TTW Chapter 187: Aftermath of the Freedom Day (Patreon)

Lu Mingfei looked confused.

As he turned his head, he froze. The person patting his shoulder was none other than Professor Goodrian, who had supposedly been shot. The old man still had a large bloodstain on his chest, but he looked lively.

"A ghost!" was Lu Mingfei's first reaction.

"I'm alive! I'm alive!" Professor Goodrian quickly waved his hands, "Touch me, I'm warm!"

"So, did you... successfully resurrect?" Lu Mingfei stammered.

"I didn't die. Don't be scared by the students' little game. It's just a live-action CS game. Today is the academy's 'Freedom Day,' where students can do as they please without facing disciplinary actions," Professor Goodrian sat down next to Lu Mingfei.

"But you're covered in blood!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed.

"Oh, this is a minor piece of alchemy equipment, a 'Frija Bullet.' They use it as a toy," Professor Goodrian took a bullet from his pocket and handed it to Lu Mingfei. The bullet had a strangely dark red tip.

"Ah?" Lu Mingfei finally understood. All of this was just a big joke, albeit one that seemed a bit overboard.

He suddenly felt a shiver run through his body.

Lu Mingfei quickly turned to look at Lin Yi.

"Were you trying to kill me just now?"

Lin Yi asked with a sly smile.

Lu Mingfei quickly put on a cheerful face and stepped forward to plead for mercy. He himself didn't even know where he got the courage to lay a hand on the 'Big Brother' just now.

The battlefield, once littered with corpses, now resembled the lively scene of a sports event. Doctors and nurses went around injecting people who had been shot, then massaged the shoulders and backs of those who had twisted joints when they fainted, also recording their student ID numbers in passing.

After removing their face masks, the 'dead' were all 18 or 19-year-old young people. Upon waking, the first thing they did was to whisper among themselves, curious about who had won. Yet they all seemed confused; the leaders of the two teams, Caesar and Chu Zihang, were lying on the parking lot, one with their arm under the other's head, sharing a rare moment of intimacy. Both had large blood stains on their chests, and next to them were their weapons.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, the president and the others..."

Lin Yi shrugged; for him, this was nothing to brag about.

"Shut up! Want to make more trouble? You've already caused too much this year!" Professor Manstein shouted angrily. "You have violated the special rules of 'Freedom Day,' and I will report this to the principal to terminate this event!"

"The three special rules are: no use of alchemical equipment from the 'ice cellar,' no causing physical harm, and no bringing strangers from outside the school for a visit, right?" someone asked from the side.

"The injuries occurred because they tripped and fell on their own; anyone can trip, right?" said another.

The two students speaking were Caesar and Chu Zihang. These mortal enemies had just woken up and were as calm as if they had just returned from a soccer match. Each leaned against one side of the narrow path, folding their arms in almost identical fashion—Caesar looked laid-back while Chu Zihang had no expression.

"Fine! Caesar, Chu Zihang, you are audacious! Wait until I report this to the principal!" Professor Manstein was so furious his hands were shaking. He took out his phone to make the call. Everyone fell silent. It seemed that the principal of this academy held a special status in the students' hearts. All eyes were on Professor Manstein's phone.

Professor Manstein, looking like he had the situation well in hand, fiercely pressed the speakerphone button.

Professor Manshtein, trembling with anger, took out his phone to call the Principal. He walked to the side, his righteous expression slowly turning uglier, and his arrogance finally deflated as he sighed.

Not sure what he discussed with the Principal, Manshtein switched his phone to speaker. A kind old voice emanated from the speaker.

"'S' level freshman Lu Mingfei, are you there? Have you chosen your courses? Did you choose my 'Introduction to Dragon Lineages?'" The Principal's voice echoed around.

The students looked astonished, and whispers spread among them.

"I chose it... I remember... I chose it," Lu Mingfei said timidly. He couldn't help but speak as Professor Goodrian took the phone from Professor Manshtein and handed it to him.

"Very pleased to hear your voice. On your first day, you've already defeated Caesar and Chu Zihang. I'm looking forward to seeing you in class. Outdo your predecessors in the 'S' level!" The Principal hung up.

"No, Principal, it wasn't me."

Lu Mingfei felt he couldn't take the blame. Ever since the Principal said those words, he could feel the temperature around him drop. Looking around, all eyes were focused on him, filled with hostility.

"Uh... who was it then?"

There was a brief moment of bewilderment on the other end of the phone as well.

Apart from his identified 'S' level student, Lu Mingfei, who else could have defeated Caesar and Chu Zihang?

"It... it was my older brother."

Lu Mingfei trembled as he pointed to Lin Yi.

The atmosphere went silent instantly. Who is this person?

In the end, it was Professor Goodrian who helped to clarify.

"His name is Lin Yi, a freshman recruited by Nono, and he is friends with student Lu Mingfei."

"That makes sense; lions only live with lions."

The principal answered with a smile, "I look forward to meeting you as well."

Lin Yi exchanged polite words with the other party and hung up the phone. He was indifferent to the surrounding gaze, a feeling he had long been accustomed to. He calmly walked over to Professor Goodrian and asked, "Could you give me a single dorm room? I like being alone."

"No problem, this is not a difficult request. Zone 1, Room 503," Professor Goodrian slowly said, causing a stir among the surrounding students. It was not because of the zone or room, but because of the unique neighbors. Currently, only two people have moved into the entire fifth floor, Chu Zihang and Caesar.

"Okay." Lin Yi nodded, ignoring the attention from the surroundings, and turned to leave the crowd.

In less than an hour, everything that happened today was all over the school news network. The headline was quite sensational, 'Who owns the crown of freedom for one day? Who blew up Caesar and then took down Chu Zihang?'

Below the eye-catching Chinese title were numerous photos of Lin Yi, along with his student ID, dormitory, age, and hometown, and even family information. The last item was conspicuously marked: single!

Rich, handsome, suspected to be S-class!

After all, only an S-class could manage to take down both Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei.