novelraw Chapter 1621: 1622: Dilemma
Chapter 1621: 1622: Dilemma
Chapter 1621: Chapter 1622: Dilemma
“A gathering, huh? Not bad, let’s go.”
After some thought, Feng Yuan nodded in agreement. When he first heard it was at the canteen, he thought it would be a banquet of sorts, but after thinking carefully, that wasn’t right. If it was really a banquet, no need to mention anything else, but Teacher Lu’s wallet wouldn’t hold up. Besides, why would Teacher Lu throw a banquet for no reason?
With that thought, it was surely just a regular gathering. However, considering that today it involves a group of teachers and the whole grade, Feng Yuan was a bit unsure again, but after pondering, since Dou Yanlan didn’t mention wearing a dress, it shouldn’t be too troublesome.
Seeing Feng Yuan waiting for the bus, Agunas curiously wagged its tail and asked,
“Are you planning to take the bus back?”
“What else? I can’t possibly ride Xiao Ji back to school, Qi Chen and the others wouldn’t be able to keep up.”
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said speechlessly. This wasn’t a joke. Even if Xiao Ji managed to carry him, it’d be barely possible, he couldn’t just leave Qi Chen and the others behind. At the side, Veronia chuckled softly and said,
“It means, you didn’t have it open a door back to school.”
“Forget it, it’s unnecessary, and suddenly opening a door there might attract the security.”
Shaking his head, Feng Yuan said. It’s not like he hadn’t considered it, but with so many new students moving together today, the academy’s alert level would definitely go up, randomly opening a Space Gate could easily cause trouble. Of course, if the academy had recorded the energy fluctuations of Agunas, there might not be a misunderstanding, but Feng Yuan wasn’t quite sure about that.
After all, before this, Agunas hadn’t really opened a Space Gate that people could pass through towards the academy.
Eventually, everyone decided to take the bus back to the academy. Apart from not wanting to trouble Agunas further, it had already opened many Space Gates today. Also, Feng Yuan said he wanted to relive the feeling of squeezing into a bus, though to Qi Chen, Feng Yuan seemed more like he was having a moment. Yet holding Xiao Ji in its Eggshell Chicken form, Feng Yuan found it quite amusing.
Returning to the academy, due to traffic congestion, they arrived much later than expected. Putting Xiao Ji down, Feng Yuan stretched lazily and said,
“Ugh~ still need to head to the canteen, hope it won’t be too troublesome~”
“If you don’t like it, just don’t go. Teacher Lu didn’t require everyone’s attendance.”
Glancing at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen advised. He knew that fellow didn’t enjoy social gatherings, but to this, Feng Yuan just waved his finger and said,
“That won’t do, I’m hoping to recruit a few teammates into the squad~”
Although just the three of them wasn’t impossible, compared to other squads, they were definitely short in number. Proper squads usually had at least 5 members, some even had squads of ten or more people. With only three, they were definitely lacking personnel.
Entering the canteen, the imagined festivity didn’t appear. Feng Yuan and the rest only saw a group of people silently eating, while the teachers were comforting them and talking occasionally. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan asked in bewilderment,
“What are they doing?”
“Looks like they encountered some accident, but with so many people, and it being a patrol task too.”
Pinching his chin, Dou Yanlan was puzzled. After all, if it were really a task gone awry, it shouldn’t involve so many people. Moreover, these were patrol tasks. Even for Feng Yuan today, he wasn’t using the academy’s procedures, otherwise, he would have to report back at the academy. It was because he executed in the manner of an autonomous task that he had to wait for the Special Duty Team to send a formal notice, so the academy would register the data based on what the Special Duty Team provided.
It’s just a patrol task, how could so many people mess up? That’s impossible unless an illegal organization was active near the academy recently. But if that were true, there’s another issue; Feng Yuan executed the task today as a special member of the Special Duty Team. If such a thing happened, all Special Duty Team members would be notified for sure, there was no reason they wouldn’t know.
“No idea, let’s go over and ask.”
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan was puzzled, he truly couldn’t guess what happened. Seeing them approach, Teacher Lu smiled awkwardly and said,
“Seems like we were a bit too hasty; were you guys alright today?”
“Not bad, just helping out the Special Duty Team. What’s wrong with them?”
Feng Yuan asked in confusion, looking at the others. Even Tan Xueluo and Wu Dingwu had their heads hung low, looking dejected. Teacher Lu covered his head with a headache and said,
“Just some small issues. We underestimated, they’re even having issues with patrol tasks.”
“No way? Their abilities should be up to standard unless it’s off-campus patrols. But for now, there shouldn’t be such high demand for patrol tasks.”
Surprised, Feng Yuan looked at the others and said. Although he knew that the Guard and Special Duty Teams were already rotating vacations, after encountering continuous incidents, many were working overly hard, but even so, the demand for daily patrol tasks was not that high.
When he helped Liao Yu and the others handle cases today, he determined there wasn’t any active illegal organization in Maomu City. As for a few instances of severe criminal activity, the Special Duty Team wasn’t often alarmed, so in this situation, if Feng Yuan were to arrange, he probably wouldn’t allocate many people for patrols either.
“Not their abilities, but their actions. They haven’t adapted to the requirements of patrol tasks; they’ve overlooked many suspicious places.”
Shaking his head, Teacher Lu said helplessly. Hearing this, Feng Yuan sneered and said,
“Is that it? Just have someone lead them; people aren’t born knowing everything. If they managed to do patrol tasks flawlessly on their first go, then you’d have reason to worry.”
“What you say is true… ”
“But, if they continue as today, it won’t work, other teachers would complain, am I right?”
Thinking of something, Feng Yuan spoke, and Teacher Lu nodded,
“Actually, we only hope to teach them more. For now, they have to form teams with senior students before executing tasks, although this year it’s a bit different…”
“They need to lead their peers, and for them, it might be really hard.”
Feng Yuan finished Teacher Lu’s words, and the other looked surprised, saying,
“How did you… Is it Yang Hongzhi who told you?”
“Of course not, it was just a guess. In previous years, it was never the case that all students participated in squad activities. Now, it should be for the academy’s resources. However, compared to that, I find whether the academy’s resources can hold on for so long more critical. If the vital exchange items in the credit system become insufficient, the consequences…”
Although Feng Yuan himself didn’t care, he didn’t think others would think the same. With a wry smile, Teacher Lu said,
“You really guessed everything. However, currently, the academy’s resources are just enough for one semester. As for the next semester, based on research at the institute, the resource scarcity issue should alleviate at that time.”
“Next semester will recover? I think you’re too optimistic. If no unforeseen events occur, it might adapt, but it’s not certain yet.”
Hearing this, Feng Yuan said helplessly. Although the two major energy flows are recovering, the culprit hadn’t been found yet. Feng Yuan wouldn’t dare say it won’t happen again. After all, if someone dared to meddle with the energy flow once, they might do it again.
“What you said is true as well, but we can’t just let them waste a year. After all, their resources aren’t abundant either.”
Looking at the students, Teacher Lu sighed and said. It wasn’t just the new students; even the seniors experienced resource shortages to diverse extents, but there wasn’t much the academy could do directly. At least, they absolutely couldn’t distribute resources directly.
“I think, maybe you should first guide a portion, and then let them guide others. Otherwise, as it stands, the squad system might face issues.”
Thinking for a moment, Feng Yuan said. Seeing Teacher Lu pondering his suggestion, Feng Yuan didn’t bother saying more and went to grab dinner with Qi Chen and the others. Coming to, Teacher Lu noticed Feng Yuan’s absence next to him and shook his head helplessly. His suggestion seemed rather feasible.