Chapter 213: Seven Or Eight Dead
One month had passed in Tasmania, and everyone’s lives seemed to have gotten on track as well. There were more than 40,000 evolved humans already staying in Tasmania—more than a sufficient number to form a small autonomous city. In this place, other than everyone bearing some strange non-human characteristics, everything seemed to be going very well.
The autonomous region had only begun very recently, so Lucretia, Truman, and a few others were assigned important roles in stabilizing it. There wasn’t any danger, resources were very sufficient, and everybody who entered this place was assigned a job as well. Everything developed just as they imagined, and things turned for the better.
But, did things really settle down?
Bai Yi questioned this inside his heart and walked into his house. Although Bai Yi did not take up any position in this new society, the arrangements made for him were still quite good. After all, his status was quite extraordinary. This specially-built mansion was Bai Yi and the rest’s new home. The main building was completely suited to the size of a normal human being—that is, suitable for Bai Yi and Momo. However, in other places, even people like Woolf, who was more than four meters tall, could easily enter.
“Momo, are you ready?”
“Ready!” Momo walked out from another room in neat and tidy clothing, with Alodia following behind her just like a butler.
Bai Yi looked at her and thought, En, very adorable! Even if there was some soft, colored fur on Momo’s face, it still couldn’t hide this fact. Bai Yi stroked Momo’s little head and the three of them then left the house. In the courtyard, Sharpei saw the three of them coming out and immediately went up to them, following right behind. Three humans and one dog walked toward the school like a family.
Tasmania, as an autonomous region with more than 40,000 evolved humans, also had a corresponding economic and education system. After a month of familiarization and basically settling down, Bai Yi decided to send Momo to school; that is, to the only school reestablished in Tasmania so far—Tasmania Public School.
“Will the school be like Waikato University?” Momo asked curiously on the way.
Bai Yi shook his head. “Not possible, a primary school and university would definitely have a lot of differences.” Momo had grown up in Waikato University since she was young and had actually never seen a primary school before. However, Bai Yi himself hadn’t actually seen the school here either. A bunch of non-humans sitting together? Immediately, a scene of a bunch of little brats fighting appeared in his head; but in the end, a sharp, black blade suddenly appeared, unstoppable. Fresh blood splattered everywhere, and in the middle of a pile of corpses, a petite figure stood at the peak like a devil.
No, it won’t happen!
Bai Yi shivered. Looking at Momo’s quiet appearance, he immediately abandoned those thoughts. However, looking at the black sword behind Momo’s back, he suddenly felt that it was really quite unsafe. Momo’s experiences were completely different from those of a normal child; only heaven knew what she would do if she really got angry.
“Momo, you’re going to school now; you don’t have to bring the black sword with you,” Bai Yi said.
“Why?”
“Because it’s school; there’s only a bunch of kids in school, and there’s nothing much dangerous in this place,” Bai Yi explained. There shouldn’t be any danger; even if the United Nations wanted to do something, they wouldn’t mess around at a time like this. “Remember back in Waikato University? None of the older brothers and sisters there carried any weapons with them, right?” Bai Yi continued to persuade her.
“Really?”
“Really, really; the black sword is too eye-catching.”
Momo nodded. “Then I’ll just bring a shortsword.”
Bai Yi looked at Momo’s serious appearance and suddenly felt like crying. Had Momo already been twisted to this extent? Alodia followed by their side and almost couldn’t hold in her laughter. However, a shortsword was still better than the black sword; at least it would look like an accessory. As long as she didn’t pull it out, the little kids in school wouldn’t get scared.
Very quickly, they arrived at the school, and the principal received them very respectfully. This principal more or less knew some things, and knew that Bai Yi’s group were evolved humans that came from the Devil Isles; they were different from the re-infected like them.
“Just treat her normally, no need for any special treatment,” Bai Yi said.
The principal nodded immediately. “Of course, of course!”
“Alodia, I’ll leave it to you,” Bai Yi said to Alodia.
“En!” Alodia nodded and brought Momo out of the room.
The autonomous region had only been formed not too long ago, so of course the school wouldn’t be as developed as a normal school system’s, and it only had somewhat more than 40 people inside. These 40 plus students were not split up by age but were instead all gathered into a single class. After Alodia brought Momo to class, Bai Yi continued sitting there and chatted with the principal.
Bai Yi drank a sip of tea and said, “There are so few students.”
“Yeah, there are very few students.” After interacting for a period of time, Principal Liam realized that even though this Bai Yi came from the Devil Isles, he didn’t seem to be hard to talk to, and he gradually relaxed.
“Although the activated cells erupted in New Zealand first, and there’s a vast stretch of sea separating Tasmania and New Zealand, many people were still afraid, and gradually left. The population here became smaller and smaller, and after a period of time, the worries finally became reality. Changes appeared in Tasmania as well...”
“Why is there only a primary school? What about secondary school?”
“Secondary school... who would be willing to study at a time like this? You know it too: people nowadays basically all mature quite early, and would essentially have their own way of thinking starting from secondary school. You don’t know how excited people at this age were after assimilating with the activated cells; there were those who wanted to become Superman, Spiderman, wizards, or swordsmen... can you imagine a bunch of brats like that sitting down and studying?” Liam grumbled to Bai Yi, and Bai Yi couldn’t help but find it funny looking at his expression.
Bai Yi laughed. “Hahahaha, so that’s what happened.”
No wonder Tasmania only had one school, and it was just a primary school. Probably only primary school kids who hadn’t completely formed their personalities yet would listen obediently and remain here. While Bai Yi chatted with Liam, Momo also finally arrived at the only class in the only school.
The teacher of the class came to the front of the room and said to the bunch of noisy kids below, “Quieten down! There’s a new student joining our class today.” After this teacher finished speaking, he waved to Momo standing outside the door, and Momo slowly walked in and stood at the front of the class.
Silence, Momo didn’t speak a single word after standing there and only quietly looked at the bunch of kids below. Momo had never gone to school before and didn’t know what to do at all. The teacher initially wanted to let Momo come up and introduce herself before assigning her a seat and continuing with class. Who knew that Momo would just stand there quietly without saying a single word?
“Introduce yourself,” the teacher finally whispered to Momo.
“Bai1 Momo...!” Momo immediately introduced herself quietly after hearing the teacher’s words, her bearing natural and elegant. The other students and even the teacher beside her were all shocked. Even if they didn’t understand much, they could still tell that Momo’s actions were very pleasing to the eye. The teacher immediately suspected in his heart, Don’t tell me that this Momo was a little miss from some aristocratic family?
“Then Momo, you can take a seat over there.” The teacher pointed to a seat after Momo finished introducing herself.
“En, thank you.” Momo nodded and headed toward that seat.
Halfway through walking there, Momo abruptly stopped and looked at the right foot that suddenly stuck out in front of her. What is this guy thinking of doing? A question flashed through Momo’s brain, but she realized that she couldn’t find an answer, and decided to just step over his foot. This was Momo’s first time going to school, so how could she understand teasing from little brats? Momo just stood there quietly at the start, then suddenly gave a graceful and noble greeting, so this little boy wanted to make her embarrass herself.
In the end, Momo completely ignored him!
Subconsciously, this little boy became unhappy, and immediately flashed his own claws and wanted to grab Momo. However, this little boy was completely unaware that this was precisely what people meant by stirring up a hornet’s nest. Momo had grown up on the Devil Isles—the things she were most deeply familiar with were the various dangerous attacking methods of the evolved lifeforms there.
The moment the boy’s claws started to reach for Momo, she immediately broke one with a ‘kacha!’, and a flash of light stabbed at a vital area of this little boy.
“Momo!” Alodia’s voice made Momo stop her shortsword right at the neck of the little boy. Even so, blood still flowed continuously from his neck, and he was completely scared dumb. Not only did this little boy become dumb from fear, the entire class was the same as well.
Although they knew that Peter loved to tease new students, who would have imagined that the reaction would be so intense this time?
Momo’s cold face had not a single expression, and the killing intent in her eyes made the little kids and teacher, who hadn’t experienced any real battles, go silent with fear.
Alodia walked over and said to Momo, “Momo, it’s fine, he didn’t intend to attack you! He was just teasing you!”
Teasing?
Momo showed some hesitation on her face, but still slowly withdrew the shortsword. After she sheathed her shortsword, the little boy opposite her finally felt the intense pain coming from his neck and right claw. He had been too nervous and terrified just now, and even forgot the pain, but everything finally came back after he felt safe again.
“I’m sorry, teacher; Momo’s reaction was too extreme!”
Momo’s voice suddenly sounded. “Alodia, why are you apologizing? Am I wrong?” Alodia immediately sighed in her heart. Young Miss Momo, it’s not that you are wrong, but your reaction is too extreme! If not for her tagging along, at least seven or eight kids were going to die today!
Translator's Notes:
So Momo’s full name is Bai Momo, Bai is her surname and Momo is her given name. For Bai Yi, Bai is his surname and Yi is his given name.