Chapter 1897: NO.516: The Talk Splits in Two, This Is the Outside

NO. 516: The talk splits in two, this is the outside.

NO. 516 The talk splits in two, this is the outside.

"Ha… Guinea Pig-kun really… said they wanted to train us, but then they didn't let us take part in this opportunity—what do you guys say?"

"What do you mean?"

Outside the screen, Aimu Zhiji stared unblinkingly at the training officer's incarnation, the evil Belial, as he raised his hand and drew the vengeful spirit sword of the Love Ghost, launching a barrage of sword strikes and palm chops.

The slight distraction of her mind was not on her teammates' complaints, but on the faint sensation of her own unintentionally slightly curled palm being held by her sister San.

For ordinary people, the touch of a spiritual body is usually a barely perceptible coolness; whether it's felt clearly depends entirely on one's spiritual sensitivity, but if she finds the right way and diligently cultivates, it will be different.

Not only can one feel the guardian spirit's touch as if it were a living person, but one can also share in the feeling of the other's nervousness and slight exaltation when their souls make contact.

After all, they were watching the moment the training officer used the Love Ghost card.

That had been the power entrusted to herself for her cultivation, and at the same time a power steeped in her own feelings. Furthermore, according to Miss Qian's theory, the training officer should now, in the process of using it, perceive the trajectory of the imprint she and her sister San have left within it.

"How can you still ask what to say?! Qianjun's already gone! Even Isamara, who's always spacing out there, said she'd help Guinea Pig-kun—and then she actually got permission! But we're stuck here!"

If there were a big-screen TV nearby, Ailisuzhi would probably have already smacked her hand on it in the midst of speaking. Unfortunately, such a thing is a super antique throughout the federation—extremely rare and impossible to find in the facilities of a world-class hotel.

So Ailisuzhi's waving hand had nowhere to go, and she could only continue her attention with words: "Aimu Zhiji, you've had your monster card taken back, right?"

"I don't care."

Rather, she was quite excited to see the Love Ghost put to use on the screen, but she maintained her habitual silence and didn't mention it.

Thus Ailisuzhi, though doubtful, stared at the uncooperative guy for two seconds, but she wasn't in a hurry.

After all, she still had one card.

So she turned her head to look the other way.

"Senior Sirius~ what do you say about your Dark Regulus?"

Then came the other's displeased glare: "Only at times like this do you earnestly call me 'senior,' you jerk."

"Really?" Chengtian Bai Ren's offhand remark had an excellent effect of fanning the flames.

But this is also a fact.

The drawn-out, uneven utterance of "senior" carried no respect whatsoever, but after so many days of joint training, Sirius was no longer the hothead who'd explode at the slightest provocation, and she clearly understood what the other truly meant to say.

It was nothing more than, besides her regular training, she also gave herself extra coaching, secretly taking the Dark Regulus monster card to practice control, fine‑tune her micro‑operations, and try to sense shifts in her mindset—all so that, when the training officer later undertook mercenary work, she could pull off a cool move and make the other owe her a favor; but when the moment actually arrived, she was instead ordered not to participate, told they "needed her own power" while merely temporarily recalling her card…

At the time, the art of speech left her dazed and confused; upon reflection she realized she'd been played, and she was furious.

You're not letting those high‑school brats go, fine—but why won't you let me go!

I… I and Bai Ren and the others do have combat experience, right!

Even your little girlfriend can come along! Am I really weaker than her?!

Many words had welled up in her heart since the plan was made, like spring shoots after rain, but she didn't utter a single one until the other acted.

Because she isn't really stupid.

Even if she didn't feel like sitting down to work out the logic, she had a premonition. It was hard to steel herself when the other said they didn't want her hurt, and there was also a premonition that if the other said they'd protect the little girlfriend but had no time to protect her, she'd blow up.

The more someone is usually unrestrained, the more they need to see the big picture at crucial moments; regarding this, she unconsciously looked toward a certain brown‑haired horse girl in the team who was always quiet at such junctures.

Even though, in past symbolic conduct, the Sirius symbol understood the necessity of seeing the big picture at critical moments better than most people, in this stylistic disguise she still couldn't help looking toward that like‑minded companion.

Previously she was just as fixated on Rudolf; now, even more so, under the training officer's command she has another pursuit that is all too obvious to peers, and this Qianming represents, in Sirius's eyes, an opponent that cannot be considered anything less than a formidable foe.

Thus she ought to give such a formidable opponent the proper courtesy.

She would occasionally pay attention to the other's reaction at such stages. In terms of acting, she knew she relied on her everyday rough‑persona guise as a cover, while the other not only had that carefree image as camouflage but also solid adaptability; the other truly walked ahead of her on this path, so she ought to do more observation and analysis for reference.

Even if she couldn't learn it, she should at least have the eyesight to read the situation, so as not to end up like those high‑school kids who are always out of the loop.

Of course, except for that so‑called designated horse girl.

Ailisuzhi this guy often shows, in Sirius's eyes, a side different from the rumors of an experimental maniac, a mad scientist, a relentless runner—perhaps because whenever she arrives it means a shift change, meaning the high‑school brats are resting, so she always gets to see this guy's clumsy, immature calculations regarding the training officer.

By tormenting the other to interpret affection, displaying the other's uniqueness here, and then calling the other's ever‑more familiar responses a growing rapport… is that what elementary‑school boys do?

Even though the Sirius symbol is far removed from the campus‑romance art style, the faux‑female‑slash fanwork that's especially popular among female friends and fans can likewise arrive at this subtle evaluation.

But just consider this guy low‑rank, yet she's the earliest to awaken and launch an offensive in the high‑school group, and she also has an innate huge advantage—the title of designated horse girl really makes every later horse girl embarrassed.

Because everyone's moral standards are fairly high, they feel they owe something to the official designated horse girl due to being in this 'unhealthy training officer–horse girl contract' situation.

And she herself is aware of this.

Although her rank with the training officer is low, in scheming against her companions she is top‑notch; often the obstacle to everyone's progress is exactly this guy who seems to have a red skill all over.

Moreover, some of those red skills are passive, taking effect without her even realizing it, becoming a hindrance… it's almost infuriating, yet this makes the Sirius symbol value her all the more.

"I'm being completely honest in looking out for my senior, after all I think—I guess—that any senior who's been privately practicing monster transformation isn't just Sirius, right?"

"……"

"Besides, the seniors should be even more confident than we few…"

She glanced around; even though Chazuo and Bohai, like Aizhi, gave no response and just stared at the screen, especially Bohai, who, upon seeing Jie De and Aomo cooperate to unleash a series of breath‑holding strong suppressive attacks, furrowed her brow slightly.

?

"Somewhat suspicious," Suzi thought.

Although that young man, as the training officer of the mechanical guinea pig's friend, had shared many intimate moments with her friend, she had never shown jealousy, nor any other dissatisfaction.

So then, this little expression is…?

Or is it the start of jealousy over fighting together?

That would fit her expectations, yet it feels so sudden she can't make sense of it.

But right now this isn't the point; the point is indeed…

"You'd feel more qualified to challenge dangers alongside the training officer, right?" She turned her gaze back to look at the silent adult group.

Looking at those senior comrades who, like the high‑school peers, were still watching the screen delayed by over thirty minutes, she didn't need to wait long to get the inevitable reply:

"You're not just looking to cause trouble, are you?" that person said. "You want to cooperate to get something from the training officer?"

The first half still had the emperor's voice of steady and vigorous qi, while the second half was much gentler and softer moonlight; Ludaofu Xiangzheng's opening words immediately drew the attention of the remaining three as well as the girls from the high school group.

Now, Suzi's smile could finally be considered truly cheerful and radiant.

They felt that the other's heart also held the same excitement and nervousness.

(End of chapter)