my stealth fighter
Chapter 542 Choice
Chapter 542 Choice
Jiang Chanji thought that she had guessed the real intention of the head of the school. As her identity, she definitely couldn't speak too bluntly, but the general meaning should be similar. She could only sigh that it was a scheming... No, it was a foresight.
Faced with such an ugly monster from another world, it is difficult for ordinary people to see it as thoroughly as the head of the academy. It's a crazy move, but now look at it from God's perspective?The appearance of hunting dogs is tantamount to giving humans an overwhelming advantage in the face of wild animals, greatly improving hunting efficiency and greatly improving the safety of hunting, but if there is no bold attempt at the beginning, who knows that human civilization will go backwards How many years?
The ancients looked at the evil wolf cubs at that time, probably the same as they look at these two hermit monkey cubs now, disgusting and fearful, but the ancients still took a crucial step with great courage and completely changed everything. The situation, many ancient surnames mean all kinds of dogs, and the totems of many ancient tribes are all kinds of dogs. Even the clan names such as "Qu Rong" are all dogs of Chiguoguo, which shows the importance of dogs at that time.
If these two cubs can be domesticated as human friends, wouldn't they be another type of dog with their unique senses to find extraordinary animals?
Of course, the premise of all this is that they can be domesticated, have enough intelligence and a certain degree of patience, but how do you know if you don't try?
Thinking about this, Jiang Chanji felt even more stressed, but fortunately, there will be another cub in the laboratory, and he will not bet all on the one he takes away.
As for the non-interference that the dean said... He still hopes to interfere, such as providing sufficient funds or something... He can't even feed himself, so what to feed the monkeys?In addition, doesn't this monkey feed on supernatural animals?Is he going to kill Frigg and feed it?If he dared to kill Frigg, the girls at the school would tear him apart!
To add to the more serious problem, pets are not allowed in rental apartments!
It's fine if it's a little turtle, but if the landlady finds out that he brought back an ugly monkey, he must be kicked out of the apartment along with the monkey!Although he can explain that this is not a monkey, or even a primate, and that he is not keeping a pet, the landlady probably won't listen at all, and is destined to keep it secretly with trepidation.
"Dean, what should I feed it?" he asked.
"Try to make it eat ordinary food. I don't think there is an essential difference in nutrition between ordinary food and the flesh and blood of supernatural animals. I don't believe it will starve itself to death. If it really starves itself to death, it won't There is no need to feel guilty about eating ordinary food, which means that it has irreconcilable conflicts with supernatural beings, so there is no need to waste any more time." The dean's tone was firm.
This is like the first step in training a wolf into a dog, which is to let the wolf eat cooked meat instead of raw meat, and the next step is to let the wolf eat whole grains supplemented with cooked meat instead of pure meat, so that they can gradually change from carnivores to omnivores This is the basis for animals to live in harmony with humans, so that wolves gradually lose their wildness and become human partners... If wolves had the backbone to rather die than eat cooked meat at that time, there would be nothing to talk about.
Hearing that the dean's attitude was so open-minded, Jiang Chanji was relieved... Why don't we start with the barbecue tonight?Ouyang Caiyue said that enough is enough, he won't pack a dozen catties back after eating and drinking, and his surname is not Jiang!
"If there are no other questions, number 15 is not here, so you can pick one for her." The dean indicated.
"it is good."
Jiang Chanji approached the cage and observed the two cubs inside through the tempered glass.
These two cubs are twins, and they are probably parthenogenes similar to clones, so they are basically carved out of the same mold, and there is almost no difference in appearance.
Jiang Chanji looked left and right. Anyway, the dean asked him to pick first, so he picked one that was relatively less aggressive.
The dean separated the two cubs and locked them in two cages. One cage was marked "Alpha" and the other cage was marked "Beta". This was their name, although the dean allowed him to choose another name. He thinks that in order to cooperate with the other one, he should call it Beta... Maybe he can drive a tank in the future.
Beta cannot be taken away now, because a locator needs to be implanted under the skin to prevent it from escaping. This is a minor operation, but the dose of anesthesia must be carefully tested to prevent it from waking up if the dose is too high.
According to the director of the school, the locator has its own energy storage function, which is similar to some watches. It can convert the kinetic energy of the normal arm swing into electrical energy and store it, achieving the effect of no need to charge, wind up or replace the battery. There is no need to take it out and replace it for at least one or two years after entering it.
But this locator also needs to be customized to a certain extent, so that most of its parts are replaced with transparent materials, so as not to destroy the stealth effect of the Cryptomonkey, otherwise its kind will realize that it cannot achieve complete stealth: Depend on!We have a traitor among us!
Therefore, it will take a few days to customize and implant the locator. The head of the academy asked him to wait two or three days before taking it away. You can't take a monkey to eat barbecue, right?
Next, the head of the school began to arrange the teachers in the school who were responsible for the care and scientific research of Alpha, and Jiang Chanji and the others also said goodbye with interest.
When he came outside the laboratory, Jiang Chanji told everyone about Ouyang Caiyue's treat to a barbecue. He meant that he didn't have to spend his own money anyway. Otherwise, if we wait until the evening to communicate, everyone will not dare to speak loudly because of the dean.
Ouyang Caiyue has prejudice against rich girls, but in fact, not only Xiaoho Chiyang and the others readily agree, but even Aurora is willing to go with her.
Everyone was discussing dinner together, and Aurora was standing with her back to the school gate. At this moment, Jiang Chanji noticed a sneaky figure sneaking over, and looked closely, wasn't that Mio?What the hell is this guy trying to do?
Mio is like Tom in Tom and Jerry who is about to do bad things, with his hands behind his back, he doesn't know what is hidden, and his two long legs alternately step forward quietly, with a smirk all over his face, and the target seems to be Aurora.
Xiaosui also noticed Mio, and she also guessed that Mio was going to play tricks again. In order to avoid Aurora's embarrassment, she deliberately reminded: "Mio, you are back."
Mio was furious immediately, seeing Aurora turning around vigilantly, she jumped up high with something in her hands, muttering nonsense such as "big head, big head, no worries when it rains", as if to get the thing in her hand Buckle on Aurora's head.
Jiang Chanji couldn't recognize what it was, it looked disgusting anyway, if she really wanted to put it on Aurora's head, she would have to explode, so she pointed to the sky wisely and shouted: "Look! UFO!"
"Where?" Mio was suddenly distracted and looked up at the sky curiously.
After such a delay, Aurora had already turned around, seeing that Mio was going to harm her, and dodged before she fell, just a little bit.
"Bad Princess Chan is actually playing with senior sister!"
Mi Ao made an empty button on the ground, vented his anger on Jiang Chanji, and then held up the thing and slammed it on his head.
Xiaosui saw that Mi Ao was playing really out of line today, so she had no choice but to poke her foot forward and tripped one of Mi Ao's feet. There was a flat fall, and Xiaosui put her hands in front of her to cushion her before she hit the ground, and the thing in her hand came out, and rolled forward to Jiang Chanji's feet.
"Who tripped me!" Mio jumped up angrily, glanced around with staring eyes, pointed at Aurora and said, "Aurora, is it you!"
Aurora just ignored her nonsense and didn't answer at all, while Xiaosui took the opportunity to act as a peacemaker and changed the subject and said, "Mio, you are...why are your clothes full of sand?"
Indeed, Mi Ao was like a brat who had been playing wildly outside for a day. No part of his body was clean, and his face was even smeared into a cat face.
"I... I didn't play, we went to find a monkey for a day!" Mio justified without saying a word.
Jiang Chanji and the other girls who were not involved in right and wrong looked down at the strange thing, completely unable to recognize what it was.
"Senior Meow, where are No. 15 and Raffi?" He walked over and patted Mio on the shoulder.
"They didn't come in, they said they were waiting outside...Wait a minute, Bad Chan Ji, were you lying to my senior again just now?" Mio came back to his senses.
"No, a UFO did fly past just now, but you looked up too late." Jiang Chanji said seriously, "Senior Meow, what is this thing? Where did it come from?"
"Pick it up!"
Mio talked incoherently about how she picked up this strange thing from the beach, basically revealing the fact that she had spent a day playing at the beach.
Jiang Chanji and the others didn't have a clue after hearing this, they could only regard this thing as the remains of some unknown marine creature, and it seemed unnecessary to ask the teacher for it.
Mi Ao picked it up again like a treasure, but Xiaosui refused to let her pick it up because it was too dirty, but she still refused.
Jiang Chanji persuaded her a few words, let her pick it up if she wants to play with it, then winked at Xiaosui, and Xiaosui stopped talking.
Because he knows Mio very well, and with her personality, she has no long-term interest in anything, and she probably will soon lose interest in this thing. On the contrary, the more she is not allowed to do anything, the more motivated she will be out of rebellious psychology.
At this time, Zixuan also left the laboratory with a tired face. She heard that she was going to have a barbecue, and she was happy to participate.
Ouyang Caiyue called No. 33 and informed her of the barbecue restaurant she had booked, so the group left the school, met No. 15 and Rafi outside, got into the minibus rented by No. 33, and went to the barbecue restaurant.
The storefront of this barbecue shop is not small, and the business hours of the barbecue shop are generally later than the normal dinner time. Ouyang Caiyue generously reserved the place in advance, so there are no other customers in the shop, and there is no need to worry about Rafael's strange appearance scaring others. Everyone can speak freely.
Everyone else returned in vain today, only Ouyang Caiyue’s group had a big harvest, but Ouyang Caiyue didn’t want to talk too much, and No. 33 had a stiff face and didn’t want to talk too much, and Chen Yiyi couldn’t be expected to talk about it. What she saw from the scene was combined with her speculation, which was roughly consistent with the actual situation.
Jiang Chanji belatedly learned that Yinyi Monkey has learned to wear clothes, and even pretended to play chess to deceive people. This kind of intelligence is simply jaw-dropping. If there is no reminder from the squid whiskers, it would be him at the scene , I'm afraid it won't work out.
Later, the school police conducted a carpet search of the abandoned village, and they found traces of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in some rooms, and it was the custom in rural areas to paste wallpapers and hang photos on the walls. It was only when they saw old people playing chess and a group of people watching in these photos that they came up with the idea. They felt that they were also pretending to be playing chess, and there must be foolish transcendent beings coming to watch.
The more Xiaosui listened, the more worried she became, and she asked, "Chanji, do you really want to raise that hermit monkey? I think it's better to make accommodations with the head of the school and find another teacher to raise it..."
"What?" Zixuan, whose mouth was full of cumin, was stunned, "You want to raise a hermit monkey? Did the landlady let you raise it? Do you take it with you to school? You can't leave it at all? Otherwise, if it is left alone What should I do if the landlady overhears any movement in your room?"
These problems were exactly what Jiang Chanji was worried about.
"There are solutions to all of these." No. 15 said calmly, "I usually put it in a schoolbag and take it with me, and then make a fully enclosed glass cage like the one in the laboratory, and just train it so that it doesn't bark."
"How to train?" Jiang Chanji asked.
"Beat." No. 15 said indifferently, "as soon as it barks, beat it until it stops barking. If it has enough intelligence, it should learn to behave. What? You can kill cryptomonkeys, but you can kill their cubs. Reluctant to fight? Do you want to persuade education? Does it understand?"
"Uh……"
Everyone really can't do it. It's one thing to fight an adult enemy on the battlefield, but it's another thing to bully the enemy's cubs. , but the nature of most kind people is not to bully the weak.
"It doesn't matter, if you can't do it, I will do it. Anyway, I proposed to capture alive, and I will be responsible to the end. I will sing the black face, and you can sing the red face. A slap is the best way to domesticate. of."
Xiaosui asked curiously: "Number 15, have you ever had a pet before?"
"No." Number 15 shook his head.
"I see...it seems like you understand very well." Xiaosui laughed.
Jiang Chanji felt that the 15th did not really want to talk about this issue. He turned his head and found that Ouyang Caiyue was eating with her head covered. Do not listen to evil, do not speak evil" belief.
In fact, he had long wanted to find an opportunity to make sidelines about Ouyang Caiyue's attitude towards the "passage", and today was a good opportunity.
(End of this chapter)
Jiang Chanji thought that she had guessed the real intention of the head of the school. As her identity, she definitely couldn't speak too bluntly, but the general meaning should be similar. She could only sigh that it was a scheming... No, it was a foresight.
Faced with such an ugly monster from another world, it is difficult for ordinary people to see it as thoroughly as the head of the academy. It's a crazy move, but now look at it from God's perspective?The appearance of hunting dogs is tantamount to giving humans an overwhelming advantage in the face of wild animals, greatly improving hunting efficiency and greatly improving the safety of hunting, but if there is no bold attempt at the beginning, who knows that human civilization will go backwards How many years?
The ancients looked at the evil wolf cubs at that time, probably the same as they look at these two hermit monkey cubs now, disgusting and fearful, but the ancients still took a crucial step with great courage and completely changed everything. The situation, many ancient surnames mean all kinds of dogs, and the totems of many ancient tribes are all kinds of dogs. Even the clan names such as "Qu Rong" are all dogs of Chiguoguo, which shows the importance of dogs at that time.
If these two cubs can be domesticated as human friends, wouldn't they be another type of dog with their unique senses to find extraordinary animals?
Of course, the premise of all this is that they can be domesticated, have enough intelligence and a certain degree of patience, but how do you know if you don't try?
Thinking about this, Jiang Chanji felt even more stressed, but fortunately, there will be another cub in the laboratory, and he will not bet all on the one he takes away.
As for the non-interference that the dean said... He still hopes to interfere, such as providing sufficient funds or something... He can't even feed himself, so what to feed the monkeys?In addition, doesn't this monkey feed on supernatural animals?Is he going to kill Frigg and feed it?If he dared to kill Frigg, the girls at the school would tear him apart!
To add to the more serious problem, pets are not allowed in rental apartments!
It's fine if it's a little turtle, but if the landlady finds out that he brought back an ugly monkey, he must be kicked out of the apartment along with the monkey!Although he can explain that this is not a monkey, or even a primate, and that he is not keeping a pet, the landlady probably won't listen at all, and is destined to keep it secretly with trepidation.
"Dean, what should I feed it?" he asked.
"Try to make it eat ordinary food. I don't think there is an essential difference in nutrition between ordinary food and the flesh and blood of supernatural animals. I don't believe it will starve itself to death. If it really starves itself to death, it won't There is no need to feel guilty about eating ordinary food, which means that it has irreconcilable conflicts with supernatural beings, so there is no need to waste any more time." The dean's tone was firm.
This is like the first step in training a wolf into a dog, which is to let the wolf eat cooked meat instead of raw meat, and the next step is to let the wolf eat whole grains supplemented with cooked meat instead of pure meat, so that they can gradually change from carnivores to omnivores This is the basis for animals to live in harmony with humans, so that wolves gradually lose their wildness and become human partners... If wolves had the backbone to rather die than eat cooked meat at that time, there would be nothing to talk about.
Hearing that the dean's attitude was so open-minded, Jiang Chanji was relieved... Why don't we start with the barbecue tonight?Ouyang Caiyue said that enough is enough, he won't pack a dozen catties back after eating and drinking, and his surname is not Jiang!
"If there are no other questions, number 15 is not here, so you can pick one for her." The dean indicated.
"it is good."
Jiang Chanji approached the cage and observed the two cubs inside through the tempered glass.
These two cubs are twins, and they are probably parthenogenes similar to clones, so they are basically carved out of the same mold, and there is almost no difference in appearance.
Jiang Chanji looked left and right. Anyway, the dean asked him to pick first, so he picked one that was relatively less aggressive.
The dean separated the two cubs and locked them in two cages. One cage was marked "Alpha" and the other cage was marked "Beta". This was their name, although the dean allowed him to choose another name. He thinks that in order to cooperate with the other one, he should call it Beta... Maybe he can drive a tank in the future.
Beta cannot be taken away now, because a locator needs to be implanted under the skin to prevent it from escaping. This is a minor operation, but the dose of anesthesia must be carefully tested to prevent it from waking up if the dose is too high.
According to the director of the school, the locator has its own energy storage function, which is similar to some watches. It can convert the kinetic energy of the normal arm swing into electrical energy and store it, achieving the effect of no need to charge, wind up or replace the battery. There is no need to take it out and replace it for at least one or two years after entering it.
But this locator also needs to be customized to a certain extent, so that most of its parts are replaced with transparent materials, so as not to destroy the stealth effect of the Cryptomonkey, otherwise its kind will realize that it cannot achieve complete stealth: Depend on!We have a traitor among us!
Therefore, it will take a few days to customize and implant the locator. The head of the academy asked him to wait two or three days before taking it away. You can't take a monkey to eat barbecue, right?
Next, the head of the school began to arrange the teachers in the school who were responsible for the care and scientific research of Alpha, and Jiang Chanji and the others also said goodbye with interest.
When he came outside the laboratory, Jiang Chanji told everyone about Ouyang Caiyue's treat to a barbecue. He meant that he didn't have to spend his own money anyway. Otherwise, if we wait until the evening to communicate, everyone will not dare to speak loudly because of the dean.
Ouyang Caiyue has prejudice against rich girls, but in fact, not only Xiaoho Chiyang and the others readily agree, but even Aurora is willing to go with her.
Everyone was discussing dinner together, and Aurora was standing with her back to the school gate. At this moment, Jiang Chanji noticed a sneaky figure sneaking over, and looked closely, wasn't that Mio?What the hell is this guy trying to do?
Mio is like Tom in Tom and Jerry who is about to do bad things, with his hands behind his back, he doesn't know what is hidden, and his two long legs alternately step forward quietly, with a smirk all over his face, and the target seems to be Aurora.
Xiaosui also noticed Mio, and she also guessed that Mio was going to play tricks again. In order to avoid Aurora's embarrassment, she deliberately reminded: "Mio, you are back."
Mio was furious immediately, seeing Aurora turning around vigilantly, she jumped up high with something in her hands, muttering nonsense such as "big head, big head, no worries when it rains", as if to get the thing in her hand Buckle on Aurora's head.
Jiang Chanji couldn't recognize what it was, it looked disgusting anyway, if she really wanted to put it on Aurora's head, she would have to explode, so she pointed to the sky wisely and shouted: "Look! UFO!"
"Where?" Mio was suddenly distracted and looked up at the sky curiously.
After such a delay, Aurora had already turned around, seeing that Mio was going to harm her, and dodged before she fell, just a little bit.
"Bad Princess Chan is actually playing with senior sister!"
Mi Ao made an empty button on the ground, vented his anger on Jiang Chanji, and then held up the thing and slammed it on his head.
Xiaosui saw that Mi Ao was playing really out of line today, so she had no choice but to poke her foot forward and tripped one of Mi Ao's feet. There was a flat fall, and Xiaosui put her hands in front of her to cushion her before she hit the ground, and the thing in her hand came out, and rolled forward to Jiang Chanji's feet.
"Who tripped me!" Mio jumped up angrily, glanced around with staring eyes, pointed at Aurora and said, "Aurora, is it you!"
Aurora just ignored her nonsense and didn't answer at all, while Xiaosui took the opportunity to act as a peacemaker and changed the subject and said, "Mio, you are...why are your clothes full of sand?"
Indeed, Mi Ao was like a brat who had been playing wildly outside for a day. No part of his body was clean, and his face was even smeared into a cat face.
"I... I didn't play, we went to find a monkey for a day!" Mio justified without saying a word.
Jiang Chanji and the other girls who were not involved in right and wrong looked down at the strange thing, completely unable to recognize what it was.
"Senior Meow, where are No. 15 and Raffi?" He walked over and patted Mio on the shoulder.
"They didn't come in, they said they were waiting outside...Wait a minute, Bad Chan Ji, were you lying to my senior again just now?" Mio came back to his senses.
"No, a UFO did fly past just now, but you looked up too late." Jiang Chanji said seriously, "Senior Meow, what is this thing? Where did it come from?"
"Pick it up!"
Mio talked incoherently about how she picked up this strange thing from the beach, basically revealing the fact that she had spent a day playing at the beach.
Jiang Chanji and the others didn't have a clue after hearing this, they could only regard this thing as the remains of some unknown marine creature, and it seemed unnecessary to ask the teacher for it.
Mi Ao picked it up again like a treasure, but Xiaosui refused to let her pick it up because it was too dirty, but she still refused.
Jiang Chanji persuaded her a few words, let her pick it up if she wants to play with it, then winked at Xiaosui, and Xiaosui stopped talking.
Because he knows Mio very well, and with her personality, she has no long-term interest in anything, and she probably will soon lose interest in this thing. On the contrary, the more she is not allowed to do anything, the more motivated she will be out of rebellious psychology.
At this time, Zixuan also left the laboratory with a tired face. She heard that she was going to have a barbecue, and she was happy to participate.
Ouyang Caiyue called No. 33 and informed her of the barbecue restaurant she had booked, so the group left the school, met No. 15 and Rafi outside, got into the minibus rented by No. 33, and went to the barbecue restaurant.
The storefront of this barbecue shop is not small, and the business hours of the barbecue shop are generally later than the normal dinner time. Ouyang Caiyue generously reserved the place in advance, so there are no other customers in the shop, and there is no need to worry about Rafael's strange appearance scaring others. Everyone can speak freely.
Everyone else returned in vain today, only Ouyang Caiyue’s group had a big harvest, but Ouyang Caiyue didn’t want to talk too much, and No. 33 had a stiff face and didn’t want to talk too much, and Chen Yiyi couldn’t be expected to talk about it. What she saw from the scene was combined with her speculation, which was roughly consistent with the actual situation.
Jiang Chanji belatedly learned that Yinyi Monkey has learned to wear clothes, and even pretended to play chess to deceive people. This kind of intelligence is simply jaw-dropping. If there is no reminder from the squid whiskers, it would be him at the scene , I'm afraid it won't work out.
Later, the school police conducted a carpet search of the abandoned village, and they found traces of rummaging through boxes and cabinets in some rooms, and it was the custom in rural areas to paste wallpapers and hang photos on the walls. It was only when they saw old people playing chess and a group of people watching in these photos that they came up with the idea. They felt that they were also pretending to be playing chess, and there must be foolish transcendent beings coming to watch.
The more Xiaosui listened, the more worried she became, and she asked, "Chanji, do you really want to raise that hermit monkey? I think it's better to make accommodations with the head of the school and find another teacher to raise it..."
"What?" Zixuan, whose mouth was full of cumin, was stunned, "You want to raise a hermit monkey? Did the landlady let you raise it? Do you take it with you to school? You can't leave it at all? Otherwise, if it is left alone What should I do if the landlady overhears any movement in your room?"
These problems were exactly what Jiang Chanji was worried about.
"There are solutions to all of these." No. 15 said calmly, "I usually put it in a schoolbag and take it with me, and then make a fully enclosed glass cage like the one in the laboratory, and just train it so that it doesn't bark."
"How to train?" Jiang Chanji asked.
"Beat." No. 15 said indifferently, "as soon as it barks, beat it until it stops barking. If it has enough intelligence, it should learn to behave. What? You can kill cryptomonkeys, but you can kill their cubs. Reluctant to fight? Do you want to persuade education? Does it understand?"
"Uh……"
Everyone really can't do it. It's one thing to fight an adult enemy on the battlefield, but it's another thing to bully the enemy's cubs. , but the nature of most kind people is not to bully the weak.
"It doesn't matter, if you can't do it, I will do it. Anyway, I proposed to capture alive, and I will be responsible to the end. I will sing the black face, and you can sing the red face. A slap is the best way to domesticate. of."
Xiaosui asked curiously: "Number 15, have you ever had a pet before?"
"No." Number 15 shook his head.
"I see...it seems like you understand very well." Xiaosui laughed.
Jiang Chanji felt that the 15th did not really want to talk about this issue. He turned his head and found that Ouyang Caiyue was eating with her head covered. Do not listen to evil, do not speak evil" belief.
In fact, he had long wanted to find an opportunity to make sidelines about Ouyang Caiyue's attitude towards the "passage", and today was a good opportunity.
(End of this chapter)
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