Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 396 - 391: Training Camp Begins

The other students of Anhe Middle School are still on winter break.

But the new team members participating in the Huazhou High School Competition in March have already returned to school to report.

They need to start training early, developing a rapport with each other.

The Huazhou High School Competitions are divided by regions into five major divisions. Each division’s schools compete in a knockout format. The events are assigned randomly, participants enter based on the rules, with the winning side advancing and the losing side being eliminated.

Until the top three of the five divisions are determined, then they proceed to the finals to determine the ranks of Huazhou.

Thus, Anhe Middle School’s best record was reaching the top sixteen, achieving fourth place in the regional match.

Every regional matchup is further divided into three matches, with the best of three determining the winner.

Competition events and rules are communicated to the schools in advance, so each school prepares for training six months ahead.

As for teams like Ji Ning’s, being temporarily assembled now and only starting training is unique to Huazhou.

So, for the principal to make this decision amidst immense pressure was astonishing, not only to all students and teachers but even to the leaders of the Anhe City Education Bureau who called to inquire.

Some even berated the principal directly, demanding he immediately activate the original team members, but the principal remained unmoved, waiting to see how Ji Ning trained.

He is currently holed up in his office, secretly spying on the training on the field.

Ji Ning, in fact, noticed him long ago but chose to ignore it.

"This competition is divided into qualifying rounds and finals. There are 20 events in the qualifying rounds, 5 are prepared for special participants. The remaining 15 events require 2-5 people, so each of you must participate in at least 3 events of training. Now you can choose 3 events based on your own situation to prepare, and we will adjust later."

Ji Ning is not a dictatorial person, fully granting these first-time participants the freedom to choose.

Wu Muzhe, as a student in the Elite Class, having undergone training before, directly selected four competition events.

Lin Yuanyang and You Le, being students with a clear self-awareness, quickly handed in their chosen events to Ji Ning.

Others struggled, discussing among themselves for a while, unable to decide.

Finally, Lin Yuanyang couldn’t stand it. Based on the intelligence he had gathered before, he decided for them.

Ji Ning glanced at the events they reported, feeling more satisfied with Lin Yuanyang’s intelligence-gathering ability.

She exchanged a few words with Huang Ying, dividing themselves between 10 projects, splitting the students into two groups to start training, then exchanging later.

Those assigned to Ji Ning’s group were Bai Xiaotang, Lin Yuanyang, Wu Muzhe, You Le, and Chen Yantao.

These five, except for Wu Muzhe, were very familiar with Ji Ning and willing to train with her first.

"Ye Tong, you follow me first."

Feeling called by Ji Ning, Ye Tong, the person hitchhiking in training, immediately moved to Ji Ning’s group.

After experiencing a round of devilish warm-ups, the two groups dragged their exhausted bodies to a place on the eastern side of Anhe Middle School, isolated by towering walls.

This is where the special class students attend lessons and train. It is not open to ordinary people. Even Wu Muzhe from the Elite Class does not have permission to enter.

Moreover, the schedule of the special class does not match theirs. There is a special vehicle for transport, maintaining a high level of confidentiality.

In the minds of all ordinary students, the special class students are already from another world.

"Sister Ning, are we going in here?" Chen Yantao’s voice trembled with shock.

Filled with both fear and curiosity, with a touch of excitement.

Ji Ning responded with a simple "Hmm," "In the next two weeks, we will train together with two special class students. I hope you all maintain confidentiality. Don’t let unnecessary troubles find me!"

Ji Ning’s expression was very serious, exerting immense pressure on the crowd.

The crowd quickly nodded in agreement, with some playful ones even giving Ji Ning their pledges.

Ji Ning slightly nodded, aimed the suppression ring on her wrist at the gate’s access device, and heard a "ding——".

The gate opened.

The reason Ji Ning has this permission is because she sought a compromise.

She is dissatisfied with the current societal separation between ordinary people and superpower users. This separation results in a severe discrepancy in mutual understanding, being one of the factors causing social instability.

For this reason, she seriously discussed this issue with Fu Ninghao and others. Though the three agreed, they still refused to change the status quo, so she could only compromise and request starting with this Huazhou High School Competition, mixing ordinary students and superpower students together in the competition, particularly during the finals where events must be completed by both types of students.

The three reluctantly agreed and held a meeting with members of the Huazhou Alliance. Although they did not draft an explicit regulation for public announcement, they agreed this competition could initiate a trial once. The prerequisite is Ji Ning must lead Anhe Middle School into the finals, only then would the trial rules be communicated internally to the advancing schools.

This results in all schools only knowing the qualifying round rules now, being completely unaware of the finals rules, and preparing according to previous years’ practices.

Ji Ning couldn’t get the senior education department to change their minds, so she could only start with Anhe Middle School as a pilot, therefore selecting new team members was the first step.

The second step was her utilizing her identity as a detective of the Security Bureau, subtly notifying the principal of the change in finals rules, obtaining the permission here.

As for whether these participating superpower students were willing to be trained by her, it would depend on whose fists were stronger.

...

Special Training Room.

The two superpower students who were training alone seemed surprised they would be entering, almost performing a flat-ground fall out of shock.

"How did you get in here?" The two quickly shielded their faces with their arms, revealing sharp eyes.

Ji Ning coldly glanced at the two, lightly said: "I am your new team guide."

"We have a training guide..."

Before finishing the sentence, they saw Huang Ying beside Ji Ning, had already transformed into a familiar face. A familiar voice came from her mouth: "From now on, the two of us will train all of you."

Huang Ying suddenly using her superpower not only startled the two but also astonished the ordinary students who came in together.

Bai Xiaotang, Lin Yuanyang, and Ye Tong already knew her superpower user identity, You Le also found out during the recent trip to Nanling, but the other students didn’t know.

At this moment, their shocked mouths could fit an egg.

Their brains buzzed, even more so than when Ji Ning brought them into the special training room.

Folks, who understands this?

Always thought of as not liking to speak, cold personality but with strong capabilities, the instructor unexpectedly still has such an unimaginable identity.

And that they have been in close contact with a superpower user for so long?

A female student named Hu Lingling suddenly reached out to touch Huang Ying’s arm. Upon seeing her look over, she quickly withdrew her hand, revealing a stiff smile.

"Instructor... instructor... you’re a superpower user?"

But inside she screamed:

Ah... she touched the arm of a superpower user!

Ah... she never wants to wash her hands for life!