Famous Figures (Second Update)

Chapter 206: Famous Figures (Second Update)

These military academies did not merely provide ordinary military training. More importantly, many of them, like those founded by the Beiyang Army, offered courses specifically for Reincarnators!

Saint-Cyr Military Academy was France’s finest military academy.

It was also the best training base for mecha skills outside Germany.

It offered not only guidance in mecha tactics, coordination, and operation, but also every aspect of mecha maintenance and upkeep.

Upon returning to the Reincarnation Space, Reincarnation Points could settle mecha maintenance and consumption costs. But in the Mission Space, one had to figure it out oneself. If a mecha broke down, maintaining it was quite troublesome aside from using the expensive repair kits sold by the Space.

Besides that, its traditional military courses were equally outstanding.

Thus, Xu Yue became one of the members sent to study abroad at Saint-Cyr Military Academy.

Accompanying him were Sun Lin of the Kengge Clan, along with several other Beiyang Army members studying abroad.

The Jingyuan would make a circuit around Europe, dropping them off at their respective places of study.

Aboard this warship brimming with a sci-fi feel, there were a small number of other students besides the Beiyang Army members.

But without exception, every overseas student was a Reincarnator!

Boss Wu Pei had been right. In this bizarre world, those who did not become Reincarnators could only ever remain at the very bottom. Even if they climbed upward, they would merely be puppets.

Rather than saying that all overseas students were Reincarnators, it was more accurate to say that only Reincarnators were qualified to study abroad…

"Xu Yue, right? Let me introduce myself. I am Qi Xieyuan. My brother was indebted to you for your care."

Just as Xu Yue stood on the deck, watching the ship leave the harbor at high speed yet with remarkable stability, a somewhat effeminate voice rang out and drew his attention.

A handsome man walked over from the deck. Yet there was always a trace of chilliness between his brows. He appeared to be in his thirties.

After giving it a little thought, Xu Yue knew that the brother he meant was definitely that useless guy who had wanted to snag an overseas-study slot, only for Xu Yue to take it.

It seemed that several of his former teammates had become Elite Reincarnators.

Still, Xu Yue had not expected one of those teammates to be so powerful.

In the real world, people generally concealed their strength. But with Xu Yue’s several sensory enhancements, if he fully unleashed them, he might even be sensed by the Alaya and Gaia of the present world. Even a simple reading could reveal much about someone who lacked special concealment skills.

The man before him might only be an Elite Reincarnator, yet he faintly carried the unique pressure of a Kage-level expert!

(The gap within the Kage level was immense. There was still a clear gulf between an ordinary Kage and a boss-level Kage.)

If a boss possessed strength at this level, it would be perfectly normal. But for an Elite Reincarnator to possess such strength, it could only mean that his talent was extraordinary.

Tsukishiro Jubei of Shogunate Gate, the army’s chief steward, was probably only around elite jonin to quasi-Kage level.

The Japanese prodigy Naraku was considered exceptional precisely because he possessed jonin-level strength while still a Veteran Reincarnator.

By that measure, this quiet, effeminate fellow possessed potential no less than that prodigy’s, and it had already been almost fully realized.

The Beiyang Army’s two most famous geniuses, Young Marshal Zhang Xueyou and the rising star Sun Chuanfang, were also within this tier. There might be differences between them, but they were undoubtedly on the same level.

Qi Xieyuan? Xu Yue vaguely remembered this guy. He was also a historical figure, but compared to Wu Pei, he had no particularly shining achievements. This fellow should be from the Zhili Clique as well, right? His relationships seemed rather complicated…

And besides…

Xu Yue did not sense the other man’s attention resting on him. Instead, Qi Xieyuan seemed much more concerned with Sun Lin, who was not far away and excitedly chasing seagulls across the deck because they had gone out to sea!

For her looks?

Impossible. Sun Lin was indeed quite pretty, but for someone of this level, getting any beauty they wanted was almost effortless.

The only possibility was that he valued the brother behind Sun Lin.

Indeed, Sun Chuanfang had been listed by the army as a core member. His current strength was also on par with that of an ordinary boss, despite still being an Elite Reincarnator!

Yet in comparison, Sun Chuanfang had become a promising prospect valued by both leaders of the Zhili Clique, while Qi Xieyuan remained an obscure nobody except for Xu Yue’s knowledge of him from history. Was it dissatisfaction born from that stark contrast? Or some other reason?

Xu Yue’s thoughts raced. He quickly concluded that the most likely reason Qi Xieyuan had remained unknown all this time was his personality—he had deliberately suppressed his own presence and lurked in the shadows.

And a cold, selfish person like this was unlikely to go out of his way to do anything over a former useless teammate.

It was more likely that he intended to do something to Sun Chuanfang, or rather, to the younger sister Sun Chuanfang treasured most. Using Xu Yue’s side as an excuse was merely his way of opening the matter.

Heh.

An interesting fellow…

Could it be that you had already found your future master?

Although the current era had long been thrown into complete chaos by the Reincarnation Space’s intervention…

The appearance of certain famous historical figures still showed that history could, broadly speaking, serve as some kind of reference.

In the history from before Xu Yue’s transmigration, Qi Xieyuan had unhesitatingly sided with Japan. After Wu Pei refused to work for the Japanese military, Qi Xieyuan had even forcibly led men to abduct his old superior over a toothache. Wu Pei then died of that "toothache."

It was perfectly normal for an effeminate fellow like this to have already defected to Japan, perhaps even gaining his current benefits and strength through that allegiance.

After rapidly making judgments about the purpose behind the other man’s actions, Xu Yue still wore that sunny smile.

"Senior Qi Xieyuan should be one of us from the Zhili Clique, shouldn’t you? Why make things difficult for me over that senior from the Fengtian Clique? Given your insight, you should know that giving this slot to me makes the best use of it."

"Hehe, I dislike slick-tongued newcomers. Don’t worry, I have no interest in personally making things difficult for a newcomer who has only just become an official Reincarnator. As long as you and your companion obediently apologize to me, we can let this go."

Qi Xieyuan continued in that effeminate tone, sounding as though he were being quite magnanimous.

But Xu Yue knew that the man probably understood something of Sun Lin’s somewhat innocent, silly personality.

If Sun Lin had truly seized the slot through her brother’s influence, she might have apologized out of guilt.

But this time, she had earned the slot entirely through her own ability. She had been assigned it because she had obtained a mecha during her very first Promotion Mission.

Apologize under those circumstances?

Not a chance.

Clearly, he had deliberately gauged Sun Lin’s personality before making this demand.

"Space, query: with my current authority, how many points would be deducted if I used force in the real world and killed this guy…"

Second guaranteed update! There will be one more update today as a bonus for average subscriptions… As expected, if I get home early, I can still manage it.