"Can I go with them?"

The captain glanced at Lu Yulan, and nodded, knowing that she was the leader who had come out this time.

"Let's go take a look together."

Lu Yulan casually gathered the dishes on the table and put them all into a thermos. She then followed the captain quickly to the duty tent.

"What happened? How could students go missing? Did they encounter some strange beast, or were they fighting amongst themselves?"

Every year, there are bound to be some problems with the external assessments. After all, the empire's resources are tied up there, and there are conflicts of interest among the various nobles. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it's perfectly reasonable to eliminate the younger generation of the other family, and no one will say anything. Until one time, a younger generation of a family was suppressed to the point that only one person remained. Somehow, he colluded with a strange beast and slaughtered a large number of students who were taking the assessment at that time.

After that, the empire intervened, and the major noble families signed an agreement that no one should be killed, thus ending this bloody era.

However, people tend to have a sense of luck, and some always think they can get away with it without anyone noticing.

The two people in front of the monitor looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Huh? No, neither.

He was relieved. If it wasn't one of those two things, then there might be something else going on with the disappearance. He picked up a small stool from the side, pressed a button, and handed it to Lu Yulan.

"Teacher Lu, sit down and listen to what they have to say. There's no need to rush."

"Okay, thank you."

Holding Xiaozhu, I sat down, somewhat puzzled. I couldn't understand why the two of them looked at each other with such a spark in their eyes, like wolves eyeing meat.

"Captain, let me go in a bit."

“I want to go too. The two of them went fishing. How about we let them watch the security camera footage when they get back?”

...

I don't understand. What are they going to do? Aren't the students missing? Why are they all so eager to go out and look for them?

But if she asked directly, it would seem silly of her to do so. Oh well, she'd better wait and see.

The captain, leaning against the monitor, gestured towards Lu Yulan with his lip to his two temporary subordinates.

"I can't make that decision. Teacher Lu is here. You two should explain to Teacher Lu before you leave."

Don't say he didn't give them a chance. This Mr. Lu is very outstanding. If they could win his favor, who knows what the future would hold...

It certainly wasn't about men and women. He had seen a lot, and anyone who could become friends with Minister Gu must have something special about them.

"ah?"

One of them exclaimed, "Ah!" This woman is usually quite dim-witted; will he be able to explain it clearly? The other, however, reacted quickly, nudged his companion, and gave Lu Yulan a simple, honest smile.

"Oh, okay. Teacher Lu is out here for the first time and doesn't know the situation. So, let me put it this way: the students' disappearance isn't because they're really shameful, but because the equipment they were using to monitor them malfunctioned. On this monitoring screen, there are red dots, each dot representing a person. If someone is injured, the red will turn green, meaning they need rescue. If they disappear, it means they're missing."

"Yes, I understand."

In other words, someone's equipment was damaged, and they wanted to go out to take a look and get some fresh air.

"Teacher Lu is so smart."

Lu Yulan: ...

Ugh! I'm sweating buckets! She's not stupid.

"But this surveillance image isn't a temperature reading image; it's a hazard assessment image. The area where those students who just disappeared were located is a safe zone, so..."

"So, they did it on purpose!"