Chapter 52 Secret Relationship

Nuhra slowly emerged from the elevator at the other end of the hallway, followed by her lieutenant, Louis. He wore a smile, yet exuded a commanding presence. Instead of inquiring about the people in the training room, he addressed the student council, "What happened?"

The leading boy hesitated and was speechless at this time. It was because he saw Nuhra's epaulettes. Anyone who was a soldier in the Imperial Army knew what the epaulettes of a general looked like, not to mention that the news that Nuhra was going to teach at Vincent College had already spread like wildfire.

"General..." The girl standing in the middle of the team said timidly, "We received a report and are now conducting a surprise inspection, but..."

Nuhra extended her hand, signaling her not to say anything more. She simply reminded her kindly, "In the academy, just treat me as a professor."

Seeing that Nuhra seemed easier to talk to than expected, the members of the Student Union's supervisory team relaxed considerably, treating him as a talisman for their side. They spoke with renewed confidence, "Students, since Professor Nuhra is here, we can conduct the search under his supervision. If you have any questions, please report them to him promptly."

Chris and the others still didn't want the student union to search. If they found any evidence that would be detrimental to them, it would be a big deal...

Margaret was still guarding the door, but she did not make any statement to let the inspection team in or out. Joan, who had been hiding nearby and ready to strike, had a solemn expression and was also troubled by the current situation.

Chris calmly looked at Nuhra outside the door. Even though they were separated by a crowd, he could still read the meaning in Nuhra's eyes, which made Chris feel at ease to leave things to him.

An idea suddenly occurred to Chris. "I believe that under the professor's supervision, we will get a reasonable and fair result... Why not have the professor appoint a third party to conduct the investigation?"

Chris's seemingly simple proposal secretly countered the student union's intention to use Nuhra's name to forcibly advance the search. After he finished speaking, he calmly waited for Nuhra's response.

If the student union wanted to do this, why couldn't Corris do the same? Nuhra hadn't expressed her willingness to side with the student union.

What's more, Nuhra's sudden appearance was part of Corris's plan.

Joan wasn't sure whether Nuhra was really going to send someone in to search, so she tiptoed along the wall and sneaked into the bathroom attached to the house and hid there, pretending that she had never been there before.

Nuhra seemed to be assessing the feasibility of Corris's proposal. For a moment, everyone held their breath, awaiting the final verdict... Nuhra, the focus of attention, was not disturbed by anything. He thought for a moment and calmly made a decision: "I understand everyone's demands... How about this? I'll have my lieutenant, Louis, go in and search, and you students will supervise with me, okay?"

The method Nuhra ultimately chose not only satisfied the student union supervisory team's search needs, but also gave Chris and the others a certain amount of room to maneuver... As one of the people who knew about Chris and Nuhra's marriage, Louis would definitely understand what to do.

The members of the supervisory team were not particularly satisfied with Nuhra's handling of the matter, but they could not find any fault with it, and they could not but give Nuhra face... so they had to acquiesce.

"Yes, Admiral." Louis adjusted his glasses and accepted the order expressionlessly. Under the pressure, the student union members automatically made way for Louis, but they did not forget to remind Louis: "Sir, the intelligence report shows that the contraband is hidden in the luggage bag in the locker."

Louis replied with a cold "hmm" and walked straight to a row of lockers against the wall of the rest area. Since the lockers were all iris-locked, they had to be opened by the person concerned. Louis asked, "Whose locker is this? Please open it."

Before the student union member could speak, Chris interrupted, "It would be safer if those of us on site opened all the lockers and checked together."

Seeing that Chris was very cooperative, the student union members didn't dare to make more demands. They swallowed what they were about to say when they were dissatisfied.

Ever since Nuhra showed up, Kris's team members hadn't spoken a word, just silently observing the developments in front of them. They didn't expect Kris to send people in to search their lockers... But now they had no other way out, so they could only follow Kris's suggestion and walk to the locker to unlock their own iris recognition lock.

Seeing that Corris was very calm, Margaret gritted her teeth and decided to take a gamble: "Excuse me, but Joan Davis has given me permission to unlock her door with the code so that the officer can check it."

She glanced down at the terminal, unlocked her own lock, and walked to Joan's cabinet door. She entered the password steadily into the display screen, one number after another... The password was correct, and the cabinet door gently popped open.

Louis nodded slightly and started checking from Joan's locker on the right, then Margaret, Ian, and Chris, and finally Lauren's locker on the far left.

Even though he was searching, Louis did not treat Chris and his friends' belongings roughly. Instead, he carefully checked them and gently put them back where they belonged, which everyone was quite accepting of.

Although Chris looked calm on the surface, his palms were actually sweaty. He glanced around at his companions' reactions.

Margaret was the one who maintained her expression relatively well, but her clenched fists still revealed her true emotions; Ian folded his arms and stared at the student union members outside the door with a gloomy expression; Lauren was the one who reacted the most among the people present. Cold sweat was pouring down his face but he was completely unaware of it. His legs were so weak that he had to lean on the wall behind him to stand firmly.

The student council members kept a close eye on Louis' every move, but they didn't find anything amiss. He meticulously checked all the lockers, treating them all equally.

Louis finished the search, considerately closed the lockers for everyone, and then reported to Nuhra in a voice loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly: "Report to the Admiral! We have completed the inspection and found no suspicious items."

"This..." The boy leading the monitoring team was a little at a loss. He turned around and tried to seek help from everyone. It was obvious that they had already determined that there were prohibited items in this training room before coming.

"You don't want to continue searching, do you?" Margaret smiled, but her eyes were cold. "If I'm wrong, you actually know what the contraband is, and the video shows it's in Lauren's bag. But now there's nothing found in Lauren's bag. What else do you want?"

"If you suspected Lauren was hiding somewhere else in the training room, why didn't you check the surveillance?" Margaret's tone became increasingly sharp, her sarcasm evident. "Could it be that there's nothing you can find?"

Ian chimed in coldly, "We have no idea what this so-called video evidence is, and no one has confirmed its authenticity... They're just student union members, yet they're being interrogated and searched like criminals. It's truly eye-opening."

Lauren finally proved his innocence, and he relaxed completely. He felt so aggrieved that he couldn't express it. He glared at the members of the inspection team with indignation and said, "The student union's actions today have seriously violated the rights of me and my friends. I promise to appeal!"

Suddenly, the members of the monitoring team were filled with regret and anxiety, exchanging anxious glances with one another. Finally, a representative stepped forward and said, "As a representative, I...I apologize for what happened to you all today. We can show you the video that will serve as reporting material."

Chris and his companions had no intention of accepting the apology. The only meaningful part of his words was the last one. Seeing that no one was saying anything, Chris took the initiative to negotiate: "Please give us the report materials for verification. This is our right, not whether we accept the apology or not."

As Chris said this, he turned around and glanced at Ian. Ian didn't understand what he meant, and it took him a while to realize that Chris wanted him to check if there was any problem with the video.

Because the Student Union was actually in the wrong, the group didn't dare to say anything. They simply transmitted the anonymous report and the surveillance video from the same period to Chris and the others face-to-face, and hurriedly tried to leave. "The videos are all here... The Student Union has other matters to attend to, so we'll go first."

The members of the monitoring team wanted to slip away, but they remembered that Nuhra was still watching them, so they had to stand there dejectedly and act according to Nuhra's expression.

Ignoring the eager looks of the inspectors, Nuhra said to Kris and the others in the training room, "Students in the training room, do you have any questions?"

Chris felt that he could call it a day, but he was concerned about the opinion of Lauren, the real victim, so he gently asked Lauren, who had barely calmed down, "Lauren, what do you think?"

"I don't want to see them now!" Lauren turned her head and shouted angrily.

After receiving Lauren's advice, Chris first replied to Nuhra, "Thank you, Professor. We have no further questions..." He then raised a slightly disdainful eyebrow at the inspectors waiting anxiously at the door. "Excuse me, my friend doesn't want to see you. You all heard it."

These student union members could no longer stay and hurriedly retreated in the direction they came from, without any trace of arrogance.

Nuhra casually glanced in the direction they left, then quickly looked away. Seeing Corris and his friends standing before her with grateful faces, she couldn't help but smile. "No need to thank me, I didn't do anything... I just need to attend my classes normally."

Although Nuhra said that they didn't need to thank her, Chris and the others still smiled at Nuhra and Louis. Nuhra gave them a few more instructions before turning around and leaving with Louis.

"Huh... finally done." Ian scrambled back to his chair like a zombie. Lauren was no better, plopped down on the floor, covering her face as she digested what had just happened.

Margaret, still thinking about Joan hiding in the bathroom, hurried inside to tell her to come out. In a panic, Joan crawled into the bathroom ventilation duct and unexpectedly found that the duct could be connected to the top of the training room door. She crawled over and witnessed the whole process from there.

When Joan and Margaret came out of the bathroom, Chris also sat on the floor with Lauren and was comforting her: "Let's check the video and surveillance to see if we can find anything..."

"Are you still practicing now?" Joan's expression didn't change much. After this embarrassing incident, she was still able to maintain a stable and almost indifferent mood and show concern for the practice situation.

"Let's end it here today. Everyone go back and rest for a while, and check if there are any problems with the surveillance and video recordings." Chris frowned and objected to the proposal to continue training.

Joan shrugged without comment. She knew Chris would most likely refuse, so she just mentioned it casually.

They were all exhausted and in no mood to discuss important matters. They each grabbed their belongings, turned off the power in the training room, and left together. Kris walked at the back of the group, looking down at the terminal in his hand, occasionally typing a few words on it.

The five of them walked towards the training ground gate in a lifeless manner. No one spoke until Kris suddenly looked up from the terminal and quickly said to his teammates, "I need to go to the second teaching building. You guys go ahead!"

"Ah, is that so?" Margaret was a little confused, but there was no reason for Chris not to go, so she instructed, "Be careful."

Chris had already turned and walked towards the other side of the door, waving goodbye with his back to everyone.

"Forget about him, let's go to the shuttle bus station..." Ian was so hungry that he couldn't wait to go to the cafeteria to eat. Besides Joan, Margaret and Lauren also looked exhausted, so they naturally hit it off with Ian.

Having left the main group, Chris felt a little guilty. He actually lied to his teammates and said that he was not going to the second teaching building at all, but was going somewhere else.

Just as he was about to leave the training room, Chris looked down at his terminal to text Nuhra:

[Chris: Brother, thank you for today. I don’t know what I would do without you…]

[Chris: Are you still in the academy? I really want to see you now.]

After sending the two text messages, Chris thought for a moment and added a kissing emoji of a small animal, intending to act a little coquettishly.

Unexpectedly, Nuhra replied quickly:

[Nuhra: My car is at the back door of the training ground.]

[Nuhra: I really, really want to see you too.]

[Nuhra: As for kissing, let's save it for when we meet.]

So, the scene of Chris hurriedly saying goodbye to his teammates appeared. He suppressed his euphoric mood and rushed to the back door of the training ground at his fastest speed ever.

It was already mostly dark at that time, but Chris was not affected by the light at all. He recognized at a glance that the black hovercraft parked in a hidden place was the vehicle that Nuhra usually used for travel.

Although Chris was excited, he still paid attention to his surroundings and made sure that no one was approaching quickly. He opened the car door and stepped into the back seat, completing the whole process in one go.

Nuhra, who was standing by, observed Kris's movements with great interest. When Kris had time to look at him, he reached out and touched Kris's head, which was messy from running. "Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you."

Chris's experience that day was full of twists and turns, and the degree of shock was unimaginable... But he didn't want to care about these trivial matters at all, and just wanted to be alone with Nuhra forever.

Without saying a word, he threw himself into Nuhra's arms like a stubborn little animal. Only when he smelled the faint woody perfume on her body did he feel relieved.

Nuhra leaned back uncontrollably due to the unexpected hug from Chris, then reached out to hug Chris back, gently stroking his back, waiting for him to speak.

"...Brother, were you deliberately trying to scare me when you called the roll in class today?" Chris kept his head buried in Nuhra's chest, and his voice sounded muffled when he spoke.

Nuhra knew that Kris would definitely ask about this, so he admitted that he had a bit of a bad taste and liked to see Kris panic because of him... But for the sake of family harmony, he would not admit it in front of Kris. "Why is that? I always can't help looking at you, but I'm afraid of being discovered, so I have to randomly call someone out... How about I call your name next time in class so that you can feel a little more involved in the class?"

Upon hearing this, Corris immediately shook his head in horror and declined Nuhra's "kindness": "No need for that... I'd rather you don't call on me to answer questions from now on."

"Sorry, I can't agree to that... By the way, didn't you say you wanted to be my teaching assistant?" Nuhra chuckled. "My previous teaching assistant was always called upon by me in every class..."

"What?!" Kris suddenly heard the bad news and stood up from Nuhra's arms. Nuhra was caught off guard and hit on the chin by Kris, "Brother! Are you okay?! I didn't mean to..." Kris didn't care about the headache from the collision and first moved closer to check the condition of Nuhra's chin.

Corris was worried that the collision would hit Nuhra's tongue, so he held Nuhra's jaw lightly with his hand and said hurriedly, "Open your mouth and let me see, and stick out your tongue!"

Nuhra was very obedient and stuck out her tongue to let Chris check the situation... Chris asked the car's intelligent system to turn on the lights, and was relieved when he found no obvious bleeding. Fortunately, Nuhra reacted quickly at that time.

Hurry, hide for a while, otherwise the situation will be much more serious than it is now.

Nuhra retracted her tongue, raised her eyebrows playfully, and whispered in Corris's ear: "Baby, you were quite natural when you ordered me to open my mouth just now. Why don't we..."

"No, brother, I beg you." As soon as Chris saw Nuhra's expression, he knew that the other party was playing some inappropriate jokes on him. He was unable to resist for a moment and had a headache.

"Why not?" Although Nuhra's tongue was not bleeding, it was slightly swollen, and she spoke more softly than usual, "I can give you..." As she spoke, Nuhra touched her lips with her finger.

Chris had to admit that he was really moved by Nuhra's proposal, but Nuhra was injured because of him, and Chris thought he was not such a beast.

However, because of Nuhra's bold words and actions, some doubts arose in his heart: "Brother, why do I feel that you know a lot about these things..." Chris said, looking at Nuhra suspiciously.

"At my age, even if I haven't done it, I've heard of it, right?" Nuhra said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I only use my hands when I can't bear it anymore. I've never asked anyone else for help."

"Oh..." Kris responded in a long tone, which was very meaningful.

This time it was Nuhra's turn to feel uncomfortable. She forced a straight face and asked Chris, "Oh, what's that, Chris? Do you have any objection to me, an adult?"

"I do," Corris nodded solemnly, "I really want to kiss you now. You promised me."

Kris said the last sentence in Nuhra's text message, and Nuhra remembered it, so she kissed Kris on the lips without hesitation. Kris was still concerned about Nuhra's injury, so he held back a little when kissing, tentatively sticking out his tongue. Nuhra immediately responded enthusiastically, and the two of them entangled their lips and tongues, inseparable.

Chris felt his lower body reacting, and Nuhra, who was pressed tightly against him, seemed to do the same. However, Chris didn't want to do those things at school, so he pushed Nuhra away and sat a little further away from her.

"Brother, let's talk about something serious." Kris's lips were moistened by Nuhra's kiss, his bright blue pupils became deep, and his cheeks behind his ears were dyed a passionate red... But he still tried his best to sit upright and made a very innocent proposal to Nuhra.

Nuhra's condition was not good either. Corris had messed up his military uniform, and his neat and tidy hairstyle became messy. A few strands of brown hair hung down in front of his forehead. His lips were red and had obvious water marks.

"Are you sure you want to talk to me about serious matters at this time?" Nuhra was almost amused by Corris, and she brushed her scattered hair back with a little annoyance.

"For our own good, be obedient." Corris persuaded Nuhra with kind words. In the end, whether because he couldn't bear it or because he had something to hide, he took advantage of Nuhra's unpreparedness and kissed him on the lips again. "One last time, I really won't kiss you anymore."

Nuhra quickly calmed down. After being kissed by Corris, any anger she had was completely gone. A smile appeared in her golden eyes. "Alright, let's get down to business."

"Brother, thank you for helping us today." Kris took Nuhra's hand and thanked him again sincerely, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid this wouldn't have ended so well."

When Kris mentioned this, the smile on Nuhra's lips gradually disappeared. He looked at Kris with sharp eyes and asked, "Yes, if the student union were to look for it, the Rexroth powder in Lauren Wyatt's bag would be exposed."

"What?" Kris's expression suddenly became serious. "What's going on?"

"Louis actually found something in Wyatt's bag, but he used a little trick to hide the packet of powder." Nuhra opened her arms and motioned for Chris to lie down in.

As Kris approached Nuhra, he murmured in disbelief, "But I don't believe he did it."

"I don't believe it either, especially after seeing how frightened he was," Nuhra said calmly, one arm around Kris's waist and the other holding Kris's hand. "If this is acting, then I think he'd be more suitable to be an undercover agent in the Ninth Army."

"I think someone must have framed him. How could they have happened to capture so-called video evidence and report it anonymously?" Chris's tone was unkind. He didn't feel good about someone secretly observing his every move. "We're going to check the video and surveillance... and maybe even find out who contacted the Student Union. I have a feeling this person didn't report it anonymously."

"Yeah," Nuhra replied, approving of Kris's plan. Then she continued, "Those students in the Student Union are being used as pawns and are foolishly jumping into the trap without even realizing it."

Chris scoffed, but made no comment. After this incident, he completely lost his trust and goodwill towards the Vincent College Student Union.

"Be careful and pay attention to your surroundings in the near future," Nuhra said, gently squeezing Corris's hand. "Especially you. Tell me if anything happens. Don't do anything bad by yourself without anyone noticing."

When Corris heard Nuhra say this, he instantly thought of his and his teammates' plan to enter the black market without Nuhra's knowledge. His body stiffened, and this brief abnormality was keenly captured by Nuhra who was holding him.

"What's wrong?" Nuhra asked patiently and concernedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Chris didn't dare to tell this matter to anyone, because he knew that as soon as he said it, Nuhra would definitely not let him go.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Chris patted the back of Nuhra's hand soothingly, making himself look like everything was normal.

Nuhra didn't respond immediately. After a while, she said to Chris, as if hinting at something: "I'm glad it's okay... If there's any problem, don't lie to me, okay?"

"I don't like people deceiving me, especially those close to me." Nuhra gradually hugged Corris tightly in her arms, her expression as gentle as water. "Baby, remember this."

It was a rare moment for Kris to feel nervous when spending time with Nuhra in private. This hadn't happened since they'd confirmed their relationship. Afraid of being exposed, Kris tried to speak as normally as possible, "I know, brother."

After saying that, he carefully turned around in Nuhra's arms, so that they were face to face. He pressed Nuhra against the car door and kissed her, hoping that this would make Nuhra and himself forget all their worries.

This time the kiss lasted longer, until Kris felt like he was suffocating, and only then did he open a thin gap between him and Nuhra. Nuhra panted slightly, but her eyes were fixed on Kris, and she said with a half-smile, "When I tell you something you don't like to hear, you jump on me and kiss me. You're really a bit of a jerk..."

Chris demonstrated with his actions what it meant to "not want to listen". Seeing that he couldn't stop Nuhra from talking, he kissed the side of Nuhra's face, and then deliberately kissed her all the way down, including her earlobes, neck, and shoulder sockets... Chris didn't miss a single one.

At first, Nuhra laughed and said that Chris was a puppy, so disobedient... Under Chris's relentless actions, Nuhra could not say a word and could only let Chris control him. His hands were involuntarily placed on the back of Chris's neck, and his long neck tilted back unbearably.

"Stop kissing... If you kiss again, neither of us can go back tonight." Nuhra's voice was low and tinged with lust. Above him, Coris's hand was already dishonestly touching his clothes.

Hearing Nuhra's words, Chris was a little dissatisfied, but his reason reminded him to stop... He then took a light bite on Nuhra's shoulder as if possessed by a ghost.

Even though Koris didn't use much strength, the pain was still obvious. Nuhra couldn't bear it any longer and pinched Koris's neck to pull him away. "Hiss... You said you were a puppy, and you really bit me."

Chris took the opportunity to pretend to be wronged, "It's just a small bite. It will be invisible if I pull up the collar of my military uniform."

As expected, Nuhra was quite impressed by his tricks and did not pursue the question of the kiss mark that Kristia had deliberately left on him. "This won't happen again. If you want to leave any marks on me, tell me first."

Corris' eyes sparkled, and he nodded obediently and sensibly, "I understand, brother."

Nuhra scratched Corris's chin with satisfaction. "Well, it's getting late now. I'll pack up and take you back to the dormitory."

"Also, this is your dinner," Nuhra said, taking out a lunch box from the safe in the car. "I was afraid you'd be hungry, so I sent someone to the cafeteria to buy some food in advance."

Coris was buttoning his shirt. Hearing this, he kissed Nuhra on the cheek and said, "Thank you, brother. You are so kind to me."

Nuhra was amused by his words and reached out to scratch the bridge of Corris's high nose. "That's not good at all."

Corris was unreasonable, "What I say is okay is okay." Nuhra was too lazy to engage in such a childish argument, and just smiled indulgently and shook her head.

After they finished packing, Nuhra pressed a button on the holographic screen in the back seat. Not long after, Nuhra's lieutenant, Louis, emerged from a dark corner and climbed into the car with unwavering professionalism.

"Good evening, Admiral Nuhra, Mr. Corris." Louis, sitting in the front row, looked at Corris through the rearview mirror and greeted him politely.

Corris blushed a little, but still smiled at Louis and said, "Good evening, Commander Louis, and thank you for today."

"It's my duty, Mr. Chris, don't worry about it." Louis nodded modestly, accepting Chris's thanks.

"Send him back to the dorm first." Nuhra waited until they finished their greetings before giving his usual instructions. If it weren't for Nuhra's visibly reddened lips, no one would have noticed that he and Chris were making out in the back seat just over ten minutes ago.

With Louis sitting in the front row, the shy Chris immediately restrained himself. Along the way, he and Nuhra only chatted cautiously about some topics about study and life, but they always held each other's hands.

Although it was a bit far from the training ground to Kris's dormitory, it was still faster than taking the shuttle bus. Soon Kris could see the outline of his dormitory building from the car window. Louis was considerate and parked the car in a secluded corner a little further away from the dormitory building to avoid being seen.

Before getting off the car, Chris was still reluctant to leave. Nuhra shook his hand and comforted him, saying that he would be able to go home in a few days. She also agreed to some embarrassing conditions in whispers before persuading Chris to leave.

Nuhra's car did not drive away immediately. Instead, he watched Chris's figure disappear from his sight, then he retracted his gaze and said to Louis: "Drive, take me back to my current villa."

On the other side, Chris, who had finished charging at Nuhra's place and was returning to the dormitory with the dinner Nuhra had prepared in advance, was in a good mood. He staggered into the elevator, got out of the elevator when he reached his floor, and walked towards his dormitory.

He opened the dormitory door and found Lauren and Ian studying the video and surveillance provided by the student union. He walked over to ask about their progress. "How are things going, Ian?"

Ian, wearing his plush one-piece home suit, stared seriously at the device in front of him—a laptop-like device. Four or five holographic screens were projected above the device, all showing Lauren and another strange man in front of the training room door.

Lauren was scowling next to Ian. He was so confused by the current situation that he even suspected that he had hidden contraband in his bag.

According to the evidence video provided by the student union, Lauren was carrying his bag and standing in front of the door, preparing to scan his iris to open the door. Unexpectedly, he was bumped by another person who walked by quickly, and some things fell out of the bag, including a bag of powdery substance.

Combining the information provided by Nuhra, Chris recognized at a glance that this was powdered Reese!

The video continued. The man who bumped into Lauren seemed to feel guilty and quickly squatted down to help Lauren pick up the items scattered on the ground, including the bag of white powder.

The stranger picked up the powder along with the other items and handed them to Lauren. The two stood at the door and said a few words. The man seemed to be apologizing to Lauren. Lauren didn't care about it at first, but she had to respond with a sincere apology.

After going back and forth for a while, Lauren had no choice but to stuff all the things in her hands into her bag without even looking at them, including the bag of medicine powder.

"We initially thought that the stranger had dropped this thing on the ground when Lauren's belongings fell out...but surveillance from several angles could not fully confirm this guess." Ian believed that everything could be solved by technology, but this time he touched upon a blind spot in technology.

"But during the search, this package of contraband was not found..." Lauren collapsed and threw out another fact.

After much hesitation, Chris decided to tell them that Louis had concealed the existence of the powder for them, but he would not tell everything. Instead, he would deliberately conceal some of the details, such as the relationship between him and Nuhra.

"Well...as for the powder, I actually saw Captain Louis take it away from Lauren's bag." Chris said this carefully.

"Huh?!" Ian and Lauren thought they had misheard. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, I saw it." Kris reminded them solemnly, "This matter cannot be told to anyone except the five of us."

"Of course!" Ian reacted violently.

But he still has Professor Nuhra, so why would he help? "That explained why the powder hadn't been discovered, but Lauren was now troubled by another matter.

Chris continued, "Maybe Nuhra will help us because we're his students?" He nervously observed the reactions of the two people in front of him, not sure if they believed him...

Ian probably believed it, or rather, he just needed a plausible explanation to explain why the powder disappeared. But Lauren, who was always thoughtful, couldn't accept this childish explanation. In his opinion, this reason was not credible.

Lauren wanted to continue asking, but Ian persuaded Lauren to give up in his own way: "Little Lauren, how this thing disappeared is no longer important. After all, we managed to get away with it... Now we should worry about where it came from."

Chris quickly echoed Ian's statement, "Yes, since Commander Louis didn't report us at the time, and this thing has disappeared, there's no point in us worrying about it. We should first look for other ways to break through."

Lauren was convinced by the two of them and sighed, "Now that I think about it, what you say does make sense... I'll listen to you."

Ian patted Lauren on the shoulder. Chris sat down opposite Lauren with his dinner and gave him an encouraging smile.

For a moment, no one spoke in the dormitory. Ian was still diligently searching the surveillance footage from every angle, repeatedly checking and comparing them. Lauren was helping to review the surveillance footage, occasionally sitting down to recall the events of the day, trying to find anything she had missed.

Chris was eating dinner opposite the two of them, his mind empty as he chewed the food in his mouth mechanically. He was thinking about how to break out of the current situation.

"Could there be hidden surveillance cameras in the training ground?" Chris hadn't spoken for a long time. Suddenly, in the silence, he spoke up, startling Lauren and Ian across from him. "The kind that aren't connected to the academy's intranet and can only be discovered through on-site investigations... Is that possible? Or, could there be one of those miniature surveillance cameras hidden in some corner?"

Chris remembered that before he traveled through time, there were people around him who would install surveillance cameras in their own names, which sometimes provided unexpected clues to the police when they were investigating a case... In addition, there were also some spy movies or current news that mentioned that someone placed miniature cameras in the room.

"Oh my god, man... I'd completely forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it! It's been so long since I've done surveillance work, I'm quite unfamiliar with the subject!" Ian's thoughts were also enlightened by Kris's remarks. "I've been limited by the thinking of those people in the student union... If they really wanted to frame Lauren, they definitely wouldn't leave any traces on the school's surveillance."

Lauren was a little confused, but seeing Ian so excited, she knew it was probably a good thing, and her mood lightened a little.

"Have you synchronized the surveillance investigation progress with Joan and Margaret? And based on the speculation just now, maybe they have some clues?" Chris asked, not forgetting the other two teammates.

"I've already told you about the surveillance investigation before, but not what happened just now." Lauren told Chris everything.

"Well, let me tell them my thoughts." Chris did it right away, forgetting about his half-eaten dinner, and took out the terminal to start organizing his words to send messages to the group.

Soon, they received a piece of news from Joan that was enough to excite everyone: in front of the door of the training room that Joan rented, there was a miniature camera that she had placed there out of boredom.

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The author has something to say: The first chapter after entering v, please enjoy it [shy][kiss]