Chapter 488

58. I can react to bullets, jail girl.

That night at the orphanage, Teacher Caroline reminisced about many things from young Leon.

Rebecca listened with great interest.

Because if we were to assign a weight to a person's dark history, the vast majority of it would have occurred during their childhood before the age of five.

Rebecca only knew about Leon's dark past during his school years.

Things like not being able to swim or being a silver-haired senior are irrelevant.

But this time, after listening to so much from Teacher Caroline's recollections, Rebecca had accumulated quite a few more embarrassing stories about the captain.

She would tell her sister-in-law everything the next time she saw her!

As dusk fell, Leon and his companions bid farewell to Teacher Caroline and Sister Sharon, and left the orphanage.

There were hardly any people on the way back. The three of them walked in the middle of the road, and the streetlights on both sides cast their shadows very long.

"Hey, I never knew you were so embarrassing when you were a kid, Captain."

Rebecca said smugly.

She was deliberately provoking Leon.

Who told him to laugh so loudly when that little kid called her "auntie"?

This is called the cycle of karma!

However, Leon remained quite calm in the face of Rebecca's teasing.

Actually, that's not all. When Teacher Caroline was recounting her embarrassing childhood memories, Leon's face didn't show any expression either.

Rebecca was slightly taken aback.

She initially thought the captain had been bewildered and was silent because he didn't know what to say.

But now... why is he still not reacting at all?

"That's weird, Captain, why are you so calm?" Rebecca asked.

Leon walked with his hands in his pockets, his steps casual.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"What do you mean, what happened? I'm going to tell your sister-in-law all of your most embarrassing past—including wearing your underwear inside out when you were a kid."

Leon scratched the tip of his nose.

"So?"

Rebecca blinked her big eyes blankly. "So aren't you afraid your sister-in-law will use these embarrassing memories to torture you?"

Upon hearing this, Leon suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Rebecca and Martin stopped immediately as well.

The twin-tailed girl stared expectantly at Leon, thinking he was about to lose his composure, but instead heard Leon speak even more calmly.

"I'm used to it."

Rebecca:?

"You've gotten used to it? You can actually get used to something like this?"

General Leon slowly inhaled and exhaled, then looked up at the deep night sky and sighed.

"I've been married for six years. Even if I wear my underwear inside out, or even if I don't wear underwear at all, Losweiser wouldn't find it strange."

"... I always thought your married life was sweet and warm, Captain, but why does it feel... somewhat shameless after hearing you say this?"

Rebecca is very good at judging people by their appearance.

With a beautiful and elegant woman like her sister-in-law, plus the captain's usual seriousness, Rebecca thought their married life should be harmonious and loving.

But the reality seems to be different...

So, what kind of life did the captain actually lead with his sister-in-law for the past six years?

I'm so curious!

"Captain, when can you take me to stay at your and your wife's house for a few days? I can pretend to be your adopted daughter so that the Dragon girl won't suspect anything!"

Leon chuckled and shook his head. "You've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve. Adopting a daughter? I'm twenty-six, you're twenty-five. Should I adopt you?"

Is there a problem?

"Of course there's a problem!"

The speaker was Martin, who held up one finger and earnestly explained,

"In the Empire, a man can only adopt a woman if there is a forty-year age difference. That is to say, unless the captain becomes sixty-six years old right now, he cannot adopt you."

After a pause, Martin added meticulously,

"Just a reminder, Mr. Tiger is only in his fifties."

"Thank you so much, Martin!"

Rebecca jumped up and pinned Martin's neck with her arm. But because of her height, this position made her look like a giant blue teddy bear hanging on Martin.

Martin didn't resist and just joked and played around with Rebecca.

Leon watched this scene from the side, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.

After going through so much, it's truly rare to still have two old teammates by my side.

He sighed inwardly, then joined them.

Leon then carried Rebecca and Martin on his shoulders, one on each side.

"Captain, what are you doing?"

"Is that even a question, Rebecca? The captain must be fed up with your bullying within the team."

"Is this considered bullying? Oh dear, our little Martin is so delicate and frail~"

"Is it possible that it's because you're too violent?"

"Mind your own business! Quack!"

The two of them hung on Leon's shoulders, and even if they couldn't fight anymore, they still had to have a verbal battle.

"Alright, time to charge." As he spoke, Leon slightly bent over.

"Are we... going to charge? Charge at what, Captain?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Rebecca and Martin felt a strong jolt.

With Leon's strong shoulders supporting their bellies, they raced towards the Lionheart Society's apartment building.

Rebecca's ponytail bounced back and forth, occasionally slapping Martin's face.

"Who... who invented Captain?!" Rebecca sighed, looking up at the sky.

Martin couldn't help but complain, "I feel like we've only developed less than five percent of the captain's potential... He always manages to do things we never expected..."

"The thought that he will have to stay in the Empire for a while makes me feel bad."

Rebecca struggled to lift her little head and gaze at the distant night sky.

"Sister-in-law, when are you going to bring your husband back home?"

The 'technical training' for the perception mages is progressing smoothly.

In less than half a month, they had completely mastered the technique of sensing the power of dragon scales.

Leon dispatched them to conduct a thorough search of the Imperial remnants who had received the Heart-protecting Dragon Scale.

He believed that Voel was just the tip of the iceberg in that immortality plan, and had now become nothing more than a discarded pawn;

But others definitely have more information about the former King.

Once we find them, we'll be able to follow the clues and uncover the Lord Shadow behind it all.

Meanwhile, Leon was not idle during the search.

He officially began practicing 'super-sensory perception'.

"Wow, Captain, you're developing another new skill."

Back in the Dragon Slayer Army, the captain would often go into seclusion for a few days to research new techniques, and then surprise them with a big surprise—

But even the captain can make mistakes sometimes; instead of a big surprise, he ended up with a huge disappointment.

I wonder what it will be this time.

"This isn't a move I developed myself."

Leon said, "Yes..."

It was given to me by my master's older sister.

Is that how you put it?

That would be very complicated to explain!

So let's wait until the master comes back and let that old man explain it himself.

"It was given to me by a senior colleague."

Rebecca nodded. "Oh, I see. So what's the effect of this move?"

Leon explained his 'supersensory' abilities to Rebecca.

After listening, the girl blinked and said,

"This is muscle memory pro max version!"

Leon smiled. "At first, I also thought it was just a significant enhancement of muscle memory, but that's not the case. Muscle memory can only be triggered under specific circumstances and cannot react reasonably according to the situation at the time. It will only be triggered in a fixed pattern."

"For example, if the opponent throws a punch at me and then follows up with a knee strike, my eyes will first see the fist, but I won't notice the opponent's knee immediately."

"So if I rely on muscle memory to dodge, I can avoid the opponent's punch, but I definitely can't avoid a knee strike."

"But 'super-sensory perception' can make up for this shortcoming, as it allows my body to automatically make the most appropriate response at a certain moment."

After listening to Leon's explanation, Rebecca nodded thoughtfully.

After a brief silence, the crazy little girl waved her hand.

"It sounds too difficult, I won't practice."

"It wasn't originally intended for gunners to train. I came to you because I wanted you to help me with my training."

"No problem, how can I help you with your cultivation?"

Did you bring the rubber bullets I asked you to bring?

Rebecca nodded, then pulled out several boxes of rubber bullets and a pistol from her backpack.

"There are plenty of bullets; you'll have enough for whatever you want to do."

"The pistol was also modified according to your description, reducing the bullet's power while maintaining its rate of fire."

Rebecca loaded the rubber bullets into the magazine, then pushed the pistol in.

"So, Captain, you're not going to make me shoot you just to practice your super-sensory abilities, are you?"

"Hey~ you guessed right~"

Upon hearing this, a dejected expression suddenly appeared on Rebecca's face, and she said softly, "Is that really true...?"

Leon was slightly taken aback by her tone.

He thought Rebecca was being considerate of her teammates and wouldn't do something like shooting her own comrade.

So he comforted her, "It's alright, Rebecca, it's just practice. Besides, rubber bullets don't kill anyone, and you've already adjusted the power of the pistol, haven't you? Go ahead and do it—"

"Huh? Oh, no, no, no, Captain, that's not what I meant."

"What is that?"

Rebecca's soft, fluffy face once again revealed a long-lost, crazy smile.

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