Survive in Azure Files

"Abandoned his gun?"

stab.

The contract paper was torn.

Hoshino crumpled up the contract paper expressionlessly:

"Your handwriting is terrible. Write it again."

"Ha...haha...there's no rush for this. Can you tell me first, where is your gun?"

Xingye's tone became colder: "What does this have to do with you?"

"Just curious."

Seeing that Heifu had no intention of continuing to write the next one, Xingye took a few deep breaths and spoke with suppressed anger:

"Throw it away, that's it. Are you satisfied?"

"Hahaha, let's just take it as it is."

The man in black laughed, picked up the pen again, and rewrote an identical contract.

This time, Hoshino also signed his name.

Thus, the contract was established.

“…Is this all right?”

"...Yes, that's all." Heifu nodded in satisfaction at the contract. "Since I've signed the contract...all of your rights as a student, Hoshino-san, are now transferred to me."

Hoshino stared at Heifu, his questioning revealing a deep sense of fatigue: "Then, next, you will abide by the agreement and keep Caesar Group and the teacher away from Abydos forever."

Heifu agreed readily, but his tone was somewhat meaningful:

"Of course. After all, this is a contract. I will follow the terms of the contract and make Caesar Group and Xia Lai's teacher disappear from [Abydos Higher Education College] forever."

I don't care what the black server said. Yes, it doesn't matter anymore.

Xingye lowered his eyes, with a complicated expression——

Thus……

Everyone can be happy, right?

That, is enough.

Hoshino sighed, and countless emotions arose, but in the end, they only turned into a faint smile.

Chapter 53: Hoshino's Lament

Early in the morning, I was awakened by a series of rapid knocks on the door.

"Teacher! Teacher! Something bad has happened! Wake up!"

Recognizing Ayane's voice, I quickly put on my clothes, and when I opened the door, I saw Ayane's anxious face.

"We have detected that Caesar PMC has assembled a large force and is now attacking the school. At the same time, they are also carrying out indiscriminate attacks on the Abydos Autonomous Region!"

"What?" I frowned in surprise. "They found a loophole in the contract so quickly?"

"It seems to be true... Please gather everyone as soon as possible and issue the attack order!"

"Yes, it's time to act quickly."

After being surprised, I gradually smiled:

"You can't let the target escape."

A contract that is extremely harsh but not rigorous enough is destined to have loopholes found and exploited from the moment it is signed.

But this also gives us an opportunity to fight back.

The director of Caesar PMC is the only person we can contact who is most likely to know the exact location of the black suit.

As long as he sends troops, whether he is present in person or not, if we are in a favorable position, we can negotiate. For this, we have made preparations in advance.

It came faster than expected, but it was better this way.

Soon, the girls were all woken up from their beds, washed up in the shortest possible time, and took instant food to eat on the way as breakfast. After everything was ready, everyone boarded Xialai's helicopter and rushed to Abydos.

Looking into the distance, I couldn't help but think.

What is Hoshino doing now? Does he regret his decision?

No matter what she thinks, now is the time for me to save Hoshino and Abydos.

-

"What are you doing?!"

Hoshino was tied up and could only kneel on the floor, looking at the scene shown to her by Heifu in shock:

"Why? Why attack the town of Abydos?!"

The black suit asked back in confusion: "You ask why...isn't this the content of our contract?"

"Varied……"

"Let Caesar Group and Xialai's teachers disappear from Abydos Higher School forever."

Heifu repeated the contents of the contract and changed the subject: "As far as I know, your countermeasures committee has not been officially approved, right?

"That is to say, now that you, the last member of the student council, have dropped out, Abydos can no longer continue to exist as an independent school in Academy City.

"So, once the complex with the sign of [Abydos Higher Education Institute] is completely destroyed, our contract will be officially completed.

“Because the Abydos Academy no longer exists, not only the teachers of Caesar Group and Xialai, but anyone in the world can no longer get close to it.

"This is the agreement between us."

The shock in Hoshino's eyes gradually turned into anger, as well as a slight fear and confusion.

And Heifu was still frankly telling the whole truth to the girl in front of him who had no room for resistance anymore:

“Supporting that kind of boring corporate fraud is just for fun: if a new academy with a corporate main body is born, what impact will it have on Kivotos?

"Mr. Hoshino, our goal from the beginning was just you. We wanted you to sign the contract and get all the rights you have. Because this goal is consistent with their interests, we will assist the Caesar Group, that's all.

"It seems like you have misunderstood something... I am willing to apologize if it has caused any misunderstanding. But I have never belonged to Caesars from the beginning. I have never said that the 'common enterprise' I mentioned includes the Caesars Group."

Hearing this, Xingye suddenly spoke:

"So, what about the teacher?"

"Ok?"

Hoshino asked slowly: "Does your common enterprise... include the teacher?"

The black suit was surprised by this question: "Of course not, why do you still think so?"

Facing Heifu's denial, Xingye lowered his head and murmured:

"It doesn't matter. Even if he is not in cahoots with you, he must have other intentions."

"... Hoshino Kotori, why are you still insisting on denying the teacher who helped you?"

Hoshino did not answer.

Heifu guessed: "Could it be that..."

"Shut up."

"...Hmm. I sincerely apologize for upsetting you." Heifu shrugged, "Anyway, now that I have obtained the highest secret of Kivotos like you, I will definitely not waste it."

The black suit ruthlessly pronounced the girl's fate:

"You will be studied, analyzed, and understood as an experimental subject.

"Only through this interesting experiment can we observe what we desire.

"That is to say, that is all there is to it."

Afterwards, the man in black bowed gracefully to Hoshino and left.

The heavy door was closed, and Hoshino was the only one left in the dark and cold underground space.

After a long silence, the girl's voice was heard:

"...Is that so? I...was deceived by the adults again.

"I'm sorry... Shirako, Nomiya, Serika, Ayane... I'm sorry... Meng-senpai..."

pat.

Water drops fell on the cold ground.

“I…as expected…”

Then, there was no sound.

-

boom!

A violent explosion was heard. The Caesar PMC soldiers were thrown high into the air by the huge impact force coming from under their feet, and then fell heavily on the hard ground. They struggled to move, and their severely damaged bodies could no longer support them to get up.

The director of Caesar PMC asked anxiously and angrily:

"What's going on? Didn't they just clear the mines the day before yesterday? How could they plant so many bombs in such a short time? Tell me! Are you guys being lazy?"

Because he wanted to wash away the previous humiliation so much, the director of Caesar PMC went to the scene in person.

And because of the advance work done by his subordinates, he thought that with the number of students he had discovered in Abydos, it would be impossible to rebuild strong enough defenses in just one day.

So, the director of Caesar PMC rashly led a team to chase a student from Abydos. When they came to their senses, they were already trapped in a minefield.

Without any mine-clearing tools, the only way to evacuate from the ground is to use people to fill the gap.

However, due to the hangar explosion some time ago, the number of armed helicopters has been greatly reduced. The few helicopters brought this time would be easily shot down by enemies hiding in the dark.

It takes time to mobilize more human and material resources.

But what we lack most now is time!

The director of Caesar PMC was extremely anxious, and his subordinates beside him also cried out in grievance: "Director, it's unfair. How could the subordinates joke about their own lives?"

"Damn it... How on earth did they do that..."

The director of Caesar PMC could not help but clench his fists, angry at the loss of his own tanks and soldiers, and confused as to how the enemy could lay countless mines with such a small number of people.

At the same time, not far away, in a hidden stronghold.

I listened to Ayane's report on the battle situation and couldn't help but sigh:

“This is the victory of technology.”

Most of the new inventions of the engineering department are extremely unreliable at first glance.

However, any invention may come in handy in some situations.

The Potato Mine Seeder MK1, the scrap machine that had passed through the bombs it had laid and detonated, played an important role in this plan after some modifications.

Since the bomb would explode if the car body ran over it, why not just remove the steel wheels, eliminate the function of rolling over the road, and then drive backwards?

Thus, the Potato Mine Sowing MK2 was born.

It can automatically place bombs at regular intervals and cover the bombs with a layer of loose soil.

Under normal circumstances, this would still be waste because the regolith is so obtrusive that no one would be foolish enough to walk on it.

But...what if it was in Abydos, which is suffering from desertification?

In a place like this where the ground is already covered with yellow sand, wouldn't it be better to replace the loose soil with sand?

My idea was quickly realized with the efficient action of the engineering department. Yesterday, while I was running around outside, the Convenience House 68, who was proficient in this, took action near the Abydos Higher School.

"But why drive it backwards?!"

Alu, who was holding a sniper rifle next to him, ready to shoot down the enemy's helicopter at any time, shouted in dissatisfaction: "Can't we put the mine device behind the car? It's very inconvenient to drive backwards!"

This is entirely an engineering department issue.

"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be A-Lu?"