didn't feel any psychological burden about just using these people's "connections", but it was not safe to do so, and if she wasn't careful, she would die...

Nia, whose judgment in this regard was unexpectedly weak, stared at Saki, waiting... or rather, expecting the decision of the man in front of her. She was about to blurt out "follow the protagonist" subconsciously from someone she trusted so much, but after a brief thought, she tapped the table and thought for a moment:

"Let's wait and see first."

"Wait and see?"

"Well, what exactly does Ira want to do? What is their real purpose in coming to the Avalitia Chamber of Commerce? The most important thing is to find a way to save that boy."

As he said that, Saki turned his head and looked at Lex who had re-entered the trading hall, his eyes becoming a little sharper (he thought).

"The way that man looked at that boy just now... was like looking at a dead person."

"Varied--"

"Sakusai-dono, what you said—"

The master and the servant were both shocked, and even the confused Baihu had a big reaction. However, compared to Nia who was still in shock, Baihu calmed down and looked thoughtful. In response, Saki tilted his head, expressionless.

"what happened?"

"But, this is unreasonable. He is still a child. No matter what, you shouldn't do this to a child... This kind of thing is weird!"

"Is it strange? This is a terrorist, Nia."

Saki curled his lips, looked down at the boy whose wallet had shrunk significantly after the negotiation and started walking upstairs, sneered and said:

"They are a group of evil people who will kill even soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness and are unconscious without mercy. If I hadn't been the victim of Arcadia, and if it weren't for you and Baihu, I'm afraid even I would have died under his knife. Using a child to achieve your goals is nothing, right? It's also normal to kill the other party to silence them after they are no longer useful, right? Don't expect such people to have the same thinking circuits as you and me. They can't bear to kill even one person when their companions are captured..."

Nia opened her mouth and sat back on the stool. Although she didn't see the other party slaughtering the crew members, she and Saki cleaned up the horrible corpses together, and saw those crew members who couldn't escape the knife even though they were stunned by Saki and her. It's not surprising that such people would do anything.

Thinking of this, Nia turned her head and looked at the carefree boy who bought some food with the clerk and then went into the hotel. As the boy moved, her eyes met Saki's again, and she saw him continue to say:

“This is actually an opportunity for us.”

"Chance... chance? Could it be——"

"Shh~"

Seeing Nia getting angry again, Saki quickly made a gesture to keep quiet. The girl understood and simply put her hands on the table. She put her little face in front of Saki, with a rare serious look on her face, and asked in a low voice:

"————Do you want to fight with those people?!"

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That group of people, naturally, refers to Ira.

It is obvious that Nia understood Saki's idea. Faced with a student candidate who finally emerged, Saki naturally wanted to contact him. It happened that a group of people had bad intentions towards the boy. Saki could quickly get closer to the other party by performing a hero saving... hero? drama. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Helping someone in need is the oldest, most effective and best routine. Those who understand will understand.

The logic is clear and the feasibility is high, but there are just a few minor problems.

"It's too dangerous! If you're not careful..."

will die!

Nia stared at Saki, but Saki looked at the girl calmly with a smile on his face.

"Yes, but if we keep dragging it out like this, the result will be the same. I admit that I am gambling, but we have no other choice."

As he said that, Saki raised his hand and pressed it on Nia's head, between the two erect cat ears, and rubbed it skillfully. Nia was stunned for a moment, and shook her head impatiently, but failed to shake it off. She then stared at Saki with an unhappy look on her face. The person he was staring at had to smile awkwardly and withdrew his hand, and soon calmed down again.

"But I'm serious about this. If I still don't have enough people at the end, I'll probably give up. But before the last minute... even if there's only a glimmer of hope, I'll try."

"In this case...there is nothing we can do!"

Nia stared at Saki straight in the eye. After the man in front of her finished speaking, the catwoman sighed softly, put her hands on the back of her head, grinned, and said:

"Then Lady Nia, please come and help. That being said, this is something that concerns me, so it can't really be considered as helping me."

"No, that's a great help. If it weren't for Nia and Baihu, I would have a headache about what to do."

“That’s helping each other~”

"That's right~"

The two smiled at each other, leaving Baihu, who didn't understand the whole thing, staring with mouth wide open, watching his master and Saki having an encrypted conversation, and finally reaching a consensus inexplicably.

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"In summary."

Nia: “?”

"We have become the temporary guards of the Uzushio~"

Nia: “??????????”

White Tiger: “??!”

What exactly was omitted in this process? ! !

......

A few minutes ago...

"Although it has been decided..."

After thinking for a while, Nia leaned down on the table, stretching her arms like a kitten lazily stretching in the sun, looking weak.

"But how are we supposed to follow?"

This is another new problem.

Although they decided to investigate and stop Shin's actions, according to the information Nia overheard, Ira's people will go somewhere with the Chamber of Commerce's salvage ship to salvage an ancient ship. In other words, everything that happens next will take place on the sea of ​​clouds far away from the Chamber of Commerce.

Then there is a big problem...how to keep up?

Sneaking in? Considering someone's 'infiltration' method, this option is directly passed.

Hire other spaceships to follow the salvage ship? Not very reliable. Not only will they be discovered by the navigator, Nia also doesn't think that Ira's mothership will stay at the Chamber of Commerce and wait for such a situation. They will most likely follow. Once discovered by them, it will inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion and even be attacked. In the sea of ​​clouds, facing the metal warships that can fire cannons with crackling, they have no chance of winning.

According to this line of thinking, even if they succeed in getting aboard, wouldn't it be easy for them to capsize because of the metal ship?

"Don't think about that ship for now."

Saki picked up the porcelain cup subconsciously, glanced at the bottom of the cup which was completely empty, and silently put the cup back, saying: