It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

435

435 Provocation!

At this time, in the accommodation area assigned to the Second Men's Military Academy, a boy rushed into the living quarters of his regiment commander. This boy was Ah Li, who had been attracted by Luo Chao and Han Xuya, and who had also been dispatched by his regiment commander to scout for information.

"Regiment Commander, I've found it. The leader of the First Co-ed Military Academy this time is Lin Xiao." When he saw his regiment commander, Ah Li immediately reported the news he had gathered.

Speaking of his regiment commander ... in their Second Men's Military Academy, he was a famous figure. He was the tacitly acknowledged number one in their academy, the one who had successfully advanced to ace operator in his fifth year — Jiang Shaoyu. By all accounts, for his regiment commander to have advanced to ace operator at such an age was also outstanding, belonging to the ranks of the cream of the crop. Unfortunately, he was outshined by Qiao Ting of the First Men's Military Academy by a head — who let the other manage to advance in his fourth year? That allowed Qiao Ting to recreate Ling Xiao's record of advancing to ace operator level as a fourth-year cadet, making the people of the Federation call him the second Ling Xiao. In this way, Qiao Ting had completely stolen the thunder of his regiment commander.

This time, Jiang Shaoyu had been willing to lead the representative team into battle partly because he wanted to take the chance to defeat Qiao Ting. Jiang Shaoyu wanted to use the truth to tell the other that, even if Qiao Ting had been lucky enough to advance to ace level in his fourth year, he would never be the number one of the military academies.

"Lin Xiao, what a familiar name." Hearing this name, Jiang Shaoyu, who had been half-reclining on the sofa, sat up straight. He opened his communicator and began to search for information on Lin Xiao, and only afterwards did he say with a tone of realisation, "So it's him. In the last tournament, he also joined the Mecha Grand Tournament. It's unexpected that he would join again this time and become the team leader to boot."

Jiang Shaoyu chuckled coldly. Lin Xiao was just like him; they were both sixth-year students. In the last tournament, when they had still been third-years, the First Co-ed Military Academy had made an exception for Lin Xiao due to his extraordinary mecha piloting talent, allowing him to represent the school in the tournament. Meanwhile, although Jiang Shaoyu's piloting talent had been no weaker than the other's, he had not earned the right to participate due to the intense competition in his military academy. He was still rather sore over the fact.

"Three years ago, he was already a special-class operator. Now that these three years have passed, if his talent is truly as strong as they say, he should already be an ace operator ..." Jiang Shaoyu may be jealous and resentful of Lin Xiao, but this did not affect his judgment. "It looks like this Lin Xiao will also be a formidable opponent in our way to the top this time. We must pay some special attention to him."

"Noted, Regiment Commander. I will keep an eye on it," replied Ah Li immediately. His mecha piloting skills were average, but he was very skilled in collecting intel. The regiment commander had deliberately wasted a member slot to bring him along, just so he could utilise this specialty of his. He naturally could not let his regiment commander down.

Jiang Shaoyu trusted in Ah Li's abilities; thus, he put the matter of Lin Xiao to one side and then glanced meaningfully at Ah Li. Ah Li immediately picked up on what his regiment commander wanted and quickly reported what his regiment commander was most eager to know. "Those two girls from before ... the strong and handsome one is called Han Xuya, a second-year Mecha Piloting student. The sweet and delicate one is called Luo Chao, a second-year Starship Navigation student."

"Why are second-years being allowed to participate in the Mecha Grand Tournament now?" Jiang Shaoyu rubbed his jaw in confusion. Mind you, with the exception of truly outstanding students, those who earned the right to participate in the Mecha Grand Tournament were typically almost all students in their fourth year and above.