Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Su Shichuan's thoughts scattered, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were many points of doubt in the past life.

Assuming that there are no other factors, the old emperor left the unreasonable last words according to his original intention, which shows that he was aware of Cisse's ambition, so he gave Xifa the right to be regency at the last moment.But this decision cannot be made overnight, it must be the result of long-term weighing. In this case, as a key figure in this, it is impossible for Xifa to be completely ignorant.

But he never mentioned it to himself...

Although there is no strong evidence yet, Su Shichuan suddenly realized that the problems of the imperial family may be more complicated and serious than he could have imagined.Originally, he thought that he had a thorough understanding of the past, but he didn't expect that there was still a "dark side of the moon" that he couldn't touch, and it was related to Xifa.

If you want to understand these in depth, it is far from as simple as using an order taker.

Su Shichuan cleared his mind, and politely said "thank you" to the other party.

The principal's office was on the top floor of the building, and the two walked down a long hallway and into the elevator.

The enclosed space has an excellent sound effect, and a monitoring device is installed in the corner. The receptionist stopped talking about what was there, but stood quietly on the side close to the control panel.

When the elevator reached the top floor, the doors slid open to both sides. The receptionist reached out to block half of the metal doors, but he did not go down, and said to Su Shichuan: "Your belongings have been sent to the teacher's apartment, and the address will be sent to you later. On the communicator, I still have something to do, so I will send you here."

"Thank you." Su Shichuan nodded in gratitude, and then walked out of the elevator.

In front of the principal's office, Su Shichuan stood still and knocked on the door.

There was no response from the person in the room. Instead, the CNC system on the metal door beeped.Su Shichuan understood, pushed the door open and walked in.

The interior of the principal's room is simply furnished, with clean windows. The floor-to-ceiling windows are facing a performance training ground in the center of the military academy. During class time, a class of students there is practicing the use of land-use individual mechas.Connor stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and he didn't turn around when he heard someone enter the door.

"The death river is here?" He said without turning his head.

This title is very unfamiliar. Speaking of which, Su Shichuan did meet this person several times during his school days, but most of them were in formal occasions and had no personal relationship, so this kind of name calling without giving his surname will naturally There was a hint of intimacy.

Su Shichuan stood upright, bowed to the man's back, and said very formulaically, "Hello, Mr. Principal."

Connor turned to look at him, stretched out his hand to say "please", and the two sat down at the front and back of the desk respectively.Connor picked up the teapot and poured tea, and said, "Usually, those who enter the school to teach are the ranks below the colonel officer. You don't need to come here when you are promoted to major general." He poured the tea, pushed one of the cups to Su Shichuan, and then He explained, "But this batch of trainees is special, and the higher-ups value it, so a high-ranking officer must take over."

Su Shichuan lowered his eyes to look at the cup of steaming black tea, raised his eyes again, and the two met.Connor lowered his head and took a sip of the scalding water in the teacup, and said with a smile, "You and your father really look alike, but your eyes follow the good points of your mother."

Calculated by the normal age of human beings, Connor himself is over 160 years old.After the Great Cosmos Era, the average lifespan of human beings has been extended by genetic optimization, and he has just entered old age. Because of proper maintenance, he looks much younger. Except for the slight graying of his temples, he is no different from a middle-aged person.

He had served in the military department, and his qualifications were old. It was not surprising that he had met the former commander in chief.

"Really?" Su Shichuan didn't want to continue this kind of nostalgic conversation, ended with a rhetorical question, and then cut directly to the topic, he said, "You just mentioned that the students are special because there is a member of the royal family among them ?”

What to say to someone, after all, Connor is not a clerical receptionist, and general conversation skills will not work for him.Besides, since an appointment was made for an interview in advance, it is only natural to investigate in private. Now that the Shuangyue Palace is just such a young prince who has just grown up, it is easy to draw a conclusion by associating the two.

Su Shichuan didn't go around in circles, and then answered again: "Is it His Highness the Third Highness?"

"Yeah." Putting down his teacup, Connor leaned back on the armchair, looked at Su Shichuan with a scrutinizing gaze, and said calmly, "You know the current situation. There are frequent activities in the outlying galaxies, and the military's demand for intelligence agents is increasing day by day, and this is a high-risk unpopular profession. So even if there are not many students, you must strictly control them, after all, you must be able to bring Come back with useful news, once exposed, it is better to die outside."

Everyone is an insider, so the words are naturally a little more explicit.

Connor said: "And the teaching time will be shortened accordingly, it is unlikely to graduate as scheduled, you can report to me if you think it is almost done, and I will arrange a graduation practice in due course."

Aside from the initial affirmation of "um", Connor said two things that were completely irrelevant on the surface, but very closely related to the current work.But Su Shichuan understood that the reason why he never mentioned "The Third Highness will enter such a high-risk profession as special warfare" was because the underlying meaning of these words had already been clearly expressed.

That is normal treatment, plus strict scrutiny.

This kind of "equal treatment" on some special targets can actually be equivalent to "slow murder". It will become more obvious after the actual battle.

So Connor kept his words to the point, so as not to fall into the trap of others, he looked at Su Shichuan without blinking to see if he could understand.

Su Shichuan has been struggling in this unfathomable big dye vat of the military headquarters for so many years, what special operations has he not experienced?That thing sounds like a confidential mission, but it sounds like an official assassination order.However, his current precise positioning of himself is a newcomer. The newcomer's thinking is more positive and stubborn, but it will be easier to accept than being too slick. Anyway, in the eyes of the old fox, "stabbing" may be regarded as Only "smart people" need to be cautious about what they use for themselves.

Based on the principle of "the ignorant have no fear", Su Shichuan was silent for a while, and said seriously: "I understand what you mean, sir, the assessment of this year's students will be more difficult, and I can sort out a preliminary plan for you in two days, but—— —" He paused, and then hesitantly said, "The Third Highness is really not suitable for the special warfare major."

Sure enough, Connor smiled knowingly, gave Su Shichuan a look of "you don't understand", thought for a while, and said, "The Third Highness is still young, and his behavior is frivolous. Neither the royal family nor the church have placed any expectations on him. Otherwise, you won’t be sent to the military academy for training, you can see that.”

Su Shichuan nodded without disappointment, Connor was very satisfied with his reaction, after a few seconds of silence, he said: "Imperial Royal Family, there is only one heir who can shine, and the rest are just foils no matter what their identities are. "

"Shi Chuan, do you understand this time?"

……

One month later, when freshmen entered the school in autumn, the special warfare cadets who were supposed to report to the military academy were dropped by an aircraft that deviated from the route.This is a primeval forest south of the Imperial Military Academy, covering an area of ​​hundreds of hectares, and it is a training ground for natural forest landforms.

It just snowed the day before, and sporadic snow foam is still floating. The temperature is as low as minus 500 degrees. The unprepared freshmen are only wearing thin autumn uniforms. Doubt about life, and the aircraft has long since disappeared.

Although the level of freshmen entering the military academy varies, special tactics is the least watery of all majors because of their poor prospects.The freshmen have passed at least three written tests and one interview before enrolling, and they are selected step by step before they are eligible to board the aircraft to fly to Kate Continent.

Although they were resentful at this time, they also understood that in all likelihood, it was a pre-enrollment test, and the degree of difficulty was obvious from the moment they were kicked off the aircraft, and they still had to take part.

The surrounding space of the woodland is open, and the facilities are completely clear at a glance.

The freshmen exchanged glances with each other, and then looked at the only building not far away—the garrison base.

The base is small in size and is mainly used by the leaders of the military academy who hold exercises. Right now, there is a small snow plane parked outside the base. There are guards outside the door, and there is still a warm light in the window.

Obviously, some bastard who planned the additional test must be drinking tea in there waiting for them to airborne!

At the same time, Su Shichuan, who was sitting in the armchair, calmly put down his teacup, took the tablet optical computer with the list of freshmen from the assistant instructor, and swiped the screen absently.

The teaching assistant is also a newcomer to the intelligence department, slightly older than Su Shichuan, and a formal agent, but his military rank is not as high as Su Shichuan's second-generation official.His name has been deleted, and the pseudonym used for coaching this time is Aning.Ah Ning had a youthful face, only 1.7 meters tall, with brilliant curly blond hair, fair skin, big and bright emerald eyes, he stood next to Su Shichuan, not like a teaching assistant, but more like a follower .

The two had not cooperated before, and they have only known each other for less than a week now. Aning has a very cheerful personality. Even when reporting to Su Shichuan, there is always a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, showing a sharp canine tooth when he smiles.

The agent has thousands of faces, this is the side he showed to Su Shichuan.

"Sujiao, you have read the list." Aning bent down and leaned into Su Shichuan's ear, and said softly, "There are a total of [-] newcomers this time, and the assessment results are in the appendix. Except for the third highness, the overall quality of the others It's all good."

Su Shichuan opened the appendix as he said, and found the report card of Sifa Tranze with a clear goal. The scores in the three assessments were all very good, so he didn't go to the interview.

Very well, this is Your Majesty.

Su Shichuan closed the optical brain and returned it to Ah Ning, then picked up the teacup and drank tea. At the end, he ordered: "Distribute the equipment, and I will go out and announce the rules later."

Aning let out a "hey" and quickly put on a wind-resistant cloak, commanding the accompanying military academy staff to move out the military backpack in the corner.

As soon as the door was opened, the dry and cold northwest wind scrambled into the hall.

The sled dog dozing off on the carpet was shivered by the cold, got up and rubbed against Su Zhanchuan's legs, forced his fat body into a lump, and hid under his fur cloak to keep warm.

"Master," Ten Husky Seven sniffed, "It's too cold outside, I'm afraid the CPU will be damaged by freezing, can I stay here?"

Su Shichuan squinted at it, and asked lightly, "What do you think?"

The sad husky was very unhappy, blinked his blue eyes and looked out at the ice and snow, and sighed after a while: "You are too cruel, they are still children, how can they bear it."

The major general raised the corner of his mouth casually when he heard the words, got up and tidied his clothes meticulously, and by the way, he held the dog chain between his fingers, and said, "I just want to send the child home, and I can't even stand the temperature, so I don't have to follow him." I messed up."

"What about the Third Highness?" Shi Qi asked worriedly, he didn't have the nerve to say the second half of the sentence - he seemed the most unbearable.

Su Shichuan was not in a hurry to answer, but folded the dog leash, stretched it hard after relaxing it.The leather surfaces of the chain hit together with a very loud "snap".

Seventeen shivered. In view of the "car in front" one night, its simple intelligent body somehow smelled a shivering smell of shame.

The Major General calmed down and said: "I used to think he was not good..."

Shi Qi tilted his head and looked suspicious: "It sounds like there is 'later'?"

Su Shichuan: "Then I lost the bet."

"Oh, what are you betting on?"

"Can not remember."

-

Memory backtracking, back to that exactly the same snowy day.

At that time, Su Shichuan didn't like Xifa anyway, he just wanted to drive him back intact, and it was best never to appear in front of him again.He threw the newcomers out of the forest like trash, and asked them to return to the military academy alone within three days, otherwise the previous three grades would be invalidated, and the special tactics would never be admitted.

However, the big trouble he wanted to get rid of came to him grandly after the crowd entered the woodland one after another, and kissed him on the right cheek in front of the teaching assistants and staff.

Su Shichuan was thin-skinned and wanted to do it right then.

As a result, the other party was even more shameless, and stretched out his hand to poke his left cheek again, announcing frivolously: "In three days, you have to let me kiss this side."

That's not a bet, it's just that the bastard is too egotistical, and takes his anger and silence as acquiescence.