After a burst of intense gunfire, the battle was over.

Shrinking behind his shield wall, Hoshino casually pulled out a recovery item and replenished the depleted shield value: "This kid named Shi is really amazing... If it weren't for my superior skills, I would have almost capsized in the ditch~"

The surrounding smoke gradually began to dissipate, and the surrounding elimination zone also began to shrink. This time, the shrinking elimination zone would no longer have a safe zone. As the smoke dissipated, the final moment would become the decisive moment in this battle royale.

"Whoo~"

Asuna pursed her lips and exhaled softly.

In the face of absolute strength, luck isn't so easy to use. Asuna's sixth sense of invincibility gradually became confused.

"Are we facing a player who can't even be influenced by luck..."

Asuna stood still. The fog around her began to dissipate, and the orange-red elimination zone in the sky gradually compressed. She held her breath and listened with her ears.

Click.

The sound of footsteps on concrete.

Asuna raised her rifle immediately and pulled the trigger in that direction without hesitation.

"Da da da da da—!"

The bullets hit the target accurately, followed by a series of clattering sounds on the steel plates. Asuna's heart trembled, and she rushed to the other side without hesitation. The next moment, a huge roar, mixed with steel balls and projectiles, shattered the place where she had just been!

"Caught."

Shirako's cold voice was mixed with the sound of missile drones taking off. As the fog finally cleared, the drones launched a series of missiles, completely submerging Asuna's position!

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"Let's present the award to the champions of the first Battle Royale event—Team Hoshino!"

The student hosting the event announced enthusiastically, "Thank you to all the contestants for a wonderful competition! And please don't leave, there will be a second Battle Royale event coming up soon. To be fair, all Abydos students will not be participating, so there will be additional prizes and cash prizes!"

Ignoring the noisy meeting room behind him, Hoshino picked up the gold-plated "Abydos Chronicle" cassette from the tray: "This is what we have worked so hard for for so long..."

"A cartridge that uses the school's history as its power, ultimately leading to a mysterious upgrade, focusing more on rituals than combat."

Danrito's footsteps came from behind him, and Hoshino waved the cassette in his hand at him: "Mr. Danrito, I am glad to have fulfilled my mission."

"Although it's a bit unexpected, it's also within reason." Danrito nodded, not hiding his praise for Hoshino: "Your decision in the final round was remarkable. You are truly the strongest in Abydos."

"Hehehe~ Uncle, this is the first time I've heard such direct praise."

Hoshino rubbed his fingers awkwardly. "Mr. Danrito, now that I have the cassette, how do I use it?"

"Add this to use together."

Danrito handed over a golden malfunctioning driver, which Hoshino took. "This is... it seems very similar to the weapon you used."

"This is an improved version of the Fault Driver," Danrito said proudly. "I call it 'Fault Driver III'."

"Thanks to Huanmeng's newly updated cloud disk service, life forms other than the Collapse Origin Body will now be allowed to use cartridges. Furthermore, the price of using cartridges—the prerequisite for being eligible for Collapse Origin Body virus surgery—is directly replaced. Thus, a groundbreaking product is born!"

"It functions just like a normal Glitch Driver, but it's compatible with the students' 'mystery', allowing it to transform into a 'Chronicle Warrior' unique to a particular region!"

"Also..." Danrito pointed at Hoshino's chest: "Do you feel like you've leveled up?"

"Now that you mention it..." Hoshino felt it for a moment, stretching out his hand to measure his muscles. "I feel like I'm a little stronger than before, and my mind is more agile. Is this also the effect of that chronicle ritual?"

"This is the 'ascension ceremony' for the ultimate champion amidst the mysterious collision."

Dan Lidou crossed his arms proudly and said, "I'll leave this Chronicle cassette with you. You'll always need it in the future."

The bustling Abydos Resort event concluded today, having perfectly achieved all its objectives. Dream's popularity among students had increased, Abydos had attracted a new source of customers, securing future revenue and potentially expanding the Chronicles event.

"You said you were the boss of Huanmeng?"

Lan Wu narrowed her eyes in disbelief. She had been planning to leave. She'd won a substantial prize money in the second Battle Royale tournament, coming in fourth, and she'd planned to use it to improve her family's meals. But as she was about to leave, an adult reached out and stopped her.

"I'll give you a choice."

Dan Lidou put his hands in his pockets and stood there casually: "This is a choice you can't refuse."

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"You...are truly an adult."

Although Lan Wu had recognized the identity of the gentleman, Dan Lidou, her attitude did not change much because of this. She just slightly restrained her bad expression and said, "So, what does the boss of Huanmeng Group want to talk to us about? We are very busy and don't have time to talk nonsense here."

"I told you, this is an offer you can't refuse." Tan Lidou tilted his head and looked at Lan Wu in front of him. "Do you feel that your bad identity is sometimes inconvenient?"

"Ah, you mean this? Doesn't that mean there's no choice?"

Lan Wu sighed, feeling as if Tan Lidou was exposing her scars. "Those of us without student status can only become delinquents. Otherwise, what else can we do?"

Just as Lan Wu said, the Steel Helmet Group was originally just a small club formed by students who lost their student status to keep each other warm, but in this city of Kivotos, there are also quite a few students who lost their student status.

These students, who had lost their schools and could no longer receive education, began to grow in number like a snowball, and gradually formed many different communities based on regional divisions and their respective living habits.

Of all the bad girl gangs, the largest is the Steel Helmets. Of course, within the Steel Helmets, different gangs have different names, such as Lan Wu's group, the Jump Jump Steel Helmets, which specializes in hunting resorts.

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"Yes, we really have no other choice now, so we are living such an unhealthy life."

Lan Wu looked at the adult in front of her with annoyance. "What's wrong? You deliberately came in front of me and said these words, are you mocking me? I'm telling you, even if you're the boss of that Huanmeng, I'll still kill you if you make me angry!"

"Hahaha~ You're just a little kid, but you're so violent."

Since Tan Lidou came to talk to Lan Wu, he naturally thought about what he wanted to say to her: "I won't say anything unnecessary, I just want to ask you one question——"

"Are you interested in school and student status?"

Lan Wu uttered a "Ha" in disbelief: "Are you kidding me?"

"Do you believe it or not?"

Looking at Tan Lidou's confident face, Lan Wu wanted to ask a question, but she swallowed it all. Meeting Tan Lidou's gaze once again, Lan Wu used all her strength to say, "You really can do it! I'll do anything you ask me to do!"

The bad guys were once students, and without the protection of the school, although some of them should be living a better life than Arius and Abydos before, many of them are still living in poverty - forming groups to rob convenience stores, becoming thugs for unscrupulous businessmen, etc. Most of them are forced by life.

Lan Wu, with a hovercraft as her base and a group of loyal followers, was considered one of the best among the bad guys. But even so, she still had to worry about her livelihood from time to time.

After all, what can I say... In Kivotos, we would rather go hungry than not pursue our dreams!

"Okay! This is what I want from you!"

Tan Lidou clapped his hands and asked, "How many delinquents do you have under your command?"

"About a thousand people."

Lan Wu, carrying her shotgun, gently adjusted her helmet, which was about to slip off. She had originally planned to buy more supplies for her family today, while her contestant cartridges were still full, but now it seemed that this adult in front of her might want to recruit them all?

"I'm telling you, Boss." Lan Wu thought for a moment before speaking. "Do you know how hard it is to get a student status in Kivotos? If you can't do it, just say so sooner rather than later. Don't get our hopes up. If you can't do it in the end, we'll be mad too."

"Why should you worry about this?" Tan Lidou laughed. "To be honest, it's just a coincidence that I found you. I'm planning to pilot a 're-education academy' and was considering where to find a group of students without school records. You've kind of walked right into my crosshairs."

Tan Lidou snapped his fingers together, promising Lan Wu a bright future. "While you're cooperating with me, I'll cover your food and lodging. And if this 're-education academy' succeeds, you'll have your own student status and school, and you'll be able to completely shed the label of 'delinquent'."

Tan Lidou squinted his eyes at Lan Wu and said, "Or are you just too free and easy and a hopeless person?"

"This...you!" Lan Wu's heart was moved by the first part of the sentence, but the second half almost choked her to death: "Will you die if you don't say the second half?"

"Come! Of course I'll come!" Lan Wu gritted her teeth and stamped her feet: "It's just a re-education school! I'll come!"

Didn't Lan Wu really want to provide a good living environment for her group of delinquents? Using the hovercraft as a base was simply a last resort. And as Dan Lidou said, if you make the right choice once, the rest of the road will be smooth.

Lan Wu ran to inform the rest of her staff. This time, she placed all her hopes on the re-education academy that Dan Lidou had mentioned. Now that she had made up her mind, there was no need to hesitate.

"It looks like things are going well for Mr. Danrito as well."

Nomiya's voice came from behind. Tonight is not only a celebration of the successful conclusion of the first grand event hosted by Abydos, but also a celebration of Abydos' official return to the stage of Kivotos.

"That child's name is... Ranwu, right?" Nomiya watched Ranwu hurried away. "Mr. Danrito, if your plan can be realized, it will be a historic event not only for these children, but for all of Kivotos."

"Whether it's recorded in history or not is a matter of debate. This is directly for the benefit of Huanmeng." Tan Lidou initially hadn't considered that much. "Being recorded in history, being a great benefactor to humanity, is all just empty fame." "These students joining my academy means they'll be permanent members of the Huanmeng Force from now on."

Before they established their own permanent student status and schools, they were a free force, able to be hired by people from other schools, businessmen, PMCs, and the underworld. But once these students joined Danrito's "Re-education Academy," they were completely bound to him.

"This is a long-term business," Tan Lidou said decisively. "There's a lot to come in the future."

"Even so, this is an unprecedented feat." Nomiya smiled, reaching out to hook the hair by his ear and tucking it behind his ear. "As long as you truly achieve it, it will be a great deed worthy of praise from everyone."

With the power demonstrated by the game cartridges during the construction of this resort, expanding it a bit to build a school wouldn't be a difficult task for Danrito. But if building a school is so easy, why hasn't anyone else been willing to do so yet?

"Because a school requires more than just a piece of land. In Kivotos, the most important thing about a school is its 'mystical heritage'."

Danrito reasoned to himself, "Whether it's the Holy Trinity, Gehenna, Millennium, or Abydos, they all have their own mysterious heritage. This is particularly evident within the Holy Trinity and Gehenna."

"A building without any mystery is just a larger dormitory, not a school. So from the beginning to the end, no one has been able to build a 'school'."

He had figured out the rules involved, so now it was easy to deal with.

"The land issue should have a result later." Tan Lidou has planned to purchase a piece of land near Gehena in the name of his own company. Now, Huanmeng Group is negotiating with Gehena, but it is just a matter of course.

"Is that Mr. Danrito planning to buy land?"

Replacing Makoto, the attendee of this "boring business meeting" was Hina, the head of Gehenna's disciplinary committee. Beside her, Ako, the secretary, flipped through the plan presented by Huanmeng's staff and asked in surprise, "You, Huanmeng, are planning to use this land to build a school?"

"Yes, that's what the president meant," the robot employee nodded. "The next investment Huanmeng Group will make is the 'Re-education Project for Unenrolled Students.' This is in line with the company's long-term development and the market conditions in Kivotos."

"Re-education..." Hinata's wings fluttered a few times before folding neatly at her waist, as if relaxing after sitting in the chair for too long. "I understand that Mr. Danrito intends to give those students...enrollment?"

"This kind of thing...is unlikely no matter how you think about it."

Yazi looked at the plan in astonishment. "It's unheard of that this isn't a school, but it can grant students enrollment. This isn't something you can just find a piece of land and build a school on!"

"Our president has his own judgment, so there's no need to speculate."

The company employee who came to negotiate also said with great confidence: "Whatever the president wants to do, he will always succeed. This is why we trust him so much."

"So, your president, Mr. Danrito, is really so sure?"

Hina also became quite interested in Mr. Danrito.

The first time I heard the name of Danrito was when the Sanctuary Tower was in crisis and about to be captured.

However, a day later, the crisis that threatened the entire DU district was resolved, and after that, the name of Danrito became known throughout Kivotos as Xia Lai's successor.

After that, the busy Hina heard the name again, which was the information handed to her by Ako, the intelligence officer, about the establishment of the Dream Group and the increasingly serious conflict with the Caesar Group in the business world.

In just four or five months, he was able to build a business group that could rival the Caesar Group. This made Hina's evaluation of Danrito rise to a higher level.

The last time I heard the name of Danrito was at the signing ceremony of the Treaty of Eden. Xia Lai's successor and the president of Huanmeng participated in this important signing ceremony that concerned the future of the two schools.

According to the information passed on later, Danrito seemed to have played a key role in preventing the conspiracy to overthrow the two academies.

"If that Mr. Danrito did this, I might be able to give him more trust."

Hinata nodded gently and quickly signed her name on the contract. Pushing the land purchase contract forward, Hinata chuckled and said, "By the way, tell your president that if he has time soon, he might as well come to the Disciplinary Committee office for a chat."

"Chairman?!" Yazi was surprised.

"If necessary, I also look forward to Mr. Danrito inviting me."

Hinata felt that Danrito was indeed worthy of her taking time out of her busy schedule to meet him. From both a personal perspective and from the perspective of publicizing the school, befriending Danrito was a completely beneficial thing.

"Okay, I'll pass this invitation on to the president."

Since the contract had been negotiated, the employee stood up and said goodbye, not forgetting to shake hands with Hina.

"The president will come in person to oversee the progress of the retraining academy. I think he'll have time to meet with Ms. Hinata."

After watching the Dream employee leave, Ako turned to her chairman and asked, "Hina-sama, is it really necessary for you to make friends with Danrito?"

"Ya Zi, I thought you would be smarter."

Hinai looked at Ako beside her and said, "You were the one who brought me the information about Danrito. I thought you knew more about this man from Xialai than I do."

"I'm sorry, Hina-sama..."

Yazi lowered her head slightly. "I just noticed that he's accomplished something in business. The Huanmeng Group is now a behemoth, and it's grown rapidly in just a few months. While Mr. Danrito is certainly talented in business, what does that have to do with us, Gehenna?"

Hinai didn't directly answer Ako's question, but just asked him again: "Ako, have you bought any game cartridges from the Dream Group recently?"

"Hey, well... this is also to follow the trend of the school."

Ako didn't expect Hinata to ask such a question, but then he nodded and said, "Yes, I bought some recent new game cartridges."

"Dream's game cartridges are now a trendy commodity throughout Kivotos. Even students from Gehela and Trinity are very interested in them."

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