Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 438 - 433: Beijing Training Camp (Part 11)
The person in charge felt their heart turn cold.
The thing they feared the most had happened.
But they didn’t dare express any objections and quickly called the people over.
The jungle adventure training area was vast, divided into five zones according to different tests, with each zone managed by two teachers.
One superpower teacher and one regular teacher.
The regular teachers mainly observed students from the shadows, adjusting the difficulty of training as needed; their positions were fixed, and they couldn’t leave.
The superpower teachers were hidden nearby the students to ensure their safety.
Additionally, there were two actors hired by the training camp whose primary role was to act out NPC roles, issuing tasks to make the training more immersive.
All twelve adults were silently standing like quails in front of Ji Ning, not daring to speak.
"All of you return to your original positions before the pause."
Ji Ning’s voice was calm, revealing no emotion.
Everyone felt even more pressured.
Once everyone was back in their places, Ji Ning stepped into the training area.
In the first three zones, she only glanced at the teachers and students before moving on.
The people in these areas breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the incident occurred in the fourth zone, not related to them.
...
Fourth Zone——
Cao Zongming, feeling a bit bored, turned to ask a nearby superpower student, "Hey, what’s your superpower?"
The superpower student was momentarily stunned and then replied, "Wind ability."
"Wind element? How do you use it?"
The superpower student paused, unsure of Cao Zongming’s intentions, but still explained, "I didn’t mean to harm you."
"You were the one who hurt me?" Cao Zongming narrowed his eyes slightly.
The superpower student quickly waved their hands, "I didn’t use my ability on you, I also don’t know why you’re injured."
Cao Zongming’s face turned cold, pointing to the dark red smear of blood on the ground not far away, "If it wasn’t you, then who? My leg feels like it was cut by a sharp blade; the blood is still right there."
"It was indeed a sharp blade, but not the wind," Ji Ning’s voice suddenly interjected.
The superpower student sighed in relief upon seeing her.
Cao Zongming was displeased, "What kind of blade?"
Ji Ning approached, picking up a very thin fishing line from a patch of grass, still stained with dark red blood.
"You were cut by this."
"Fishing line?" Cao Zongming couldn’t believe it, quickly stepping up to check. The superpower student jogged over and pointed to a leaf, exclaiming, "There’s blood here too; I told you, it couldn’t have been me."
Ji Ning nodded slightly, "Hmm, it wasn’t you."
The superpower student’s eyes turned red immediately, and they turned to wipe tears away.
Cao Zongming, looking at the fishing line in Ji Ning’s hand, turned angrily to the training camp leader, "Who set this up? Don’t they know it could hurt someone?"
Ji Ning glanced at him, "The main trail is clear, yet you insist on taking detours, messing with the surrounding trees. You even set off safe traps without being careful, so who can you blame?"
Cao Zongming was taken aback, looking at Ji Ning in disbelief, "I did this to myself?"
"Need me to show you the surveillance footage?"
"No need."
He, Cao Zongming, couldn’t bear the shame.
Ji Ning calmly put away the fishing line, looking in a certain direction, her eyes filled with cold light.
"Temporarily seal off this area and recheck all the props."
The training camp leader hurriedly nodded, offering assurances to Ji Ning.
Under Ji Ning’s influence, the matter did not escalate, and students and teachers from the four schools temporarily returned to the living area to rest.
***
One hour later——
In the now-closed training area, a figure stealthily crept towards a particular zone.
Just as they were about to pick up the blade buried in the soil, they heard a cold voice suddenly behind them.
"I recall you’re not responsible for this area."
The woman froze, quickly clenching the blade in her hand, feigning composure as she straightened up, "I’ve checked my side and wanted to see if this area needed help."
Ji Ning locked her spiritual power onto the woman, smiling, "Afraid someone would find your blade with superpower traces, you deliberately left the weapon at the scene, then hastily faked some fishing line. Pretty bold of you."
The woman maintained her composure, "I don’t understand what you’re saying."
"Should we test the DNA on that blade?"
A flash of panic crossed the woman’s eyes. "That doesn’t prove anything. I accidentally dropped it at the scene amidst the chaos. I hid it to avoid misunderstandings, and it picking up some student blood is plausible."
"Clap, clap, clap..." Ji Ning applauded her excuse, continuing her narrative, "Would you also claim you rushed here after hearing Cao Zongming’s cries, fearing for the students’ safety?"
"Yes, exactly," the woman maintained her cool façade, showing no sign of the guilt she felt when facing Ji Ning.
Ji Ning smiled, reminding her, "You know those statements won’t hold up under the Security Bureau’s interrogation, right?"
The woman became wary, assuming a defensive stance, "Are you going to use extrajudicial measures against me?"
Ji Ning chuckled, "It’s nothing so severe, just some minor techniques. Surely, they’ve told you I’m a multi-system superpower user, haven’t they?"
The woman’s face turned pale, clearly aware of Ji Ning’s reputation and wary of her.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have chosen to act in a non-Anhe Middle School training zone.
But how did she find out so quickly about what happened?
Yet before she could ponder further, a sharp pain pierced through her brain; a dominant spiritual power overwhelmed her mind, robbing her of body control, her memories swirling uncontrollably.
"Who is the mastermind?" Ji Ning’s eyes were deep and unfathomable, like the vast sea.
The woman’s lively eyes gradually dulled, her voice devoid of emotion.
"It’s...the Special Ability...Team..."
Just then, a poisoned silver needle shot out from a corner.
Ji Ning’s pupils dilated, but before the needle could pierce the woman, it seemed to hit an invisible wall.
Immediately, a figure swiftly darted out from near Ji Ning, giving chase outside—
Ji Ning smirked at the departing figures, continuing her interrogation, "What benefits were you promised?"
"To join the Special Ability Team."
"Which group?"
"Green Group."
Ji Ning frowned slightly; she hadn’t had dealings with that group yet.
It was said to be neutral, leaning towards the Huazhou Alliance, with little connection to those three families.
"After creating trouble, what is your next plan?" Ji Ning asked further.
"To incite conflict between normal students and superpower students, causing the training camp to pause, inhibiting the competitions."
"And what else?"
"To provoke the Cao Family to cause a scene, preferably escalating it to the Ministry of Education."
Ji Ning raised an eyebrow, "So, Cao Zongming’s injury was premeditated by your group."
"Yes, the Cao Family has some influence in Beijing, coupled with their ties with the Gu Family in the inner city, they could undoubtedly get the competition canceled."
With the woman’s responses, Ji Ning laughed bitterly, "To cancel a competition, you go to such great lengths to harm students? Some people truly deserve harsh punishment..."
The woman’s vacant pupils gradually filled with terror, as if witnessing something terrifying, her body trembling slightly.
"I...I don’t want to die...please...don’t..."
Ji Ning looked coldly at the woman on the brink of a mental breakdown, snapping her fingers.
The woman’s rigid body instantly went limp, collapsing to her knees, gasping for air.
"Report to the Security Bureau later."
