I, Iron Pilot, work as a teacher in Azure Files

"But the crux of the matter is that the amount of debt is about 9 million."

"9 billion?"

Luo Lin frowned and couldn't help repeating.

This number may not be a big deal for the huge group companies in Kivatos, but for the few girls who are still students, it is undoubtedly an astronomical number that is unattainable.

"To be precise, it is 9 million."

As the secretary of the countermeasure committee, Ayane obviously remembered this better, so she naturally opened her mouth to take the words.

"This is Abydos... no, it is the amount that our "Countermeasures Committee" must pay back. "

"If you don't go to school, the school will be taken away by the bank, and you will have to go through the procedures for abolishing the school."

Luo Lin clicked his tongue, and unconsciously twisted his brows into the word "Chuan".

What did you do to owe so much money?Have you taken out a loan shark?

"In other words, have you been trying to pay off your debts while guarding against the Helmet Corps' attack?"

"Is such that."

Ayane bit her lip, her expression sank.

"Although it is said that as long as the debts are paid off, the school will not be abolished, but the possibility of actually doing so is almost zero. Most students choose to give up, leave the school and the street and leave..."

"After that, we are the only ones left." Bai Zi added silently.

"Well, the school was forced to abolish the school, the students left little by little, and the streets gradually turned into ghost towns... It's actually all caused by this debt."

Following Ayane's last few words, the conference room fell into speechless silence again.

Luo Lin pinched the bridge of his nose, looked at the calm but unavoidably dim expressions of the three girls in front of him, and smiled helplessly.

He clapped his hands, breaking the silence and attracting the attention of several people.

"If possible, can you tell me the ins and outs of why you owe this money?"

Chapter 21 We Can See Hope

"The reason for the debt..."

Ayane was silent for a while, and then she narrated what had happened in the Abydos Autonomous Region in a voice with a little reminiscence.

"Decades ago, a sandstorm blew up in a desert on the outskirts of this school district."

"Although because of the special geographical environment of Abydos, sandstorms have often occurred in this area before, but only the sandstorm that happened that time was different, and the scale was unimaginable."

"The area where the school district is located is completely buried by sand, and even after the dust storm is over, the sand continues to accumulate."

"In order to overcome that natural disaster, Abydos High School at that time had to invest a lot of money in governance, but because the location of the school is too remote, there are basically no banks willing to raise huge amounts of money..."

Baizi tilted his head slightly, looked at Luo Lin and Ayane who were in the middle of the conversation, and opened his mouth to add the final conclusion.

"Well, but we can't leave the disaster alone, so we can only ask black-hearted financiers."

"That is to say, Abydos chose to borrow usury at that time?"

Luo Lin gasped, thinking that I just made a random guess, how could it come true?

"There is some reason for this, but not all of it."

Ayane sighed, with helplessness written between her brows, "At the very beginning, we thought we would be able to pay off right away."

"But what everyone didn't expect was that after that disaster, there would be even bigger sandstorms every year, and the school's efforts would be in vain, and the situation in the school district would be too bad to recover..."

"Afterwards, most of the Abydos Autonomous Region was swallowed up by sand and turned into a desert, and the amount of arrears also increased."

Mentioning the heavy facts again, the conference room inevitably fell silent.

Hoshino, who was lying on the table with his arms under his pillow, moved his head, Baizi lowered his eyebrows, biting his lower lip lightly, and Ayane took a small deep breath, with a forced smile on his face .

"Based on our own strength, we have tried our best to repay the interest every month, and even the ammunition and supplies have been exhausted because of this..."

Bai Zi was standing beside Luo Lin, her head only reached Luo Lin's chest, but at this moment she tried to lift her head on tiptoe, trying to see Luo Lin's eyes.

"Qingxiang has become as sensitive as before, because no one has taken this issue seriously until now, and the teacher is the first one who can listen carefully."

"...It's okay, I didn't blame Qin Xiang."

Luo Lin stroked the short stubble on his chin, as if thinking deeply.

"Ayane, when Abydos borrowed money before, did he borrow so much money at once?"

"Eh?"

Ayane was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head.

"No, because every year before the sandstorm disaster is completely dealt with, the next sandstorm will blow again for no reason, so..."

"Is it."

Luo Lin nodded slightly, and the thoughts in his mind turned a little faster.

'Periodic natural disasters and the high expenditure required for post-disaster reconstruction led to the decline of Abydos, followed by economic shrinkage and population reduction. '

'It stands to reason that when disasters occur frequently, the natural environment deteriorates year by year, and Abydos's finances begin to collapse, the credit rating of this school should not be enough to support them to continue to borrow money from usury. '

'After all, the main body of the loan is the 'school', and the arrears have nothing to do with the individual students. As long as all the students transfer to other schools and the school is closed, the borrowed money will not be returned. '

'However, the superficial behavior of loan sharks violated their original intention of pursuing huge profits. Not only did they not stop, but they chose to continue lending at the risk of all loans being irrecoverable. '

'People who engage in usury will not allow their money to go to waste, unless there are enough interests behind Abydos's incident, or Abydos takes the initiative to mortgage something. '

Luo Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, and subconsciously stopped rubbing his stubble fingertips.

If nothing else happened, he felt that he should have guessed the ultimate goal of these guys who continued to lend money despite risks.

If you analyze this matter carefully, you will find that the actions of these guys who are lending money to Abydos and the behavior of IMC on the border show a high degree of similarity in nature.

They are always endlessly greedy and eager for more, whether it is money, or land, or resources, or the precious right to speak.

The only difference is that in Kivotos, because the students have a higher level of force, these guys who are more or less black do not dare to use violence easily. Make small moves in the dark.

On the border without legal restrictions, the IMC has adopted a more intuitive and bloody method, bringing the land and resources on each planet under its own control, and quickly plundering the right to speak on the border.

But in terms of the final goal to be achieved, there is no difference between the two.

The place of Abydos is close to the desert, and its geographical location is remote. It is so poor that there are not many railways left that can be used.

If we talk about what the person behind the "loan usury" is interested in, then apart from the land and resources, and the reasonable name of trying to get involved in the entire Kivatos starting from replacing Abydos, Rollin can't think of anything else.

'However, if we want to achieve our goal, it is not [-]% safe to only pin our hopes on the fact that 'Abydos cannot pay off the debt'. There must be parallel means. '

'Assuming that I am the guy who lends out usury, I will use the method of borrowing - asking for land mortgages - suppressing the value of the land - and then borrowing a lot of money, first to get the ownership of the land other than the school area, and then By force... tsk. '

'So even the Helmet's attack could have been planned from the start?Using this method to count a group of students is really disgusting. '

The young iron pilot let out a long breath, rubbed his nose, suppressed the faintly surging emotions in his heart, and regained his composure.

'Compared to their age, the children of Abydos have already carried a heavy burden. This fact may have hit them too much, and it is not completely sure that the truth is as I speculate. '

'Use Xia Lai's authority to investigate after you go back, and it's not too late to tell these children after you find out the truth. '

Looking at Luo Lin's sudden exhalation, Hoshino tilted his head, and said something sad and easy as if joking.

"In short, it's such a boring thing, isn't the teacher sleepy?"

"Anyway, thanks to the teacher's help, I was able to solve the troublesome problem of the Helmets, and now I can devote myself to paying off the debt."

"Although as Xia Lai's special advisor, you can actually be regarded as an advisor to the Countermeasures Committee, but please don't worry about the arrears. Thank you for listening."

Bai Zi nodded his head, expressing his clear approval of Hoshino's words.

"Yes, the teacher has tried his best, and there is no more trouble."

"How can you say it's causing trouble?"

Luo Lin, who recovered from his own thoughts, laughed, his eyes swept over the faces of Baizi, Hoshino, and Ayane in turn, and said seriously:

"I am your teacher now, so I can't turn a blind eye to the plight the students are facing."

"It's fine if you didn't know about this before, but now that you've noticed it, no matter how you say it, you can't just let you continue to carry it on your own?"

"So, let me do a favor."

"That, that..."

The three girls present looked at each other and looked at each other for a long time. In the end, it was Hoshino who moved his head inexplicably, and the other two girls finally relaxed a little.

With a cheerful smile on Ayane's face, she bowed slightly towards Luo Lin.

"Yes, please teach me more, teacher!"

"Advice is not counted, it would be nice to provide some ideas worth referring to."

Rollin smiled.

"Hey, the teacher is really a strange person, he has to be involved in such troublesome things."

Hoshino covered his mouth and yawned, quietly covering the corners of his mouth that were slightly raised.

"Great, Xia Lai will also help us, so we can see hope, right?"

Ayane looked up at the ceiling, reached out and patted her cheek, as if to make sure if this was a dream.

"Yes."

Bai Ziying's pink lips were slightly pursed, a faint smile overflowed from her blue eyes, and the wolf ears on her head trembled several times in succession.

"We can see hope."

Chapter 22 is really the way I like it

"By the way, Ayane, where did Abydos borrow the money in the end?"

After preliminarily finalizing with the girls in the strategy committee that he would intervene to help, Luo Lin asked casually at the end.

"Well... it should be a loan project from Caesars Bank."

Ayane recalled a little and gave a definite answer.

"I see."

Luo Lin nodded, didn't say anything more, just turned his head and looked out the window, only to find that the sky had already dimmed.

"Ah, it's getting dark already."

Hoshino walked to the window and looked out, overlooking the golden clouds covering the sky and the sun half-hidden in the sea of ​​misty clouds.

"It's almost time for us to leave school. What does the teacher want to do? Do you want to live in Abydos? There are many vacant residential areas."

"Even if I stay here, I don't have a change of clothes by my side, and Xia Lai...I have to report the situation to the student union."

Luo Lin pondered for a moment, "Well, I'll go back to Xialai first today, and I'll come back tomorrow after handing over the affairs of the next few days, and then stay in Abydos for a while."

"Well, that's fine too."

Hoshino stroked his long pink hair, with a subtle "I understand" smile on his face.

"Uncle, I know that, your work is very hard."

"It's okay. Xia Lai still has a lot of chores now. If it's really important, you're the first here."

Luo Lin also returned a helpless smile, and picked up the iron pilot's helmet on the table, "Then I'll go first, see you tomorrow."

"Goodbye, teacher, please pay more attention to safety on the road."

"See you tomorrow~"

Ayane and Hoshino bid farewell to Luo Lin very naturally, as if they didn't just meet today, but teachers and students who have been together for a long time.

Only Bai Zi quietly tugged at Luo Lin's cuff, pulling him to the spot who had just raised his legs to leave.

"……goodbye teacher."

"See you."

Luo Lin was a little bit amused by the girl's cute little gesture. He wanted to raise his hand to rub her hair, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he finally gave up.