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230: The Open Secret of the Military Academy!

Translator: ryuxenji  Editor: H2dH2mr

“This Little Four is really becoming more and more daring!” Ling Lan once again confirmed that this intelligence entity of the learning space was definitely an oddball, acting in all ways exactly like a real child. He had displayed all kinds of emotions and behaviours, including playing mischievous tricks and shirking from his responsibilities.

Ling Lan piloted her mecha to the western gate of the town. The western gate had slightly less traffic than the other gates, because this was the beginning of the pathway to Suncreed City. It should be known that even if the path to Suncreed City was cleared by someone, it would only take one day for the savage beasts inhabiting it to respawn and repopulate it. Most notably, those savage beasts were truly too formidable — anyone below advanced mecha warrior status just had no hope of passing through, so this was considered the hardest road to take during the newbie period.

Ling Lan’s rabbit mecha laid there nibbling on its carrot, twitching its head. Its adorable appearance drew significant attention again, though that attention very quickly subsided as well. After all, in the end, a mecha’s worth still depended on its capabilities. Aside from a portion of women who would be sold by the sheer cuteness, men would just toss a curious glance or two at it and then cast it to the back of their minds 1 .

Very soon, Ling Lan saw a humanoid mecha appear at the western gate, looking around left and right. She thus knew that this person should be [No Mecha Unrepaired], and so operated her mecha to hop over to the other. This sudden movement seemed to startle the other, as the other reflexively went into a defensive stance. It was clear to see that this mecha operator’s reaction time was not bad.

“[No Mecha Unrepaired]?” asked Ling Lan in the public comms channel.

“[Lingtian First-String]?” The other’s tone of disbelief clearly showed how disappointed he was in the appearance of Ling Lan’s mecha.

“Yes!” replied Ling Lan.

“Sorry, but I have to go now!” [No Mecha Unrepaired]’s voice was tinged with anger — he felt that he had been played. He immediately turned his mecha around to leave, but found a carrot-shaped sword held up before his mecha.

“We agreed that you would take a look at my combat ability. I do not wish for someone to violate the agreement.” Ling Lan’s voice was extremely cold. For some unknown reason, [No Mecha Unrepaired] actually felt a chill penetrate into his heart.

“Hn?” This questioning sound of Ling Lan’s carried a hint of a threat, though she was internally sweatdropping. For the sake of points, she was actually in the process of threatening someone now … where had her morals gone?

“Fine!” Without thinking about it, [No Mecha Unrepaired] agreed. As a genius mecha modifier, he was very well-versed in mecha controls. He had turned around so swiftly, but in the same period of time, the other had been able to take two steps forwards and bring up a weapon to block him. Based on that operation alone, he could sense that the other’s skills could not be weak. This was one of the reasons why he had capitulated so easily; of course, he would never admit that he had been scared into changing his mind.

“This road leading to Suncreed City has a lot of savage beasts along the way. Of course, the savage beasts closer to the western gate are not as fearsome as those deeper along the path. As we move ahead, we will see the first wave of savage beasts. If you can obtain my acknowledgement, I will give the mission to you,” said [No Mecha Unrepaired], “Of course, if you can’t satisfy me, I will not continue on with you.”