The Infinite Powerhouse Mixed in with Sakura Dormitory

Facing the probing gazes around him, Lin Guang closed his eyes and stood still. After a few breaths, he opened his eyes and said excitedly, "Hong Lian said that the boss just sent a message, asking us to follow these two little birds to rescue two people."

"This is the first mission the boss has given us. What do you guys think?" Amiya looked at the other two decision-makers in the team, Talulah and Chen.

"Don't rush things here, completing the boss's task is the priority," Chen stated directly.

Talulah smiled faintly: "It's rare for the boss to give us a task, so of course we have to prioritize the boss's business. Otherwise, I would think that the boss has forgotten about us."

Amiya smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's turn back after we save those two. We should go back after we've mined the innate spirit crystals here; we've been out for so long."

"Well, when we send those two people out, we should also send those who are seriously infected out with them. I heard that Ifrit and Frostnova's infections have been cured by the boss."

……

"Yukino, can I come down with you?"

In Class C of the first year at Chiba Municipal Soubu High School, just as the school bell rang and Yukino Yukinoshita was packing up to leave, Shizuka Hiratsuka on the stage called out to her.

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at Hiratsuka Shizuka on the stage. Although she was puzzled as to why she had been called out, she nodded and followed Hiratsuka Shizuka out.

However, the further they walked, the stranger it seemed to Yukino Shino became, because the two were heading towards the roof of the teaching building instead of the teachers' office.

The two walked to the edge of the rooftop and looked down at the bustling playground through the safety net. Hiratsuka Shizuka, with her back to Yukino Yukinoshita, suddenly spoke.

"Yukino, more than two months have passed since the first semester started. I see you go straight home after school every day. Haven't you found a club you like to join yet?"

Although she found it strange that Hiratsuka Shizuka wanted to bring up this topic, Yukino Yukinoshita calmly said, "Shizuka-sensei, I don't think it matters whether I join a club or not. On the contrary, going back to read quietly is more conducive to calming the mind and improving oneself, which is better than playing house with those people at school."

Having gained extraordinary power and witnessed the devastating battlefield and the true cruelty of this world, Yukino Yukinoshita sees the school's archery club and kendo club as nothing more than children playing house.

As for those tea houses, poetry societies, and literary societies, they are even more meaningless. What do a bunch of high school kids know about tea ceremony and literature? They just spend their days talking about dreams and wasting their time.

Moreover, because she was too beautiful and couldn't speak properly, she was gradually isolated by those around her in less than two months after entering the high school. She also heard many people talking badly about her behind her back, so she had even less interest in interacting with these people.

Hiratsuka Shizuka reached into her pockets, pulling out a cigarette and a lighter, which startled Yukino Yukinoshita. She exclaimed speechlessly, "Teacher, are you smoking here? Is it really appropriate to smoke like this in front of your students?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka took a cigarette from the pack, put the rest in her pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and said nonchalantly, "It's fine, no one saw it anyway."

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita was speechless. Wasn't she human?

Hiratsuka Shizuka turned around, spat out the food in her mouth, looked at Yukino Yukinoshita, and suddenly said, "Yukino, you're not going back to read books, you're going back to train, aren't you?"

"Teacher, what are you saying?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked bewildered.

Hiratsuka Shizuka flicked her cigarette ash, crossed her arms, and said with certainty, "Alright, Yukino, I've met superhumans before, so don't pretend in front of me."

“I noticed something was off about you a week ago. For example, you no longer sit in your seat and read during your lunch break, but instead go to the woods behind the house.”

"Most importantly, his eyes have changed a lot, he has become more confident, and his temperament is also subtly different from that of ordinary people. These are the qualities that those extraordinary people possess."

“After all, once you have power that surpasses that of ordinary people, you will naturally be more confident and self-assured when you look at ordinary people. These qualities cannot be hidden.” Hiratsuka Shizuka said calmly, her analysis so reasonable that Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly.

Yukino Yukinoshita stopped pretending and nodded, "I didn't expect you to know so much, Shizuo-sensei. Well, I have indeed awakened my ability."

Yukino Yukinoshita wasn't flustered or uneasy about being discovered. The association only stipulated that one should not use supernatural powers in front of ordinary people, but there was nothing wrong with being discovered passively.

After all, even if one or two people know about the extraordinary world, no one will believe them even if they spread rumors online, given that the association controls the direction of global opinion.

Moreover, high-ranking officials from various countries, prominent families, or top-tier corporations are all aware of the extraordinary world, and many of them have intricate connections with it.

So Yukino Yukinoshita calmly said, "Teacher, you've come to me with this because you need something. Let me make it clear first, my strength is very low, and if there's anything troublesome, I'm powerless to help."

Hiratsuka Shizuka smiled slightly, took a deep drag of her cigarette and slowly exhaled, looked up at the sky, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes, and then looked down at Yukino Yukinoshita.

"Don't worry, I just want to ask you about someone, it's nothing difficult."

"Inquire about someone." Yukino Yukinoshita was slightly taken aback, not expecting it to be such a simple matter.

Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded slightly: "Yes, I'm inquiring about someone, a superhuman named Jiang Jing. Have you heard of him?"

"River view?"

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly: "Shizuka-sensei, does this person named Jiang Jing have any other characteristics? For example, how old is he, what level of strength does he have, and does he have any titles?"

"If it's just a name, it might be hard to find, and I've never heard of this person before."

Upon hearing that Yukino Yukinoshita had never heard of this name, Shizuka Hiratsuka seemed to have expected it and nodded: "As for his age, I met him more than ten years ago. Now, more than ten years have passed, and he should be in his thirties now."

At this point, some memories from back then surfaced in Hiratsuka Shizuka's mind, and she sighed slightly: "As for how strong he was, I never asked, but back then I saw him kill many mythical dragons that could breathe dragon breath and cast powerful magic with a wave of his hand."

"Finally, he blasted a black dragon, known as the Dragon God and a thousand meters long, to pieces with a single punch."

Hiratsuka paused for a moment, then shook his head: "As for titles, I don't know. He only said his name was Jiang Jing back then, and nothing else."

Yukinoshita asked疑惑地, "Wait, teacher, did you see him kill many dragons? And a dragon god that was a thousand meters long? Where did you see it?"

"Yukino, you should know about the other world, right?"

After Yukino Yukinoshita nodded, Shizuka Hiratsuka said with a hint of pride, "Don't underestimate your teacher. Although I am an ordinary person, I have been to another world and met him there."

"However, we didn't spend much time together; we parted ways after a week."

“Actually, I’ve met a few superhumans who have signed peace agreements over the years, but none of them have heard of him.” Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed softly.

"So I didn't have much hope when I came to you today. I just wanted you to keep an eye out for the teacher in the future, and let me know if you have any news about him."

"Teacher, so many years have passed. Even if you knew how he is now, what could you do?"

Yukinoshita frowned slightly: "According to your description, the extraordinary being named Jiang Jing is at least at the Silver Moon rank. Such an existence also has another title: a god among mortals."

“There aren’t many such strong individuals in the association. Each of them is in charge of a region and lives for tens of thousands of years. They are vastly different from us in terms of both identity and status.”

"Even if you find out about him by then, you might not be able to see him, and he might have already forgotten about you."

The intelligent Yukino thought of Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was already thirty years old, so beautiful and elegant, yet still unmarried, and she had already vaguely guessed something.

"I just want to know if he's dead or not." Hiratsuka Shizuka said with a somewhat forlorn expression, turning around to stub out her cigarette and put it back in her cigarette case.

When she turned around again, Hiratsuka Shizuka's expression had returned to calm. She looked at Yukino Yukinoshita and smiled slightly: "I'll leave this to you, Yukino. Is that alright?"

Facing her teacher, who usually takes good care of her, Yukino Yukinoshita nodded: "It's actually just a small matter, no problem. I'll ask the seniors in the association for you later."

"Alright, thank you in advance. If you have any news about him, please let me know. I will give you a small gift in return." Hiratsuka Shizuka smiled mysteriously, then left under Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze.

"You really can't underestimate anyone." Yukino Yukinoshita sighed. Who would have thought that her ordinary teacher would have such an experience?

Just as Xuexia reached the second-floor stairwell, she suddenly stopped in her tracks. A young man with his head down suddenly appeared around the corner ahead.

If she had walked out just now, she would have bumped into this classmate who was walking so quietly.

Hachiman Hikigaya, who was also lost in thought, was startled and instinctively said, "Sorry, I didn't bump into you, did I?"

Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head slightly, said "It's nothing" and continued downstairs to leave.

.

P.S.: Two chapters totaling 8,000 words today. I'm too lazy to save up any drafts, so I'll go find some pictures first. Please refresh the page later.

Chapter 233 Frozen Burst Archer Yukino Yukinoshita

After leaving the school, Yukino Yukinoshita carried her backpack to the train station, then turned into the staff passage from a secluded spot and went down the stairs to the end of the passage.

Yukino Yukinoshita took out a metal card with a star engraved on it and her name printed on it from her backpack and put the card in an inconspicuous groove to the side.

Suddenly, the wall in front of them slid open silently, revealing the underground platform behind it.

After standing silently on the empty platform for more than ten minutes, a three-carriage bullet train pulled in. The doors opened silently and two people got off, passing by Yukino Yukinoshita who was boarding.

After boarding the bus, Yukino Yukinoshita nodded slightly to the few strangers on the bus, then found a seat and sat down. The other people also nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

The bullet train crossed Chiba City at an astonishing speed and arrived in Kyoto, covering the distance that would have taken Yukinoshita Haruno two hours to drive in just over two minutes, before stopping below the association headquarters.

The three doors of the bullet train opened, and more than a dozen people disembarked one after another, while some people went up at the same time. Following the flow of people, Yukino Yukino entered the elevator and went down to the 39th floor.

Then, as the elevator doors opened, a bright and lively scene unfolded before us, accompanied by a bustling noise. In front of us lay a small underground city, teeming with people.

Most importantly, the majority of people here are superhumans, and the few ordinary people who work here are either family members or related to these superhumans.

Most of these extraordinary individuals belong to the association. Some are highly skilled individuals who signed the peace agreement, while others are alien beings and humans from other worlds with clean identities and recognized by the association.

Among these people, the association's extraordinary individuals have all entered the restricted area. After years of fighting and killing, many of them are no longer able to adapt to the peaceful social life above. Therefore, they often come here, and some even live permanently in this underground extended space town.

As for the superhumans who signed the peace agreement and those otherworldly creatures, most of their purpose was to come and trade with the powerful members of the association, or to spend a lot of money to exchange for contribution points and use the association's training grounds.

Carrying a backpack, Yukino Yukinoshita walked through the crowd, looking at the various superhumans around her, some wearing armor, others carrying giant blades, and her mood couldn't help but become cheerful.

She liked this place very much. There wasn't much backstabbing or infighting. The people here had witnessed the cruelty of the restricted area and experienced life-or-death struggles. Most of them were comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side, so they all had genuine smiles on their faces when they spoke or chatted.

"Yukino, you're a bit late today. Your sister went inside a while ago," a middle-aged man who runs a bakery on the street greeted Yukino Yukinoshita with a cheerful smile.

"Good luck, Yukino! Break through to two stars soon. If we go in together next time, I'll take care of you." A red-haired beauty with a scar on her face walked out of the flower shop across the street and said in a very casual manner.

"Uncle Yamazusa, Sister Curtis," Yukino Yukinoshita greeted them, her tone filled with respect.

Since both of them are top-tier Samsung players, they have already reached their basic contribution points by entering the restricted area multiple times. Unless there are any major changes and the association summons them again, they will no longer need to enter the restricted area.

However, once the three-year period is over, these two people will rejoin the main force and enter the restricted area.

When Yukino Yukinoshita once asked them why, the two said that their comrades had all died inside, and if they didn't go in, who would remember them?

Moreover, these old guys can mentor young people like Yukino when they go in. If they take care of them, maybe two more people will survive, since the highest mortality rate is always among inexperienced novices like them.

There are many such people. Faced with the crisis of the world's destruction, all the human race's superhumans are united as one. Even if there are some dissenting voices, they are suppressed by the upper echelons who possess absolute power.

After three hundred years of elimination and cleansing, the entire association has maintained a good atmosphere, free from any messy affairs or infighting. Therefore, despite facing increasingly dangerous forbidden zones, they have always maintained a strong fighting spirit.

Yukino Yukinoshita swiped her card and entered the ordinary training room that association members could use at will. After stepping through a spatial folding door in the wall, she appeared in a shooting training field.

The training ground is the size of ten football fields, with a mountainous terrain. It is filled with spiritual energy that is twice as pure and concentrated as that outside. Cultivating here allows for a recovery speed twice as fast as outside due to the purity of the spiritual energy.

Yukino Yukinoshita took out her weapon from her storage bracelet: a large, ice-blue bow, one meter tall, engraved with exquisite patterns. It was a top-tier two-star spiritual weapon provided by the association after she joined that potential squad.

It possesses three attributes: ice amplification, burst, and precision. In particular, this bow is fused with a Dark God Crystal, which can be nurtured and upgraded as her strength increases, making it extremely precious.

hum!

A layer of icy blue light spread along Yukino's arm, eventually forming a magnificent icy blue half-body armor around her left arm and half of her upper body.

At the same time, a palm-sized, wing-like ice sculpture decoration appeared on the hair above her left ear, instantly making Yukino Yukinoshita's temperament more heroic.

Swish!

Yukino Yukinoshita darted into the forest ahead with remarkable agility, when suddenly a black eagle flew out from the sky above.

Whoosh!

Yukino's gaze sharpened, and she drew her bow. A flash of blue light appeared, and a one-meter-long blue arrow materialized out of thin air.