Chapter 66: Withdrawal from School
Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Karai
Little kit shook out his fur. His pair of dark, shiny eyes stared straight at Yun Yingzhi. The little egg spun half a circle, bouncing and hopping, the thumping sounds a bit loud. Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids twitched wildly. The little kit was looking at him, the little egg was also looking at him, and he understood exactly what they wanted.
In the past, Yun Yingzhi had always wanted General Yun and Madame Yun to praise him. His parents’ praise was something he still hadn’t received even now. Therefore, even though he felt completely overwhelmed in this situation, he still had to force himself to compliment the two Little Buns. Especially since, according to the audience, when the two Little Buns had followed Yun Yinghui into battle before, they only went onstage and then came off crying. Yun Yingzhi patted their two little paws as if applauding—an old habit—and said, “Da—?”
He froze and quickly corrected himself into human speech. “Jiaojiao, Taotao, you two were amazing! Seriously amazing!”
His voice in his second form sounded very childish; he had no control over that. After praising them, Yun Yingzhi used his two little paws to clap for the two Little Buns again.
Immediately, the two Little Buns floated with pride. The little kit swayed his small head back and forth. In order to hear more praise from Daddy, he looked toward the three enemy esper soldiers with a ferocious glint. Truthfully, the little kit was still far too young, his strength very limited, and the esper soldier who had been slammed to the ground got up again.
Little kit’s body trembled, his pupils shaking, and he immediately ran da-da-da toward the little egg. The little egg swiftly rolled into the little kit’s arms.
Then… Yun Yingzhi witnessed a scene like this. The little kit hung on the little egg’s eggshell like a bunny pancake. Little egg rolled his egg body forward, and one bunny cub plus one egg cub recklessly rolled their way toward the three enemy esper soldiers.
Yun Yingzhi, along with everyone watching this 3V3 match—including the three enemy esper soldiers—collectively produced a mental question mark. No one understood what the two Little Buns were trying to do.
However, they found out quickly. The little egg used his space ability. It had inherited a very high-level spatial ability from Elvis. If one wasn’t careful, it was easy to overlook the source fluctuation when he activated his ability.
The team of Yun Yingzhi and two Little Buns gave off an impression of utter weakness. With such strong visual deception, the three enemy esper soldiers hadn’t bothered to guard themselves seriously against a big rabbit and two tiny cubs from the start. So little egg’s spatial ability dropped down, directly enveloping the three enemy esper soldiers—along with himself and little kit. The next moment, with one spatial teleportation, they all landed together in the audience seating.
The three esper soldiers wore identical expressions of shock. By the time they reacted, they had already hit the ground. Clearly, the two Little Buns knew the arena rules: the moment someone left the battlefield boundary, it counted as a loss. These two Little Buns were clever little fighters.
At that moment, everyone also saw the little kit’s esper—this was also Yun Yingzhi’s first time seeing the little kit’s true fire-type ability. Little kit hugged the little egg, a sea of flames burning beneath his feet. The important part was: the two Little Buns had not touched the ground.
Leaving the arena boundary didn’t count as a violation as long as they didn’t land. Little kit hugged the little egg with one paw, used his other little paw to poke his own cheek, then poked the little egg’s eggshell, and finally stuck out his tongue at the enemy esper soldiers, as if making faces.
Yun Yingzhi was impressed. The Little Buns’ ability to learn was simply too strong. Never mind that they knew the rules so well—little kit had even learned how to make faces. Good things weren’t guaranteed to stick, yet the moment something mischievous appeared, he learned it instantly.
The audience burst into laughter. Little kit held the little egg boldly and confidently, stepping across a floating bridge of fire midair. Just like one of Yun Yingzhi’s alternate identities, the Blazing Divine Rabbit, he da-da-da charged toward Yun Yingzhi. The flaming bridge vanished, and the two Little Buns successfully leaped into Yun Yingzhi’s arms.
The referee’s voice rang out excitedly, “This 3V3 match was absolutely stunning! The usually timid Jiaojiao and Taotao, who always backed out crying in previous rounds, actually carried their salted-fish rabbit dad to an easy victory!” The cheers from the crowd grew even louder!
Voices like “Let the two little bunnies spin together again!” “I want Little Buns who can help me win too!” “Hurry! Schedule the rabbit-and-egg duo for the next match!” all poured into Yun Yingzhi’s ears.
Yun Yingzhi felt like he was going to fall apart. He didn’t think his human form was appropriate for the moment, but staying in his second form while holding the two Little Buns wasn’t appropriate either.
Regardless, he needed to run. His second form was even faster than his human form, so holding the two Little Buns, he bounded away from the arena within a few leaps.
Inside the Yaoming Battle Arena, projection screens hung from every direction, replaying the two Little Buns’ highlight moments. A rabbit in a diaper, and an egg in a diaper. Honestly, it was normal. The two Little Buns were the traffic magnets of the Loos Empire.
Once he had escaped the arena, he found a corner to shift back into human form and tucked the two Little Buns into his jacket. The originally hyperactive Little Buns had calmed down because they had just finished a battle, and they now behaved unusually well.
Just then, Yun Yingzhi received a private message from Yun Yinghui. Following the address in the message, he struggled to sneak past the crowd hunting for the rabbit-and-egg duo, carrying the temporarily obedient Little Buns toward the high-V lounge.
Soon after, under the coordination of Yun Yinghui and Elvis, he successfully entered the lounge. The two Little Buns crawled out of Yun Yingzhi’s jacket. Little egg dove toward Yun Yinghui, while little kit stepped on flames and patted Elvis as a greeting. However, when Elvis tried to hold him, the little kit immediately bolted back into Yun Yingzhi’s arms like a frightened little bunny.
Yun Yingzhi sat on the sofa, trying to steady himself, looking utterly drained. Elvis poured him a glass of water. Yun Yingzhi accepted it, drank, and continued calming down. The two Little Buns looked at Yun Yinghui, gesturing and hopping as they bragged about their shining performance in the previous match.
Suddenly, a knock came at the door. The one who entered was Nangong Qing. The two cheerful Little Buns saw someone unfamiliar and simultaneously retreated back into Yun Yingzhi’s jacket, leaving only two tiny pointy heads peeking out as they secretly observed Nangong Qing.
More and more people gradually entered. The two little pointy heads disappeared entirely. Shan Junyu and the others looked at Yun Yingzhi with regret. Nangong Qing quietly told Yun Yinghui to coax the two hidden Little Buns out since they all wanted to hold them.
Yun Yinghui looked at them and said, “Jiaojiao, Taotao.”
The two Little Buns hiding in Yun Yingzhi’s jacket wiggled, but judging by their behavior, they didn’t intend to come out.
Yun Yinghui added, “Uncle will take you into a group battle, okay?” After a pause, he continued, “A 25V25 battle.”
No one knew whether the two Little Buns understood, but they crawled out of Yun Yingzhi’s jacket and dove into Yun Yinghui’s instead. Little kit perhaps felt insecure, because he crawled out again, hugged Yun Yinghui’s ear with both tiny paws, and began babbling.
Yun Yinghui responded softly, his gaze full of affection.
Next, Yun Yingzhi watched helplessly as one older brother and sister after another came into the lounge. The number of people already exceeded twenty-five. Everyone discussed it among themselves, forming a line so that anyone could team up with the wildly popular two Little Buns for a group battle.
By this time, the two Little Buns were no longer afraid of strangers at all. Each cub claimed one of Yun Yinghui’s shoulders.
A twenty-five–person team was successfully formed. Except for Yun Yingzhi and the two Little Buns, everyone wore hats and masks, as if their identities absolutely couldn’t be seen. Yun Yingzhi also wanted to wear a mask and hat, but he felt it would be overly pointless. His secret identity had already been exposed. If he deliberately put on a hat and mask now to disguise himself, it felt even more conspicuous. After thinking for a moment… He gave up.
Once the team was formed, everyone waited for the match to queue. The queue result appeared very quickly. This was the first twenty-five–person match for Yun Yingzhi and the two Little Buns at the Yaoming Battle Arena. The spectator seats were completely full, with people on all sides shouting their names: Battle Cubs! Battle God Rabbit! Blazing Divine Rabbit father-and-children trio!
Yun Yingzhi’s expression collapsed completely. He looked like he couldn’t take it anymore. The battle began. Yun Yingzhi had absolutely no chance to perform and spent the match being carried to victory. That day, everyone queued for seven group battles with the two Little Buns. Only when the two Little Buns wobbled from exhaustion did they finally decide to leave the Yaoming Battle Arena. The group returned to the villa in the Yunhai District and held a small celebration party.
The two Little Buns could not be separated from Yun Yingzhi at all. Whenever Yun Yingzhi was away from them for more than ten minutes, the clingy pair would start fussing. Yun Yingzhi had no choice but to take the two Little Buns wherever he went.
At the beginning of February, the finals of the Starshine Competition began. The competition required creating a well-balanced source weapon. Yun Yingzhi participated from beginning to end with the two Little Buns by his side.
In mid-February, a piece of news swept across the entire empire: on the front lines, a limited spatial esper created by one main controller with countless attached sub-constructs had covered more than half the battlefield, directly severing the connection between the Insect Emperor and the zerg, throwing the zerg army into chaos.
That same day, the final round of the Starshine Competition ended. All submitted source weapons entered the testing phase, with final evaluation scheduled for the twenty-first by livestream.
On February 20th, the isolated spatial field enveloped the entire Imperial Star. The Source Weapon Association announced that the creator of this spatial source weapon was Yun Yingzhi. Moreover, the limited-space source weapon had been created by Yun Yingzhi during the preliminary round.
Netizens immediately realized why Yun Yingzhi hadn’t handed over that source weapon during the preliminaries—because the situation at the time hadn’t allowed it.
On February 21st, the best-performing source weapons of the Starshine Competition were showcased through livestream. Yun Yingzhi’s wood-type level-eight source weapon shocked everyone. Both the official judges and the online voters ranked him first—undisputedly first.
This source weapon had been made by Yun Yingzhi for Wei Yuanqing and suited him perfectly. A level-eight source weapon maker under the age of twenty was truly a genius among geniuses. As StarNet users said, it was expected of a super genius with SSSS-level mental power.
One question circulated everywhere: General Yun, Madame Yun, and those two busybodies Admiral Huai and Madam Huai… were they regretting anything now? Before the award ceremony of the Starshine Competition, Yun Yinghui sent people to the Yunhai villa to style and dress Yun Yingzhi.
Yun Yingzhi was already good-looking, and after styling, he was stunning. That day, he went to receive the competition trophy with the two Little Buns. As a combat-department student of Fansa Academy, Yun Yingzhi won first place in the Starshine Competition for Fansa Academy.
Even though many had suspected it, confirming that Yun Yingzhi was the champion still shocked the entire academy. It was the first time Fansa Academy had ever won the Starshine Competition since its founding. Students of the source-weapon-making department felt extremely conflicted. Life, truly, was full of the unexpected. Never had they imagined this outcome.
They had worked so hard to win the Starshine honor for Fansa Academy—and hadn’t succeeded. Instead, a combat-department student had done it.
At the end of February, the students who had gone through the Academy trials returned. Rumors spread that the Yun family’s only daughter had a huge fight with Madame Yun and ran away from home. Yun Yingyao didn’t come to find Yun Yingzhi, but she mailed him many small gifts—mostly powdered milk and ridiculously fancy diapers.
The two Little Buns saw the variety of diapers and clearly took them as decorative items, excitedly rolling around on top of them.
At the beginning of March, Fansa Academy resumed classes. Yun Yingzhi checked the online discussions about himself. Even though the “Scumbag on Earth” incident had happened over a month ago, the topics surrounding him were still ranking high.
The shame was real, but the evolved Yun Yingzhi thought, as long as he wasn’t embarrassed, the embarrassed ones would be others. For the sake of his studies, his diploma, and his goal of becoming a general, he overcame his shame and decided to face his teachers and classmates and attend class normally.
By this time, the two Little Buns had been born for more than three months. They were far too energetic now. There was no way he could bring them to class with him. So if he wanted to continue school, there was only one solution. The two Little Buns had to be able to leave Daddy.
With that in mind, on the first day of school, Yun Yingzhi slipped out while the two Little Buns were still asleep, informed Yun Yinghui, and ran straight to Fansa Academy. The moment he entered the academy, the students who hadn’t seen him in a long time instantly surrounded him.
Yun Yingzhi’s cheeks and neck burned red, and he felt as if steam were coming off him. What let him breathe a little easier was that no one asked him directly about what happened between him and Elvis. Some wanted to commission a source weapon from him, while others asked about the two Little Buns—was he planning to take them with him to school?
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched hard. He had a sudden, vivid premonition that if he really brought the two Little Buns along, they might end up plucking him bald.
Yu Feiwen and the other three roommates pulled Yun Yingzhi out of the crowd, helping him escape his overly enthusiastic classmates. The group ran to a relatively quiet place. Maybe because they sensed the trio’s hostility, the other students didn’t follow; instead, they watched Yun Yingzhi secretly from a distance.
Yu Feiwen gave him a reproachful look and said, “Yingzhi, you never told us you were actually the Blazing Divine Rabbit!”
Ji Xiaobo and Jing Haomiao chimed in. Yun Yingzhi felt a little embarrassed and explained, “I didn’t hide it on purpose. At the beginning, General Yun and Madame Yun didn’t allow me to go into source weapon development. Later on, my disguise was something I thought would never get exposed, but the name I chose was too embarrassing. Now I regret it a lot.” To people who didn’t know better, it made him look like some melodramatic teen.
The three immediately imagined it and felt that they could use their toes to dig him an entire castle out of sheer secondhand embarrassment. They stopped giving him a hard time and began telling him about everything that had happened recently.
Suddenly, a familiar voice drifted into their ears. The four of them turned instinctively and saw Huai Boshe, who looked haggard and worn out. Yun Yingzhi frowned, his gaze full of disdain. Yu Feiwen and the other two immediately stepped in front of Yun Yingzhi protectively.
Huai Boshe said, “Yingzhi, I want to talk to you in private.”
Yun Yingzhi took a step back. “You and I are not on terms where we can have private conversations.”
“Yingzhi, give me a chance,” Huai Boshe said. Yun Yingzhi shook his head. “I’m not willing, and I don’t want to.” He paused and added, “Huai Boshe, let me be clear: I despise you and Madame Huai. In my eyes, neither of you are decent, caring, or moral people. Huai Boshe, have you ever thought about this? If I didn’t have SSSS-level spiritual power, if I didn’t have the talent for source weapon crafting—if Jiaojiao and Taotao were just ordinary children—what would’ve happened to me when Madame Huai spread my situation around so recklessly?” A cold smile curved his lips. “I will never forgive you, nor will I forgive Madame Huai.”
He turned to leave, but Huai Boshe grabbed his wrist. Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched violently. His fist was already clenched. “Yingzhi, I like you,” Huai Boshe said.
There were many others secretly watching from afar. Their shock wasn’t because someone confessed to Yun Yingzhi—that was hardly unusual. What shocked them was that someone would confess after the whole situation with Elvis. Were they truly that in love, or truly that suicidal?
“No,” Huai Boshe said, “Yingzhi, I don’t think this should be called liking. It’s love. I love you.”
Yun Yingzhi paused. “Then I think your liking—or your love—is really cheap.” He jerked his hand, trying to shake off Huai Boshe’s grip.
“Yingzhi, I hope you’ll listen to my explanation,” Huai Boshe pleaded. Source waves rippled around Yun Yingzhi. He had no intention of listening. All he wanted to do was attack him. Not just Yun Yingzhi—Yu Feiwen and the others felt that surge of power and prepared to jump in as well. Living at Yun Yingzhi’s side had taught them one thing. If you can throw hands, don’t waste time talking.
But before Yun Yingzhi attacked, Huai Boshe said, “When I was very little, I already liked you.”
Yun Yingzhi didn’t react. “Yingzhi, we grew up together—me, you, and A’Yao. We all grew up together. Do you remember? From the time we were small, I was always watching you. I could only see you. My eyes never left you, not once.”
Yun Yingzhi thought back carefully. It wasn’t important to him anymore, but… It seemed to be true. Back then, Huai Boshe always stared at him. No matter what he did, Huai Boshe’s eyes followed him. But whenever he argued with Yun Yingyao, Huai Boshe would always take Yun Yingyao’s side.
“My mother always told me A’Yao was wonderful,” Huai Boshe said. His voice trembled with pain. “Her words confused me. I mistakenly believed the person I liked was A’Yao.”
Someone hiding in the shadows sucked in a sharp breath. What kind of tangled emotional drama was this? Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched again. This was the last thing he wanted to deal with in front of a crowd. And to think—he had even secretly dated Huai Boshe for a while. Back then, he had thought he wouldn’t care if everyone found out. Right now… He cared a lot.
“Yingzhi, from the past until now, the only one I’ve really liked is you,” Huai Boshe said. “I know you don’t like His Highness Elvis. And I don’t care that you have Jiaojiao and Taotao. Yingzhi, will you give me another chance?”
Yun Yingzhi couldn’t hold back anymore. He attacked. Yu Feiwen and the other two charged right after him. Huai Boshe was forced to dodge.
A whole group of students took advantage of the chaos and rushed in, each of them finding an opening to confess to Yun Yingzhi. One after another insisted they didn’t care that he was a scumbag, nor did they care that he had Jiaojiao and Taotao. They only hoped he would give them a chance!
The entire scene descended into utter chaos. Before the student enforcement squad arrived, Yun Yingzhi used the confusion to land a heavy punch on Huai Boshe’s face. “Huai Boshe, I think there’s something seriously wrong with you.”
Missing out was a blessing for life. He was grateful he had been able to miss out smoothly; otherwise, Huai Boshe might’ve ruined his entire future.Yun Yingzhi thought his luck was pretty good—he had discovered Huai Boshe’s true nature early on, so there had been no drawn-out mess afterward.
After escaping the chaos, he immediately received contact from the school. On one hand, the academy expressed gratitude for the honor he had brought to Fansa Academy. On the other hand, they hoped he would transfer from the combat department to the source weapon manufacturing department.
Yun Yingzhi refused outright. His dream was to become the Empire’s top marshal. He wanted to fight for his future! Under the principal’s exasperated gaze, Yun Yingzhi walked out of the office.
At the same time, a message from Yun Yinghui came in. The two Little Buns had woken from their nap and found that Yun Yingzhi wasn’t home. At first they cried for their dad. Later, one refused to eat, drink, or have his diaper changed, while the other curled up into a silent, withdrawn little bundle.
Yun Yingzhi realized that although he wanted to attend school normally… that idea might be—Extremely difficult.
After receiving the message, he had no choice but to request leave and rush home. Once the two Little Buns saw their father who had been “missing” for a few hours, they immediately pounced on him with frosty indignation. They refused to say a single word to him, no matter how he coaxed them, and stayed mad the entire time.
Though the little kit at least agreed to drink milk and have his diaper changed again.
This went on for several days. With the two Little Buns’ condition clearly off, Yun Yingzhi had no choice but to take a leave of absence from school. Academics were important—but the mental well-being of the two Little Buns, especially ones who hadn’t even transformed yet, was far more important. Yun Yingzhi had no choice but to replan his life.
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