A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

Stonnov explained in detail, and after listening, Quan Duoer laughed heartily, patting Stonnov on the shoulder and saying, "You've finally figured it out, kid. It seems you have a talent for this. I'm completely at ease entrusting this matter to you."

“Yes, sir, please leave it to me.” Stonnov bowed and said.

“Go down and do this well. You and those people will be richly rewarded,” Quan Duoer said.

After Stonnov left, Zhundol's eyes grew increasingly sinister as he thought to himself:

"Hmph, rumors are a weapon... If you can use them, so can I."

"Do you still remember my mentor, General Takagi? He has only been gone a short time, and you newly rich are already spreading rumors, driving his family to their deaths, and dividing up his estate..."

“From that day on, I made a vow—that you would experience firsthand what it feels like to be stabbed by the very weapon you are used to.”

……

Underground Street Azazel Clinic

"The rumors from the past two days have all reached the underground shopping mall. It seems that the student representative you chose is really starting to have an effect."

Herag couldn't help but say.

"She was very hardworking, gritting her teeth and learning in five days what others might take years to learn. She had both talent and hard work, and all that was left was a little bit of luck."

Wang Chong said with a smile, "And coincidentally, I know quite a bit about the little tricks related to luck."

“More important than these is the veracity of another piece of news… have you really dealt with the 200,000-strong army in the north and captured Georgie alive?” Hrag said.

“Of course it’s true… So, old man, you’d better be prepared too. Just as I said in the letter I left behind, the situation is about to accelerate, and we don’t have much time left.”

Wang Chong said earnestly.

Chapter 287: Internal Hidden Dangers Among the Students

"Natalia, Natalia..."

In the courtyard of Peterheim High School, Zao Lu, who was enjoying afternoon tea under a parasol, put down her teacup, looked at the girl rushing over, and said: "Where's Lin? Where's Yong Kong? Is Lin here?"

"What's wrong, Hailey Flacchio? Why are you all flustered?"

“Natalia, your autonomous regiment is fighting Pavlovich’s ‘Iron-Blooded Axe’ again,” Hayley said anxiously. “My men can’t stop them, and the situation is about to get out of control.”

"Didn't I say this is no longer a child's game? Why is there this conflict between the three parties?"

With that, Zao Lu got up and hurried outside: "Lead the way, we'll talk as we go."

Since Zao Lu successfully established her self-governing group, she has re-entered the circle of aristocratic students. With her "Avenger" background, the suspected support of a powerful figure, and her excellent eloquence, she has successfully risen to the top of this circle, and now a large group of aristocratic students look up to her.

Hayley is a typical example. Her father, the former finance director of Chernobyl, was also announced to have died by self-immolation a few days ago. Deprived of her support, Hayley suffered a severe mental blow, completely lost her backbone, and spent her days in a daze.

If she hadn't accumulated enough wealth by establishing a mutual aid foundation on campus with her outstanding business acumen and had many admirers supporting her, she probably would have starved to death on campus long ago.

The appearance of Zao Lu, who had suffered the same fate, undoubtedly gave Hailey a pillar of support. As a result, the flow of funds in the entire aristocratic circle of the courtyard began to be allocated according to Zao Lu's policies.

Yes, the only reason the aristocratic student circle can still function in the courtyard is thanks to Hayley's personal wealth. Even Zao Lu herself can't help but feel a little envious of this young rich girl.

Although her father's Rostov family was deeply intertwined with Mayor Boris's interests and controlled almost all businesses, big and small, overt and covert, in Chernobyl, it was the wealthiest family in the city besides Boris.

But clearly, she did not inherit her father's business acumen.

Fortunately, she inherited her father's excellent political wisdom, and with the guidance of her teacher Wang Chong, she was able to recruit talents like Hailey to her team. This also provided important assistance for her to unite more students and spread those rumors these days.

Of course, the path to controlling the students of the academy is not always smooth. Even after taking the lead in the aristocratic circle, not everyone is willing to do as he pleases.

The Pavlovich gang and his followers known as the "Iron-Blooded Axe," which Hayley just mentioned, are a prime example. They were the former leaders of these noble students before Early Dew arrived.

Previously, because some of these newly rich students' parents had died, and others were restricted from entering and leaving the country and unable to see their children, the students felt extremely insecure, constantly worried that they would be arrested by soldiers at any time.

At that time, Gulag Pavlovich stepped forward. He controlled the largest and most powerful gang on campus, "Iron Axe." This gang included not only students but also many thugs from outside the school.

This is naturally because Gulag's father is the current head of the industrial zone. He not only colludes with the police in the legitimate world, but also employs a group of thugs who specialize in handling "dirty work"—dealing with disobedient workers in the industrial zone and infected individuals who refuse to leave their posts.

Having witnessed the horrific state of the infected in the underground city, Zao Lu knew very well that the Pavlovich family was one of the direct culprits behind the emergence of the infected in Chernobog. Similarly, Gulag inherited his father's brutal nature, showing no mercy when bullying the weak.

That is precisely why his removal from the "throne" inevitably incurred the Gulag's resentment. Even if he raised the banner of righteousness, it didn't mean the other side would appreciate it.

Logically speaking, the Gulag should never be a target for Zao Lu's attempts to win over, but Zao Lu is even more aware that if she kicks the Gulag away now, it will definitely make the other nobles suspicious of her intentions.

After all, she united these nobles under the slogan of "washing away the family's stain and overthrowing the tyranny of the border army." The Gulag were also victims of that tyranny.

If these people were to discover too early that she had already betrayed her aristocratic identity and joined the Reunification Movement, she would not only be in the most dangerous situation, but she would also be unable to complete the task assigned by her teacher.

Back to the present, on her way to the scene, Zao Lu finally learned the whole story from Hailey.

The conflict stemmed from Ironblood Axe's forced recruitment of members. When a student refused to join, he was forcibly attacked.

Surprisingly, the student was quite skilled in combat, and he beat the three "Iron-Blooded Axe" members who were trying to force him to join the gang so badly that they were covered in bruises.

As expected, the three summoned more members of "Iron-Blooded Axe," sealed off the scene, and prepared to teach the student a lesson.

Just then, the members of the self-governing group were about to take that path when they were blocked at the intersection by "Iron-Blooded Axe". Winter, who already harbored resentment towards "Iron-Blooded Axe", was enraged when she heard that the other party was bullying her with numbers and immediately started fighting with them.

Later, members of the Hailey Foundation discovered the conflict and rushed to inform Hailey, which led to her hurriedly reporting it to Early Dew.

When Zao Lu arrived at the scene, the battle between the two sides had reached a fever pitch. She saw Lin Dong fighting back to back with a strange girl with black hair and red eyes, dressed in a sailor school uniform.

They not only beat down all the "Iron-Blooded Axe" members who were attacking them, but they even punched the Gulag, who had arrived shortly before. The Gulag covered his eyes and cursed loudly:

"Get me the weapons! I'm going to cripple these two completely!" (Ursus swears)

"Enough! Gulag, aren't you ashamed enough?" Just then, Zao Lu rushed out of the crowd and stood in the circle of people.

She coldly surveyed the "Iron-Blooded Axe" gang members wielding iron bars and said:

"What? You're not going to back down now that you've seen me? Do you want to experience my strength again, like your boss did?"

Upon hearing this, the gang members exchanged glances and eventually withdrew. They had all heard how Zao Lu had managed to get their boss, Gulag, to obediently give up his position.

That was how the Gulag was persuaded with the very source of all truth—the fist.

"Natalia! How long are you going to protect this guy?!" Gulag roared.

"What? You want to throw a tantrum? You want to act tough? Come on, take out your anger on me!"

Early Dew said coldly:

"Gulag, you've really disgraced our nobility! It's one thing to bully the few with numbers, but to personally suppress commoner students is another. When you're outmatched, you resort to weapons. Ha, if you're so tough, why don't you point your weapons at those thugs? Are you too scared?"

"You!" Gulag said to Zao Lu, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.

"Now that there are no outsiders around, I'll speak frankly. I've said it before: only when all of us students unite can we have enough voice to fight against those thugs and enough leverage to pressure them."

"But what are you doing now? Forcing commoner students to join gangs? Do you still think that the nobility can be as arrogant and domineering as they used to be? Or do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the word 'unity'?"

With her hands clasped together, she said in a cold voice:

“Let me tell you, Gulag, if you still want to avenge your father and save yourself, you’d better put away your old tricks.”

"I can't control what you do in the future, but right now, I sincerely hope you can wake up! Don't let your stupidity bring disaster to everyone, including yourself!"

At this moment, the other nobles present also began to persuade the Gulag. Now, not only did Zauru hold the moral high ground, but her personal strength also far surpassed that of the Gulag.

The noble students recognized her, and most of the commoner students respected her as well. Faced with Early Dew's domineering attitude, Gulag could only back down, glaring fiercely at Winter before leaving the scene with the "Iron-Blooded Axe".

Meanwhile, some of the noble students who had come along began to jokingly advise Zao Lu not to stoop to the level of the Gulag.

"I'm fine, but our plan absolutely cannot have too many mishaps. I know you guys are good friends of the Gulag, and you know his personality very well... To prevent him from doing something stupid that will harm everyone, you know what we should do, right?"

"Early Dew said slowly."

“Of course, Natalia. We’ll keep an eye on the Gulag,” the noble students quickly replied. After all, they were all in the same boat now; if anything happened to them, they would all suffer.

No one would take their life lightly, at least these students from noble families all cherished their lives.

Chapter 288: The Joining of Lie Xia

"Alright, now it's time to talk about your situation."

After all the nobles and outsiders had left, Zao Lu sighed and turned to look at Lin Dong and the unfamiliar student.

"Sorry, Early Dew, I've made you clean up my mess again." Winter scratched her head sheepishly, glancing to the side as she spoke.

"I guess you weren't acting entirely on impulse, were you? You wouldn't have gotten involved if you didn't have a good reason. You've gone astray, Winter."

Zao Lu teased in a somewhat relaxed tone.

"Hey, you caught me." Winter stuck out her tongue and said.

"And then there's this one. Aren't you going to introduce her? You've been fighting side by side for so long, I don't believe you haven't told each other your names." Zao Lu looked at the unfamiliar girl and asked with a smile.

“No need, I can do it myself.” The woman shook her head and said, “Rosalind Tatyyanovna Larina, you can call me Rosalind, or you can call me by my code name, Liesha, or General Xia.”

"Haha, General Xia... so you came for our General Dong? Looks like you already know him, right? Winter." Early Dew teased again.

“We’ve fought a few times before, but he was no match for me,” Winter said with a smile.

"Tch, so what if you beat me a few times? One day I'll take the top spot on the Peterheim High School KO rankings," Lie Xia said with a defiant expression.

"KO rankings?" Zao Lu looked at Lin Dong with a puzzled expression, trying to ask.

"Hey, this is just a list compiled by people who liked to fight in various schools in the city before those thugs came. It lists everyone's combat strength and achievements. I was ranked first because I was undefeated."

Winter looked uncomfortable, clearly not very interested in this kind of ranking.

"But Liexia, haven't you looked at the rankings in a long time?" Lindong suddenly asked Liexia.

"Huh? What? Has the ranking changed? Did you get defeated?" Lie Xia asked, frowning.

"No, it's mainly because someone's record is better than mine, so they're ranked ahead of me." Winter said, then suddenly looked at Dewdrop. Dewdrop was taken aback at first, then pointed to herself in confusion and asked:

Are you talking about me?

"Well, after all, you took down Gulag with just three punches. Gulag is ranked third here, after all. Although he's not as strong as me or Lie Xia, even I couldn't have knocked him down with just three punches."

As she spoke, Winter blew on her fist and said, "Even that punch just now was only because Summer attracted Gulag's attention, which gave me the opportunity to punch Gulag in the eye."

"You...? You knocked down the Gulag with three punches... Ha, I knew that guy ran away like a mouse with its tail between its legs when he saw you. I thought it was because of your better family background, but I didn't expect you to defeat him with your strength."

Lie Xia looked at Zao Lu with some excitement, looking eager to try, and said, "Come on, let me see what kind of ruthless character the new number one on the KO list is."

"Has she always been like this?" Zao Lu asked, looking at Lin Dong.

"Well, in some ways, he's a complete...idiot who's even more enthusiastic about fighting than I am?" Winter said with a hint of doubt.

"Hey! Calling me an idiot is so rude. I just like doing this." Lie Xia said, waving her fist. "Try beating me and see. Based on the result, I might consider joining your autonomous group."

"Hmm? You know we want to bring you in?" Zao Lu asked with interest.

"Didn't you just say that to the Gulag? 'Now that there are no outsiders, I'll speak frankly.' But I'm clearly that outsider, and you're all openly cursing those Ursus soldiers, isn't it obvious you're going to take me down and try to recruit me?" Where's Lin? Where's Yongyong Kong? Is Lin even here...?

As Lie Xia began warming up, she said:

"It's just that those guys from Ironblood Axe are too weak; they can't help me defeat Winter at all. I can't be bothered with them. You're different. Since you're the number one who surpasses Winter, I can definitely learn the secret to becoming stronger from you!"

“Ha, Winter, your friend is quite interesting. She’s not as stupid as you say,” Zao Lu said with a smile.

"I already said! Calling someone an idiot is too rude. Also, are you going to fight or not?" Before Winter could even speak, Summer asked impatiently.

"Fight, of course I'll fight. You're quite a talent, how could I let you go?" With that, Zao Lu got into a fighting stance and said with a smile, "Make your move."

"Since that's the case, then I won't hold back! Take this Flame Chariot!!"

Lie Xia swiftly launched a punch at Zao Lu.

……

"...Defeated, just like that, defeated. How could someone have both the power of winter and my fighting skills?"

Lie Xia lay on the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief. If Lin Dong was the symbol of superhuman strength, then he himself had honed a set of suitable fighting techniques through countless battles (street fights), using skill and extremely fast punches to win.

It's like having one attribute of strength (A) and another of speed (A). But now, a monster has appeared before you with both strength and speed at the A level, and its precision is also at the A level.

Where the hell did this numerical monster come from?

"No... she's even stronger than Winter, and her fighting techniques are completely new to me." Lie Xia immediately jumped up from the ground, looked at Zao Lu who was drinking water and wiping her sweat, and said, "Teacher! Please take me as your disciple!"

"Huh?" Zao Lu almost choked on her water. She quickly said, "I can't teach you anything. I'm still learning myself."

"Oh! So there really is a master-disciple relationship? That's wonderful! Senior! Please guide me through the basics!" Lie Xia was even more delighted and quickly placed her hands on Zao Lu's shoulders, pleading.

"...You need to join the self-governing group first and make certain contributions." Zao Lu had finally figured out Lie Xia's thought process, so she coughed twice and then said seriously.

"What's so difficult about that? A bet is a bet, so I'll naturally join." Lie Xia said, then turned around and made a face at Lin Dong, adding, "Just wait until I surpass you."

"You... let me warn you first, our autonomous group is doing something very dangerous. Are you mentally prepared to join?" Winter warned.

"Don't worry, of course I know you're dealing with the Ursus army. Hmph, it's just an army. As an adventurer's group, we'll definitely overcome this difficulty and succeed, right?"

"I can say that with confidence," Lie Xia said.