The instructor's dormitory building was a bit more humble than the dormitory building where the marshals lived.
There were no single rooms in this building, and the protagonists, Wei Shi and Qin Chen, lived in the same dormitory.
Two single beds were neatly laid out.
Ya Xiao retracted his gaze and curved his eyes as he said, "Did Qin Chen go to the training ground?"
Wei Shi passed a cup of tea to Ya Xiao, "Yes, he left for the training camp at six in the morning."
As the instructor's assistant, Wei Shi should have followed Qin Chen to the training camp, but since he was also tasked with investigating the clues of the Seventh Base, Qin Chen had specially sent a sick leave report to his superiors.
As long as it was not necessary, Wei Shi could not go to the training camp for the time being.
After all, assistants only play a supporting role. Some instructors don't even need assistants. Qin Chen can also deal with the new recruits alone.
Ya Xiao nodded. The purpose of his visit this time was to get to know Geping. He didn't chat with Wei Shi for too long. After about half an hour, he made his intention to leave.
"If you have time you can meet me in the butler's lounge."
"May I?"
Wei Shi was a little surprised.
In the butler's lounge, he could get in touch with the butlers of other base marshals. At the same time, he could also listen to a lot of useful clues. Thinking this way, Wei Shi looked at Ya Xiao and felt that there was a light shining behind the other party.
What a great guy.
"Of course."
Ya Xiao curved his eyes. He was quite curious about Geping. During this time, he had a good relationship with Wei Shi so he could inquire about Geping's news.
Both of them could see the satisfied smile in each other's eyes when they looked at each other.
Downstairs, the appearance of the amiable Geping was still in the side of the supply room office. After seeing Ya Xiao and Wei Shi down, he nodded smilingly and got up:
"You need to register when you leave as well."
Ya Xiao signed the form to register the time. After filling out the registration form and handing it to Geping, "Sorry for the trouble."
"It's all right."
"If Old Li was here, he would have just scanned it with the machine, but this time you have to fill out the form. It's their side that's in trouble."
Wei Shi winked at Ya Xiao.
Geping patted Wei Shi's shoulder and said, "I'll tell Old Li about your approval of his work in a while."
As he said that, his eyes paused on Ya Xiao for a moment as if he wanted to say something. His mouth opened and closed slightly, but in the end, he didn't say anything, and the unnaturalness of the moment disappeared very quickly.
If not for the fact that Ya Xiao possessed a demon's innate power of observation, he would never have noticed his abnormality.
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As the black pen was exchanged, Ya Xiao made a point of locking eyes with Geping, "Thanks."
Geping's expression moved slightly, and he smiled after a long while, "You're so polite, you're a good boy."
"Unlike Wei Shi." Geping glanced at Wei Shi who was standing on the side.
"What do you mean, old man?" Wei Shi felt like he had been kicked for no reason, "Just because I come and go every day doesn't mean you can treat me like dirt."
Geping ignored him, nodded to Ya Xiao, and headed back to the supply room.
Wei Shi: ......
"Old man Geping is so petty."
Until he and Ya Xiao walked out the door of the building, Wei Shi was still muttering about Geping.
Ya Xiao curled his eyes and said, "You like Geping a lot?"
At the mention of Geping, Wei Shi's tone carried a bit of closeness and his attitude was casual, a sign that only people who treat people close to them would show.
"Sort of, the old man is interesting."
Wei Shi had a slightly twisted expression, but in the end, he admitted it bluntly.
Geping was just an ordinary logistics officer, an old man with no power in his hands. Wei Shi couldn't even imagine that Ya Xiao was leading his words without a trace.
"He used to be a businessman. Then, because he admired the officers who defended the country, he sold his property, entered the military academy, and became a serviceman."
"So that's it."
Ya Xiao nodded thoughtfully. The main group of protagonists in the plot had talked about Geping's identity, but it was precisely because Geping had such an experience that they never dared to be sure that the collapse of the building had something to do with Geping.
Once out of the building, Ya Xiao parted ways with Wei Shi and turned to the fourth battalion's assembly area.
Every so often, he had to record the TH value of the villain's wrist.
"Fourth Uncle, how's it going over there with Delbo?"
As Ya Xiao walked alone on the road, he suddenly thought of something.
[There is no abnormality.]
The system looked at Delbo, who was teasing Marshal Cheng Di, and couldn't help but be a little skeptical: [Is the villain mistaken? Delbo, this person is a playboy. Apart from occasionally dealing with the rest of the work, he would mostly be gossiping with people or looking for someone to flirt with.]
"I don't know."
The system's answer was within Ya Xiao's expectations.
For years, Delbo had been the marshal of the First Base, and if Fourth Uncle had found out easily that something was wrong with him, Delbo would have stepped down from the marshal's seat a long time ago.
Ya Xiao always felt that the villain must have had his reasons for having Ya Bu spy on Delbo.
As for whether Qin Qi had been deceived by Sheng Cheng and stepped into the other party's trap, Ya Xiao was still a bit uncertain.
However, there was always a way to find out one step at a time.
As long as the point where the building collapsed hadn't happened yet, there was always a chance to satisfy one's curiosity.
"Fourth Uncle, just give me the video footage at night."
Ya Xiao had to work now.
[Okay, host.]
The system was completely fine with it.
Training was a troublesome thing.
While Ya Xiao was recording the TH value, Qin Qi had been frowning as he exchanged the next training program with the several instructors next to him. When the recording was over, Qin Qi still had more things to do.
When it was all over, Ya Xiao returned to his room and pondered over it, realizing with hindsight that throughout the day, he hadn't spent much time with the villain at all and had only sporadically saved up a few demon values.
This was not good!
Ya Xiao instantly developed a sense of urgency for a few moments. He had to scramble to step up his speed and get the crisis resolved. Otherwise, according to the current progress, until the end of the military academy intensive training, he might not even be able to save up enough for a few twenty demon values.
"Fourth Uncle."
The system heard the host's voice and immediately realized what the host meant, directly sending the organized video to Ya Xiao, explaining, [This is the situation on Delbo's side as of now.]
Ya Xiao gave an ok gesture to the system and then he opened the system panel, directly selecting 50x speed playback.
The demon's dynamic vision was very strong, and a high multiplier speed would neither miss things nor maximize time savings.
The images on the screen flashed by at great speed.
Colorful lights and shadows were imprinted on the blue iris, displaying Delbo's every move during the day.
Seemingly seeing something, Ya Xiao pressed pause directly, purposely slowing down and scrutinizing it.
In the video, the peach-eyed Delbo played with Adjutant Lake's fingers, put them to his mouth, and kissed them lightly. Every now and then, he would get close to his ear. Only when Lake's ears were tinted red did he let go of the other party and resumed playing with the other's fingers smiling softly, "This time, coming to the military academy, you didn't intend to bring the butler along with you?"
"Yes, Marshal."
Lake's fingertips curled up, blushing at the teasing, but on the surface, he still calmly returned, "Maybe it's because there are a lot fewer second-tier base butler slots than last year... Ariel seems to be a bit self-doubting lately. She's often absentminded, so I didn't let her come over."
"Is that so?"
Delbo let out a meaningless light laugh as he slowly loosened Lake's fingers.
When Lake's expression was a bit puzzled, Delbo leaned down and kissed the corner of Lake's mouth, "Since baby's butler isn't here, baby should be a bit more careful. If you lose control of yourself, I'll be heartbroken."
The magnetic husky voice with a light smile instantly made Lake feel a little soft.
"It's okay, Marshal. I know that you are concerned about me and that's why you specifically asked me to hire a butler. However, I'm a low-risk taboo person. I won't lose control easily."
On the screen, Delbo heard this and coaxed again in a low voice, low and charming. Lake was so dazed that he was as groggy as if he were drunk and just nodded his head.
Ariel?
Ya Xiao heard Delbo's words and sat cross-legged on the bed. Ariel was Adjutant Lake's butler and the butler representative of the second-tier bases.
If there was no mistake, when he was in the Fifth Base, Ariel, as one of the assassin's accomplices, should have been under surveillance by Qin Qi's people.
To monitor Ariel in the First Base, according to the standard rules, Qin Qi would inevitably notify Marshal Delbo in advance.
If that was the case, then Delbo's unclear smile when he mentioned Ariel just now was also reasonable.
He pressed multiply speed playback again and waited until he reached a certain point, then carefully watched it again.
At that moment, all three marshals of the second-tier bases were present on the screen.
"Little Cheng Di, why didn't you wait for me?"
Delbo's peach blossom eyes lit up much brighter as soon as he saw the pale Cheng Di.
Marshal Cheng Di was nervously biting his fingers. Upon seeing Delbo, he immediately took a step towards Marshal Guwen next to him.
"Why would we wait for you?"
Cheng Di frowned mercilessly, then looked at Marshal Guwen, speaking a little fast as if he wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible, "Senior Guwen, what should we do now with our second-tier bases?"
Originally, they had discussed wanting more recruits before the meeting, but the result was no different from previous years.
"It is indeed a problem."
Guwen frowned, "Currently, things are a done deal. The recruit battalions of our three bases have already been confirmed to be 1, 3, and 7. All we have to do now is just to train the recruits. As their border base marshals said, in the end, it's still the border that's a bit more important."
"Guwen has a point."
Delbo nodded with approval then he put his arm on Cheng Di's shoulder and squeezed it as if he was intentionally trying to pacify Cheng Di, his immodest voice still carrying a smile.
"Little Cheng Di, don't be afraid. Although we are worried that the border bases will once again have accidents like the Seventh Base, we still need to trust them a little more."
"After all, it's the border that has the most taboo people."
Cheng Di didn't have much of a reaction at first but when he heard the last sentence, he paused for a moment with a somewhat trance-like expression, "Right, the border bases clearly have the most taboo people, yet they still failed to guard the border."
If it weren't for their incompetence, the second-tier bases wouldn't have lost so much combat power when the Seventh Base was destroyed and even came close to affecting the people within the bases.
"They were the ones who failed us first. We just wanted more recruits to defend ourselves."
Cheng Di seemed to be a bit agitated.
The serious Guwen on the side also seemed infected by his companion's emotions and was as silent as a statue.
"Alright, there's no point in talking more about this matter." Guwen took a deep breath and said in a calm voice, "We need to bring our own soldiers now. That's the most important thing."