Chapter 724

NO．93：You Can't Call It Devil Training Just Because It's Devilish

"Pig——Rat——Lord——!!"

Central Treisen, High School Division, the activity room of the Lindon Training Staff team, still holding a floral spectacle as rare as an iron tree blooming.

But in fact, the flower of the iron tree, scientifically known as cycad, is both a tropical plant and a gymnosperm.

Upon reaching a certain age, and with warm, humid climate, it naturally blooms, and typically, once it blooms once, it will bloom every year thereafter (unless you transplant it away).

Thus, Ailisuzhi Miss's cloying floral spectacle isn't truly rare—at least, if you've ever been in charge of her meals, you've seen similar sights more or less, and then you'd rather starve her (scratch that), and instead remain calm and composed, utterly unfazed.

Just like Aomo Training Staff sitting on the sofa now, head bowed over a book, not lifting his head, his tone indifferent: "What's wrong?"

"I want to study negative energy! Study its impact on the environment!"

"A mature researcher doesn't need to participate in every process—just needs to confirm each step is executed smoothly, right?"

Between words, the book turned a page.

"I want to study——!" the brown-haired horse girl bared her teeth and claws, clearly preparing to use her ultimate move.

Namely—training staff are unaccustomed to physical contact, especially overly intimate contact, which often leaves the other flustered—this awareness, the three of them in the team all possess.

Even based on the contemporary spirit of enthusiastic information sharing, more than just these three understand this.

The negative influence on this 19-year-old youth is immeasurable.

But just as with "boys going out must always protect themselves," Lindon Training Staff clearly has sufficient vigilance.

At least, having sufficient understanding of the horse girl in charge enables him to raise his head before she acts, with a hint of helplessness:

"What you actually want to study is how negative energy aggregates into what kind of creature, isn't it? When did environmental impact become your specialty?"

"After studying the environment, isn't it just studying biology then!" Ailisuzhi slapped the folding table standing beside the sofa, knocking the small Godzilla figurine atop it directly over, and even caused Aomo to instinctively raise his hand to shield his coffee cup.

"I want to lurk there until a negative energy monster or freak appears!"

"Such a goal cannot be achieved from the precondition onward," Aomo said calmly, lifting his coffee cup and taking a sip, "You also saw the instruments they've set up all over the mountain—those are specifically designed to decompose and suppress negative energy accumulation."

"Once construction is complete, there will be no appearance of what you expect."

"What if there's an accident!" Suzi slapped the table again, "This global-level conspiracy design—those behind the organization can't possibly ignore everything and let them sabotage the plan, can they!"

Hearing this, Aomo leaned back slightly: "Your expected direction seems rather unlawful."

"After it happens, my actions will be legal!"

"What a resounding statement—like testimony that could get you charged as an accomplice to crime, Miss Suzi."

"Besides, I must remind you, Rhodes Island thinks the same way—yesterday afternoon, Miss Adel sent me an email containing a note about additional on-site deployment."

"……What did she tell you this for?"

"Sometimes remote assistance is needed, hoping I won't be startled by the live ammunition around me."

Aomo said this, seeing her emotions gradually ease, he also placed his coffee cup back on the table, closed the《Local Monster Chronicle》in his hand, and slowly stood up.

He had already seen the chestnut-red double ears appearing on the glass at the door, as well as the silver metal hair ornament.

The horse girls' hair ornaments are always unchanging—perhaps, like their ear accessories and ear muff styles being constant, it's a constant manifestation of a sense of security.

"Also, I must remind you, research on negative energy monsters and biology has been done by someone long ago—if you're interested, you can contact Sai," Aomo said, noticing the activity room door being pushed open, his eyes slightly surprised, but not hindering his continued speech, "The data copied back from the Light Nation Office earlier already included that on negative energy monsters."

"Hope you won't insist that only what you research yourself counts as valuable."

He said this, patting the stunned Suzi's shoulder, prompting her to belatedly realize: "Sai-kun actually has it?!"

"I'm starting to doubt your friendship," Aomo said upon hearing this, turning his head helplessly shaking his head, then turning to greet the arriving Brittany and the brown-haired horse girl beside her, "Long time no see—truly a failure to welcome properly, Miss Qingzhu."

Treisen's horse girl attire management is indeed quite lax—even the girl before us, with a headscarf tied at her forehead bearing the character 'Dream,' resembling a miracle outfit one might see on the last night of summer vacation, hasn't been regulated.

Of course, this might also be the result of the Disciplinary Committee Chair's abuse of public power for private gain.

Treisen's Disciplinary Committee Chair, Qingzhu recalls, is a short-haired, hot-blooded girl, known to most training staff due to her highly responsible work execution style—everyone, more or less, gets sought out by her, as long as your horse girl is distinctive enough.

And since Aomo has a horse girl named Ailisuzhi under him, he naturally has to get used to her occasional visits, even easily suggesting she change the text on her headscarf from 'Dream' to 'One Solemn Effort,' which would generally make her enforcement more imposing and persuasive.

But alas, looking at her current appearance, we know it wasn't adopted.

"Oh, Es! No need to greet! Lindon Training Staff!"

How to put it—her voice isn't particularly loud, but that energy is like a summer scorching sun, making Aomo sigh each time he sees her: what a spirited horse girl.

Of course, after more contact, he adds: what a pure-hearted girl.

"This time I came because of Ailisuzhi classmate!"

"I suppose so," Aomo said, turning to glance at the confused other, then realizing this probably wasn't precognition like fishing enforcement, he turned back: "But according to what I know, Suzi hasn't recently done anything dangerous, so what is this all about?"

"She's a dangerous person! She's disrupted Treisen's order!"

"……" This sudden, somewhat crossover-like remark left Aomo glancing at the Brittany beside him.

Her dazed expression seemed as shocked as his, prompting him to sigh: "I suppose you didn't just watch a Gundam movie."

"Seconded, corrected: it's Master who often flashes."

"Brittany occasionally has some ill-timed humor," Aomo thought, feeling that every time he steps into Treisen, his sighs increase, looking at Qingzhu's recollection, "And you, have you heard some rumor again?"

"Not a rumor! It's Xiao Lin Li Qi classmate proving Ailisuzhi classmate is researching terrifying substances off-campus!"

"If you were a police officer, you'd probably find it hard to develop informants, Miss Qingzhu."

"I don't understand what you're saying! Lindon Training Staff!"

"Simply put, I guess Xiao Lin should be talking about negative energy."

"Yes, that's right!"

"Then, negative energy isn't some terrifying substance, but rather the external manifestation of people's negative emotions."

"Isn't that so?"

"No, and off-campus research shouldn't fall under the Disciplinary Committee's jurisdiction."

"Uh……"

"Am I right?"

"Osu!"

"No one here practices Jidong martial arts, Miss Qingzhu."

Oss/oss, the pronunciation is the familiar "Osu."

Among practitioners of Jidong martial arts such as kendo, karate, and judo, this greeting is commonly used in place of everyday salutations.

It is also used as a substitute for "yes," "understood," or "that's right," often in response to instructions from masters or elders.

But frankly, to outsiders this is quite confusing, and not everyone is like Aomo, who, although not studying Jidong martial arts, was taken by his foster father to visit a colleague's dojo.

The techniques for using the Ghost Grudge Sword were largely founded there.

"You're absolutely right!"

"Then the misunderstanding is cleared; if you have work to attend to, please continue."

"Osu... wait, I still have business, I still want to ask Trainer Linton to assist with my training!"

"? If I'm not mistaken, you should have your own trainer."

"Exactly, why borrow someone else's trainer!" Suzi, who had been quietly listening here, couldn't help but speak up, then turned to Bao, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Information processing, I don't understand Suzi team member's logic."

"You mechanical guinea pig, don't you have any sense of crisis about borrowing another's trainer!"

"?"

"Please!" The brown-haired horse girl, yet Qingzhu's recollection, suddenly stepped back two steps, speaking with a 90° bow that would elicit a strong reaction from Jidong people, and as a Baud person, Aomo doesn't really feel it.

"I and my trainer have heard that Trainer Linton's devil training is extremely strict! Extremely passionate! I've come specially to pay my respects!"

Ao: "?"

Su: "?"

Bo: "Error occurred."