Isreal.
The rumbling train ca to a halt at the platform, with a surge of people spilling out from the carriages.
In such a crowd, a group of big n in brown trench coats particularly drew attention.
They were all broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, seemingly hiding weapons, with faces that radiated a ’keep out’ aura.
Despite the station being crowded, people still subconsciously gave them a wide berth, even the pickpockets didn’t dare get too close to do business.
"Boss, we’re here."
Scarface looked around with a sinister grin.
"Right, this is a nice place, lots of young people."
Zhong Shenxiu nodded and led the team out of the station.
He suddenly ended up in Isreal; there had to be a reason, the excuse for his subordinates and family was that they were opening a bar here to investigate the local private liquor market.
At that mont, he took a deep breath of fresh air and laughed, "Scarface... what do you see?"
Mormon scratched his head, revealing a simple smile, "Lots of people... They all seem well-dressed, ans they’re wealthy!"
"Exactly, and this place is full of young people! The more young people there are, the more alcohol sells!"
Zhong Shenxiu laughed heartily and hailed a few rental horse carriages, "Let’s go, we’ll find a place to stay first, then you guys look for a suitable bar location. This ti, you’re going to be the boss here. As for , I have so private matters..."
...
Several hours later.
Zhong Shenxiu, dressed in a black trench coat and wearing a black wool bowler hat, arrived at a building following the address given by Julie.
By now, it was Federation Calendar year 668, the new year celebrations had passed, and it was ti for the major technical schools to start classes.
"Xavier Advanced Technician Training School?"
"The na alone sounds questionable."
He comnted sarcastically, looking at the building resembling a school, yet seeing no Gatekeeper.
Moreover, the school’s grounds were quite narrow, with just one teaching building, flanked by residential houses and shopping centers.
Rather than calling it a school, it seed more like so sort of cram school, and one that was on the brink of closing down at that.
"Hmm, since the soarican Federation started retrofitting steam chanization, the demand for literate workers and high-level craftsn increased, so so advanced technical schools were established. They only teach basic literacy courses and professional skills, the sesters are much shorter than normal, but it’s still highly sought after, considered the first choice for middle-class families’ students..."
Silently recalling related information, Zhong Shenxiu entered the building.
On both sides of the concrete floor corridor, there were large classrooms with naplates clearly labeled with ’Mrs. Jenny’s Dance Classroom’, ’Neal’s Express Typing Training Class’, etc., making Zhong Shenxiu pause, "What is this? Outsourced school services? What kind of school did Julie actually recomnd?"
"Hello, may I help you?"
At that mont, a slightly fat young man wearing round spectacles ca over and said to Zhong Shenxiu, "Class registration is in Room 102, leasing services are in the general affairs office of Room 104..."
"I’m looking for Professor Davis."
Although a little disappointed with the establishnt, Zhong Shenxiu relayed his request.
"You’re looking for the president?" The slightly fat young man pushed his glasses up, examining Zhong Shenxiu carefully, "I’ll take you there, he should still be in his office! By the way, you can call Jason!"
"Li Wei, Li Wei Mojito!"
Zhong Shenxiu smiled as he introduced himself, following Jason up the stairs.
As he stepped onto the last stair, his expression shifted slightly, sensing the power of a fixed ritual.
’It seems to be a kind of repulsion, or a charm that makes ordinary people subconsciously avoid it, is it a barrier against mortals?’
It was only now that he felt a true sense of a secret organization here.
Jason, noticing his emotion-laden face, subtly nodded to himself and led Zhong Shenxiu to knock on the door of an office.
Mottled sunlight filtered through the glass windows, illuminating a vast amount of dust suspended in the void.
The scene that t Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes seed to be that of an ordinary teacher’s office.
An old wooden desk was covered with various books and teaching materials, and beside it stood a small blackboard with so curves drawn on it using chalk.
Behind the towering stacks of books, there was an old man with graying hair, deep wrinkles, and gold-rimd glasses.
At the mont, he was staring at a newspaper, muttering sothing to himself.
’Math functions? No... that seems to be a stock market graph!’
Zhong Shenxiu glanced at the small blackboard and then at the newspaper in the old man’s hands, which clearly had ’Economist Report’ printed in letters.
"Ahem, Principal Davis, soone is looking for you."
Jason knocked on the desktop sowhat helplessly.
"Oh?"
Davis looked up, his muddy gaze sizing up Zhong Shenxiu.
Zhong Shenxiu silently sighed, feeling that the old man was not strong at all; he even thought that he could have taken him down with a revolver if he wanted to.
However, he ca here to read books, not to learn.
He took out Julie’s letter of introduction, "Professor Davis, this is a letter of introduction from Ms. Zhu Li... uh, I would like to study here for a while."
"Hmm?"
Davis straightened his glasses, opened the letter of introduction, took a casual glance, and tossed it into a pile of rubbish; then, with a snap of his fingers,
Snap!
An aura of spiritual wall imdiately erged around them.
"Are you a servant of the Master of Black Blood as well?"
He looked at Zhong Shenxiu with a serious expression.
"Blood above all!"
Zhong Shenxiu made a gesture from ’The Bloodline tamorphosis.’
At the sa ti, he silently assessed Davis’s strength: ’Hmm, as I guessed before, at most an ’Exemplar.’ How sad..."
"Good, our Five Rings School has a very long history. Our great library inside the school is also quite famous among many schools; so scholars even co to borrow... "
Davis spoke at a leisurely pace while subtly rubbing his fingers together.
This attitude made Zhong Shenxiu think of a profiteer; he felt a strange similarity between them.
Snap!
To deal with this kind of person, he chose the most straightforward approach, slamming a stack of US Dollars onto the desk.
"No problem, you’ll start today!" Davis stared straight at the thick stack of US Dollars and said without hesitation.
"I’d like to borrow from the library."
Zhong Shenxiu just wanted to read so books, and if the school was too poor, it wouldn’t be a problem to leave after reading.
"The library, huh? That requires special permission and for soone who has just stepped into the door of the mystical realms..."
Davis hesitated, but seeing another stack of US Dollars land on the desk, his expression imdiately changed: "No problem, I’ll give you a special pass!"
...
"Professor Davis, has it always been like this?"
Following Jason out of the office, Zhong Shenxiu asked.
"Now that you’re part of our school, I won’t hide it from you; he’s my teacher..." Jason gave a bitter smile, "Our Five Rings is just a small school, and the teacher was fascinated with stocks back when they were just erging. Because of several unwise investnts, he amassed a huge debt, forcing him to rent out parts of the school’s property to make money... Ah, even so, he is still quite obsessed with the financial ga... In fact, had it not been for the existence of the Special Affairs Bureau, he would have cursed to death those vampires who caused him to lose his fortune a long ti ago."
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