Chapter 54 Chapter 54 The meeting is over, Plagus...

The meeting is over, Plagus and Tang En walked together at the end.

Tang En locked the door of the room and saw Plagus standing beside her.

She was somewhat used to it, Plagus was very clingy to her.

Plagus's hair had become smooth again, and he whispered to Tang En: "Senior sister, you don't look very happy, is there any problem with the cooperation?"

Tang En didn't touch her, she walked in front, lowered her head to adjust her cuffs and said:

"No. You will understand later."

Tang En walked forward.

- That means there are other reasons.

Plagus was full of confusion and had not solved it, but Tang En stopped talking.

Excellent political animals can always peek at the leopard from the details.

Although Tang En has two lifetimes of life experience combined, and this is his first time to get involved in politics, some truths in the world are always the same - if you want something, you will do it. Although sometimes things don't go as planned, you can always guess what the person who set the new competition system is thinking by following the chain of events.

It's just that Philus doesn't understand this truth yet. Philus

has just barely broken through the emotional barrier. If he is not alert next time, he may fall into the trap of tenderness.

Tang En walked to the door of the restaurant, and the person walking in front made way for her.

Sure enough, the third military school hadn't arrived yet, but the teams from other schools were basically all there.

Some reporters were interviewing people with microphones and drones. Although others were eating as usual, they would occasionally look at each other.

As the First Military Academy was the hot team this time, Don was noticed as soon as he entered the restaurant.

Felix had already adapted to traveling without wearing anything on his face, but in this situation, he couldn't help but pause. It was fine when he boarded the plane before, there wouldn't be so many people at the same time, and it was fine at school, most of the people he came into contact with in daily life wouldn't just stare at him.

Iris followed Don in closely.

William stood next to Felix, took a deep breath, and the two of them went in last, at the end of the line.

Sure enough, as soon as they entered, reporters and drones surrounded them.

"Ms. Campbell, can you introduce the team you are leading this time?"

Don put on a standard smile.

She handled it with ease, introducing Iris first, and then the others. The people who were called signaled to the drone.

Oscar seemed to have noticed the nervousness of William and Philus. The two of them sandwiched Philus in the middle, with William standing at the end.

Dorothy was crowded with three male Bs behind her, and she looked back helplessly.

Philus had realized before that those drones were cameras, but now that someone was interviewing them with a microphone, he instinctively hated this behavior of pulling his appearance into the sun. What he was least afraid of was appearing in front of others in a mess, because he was unattractive like that.

But he had to adapt.

Feilus lowered his head and touched his face, forcing himself to adapt to this feeling.

William behind him had habitually entered a state of trance. When he was mentioned, he nodded silently, looking like everything was fine; Lambert was more like an excited male college student than anyone else present, even more like Shano who suddenly pretended to be a peacock.

Tang En's words to answer reporters were also simple. The purpose was to emphasize that they were well prepared, but they just wanted to wait until the competition was over to talk about the situation.

When their interview was coming to an end, a new group of people came to the restaurant, but they were not from the Third Military Academy. Instead, they were from the Spire University team in the Epsilon Galaxy.

Almost as soon as they came in, everyone felt their high profile.

They lined up in a line, and the clothes they wore also made people feel the luxurious luster of the fabric. Originally, people expected the Third Military Academy to come next, but they showed up instead. There was a buzz in the restaurant.

But the reporters were very happy. After a simple ending, they turned to the Spire.

Spire University is from the Epsilon galaxy. If you ask where the climate is most like Ksir, it must be Epsilon. Therefore, there are many people who bet on the Spire on the Internet.

Alicia called out, "The First Military Academy is here!"

She had already arrived at the restaurant in advance as a logistics person. Beside Alicia was an old man and a young man. They were their two leading instructors this time, but they had completely handed over their power to Tang En.

Felix looked over and found that the old man was the old swordfish man downstairs in their dormitory.

They sat down at the long table.

Iris looked at the Spire team with grim eyes.

"Because the royal family can only arrive last, so they have to be the last one to come?" Iris cut a piece of steak with a knife, "They are so brave."

Alicia smiled, "Don't worry about them, they can't do anything better than performing well in the competition."

William hesitated. Lambert's expression was indescribable, it seemed that he thought Alicia was talking about chicken soup.

Iris was obviously not comforted, she looked at Tang En.

According to the principle that the higher the nobles' status, the later they should arrive, the team led by Tang En should be the last one to come out. All the teams had tacitly agreed to this, but the Spire broke this rule.

Tang En was talking to two instructors in a low voice, talking about the cooperation with the Third Military Academy.

After changing into an instructor uniform, Swordfish didn't look so old, still looking like an old god who didn't care about what he said. "Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you to decide. You just came back from the internship battlefield, and you are more familiar with the battlefield than Louis and I."

Instructor Louis also agreed, "Kant and I will do your logistics work."

The third-year students will graduate next year, especially those who followed Tang En. Most of them will definitely join the army.

- Campbell invested in the First Military Academy and sent his successor to the First Military Academy. Isn't it obvious that he is training Tang En's future team? This is what the school's senior management thinks, and it is difficult for them not to think so.

Even if the military academy is not affiliated with the army, and even the people in the army will unite because of their alma mater, the next generation will go the other way because their predecessors chose a certain school. In the end, the two are entangled, tightly tying the military academy and the army together, leaving a distinct mark on each other.

In addition, Tang En also won the first place last year. She is capable, and the simulated battlefield jungle battle proved this.

So the First Military Academy completely turned a blind eye. Tang En still did her best to save face. The two instructors must be clear about the affairs of the team, which only made people appreciate her thoroughness.

Tang En then looked at Iris.

She took a bite of the vegetable salad and frowned slightly because of the taste of the salad dressing. She said, "Even without the Spire, there would be other schools that would break the rules. The Spire is just the most impatient."

- The food here is not to Tang En's taste.

This was the first reaction of Phylus.

But when Iris heard Tang En's words, she fell into deep thought.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, what Tang En said did make sense.

The change in the competition system is to guide each team to compete more fiercely. In the past, they could still be polite, but now the teams are just fighting for food.

In this case, the team that got the news inevitably had more gunpowder and made some mild provocations to other old rules.

Iris did not enjoy this meal. After understanding Tang En's words, she found that the gap between her and Tang En was greater than she thought. In terms of physical fitness and mental strength, the difference is just one level. There is nothing wrong with being more elegant as a noble, but her perspective on the problem was a blow to her.

They were both experiencing the same thing, but Tang En was more patient than her, as if she had expected everything.

Although Iris felt that her brain was not inferior to Tang En's.

Alicia shook her head and glanced at William.

William's thoughts were almost written on his face: I said it before, sometimes it is better to keep silent than to speak.

Oscar and Shano were trying to eat, Dorothy was eating normally, and Phyllus was thinking while eating.

Shano suddenly asked, "Will the prize money from the competition be divided equally?"

Oscar said, "Yes, it was the same last year."

"You are really confident." Lambert said, "The prize money will definitely not be small, we have it."

Felix also paid a little attention to the prize money. Although the prize money will be shared by the top three, the first place winner can get at least 2,000 credit points if it is divided equally.

Felix did not plan to continue using Mefeson's funding, which would not reduce his living standards much, after all, he had subsidies, but in order to avoid suspicion from the other party, he collected all the credit points given by Mefeson to his younger brother and asked him to share them with the street children he used to take care of.

This can be regarded as returning the money that was exploited from the members of the Bush of Thorns.

Tang En looked very bored, and her eyes began to scan everyone again.

Calus and Alicia were the two most pleasing to the eye. Although Alicia had experienced it many times, she still gave Tang En a constipated expression.

Calus had already consciously shown his best eating posture.

Others were either used to it or did not notice Tang En's movements.

At this time, the Third Military Academy arrived.

Samuel Edrien was wearing a black military school uniform with a red cape on his shoulders. His elegant and capable movements and elegant pronunciation showed the royal demeanor. The teammates behind him looked more like the loyal Royal Guards.

Tang En had watched it on the live broadcast screen before, but it was not as shocking as seeing their team coming in with her own eyes now.

Tang En took another bite of meat without changing her expression.

- She remembered that the Third Military Academy was not so arrogant last year. It seemed that they were infected by the Second Prince.

She glanced at Iris, who was staring at Samuel.

Unlike Iris who tried her best to maintain the noble hierarchy and was therefore hostile to Spire University, she looked at Samuel and wished she could take his place.

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There is no doubt that the empire will usher in a turbulent era.

Tang En firmly believed in this, so when the initial signs occurred, she could sense it keenly -

the storm was coming.

In the eyes of others, the change of the competition system is just an innovation of the competition, but in Tang En's eyes, she saw that the old emperor finally gave up the old strategy of unification and chose new internal division measures to ensure the emperor's authority.

This may be a big and empty statement.

But the biggest benefit of changing the competition system is that it allows the new generation of legion reserves to have fierce competition when they are students. They can directly clash on the competition field.

They have not yet entered maturity, and it is the easiest time for them to make enemies. They are full of emotions and lack reason. Young people - whether they love or hate, whether they finally let go or hold a grudge, they will still remember it vividly even in old age. After several generations, within 10 years, a school has become a mortal enemy with students from another school.

When the royal family and the royalists are unable to suppress other legions in the future, the hatred planted in youth will make the legions give priority to dealing with the legions instead of destroying the seemingly weaker royal family first.

The history of the Star Age is short, but the history in Tang En's mind is long.

Focusing on playing power games is not a symbol of the rise of a country.

It is foreseeable that after the reform of the competition system to start with the relationship between young people, the conflicts between legions in the next few years should become greater and greater under the instigation of the royal family.

Legions and legions have developed to the point where they are almost in a state of local separatism. The original conflicts are just not obvious. It is precisely because of their existence that they have the opportunity to be magnified into the most important contradiction for the royal family to use.

This is why she is worried, although if she says it now, most people will just think she is worrying too much.

Tang En finished his meal.

Sure enough, Samuel arrived a little earlier than them, as if he had no idea that Spire University had arrived.

How could he not know? Tang En thought, no matter what the old emperor was like, he would definitely give some hints to his son who was participating in the competition.

Iris was also looking over there, and she also thought that Samuel was deliberately ignoring Spire University, but she thought that Samuel was so calm now because Spire University would assess the situation and provoke the First Military Academy instead of the royal family.

So now she is planning how to embarrass Spire University.

Plaus didn't know what they were thinking. There were three kinds of people in this restaurant. One kind was people like Don and Iris whose brains never stopped, another kind was people who ate very fast, and the last kind was people like Plaus who seemed to understand but didn't quite understand.

The drone and the reporter also got enough material and left.

The people from the Third Military Academy finally started to take their seats. At this time, Shanuo and Oscar looked up.

"At least our food isn't cold yet," Oscar said.

"Cold food, elegant," Shanuo mocked humorously.

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During the break after lunch, Don and Iris went to find Samuel.

Plaus was in the stairwell. The light here was dim, and outside was the dark space, so naturally there was no light shining in.

If Phaerus stood here and didn't speak, the voice-activated light wouldn't light up.

Samuel's residence was just across the wall, and Phaerus didn't like him. Sometimes Phaerus would put his ear against the wall, but the material of the starship had good sound insulation, so he didn't hear anything.

So during this time, he just stood here quietly, and he felt that this was his true self.

Solidified into a motionless statue in the darkness, only his mind was recalling everything he had experienced before, and everything related to Tang En.

Although he didn't think there was anything wrong with him always following Tang En, he also knew that such things had to be done secretly.

After all, this behavior should be called tracking.

- Stay on the starship for three days.

Phyllus felt a little dazed when he thought about the past, as if it was a lifetime ago. He touched his right earlobe with his right hand, thinking about what to do in the future, but this question was too general, he could only think of joining the legion in the future.

Rejecting Mayfair's arrangement was certain. But he always remembered what Mayfair said - he had too little experience.

But what would he do if he didn't join the legion? Those unfamiliar fields, unfamiliar jobs, he had no idea what they did except for the job title. And following Tang En... maybe it wasn't a bad thing.

After he stood quietly and emptied himself for an unknown period of time, he heard the sound of someone opening the door and walking out in the corridor.

Of course, the Third Military Academy also lived in the same corridor, so there was no need to worry about being seen by teams from other schools.

The door to the corridor was pushed open, and a beam of light shone from the crack of the door.

Feeling the sluggishness of his body, Plagus slowly raised his hand.

Iris's voice came over: "Why are you here?"

Tang En said: "Sorry, this is our team member."

He blinked, his eyes were still a little dry, put his hand down, lowered his head and said: "Sorry."

He didn't know that his eyes were empty.

When the light shone through the surface of his body, he was like a puppet painted with snow-white glaze, and suddenly the leaked light revealed his true appearance, as if he would be shattered here in the next second.

But Plagus's eyes suddenly became bright in the blink of an eye.

When Phaerus heard Don's voice, he felt that his ability to move had returned, and the voice-activated light on his head also lit up belatedly.

Samuel smiled, "I remember you. Your hairstyle was very fresh and cute this morning."

The second prince's attitude was not as arrogant as it was this morning, and it seemed that their meeting was very pleasant.

But Phaerus' hair stood on end, and he keenly caught a hint of ambiguous hints. He tensed his muscles alertly, lowered his head and looked at Samuel's position with his peripheral vision.

"That was a joke between me and my team members," Don said, "Your Highness, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future."

Don waved to Phaerus, and Phaerus quickly followed Don and left.

Iris's suspicious eyes swept over Phaerus' body.

Phaerus seemed to be able to guess what Iris was thinking now - she was worried that he was colluding with the second prince and selling out the team's intelligence.

"I came here for the first place," Iris suddenly said, "Anyone who prevents us from getting this goal, I will make him live a life worse than death."

Iris stared at Phaerus, who did not panic at being exposed, but smiled.

"I'm not here to find the second prince."

Phaerus' words sounded incoherent, but they were a direct answer to Iris' words.

Tang En saw the expression on his face and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"I followed Senior Sister Tang En here, starting from the moment you left the door. I'm sorry, I followed you here without realizing it, and then realized that I shouldn't have gone out, so I've been standing on the stairs."

Phyllus said in a tone as if he was just going out to do some shopping.

Iris didn't understand for the first few seconds, and when she finally realized what she heard, she had an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

Tang En scratched her hair.

"Okay, Phyllus," Tang En said, "You should take your medicine."

Phyllus replied obediently, "Okay."

Iris's eyes were a little dazed, but she didn't say anything else.

—— Phyllus was actually a little happy.

He had accepted the fact that he seemed to have a special fetish, and he was enjoying it. If you don't know, then say you don't know. If you know what you think and why you do these things, then say it openly.

Look, he is speaking his true feelings now, so he has won Iris' understanding. The

process of analyzing yourself is painful and happy, and analyzing others and seeing them do the same actions as you expected also brings a different kind of happiness.

They went their separate ways when they reached the corridor where they lived.

Tang En turned around and walked into the room of Plagus.

Plagus suddenly became very excited, but he did not forget to look for the medicine he brought.

Tang En looked at him and said, "You don't have to explain your thoughts to others. If you explain, they may think your behavior is weird."

Plagus' body paused, and he turned his back to Tang En.

After a while, he suddenly asked an irrelevant question:

"Sister, if someone else likes me, will you give me to that person?"

Don: ...

Sometimes no answer may be the best answer.

Phyllus took out a pill and swallowed it dry.

A strange taste came out of his throat, and the pill seemed to stick to his esophagus.

Don handed him a glass of water.

Maybe it was because of psychological effects, Phyllus felt that his mind was much clearer after swallowing the pill. He now felt that what he said to Iris just now was very outrageous.

But it was still refreshing.

And his previous question was still valid. He felt that

if someone really liked him and confessed to him, Don would not fight for him, even if the match between them was more than 95%.

Because the pheromone matching report was just a piece of waste paper to her.

Although Felix still doesn't quite understand Don's indifference to him, just based on the pheromone matching, he can leave the best offspring for the Campbell family, and Don doesn't care at all.

——It is obviously the best way to go in the eyes of the world, but it is more difficult in front of Don. Their relationship is exactly the same as the relationship between Don and a random person.

But it happens to be like this.

So Felix is ​​not worried at all now, that he will suddenly go from school and battlefield to the backyard of the Campbell family.

But he is eager to become Don's irreplaceable choice.

"I'm not a good choice for a lover," Tang En said as he watched him finish drinking the water, "You've just come up from the lowest point in your life, and you're easily moved."

"You can use me as a shield, but don't take it seriously."

Philus's breathing stagnated.

Tang En's words made Philus breathless.

They were obviously very considerate and gentle words.

For some reason, Tang En was only two years older than him, but he had a feeling that their ages were too far apart and he would never catch up.

Would he be as mature as Tang En when he was twenty years old?

Would Tang En, who was twenty-two years old, have gone further?

"I want us to be real," Philus said, holding the cup, "I want to please you."

If he didn't try his best to catch up, he would be left behind and never catch up.