Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 121: Fury (Second Update)

At that moment, Mia walked toward Su Ming and the others with a stern face. Upon seeing Mia approaching, Su Ming immediately lowered his voice and said,

"Stop talking, the teacher is coming."

Upon hearing Su Ming’s warning, Rhein and the others ceased their discussion.

Mia quickly arrived in front of the group, and Su Ming stepped forward to greet her.

"Teacher, are we going to the training room for practice today?"

"What the hell ’practice’?"

Mia replied irritably.

The events of the previous night replayed in her mind.

Imperial Court Academy · Administrative Office.

An old man dressed in a dark starry robe, with sagging skin, a long white beard, and a stodgy face, roared at Mia like an enraged lion.

"Tell me, what were you thinking, hogging the training room for seven consecutive days!"

"Vice Principal Fleck, don’t be angry, let’s talk this out,"

Mia retreated to a corner with an innocent and frightened expression.

At this time, the training room’s administrator, the old man, stood silently throughout without saying a word.

He did not want to accuse Mia, but what she did was too much. One or two times hogging the training room was fine, but doing it for seven consecutive days with the students and showing no signs of stopping was more than anyone could endure.

"How can I not be angry? Do you have any idea how to manage things?

"I’m only trying to teach the students well! You can’t expect a horse to run without feeding it hay, right?"

"Is that feeding hay? You’re pouring fuel on them! I asked you to teach the students, not to run them ragged! Not even the inner school students are indulged like this!"

Fleck was near losing his mind with anger at Mia.

Mia was also unwilling to back down, assuming the stance of ’a dead pig not fearing boiling water’ and brazenly said,

"I don’t care, this is the way I teach. If you don’t like it, then fire me."

"You...."

Vice Principal Fleck was at a loss for words; he couldn’t possibly fire Mia.

So Fleck took a few deep breaths to calm his turbulent emotions and then addressed Mia,

"I’ll let it pass this time, but if it happens again, we’re not done here. If everyone behaved as you do, everything would be in chaos."

"Understood, it won’t happen again."

Mia instantly responded with joy and a bright smile.

Fleck didn’t bother to listen to Mia’s promises but instead turned to the administrator and said,

"Grufa, change the locks on the training room. Use a bigger one and send a patrol team to keep watch."

"Alright, Lord Fleck."

Grufa replied with a wry smile.

"Teacher? So, what are we training today?

At that time, a cluster of puzzled voices interrupted Mia’s recollections.

Mia looked toward Su Ming and the others, speaking with slight annoyance.

"Go back to sleep, all of you. We’ll meet at eight in the morning tomorrow. I’ll take you to the training field to teach you mecha operation."

"Ah? So, we’re finally going to practice mecha operation skills? I thought we didn’t have to."

"Really?"

Rhein and the others replied, quite taken aback.

They hadn’t expected Mia to actually take them for technical training.

Mia replied with irritation,

"Of course, it’s true, now go back to sleep. People might think we’re up to no good, being out this late at night."

"Everyone disperse and go back to your dorms to sleep."

Seeing Mia react this way, Su Ming immediately sent everyone away.

The group dispersed, walking towards the dormitory buildings.

The next morning.

Su Ming and the others had gathered together early, waiting for the arrival of their teacher, Mia.

Rhein and the others chatted excitedly.

"We’ve finally waited for the teacher to teach us technical skills."

"Indeed."

...

Though they still felt that Teacher Mia wasn’t very reliable, since their last duel, they were completely convinced of Mia’s skill.

Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, they still hadn’t seen Mia appear.

"Why hasn’t she come yet? Could she have overslept again?"

Zhang Yi tiptoed and peered into the distance, expressing his confusion.

"Just wait a bit longer."

Su Ming checked the time on his phone; it was already half-past eight.

At that moment, an unknown number called in, and Su Ming glanced at the number before answering.

"Hello."

"Su Ming, you lead the classmates to queue up at the mecha training ground."

Mia’s lazy voice came through the phone.

"Alright."

"You know where the training ground is, right?"

"I do."

"Then it’s fine, I’m going back to sleep."

Mia then hung up.

Su Ming let out a slight sigh and turned to shout to all the classmates.

"Everyone, follow me; we’ll go queue at the training ground. Teacher Mia will be here soon."

Rhein and the others, after hearing this, also showed helpless expressions but were used to it by now; they orderly followed Su Ming and left.

...

Not long after, Su Ming and the others arrived at the mecha training area.

The entire mecha training area was divided into two parts, one part being an outdoor training field, and the other a waiting area.

Su Ming led the team to the waiting area, which was packed with students, primarily freshmen but also many seniors.

Su Ming roughly scanned the crowd and saw that nearly half of the 25 new classes from the Mecha Department had arrived.

"So many people? How long will we need to wait?"

Rhein and the others said in surprise.

"We’ll have to queue regardless; no matter how rich the Imperial Court Academy is, the training mechs are certainly limited."

Su Ming wasn’t too surprised by this situation.

"That’s the only way."

Rhein and the others sighed.

Time passed by slowly, and before long, three hours had gone by.

Su Ming and his classmates were almost falling asleep in line, but the queue of students waiting to practice hadn’t really gotten any shorter; it seemed to have gotten even longer.

At this time, a male student dressed in a school uniform, with a proud look in his eyes and a few freckles on his nose, led a group of students over.

They walked past Su Ming and the others, heading towards the front.

"Huh? Something’s not right, Class Leader; why is Class 2 going in front of us?"

Zhang Yi and others, who were nearly dozing off, suddenly perked up and asked Su Ming with confusion.

"I’m not sure."

Su Ming also furrowed his brow slightly, looking toward Class 2.

Class 2’s students went directly to the front of Class 9 and unceremoniously cut in line.

"Obit, Class Leader, they’re cutting in our line."

The students from Class 9 immediately lost their cool, angrily speaking to a burly man with thick eyebrows and large eyes who looked rather strong.

Obit raised his hand to signal his classmates to be silent, and he confronted Chen Qi, the leader of Class 2.

"What do you think you’re doing?"

"We’re queuing."

"If you’re queuing, go to the back. Why do you think you can cut in front of us?"

"Let’s talk nicely. We’re just queuing normally; don’t you see him standing in front of you?" Chen Qi pointed to a male student standing in front of Class 9.

That student also smugly spoke up.

"That’s right, I got here before you!"

Obit was both angry and amused; he grabbed Chen Qi’s collar and said,

"F*ck, are you guys f*cking idiots? One person cuts in front of our whole class?"

"Watch your mouth, I’m from Class 2."

Chen Qi said fearlessly.