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

"Boom boom boom!"

This is... This is the sound of the bomb buried by the Hot Spring Development Department exploding.

Xiaoya and Kanna hid behind a car parked on the side of the road. They were unlucky because they originally wanted to visit Gehena's tank manufacturing department, but they ran into the infamous hot spring development department on the way.

"Hahaha! Work on it! This place will definitely be able to develop into a super hot spring!"

Even from a distance, Xiaoya could clearly hear one of the students shouting.

The girl stuck her head out. The explosions were so sudden that she subconsciously hid behind the cover before she could see what was happening.

I saw a student with a long and thick tail standing by the big pit created by the explosion, laughing loudly, and two horns growing from the back of his head.

Unlike Xiaoya's tail and horns, Xiaoya is of the demon type, while that student should be of the dragon type.

She was holding a remote control button in her hand, and it was obvious that she was the one who caused the explosion.

"Minister, do we really want to develop here? The Disciplinary Committee won't..." asked a red-haired student who was half a head taller than her.

"It's okay, it's okay! According to reliable intelligence, Hinai has now left Gehenna. As long as we complete the development here before she comes back, everything will be fine, hahahaha!"

Standing on a piece of gravel, the student waved his hand, and the students from the hot spring development department shouted in unison: "Hot spring! Hot spring! Hot spring!"

"Uh uh uh, are they a cult?" Xiaoya complained after retracting the car. The surrounding citizens and ordinary students had already fled the scene in fear, so there was no need to worry about subsequent developments hurting anyone.

"Then Captain, should we take action?"

Kanna said calmly that she had already taken out her sniper rifle and looked ready to fight.

Xiaoya shook her head and said, "No, we..."

Before he could finish his words, something new happened on the field.

"Why are you idiots here again? Discipline Committee, assault!"

Hearing a familiar voice, he looked up and saw that it was Iori leading the disciplinary committee's mobile team into the venue.

However, although Iori looks aggressive, the actual results are not very good.

The Hot Spring Development Department was not afraid at all and even formed a defensive formation on the spot and engaged in a firefight with the Discipline Committee.

"Hehe, I told you, without Hina, the Discipline Committee is nothing. No one can stop us from developing the hot springs here today!"

"boom!"

There was another violent explosion, and Xiaoya could even see several discipline committee members being blown into the sky.

"...Never mind, Kanna, watch out for high-threat units."

Xiaoya, who originally wanted to hide, changed her mind. She decided to teach these hot spring lunatics a lesson and win the favor of the Discipline Committee at the same time.

Just think of it as a heavy blow to the Hot Spring Development Department for the sake of everyone in Gehena.

After climbing over the car that served as a temporary hiding place, Xiaoya quickly raised her gun and aimed at the most active members of the hot spring development department, then shot them unconscious with a few bursts of fire.

Xiaoya then immediately began to cut into the battlefield. Her goal was to draw the attention of the hot spring development department away from the discipline committee members. Therefore, even though this distance was the best distance for her submachine gun to be effective, she still had to move forward.

"Woooaa! Where did she come from?"

The red-haired student that Xiaoya saw earlier seemed to have some position in the hot spring development department. At least she could now mobilize other members to stop Xiaoya.

And this red-haired student is different from the others. Not only does she have considerable front armor, she also uses a flamethrower as a weapon.

This is not good. Although the flames will only cause limited damage to Xiaoya, her clothes will be burned to ashes. If she finds herself on the street, all her clothes will be burned to ashes.

[Ugh, what a terrible development.]

Seeing that the red-haired student had pointed the nozzle at her, the girl frowned subconsciously.

"boom!"

But Xiaoya was not alone. Two gunshots rang out almost at the same time, and the red-haired girl fainted with the mosquito-repellent eyes before she could even scream.

"Pretty!"

Xiaoya exclaimed in admiration, and with her dynamic vision she saw two bullets hit the red-haired student's head from different directions.

One came from behind her, an attack from Kanna, and the other was...

Iori half-knelt on the ground and fired a shot.

However, the battle continues. The addition of Koya and Kanna immediately tilts the situation on the battlefield towards the Disciplinary Committee. But Koya does not have the same reputation as Hina after all, and the hot spring development department's will to resist is still very firm.

At least that's what their ministers do.

"Minister, should we retreat?"

"No, it was just some accidents. I, Kinugawa Kasumi, have never been afraid of anyone in Gehenna except Hina!"

"Oh! Long live the Minister!"

Despite losing a key general, the morale of the Hot Spring Development Department increased instead of decreasing. However, soon, Xiaoya, who broke into their defense line, began to teach them a lesson.

"One, two, three... OK, I got you!"

One person was knocked unconscious with the butt of a gun, and then two short shots were fired. The member of the hot spring development department who wanted to come to support was also knocked unconscious by Xiaoya. Now there was no cover between the girl and Xia who was holding the remote control.

Under Xia's dull gaze, Xiaoya reached out and grabbed her collar.

In just a few moves, Xia, who was already weak in fighting, was immediately pinned to the ground by Xiaoya.

The members of the Hot Spring Development Club were quite loyal and did not abandon their leader and run away. Instead, they all wanted to rush over to rescue Xia, but they were quickly subdued one by one by the subsequent discipline committee members.

"How could that be? When did someone like you appear in Gehenna?"

Xia, who was pressed to the ground, only then realized that she should know all the prominent characters in Gehenna, but she didn't remember Xiaoya.

"Probably yesterday." Xiaoya shrugged, then handed Kasumi to Iori.

"You...never mind. Anyway, thank you and this classmate for your help."

Iori tied up Kasumi tightly with a rope. She originally wanted to ask Xiaoya how she suddenly became so strong. Last time, she was almost dead after taking two rounds of shooting from her, but now she can withstand the hail of bullets.

But in the end, Iori didn't say anything, he just thanked Komei and Kanna. After all, everyone has secrets, and it might not be a good thing to get to the bottom of it.

Besides, Xiaoya didn’t do anything wrong, so it’s none of her business.

"Good luck with your work, Iori-senpai."

Xiaoya and Kanna politely bid farewell to the discipline committee members. There had been no disturbances for more than a day, and Xiaoya thought that the security in Gehenna had improved. This was the Gehenna she was familiar with.

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Between Progress and Reaction: Chapter 5: The Spartacus Regiment's Average Altitude Reaches a New Low

[I removed most of the clutter, but I left a small portion in so you know you're in Gehenna.]

Xiaoya seemed to have suddenly popped up these words in her mind. To be honest, it was incredible that Gehena could run smoothly until now. However, this was also because the contradiction had not been completely intensified.

When the conflict between the noisy students and those who long for peace and stability breaks out...

That Gehena is really full of vitality, and everything is flourishing.

However, now Makoto is able to control the chaos caused by the problem students to a level that is just enough to disgust the Disciplinary Committee but not so high that the students and citizens of Gehenna cannot bear it. It has to be said that she is very capable and is simply a master in the field of tightrope walking.

Go around the big pit blown up by the hot spring development department and walk about ten kilometers.

This industrial area is the headquarters of the tank manufacturing department.

Originally, I wanted to go in directly through the gate to take a look, but seeing that the people guarding the gate outside the park were all fully armed guards of the Temple of Demons, Xiaoya felt that going in through the gate was not realistic.

This little difficulty couldn't faze her.

“As long as there is a path in your heart, the path is right under your feet.”

"So that's why we climbed the wall?"

Kanna, carrying her sniper rifle, watched Xiaoya with concern as she climbed the wall using her hands and feet and spoke strangely.

She suspected that her captain had suffered some kind of trauma and was no longer mentally normal.

"Ahem, Kanna, come here quickly, I'm already here."

Xiaoya lay on the wall and stretched out a hand to indicate that she would help Kanna.

Fortunately, Pandemonium did not install an electric fence around the walls here, otherwise Kanna really doubted whether Xiaoya would suggest digging a hole in the ground to get in.

Landing lightly on the ground, perfectly releasing the force. Of course, this was Xiaoya's imagination, as they didn't have this skill yet.

The two low-level Ma Runs who had not even completed the training process had to use their half-baked rolling skills to barely absorb some of the impact, but this was enough.

They are Kivotos supermen, only four meters high, just sprinkling water.

The park was still bustling with activity, and the sound of the machines masked the noise of their imperfect landings.

Xiaoya looked around and found that they were right in the middle of the two factories. There were no security guards patrolling here, so it was a good time to blend in with the group of workers.

The girl called out to Kanna, saying that they should not stay in this place for too long, otherwise they would be discovered by the security personnel.

......

In the square of Gehena, Eri and Futaba fell into deep thought as they looked at the recruitment posters they had made.

"Why does it always feel cheap?"

“Is it because I used too much free material?”

The poster in front of us was made by Eri and Futaba in an hour. Unfortunately, neither of them had any artistic talent, so they could only find some free materials on the Internet to decorate the poster.

There are just these simple little people and some bubbles that were taken from some library.

"Oh, if I had known this earlier, I would have listened carefully in art class."

Useless Futaba, even if she listened well, would have lost it all in two years of black market career.

After all, Eri couldn't remember what calculus or other messed up theorems the faculty had taught her.

"Anyway, let's set up the recruitment booth first."

Eri arranged the tables and chairs she had requested from the Discipline Committee, and then put up the big poster, and the shop was open.

What? Why did you apply to the Disciplinary Committee?

That's of course because Pandemonium has handed all of these daily affairs over to the Discipline Committee.

The current Disciplinary Committee is more like a military government that combines military, diplomatic and political functions than a military organization.

Yes, it is so weird that the Disciplinary Committee can even conduct diplomatic activities independently. But even so, Hina never thought of directly killing Pandemonium and replacing it. Instead, she led the Disciplinary Committee to endure the difficulties posed by Pandemonium.

Eri guessed that Hina might be as stubborn as Komei, and had strange persistence in certain aspects.

"But after all the guessing, no one came to sign up!"

Sitting on the chair, Eri rubbed her head in annoyance. Not to mention the people who came to ask questions, everyone lost interest after seeing their poster.

Futaba was leaning against a pillar with a lollipop in her mouth. Ever since she quit smoking, she would open a lollipop whenever she wanted to hold something in her mouth.

Seeing Eri's expression, Futaba said, "Reading clubs are already a niche activity in Gehenna, and looking at this poster... well, I think we should just put the poster away and write the club's name on a piece of paper and stick it on the table."

"That seems to make sense." Eri raised her head after hearing the suggestion, and reached out to tear down the poster, but at this moment, she heard a voice.

"Hello, are you recruiting?"

Eri's hand paused. What did she hear? Someone actually came to ask questions!

"Yes, yes! We are a newly established club and we are recruiting new members. Little sister, do you want to join our club? If you join now, you will be a senior."

Eri quickly spat out a series of words, and the petite girl with round-frame glasses in front of her was startled.

"Eri, stop for a moment and let me do it." Seeing the girl's frightened look, Futaba stopped Eri who was still chattering in time, then she turned to look at the girl, "Um, little sister, don't be afraid, tell me your name, okay?"

As the tallest member among the four members of Xiaoya's group, although Futaba has a rather impatient personality, she is still very gentle to those close to her.

The only bad thing about it is his height.

Eri, who was just 1.6 meters tall, was fine, but Futaba, who was 1.68 meters tall, had to look down at the girl in front of her who was only 1.4 meters tall, which made the girl even more nervous.

"My name is Anna Hagura, eh!"

"Good, very spirited! Come, fill out this application, and you'll be a member of our Spartacus Corps!"

Futaba smiled and patted Anna's shoulder, which scared the latter so much that she shuddered all over.

"No, why do I feel that you are even less reliable than me?"