Afterlife Department

Chapter 513 – Allies

"An open combat event?" the students exclaimed. They all were surprised when they saw the post on the bulletin board. There was even a notification sent to their light brains to remind them of the said event.

Yesterday, during the shareholders' meeting, the head proposed the combat between the students in all grade levels. To give consideration to the lower levels, mechs, which are taught in year 3 and four, are not allowed in the event, just like during the Annual Challenge.

Alexis who saw this can't help but frown when he saw the notice.

Dwinn's expression also changed. "'The open combat event will be added as one of the school's sports event. The event is open to all students from any levels. Weapons are allowed.'" He read the details. "A participant can also challenge another participant of the event.. The challenged participant can make one request to the challenger.' Eh… this looks interesting!" he grinned as he rubbed his chin.

Uly's expression however is indifferent. "So, this is their plan." He muttered as his eyes narrowed. "A public execution. How despicable." His eyes are filled with disdain.

Dwinn looked at him. "A public execution? They won't go that far… right?" he said and tilted his head.

"Who knows?" Uly coldly said as his eyes squinted to look at the group of students who are looking at them three.

Alexis and Dwinn also saw them but they released their pheromones to deter them. As expected, those students are just paper tigers as they immediately ran away when they smelled the aggressive pheromones of the two top alphas.

"Weaklings." Uly, a beta, sneered and rolled his eyes. "The school's sports event will be in a month." He spoke.

"So this is their ultimatum." Alexis said.

"'ultimatum'?" Dwinn snorted. "They aren't the ones calling the shots!" he grinned.

"But, the school has already decided to hold this event." Alexis spoke.

"If this was permitted, then the higher-ups definitely also have approved. So – " Dwinn's lips curled up. " – they definitely must have been prepared and already had a countermeasure." He said.

Hearing this, Alexis and Uly nodded. "Now, I think that the enemies must be regretting it until their insides turned green." Uly said and grinned.

"They must think that they are clever, but now realized that it was a stupid move." Alexis spoke.

"Yes. If they think they can eliminate us using this, then doesn't that make us also be able to eliminate their people?" Dwinn laughed.

Uly nodded in agreement. "Not to mention… we are stronger than them." He said and his eyes flashed.

"They must be muddle-headed when they proposed this." Alexis spoke. "Something must have happened and they decided out of anxiety." He said.

"Is it related to Loui?" Dwinn asked.

"Loui's just one of their leader's sons. No one would make a fuss about his death." Uly spoke. "Instead, they are anxious to get rid of him, and finally found a reason to kill him." He explained.

Dwinn nodded in agreement. "Indeed. That Loui is stupid. To think he had the guts to insult that Shawn James." He smiled. "Then, what do you think happened to their group to make such a stupid decision?" he asked and looked at the poster.

Uly didn't answer.

"Internal 'conflict'." Alexis spoke.

Dwinn and Uly didn't speak, obviously agreeing to what Alexis spoke. Then, they didn't linger outside anymore and went to their next class which is about mecha.

…

"Yu Yan." Lyner Lene called when Yu Yan passed by him. He was silently listening to his father and Yu Yan quarreling inside his father's office. But, they quarreled not because of Loui, but because of something else. "Are you really ill?" he asked a she looked at him.

"Or else?" Yu Yan asked and frowned as he glared at Lyner. His brows are knitted and his face is dark. His face also looked pale and is sweaty. He definitely is in pain.

Lyner stared at him for a while before he shook his head. "I suggest you not to come here in a while. Father's in a bad mood because of that stupid shareholder who got anxious after he thought that you will defect when you heard of Wei Shi's return." He said.

The reason why Yu Yan joined them is to kill Erich Reane, his obstacle in obtaining Wei Shi's love. Since their organization also wanted to kill Erich Reane, their biggest threat, they roped Yu Yan in.

"You don't suspect me too that I must be a spy?" Yu Yan asked. "After all, Wei Shi is a soldier to his bones. He definitely will loathe me if I stain my hands with many people's blood if he founds out…" he said.

Lyner cut him off. "Your hands are already stained when you blew up that planet." He spoke. "Especially with the blood of Wei Shi's beloved general." He added as he looked at him. "There's no turning back for you." He told him.

As expected, Yu Yan's face darkened. But, he just turned and left without even looking back, only to suddenly stagger and collapse when he felt a numbing pain that climbed from his spine to his neck, making him lose control of his body and lose all his senses.

"Ugh…" he groaned in pain as his body hit the floor.

"Yu Yan!" Lyner cried and immediately ran to pick him up. Then, he felt that Yu Yan's whole body is trembling and his face is distorted in pain. He ran, carrying him, and went to the hospital.

…

"'internal conflict'? It's Yu Yan, then." Yi Bing, Huo Ling, Shou Ji and Shi Jiu heard Reine spoke after he read the message on his light brian.

"What about Yu Yan?" Huo Ling asked. "And 'internal conflict'?" he added.

Reine turned to him.

"And internal conflict… because of Yu Yan?" Huo Ling spoke.

Reine smiled as he looked at Huo Ling with his eyes full of appreciation. "I like smart people like you. Fortunately, you are an ally and not an enemy since you can discern this much information just by hearing a few words." He said and patted Huo Ling's shoulder, making Yi Bing glance at his hand that touched Huo Ling's shoulder. Suddenly, Reine felt a chill and he withdrew his hand to rub his arms while shivering. "Why is the wind cold lately?" he asked, puzzled.

"What about the internal conflict and Yu Yan?" Shi Jiu asked while Shou Ji's ears perked up.

"Well, have you already heard about the open combat event that will be added in our school's sports event next month?" Reine asked them. "That is related to this. During the shareholders' meeting, the enemy's side suddenly proposed this event." He told them.

"To openly but justifyingly attack us so they can lessen our number?" Shou Ji guessed.

Reine nodded. "But, he just suggested it because he was anxious." He continued. "Only after the matter was decided and approved did he realize what just happened." He grinned. "If they can attack us, then why can we not attack them? Not to mention – " he winked at them. " – we are stronger than them." He told them.

Shou Ji nodded in agreement. "So, after this, they had an internal conflict?" he asked.

"Yes, but also no." Reine answered. Before they could ask, he continued. "They had an internal conflict before, that led to this matter, so they definitely will have another conflict after this." He smiled, feeling schadenfreude.

"I see…" Huo Ling muttered.

"So, what about Yu Yan?" Shi Jiu asked.

"He was the cause of the internal conflict before." Reine answered. "Wei Shi deliberately exposed himself as a bait for Yu Yan, and Yu Yan acted as what he expected. Then, the enemies thought that Yu Yan will defect because of Wei Shi, who 'successfully returned', so Yu Yan doesn't have a reason now to fight, and he knows that Wei Shi will loathe him forever if he will kill many people just because of an agreement with the enemies." He sneered. "As if he didn't think of the cause of his agreement with the enemies." He said.

They fell silent. Obviously, Yu Yan had an agreement with the enemies is because he wanted to kill Erich Reane, who is now Shou Ji.

"So, the shareholder thought that Yu Yan will leave and their forces will weaken so he suggested this event to lessen our number, weakening us." Reine continued. "But, of course, we can also take them out, and we're stronger than them. So, they definitely will fight among themselves again." He grinned.

"So that's how it is…" Shi Jiu muttered while nodding in understanding. "They are really stupid!" he said.

"Obviously." Reine chuckled. "Although they are toe-to-toe with the royal family, but there's also the Daune underworld group of Wei Shi's family. Not only that, but the Febi royal family, the Lux Group, as well as the Citri Group…" he said as he listed all of their allies.

"… wait." Shi Jiu raised his hand. "'Febi', 'Lux', 'Citri'… Alexis, Dwinn and Uly, those seniors?!" he exclaimed. "They are also in this?!" he said.