National War: B-Rank Battle Begins!

AM 5:30

The sunrise broke over the sea, ending the star-filled night. The clear azure water and beach slowly brightened in the morning light.

Light gradually climbed across the enormous pure-white villa, while a red sun hung on the distant horizon.

This moment was even more moving than imagined.

Especially when Gou Yu, who had woken up half an hour earlier than usual because the pillow felt unfamiliar, saw Fang Ran already sitting cross-legged by the window, biting a can of hot chocolate.

He glanced at the clock and saw the time. Faced with the fact that Fang Ran, who would absolutely sleep until noon if no one woke him, had actually gotten up,

Gou Yu's sleepiness vanished as he asked in disbelief,

"Captain?"

Feeling as though he might still be dreaming.

Fang Ran, who had been immersed in the tranquil beauty of the sunrise, silently looked at Gou Yu while biting the can.

Why was that a question?

The floor of the Training Ground rose again. The space-coordinate parameters were entered, and the scene before them suddenly shifted. After once again experiencing that root-cause scene where everything collapsed wherever they went,

Fang Ran realized they had returned to the Simulation Scenario,

the Observation Room floating high in the sky, with a huge virtual screen on one side and blue skies and clouds outside the windows that would make anyone afraid of heights drop dead instantly.

"Yawn... Mm. I stayed up too late last night. Why are Sister Ye Sheng and the others totally fine? Have A-ranks really stopped needing normal human bodily functions?"

Fang Ran had put on the Night Bureau's standard black suit again. Honestly, he had always really admired this sort of suit, like the elite agents of a secret organization.

With nothing to do for today's