Chapter 265

"I'm a bit greedy." He Muzhi hadn't expected Halton to be so bored as to check the Electronic Eye. With his truth exposed, he could only tell the truth, "So, teacher, can we join in?"

Halton now has both of these flaws; they're not outside the door now, they're in Halton's office.

"Huh?" Halton was infuriated by He Muzhi's shameless remarks with a straight face. "You're really pushing your luck! I knew you two weren't here with good intentions! Seriously, what happened to you two? I remember you weren't like this before. Oh crap, what the hell—"

Before Halton could finish speaking, He Muzhi had appeared calm, suddenly sprang up, shoving him through the door and quickly smothering his mouth.

The next second, Samuel quickly closed the door, physically locked it from the inside, and then, right in front of him, opened his Optical Brain to begin breaching the door to his office.

The two moved in perfect unison, showing no regard for their master as a living person.

Halton: "..."

He Muzhi held Halton under control, their bodies touching. He could clearly feel the tension in Halton's body and dared not relax for a moment.

Although he was mentally and physically prepared to fight Halton at any moment, He Muzhi maintained a calm expression and casually replied to what Halton had interrupted him about, "Teacher, your temper is much more volatile than before."

Halton: "?"

"The guilty party accuses the innocent first?"

He Muzhi didn't respond, but continued to repeat what Halton had said earlier, "Besides, it doesn't matter if we come with ill intentions."

"Huh?" Halton didn't understand what kind of trouble He Muzhi speaking in such a cryptic way.

Despite Halton's look of utter disbelief, He Muzhi remained unfazed. "As long as you're kind, that's fine."

Halton: "?"

"No, what exactly is going on between you two...?"

"Done!" Samuel suddenly spoke, turning to look at He Muzhi.

He Muzhi breathed a sigh of relief and then released Halton. Halton noticed that He Muzhi had loosened his grip on the wall and saw that He Muzhi had casually slipped the fixed pistol from his body into his own hand.

"Politeness, you understand?" Halton didn't even bother to retort.

Thinking about what he was about to do, He Muzhi gave a confident yet polite smile, "I'm very sorry, teacher. To be honest, we didn't want this either, but we had no choice. We're the only two in the class who haven't 'joined' yet, so we had to resort to this method."

Who would have thought that he, who had always been a top ten contender, would suffer repeated setbacks during this holiday internship search, failing again and again... He couldn't afford to fail any longer, so he and Samuel discussed it and decided to hire Halton.

We also have to thank Halton; as their former teacher, he couldn't bring himself to harm them, which allowed them to succeed so easily.

"Job entry?" Halton seized on the key phrase, recalling the continuous Green √ data flashing on Samuel's Optical Brain screen earlier. It had indeed taken a long time; hacking into a mere office door shouldn't have taken that long. Halton grew increasingly agitated, "Job entry what? Where did you put yourselves?"

Everyone considered him to be Qin Su's man, and treated him with utmost courtesy. No one would ever claim credit for him, and he didn't want to embarrass Qin Su. After entering the Ninth Military District, he first spent some time in the position arranged for him by the He Family, getting the information he wanted and figuring out the rules of the Military District. After that, he politely declined the position arranged for him by the He Family and started from the bottom as a junior soldier. Later, his promotions were almost entirely due to his own efforts.

What if these two debt collectors use his name to pull strings and get them in? Wouldn't his proud and upright posture in the Ninth Military District be ruined?

Since it couldn't be explained in a few words, He Muzhi simply opened his Optical Brain in front of Halton.

Halton then saw his personal Optical Brain screen open as well.

"?"

Immediately afterwards, Halton saw He Muzhi operating on his Optical Brain, and the page on his own Optical Brain changed accordingly. The permissions that a Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Military Academy could exercise were all copied onto He Muzhi's Optical Brain.

"..."

Halton was so withdrawn that he couldn't even be bothered to roll his eyes.

"Excuse me," He Muzhi stated the purpose of his visit, "You have very good access privileges; I'd like to borrow them for a moment."

(Class 6 were making great strides in their respective positions, whether they were given them willingly or unwillingly. He and Samuel could not lose too badly. There was only one 'gap': Halton. Halton was above the rank of lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel. With Halton's authority, he could not force his way into the position. He did not want to be under Halton 'Halton control. After thinking it over, Halton's position was still the most suitable.

Of course, even if he obtained Halton's authority, he could never truly become Lieutenant Colonel; he would merely be exercising Halton's Lieutenant Colonel on his behalf.

[Translation: Great access, it's mine now.]

[Make it clear, is it "one time" or "a hundred million times"? (doge)]

[Halton: I can't say anything, that's really rude.]

[The correct way to seize by force (not really)]

Halton straightened his collar, which He Muzhi had disheveled, walked a few steps to his office chair, leaned back, and sat down, gritting his teeth as he walked. "They really are copying each other..."

As expected of the class trained by Qin Su, they take what they want without hesitation, showing a kind of crazy disregard for others' lives.

Such a thing... Halton imagined himself storming into the colonel's office, instantly elevating his authority from lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel to colonel... ugh, no, no, no, that's too horrifying. He couldn't do it, and...

Halton found himself only daring to fantasize about the 'Colonel'.

"..."

That's so pathetic.

Halton's words, when they reached the ears of He Muzhi and Samuel, were no different from praising them. They silently stood tall and accepted the compliment.

Halton was feeling down when he glanced at the two 'bandits' looking so pathetic. A wave of frustration and resentment welled up inside him, and he almost passed out.

"Call--"

He Muzhi is a person Qin Su values highly, and he also has close ties with the Ninth Military District. Samuel is He Muzhi's childhood friend, and he can't touch either of them.

Halton took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. Now that things had come to this, he looked at He Muzhi and asked bluntly, "Where are your own family members? Why did you choose me to cause trouble?"

He couldn't understand this; no matter how he thought about it, he wasn't He Muzhi's first choice.

Having restricted Halton's personal freedom and his access to his Optical Brain, Halton is now under his and Samuel's control, He Muzhi doesn't mind telling Halton the truth.

"To be honest, they all bluntly and coldly rejected my application and blocked me as expected, then used various excuses to go as far away from me as possible."

Halton: "... No wonder I've been so busy these days, having to meddle in everything. Turns out, the culprit behind my hair loss is you!"

He Muzhi picked up the Gift Box from the ground, opened it, and placed it on the table in front of Halton: "So after discussing it with Samuel, we decided to buy you what is said to be the most effective Hair-Loss Prevention Medicine on the market right now."

"I heard?" Halton raised his voice.

He Muzhi: "I really don't know the specifics, because my hair is very firmly planted."

Halton quickly understood the He Family's actions based on He Muzhi's words. Having exhausted all other options, he said directly, "He Muzhi, did you also realize that your family was forcing you to come to me? Their successive tactical withdrawals were to make room for you, allowing you to conduct a major cleanup in my name. Everyone knows I'm Qin Su's man, and you're He Family. By using my authority, you're essentially shifting the risks of the He Family cleanup onto Qin Su."

Even the cleanest place can harbor filth and corruption, and the Ninth Military District is no exception. Judging from He Muzhi's determined look, he's bound to make a big splash. The He Family's deliberate escape is clearly a ploy to let He Muzhi use Qin Su to carry out his purge.

Since it concerns Qin Su, He Muzhi clearly guessed the He Family's ulterior motives, yet he still did this... The thought that He Muzhi's future actions would implicate Qin Su and cause resentment made Halton feel very uncomfortable. He increasingly realized that between He Muzhi and Qin Su, his scales undoubtedly tipped towards Qin Su.

"I know." He Muzhi's voice was solemn. Although he thought Halton didn't understand Qin Su and didn't know that Qin Su didn't care about things as important as 'reputation' to them, he still patiently explained, "Teacher, I think from the moment the Class Monitor didn't assign holiday internships to those of us with some 'family connections,' he anticipated any possible situation that might occur in the future. The Class Monitor foresaw this and didn't make any changes, which is enough to prove that the Class Monitor was willing to accept my actions."

After finishing his speech in one breath, He Muzhi was thankful that Qin Su wasn't there and hadn't heard his shameless self-aggrandizing remarks.

Halton remained worried. "What if it leads to my death..."

"If they want to kill me, it's me. Knowing the Class Monitor I do, they won't be able to find him, nor will they be able to touch him."

"... As you wish." Having been shown up so close again, Halton was speechless and started to slack off, "Since that's the case, I'll leave it all to you."

This was exactly what He Muzhi wanted. He Muzhi looked at Samuel, Samuel nodded to indicate that he understood, and cautiously watched as Halton opened a crack in the door and quickly slipped out.

As agreed beforehand, he and He Muzhi had different strengths, so they split up and acted separately.

Upon arriving at his destination, Samuel faced Manual Checkpoint inspection. Samuel straightened his back, activated his access control, and loudly bolstered his courage. "Lieutenant Colonel Halton has ordered me to retrieve the data."

"What's Samuel doing, sneaking around like that?" Halton said casually, but his eyes betrayed him as he opened his personal Optical Brain and used his access privileges to check the Electronic Eyes.

He Muzhi was using Halton's Optical Brain to get a rough idea of what was going on in the Ninth Military District. Halton doing this, nor did he try to hide anything from him. "I want to know the specific facts about the Ninth Military District's Body Modification."

The matter of Body Modification has been brewing for so long without any results. Everyone with eyes can see that the higher-ups are waiting for Qin Su to make a statement. Qin Su only exposed the fact of Body Modification and did nothing afterward. After discussion, the 999 students in Class 6 believe that this is Qin Su waiting for their performance as the 'inheritors'. Isn't this also a test for them by Qin Su to see whether they stand with the majority of ordinary people or choose the minority at the top of the pyramid?

They absolutely cannot let Qin Su down.