Chapter 127 : Chapter 127
Chapter : 127
I have to say, Robin was a person with high emotional intelligence, just a bit too hyperactive.
Rowena said Robin was a very good scout and logistician, and she was right. Robin had a talent skill related to reconnaissance.
Robin didn't elaborate, only roughly described the skill's effect, but Yan Yunqing had already seen his talent skill on his personal panel.
[Enhanced Perception]
After use, your perception is enhanced for a short period of time. Information gathering within a 500-meter radius is enhanced, and you can predict the enemy's trajectory within the next 5 seconds.
Yan Yunqing sighed. This Robin was indeed the real little bird Robin. This talent was too suitable for a scout.
After two days of trying to get along, everyone accepted Robin's addition.
The fifth team member, in place!
"What should our team be called?"
"I don't know."
"Let's just pick one. William, you're in charge."
"Ha...? Then let's call it the Dark Gladiators!"
"..."
"..."
"Why aren't you guys talking? Isn't it cool?"
"...Um, it's hard to say."
"How about we don't give the naming task to William? Does the little captain have any suggestions?"
"Me? Hmm... how about the Phantom Thieves?" Yan Yunqing suggested, since the leader was Joker, after all.
"...Phantom Thieves? Why? Is anyone among us a phantom thief?"
"Hmm? Then is anyone among us a dark gladiator?" Yan Yunqing retorted.
William fell silent.
Robin suggested, "How about 'Potions and Materials Grand Sale'?"
"So you can attract business, right?"
Robin was embarrassed, "You guys found out."
"...Is that hard to find out?"
For a while, no one had any good suggestions, and the naming issue reached a stalemate.
Yan Yunqing looked at Demetrius, wanting to give his roommate a sense of participation, "Demetrius, do you have any suggestions?"
Demetrius, who was suddenly cued: ?
Thanks for asking, he didn't.
Facing Yan Yunqing's burning gaze, Demetrius spoke with difficulty, "A... right?"
"A?"
"What does that mean?"
Demetrius pointed at Yan Yunqing, then at himself, "A."
Facing everyone's incomprehensible gazes, Yan Yunqing brainstormed, trying to understand the meaning of this 'A' by following Demetrius's train of thought. After thinking for a long time, the only 'A' related to the two of them was...
"You don't mean that since we're both students of Class A, we should be called Team A, do you?"
Yan Yunqing said uncertainly, but he saw Demetrius slowly nod.
Yan Yunqing: ...
Was it really true?
The remaining three team members from the Swordsman Academy who couldn't get into Class A: ...
Yan Yunqing held his forehead, "This is too..."
But Robin felt it was fine, "Actually, it works. The grade evaluation for this outdoor training is also ranked according to ABCDF. Team A sounds like it has a good meaning. Maybe we can really get an A in the end? Everyone's goal is A, right?"
William felt the name was too perfunctory, but Robin was right. His goal was always first place.
Rowena didn't have much of an opinion. She was very go-with-the-flow. Even the Dark Gladiators proposed by William was fine with her.
In the end, this very perfunctory 'A' became their team name.
Yan Yunqing successfully submitted the team list.
Diure looked at the list submitted by Yan Yunqing and frowned imperceptibly.
***
For the next month, Yan Yunqing was extremely busy.
He had to rush between the two academies to audit classes, get along with his teammates, and give Alice a few lessons on the emperor strategies he had summarized from his research of historical materials.
The countdown on the forum continued, and the constantly decreasing time gave Yan Yunqing a strange sense of crisis.
A month passed in a flash. In three days, the first-year students of Sigret would welcome their annual outdoor training.
This was an important item that would be included in the final grades. If one wanted to advance to the second year, the results of the outdoor training could not be too bad.
Early in the morning.
Yan Yunqing woke up leisurely and went to wash up with a yawn.
The weather in April had warmed up a bit, but when Yan Yunqing washed his face, he was still jolted awake by the cold water.
Shaking his wet, short hair, Yan Yunqing went downstairs and saw the neatly dressed Demetrius sitting at the dining table, eating quietly.
Another portion of food was placed opposite him, obviously prepared for Yan Yunqing. After all, besides himself, Yan Yunqing was the only other living person in this dormitory.
Yan Yunqing didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly opposite Demetrius.
Since becoming a team, he had interacted with Demetrius much more, to the point where Demetrius no longer wanted to hide from him at first sight.
After a quiet breakfast, Yan Yunqing cleaned up the dirty dishes and casually asked, "Do you have any plans today?"
As the outdoor training approached, the academy had no classes for these three days, giving the students ample preparation time.
After all, they were going to the Norman Forest for a half-month long outdoor training.
The academy would not provide the necessary items; everything had to be prepared by the students themselves.
Robin had taken on the task of purchasing all the supplies. After all, he was very good at this.
However, Yan Yunqing still planned to go out for a walk. After all, he had a game backpack, so carrying things was not a problem.
"If you're free, do you want to go out with me?" Yan Yunqing tried to invite Demetrius.
On the NPC friend list, Demetrius's favorability towards him was not high, the lowest in their team, but it had surpassed the 'friendly' range.
His acceptance of Yan Yunqing's invitations had improved from rejecting all ten times at the beginning to rejecting eight out of ten times now.
Demetrius paused, shook his head, and said dryly, "I have something to do today."
Unsurprisingly, Demetrius rejected him again.
Yan Yunqing didn't mind. After cleaning all the dirty dishes with magic, he put them away, "Alright, then I'm heading out."
"...Mm."
Yan Yunqing went out and waited at the dormitory entrance for a long time but didn't see a gentler Xiao Bai.
He could only get on a hyperactive Xiao Bai. The whole ride to the teleportation hall, Yan Yunqing felt his stomach churning.
Yan Yunqing stumbled out, feeling dizzy, and squatted on the roadside for a while before he recovered.
"Xavier?"
Yan Yunqing turned around and saw Quinn standing behind him, with Terence next to him. He pressed his temples, stood up, and greeted them, "Good morning, Quinn, Terence."
"Morning. Are you also preparing to go out?" Terence glanced at Yan Yunqing's attire and asked curiously.
"Yeah, I'm going to buy some things." Hearing them say this, Yan Yunqing knew the two of them were also preparing to go out together. "Together?"
"Sure!" Quinn agreed at once.
Terence silently glanced at him, his eyes clearly saying: You're at it again!
However, Terence had a good impression of Yan Yunqing. Traveling together would also mean one more person to split the cost of the teleportation array points, so he had no objection.
You should know that the teleportation array from Sigret Academy to Buma City required a high amount of points each time it was activated. It was really difficult for ordinary students to afford these points.
It was only because Quinn's father was an academy teacher and didn't lack points that they would travel together as a pair.
If it were someone else, they would wish to have 10 people split the points for one trip.
Yan Yunqing didn't lack points either. Penelope had pulled some strings and given him a huge amount of points, so he didn't care how many points the teleportation array cost each time.
"I heard that the teachers leading the team this time include Teacher Lucy and Teacher Mavis?"
"Yeah, and Teacher Walkley... Teacher Molly is going too, right?"
"The lineup this time is really a bit exaggerated." Terence lamented, "In previous years, the first year didn't seem to have so many teachers following along, right? Is your father going this time?"
Quinn nodded, "Yes."
Yan Yunqing was curious, "Weren't there so many teachers following along before?"
"That's right. The academy has arranged for many teachers to follow along this time. Basically, every four or five teams will have a directly responsible teacher."
Terence said, "In the past, at least ten teams shared one guiding teacher. This year, it's almost more than doubled."
Terence nudged Quinn with his elbow, "Did your father reveal the reason?"
Quinn staggered and almost fell. He didn't pay much attention and recalled, "No, my father probably doesn't know either. But this seems to have been ordered by the principal? I remember my father mentioning it before—oh, right, Principal Penelope seems to be one of the guiding teachers for the outdoor training this time as well."
Yan Yunqing: ?
"Principal Penelope?" Yan Yunqing was surprised, "Why is she coming too?"
It couldn't be because of him, could it...?
"I don't know about that." Quinn shrugged, "My father didn't say. Maybe it's just a whim? After all, Principal Alison often does strange things on a whim."
Really?
Yan Yunqing was skeptical.
As they spoke, they had already left Sigret Academy through the teleportation array and arrived in Buma City.
Terence saw a shop selling weapons and was the first to suggest going in to take a look, leaving the space for Yan Yunqing and Quinn.
He had always felt that his good brother had a crush on the other person, otherwise his behavior wouldn't be so strange.
But Yan Yunqing knew that ever since he first discovered the [Confusion] debuff on Quinn, he would occasionally see this debuff in the other's status bar.
He initially thought it was because of him, but after observation, Yan Yunqing confirmed that the appearance of this debuff had nothing to do with him, but he hadn't figured out the specific reason yet.
However, there was no such debuff in Quinn's status bar today. Yan Yunqing looked around.
He regretted a little having suggested traveling with Terence and the others. He felt it would have been more convenient to be alone.
Just as Yan Yunqing was about to suggest leaving separately, he heard Quinn say, "About that matter before, I've already found out who it was."
Yan Yunqing was stunned for a moment. He replayed Quinn's words in his mind before realizing that he was talking about the incident where Xavier's identity was revealed.
At that time, Quinn had said he would help him find out who was spreading the news in the academy.
But a month had passed and Quinn hadn't done anything. Plus, the rumors in the academy had died down a lot, so Yan Yunqing hadn't paid much attention to it.
He didn't expect there to be a follow-up?
"Who?"
Quinn hesitated for a moment, "It's Borg."
Who's that?
Yan Yunqing was confused. He didn't seem to have heard this name at all.