The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: I’m a Little Cutie, You Know...

As Ji You was grappling with self-doubt, the announcement overhead rang out again: ”Attention everyone, please hand over your Space Buttons, energy weapons, Light Computers... all electronic devices, to be registered at the supply management center.”

Ji You: ”???”

The Light Computer too?

Ever since Ji You arrived here, she had never removed her Light Computer. Not only was it convenient and easy to use, but it was also implanted directly into the human body. From birth, all citizens of the Alliance were equipped with a Light Computer, whose technology would be upgraded over time along with the advancement of the era, and so would the personal Light Computers individuals carried... but how could it be removed?

Ji You came to the supply management center and got in line for registration. The queue moved quickly, and it wasn’t long before it was her turn. She didn’t have any other electronic weapons on her besides the Light Computer and a Level 2 energy machete.

The robot worker, highly efficient, promptly scanned Ji You’s entire body, thoroughly searching all the items she carried. Ji You obediently submitted her only energy weapon, and then extended her wrist.

And then—

Ji You understood that when they talked about surrendering the Light Computer, they didn’t mean to physically remove it, but rather to fit a signal blocker onto your person. This blocker, within a certain range, would suppress all functions of the Light Computer.

Huh?

The school’s approach to this seemed like a very big move. But what exactly?

With little experience, Ji You did not understand the reason behind it.

”Beep—”

”Please surrender all weapons,” the robot alarmed.

Ji You: ”??? I don’t have any more weapons.”

The robot repeated the warning.

Ji You realized that playing dumb wouldn’t work; she reluctantly handed over the metal dagger that was hidden in the sole of her shoe.

Suddenly, a mocking laugh came from around: ”Hahaha... This idiot, thinking she can hide it in her shoe? Does she think she’s living on Primitive Earth? Does she want to pretend to be a giant gorilla?”

Ji You: ”...”

Robot: ”Next.”

As Ji You turned around, she inadvertently glanced back at the person who had just ridiculed her—a boy with a head of red hair, handsome features, but with an unruly and defiant air.

Ji You muttered to herself:

[—Very well.]

[Little fairy, you’ve successfully grabbed my attention...]

[I’ll show you the mighty power of ancient gorillas.]

Ji You, with a straight face and without showing any emotion, passed by the boy.

Sensing something ambiguous in Ji You’s eyes, the boy suddenly grabbed another boy who looked remarkably similar to him and asked, ”Hey—was that gorilla just now scorning me?”

The other boy: ”... Umm... Does a gorilla scorn a monkey? Indeed, that’s novel.”

Upon hearing this, the boy grew furious and exclaimed: ”Yue Qiyuan, don’t push it too far! If I’m a monkey, then you’re the same mom’s naughty monkey!”

Yue Qiyuan, not bothered by his less intelligent twin brother’s remarks, which casually expanded the attack to include all their family members, calmly adjusted his collar and said, ”Alright, everyone is watching, don’t embarrass yourself in public.”

At those words, the boy became even more infuriated and hopped on the spot, but upon shifting his gaze slightly, indeed saw onlookers’ eyes falling on them. So, he shot back angrily, ”What are you looking at, idiots! Keep looking, and see how dad here shows you a good time once we enter the drill field.”

Surrounding people: ”...”

”Is that Yue Qiyuan?”

”Then—does that mean the one provoking is Yue Qiguang?”

”Really? They do look like twins.”

”Shh—”

”I heard that these brothers, one with S-level mental power and the other having broken through S-level in Physical Strength, are both prodigies of this year’s freshmen class.”

As Ji You left the registration area, she overheard the boy’s boasting and caught the whispers of the onlookers around her, causing a shock to her heart: So they were geniuses, no wonder they were so arrogant.

—So, should she still find an opportunity to beat up the one named Yue Qiguang?

With her own weak self? Wouldn’t that be—

Hitting a stone with an egg?

A steamed bun going against a dog?

...

Forget it.

Play it by ear.

As Ji You was naturally making excuses for her cowardice, the devil-like broadcast rang out again:

”All attention, put on your marching packs and follow your instructors, set out immediately. This march will last 2 hours non-stop. Anyone who falls behind will be deducted 5 points!”

Principal Hong’s voice, like a bolt of thunder, crashed down and scattered the new students’ formation. Those who reacted quickly had already taken the lead and caught up with the pace of the instructors up ahead, while those who were slower grumbled:

”Are you kidding? A 2-hour march?”

”Deduct 5 points?”

”With our own two legs?”

”And we still have to carry such heavy things, oh so heavy... I’m so delicate, how can I carry this... I said earlier I didn’t want to come to this crappy school... Why force me to come?”

Oh?

This series of ”ohs” made Ji You involuntarily recall some not-so-pleasant memories, causing her to twitch.

”Ah! How annoying...”

”Really so annoying...”

”It’s bad enough to carry such heavy things, oh, but I also have to walk by myself...”

”How can the school be so hard on me...”

”I am a Little Cutie after all.”

Ji You shuddered all over and nearly tripped. She looked up in a daze toward the source of the voice. At this sight, her would-be purposeful stride halted abruptly, the light marching pack on her back nearly tumbling off her jostled shoulders.

For a moment, Ji You’s gaze froze, and her expression turned solemn:

This—

This person was tall and slender, probably about one meter ninety, but rather thin. Their appearance was incredibly bewitching, with a fair face, reddish lips, a red mole under the left eye, eyes as bright as jade, and hair cascading like a waterfall... Every gesture exuded enchantment... truly indescribable.

Most importantly!!!

Isn’t this the Little Cutie from Star Network who sent me those inappropriate pictures?

This is bad!

Why is he here?

For a moment, Ji You felt her head swell.

However—

The Spicy Eye Little Cutie was not the kind to stay put; it seemed his lifelong mission was to offload his own misery onto others. The group of new students had only been marching for a few minutes, yet his mouth hardly stopped moving.

”Ah...”

”How annoying...”

”How annoying...”

”How annoying...”

Those ”ohs” sounded like a curse ringing in her ears, and Ji You was so irritated she almost jumped up to punch someone, furiously thinking to herself: ”Heaven has a path you did not take, Hell has no gate yet you come here!”

Causing me trouble on Star Network wasn’t enough.

And now you’re doing it in real life.

I couldn’t find your lair before, but now you’ve delivered yourself to me...

Ji You inwardly plotted how to beat up this Little Cutie when suddenly a voice came from nearby; someone could no longer withstand the Little Cutie’s torturous whining: ”Enough! Sheng Qingyan, if you keep whining, I’ll smack you dead with one slap!”