"Chen Pi, you're not even pretending anymore!"
Zhang Dali turned and looked over, his eyes filled with doubt. "Going by your usual habits, you'd definitely try to paint yourself as a righteous crusader! And then you'd try to swindle money!"
"You really know him!" Xu Xingxing gave a thumbs-up. "Dali, what do you think the blood at the corner of his mouth is from?"
Zhang Dali scrutinized Chen Shu from head to toe. "Could it be he was exposed!?"
Chen Shu argued righteously, "What do you mean 'exposed', buddy, this is just me showing my true feelings!"
"Save it!"
The three of them spoke in unison, casting looks of disdain.
An hour later,
The four of them had returned to their hotel.
Xu Xingxing asked, "What should we do tomorrow? Are we still playing?"
Chen Shu replied, "Playing my ass! We're going back to Kyoto tomorrow!"
"Why?" Zhang Dali asked, a little confused.
"I suspect today's ambush is related to the Du family, so we can't stay any longer!" Chen Shu explained. Even if it wasn't the Du family, he was still in danger. Yang Sha had said the beast horde was controlled by a King-level beast tamer, which proved the other party intended to kill him. Being targeted by a King-level beast tamer was no small matter. Lan Hai City was definitely not safe; only in the Huaxia Academy could he feel at ease.
Xu Xingxing nodded. "Alright, let's leave then!" He had also noticed the abnormality of that Silver Lord. If it didn't have killing intent towards Chen Shu, it would never have stopped halfway.
Late at night,
Yang Sha sat ramrod straight at his desk, with eight virtual interfaces suspended in the air before him. Upon returning to his post, he had convened a video conference with the other Dragon Guards in Lan Hai City. As a major first-tier city, there was certainly more than one Dragon Guard. However, besides Yang Sha, the other eight were only Silver-tier.
One person asked, "Captain Yang, was the situation today really that critical?"
"Yes, it was indeed dangerous!" Yang Sha nodded. "If the beast horde had really come ashore, there would have been heavy casualties. If the beast horde had managed to charge into the city, the losses would have been immeasurable."
A young man asked softly, "Captain Yang, are there any leads?"
A chill flashed in Yang Sha's eyes. "I suspect foreign forces. I'll head to headquarters tomorrow and have a King-level beast tamer investigate."
"It's not just foreign forces!" Another middle-aged Dragon Guard spoke, his eyes bright and thoughtful. "Thousands of beasts arriving near Lan Hai City so easily... it's possible someone was facilitating it!"
"Yes, I'll investigate!" Yang Sha nodded, tapping the table to end the video conference.
...
The next morning,
The four of them left Lan Hai City and returned to their respective schools.
"It looks like I'll have to spend the rest of my vacation at school!" Chen Shu arrived at the school's express delivery point and carried various large and small bags back to his dormitory. These were the various medicinal herbs and potions he had purchased earlier, worth tens of millions.
The Scholar Building was still deserted, with only Wang Ye sunning himself by the entrance and no other students in sight.
"The pig killer is back?" Wang Ye opened his eyes slightly and looked at Chen Shu.
"..." Chen Shu froze. What did he mean by 'pig killer'? And what the hell did pig killing have to do with anything!
"You come here, and you even bring things?" Wang Ye's eyes lit up as he looked at the various medicinal herbs Chen Shu was carrying. He sniffed and said, "I smell money!"
"..." Chen Shu trembled. Was he going to be robbed... He said, "They're all just worthless trinkets, you certainly wouldn't be interested."
Wang Ye shook his head. "Tsk, so stingy!"
Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the Scholar Building. As soon as he opened his dormitory door, he heard the sound of 'Makka Pakka'. A Liang was lying on the sofa, looking like he had lost all will to live, like a corpse.
"Eh, A Liang, aren't you teaching students?" Chen Shu asked, placing the medicinal herbs in the room.
A Liang replied feebly, "I taught... but it feels like I didn't teach..."
"You say that like you said something," Chen Shu shook his head and sat on the sofa. "What's going on?"
"The first day I left, I just handed his parents a business card..." A Liang said, "and introduced my services. The result was no result."
"..." Chen Shu twitched the corner of his mouth. Your business card didn't look like a family tutor at all, so it was normal for you to be fired.
"How did you spend these past few days?"
"Watching anime to cultivate my temperament!"
"..." Chen Shu twitched the corner of his mouth. You're truly bored!
A Liang said, "Although it's a bit boring, at least there were some gains."
"Learned what?"
"Goodnight, motherf***er!"
"..." A Liang yawned, took out two packs of instant noodles, and handed one to Chen Shu.
"Why are you back too?"
"I..."
"Wait, let me guess!" A Liang's eyes rolled, and he suddenly seemed energized. "Were you being chased and had to run back!"
"???" Chen Shu was slightly stunned. You actually guessed it right?!
"Holy crap, is it really true!" A Liang looked him up and down and said, "You're something else!"
Chen Shu coughed. "Although it's similar to what you're thinking, this time I was the protagonist!"