Chapter 590: A Show of Force! Hearing Ling Shuang's Instructions!

Good lord!

You're a seventh-rank Grandmaster and also the director's assistant, yet you don't even have the authority to arrange one additional room?

Xu Jingming figured it out — this was clearly meant to give them a show of force!

The matter of his being appointed as an instructor for the elite training camp at this branch of Lei Ting Wu Guan.

Zhao Song on this side should have known about it long ago; for the lodging arrangements to go wrong now, it was almost certainly deliberate.

It seemed to be plainly telling you: even if you're an eighth-rank Grandmaster, it's useless — once you're here, you do as I arrange!

Hearing Ling Shuang this, those beautiful big eyes also narrowed slightly.

The aura belonging to an eighth-rank Grandmaster circulated faintly, as if about to erupt at any moment.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming quickly said: "Teacher Ling, the villa has two floors, so even sharing a place isn't a problem."

Hearing this, Ling Shuang's aura slightly diminished, and after a moment's consideration, she seemed unwilling to press the matter further:

"Since that's the case, let's leave it like this for now, and change the lodging tomorrow."

"Sorry, sorry, I'll arrange it first thing tomorrow morning.

Right now I'll take you all to the lodging area to rest, and at the same time have the cafeteria send the food over..."

Zhao Song once again delivered a triple apology, and only then led Hearing Ling Shuang and the others toward the lodging area.

The villas arranged by Lei Ting Wu Guan were quite a bit worse than the one Xu Jingming had at headquarters.

Still, each floor was around three hundred square meters, which was fairly spacious.

Hearing Ling Shuang's villa was a bit larger, with each floor a full four hundred-plus square meters.

Apart from the one next to Hearing Ling Shuang, the remaining three villas were each in different spots within the lodging area.

So this one became Xu Jingming's residence.

It is worth mentioning that, of the nine people who went to Dayangzhou this time,

only Hearing Ling Shuang and Xia Lan were female; the rest were all male.

Facing the other trainees she wasn't familiar with at all, Xia Lan naturally chose to stay in the same villa as Xu Jingming.

"Alright, the dormitories are all arranged; from here on out, you're free to do as you like.

You can go report to the elite training camp, or go do anything else."

These trainees were all elites from the headquarters' Prodigy Training Camp.

Lei Ting Wu Guan didn't place much restriction on their actions after arriving at Dayangzhou.

So, after arranging the lodging, Hearing Ling Shuang chose to dismiss the group.

And Xu Jingming and Xia Lan were the two kept behind by Hearing Ling Shuang.

"Let's go, eat first, we'll talk after."

Led by Hearing Ling Shuang, Xu Jingming and Xia Lan entered this larger-sized villa.

The dining table in the villa's living room was already laden with all sorts of dishes, waves of fragrance rushing to meet them.

Having sat in the fighter jet for a whole day, Xu Jingming was also a bit hungry.

Without standing on ceremony, he sat down and tucked in heartily together with Hearing Ling Shuang and Xia Lan.

By the time dinner was finished, it was already eleven at night.

Hum—

Hearing Ling Shuang dabbed her mouth with a tissue, waved her jade-like hand, and the space around the entire dining table immediately became independent.

As if seen from outside, one could only see that this patch of space had already twisted, unable to make out what was happening within.

"Dinner's done, now it's time to talk business."

Hearing Ling Shuang said softly.

The iciness and the faint fury in her eyes vanished, replaced by her usual calm and indifference:

"The director of the Lei Ting Wu Guan's branch here in Moben is named Liu Shan; he possesses an A-grade strengthening ability at the upper tier of eighth rank.

He is a staunch loyalist of Deputy Director Hu Jinyu, which is why he acted that way today.

Apart from giving us a show of force, he also wanted to force our hand.

Once we truly lost our temper and struck back, Liu Shan would have an excuse to have the deputy director send us back.

Or to leave Lei Ting Wu Guan's branch — that is something I will not allow.

Therefore, I hope that for some time to come, you won't have any direct conflict with the people on this branch's side."

"So Teacher, the angry look you put on just now was all an act." Only now did Xu Jingming come back to himself.

"What, you think your teacher is that green? That easily provoked?" Hearing Ling Shuang's willow-leaf brows lifted slightly.

Green?

Xu Jingming couldn't help but recall the last time he interacted with Hearing Ling Shuang in the virtual world.

Come to think of it, she did seem quite green, and quite soft too.

Ahem.

He'd wandered too far in his thoughts.

Xu Jingming pulled his thoughts back and quickly said with a serious expression: "No, no, I just wanted to ask—what if they go too far?"

Surely he wouldn't have to just take a slap in the face without being able to hit back?

"Then do what needs to be done; we're not made of clay either."

A cold glint flashed in Hearing Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes. "But with me here, they won't dare go too far."

"Being able to hit back is enough." Xu Jingming breathed a sigh of relief.

His main purpose in coming to Dayangzhou this time was to hunt fierce beasts; he had no time to play political games with the people here.

If they didn't come looking for trouble, fine; but if someone really was that blind—

Then he wouldn't mind letting the other party know what cruelty truly meant!

"It's getting late — you two should head back and rest first.

Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to the Elite Training Camp to check in."

"Yes."

Xu Jingming and Xia Lan nodded at the same time, then immediately left Hearing Ling Shuang's residence and returned to the villa on the other side.

"Xu... Captain Xu, the villa has two floors — which one would you like?"

In the first-floor living room of the villa, Xia Lan asked softly.

Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined she'd have the chance to stay in the same villa as Xu Jingming!

Even though it was only one night, she was already very content.

"The second floor — I prefer being up top." Xu Jingming said casually.

Back when he was still at Demon University, he'd always chosen a second-floor dorm room.

"Also, just call me Jingming from now on."

Being called 'Captain, Captain' all the time — Xu Jingming always felt something was a bit off about it.

"Okay."

A slightly delighted smile surfaced on Xia Lan's pretty face: "Then Jingming, see you tomorrow morning."

"See you tomorrow morning."

Xu Jingming nodded and walked up the stairs to the second floor.

The second floor of the villa had five rooms in total: a bedroom, a bathroom, a training room, a lounge, and a home theater.

Right in the middle was a living room of about forty-plus square meters.

Among the rooms, the training room was the largest — well over a hundred square meters.

"Eva, hack into the villa's main control intelligence and scan the entire villa."

After entering the bedroom, Xu Jingming directly summoned Eva.

Staying on someone else's turf — he really wasn't entirely at ease.

Especially when the other party wasn't exactly harboring goodwill.

"S-Class, don't worry — leave it to me." The green-haired twin-tail Eva's holographic projection popped out.

Pale-blue virtual light spread outward, beginning to hack into the villa's main control intelligence.

Just a few seconds later, Eva excitedly called out:

"S-Class, the main control intelligence has been successfully hacked! This villa really has quite a few backdoors left in it!"

Hmm—

A 3D projection of the villa appeared, with a red dot blinking in every room.

"Every place with a red dot has a sound collector installed.

All of our conversations would have been eavesdropped on.

Of course, under my control now, these devices have already lost their function."

Eva proudly puffed out her little chest.