Chapter 443 Joker (3k)
As Su Jiu’s voice rang out, almost everyone’s gaze turned towards her, filled with astonishment and confusion. The senior Battle Generals had already spoken, and after only a few days in the military camp, she dared to claim there was no problem without any proof.
Miss Wen’s beautiful forehead was almost creased into the shape of the character “Chuan.” She scrutinized Su Jiu again, observing the confidence on her face, then waved her hand and said sternly, “If Xiong Er says there’s a problem with that instructor, then there definitely is. What would you know, a senior high school student who’s only been in the military camp for a few days? I advise you not to be a clown seeking attention.”
After glancing at her opponent, Su Jiu didn’t retort. The current situation was indeed as she stated, but she couldn’t reveal her strength. These students were easily startled, and it would be like alerting the enemy. Only…
“Please wait a moment.”
She said softly, and then fumbled in her pocket.
Seeing that Su Jiu did not give a direct answer, the female instructor frowned. This was not a time for fooling around, so she said sternly, “Jiusu, if you can’t provide an explanation, it’s best we choose the safer option to resolve this.”
“Classmate Jiusu, if you really have something to prove that Commander Luo is not problematic, then hurry up and show it!”
“We are in great danger right now.”
The students’ eyes also showed a hint of anxiety. They actually wished more than anything that their commander was not problematic, but Su Jiu was just a student, which made them feel that there was no credibility.
“Instead of listening to evidence, why don’t we let everyone see what this is?”
As Su Jiu chuckled lightly, the emergency mobilization order that Yu Meng had given her earlier appeared in her palm. The complex runes on it emitted a faint glow in the night.
The female instructor was first slightly stunned by the token, then stretched her neck to get a closer look. Her pupils slowly widened. Before she could speak, Miss Wen exclaimed, “Teacher Yu’s emergency token?! When did you get it?”
The students couldn’t understand, but hearing the usually refined Miss Wen looking at the small token in Su Jiu’s hand with such shock, they also became curious and looked. Xiong Er, frowning at this opportune moment, questioned, “A wartime token means seeing the token is like seeing the Master. Would Teacher Yu lend you such a wartime token? Who exactly are you?”
Hearing this, Chuan Guang looked at Su Jiu, revealing an expression of “No, does your face carry that much weight?”
I treated you as a classmate, and you treat me like an idiot?
“Who I am is not important; what’s important is…” Su Jiu chuckled lightly, shook her head, then took a few more steps, pointing at the ground, and said softly,
“You all have to listen to me and stay here. This is an order!”
“You will get everyone here killed if you do this.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Xiong Er’s face fell. His already dark face became even more unsightly. He turned to look at Miss Wen and the female instructor and found that their expressions were not good either.
Allowing a high school student to dictate such life-and-death decisions was indeed too childish. However, the token in her hand made them reconsider. Should they obey or resist?
Seeing the changes on their faces, Su Jiu was not too worried about them disagreeing. All she needed to do now was to stall for time until the opportune moment arose.
“We should follow military orders and listen to classmate Jiusu’s arrangements. Moreover, even if Commander Luo Dong has a problem, there’s no point in us turning back or hiding in this area.”
Just as everyone was hesitating, a voice suddenly broke the silence. Liu Lin stood up and walked towards everyone, her expression unreadable.
She didn’t understand why Su Jiu was lurking among the students anonymously, but based on Su Xiaoyu’s evaluation of her sister, she decided to speak up in her support.
You must know that Su Xiaoyu, who was already at the Half-step War King Level, always spoke of her sister with a sense of awe whenever she mentioned her. That awe was like…
Admiration?
This gave Liu Lin, who had joined the military recruitment early, a sense of inexplicable trust in Su Jiu, who was once the tail-ender in class and then became a hero of Huayang.
With Liu Lin’s intervention, the thoughts of the three were disrupted, and they exchanged glances before giving up. Xiong Er, as the others were preparing to wait, gritted his teeth and continued to persuade, “Commander Luo definitely has a problem. You will get everyone killed like this.”
“You won’t.”
Looking at his serious expression, Su Jiu was silent for a moment, then shook her head.
Seeing Su Jiu’s perfunctory attitude, Miss Wen became furious. Her face twitched, and she suddenly stood up, glaring down at Su Jiu, lowering her voice and reprimanding her, “I know what you high school students are thinking. You think what you’re doing is cool, but you don’t realize that right now, you’re just like a circus clown, performing a not-so-funny trick.”
Noticing that Su Jiu still didn’t reply, Liu Lin grabbed Miss Wen’s sleeve and said softly, “Miss Wen, this is not the time for infighting. Let’s hurry up and heal.”
“Everyone will be fine.”
After glancing at the three, Su Jiu said softly, and went to a corner to eat candy, her eyes constantly watching the path they came from. Her legs dangled, and if she were wearing thigh-high socks, it would have been a beautiful sight.
The moonlight was like the frost blossom of a winter night, falling on her twin-tailed hair, making her figure appear a bit lonely.
She was waiting…
Waiting for a protagonist to make an entrance.
Time ticked by, and the long night gradually receded. The students found that no one from the Ancient God Sect had come to intercept them, and they gradually relaxed a bit—perhaps that Commander Luo Dong was a good person?
Otherwise, why wouldn’t they try to ambush them from both sides with the Ancient God Sect?
Just as they were letting down their guard, Su Jiu, who was sitting on a stone, slowly opened her slightly closed eyes, then her lips curved into a smile. They’re finally here?
The moment Su Jiu opened her eyes, the entire forest rustled with the sound of wind blowing through the leaves. Then, on the karst rocks on both sides, black shadows flickered. Vaguely, the silver-white crosses on their waists emitted a faint glow.
“These people are all from the Ancient God Sect? Most of them are War General Level… The three of you, protect the students!”
Looking at this scene, the female instructor’s face immediately turned much uglier, and she roared at Liu Lin and the others.
Without needing further instruction, Liu Lin and the other two took positions in three places, encircling the students. External Qi formed three-colored shields, each guarding a corner.
“Heh heh, are you all really waiting here foolishly? That’s rather irrational.”
Just as the three were preparing to fight separately, a buzzing sound suddenly arose from the front. The black shadows didn’t make any rash moves, only waiting as if for orders.
“Are you Commander Luo Dong?”
In this situation, upon hearing this familiar voice, the female instructor’s expression changed slightly. She could guess that Xiong Er was most likely telling the truth.
“Heh heh, Commander Luo Dong…”
A clear and pleasant laugh, completely different from before, rang out. Then, a mountain-like figure slowly strode forward, accompanied by a giant horned wolf with frost at its feet, appearing before everyone’s eyes.
“I prefer being called Bishop Qiyun to that name.”
As the woman’s voice emanated from the unusually bloated body, it indeed sent a chill down everyone’s spine. But with “Luo Dong’s” next words, a feeling of coldness from head to toe spread over everyone.
Looking at the slowly walking meat mountain, the female instructor’s face turned pale. Even her voice carried a hint of a tremble, “Are you… the Black-clad Bishop?”
Facing the Black-clad Bishop, they were no match at all. They could even say that they couldn’t even entertain the Black-clad Bishop as toys—the gap was too vast!
“Heh heh, is this the mettle of the Second Generation?”
“Luo Dong” scanned the huddled students, suddenly letting out a bell-like laugh. This laugh made everyone’s faces turn even paler.
Then, he casually walked towards the giant horned wolf beside him, smiling as he touched the wolf’s single horn, and said softly, “I’ll give you a chance. Put down your weapons and surrender. Follow my subordinates.”
“Impossible to surr—”
“We surrender.”
Xiong Er stared intently ahead. The “Luo Dong,” who was much taller than him, was about to roar out, but was interrupted by a woman’s voice.
“What did you say?!”
He was stunned for a moment, then roared and turned to glare at Su Jiu, who was holding her hands up with a completely nonchalant expression…
At this moment, whether it was Miss Wen or Liu Lin, they both looked at Su Jiu with expressions of disbelief. The former clenched her hands tightly, her fingertips pressing on the ground, turning white, and suppressing her anger, she said sternly, “You were the one who told us to wait for Luo Dong, and you were the one who told us to surrender. What exactly do you want to do?!”
As people trained as soldiers, the word “surrender” was not in their vocabulary. Su Jiu’s actions today seemed to have completely enraged them.
The performances of the two naturally attracted “Luo Dong’s” attention, and he also looked in their direction.
Finally, when he looked at Su Jiu’s familiar face, he was first stunned, then smiled again. His ostentatiously fat face revealed a brilliant smile as he gave Su Jiu a thumbs-up and said softly, “Classmate Jiusu, right? You performed well. I misunderstood you earlier and thought you were an undercover agent sent by the Dragon Hunters.”
Hearing his words, Su Jiu showed a look of self-blame on the surface, pretending to glare at him angrily, but she lowered her head, not daring to speak.
“Don’t worry, everyone. As long as you surrender, we won’t harm you.”
Soon, while they were contemplating, several more jeeps appeared behind “Luo Dong.” She casually opened one of the jeeps, and some students and instructors were knocked unconscious and locked inside.
Sighing, the female instructor glanced at the high school students and could only look up helplessly, saying to “Luo Dong,” “We surrender…”
If they didn’t surrender, these children would likely die. Their deaths were meaningless, but they shouldn’t implicate so many people.
She glanced deeply at Su Jiu, who was lowering her head, and somewhat puzzled why such a shrewd Master would give the token to such a student.
With another sigh, she followed the black-clad figures in front. Seeing the female instructor’s actions, the students glanced at each other and followed, leaving Liu Lin and a few others to bring up the rear and check the headcount.
As people left one by one, Miss Wen came to Su Jiu’s side. Looking at the double-tailed girl with her head bowed, her teeth clenched as if she would grind them to dust, she said in a low voice, “I told you, you’re just a joker seeking attention! You’re useless and only make things worse!”
“Alas…”
Su Jiu didn’t reply, still keeping her head down as if she had made a mistake. Xiong Er looked at her, clenched his fists, then relaxed them, and sighed.
“Let’s go.”
Liu Lin looked at Su Jiu, frowned, but couldn’t figure out why she did it, then followed the team…
Hearing this, Su Jiu slightly raised her head. There was no expression of guilt on her face. Her eyes were as placid as a small village under the sunset, quiet…
“Is it true that, just as Miss Wen said, you’re deliberately acting foolish, a joker attracting attention?”
At this moment, a young girl’s voice suddenly sounded beside her. Hearing this still confused voice, Su Jiu slowly turned her head and looked at Chuan Guang’s disappointed face. After a moment of silence, she tilted her head and grinned,
“Bingo.”
