After Yu Ran returned to school, he continued to act as a diligent student. Although the identity of "student" could give him the best cover, it also brought a lot of inconvenience to his actions because he had to attend classes on time from Monday to Friday at the Guidance College and could only go out on weekends.
He couldn't study in the Guide Academy for two years like ordinary students. He had to speed up his studies and graduate as early as possible so that he could make the next plan. Fortunately, the "Growth Guide" personality he created at the beginning helped him a lot. He had the final say on the speed of improving his mental power.
Recently, Teacher Ai Qi discovered that every time she used her mind tentacles to enter Yu Ran's mental picture, the area of the picture was expanding. For example, there was an extra forest yesterday than the day before, and there was an extra large grassland today than yesterday...
Ai Qi was pleasantly surprised and reported this discovery to Xie Shiyi: "Dean, Yu Ran has made rapid progress recently. The area of his mental picture has doubled. Moreover, the content of his mental picture is becoming more and more complex. I estimate that his mental power has been upgraded to Grade B."
Xie Shiyi was very surprised: "He has been in school for less than three months, and his mental strength has been improved to B level?"
Ai Qi said: "Yes, compared to the C-level guides in the class, he is already far ahead."
Xie Shiyi called Yu Ran to the principal's office alone, and stretched out his white thought tentacles into Yu Ran's mental picture to examine it carefully - during this period of time, Yu Ran's mental picture had indeed changed a lot, it could be said to be completely new.
At first, his vision was just a simple lake, with clear water and nothing around it. Now, the lake is full of green water plants, the trees around the lake are full of vitality, and there are vegetation and flowers on the ground - his mental vision is no longer a C-level lake, but a small park, with the lake as the center and the boundaries expanding to the surrounding areas.
Xie Shiyi retracted his tentacles and said, "Yu Ran, your mental power has reached level B."
Yu Ran said excitedly: "Really? I also feel that I have become more and more proficient in using the mind tentacles recently. They seem to listen to me very much. The little white fox has also become energetic and is no longer as sleepy as before."
Xie Shiyi smiled and said, "Congratulations, you are growing really fast. From now on, I will personally tutor you in your self-study classes."
Teacher Ai Qi was in a complicated mood. She was a B-level treatment guide, and was more than qualified to teach C-level students. However, Yu Ran's mental strength was not much different from hers, so she could no longer guide Yu Ran. It was a good thing for Yu Ran to be guided by the dean himself, and she was very happy for him.
Yu Ran looked at Teacher Ai Qi and said gratefully, "Thank you for your help during this period."
Ai Qi smiled and patted his shoulder: "You're welcome, this is what a teacher should do. I have taught so many C classes, and you are the smartest, most hardworking, and most promising student I have ever taught. I believe you will grow into an A-level or even S-level guide in the future. Keep up the good work."
Yu Ran nodded vigorously: "I will!"
Xie Shiyi said, "Aiqi, Yu Ran will still be the monitor of Class 107. He will take the theory classes with everyone else. Please ask for leave for the practical classes and I will help him. You should come up with a reason to explain to your classmates. Don't reveal the fact that Yu Ran's mental strength has improved for the time being."
Ai Qi said: "I understand."
Growing guides are rare to find, and Xie Shiyi attaches great importance to Yu Ran's training. He will personally teach the future practical courses - he has a strange premonition that this serious and hard-working student in front of him may really grow into an S-level guide, or even become a legendary figure like Professor Mo Wei.
Such a good seed cannot be wasted.
***
Next, Yu Ran attended theoretical classes with the students in Class 107 every morning, and in the afternoon he went to the spiritual meditation classroom, where Dean Xie personally gave him practical lessons. This way, it made sense that he would improve faster.
During this time, he had been waiting for Adeline's superior to contact him.
As a result, after the chip was handed over, there was no response. Yu Ran could not act rashly and could only wait patiently.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
On March 30, Yu Ran suddenly received a call from the security booth at the gate. A young girl's voice came from the other end of the phone, and she said excitedly: "Ran Ran, are you in school? Come to the school gate to find me. I'm here to see you."
Yu Ran was stunned for a moment: "Who are you?"
The other party said: "I am your sister, don't you remember me?"
Yu Ran: “…”
He didn't have a sister at all. However, he quickly figured out who the other person was, hung up the phone, changed his clothes, and turned around to go out.
At the gate of the Guidance College, a girl in a blue dress waved excitedly at Yu Ran: "Ran Ran!"
—Rong Yingying, the girl whose legs were bitten off by monsters at B73 base, Yu Ran’s “cousin”.
Yu Ran walked over quickly and pretended to be excited and asked, "Sister? Why are you here?"
Rong Yingying smiled and said, "I came to the Capital Planet to see you. My legs have been in the treatment cabin for a few days, and after two months of rehabilitation, they have now fully grown back. Look, are they the same as before?"
Yu Ran looked at her brand new legs and said with relief, "That's great."
Rong Yingying put her arm around his shoulders affectionately: "Let's go, sister will treat you to dinner."
Her face was full of smiles, and she looked at Yu Ran with very kind eyes, but Yu Ran always felt that there was something weird in that smile - she was being mentally controlled.
There was a taxi parked not far ahead, and Yu Ran followed Rong Yingying into the car without making a sound. The driver in the front seat was wearing sunglasses, so his face could not be seen clearly. Rong Yingying and Yu Ran sat together in the back seat.
The moment the car started, a floating baffle in the back row suddenly rose up, and all the surrounding windows lowered their opaque sunshades. Yu Ran's eyes suddenly became dark, and he could not see the scenery outside the window at all.
Yu Ran said coldly: "Where are you taking me?"
The driver in the front seat said in a deep voice: "Go meet the person you want to meet."
—It turned out to be Adeline’s superior who sent someone to contact him.
Yu Ran quickly calmed down. He tried hard to remember the path the vehicle had taken. However, the girl next to him, who had been calling him "Ranran" affectionately, suddenly took out a syringe and quickly inserted the needle into his arm. Within five seconds, Yu Ran completely lost consciousness.
This is a special anesthetic for guides, which can make them fall into sleep quickly.
No matter how powerful his brain is, it's useless if he falls asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Ran slowly opened his eyes from his coma.
He looked around warily and found himself sleeping on a chair in a church-like secret room, with a man wearing a patterned mask sitting on the steps.
Seeing Yu Ran wake up, the man said in a soft mechanical voice: "Thank you for your hard work in bringing you here in this way. I hope you don't mind."
Yu Ran did not bring any eavesdropping or tracking equipment with him, and he only came out in a simple school uniform. Because he knew that if he exposed himself in front of this highly alert "big fish", he would have no way out. Moreover, the person in front of him might not be the leader of the organization, but more likely a subordinate sent by the leader to contact him, or a substitute.
Yu Ran quickly calmed down. He rubbed his aching head, stood up from his chair, walked up to the other party, and said respectfully: "I understand - after all, there are too many people investigating you. You have to maintain your mystery and not reveal your identity and whereabouts."
The other party nodded and said, "I'm glad you understand. From now on, we will continue to meet in this way."
The other party said, "I got it. You did a great job. You are worthy of being the guide I chose."
Yu Ran asked: "What are the instructions for the next step?"
The mechanical voice slowly said: "Our research has reached a very critical stage. Now we are still short of an S-class sentinel as a sample... What do you think of Lu Zexuan?"
Yu Ran's heart tightened, but he remained calm on the surface and said lightly: "Lu Zexuan is a soldier with a strong sense of justice. An S-class Sentinel that has evolved the ability to fly is not easy to deal with. Moreover, he leads an elite special forces team composed entirely of A-class Sentinels, and those members are very loyal to him."
Yu Ran changed the subject and chuckled, "Unfortunately, his spirit body is not very smart. He only wants to play with my fox all day. The match between him and me is as high as 98%. He is no longer wary of me. If I take action, I may be able to deal with him."
Yu Ran looked at the other person and asked seriously, "Do you want to use him as an experiment?"
The mechanical voice said: "Yes, you really get it right away."
Yu Ran: “…”
Their experiment was so crazy that they wanted to target S-level sentinels. This meant that the number of samples of A-level, B-level, and C-level sentinels was sufficient. The sentinels that had gone berserk recently might have been the result of a failed experiment. After getting the key data from Yu Ran, they improved the experimental plan. It seemed that the experiment targeting sentinels below A-level had been successful.
What on earth were they going to do? Yu Ran shuddered at the thought of their horrible plan.
The other party continued, "You have performed very well in these missions. If you can successfully control the S-class sentinel Lu Zexuan next time and let him replace his father as the leader of the Falcon Corps... then the entire Falcon Corps can be used by us."
Yu Ran pretended to ask casually, "You have sent people to other legions as well, right?"
The other party said calmly: "You don't need to know too much."
Yu Ran nodded simply: "Okay. Then what should I do?"
Rong Yingying appeared from the secret room next to her, smiling, holding a delicate tray with a bottle of white pills on it. She looked at Yu Ran with a kind and gentle gaze, but the girl had the same expression from beginning to end, as if it was frozen.
Yu Ran took the pill and looked at the masked man.
The other party patiently explained, "This medicine, when dissolved in water, will immediately become colorless and tasteless. Lu Zexuan has submitted an application to the military, allowing you to join the Falcon Special Forces as his companion and become his team guide. Next, you can stop hiding your abilities, graduate from the Guide Academy as soon as possible, and join the Falcon Special Forces to follow Lu Zexuan."
"I'll give you three months to feed him this bottle of medicine."
"The senses of an S-level sentinel are very sharp. To control him, you need to proceed step by step. You cannot let him discover your undercover identity. When the drug accumulates to a certain peak, he will immediately go berserk. You can then seize the opportunity to invade his mental world, destroy his vision, conquer him - and make him your puppet."
"The guide is the best beastmaster. The sentinels are supposed to follow our instructions, don't you think?"
Yu Ran thought seriously for a moment, nodded and said, "You are right. Those stupid sentinels have more fragile spiritual worlds than each other. They go berserk and distorted at any time, causing us endless troubles. If we can control them, the world will be much more peaceful."
"...Yes." The mechanical voice laughed strangely, "Then it depends on your performance next."
"You saved my life. I will be loyal to you and will not let you down." Yu Ran bowed respectfully to the other party. The next moment, Rong Yingying came to Yu Ran with an anesthetic needle. Yu Ran was too lazy to let her do it, so he snatched the anesthetic needle from her hand and stabbed it into his own arm.
Rong Yingying: “…”
The girl was stunned for a moment, then continued to smile at him.
Before passing out, Yu Ran looked at the masked man and promised, "Within three months, I will bring an obedient Lu Zexuan to see you."
The masked man laughed: "Okay, I look forward to that day."
Yu Ran quickly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
In the church, Rong Yingying retreated, and a figure walked out from behind the statue. The masked man immediately bowed to him: "Master."
The man smiled and gently touched the masked man's head as if he were touching the head of a pet: "Very good acting."
He turned around to look at the comatose Yu Ran, walked over, gently lifted the boy's chin, and praised: "You are smart and efficient in doing things, and ruthless in killing people. You are indeed the talent I value most... However, I am a little suspicious of your background. So, don't let me down."
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When he woke up again, Yu Ran was still in the taxi, which took him safely back to the entrance of the Guide Academy.
Yu Ran walked quickly into the school, feeling a chill down his spine.
He finally met the person he wanted to meet, but it was no different from not meeting him at all - the other party did not reveal any identity-related information, and did not even let him know the meeting place. With such a high level of vigilance, unless he could become his confidant, he would not be able to find out his true face.
And how difficult is it to become the confidant of the leader of this organization
Killing people, stealing information, is nothing more than seeing a substitute wearing a mask.
The other party wanted him to do more, even asking him to destroy Lu Zexuan's mental image, turning Lu Zexuan into a killing weapon without the ability to think, and an S-class sentinel puppet controlled by the organization, and then control the entire Falcon Legion through Lu Zexuan.
What a terrible ambition!
Thinking of how Lu Zexuan took time out to visit him every weekend, and thinking of the slightly clumsy but very cute White Eagle... Yu Ran's heart ached.
Perhaps it was the most unfortunate thing that happened to Lu Zexuan that he met him
He didn't want to drag Lu Zexuan into this quagmire. Unfortunately, there was no way. Their matching degree was over 98%. In the eyes of the organization, he was the best candidate to deal with Lu Zexuan.
Fortunately, the organization is still unaware that he has two S-level spirits. The combined power of the two foxes is actually extremely powerful.
Yu Ran could destroy Lu Zexuan's mental picture while helping him rebuild a new one.
No one could have imagined this.
It all depends on Lu Zexuan's acting skills. I hope he can become my strongest supporter.
(End of this chapter)