Chapter 67: Mira’s Terms (1/2)
Mira’s eyes glowed as she was informed about Lu Yin’s innate gift, and she smiled, “It is quite average. Do you want me to recommend you to the Great Yu Empire’s Youth Council? If you agree to my terms, I could perhaps recommend you to the Outerverse Youth Council instead.”
“If I agree to your terms?”
“Well, if you fulfill them,” she said tiredly, “You’ll have to enter the Tenth Academy, but more importantly, do something that’ll make me proud of you. Something the Red Lotus Witchbow would be proud of.”
After saying this, she grinned at him, gave him a series of numbers, and turned to leave. Lu Yin simply narrowed his eyes; the Red Lotus Witchbow?
“By the way, it makes sense that you’re protecting that barbarian planet. Who knows, you might even get more talents like Zhang Dingtian and Liu Shaoge. Treasure it,” she said at the door, leaving Lu Yin even more surprised. Lu Yin was surprised. He understood why she mentioned Zhang Dingtian, but why Liu Shaoge? It was already a pity that he hadn’t killed the man; had she discovered something?
He immediately left and headed towards the command center. It wasn’t a place just anyone could enter, but his status on the Perseverance was second only to Lulu and Mira now, beyond even Sigmund’s. He shot out an order right as he entered, “Show me all the footage of the battle in Tianzhu.”
The people in the control room froze for a moment before carrying out his orders, and Sigmund, Torry, and Shalosh all got word right away. The trio quickly appeared at the control room themselves; while confused, the General didn’t really mind. He’d already said before that Lu Yin could do anything he wanted, so long as he wasn’t out of line.
Lu Yin focused on Liu Shaoge as he stared at the video of the battle, shock slowly turning into dread. The screen was showing footage of him sending Shaoge flying with one blow; that was normal, but what really drew his attention was what had happened just before. The man hadn’t been injured helplessly; he’d chosen not to defend. Why?
The answer was simple. Liu Shaoge had stood on Qingyu’s side, and Qingyu had been severely wounded in that battle. What would his master think of him if he was completely unharmed? He had to show his loyalty, even at the cost of taking on an attack that could kill him in one blow. This was the kind of person he was, someone who was vicious with others and even more so with himself. Lu Yin felt a sense of foreboding about the trickster.
“It’s fine. There’s plenty of time,” he muttered to himself, drawing glances from the people in the command center. They had watched in the trial as he had captured dozens of students; they had assumed he was good as dead when he showed the gall to capture even Raas and Jenny Auna; who could have guessed that he would suddenly become a king? It was simply unbelievable, leaving them all curious.
“Show me all the footage of the surveillance cameras on the Perverserance,” he asked bluntly.
A slightly older officer was put in a tight spot, “You may only see that if the pilot gives you permission, Your Majesty.”
“Don’t make me repeat myself. I’m ordering you as the Zishan King.”
The officer hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth, “Play it.”
Screens all around them lit up immediately, constantly changing to show different locations. Lu Yin grinned in response; he didn’t really care about the surveillance footage, he just wanted to test how far his status went. It seemed like this kingship would be more useful than expected.
Hmm? Right as he was about to leave, his attention was drawn to a scene where Xu San was getting beaten up. He narrowed his eyes and left.
……
On the second level of the residential region, a few students had grabbed Xu San, “You’re just a native, don’t start thinking you’re equal to us just because you managed to get on the ship! A savage is a savage, and will always be trash. Got it?!” Veron yelled, eyes glimmering with bloodlust.
Xu San’s face was black and blue, but he remained silent. When Veron eventually snorted and called for the students to leave, he was coughing with his head bowed low, too afraid to fight back. Students kept passing by and glanced at him with mocking expressions before ignoring him. Most people who managed to leave the trial planets dealt with similar hazing, and no one thought Veron was being out of line. To them, Veron had actually held back because of Lu Yin’s status and merely beaten this man until he looked bad without doing anything lasting.
All of a sudden, a figure blocked the departing students. Veron looked up to see Zhang Dingtian and barked, “Scram!”
Zhang Dingtian pulled out his sword and moved it in front of Veron, “Apologize to him.”
Veron’s gaze changed and he burst into laughter, “Do you know where we are, bumpkin? If you use your weapon, you’re dead.”
As he spoke, a group of soldiers surrounded the students, “Lower your weapon immediately. Fighting is not allowed on the spacecraft.”
Zhang Dingtian replied coldly, “So why didn’t you stop them when they were beating him?”
“I’ll say again. Put down your weapon immediately.” A soldier shouted.