Survive in Azure Files

To be honest, Alice's initial performance was hard to describe.

In stark contrast to the powerful weapon's performance was her obvious lack of combat experience, which completely failed to bring out the weapon's true power.

Even with a beam cannon, a weapon of super high performance, and even with a body strong enough to stand still under the terrifying reaction force and completely dissolve it with just a slight turn or a half step back, he is unable to exert the absolute dominance that he should have.

If this continues, defeat is basically certain in the face of overwhelming enemy numbers.

However, during the battle, Alice continued to improve at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The disadvantage was gradually reversed, and the balance of victory slowly tilted. Before they knew it, most of the robot army had been cleared out. Even when Kotoli personally participated in the frontal combat, she could no longer compete with the game development department.

Now that things have come to this, there is probably no more suspense about the ending.

"marvelous……"

The girl next to me had already praised me in advance.

"Teacher." Utahara turned his head, his lavender eyes full of curiosity, and asked me in a low voice, "Alice, she is not a student, but a robot."

This is actually not difficult to detect. Even though Alice looks almost the same as an ordinary person and has a halo on her head, as long as you observe carefully, you can always find some clues.

I looked into Utahara's eyes and answered calmly, "Alice is my student, and also a student of the Millennium."

"I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. I didn't mean that. Teacher, you should know Alice's background, right?"

"Not completely."

"That's right."

After lowering her head and pondering for a moment, Utahara looked at Alice, who showed no signs of fatigue at all, and recounted the various discoveries she had made as if talking to herself:

"I guess it has a grip strength of at least one ton, and a stable torso that doesn't lose balance even when firing. It has both strength and power. And, a beautiful body without even a single scar... no, a machine."

At this point, Utahara considered his words: "In other words, from the beginning, it was designed to operate in a harsh environment and was built on the premise of self-repair by nanorobots. The purpose of its creation must have been..."

Also, this is not so much learning as it is recalling a forgotten skill that has long since become instinctive.

I looked at Alice, silent, and listened to Utahara express the same conclusion as I had in my mind.

"Fight, then."

The head of the Millennium Engineering Department, a master craftsman with achievements that match his title, exhaled a deep breath.

"Teacher, who exactly is Alice...?"

"Didn't I say that?"

I looked at Kahara and smiled, "Alice, just like you, Kahara, is an important student of mine."

Utahara was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly: "I understand. Since you said so, teacher."

"Besides," I pointed upwards and added meaningfully, "Alice enrolled in school through formal channels."

But Ge Yuan's expression became strange: "...If you say so, I'll be worried."

So, what kind of image did Liyin have in the millennium?

I cleared my throat awkwardly: "...Well, of course it's also necessary. Should I say, some pure means?"

Hearing this, Utahara tactically leaned back and took a deep breath: "They teamed up!? Could it be that Alice is actually a super ancient relic used to destroy the world!? Or on the contrary, a secret weapon used to fight against the end of the world!?"

"No matter how you think about it, it won't get to that extent, right!?"

You have such a good imagination!

Utahara scratched the side of his face and said, "That's true...it's really those two...well. Anyway, the teacher is trustworthy."

Thinking back to the way those two interacted, I completely understood Utahara. In other words, what on earth do Liyin and Himari usually do...

Alas, why don’t you learn from me what moral conduct is?

I couldn't help but engage in deep imagination and almost shed tears of hatred for his lack of fighting spirit.

At this time, Ge Yuan reminded me: "Teacher, the battle is over, let's go down."

As we expected, the game development department won the final victory.

“Gu, I really don’t want to accept this…” The knocked-down Kotoli looked at the hand Alice extended, smiled and grasped it, using the force to get up from the ground, “But, this is the result! Alice, the sword of light is now yours!”

“Wow, wow…!”

Alice's face once again revealed pure joy, but she seemed to have thought of something and began to look around.

Until she saw me.

"Teacher, teacher!"

The girl raised the heavy sword of light high and waved it: "Look, look!"

My heart warmed up and I raised my voice: "Yes, I saw it."

Then, Alice turned to Momoi and Midori and continued to share her joy.

"It's amazing that you can use that weapon..."

Xiang walked out from the corner, exclaimed at the scattered machine wreckage on the ground, and then walked closer to Alice: "Come here, Alice. I will teach you some more techniques. And I will also help you strengthen the handle part."

Alice said quickly, "Great craftsman! I'll leave everything to you!"

"There's no need to be so serious."

All in all, Alice got the weapon that suited her best and was happily taken back to the game development department.

Then I received an hour-long education on various common sense issues.

"Why should I come along too!?"

Of course, Tao Jing is also included.

The objection is invalid.

Chapter 36: Today we start to make Torena

I took a sip of the iced black tea that Yuzu gave me to moisten my dry throat from the lecture:

"That's about it. Have you memorized it all?"

Alice nodded obediently and said seriously, "Affirmation is given. Alice has memorized all the tricks that the teacher taught her."

In stark contrast, Tao Jing nodded perfunctorily: "Me too, me too. So can I go play games now?"

"You'd better really remember it... But before that, there is one more thing."

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly."

Seeing how eager Tao Jing was to play the game, I didn't want to say anything.

I pondered for a moment: "Now that Alice's student ID and weapons are in hand, it's time for Alice to officially join the game development department and report this matter to the seminar."

Although Liyin has personally inquired about Alice's affairs, she still has to go through the necessary procedures because she does not want to expose the matter.

Hearing this, Tao Jing puffed out her chest proudly:

"It's about that. Don't worry, I already told Yuka when you were nagging me just now."

...In other words, Taoi was secretly playing with her phone during the lecture.

Why can he still confidently make such an expression as if to say "Praise me for being smart"! ?

I felt powerless and gave up talking to Tao Jing for the time being: "What did Yuka say?"

"Yuuka said there's a meeting this afternoon about strengthening club management, so let's talk about it after the meeting."

Suddenly I feel that the so-called seminar, as the name suggests, means that there are endless issues to be discussed and endless meetings to be held.

"Then teacher, can you let me play games now?" Tao Jing looked anxiously at the two people who had escaped the disaster and were concentrating on playing games behind him, and turned back to urge me, "Teacher, teacher, they are about to enter the next dungeon! If we miss this opportunity to form a team, we will probably fall behind in progress!"

Hearing this, even Alice became uneasy, and her big watery eyes looked at me eagerly.

"Okay, let's go."

"great!"

Momoi jumped up excitedly and ran to sit in the empty seat next to Midori, while Alice sat next to Yuzu.

Seeing them playing games enthusiastically, I smiled helplessly.

Even if we get enough people together, there is still the urgent problem of developing a game that can win an award in the Millennium Club Competition. This is not the time to play games without any worries.

But... let them relax their tense nerves first, which can be considered a combination of work and rest.

Thinking of this, I didn't mention anything that might spoil the fun and quietly left the activity room.

It was already lunch time, and for convenience and nutrition reasons, I chose the Millennium Student Cafeteria for my meal.

Then he confirmed a fact again.

Not all canteen managers have cooking skills as good as Fengxiang—

Even though restricted by the big pot meals, the taste of Fengxiang's meals can only be described as mediocre when the supply needs to be guaranteed, but at least it has nothing to do with being unpalatable.

But as for Millennium... I can only say that it is nutritious, cheap, and enough to fill your stomach.

The Gehenna students who complain that Liquidambar dishes are unpalatable are really ungrateful for what they have.

Just as I tried not to care about the taste and swallowed the food mechanically, but was about to put on a mask of pain, a voice with surprise came from the side:

"Teacher? What a coincidence! I didn't expect you to come to the student cafeteria for dinner. There shouldn't be anyone at this seat, right?"

The source of the voice said this as he took the food tray and sat down across from me.

I saw the face of the black-haired girl with a high ponytail and greeted her with a smile: "Isn't this Sumire? Long time no see."

Otoka Sumire, the director of the training department, suffered from severe dehydration due to excessive exercise some time ago and fell into a coma on the playground. It was with my help that I sent her to the infirmary.

Maybe it was due to the physical fitness of Kivotos students, plus the timely medical treatment, that just a few days later, Sumire seemed to be fine.

Out of concern, I still asked, "Jin, how are you now?"

"As you can see, he's fully recovered!" Sumire said gratefully, "Thanks to your help."

"It's good that it's okay."

I breathed a sigh of relief, and then I looked her over, this time for another important reason.

Simply put, it is Seyu.

I have to admit, Sumire is truly a beauty.

Her sickly and tired face was already quite good; now that she has recovered, her skin has become rosy and lustrous, and her delicate facial features, coupled with her slender and fit figure, show a unique charm.

I heard that there is an old saying in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that great kindness cannot be repaid, and Jin might be thinking about repaying her love for him right now.

If Sumire really makes such a request, how should I politely accept it? It's really distressing.

"The teacher also ordered this set meal."

Jin looked at the dishes on my plate and said with a smile, "How is it? Very good, right?"

...Are you a foodie?

However, Sumire's next words answered my question: "Whether in terms of calories, sugar, fat, protein and other ingredients, it couldn't be more perfect. Hehe~ This is the best reflection of Millennium's strength in nutrition."

It turns out that her focus is different. That's okay.

"So this is ah."

"Yes! You must strictly control your diet and exercise consistently to maintain your health!"

"Even so, you have to be moderate." I couldn't help but remind him, "Exercising to the point of severe dehydration like last time is a bit putting the cart before the horse."

Sumire blushed slightly and defended herself, "That's for a reason... I've been preparing for an exam lately, so I've been sitting most of the time. So I wanted to increase my exercise, but I over-exercised and ended up like that."

After listening to Jin's story, the first thought that flashed through my mind had nothing to do with Jin.

If what Sumire said is true, there will be an exam in the millennium soon...

Are those people in the game development department really too lax? !

No, after dinner, I will go back and confiscate their game consoles, and urge them to work and study.

All three except Alice.

Having made up my mind, I continued the conversation with Sumire: "You have done well enough before."