The Black Iron Castle
Chapter 48

Incitement

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When the final Natural History Class ended, at the command of the duty monitor, all the students in Zhang Tie's class stood up. One by one, they placed their right hands over their left chests with respectful expressions, saluting the teacher who had given them their last lesson. The content of this final class was something no one had ever heard before; the feeling that mysterious sequence gave Zhang Tie suggested it might be a form of secret knowledge, not something everyone had the opportunity to learn.

"A truly powerful human Warrior does not just possess overwhelming strength on the battlefield; more importantly, they must have eyes that know how to observe, capable of finding the source of power to make themselves stronger from all things and the laws of nature and the universe. I hope that all my students, through my Natural History Class, will eventually possess eyes that know how to observe!"

After the old man finished speaking, he left the classroom with his usual serene gait, and all the animals in the classroom watched in silence as this once-obscure Natural History teacher departed.

Knowing that everyone was about to leave the school, this teacher had used his final lesson to give everyone a profound blessing.

When class ended, Zhang Tie leaned against the corridor railing, staring blankly at the plants in the flowerbed downstairs. Some of the animals in the class had already impatiently rushed downstairs to count the rose leaves, hoping to discover some profound mystery.

Thinking about the final Natural History Class he had attended today—which might well be the last one of his life—Zhang Tie felt a slight sense of emptiness in his heart.

"That old man is very respectable..." At some point, the guys from the Airplane Brotherhood had all come to Zhang Tie's side. Like him, they leaned against the corridor railing, looking down at the flowerbed. It was Baghdad who spoke, "The connection between that Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Spiral, and the Warrior ranks to the many things in the natural world is definitely secret-level knowledge. I've dealt with some seniors in this school before, and even they didn't know the relationships and mysteries within it. I suspect the old man only revealed this secret-level knowledge because today was the last class..."

"Is it useful to think that far ahead? Level Ten, I've never even seen what a Level Ten is in all my life. As long as our Airplane Brotherhood produces one person above Level Six, we can pretty much walk sideways in the future. I heard Gelis's old man is just a Level Six Black Spider?" Sista said with some laziness.

Baghdad clenched his fist tightly and said in a low voice, "I will definitely reach Level Six!"

"Everyone, let's deal with what's in front of us first. Why do I feel like a few guys over there are looking at us very unkindly!"

Everyone looked in the direction Light pointed out. On the other side of the corridor, Gelis and a few others were staring at them with hateful gazes. Their eyes were clearly fixed on Zhang Tie, and even when they saw the seven members of the Brotherhood turn toward them, they didn't glance away. Seeing Zhang Tie look over, Zu Haier, one of Gelis's lackeys, even made a throat-slitting gesture full of provocation and threat toward Zhang Tie.

"Light, you're wrong. They aren't looking at us, they're looking at Big Head. We've been ignored!" Shavin said naively.

"Unreasonable! Do they think our Airplane Brotherhood is a pushover? Daring to provoke our brother... I'll count to three, and everyone give them a greeting from our Airplane Brotherhood, so we don't keep getting treated like transparent people..." Barry suggested from the side, then began to count, "Come on, one, two, three, f*** you..."

After the three counts, all seven people, including Zhang Tie, extended their middle fingers at Gelis and his group. The expressions of Gelis and his crew changed. Doug even turned around, dropped his pants right in front of them, exposed his disgusting big butt, and slapped it twice with force. Then he turned back around, grabbed his little brother, and thrust it toward Gelis and the others a few times. All the members of the Airplane Brotherhood burst into laughter, causing many people to look over in surprise...

The news of the conflict and mutual provocation between Gelis's group and the Airplane Brotherhood in the corridor after class spread throughout the entire grade by the third period. Many people were preparing to watch a good show, while Zhang Tie and his friends were already prepared to have a fight with Gelis and his group during or after lunch. What was the big deal? If they ended up in the hospital, they would have six brothers to keep them company. Holding this thought, the members of the Airplane Brotherhood were filled with heroic spirit, and all of them had cast their fear of Gelis aside.

"As long as Gelis and his group dare to provoke us at noon, we'll beat the hell out of them! Baghdad, you have the strongest strength among us. When we start fighting at noon, you're responsible for holding Gelis back for a while. Light and I will handle Sha Long, Big Head and Sista will handle Zu Haier, and Doug and Shavin will handle Jia Naier. Except for Baghdad, the six of us will split into three groups. Whichever group finishes their target first will go to support Baghdad. As long as we take down Gelis's three lackeys, it'll be seven of us against Gelis alone. Even if it's a punch for a punch, we're going to bite a piece of meat off Gelis today. Daring to bully our brother, f***...", when the third period ended, the Airplane Brotherhood huddled together in the classroom to discuss tactics. The fat guy Barry arranged everything, and no one had any objections. Zhang Tie originally wanted to say he would take on Gelis himself, as he was already a Level One Battle Soldier. Subtracting the difference in size and after the "bone-setting" from igniting the Divine Palace Bright Point last night, Zhang Tie vaguely felt he might already be a notch above Baghdad. But looking at Baghdad's high-spirited, "I am the one" attitude, Zhang Tie swallowed his words. Not to mention anything else, just explaining why he had suddenly ignited the Divine Palace Bright Point was something Zhang Tie couldn't clarify even with a hundred mouths.

During the fourth period, Zhang Tie didn't have much heart to listen to what the teacher was saying. Instead, he calmed his mind in the classroom, placing his consciousness at his lower abdomen, quietly feeling the warm and comfortable sensation of the Divine Palace Bright Point ignited by Thought Fire. This comfort was constantly, slowly, and in waves, transmitting a feeling and vibration full of power to the muscles and bones throughout his entire body. The Divine Palace Bright Point ignited by Thought Fire was like pushing open a small but incredibly magical door within the body; something miraculous was flowing out from within that door. This was also the reason why the most ordinary Level One Battle Soldier could suppress the vast majority of ordinary Battle Workers who hadn't achieved a rank. Igniting a Bright Point meant the beginning of a comprehensive improvement in all physical abilities and functions. In the words of the Natural History teacher today, igniting the Divine Palace Bright Point meant starting to stand at the starting point of the evolution of the Golden Spiral that represented the laws of the universe and creation. If survival were viewed as a race, the difference between a Level One Battle Soldier and a Level Zero Battle Worker was like the difference between a runner already standing at the starting line and a spectator watching the race from outside the track. In most cases, a spectator outside the field could hardly outrun a prepared runner who had been standing at the starting line since the race began...

I am already a Level One Battle Soldier, only one level away from Gelis. Zhang Tie kept reminding himself in class, and his fighting spirit burned brighter and brighter under such reminders.

The final class finally ended. Watching the other animals sprint out of the classroom toward the cafeteria, the seven members of the Airplane Brotherhood remained until the end.

"Are you all ready?" Barry asked everyone. According to the traditions of the boys' school, when encountering such mutual provocations, fights were basically resolved without delay, usually during lunch or after school. The Small Woods next to the school cafeteria was usually the best place to fight and settle grudges at noon.

Everyone nodded.

"Does everyone remember who they are supposed to target first?"

Everyone nodded again.

"Today is the day our Brotherhood makes a name for itself in the school! Let's go, move out!" The fat guy Barry waved his hand heroically, and the seven members of the Airplane Brotherhood marched out of the classroom with the momentum of fighting cocks.

However, just after descending the teaching building, the seven guys full of momentum had their spirits dampened by Doug's next sentence.

"This... everyone wait for me for a moment..." Doug said with a flushed face, looking troubled.

"What's wrong?" Shavin asked him. Zhang Tie had observed that when Shavin was nervous about a potential fight, the tip of his nose would turn a bit red.

"My stomach is a bit uncomfortable, I need to go to the toilet to take a dump!" After Doug said this, his head almost buried itself in his crotch. "This... it's probably the breakfast I ate this morning... that... I suddenly dropped my pants just now... my stomach caught a chill, and holding it in is really uncomfortable. If we fight in a while, it will affect my combat effectiveness..."

The remaining six members of the Airplane Brotherhood stared at each other, all of them brought back to reality by Doug. The fat guy Barry opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he could only helplessly say, "Hurry up, we'll wait for you!"

Everyone waited helplessly and gloomily outside the toilet for ten minutes. Ten minutes later, when Doug came out, he was high-spirited and refreshed, while the morale of Zhang Tie and the others had already dropped from the ninety level at the start to the sixty level now.

"Let's go, everyone go to the cafeteria to eat first. If we're late, we might not get enough trays..." Barry waved his hand powerlessly.

But when Zhang Tie and the others arrived at the cafeteria, they saw a scene they never could have imagined. In the cafeteria, Gelis and his group were surrounded by hundreds of angry students with fearful expressions. A guy from the same grade was standing on a cafeteria table, loudly inciting the animals in the cafeteria...

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