Chapter 144: Heero Academy - Part 3
Sitting on her grandfather's chair, Bai Xin Yue smiled as she turned around on the chair. She had a cheeky smile on her face, completely different from the Ice Queen.
"Huhu... You're not going to tell me? Now, I know!" but the cheekiness only lasted for a moment before her face turned serious.
"This can be considered good news, right? Maybe I should send them some good seedlings..." Bai Xin Yue muttered in a low voice as the profile of Heero Academy appeared on her smartwatch.
Remembering the current situation, Bai Xin Yue sighed in frustration. Just looking at it from the outside, it seemed like nothing special had happened. But no, a storm had been brewing since the three new Legendary Class Rankers were born two months ago.
The balance of power between the Hero League and the Ranker Alliance had begun to shift. With a total of thirty-six Legend Rankers, the Hero League had only twenty-one Emperor Class Heroes.
Add to that the Crown Class Ranker, who had just broken through from ninety-seven to one hundred and eleven, and the Ranker Alliance's power was growing rapidly.
It should not be a problem even if the balance between the two is broken, but it was not because the Ranker Alliance demanded something as their power grew.
The Ranker Alliance had one demand that could not be accepted: they wanted to be included in the government. They also wanted a Ranker Tax, just like the Hero Tax.
The Hero Tax was used to pay the salaries of heroes. Unlike a Ranker who used a mercenary system, you would get paid as long as you got the job done. Heroes had a wage that was paid at the end of the month.
No matter how many missions they completed, the heroes' pay remained the same, based on their class and rank. As an organization that worked for money, the Ranker Alliance wanted to get something out of it.
Their reasoning was simple: "Not only the heroes, but we, the rankers, protected the city, so we want the same treatment!
There was no way the government would add the new tax when the hero tax was already burdening the people. Besides, the government believed that the citizens would refuse to pay even if the Rankers' tax was imposed.
So, with the help of the Hero League, the central government was rebuffed. They refused to accept the Ranker Alliance as part of them.
It had been over ten years since the Ranker Alliance's proposal, and now they wanted to bring it up again, right at the Fighter Anteriority, where all the people of the world were gathered in one place.
Yes, the head of the Ranker Alliance in Star City initiated a World Assembly. An assembly that was supposed to be initiated when the world was in crisis, but even without the crisis, the head of the Ranker Alliance in Star City initiated a world assembly.
Bai Xin Yue was worried that there would be a clash later. No, a clash was inevitable if the Ranker Alliance proposed the same thing. There was no way the central government could accept the Ranker Alliance's proposal.
She also received information that there were some groups targeting her family. These groups wanted her family's secret technique. If the clash really happened, she was aware that her family would face an imminent crisis.
That was why she had been looking for a tree to hide under, just in case. That was why she had taken a risk by choosing Heero. But the tree she chose was not easily swayed by her beauty.
"Or should I join their warrior house? I can get closer to him..." Bai Xin Yue's black pupil brightened as she had just found a good idea.
"Heh, you don't need me, then I'll just make you fall in love with me..."
Just as Bai Xin Yue was about to get up, she remembered that she had come here to meet her grandfather. "I have to report this to Grandpa as well..."
Before she could finish her words, the door opened and an old voice came in, "Report what?"
Bai Xin Yue immediately stood up from her seat and bowed her head as she formally greeted him, while her expression returned to her usual cold look, "Welcome back, Executive Bai!"
Bai Xian Ming let out a helpless sigh as he heard his lovely granddaughter address him. He waved his hand as his lips formed a soft yet gentle smile, "Don't worry, I am alone. Just call me Grandpa!"
Bai Xin Yue tilted her head, and sure enough, there was no one following her grandfather, only then did she smile and stick out her tongue, "Huhu... I thought your annoying secretary was with you,"
She was talking about her strict uncle who was also her grandfather's secretary.
Bai Xian Ming ignored the last comment as he sat down and turned to his granddaughter, "So, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, they have set up a martial arts house!" Bai Xin Yue reported immediately.
"They? Who?" The old man still did not understand his granddaughter's words.
"Sun Zhou Yi and his master just got the permit. Here they are!" Bai Xin Yue opened the Martial House's official website and showed her grandfather Heero Academy's profile.
Bai Xian Ming had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Huhu... You will be surprised when you know the third founding member!" Bai Xin Yue smiled mysteriously as she pulled back her smartwatch. She clicked on "Heero Academy" on the screen, and then the members of the Heero Academy appeared.
"Musashi Hirata? Are they joining the Musashi Clan?" Bai Xian Ming guessed in a deep voice.
"No, they will never join any power. Have you forgotten Sun Zhou Yi's words? They didn't join the Musashi Clan, it was Musashi Hirata who joined them. Do you remember the guy who fought Huo Liang Xun in the video? Don't you think that the draw sword technique is similar to the Musashi Clan?
Bai Xin Yue gave her grandfather one clue after another. Only then did Bai Xian Ming find out that her granddaughter's suspicions were not unfounded.
"But what is this guy doing? Are Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata really studying under the same master? And are you sure that this Heero is Sun Zhou Yi's master?" Bai Xian Ming still could not believe that the man he had met a few months ago was Sun Zhou Yi's master.
"It is true, Sun Zhou Yi himself admitted that Heero is his master and I met both of them this morning to get the permission. Besides, don't you think Hirata is getting stronger too? He was able to compete with Huo Liang Xun before, what about now? Maybe he's even stronger now!"
Bai Xin Yue was confident in her guess, and she managed to convince her grandfather with it.
"Hmmm..." Bai Xian Ming remembered the footage he had seen back then. Indeed, the drawing sword technique in the video was similar to the drawing sword of the Musashi Clan.
There was no big difference in technique, but the draw sword in the video was much faster than the normal draw sword he had seen with his own eyes. He could only catch the trajectory, not the sword.
"No wonder..." Bai Xian Ming murmured in a low voice. If both of them were learning under the same master, then Sun Zhou Yi's sudden increase in strength was understandable. At least, that was the plausible explanation for now.
"Then this could be considered good news. We can send some good seedlings to the Heero Academy. If everything you said is true, it would be much better if he joined us, but..." The old man shook his head sympathetically.
"Huhu, don't worry about that grandpa, I have my plan for that," Bai Xin Yue suddenly stood up with a big smile on her face and said with great determination, "I will bring that man as your grandson-in-law!"
"What? What do you mean?" Bai Xian Ming was shocked to hear her granddaughter's declaration. But her granddaughter ignored him as she turned around, leaving him speechless.
Just wait, I will make you say I love you to me! Bai Xin Yue thought to herself as she left the room with a plan in her mind.
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Meanwhile, Heero, Hong Yu, Han Ying and the children went to look for a district next to Xing District. They closed the shop in the morning to find a place for the academy.
It was supposed to be next to the half-finished preschool, but next to the preschool was a road. Heero had to buy the next district and they wanted to buy a district this morning. They looked at the place for a moment, then they went to the agency.
Heero smiled when he saw the familiar agency again. The man also smiled when he met Heero, which meant a big deal was in the offing. But Yu Bin's smile froze in the next moment.
"What's wrong, Mr Yu?" Heero asked, noticing the strange expression on his face.
Yu Bin sighed and explained, "Mr Xing, I am sorry, but the district was bought by someone yesterday. If you want to buy it, you can talk to the new owner. I can help younto contact the new owner? Do you still want to buy the district or do you want to find a new district?"
"The district was bought yesterday? That's strange..." Hong Yu muttered. It was certainly strange for someone to buy a district in the outer region.
It was not that she was arrogant, but she believed that no one but them in the outer region could afford to buy an entire district. The person who bought the district must be someone from the trade or the inner region.
"Can we know the person who bought the district?" Han Ying asked as she was also curious.
"I'm sorry, Miss! I can't reveal the identity of the owner!" Yu Bin shook his head.
"Fine, please contact the new owner and ask him if he wants to sell the district. I will pay double for the district!" Heero made his decision immediately.
He did not want the half-finished preschool to go to waste, so he wanted to take the district.
"Mr Xing, please wait a moment, I will contact the new owner!" Yu Bin got up and left the room.
It took less than five minutes for Yu Bin to return. He returned with a huge smile on his face.
"Good news, Mr Xing! The new owner is willing to sell the district to you, but the new owner wants to meet you first! She is waiting at the Xing Hotpot now, we can meet her there!" Yu Bin informed Heero, his face glowing with happiness.
Apparently, the new owner was a woman. After that, Heero and the group followed Yu Bin. The agency's office was not far from the Xing district, but Yu Bin offered the group a ride.
Of course, Heero did not refuse the offer, and it took less than ten minutes before they were back in Xing District. The group immediately made their way to the Xing Hotpot.
Following Yu Bin, they soon reached the private room. Yu Bin knocked on the door three times, "Miss, I am Yu Bin from the agency!"
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Come in!" A melodious voice sounded from the room.
Heero found the voice strangely familiar, but he could not remember the voice of the owner. As the group entered the room, they could see the new owner. Heero, Hong Yu and Han Ying were shocked to see the familiar face.
"Sister!" Myung-Hee rushed over to the new owner, happy to see her older sister. Yes, the woman who had bought the district was none other than Kang Seo-Yeon.
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