Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

Although when Lin En made inferences about Nero based on the information he got from Himari, he guessed that when facing his challenge, given her proud character, she would most likely offer some conditions that were beneficial to him.

But even so, he did not expect Nero to offer such "generous" conditions.

"Huh? That kind of thing is fine."

Unexpectedly, in response to Lin En's doubtful expression, Nero, who was emptying the bullet from the gun, smiled nonchalantly and said.

"Teacher, do you know? Even those students with halos, when facing me on the battlefield, will choose to run away without hesitation in most cases. On the contrary, you, who have no halo... oh, I forgot, or should I say you, who have a decorative halo, would actually choose to fight me head-on. Well... I almost forgot how long it has been since I met someone like you. In this case, the conditions don't matter anymore, it's enough for me to really have fun."

After quickly checking his gun, Nero held the submachine gun in his hand again.

"But, I still need to explain one thing to the teacher in advance. The reason why they are so afraid of me is that there are not many people in Kivotos who can defeat me in close combat. Hmm... That's not right..."

Nero raised the submachine gun without bullets and magazines in his hand again, and a somewhat ferocious smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"In a way, it should be said that... there is none."

Almost at the same time as he made this declaration, Nero had already assumed a fighting stance.

"Well, Mr. Lynn—I'm going to do it!"

Before he finished speaking, Nero's figure flashed out and rushed towards Lynn!

Chapter 39: Let’s rescue our Phantom Thief, our teacher!

Facing Nero who was flying towards him, Lynn threw the playing cards in his hand at him without any hesitation.

“Not fast enough!!!”

However, for Nero, who could even dodge bullets to a certain extent, the speed of the playing cards thrown by Lin En was too slow, so slow that he could dodge them with just a flash of his body.

Not only that, while dodging these playing cards, Nero stepped on the wall pillar next to him and suddenly changed his direction, flying into the air.

In this way, even if these playing cards exploded in the air, it would definitely not have any significant impact on her.

And just as she expected, these high-speed spinning playing cards fell straight onto the wall behind them.

“Bang bang bang bang—”

The next moment, the sound of explosion suddenly rang out.

"Haha, this must have been researched by the guys in the engineering department, right? But unfortunately, this unconventional method has no effect on me - huh?!"

Just as Nero made this declaration in front of Yuxiang's slightly painful eyes, she was surprised to find that Lin En, who had just thrown the playing cards at her, did not choose to distance himself from her, but instead kicked the ground and rushed towards her!

"Well done!"

Although he didn't know what Lin En was planning, Nero reacted almost reflexively with a stern look in his eyes, and suddenly swung the submachine gun in his hand, hammering at Lin En's abdomen resolutely -

After a flash of thought, Nero, who had originally decided to hit Lin En on the back of the neck, changed the path of his attack and turned to a part that at least would not cause any serious harm to Lin En.

"call--"

As Nero moved, the sound of the wind being cut rang out.

At this moment, the two submachine guns with the magazines removed in her hands were like two heavy hammers, hammering hard at Lin En's abdomen!

For Nero, this was just a subconscious attack, but it still came with a merciless whistling sound.

Of course, in her opinion, judging from the speed at which Lin En rushed towards her just now, she should be able to avoid this attack.

At that time, Nero only needed to throw out the submachine gun in his hand, and then tie up Lin En with the chains tied to the ends of the two guns, and it would be over.

However, something unexpected happened to Nero and the three people who were watching.

Facing Nero's attack, Lin En did not dodge or evade, but rushed straight towards Nero.

"—?!"

Nero was startled on the spot, and without any hesitation, he quickly eased up his strength.

But the next second, the space in front of Nero's submachine gun, which was supposed to hit Lin's abdomen, suddenly twisted for no reason, and a barrier appeared like a ripple!

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound of collision, Nero's hammer was blocked by the barrier.

But at this time, Lin En had already rushed to Nero.

Just as Nero was showing shock at Lynn's actions, she felt something hit her abdomen.

When the two of them quickly distanced themselves from each other, Nero discovered that a cane had appeared in Lynn's hand at some point.

Lynn, who was holding a cane, took off his hat to Nero and said with a smile.

"This should be considered a one-time thing, right?"

“Oh my… I didn’t expect that I would fall for something like this. You’re really the one who wants to challenge me.”

Although he was a little stunned at first, Nero quickly accepted the reality and said this with a nonchalant laugh.

But then, Nero looked at Lin En with a slightly more serious expression.

"But based on my feeling, even though I hastily withdrew my strength at the last moment, your barrier should not be able to withstand my next attack, right?"

Hearing Nero say this, Lin En, who was checking the status of the barrier through a monocle, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He didn't expect that Nero's "reduced" attack just now would actually directly destroy more than half of the energy of the barrier installed on his Phantom Thief Suit by the Engineering Department.

After all, in the eyes of everyone in the engineering department, Lynn would not be "stupid enough" to challenge C&C head-on, or even to challenge Nero, their minister, so they equipped him with a rechargeable barrier that was strong enough to protect him from ordinary bullets.

However, even if the people in the engineering department knew that Lin En would challenge Nero, they couldn't help him make more modifications. You know, even if his Phantom Thief Suit was equipped with a hundred barriers, it couldn't withstand Nero's fierce attack.

What's more, if Nero gets angry because of this, it will be a big problem.

"But compared to that barrier... I'm more curious about where the teacher got this cane from."

Lynn couldn't help but frown when hearing what Nero said while he was staring at his cane curiously.

"This isn't a cane, it's a walking stick! Besides, as a Phantom Thief, it's not strange for me to have a walking stick, right?"

"Well... whatever. Whether it's a cane or a walking stick, they're all the same to me."

After waving her hand indifferently, Nero regained her fighting spirit and raised the submachine gun in her hand that she used as a double hammer, and looked at Lin En with a smile.

"But... this is really a strange feeling. I haven't felt like I was 'plotted' like this in a long time. Teacher, just use whatever tricks you have. I won't underestimate you anymore!"

"Okay, then it's my turn!"

Before he finished speaking, Lin En suddenly took a step, rushed out in an instant, and flew towards Nero.

Although that speed was far inferior to Nero's, it was at least much faster than those ordinary students.

"Well done!"

Nero shouted like this and raised the submachine gun in his hand, and actually faced Lin En.

Almost in an instant, the two met.

"Whoosh-"

At the same time, the somewhat rustic-looking cane and the submachine gun engraved with a golden dragon cut through the air and collided with each other.

"Qiang!"

When the crisp sound of collision was heard, not only Lynn and Nero, but even Yuka and others who were watching could see that in this attack, Nero had gained an undoubted advantage!

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"Is this really good?"

At this time, Midori, who had already reached the first floor via the elevator, looked back at the elevator and murmured.

"But... this is the teacher's order."

Although Taoi said this, judging from her expression, she seemed to have other ideas as well.

"...Alice played a lot of games."

Suddenly, Alice spoke amid everyone's puzzled looks.

"In these games, all the protagonists will never abandon their companions. So, Alice wants to do the same. But the teacher said that we should trust him... But... Alice wants to break through the trial with the teacher!"

"Alice...you're right."

Unexpectedly, the first person to react to Alice's words was Momoi, who had pulled the two away.

"The teacher has given us enough help, even beyond our expectations. We can't just bear the teacher's kindness without any response and run away in disgrace!"

"...I didn't expect my sister to say something so serious."

Although he was still insulting Momoi, Midori also raised the rifle in his hand.

"Well, let's go rescue the teacher now! Yuzu, I'll ask you to take the mirror back!"

In response to Taoi's suggestion, while the noise made by Lin En and others attracted the attention of C&C, Yuzu, who had sneaked into the first floor with the help of Lin En's cardboard box, did not reach out to take the [Mirror] that Alice handed to her.

"Do not……"

"what?"

Looking at Momoi who looked confused because she didn't hear her words clearly, Yuzu raised the weapon she had been holding in her hand under their slightly surprised gazes.

"I...will also go with you to rescue the teacher."

Although Yuzu's voice still sounded a little trembling, her eyes revealed a determination that no one had ever seen before.

"I'm... the director of the game development department. I will never abandon my partners and run away alone!"

"Yuzu sauce..."

Unlike Midori who was stunned on the spot because of her words, Taoi closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly opened them.

"In that case, let's go together!"

"Let's go together and rescue our Phantom Thief, our teacher!"

Chapter 40: Maid vs. Teacher

Faced with the huge force contained in the submachine gun thrown by Nero, Lin En did not choose to take it head-on, but chose to retreat using the power contained in this attack.

"What's wrong, teacher? Are you going to give up?!"

Nero shouted as he stomped the ground and rushed towards the direction where Lin En was retreating.

However, what she didn't know was that at this moment, Lin En was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that could be taken advantage of.

And now, she leaped into the air and undoubtedly revealed the opportunity that Lin En needed.

Just as Nero in mid-air swung the chain in his hand and was about to throw out the submachine gun, Lynn suddenly wrapped his cloak around himself and rolled towards Nero.

"I'm sorry, little Nero."

As Lin En said this, he raised his head and "accidentally" looked towards a certain part of Nero.

Almost at the same moment, Nero turned her eyes and met Lin's gaze. Her pretty face immediately blushed, and then she glared at him with murderous intent on her face, but the words she spoke turned out to be like this.

"You...what are you looking at? Just focus on fighting!"

At the same time, Nero subconsciously reached out and covered the hem of her skirt, revealing an expression that was both angry and shy.

In fact, of the four maids of C&C who were on and around the battlefield at this time, except for Akane who was mainly responsible for engaging the enemy head-on, the other three were all wearing short-skirt-style maid uniforms that were convenient for combat.

But at this time, Nero did not expect that this choice, which was originally convenient for him to act, would actually become his weakness.

But this is inevitable. After all, for Nero and all the students present, the students they usually come into contact with in this Kivotos are all female, so they naturally don't notice this.

Almost at the moment when Nero made a move, Lin En, who apologized to her again in his heart, rolled on the ground, and then suddenly lifted the cloak wrapped around himself in the direction of the other party.

What appeared in his hand at this moment was a cane that had unfolded into a whip-like shape without him noticing.

After all, if you want to cut this cane into a whip, you need to first separate its trunk into sharp blades hanging down, and then split it into countless sections like a whip, turning it into the shape of a whip.

Although the whole process only takes about one second, it is a two-step process after all. If Nero's attention is not distracted by anything else, Nero will probably be on guard against the weapon in his hand during the first step.

In the final analysis, this thing is actually just a "strange weapon" that Lin En asked the engineering department to make on a whim. Even if it can be used by chance, it can only be used this once.

After all, guns are much more useful than this thing.