Kivotos Warlord Development Manual

"It's really rare to be able to observe this level of political conflict up close. I'm afraid all of us are now at the crossroads of a changing era..."

"Ya Zi, please keep that publication in our document storage room and add your speculation to it..."

"Xuefeng has really put so much effort into Gehenna Academy..."

Shocked by this inference, Yazi looked at the publication in her hand, feeling an indescribable surge of emotion in her heart. But in the end, she burst out laughing at the funny photo of Xuefeng.

"Chairman... I may understand the intention of this dark circle..."

"Perhaps in order to achieve true peace in Gehenna Academy, Chairman Yukikaze no longer cares about his own reputation..."

"Ah... maybe..."

"I hope that after this shocking strategic deception, everyone can understand her painstaking efforts..."

Chapter 102 Shadows Under Candlelight

Trinity College, Tea Terrace.

Bright and soft lights reflected the stars in the sky and illuminated the long dining table on the wide terrace.

Miss Mika, who had previously participated in the Millennium War, was now absentmindedly poking the cake slice on the plate with a fork. Her white wings drooped slightly behind her, and her high heels tied with ribbons under the table seemed to be swaying gently to some rhythm. She looked to be in a very relaxed state.

However, her beautiful eyes that seemed to contain starlight drifted towards the dazzling city night view outside the terrace. No one knew what she was thinking.

Next to Weihua was an elegant girl with long, smooth warm gray hair. She was holding up the war publication from the Gehenna Autonomous Region and seemed to be reading it with great interest.

About five or six minutes later.

A sudden gust of evening breeze blew out the calming candles in front of the two people.

When the "tea party" students who were waiting nearby saw this, they immediately stepped forward and relit the candles.

Perhaps the extinguished candlelight interrupted the gray-haired girl's concentration. The girl gently closed the page of the book, first smiled and nodded to thank her companion who came to help, then picked up the exquisitely decorated teapot at hand and refilled the warm black tea for herself and Weihua on the other side.

"Mihua, what do you think of this publication?"

"Huh? What do you want to ask, Nagisa-chan?"

"Those annoying people at Gehenna Academy seem to publish this kind of weird stuff all the time, right?"

Mika looked at the other person with a confused expression, and the girl called Nagisa sighed softly.

"I wanted to ask you what you think about Xuefeng's current situation..."

“I don’t know about that either…”

"Xue-chan refuses to meet us, who knows what she is thinking..."

Weihua angrily took a piece of cream-covered cake with a fork and stuffed it into her mouth, as if to vent her frustration.

Seeing her angry look, Nagisa took a sip of red tea and looked at Mika's beautiful light golden eyes with gentle eyes.

"I recently reread the records of the accident by the predecessors of the "Tea Party"."

"The seniors thought the same as us..."

"At first, almost all the seniors thought that this was a vicious conspiracy by Gehenna Academy against Holy Trinity Academy, but it soon turned into a thorough investigation of all factions within Holy Trinity Academy, but in the end, nothing was found..."

“Can you imagine…?”

"With the intelligence capabilities of Trinity Academy, coupled with the reckless and rigorous investigations by hundreds of elite seniors from various factions..."

"In the end, nothing was found..."

"I felt the anger and determination of the seniors of the "Tea Party" from the records. They were even ready to launch a revenge war against Gehenna Academy that would destroy each other."

"However, after Gehenna Academy learned about Xuefeng's situation, they were even angrier than us..."

"Although they didn't believe that there would be such a despicable murderer in Gehenna Academy, they were worried that Trinity Academy would target their juniors, so they put aside their hatred and cooperated with all our investigations."

"As a result, the seniors who were responsible for investigating Gehenna Academy found that they were even less suspicious than Trinity Academy itself..."

“But the seniors have tried their best…”

"Even if no one would think that the 'Sisters', which have a close relationship with the Jiangshang family, are the murderers, all the seniors in the group have accepted the joint investigation of other factions..."

"You know, they are a confidential organization that believes in keeping secrets..."

"In the end, all the seniors were forced to go to the Ancient Saint Temple and swear an oath. Anyone who had the intention to murder Xuefeng must atone for their sin by having their halo shattered..."

"Just by looking at this, I can already feel how desperate they are..."

"The records also say that Aunt Jiang Shang, who was like an older sister to us and seemed to never lose her temper, didn't want the academy to perform an autopsy on Yukikaze, so she had to leave the hospital with her while she was dying..."

"So the records say that she suffered a mental breakdown due to excessive grief, and she completely disappeared from everyone's sight after taking Xuefeng away."

"But I don't think the crazy person is necessarily Aunt Jiang Shang. I'm afraid the real reason why she left the Holy Trinity Autonomous Region is that all the predecessors of that era were driven crazy by this incident..."

"you know..."

"enough!"

Mika, with red eyes, suddenly interrupted Nagisa.

Then she raised her eyes that were slowly shedding tears, looked closely at the slightly stunned Nagisa, and begged in a tearful voice.

"Please... Nagisa-chan..."

"Stop saying things like this that remind people of those nightmares..."

"Hasn't Xue-chan come back already..."

"And she's even more active than before..."

"I really... don't want to recall those painful things anymore..."

"I'm sorry...Mika...I didn't consider your feelings..."

"But I just want to say that we don't know anything about the accident that almost destroyed Trinity Academy..."

Nagisa pursed her lips and looked slightly downcast at Mika.

Weihua, who was sitting next to her, forced a smile and nodded slightly.

"I know everything..."

"I don't believe that the people who hurt Xue-chan are the seniors of Trinity Academy, and I don't believe that Xue-chan would hate Trinity Academy..."

After hearing what Mika said, Nagisa seemed to be relieved and a faint smile appeared on her face.

"Well, you're right. I guess Xuefeng might think so too..."

"Eh? Really? Then why hasn't she been willing to contact us?!"

These words brought an expression of surprise and joy to Weihua's face.

"Look at the red ribbon in this photo. Does it look familiar?"

As he spoke, Nagisa handed her the war publication with Yukikaze's photo printed on it, and Mika looked at the photo left and right with curiosity, and finally shook her head innocently.

"You... forget it..."

"That's the championship ribbon that the three of us won when we participated in the junior high school tactical championship..."

Nagisa glared at him fiercely, then sighed helplessly.

"Ah? Ah! I remember now!"

"In that big melee in the final, the three of us worked very well together! Xue-chan's command simply made those tactical teams that wanted to besiege us run around in circles!~"

Weihua's eyes widened as she suddenly recalled that wonderful memory. She grabbed the publication and compared it carefully while talking excitedly. Then she became even happier when she recognized the style of the ribbon.

However, Weihua, who was halfway happy, suddenly tilted her head slightly, stretched out her fingers and gently touched her cute, slightly fleshy cheek, and asked in confusion.

"Uh...but what does Xue-chan's idea have to do with this ribbon..."

Nagisa raised her eyes and glanced at her while holding up the teacup, and asked back faintly.

"Tell me, is it possible that Xuefeng wants to cooperate with us again?"

"Ohh! That makes sense!"

"But what is the purpose of cooperation..."

Looking at Mika's gaze again, Nagisa gently pointed at the funny dark circles under Yukikaze's photo, and then pointed at the shadow area under the candlestick.

After doing all this, he glanced at her meaningfully, then picked up the teacup again.

Mika, who had been frowning and thinking hard for a while, suddenly her eyes lit up and she looked at Nagisa and shouted excitedly.

"Ah! I see!"

"Yuki-chan must be planning to beat up the Speaker of Gehenna Academy at night when no one can see her, right?!"

"Goodbye Nagisa-chan! I'll go over and help her now!"

puff--

Nagisa choked suddenly and covered her chest with her hands, spraying out a large cloud of water mist. With her other hand, she tightly grasped Mika who jumped up from her seat.

Even though her eyes were blurred by tears caused by the violent coughing, she did not give up the idea of ​​glaring the pink-haired idiot to death.

After taking a breath, Nagisa handed the teapot to the "tea party" member waiting nearby. After watching the other party leave the wide terrace, he turned around and looked at Mika with resentment.

"Just sit here..."

"Have you forgotten the tactics that Yukikaze used in that tournament..."

"We were the most watched team in that battle, so everyone else wanted to focus their firepower on killing us right from the start."

"But at that time, the three of us first disrupted the positions of all the teams, and then hid near the strongest teams and provoked them everywhere, causing a big melee that affected everyone."

"After watching them being eliminated one after another, we rejoined the battle and killed the teams that held on to the end."

"That night when we went out to celebrate together, didn't Xuefeng use the candlestick to explain the reason for this tactic to us..."

This explanation filled with strong resentment made Weihua quickly put on a flattering smile.

"Yeah! I'll remember this time!"

"Besides, I was only responsible for the hands-on work. You and Yuki-chan are enough to do the thinking!~"

"But I still don't quite understand what Xue-chan needs us to do..."

Feeling the other party's suspicious look again, Nagisa sighed helplessly.

"You are obviously very smart. Don't always leave your brainwork to others. Over time, your brain will become dumber..."

"Forget it... I'd better just say it directly..."

"The reason why Xuefeng didn't come to contact us is still unknown, but I guess there are two possibilities."

"One possibility is that she believes the mastermind is still hiding somewhere we can't see, waiting for an opportunity to attack Holy Trinity Academy."

"So she has to go to Gehenna Academy, which is out of reach of the other party, to solve this hidden danger that threatens us from the outside."

"As the seniors of Holy Trinity Academy and we all know, the accident that could not be found to have any problems was itself the biggest problem."

"However, in the tense atmosphere at the time, if we continued the investigation, it would only turn the factional struggles in Trinity Academy, which were already rife, into an even more brutal internal struggle..."

"I still remember that there were rumors during that time that Aunt Jiang Shang was planning to do something very radical, but was stopped by her seniors who were in the same period as her..."

"I guess Aunt Jiang Shang probably noticed the extreme atmosphere in Trinity Academy at the time, but she couldn't solve it herself, so she left the Trinity Autonomous Region with Xuefeng, who was the core of the storm..."

"After all, the predecessor of the Sisters' Order was the Justina Saints, the guardians of the commandments, and Aunt Jiang, who once served as the leader of the Sisters' Order, probably doesn't want the Holy Trinity Academy to be in turmoil or even civil war because of this..."

"So I speculate that the publication that Xuefeng released at Gehenna Academy might have been a deliberate message to us, suggesting that we cooperate with her to complete this new bait plan."

"As for her core purpose, it is probably to create a chaotic situation and expose the shadows that were originally hidden under the candlesticks again."

Having said that, Nagisa stretched out her slender fingers to hold the candlestick and gently shook it. The flickering candlelight also illuminated the shadow area at the bottom.

However, Mika, who was standing beside her, fell into silence as she watched the candlelight gradually regain its stability. This time, she really understood what Nagisa wanted to say.

If she mentioned a certain existence hidden in the shadows of Trinity Academy, she actually knew some clues...

For example, the existence she had tried hard to establish contact with not long ago...

It was also the branch of Arius that had refused to form the Holy Trinity Academy with other factions in the Council, and had been hiding in the Holy Trinity Autonomous Region, where no one could find it...