I was expelled from school at the beginning, but luckily I am the king of endurance.

It is precisely because of this principle that the scientific and technological atmosphere in Millennium is so strong, there is a free research environment, and the research results are respected by everyone. It is no wonder that Millennium has risen so rapidly.

"Okay, we're here."

As the helicopter slowly landed, Ya had the chance to stick her head out and look around.

What caught the eye were all kinds of drones and automatic robots on the streets. Millennium had completely replaced traditional armed forces with machinery, which reduced labor costs while saving human resources, allowing Millennium students to form clubs with more research directions. Moreover, most Millennium students were not good at fighting.

"Teacher, Mei, welcome to Millennium Institute of Science and Technology." Noah jumped off the helicopter after the teacher and Mei. The girl with lavender eyes smiled and opened her arms in a welcoming gesture. "Today's schedule is to visit the engineering department first. Let me lead the way."

Following Noah, everything about the millennium attracted this bud's attention: the light rail passing through the building, the avant-garde buildings, and uh, the ceiling that was blown off by the explosion?

"Is it some club's experiment that went awry? This kind of thing is pretty common."

This is how Noah explained it. She didn't look like she was lying, and an engineering team did come to repair it soon after the explosion.

Maybe it's just the millennial thing? Just like Gehenna is full of troubled students.

"We're here. This is the famous Kivotos Engineering Department."

In front of them was a large building with an L-shaped hall connected to a triangular prism-shaped glass house lying on its side. There were also two square independent cabins on the side. A sign with the words "Millennium Engineering Department" hung next to their gate. This innovative design was something Ya had never seen in Gehenna before.

The security drone at the door confirmed Noah's identity, and the door of the engineering department opened automatically. Only then did Ya hear the noisy sound inside.

"Whoa! There's something wrong with this model of drone again!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The bullet grazed Ya's cheek, but Ya did not forget her duty and grabbed the teacher and pulled him behind her.

"boom!"

The out-of-control drone was shot down by the strange-looking pistol in Noah's hand.

It was at this time that people in the engineering department noticed that the door was opened.

"It's Senior Noah. Sorry, sorry, our experimental drone has experienced some hardware failures. Hmm? Who are these two?"

The person who spoke was a yellow-haired girl wearing black-framed glasses. Ya estimated that she was about three centimeters taller than herself. She was holding a miniature machine gun in her hand that was almost as long as her nose. It seemed that if Noah didn't shoot, she would use this to deal with the out-of-control drone.

"These two are our distinguished guests from Xialai, Sensei and Mei." Noah introduced them one by one, then turned back to Sensei and Mei and said, "This is Kotori Toyomi, one of the three masters of the Engineering Department."

[What a huge front armor...]

Just now, all my attention was on her weapon, but only then did I notice that Kotori's size was completely inconsistent with her height. Maybe she was not the biggest, but her body proportions were definitely the most exaggerated I had ever seen.

Looking back at myself, I can see my toes when I lower my head. I am completely defeated in both height and size.

For some reason, a line of lyrics seemed to flash through Ya's mind.

[But my inferiority complex outweighs...]

Syndicate? Millennium!: Chapter 3: How the Teacher Forged His Iron Arms

The teacher didn't care about the incident that almost caused a disaster. He went up to Kotori and talked to her enthusiastically as usual, while Mei looked around the environment curiously.

The interior of the engineering department is like a large workshop, with pedestrian aisles on both sides, workbenches and drawing tables against the walls, and an open space in the middle where the functions of some mechanical equipment can be tested.

Further in, separated by a sky bridge, is a comprehensive machining table with multi-functional robotic arms and 3D printing equipment. This is the core area of ​​the engineering department.

"Hmm? Mei, it seems you're quite interested in our engineering equipment! Do you need me to explain it to you?"

When she came to her senses, the teacher had already started chatting with two other girls in the engineering department, and Kotori saw herself looking around.

To be honest, she was curious, but Kotori's enthusiasm made Mei feel a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, she didn't put her hand on her shoulder and ask her if she smoked like the bad guy who cheated the girl in the black market.

"Ah, uh..."

"You have a good eye! This is a new piece of equipment our engineering department just got at the beginning of the year! Do you know what its prototype is? That's..."

"Uh, well..."

"Oh? This? Speaking of this 3D printer, we have to mention Qi'er II 84..."

Mei tried to speak several times, but Kotori didn't seem to understand what she meant. Instead, she kept talking to her, from the origin of the robotic arm to the concept of 3D printing. Mei, who had no words to say, gave up interrupting Kotori and became a listener, responding from time to time.

Although Kotori was a bit long-winded, her explanation was indeed very detailed, allowing the girl to learn some little-known facts that she had never heard before.

"Ah, am I being too long-winded? Sorry, Mei-san..."

After finally finishing her lecture on the history of 3D printing technology, Kotori suddenly stopped and apologized. Mei guessed that Kotori had noticed her momentary daze. Dizziness while someone was talking to you is indeed rude, so Mei immediately comforted her, "No, no, Kotori-san is very knowledgeable. I was just distracted."

"Konri is a genius who earned the title of Master in her first year. She's the pride of our Engineering Department." Mei turned around in the direction of the voice and saw that it was one of the two people who had just spoken to the teacher, a girl with long lavender hair holding a wrench. "Hello, Mei, I'm the head of the Engineering Department, Shiraishi Utahara."

Following behind her was the teacher and a girl with dog ears and a dog tail.

Noticing Mei's gaze, the dog-eared girl waved at Mei: "Hello, I'm Nekozuka Hibiki."

"Hello, my name is Suzuki Mei."

As a courtesy, Ya should also tell her full name. When she turned around, Noah was no longer there.

"Teacher, what is this?"

"Oh, Noah had something urgent to do so she left first. She registered our identities and now we can go shopping somewhere else."

So that's how it is. There are many things about Millennium that attract Ya. Ya is curious about everything here, the system, the culture, and so on. The girl decides not to stay in this engineering department where the front armor generally crushes her. Millennium is so big, she has to take a good look at it.

Together with the teacher, we said goodbye to the three masters and they left the engineering department.

On the streets of the millennium, Ya looked around like a curious baby. Everything here was new to her, especially since there seemed to be very few Caesar Group companies here.

As a large monopoly corporation throughout the Kivotos, Caesars Corporation seemed to have no industry at the turn of the millennium.

The streets are basically lined with shops or workshops with various signs, and the staff inside are all very enthusiastic.

Ya, who was extremely curious about this situation, also contacted several companies to inquire about it. Without exception, the answer Ya got was: they are both bosses and employees.

These small businesses are extremely professional, and their members are basically students from the same club or citizens who specialize in a certain field. The way they expand their businesses is also very interesting. Instead of directly hiring other people, they look for other student clubs or citizens who share the same ideals as them to invest. They seem to think that hiring others will reduce their professionalism in their specialized fields, and the production enthusiasm of the hired personnel will not be as good as that of like-minded partners.

During the visit, except for a few Caesar 26 and Angel 24 convenience stores, all large and small enterprises in the millennium seemed to have this structure, including the engineering department that Ya and the teacher visited before, which was also such a community enterprise.

"so amazing..."

Ya sighed. After deducting taxes paid to the seminar and necessary production costs, the remaining balance of a company's output belongs to all members. The seminar also regularly allocates operating funds to companies based on a percentage of their output to ensure the continued operation of less productive companies. The entire academy is made up of these companies, large and small...

[Is this heaven?!]

Compared to the military-industrial enterprises controlled by Pandemonium and the Discipline Committee in Gehenna, where other enterprises grew wildly like weeds; or the more vibrant and flourishing state of the black market, Millennium was simply a utopia.

Just imagine, without too much pressure in life, being able to specialize in the field of your interest, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have much output, as long as you meet the seminar regulations, you can get activity funds... At this moment, Ya really hopes that she is a millennial student.

[Why was I born in that ditch of Gehenna?]

Think about the state of your own Pantheon, and then think about those weird clubs like the Food Research Association and the Hot Spring Development Department. It's true that comparing yourself to others will lead to death, and comparing goods will lead to loss.

"This type of corporate structure is a cooperative enterprise, right?" The teacher was experienced, and although it was slightly different from what he knew, he recognized the type of millennial corporate enterprise at a glance. "This type of enterprise originated in my world...ah!"

Where did it originate?

There was no further news. Before they knew it, the teacher and Ya had arrived at the center of Millennium City, where there was the tallest building in Millennium - the Millennium Tower.

The teacher was hit on the head by a game controller thrown from the Millennium Tower and fell unconscious.

Ya hurriedly squatted down to support the teacher to prevent him from falling to the ground. Fortunately, the force of the game controller was not very strong, and the teacher did not seem to be hurt anywhere. As for the head... we have to wait until the teacher wakes up to know.

The girl looked up to find the culprit. Soon, two little heads popped out of a window on the second floor and her eyes met. One of them, wearing green cat headphones, blinked and said, "Sister, I think you hit someone?"

A labor union? Millennium!: Chapter 4: The Great Crisis of the Game Development Department

“Teacher…Teacher!”

In a club room in the Millennium Tower, Ya kept shaking the teacher who had been knocked unconscious. Beside her, two twin sisters wearing cat headphones were kneeling side by side on the ground obediently.

It's really embarrassing to talk about things like when you get so angry while playing a game that you throw the game console and it hits someone on the head.

The teacher lying on the mat slowly woke up, opened his eyes, and saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Huh...it looks like nothing serious is wrong."

Seeing that the teacher's eyes were clear and she didn't look like she had any problems with her brain, Ya felt relieved. The teacher was not a Kivotos superman like them. Ya was really afraid that a stray bullet would fly in one day and make a hole in the teacher's body.

"Haha... That's great. My sister threw the Fly Station out of the window and it hit the teacher in the head. I thought she was going to become a murder suspect. I'm sorry, teacher. I apologize on my sister's behalf."

"Humph, Xiaolu! How dare you say that to me! I told you, 'It seems like it hit someone!' And your first reply was, 'Is the Fly Station okay?!'"

"That is..."

"Stop!" Ya stopped the two idiots. Seeing that the teacher seemed a little confused, she took this opportunity to ask some questions. "I don't care why you threw that uh... video game console away. First, tell me who you are and where this place is."

"Alas!"

The twins in front of them seemed to be frightened by the fierce aura that Mei inadvertently revealed, but the older sister, the girl with pink lining and cat headphones, was the first to calm down.

"Yes, sorry! I'm Cai Yutao, and this is my sister Cai Yulu. We are members of the game development club, and this is our club room."

Seeing the nervous look of the Caiyu sisters, Ya was stunned for a moment. It seemed that she had been in the gray area for too long and had unconsciously put on a layer of thorny protective shell for herself.

"Don't be nervous, Xiaoya means no harm." The teacher came to his senses. Although he was not quite sure what had happened, he could see that Ya was not trying to make things difficult for them.

Ya adjusted her expression, trying not to look too scary. "Second question, why do you know our identities?"

The effect doesn't seem to be very good. Ya's tail is still in a stretched state, and combined with her stiff smiling face, it looks even weirder.

But the carefree Xiaotao has gotten used to it. After all, Ya is not the kind of person with three heads, six arms, a long tongue and rolling eyes. Xiaotao, who has experienced all kinds of retro horror games, is not at all disappointed.

"Hehe~ I guessed it!"

Xiaotao put her hands on her hips, and if she wasn't still kneeling on the ground, she would have looked really impressive.

“The news said teachers are adults without a halo, so I could tell right away!

"Besides, I sent Xia Lai an email asking for help a few days ago! So the only adult who appeared near our club room at this time could be a teacher!"

After this reasoning, it seemed that Xiaotao was not as stupid as she thought. Ya couldn't help but change her opinion of the girl in front of her who was five centimeters shorter than her.

No, a few days ago? Ya had been staying in Xialai all day for the past few days, but she hadn't heard the teacher mention any emails asking for help. Ya looked at the teacher with a questioning look.

"Alona, ​​have we received any emails these days?" The teacher took out a tablet from his magical big pocket and asked without caring that the AI ​​girl inside seemed to be sleeping soundly on the table.

"Hehehe...Strawberry milk...Huh?! Teacher!"

Alona woke up suddenly, but fortunately she was a high-performance AI and could receive the teacher's instructions even when on standby.

"Let me check... sales, real estate, water purifiers, cars... Teacher, I didn't find any emails asking for help."

The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward. Mei and the teacher's gazes were focused on Xiao Tao again. This time, Xiao Tao panicked. Unconvinced, she pulled out her phone and started flipping through her emails. "That's not right? I clearly sent an email, huh?"

She was stunned when she turned it over. Seeing Xiaotao's expression, Xiaolu beside her leaned over to check Xiaotao's phone.

“Sister, why did you send the email to the seminar?”

Well, Ya, who had just changed his mind about Xiaotao, admitted that he had misjudged her and that Xiaotao was indeed a fool.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Xiaotao, you said you sent an email asking for help. What exactly did it say?" The teacher said with a smile. If they were asking Xia Lai for help, it must be something urgent, right? He happened to be in Millennium right now, so why not help them solve their problem while they were there?

"Well... first of all, our game development department has been developing 16-bit games peacefully, but one day! The seminar attacked us! Last night, Yuuka, one of the four kings of the seminar, suddenly visited and gave us an ultimatum!" Momo began to narrate what happened in a tone like the opening remarks of an RPG game. Although Mei was concerned about the strange prefixes of some characters in the story, Momo unexpectedly used this strange tone to express the problems they were facing.

that is...

"Excuse me, Momo, is this the 'Yuuka, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Seminar' you mentioned?"

Mei pointed at Yuuka, who was leaning against the entrance of the game development department with her arms folded, watching Momo's performance.

"Oh yes, that's her, one of the four kings of the seminar! Also known as the cold-blooded arithmetic user! Yuuka, the seminar accountant!"

"elder sister!"

Xiaolu, who was about to cry but had no tears, tugged at Xiaotao's clothes, trying to stop her stupid sister from continuing to commit suicide. Only then did Xiaotao react.

"Wow! Yuu, why is Yuuka here?!"

"Could you please not mention me and my job in such a weird tone? It's like I'm a monster, it's very rude." Yuka stood up again, "Hello, teacher, I'm sorry I didn't have time to show you around Millennium earlier.

"Anyway, let me explain this, Xiaotao!"

"Yes!"

When Xiaotao was called, she subconsciously stood up and faced Yuka.

"You're really persistent. To prevent the club from disbanding, you even called Xia Lai over. But so what? The disbanding of the game development department is a done deal."

Yuka's words sounded cruel, but Mei keenly grasped the key message: the game development department was disbanded.

But she had never heard of any club being disbanded by a seminar before.