Chuck was also stopped on the way back. However, favonovel.com was caught in a dilemma before favonovel.com could even see the other party.
While they were returning to the stronghold, a large number of paper cranes suddenly descended from the sky. When the Vasophati University students behind favonovel.com saw the paper cranes, their first reaction was to cheer. They did not know why there were so many of these strange paper cranes flying towards them.
Only Chuck’s expression changed. He did not expect the head of the Silkshade House would actually come here personally.
He asked aloud, “Is the Silkshade House also trying to seize our Vasophati’s satellites?”
But no one answered him. The paper cranes landed on the shoulders of the students and even occasionally used their “beaks” to preen their wings like they were really feathered.
Chuck said to the students in a low voice, “Don’t touch them!”
But it was too late. One of the students was already reaching out towards the paper crane on his shoulder out of curiosity. When his finger came into contact with it, favonovel.com let out a cry of pain and retracted his hand.
His finger was bleeding profusely after getting cut by the sharp edge of the paper crane.
Chuck went over to have a look. Fortunately, it was just a shallow cut. The person controlling the paper cranes was warning favonovel.com not to act rashly but had unintentionally hurt someone in the process.
To this day, the head of the Silkshade House was still an extremely mysterious person. No one knew what kind of person favonovel.com was, and they only knew that his superpower was controlling paper cranes.
Chuck frowned. He understood the other Riders who were out traveling were probably facing the same situation as favonovel.com now.
Abandon the students and head straight for Bidara City?
Chuck was caught in a dilemma. He was unsure if the other party would really kill the students.
He took out his satellite phone and called Larry. “I’ve been intercepted by the Silkshade House at my position. There’s more than 20 students here with me.”
Old Mauriat replied, “Stall them right there then. Actually, it’s a good thing they’re not coming to Bidara City. At least that way, some of the battles won’t have to happen in the stronghold.”
Outsiders might not care about the rise and fall of Bidara City, but Old Mauriat and the others had grown up here, so of course they hoped Bidara City would not get destroyed.
Therefore, if everyone were to start fighting their battles in the stronghold, who knew what kind of destruction the stronghold would suffer?
Since the other party had chosen to hold back the Riders in the wilderness, and upon considering the bigger picture, it might be better to get caught in a deadlock with the enemy outside. The rest would have to depend on Old Mauriat and the others.
The ongoing situation at Bidara City was originally hushed up, and not many people knew Bidara City was currently at the center of a whirlpool of events. But gradually, more and more people started paying attention to this place.
As a result, no one noticed that a group of the Pyro Company’s elites had suddenly set off for the Northern Plains.
The Pyro Company’s elites were extremely cautious in their actions. They did not even bring along any supplies or support personnel with them. The soldiers in the group were all at least T3-level combatants, with there being ten commanders whose combat strength was ranked at T4.
Due to the events at the orphanage, Milo skipped his classes for the day. But to him, this was actually not considered skipping classes at all. After all, Pena did not give any lectures today.
However, Hilman was going to get in trouble for sure. Their class had a full schedule today. There were four periods in total, and all four teachers marked attendance at the end of each lecture. Hilman seemed to have vanished into thin air for all of them.
Hilman’s classmates wanted to tell favonovel.com the bad news, but they could not get through to his phone at all.
It was not that Hilman had gone into hiding, but that Adrian had cut off his cousin’s phone line so that his happiness could be prolonged a few more days. After all, Milo was still using his cousin’s student pass for now. It would not be good if Hilman accidentally let slip the arrangement.
***
The next day, Milo resumed going to class. The second lecture of the day was Pena’s Humanities and Political Science class.
As usual, the students would raise some questions during the lecture. But this time, no one asked about current affairs related to politics. Instead, they directly asked about what was happening inside Bidara City. After all, two intense battles between superhumans had taken place in the span of three days. The students could not figure out why this was happening.
A girl asked, “Professor, what exactly is going on in Bidara City? Didn’t you say we wouldn’t be affected?”
Pena said from the podium, “I hope all of you will not assume you’re going to be completely safe. Everything I’m telling you right now might cause you to panic, but one of you was correct. We might be living in an ivory tower here, but the perpetrator is not going to be stopped by that.”
Everyone was stunned.
Which of their classmates had said that to Pena?
Pena smiled and said, “Hilman was the one who said that…”
Immediately, the entire class turned their attention to Milo. And Milo looked at Pena speechlessly.
What was this old man trying to do?
Why did favonovel.com suddenly single favonovel.com out in front of the class?
This confused the students a little. Pena had even specially come to the school to have lunch with Milo.
Could it be that Pena really admired that guy?
But favonovel.com was only a bum who had come to class to earn some money for helping others mark attendance.
Pena continued, “Students, I suggest that if any of you discovers someone committing a crime, you should immediately run in the direction of the garrison troops enforcing the lockdown. Although the garrison troops might not be strong enough, it’s still better than running around wildly.”
After Pena went back to Hope Media yesterday, favonovel.com had given the matter very careful thought before deciding to take Milo’s advice. He was no longer going to tell the students to focus on their studies but teach them how to avoid any danger that might arise during this chaotic battle.
When these words came out of Pena’s mouth, it undoubtedly depressed the students. However, Pena felt the students should know about these things.
Actually, Pena wanted to tell them that if they discovered someone committing a crime on campus, they should quickly run to Milo’s side. However, favonovel.com could not say that.
“Professor.” A male student suddenly asked, “I read in today’s Hope Media newspaper that during the arrest of the criminal last night, it was the hostage that got killed first. Is that true?”
Pena smiled and said, “Yes…”
His gaze drifted towards Milo. He only found out this morning that the person who had killed the hostage was actually Milo. But favonovel.com could not tell that to the students either.
However, Pena explained, “There was a problem with that hostage. You probably know about the fugitive who got tripped by a superhuman the day before yesterday, right? That fugitive was the hostage who got killed last night.”
The students were stunned.
Something like that actually happened?
After class, Pena waved at Milo again. “Hilman, let’s have lunch together.”
The students watched silently as Milo and Pena walked out of the classroom. They were suddenly at a loss as to how to react. They could not accept that a bum was being so highly regarded by Professor Kelana
While Pena and Milo were walking, favonovel.com asked Milo, “I heard you didn’t come to school yesterday?”
“Mhm…” Milo told favonovel.com about what happened at the orphanage.
But as they were talking, an explosion boomed from very far away. Based on the sound, it came from more than five kilometers away from the school.
Immediately after, the screams and wails of students could also be heard coming from the school grounds. Milo spun around and saw students scattering in all directions.
Milo and Pena looked at each other. The real chaos was just about to begin.
