Cover-up

For someone with the talent Su Ran just displayed to become a Blood Hunter… to painstakingly complete missions for a pittance of resources, and on top of that, to worry about losing one’s life at any moment of carelessness, it was simply an enormous waste.

“Twenty years. I can guarantee that with the training of Beizhou Academy, you absolutely have the potential to become the youngest Sequence Eight within twenty years.”

Seeing Su Ran’s talent, Feng Wei made a guarantee to her.

This timeframe was his own estimation. With Beizhou Academy’s full and careful cultivation, in twenty years, Su Ran could absolutely become the youngest Sequence Eight in the history of the Human Federation.

One must remember that Su Ran was only eighteen now; in twenty years, she would only be thirty-eight. Describing her as young would be perfectly fine.

“Thank you for your kind offer, Teacher Feng. I understand.”

Facing Feng Wei’s sincere invitation, Su Ran did not give a clear refusal, instead leaving a little room for maneuver.

Rationally speaking, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even after ten years. Taking twenty years to achieve Sequence Eight would only be beneficial for Su Ran.

But unfortunately, not long ago, the gentleman had disappeared after drinking the magic potion.

The one sitting here now was Su Ran, a woman, and she had no intention of letting a grudge go overnight.

Hearing the polite refusal in Su Ran’s words, Feng Wei couldn’t think of a better way to retain her at the moment. He could only respect Su Ran’s choice. He found the necessary registration form and prepared to write down the test results.

“Wait!”

Just as Feng Wei was about to truthfully record the test result, his pen was stopped by Bai Yun, who was beside him.

“Teacher Feng, just write ‘liquid’ for the aptitude.”

Seeing Bai Yun’s serious expression, Feng Wei immediately understood her meaning. Bai Yun’s purpose in doing this was to protect Su Ran.

‘Liquid’ aptitude was still relatively common and wouldn’t attract too much attention.

Sometimes, having too much talent is not a good thing, especially for someone like Su Ran who has no background.

If she were male, it might be fine, but as a female, Bai Yun, who was also a woman, had suffered a lot herself in the process of increasing her strength.

After all, if superhumans wanted to increase the probability of their offspring having superhuman talent, the best choice was naturally for both parents to be superhumans.

If Su Ran were to enroll in the academy, Beizhou Academy would have a reason to intervene.

But she chose to join the Blood Hunters. Once her ‘near-solid’ aptitude was revealed, if it were to fall into the eyes of certain Federation families, they would try by all means to bring her into their family as a wife for their descendants.

Although this was one way for women to exchange for resources, Bai Yun knew from the first glance that Su Ran was not that kind of girl.

“If possible, I hope this matter is known only to the three of us here. Though I imagine you will definitely tell the Dean.”

Feng Wei’s expression already told her that he indeed had that intention, so Bai Yun continued.

“However, the Dean is also a woman, so she will surely understand my actions and make the same decision as me.”

The main reason Bai Yun said this to his face was not for Feng Wei’s sake.

Rather, it was to openly tell Su Ran that some people who knew of her aptitude hoped she would protect herself, while also demonstrating the sincerity of Beizhou Academy.

Since the exceptionally talented Su Ran did not want to join Beizhou Academy, then forming a good relationship with her was also a good choice.

“Since you’ve put it that way, I certainly won’t raise any objections.”

Shrugging, Feng Wei filled in the aptitude section on the record card with “liquid” and handed it to Su Ran.

“Take this record card to the police station to re-register your identity information in the superhuman database.”

Su Ran looked at the record card, which had the name “Su Ran” written on it, as well as the gender: Female.

She was, after all, still afraid of the reality of saying goodbye to her past.

As long as she handed this record card to the police station and had her identity information amended, she would be called Su Ran from now on.

“Today, we’ve had the chance to witness what true exceptional talent looks like, so this trip wasn’t in vain. If you change your mind after becoming a Blood Hunter, you can contact Teacher Feng. I believe he would be very happy to see you enroll in Beizhou Academy.”

While Su Ran was still thinking about the record card, Bai Yun stood up to say her goodbyes. She still had many things to attend to.

Feng Wei nodded in agreement with Bai Yun’s words and prepared to get up and leave.

He also needed to report the matter of Su Ran’s aptitude to the Dean.

Of course, if the Dean could personally step in and invite Su Ran to the school, that would be for the best.

“Please wait a moment!”

Just as Bai Yun and Feng Wei were about to push open the door and leave, Su Ran called out to them, stopping them at the doorway.

‘After the initial impulse, she must have carefully considered the benefits of entering Beizhou Academy and now wants to agree to enroll.’

‘Young girls are thin-skinned and can’t bring themselves to say it. It’s normal to be shy. I absolutely must not joke about it later.’

Hearing her, Feng Wei turned back with anticipation, his heart already filled with excitement.

His hand was already on the prepared admission notice. As soon as Su Ran spoke, he would immediately hand it to her.

“Um, excuse me, can the spot for Beizhou Academy be sold?”

“?”

Feng Wei thought he must have misheard. How could such a bizarrely angled joke come from the mouth of this beautiful girl, Su Ran?

Sell the spot for Beizhou Academy?

No one who had ever obtained a spot at Beizhou Academy had thought of selling it.

If it had been some bratty kid, Feng Wei would have definitely given him a good lecture to make him understand the importance of this spot.

But this time, the person he was facing was Su Ran, so Feng Wei could only swallow his words and patiently explain it to her.

It had to be said, being good-looking really did let you get away with anything.

“This enrollment spot for Beizhou Academy is granted to the beneficiary, so it’s not something you can sell just because you want to.”

“Oh, alright then.”

Did Feng Wei just see a flash of regret on Su Ran’s pretty face?

According to Su Ran’s original plan, the money she had now was only enough to draw the “Witch’s Meditation Technique,” but not enough to support her trip to Tukulu with Isa and the others.

If what Philly and Maimai said was true, then the road to Tukulu would definitely cross the eastern border, which meant members of the Church would certainly stand in her way.

Under these circumstances, if she didn’t have enough money, she might not be able to break through the eastern border’s defensive line.

In the end, all her fears stemmed from a lack of money.

Su Ran made up her mind. When she went to register at the Blood Hunter headquarters later, she would absolutely have to find some money-making missions to do, so she would have enough capital to deal with any unexpected events.