Wu Tong: They're Press-Ganging Me into Labor?

After leaving the flower garden, Wu Tong, filled with the joy of this unexpected gain, walked lightly towards the interior of the Academy.

He never forgot his original plan—to take on a young apprentice.

Now that everyone else's problems have been resolved peacefully.

So now, it's time for him to get busy with his own things.

So Wu Tong continued to enjoy the scenery as he slowly walked into the Academy.

When Wu Tong arrived at the Academy, he discovered something quite unexpected.

That is, there are practically no people in the Academy right now!

"Huh? No, where are they? Where are the students from the Academy?"

Looking at the deserted Academy with only a handful of people walking around, Wu Tong couldn't help but scratch his head and mutter to himself in puzzlement.

"Why is nobody here today? Did everyone skip class? Damn it, how dare they do this? They're completely disregarding me, the Academy..."

"... Your imagination is still as vivid as ever. But Wu Tong, have you forgotten that the Academy is already on holiday? It's a seven-day holiday, and it's only the seventh day yet, we haven't even come back to school!"

At that moment, a soft and gentle voice suddenly rang out from behind Wu Tong.

Wu Tong, who was in a bad mood, immediately recalled what he had just heard:

Yes!

I almost forgot.

A few days ago, when he was gathering the Academy's strongest members to set off for the Black Bullet World, in order to prevent the disappearance of the teachers from causing unrest in the Academy, he gave all the students a seven-day holiday.

Today marks the seventh day.

In other words, the Academy is still on holiday today.

So... isn't it normal that there's no one in the Academy?

Realizing this, Wu Tong immediately clenched his fist and exclaimed in surprise:

"No wonder, I was wondering why there were so few people today, it turns out the seven-day holiday isn't over yet."

"You remember now?"

Seeing Wu Tong's actions and expression, the voice, with a hint of amusement, rang in Wu Tong's ears again.

"Hmm... I remember now..."

Wu Tong was about to answer when he suddenly stopped himself from saying the words that were about to come out.

???

Who is speaking?

At this moment, Wu Tong suddenly realized a problem: there seemed to be someone else next to him.

"Who?!"

So, Wu Tong turned his head to look with an inquisitive gaze.

The next moment, the pretty figure of the Vice Dean, who was doing the work of the dean, immediately came into view.

Whoa... He knew that voice sounded so familiar. It turns out it was his beloved tool... cough cough, his beloved Vice Dean Raven!

Raven looked at Wu Tong, who had turned his head, and smiled as he raised his hand to greet him, "Good afternoon, Wu Tong."

Wu Tong responded with a smile, "Oh~ Natasha, good afternoon!"

After several months as the dean, Raven had long since shed the sharp edge unique to mercenaries.

What she exudes is the gentleness and kindness of an orphanage director; her heroic demeanor is tempered with tenderness and consideration, giving her the qualities of a virtuous wife and loving mother.

If anyone saw Raven at this moment, they would never believe that this gentle and graceful woman used to be a mercenary who lived a life of danger and took money to do things!

Raven glanced at Wu Tong, who had fallen into deep thought after greeting him, but didn't pay him any attention.

Her face still wore a smile as always, but a hint of inquiry would occasionally flash in her wine-red, eerie vertical pupils.

He looked as if he had suddenly witnessed something incredible.

And in fact, that is indeed the case.

Several well-known things within the Academy:

Wu Tong's laziness runs deep; the white-haired gatekeeper is not to be trifled with; never waste food in front of Chef Kalpas; stay far away from Dr. Mobius; beware of pink-haired lesbians...

These things are widely known in the Academy, and among them, "Wu Tong's Laziness" is the most famous.

After all, it's a miracle that someone can be so lazy as to not step out of their house for months.

So, it's quite unbelievable Raven Wu Tong would suddenly appear here in the middle of the day.

After all, they had just returned from working in the world of "Black Bullet" yesterday.

So Wu Tong should be in hibernation mode today, but why is he here?

As the saying goes: If a wolf turns back, there must be a reason...

Raven felt that Wu Tong's sudden unusual behavior must contain some unknown secret.

Thinking of this, Raven's eyes lit up, and without hiding her curiosity, she asked directly, "By the way, what are you doing here? Normally, shouldn't you be sleeping at home right now?"

Wu Tong snapped out of his daze when he heard the Raven's voice.

However, after hearing Raven's words clearly, Wu Tong was immediately speechless and retorted:

"No, what are you saying? What are you saying?"

"So, what kind of image do you guys have of me?!"

"You're slandering me like this the moment we met?"

Unexpectedly, Raven rolled his eyes, showing no intention of giving Wu Tong any face, and said directly, "What do you mean by slander? Did I wrong you?"

"Don't you know how others perceive you?"

"What image?"

What image do I present to the students at the Academy?

Wu Tong was naturally very clear about this issue.

However, even though he knew it, he couldn't admit it.

After all, it's one thing to be talked about by others, but quite another to admit it yourself.

Besides, as long as you don't admit it, you'll still be Perfect World!

(As long as I didn't see or hear it, then no one said anything about me!)

Yes, that's it!

Giyu Tomioka gives you a thumbs up. (JPG)

Wu Tong thought for a moment, then said to himself in a self-hypnotic way:

"That would naturally be tall and mighty, handsome and dashing, young and rich, so handsome it's unbelievable..."

"Hehe..."

Raven sneered, then shrugged, completely unconcerned about Wu Tong's sophistry:

"Whatever makes you happy. You know the truth yourself. Since you don't want to admit it, Wu Tong, then forget it. After all, I can't force you to admit it, can I?"

"But this thing... is only good for fooling others, don't fool yourself too."

Raven ignored Wu Tong's stubbornness, knowing full well that Wu Tong was right and wrong.

What's the point of deceiving others? You can't deceive yourself.

"..."

Wu Tong fell silent.

Wu Tong was hit by an arrow.

Wu Tong broke down.

Wu Tong wanted to escape from this place that made him unhappy.

"Alright, I'm done chatting with you. Since the students are all on holiday and not here, I have nothing to do here anymore. I'm leaving too, bye..."

Having made up his mind, Wu Tong lifted his leg and prepared to walk towards the Treehouse.

Now that we have nothing to do, why are we still staying here?

Go home and get some sleep!

Upon seeing Wu Tong's actions, Raven didn't even bother to ask Wu Tong why he had come here.

So Raven reached out and precisely grabbed Wu Tong's collar, shouting as he did so:

"Leave? Where do you think you're going? We finally found someone, and you think you can just leave?"

We finally caught this guy, how could we let him go so easily?

Today, even if it means giving up this secret, she is determined to catch this guy.

As for what to do after catching Wu Tong.

Hmph, of course it is...

Let him do his job properly.

The Academy workload accumulated over six days has almost piled up into a small mountain. If she were to handle it all by herself, she would go crazy.

So, Raven originally planned to come to the Academy to find some people to help him with some official business.

But because everyone was resting today after just returning yesterday, Raven searched for a long time without finding anyone. Just as she was about to give up and resign herself to her fate...

Wu Tong has appeared!

She saw the culprit who had pushed all her work onto her.

The Raven's eyes flashed with anger:

"Fine, I've worked so hard to organize the Academy for you, and you're just playing around here, huh?"

'You're really good at being a hands-off boss, leaving me to work myself to the bone...'

"You despicable capitalist, you should be hung on a lamppost!"

Raven looked at the leisurely Wu Tong and felt increasingly resentful.

So, I gritted my teeth and decided to settle all my old and new scores, and make him work for me.

With this in mind, Raven approached Wu Tong and struck up a conversation.

Because Raven acted too quickly, and because Wu Tong has never been wary of his friends.

So, in the blink of an eye, Wu Tong's collar appeared in Raven's hand and was tightly gripped by Raven.

Seeing that its sneak attack had succeeded, the Raven's face immediately revealed a sly smile, looking like a fox that had stolen a chicken, appearing both cunning and cute.

"???"

After Wu Tong was grabbed by the collar, he turned around and looked at Raven with some confusion.

However, when he saw the Raven's sly smile, his sixth sense suddenly gave him a bad feeling.

So Wu Tong quickly asked the Raven:

"Hey, hey, hey? Raven, why are you grabbing me?"

"Stop talking nonsense and come with me."

Raven didn't answer Wu Tong's question. Instead, she pulled Wu Tong and walked towards the Academy's office not far away.

Wu Tong: Hmm... This road looks kind of familiar...

Dragged along by Raven, Wu Tong had no choice but to follow her forward. "What exactly are you trying to do? Even if I'm going to die, at least let me die knowing why!"

After dragging Wu Tong for a while, Raven broke its silence and began to explain the reason:

"I rarely see him, but since I've run into him today, please help me out."

"Help? Help with what?"

"Hehe... Help me deal with the official business left over from the Academy. I haven't been able to finish it in seven days. It's probably piling up into a small mountain by now."

"Ah???"

Wu Tong immediately understood where that ominous premonition came from.

It turns out they'd tried to conscript men themselves!

However, even though he knew, Wu Tong wasn't going to compromise so easily:

Make me work?

I can only answer you with three words—impossible!

Before I became stronger, I needed to work. After I became stronger, I still need to work. So, wasn't my strengthening for nothing?

"I don't want to work!"

Having said that, Wu Tong prepared to break free from the Raven's Constraint and escape.

But the moment Wu Tong had this thought, Raven, who was grabbing his collar, saw right through it.

"You have to do it whether you want to or not, because there's a lot of work involved!!!"

A cold glint flashed in the Raven's eyes, and it said in a chilling voice:

"I'm telling you this: if you dare to leave today, I'm abandoning the Academy. I want to see how long this Academy can last without someone in charge."

Upon hearing Raven's words, all of Wu Tong's ulterior motives vanished instantly.

If that's what you're saying, then I'm going to...

We admit defeat!

There's no way around it. This Academy can lose anyone, but it absolutely cannot lose Raven, the top-tier corporate slave... oops, the top-tier dean.

Since Raven had used this as a threat, Wu Tong had no choice but to compromise, no matter how unwilling he was.

However, even though he compromised, Wu Tong didn't intend to be a wage earner forever.

After a moment of silence, Wu Tong sighed helplessly and said, "Only this once."

"Of course, just this once. I never expected you to do this forever."

The Raven rolled its eyes, then waved its hand and said:

"To be honest, if I weren't desperately looking for someone else, I wouldn't have bothered asking you."

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Frustrating!

Hearing Raven's words, Wu Tong felt extremely insulted.

But...

So be it if I get insulted. It's better to feel a little stifled than to keep working.

And so, after wandering through various worlds for so long, Wu Tong, the street hustler, has finally met his end today.

Congratulations! Congratulations!

(Wu Tong: Congratulations my foot! You son of a bitch!)

——

While Wu Tong was being dragged along by Raven, looking miserable as he went to handle official business...

On the other side.

The DanMachi World.

Inside the abandoned church.

Hestia, who had sent thousands of messages to Yotsuya Miko but had not received a response, finally realized that something was wrong.

Don't let Hestia's seemingly silly appearance fool you; it's just that she doesn't want to think about complicated things.

However, not wanting to think doesn't mean she has no brains.

Do you need to know who Hestia is?

That guy managed to live for hundreds of millions of years in the Heavenly Realm, a realm teeming with Fun God, and even became Loki, the god of mischief, his archenemy.

To say she's a naive and innocent girl?

Who would believe that?