Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The third round arrived quickly.
The Dark Flag contestant stood on the stage, and upon seeing the light gray-haired boy walk up, his legs went weak.
He had already experienced it once before, waiting in the audience. He absolutely didn’t want to experience that terrifying pheromone suppression a second time!
Bai Yue, watching the opponent’s slightly trembling legs, tilted his head: “What’s wrong with you?”
Dark Flag contestant: “Eek!”
Bai Yue: “?”
The battle quickly began.
For some reason, the Dark Flag contestant was passive and uncooperative, and Bai Yue won the match with almost no effort.
Inter-school sports meet qualifying round, Imperial First vs. Dark Flag— Imperial First advanced.
“Imperial First! Imperial First! Imperial First!”
The audience began chanting Imperial First’s name again.
In the qualifying round, two schools had already advanced from the top ten to the top five. One was Imperial First, and the other was the South China Military Academy.
The other six military academies were still fiercely competing.
“Dark Flag was eliminated in the preliminary rounds,” someone exclaimed. “Southern Naval Academy was lucky; they finally made it to the finals this year.”
Among the many military academies, Southern Naval Academy’s strength was mediocre; in previous years, they were just there to make up the numbers. They had only made it to the finals a handful of times.
However, this year, their contestants performed quite well, and they were lucky enough to draw a similarly strong military academy, thus winning the preliminary rounds smoothly.
In comparison, Dark Flag’s luck was terrible.
The finals wouldn’t start until the results of the five military academies were released, so there was still a long time to go.
Bai Yue returned to the lounge and was immediately greeted with a warm welcome.
Everyone was incredibly excited; judging by their demeanor, one could almost mistakenly believe that Imperial First had already won the championship.
“Don’t worry, leave the rest to us,” the Imperial First contestants patted their chests confidently. “You’ve taken care of the hardest part; the others are a piece of cake. You just lie here and wait for us to come back with the trophy!”
Bai Yue looked around the room: “Shang Yufei… hasn’t senior come back yet?”
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
“Boss, he’s passed out.”
Wu Zihao grabbed the alpha by the collar and yanked him around. The alpha didn’t react at all; it seemed he wasn’t faking it, but genuinely unconscious.
In the end, they hadn’t managed to extract any information.
No matter what they asked or what methods they used, the alpha stubbornly refused to utter a word. Even though he was in so much pain that he had fainted, he still wouldn’t reveal his true purpose.
Wu Zihao suggested, “Let’s pour some water on him to wake him up.”
The others were eager to try, ready to do it.
But then their boss said, “Tie him up and throw him aside.”
Everyone turned around.
Shang Yufei was wearing a mask, so the others couldn’t see his expression, but they could vaguely sense a disgruntled mood.
“Boss, these people are trying to frame us. Are we just going to let this go?”
Shang Yufei glanced at him. “This guy has received professional training.”
“Professional training?”
Shang Yufei scoffed. “He won’t talk no matter what torture he’s subjected to. Someone who would specifically undergo this kind of training isn’t an ordinary person.”
After he finished speaking, the members of the Masked Organization fell silent. A bad premonition arose in their hearts.
This incident was likely not a simple personal grudge.
The fact that this person underwent such rigorous training indicated they anticipated that if captured, they absolutely could not reveal any information.
And someone with this level of awareness could only be one person: a spy.
The selection competition was in full swing.
Bai Yue was about to contact Shang Yufei when he received a call from Cao Xun first.
Cao Xun wasn’t participating in the competition. He had temporarily suspended the logistics team’s work, prioritizing the disciplinary team’s tasks.
After the four were captured, he also went to the interrogation room.
Although the four South China Sea naval academy students initially denied it, after being interrogated separately, inconsistencies in their statements were quickly discovered.
Now, the evidence was conclusive; these four were indeed the true culprits.
At this point, Cao Xun lowered his voice slightly.
“The vice-captain’s expression was particularly interesting.”
Although the woman with the ponytail had brought the people back for interrogation as a precaution, she actually leaned more towards the Masked Organization being the culprit. Now, with this result, it was like a slap in the face before her own eyes.
After all, several members of the disciplinary team were present at the time and had heard her words. She felt ashamed.
Bai Yue was more concerned about what happened afterward: “Did those people confess? Who ordered them to do it?”
Cao Xun: “They said they don’t know.”
This was probably the truth. Because towards the end of the interrogation, these students who had not received professional training were already somewhat on the verge of collapse.
They claimed that they had never met that person in person, only communicated via email. The other party promised to give them a large sum of money, and they only needed to follow instructions.
As for why they were doing the work or what they were doing, these people didn’t care.
Of course, the “stabbing incident” was not the first transaction between the two parties. Long before this, these people had secretly done many shady things.
Although they were military academy students, they simply felt that being a soldier was promising and that they could earn more money, without any real awareness.
Therefore, when huge profits were placed in front of them, they were easily blinded.
Cao Xun was still explaining the aftermath of the incident.
Since the sports meet was not yet over, the four people were temporarily locked in the solitary confinement room. They would only wait until the competition was over to notify the relevant personnel of the South China Sea and the Dark Flag to deal with the perpetrators.
As Bai Yue listened to Cao Xun’s words, the phrase “email communication” lingered in his mind, a strange feeling rising within him.
He inexplicably thought of Du Qin. Back then, the other party had also been contacted by a stranger, then lured and brainwashed, inexplicably obeying the other party’s commands.
This “manipulator” hidden in the shadows always seemed to be able to immediately find the weaknesses in people’s hearts.
Could this be the same person as last time?
If it was the same person, was this stabbing incident related to the Federation? What were they trying to do?
Bai Yue recalled the contents of Du Qin’s phone. At the time, he speculated that the contact would be a teacher or staff member of Imperial First. And this coincided perfectly with today’s incident.
Because apart from Imperial First’s internal staff, no one would be so familiar with Imperial First’s surveillance locations.
Hanging up the phone, Bai Yue looked up. He happened to see Counselor Song walking towards him.
The other party seemed to have just returned from outside, stopping when he saw him.
“You did very well,” Counselor Song smiled, “I was a little worried about your health, but it seems I was overthinking it.”
The two walked together towards the lounge. Counselor Song asked, “Is everything alright with the disciplinary team?”
Bai Yue replied, “The other teammates are handling it.”
Counselor Song asked, “I heard a student was stabbed. Has the culprit been caught?”
Bai Yue nodded.
“That’s good.” Counselor Song breathed a sigh of relief. “These people dared to make a move at Imperial First High School; it’s outrageous. We should call the police and have them arrested.”
Walking down the corridor, they could occasionally hear the commotion from the competition venue. The competition was probably at its peak, and everyone was very excited.
Bai Yue stopped.
“How did you know about this?”
He not only knew about the stabbing incident but also that there were several culprits. The word he had just used was— “these people.”
Counselor Song hesitated for a moment, then replied, “I’m on good terms with the medical staff, so we chatted for a bit. What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Bai Yue smiled. “Nothing.”
By this time, the two had reached the lounge entrance. Counselor Song had work to do and went inside first.
While Bai Yue stood there, watching his retreating figure.
The vice-captain had issued a gag order regarding the stabbing incident. Leaving aside the students from other schools who were watching, the medical team members certainly wouldn’t have spoken out on their own.
Counselor Song claimed to have heard it from a teacher in the medical team. Because they were acquaintances, it was alright, wasn’t it?
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