"Mo Wang, are you really Mo Wang? When did you get so strong?"
Kiana stared at Mo Wang, poking and prodding him left and right, thinking he must have been replaced by an impostor.
"Hey, cut it out. Besides your handsome captain, who else could have a face this dashing?" Mo Wang said, batting away Kiana's wandering hands.
"Pah! So shameless." Kiana shot Mo Wang a look that clearly said, "You punk, when did you get this good?"
"Alright, alright. By my calculations, the Class Monitor should be done by now. Let's get Bronya and Mei out of here."
"Let the Principal deal with the headache of this ship."
As he spoke, Mo Wang hoisted Bronya onto his shoulder.
If you didn't know any better, you'd think he was some mountain bandit who had just kidnapped the chief's wife.
"Huh? The Class Monitor is here too? Where is she?"
Kiana looked around blankly but couldn't see any sign of Fu Hua.
CRASH!
Just then, the wall behind them was suddenly blasted through.
A battered and broken Titan mech came flying in, landing right in front of them.
And Fu Hua casually walked out from the hole in the wall, looking completely at ease.
"Looks like you've taken care of things? Not bad. I was just dealing with some trash over there, took a little time. My apologies."
Both of them stared blankly at Fu Hua.
"Can a Titan mech even be broken into so many pieces?"
Kiana looked at the Titan that had just landed beside her.
It looked like a figurine that had been tortured by a bratty kid during the New Year's festival.
It was smashed into so many pieces it couldn't possibly be smashed any further.
This was the Titan mech, the one the Valkyries called "Daddy ekhem Father Titan" (or Rotan)!
The one that could turn a Valkyrie into paste with a single punch!
And their class monitor had just dismantled it with her bare hands?
Mo Wang silently glanced at the massive pile of Titan mechs behind Fu Hua.
He truly hadn't expected that in just a few minutes, the immortal had managed to dismantle the entire squad of mechs.
As expected of the immortal, right?
Even with amnesia, she was still this formidable.
Both of them silently resolved to never, ever make Fu Hua angry in the future.
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After Mo Wang and Kiana brought the injured Mei and Bronya back to St. Freya, things did indeed calm down considerably.
For Mo Wang, although he had revealed some of his strength this time, the good news was that because of it, everyone on the Hyperion—at least the Valkyries—now temporarily saw him as their captain.
He no longer had to worry about being thrown out as cannon fodder at some unknown point in the future.
Just as a certain great man once said, only with strength can you win the respect of others.
Only with strength do you have the opportunity to make choices.
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: Finally finished the first chapter of the main story. I'm exhausted. I never expected that troublemaker to be so ruthless in the very first chapter.
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: You call that hard? You should be thankful they didn't make you slay a dragon right at the start.
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Yeah, at least it's better than my start. A space station, a run-in with the Antimatter Legion, nearly dying, and then having to fight a dragon on top of all that.
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: Hearing how tough you all have it, I suddenly feel a lot better about my situation. It's just that after finishing the main story, the electricity bill is really killing me.
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: It must be nice. You guys are all starting the main story, and I'm still just going to class.
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: What's up? Hasn't your main story started yet?
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: Nope. But even though it hasn't started, I've noticed our Professor Lev has been acting weirder and weirder lately. Sometimes I see him muttering to himself in secret.
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Oh, looks like your Chaldea is about to go boom. Why don't you just go take out Lev now? A preemptive strike, just kill him!
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: Huh? Me, fight a Demon God? For real? Can I even win?
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: You will win. Squad Member Mo Wang, I order you to eliminate Lev Lainur now. Use your Fist of Personality Correction on him.
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: Don't be ridiculous. Even if Lev hasn't become a Demon God yet, he's still a prodigy who reached the Fourth Rank of magi at the age of 20. With our current strength, unless we go nuclear with the Stellaron, we're guaranteed to lose.
[The Savior of a Certain Human Order]: In the end, it's because we're too weak. When are we going to get a more OP me? Someone from Devil May Cry or God of War would be great. I'd even take someone from Asura's Wrath at this point!
[The Owner of a Certain Video Store]: I think you're dreaming. It's been this long and there are only five of us in this group. Who knows when a new member will even show up, and you're already asking for a top-tier character? Unless some flop author goes crazy, there's no way they're giving you a max-level character to have fun with.
[A Certain Blond from Teyvat]: Forget it, we'll talk about it later. But speaking of which, Slacker, are you sure you'll be okay after showing off your strength?
[The Trash-can King on a Certain Train]: Yeah, yeah. Otto's not going to show up tomorrow and drag you off to be a lab rat, is he?
[The Slacker King of a Certain Hyperion]: Don't say such scary things. Besides, with the Principal around, she'll protect me even if the sky falls, right? And if worst comes to worst, I'll just run off and join World Serpent! I refuse to believe a living person can be backed into a corner like that.
Knock, knock, knock!
Just as Mo Wang was happily chatting with his other selves in his dorm room, a knock suddenly came from the door.
"Who is it at this hour?"
Mo Wang glanced at the time, confused, before opening the door. He found Theresa standing outside, a complicated expression on her face.
"Yo, if it isn't our dear Principal! What brings you to visit a humble slacker like me? Let me be clear, if you're looking for your manga, go ask Kiana. I didn't steal it," Mo Wang said to Theresa, feigning surprise.
"Huh? Did that brat Kiana take my manga again? No, no, no! That's not what I'm here to ask you about."
Theresa sighed, almost getting sidetracked by Mo Wang's nonsense.
"Then what is it? Don't tell me the Principal wants to go on a date with me? Let me say this first: although you're already an adult, and you're definitely my type, there's a pretty big age gap between us. You're older than my mom."
"You idiot!" Theresa's face flushed red as she whacked Mo Wang on the head.
"Stop joking around. My grandfather is here. He wants to see you. You'd better handle yourself," Theresa said, turning her head away.
"Huh?"
Mo Wang stared blankly at Theresa.
Wait a minute, it hadn't even been a full day, and the Overseer had already come for him?
He wasn't really here to turn him into a lab rat, was he?