Chapter Forty-Seven: This Is Banditry—Pure Banditry!

The Principal almost believed her nonsense.

If he hadn't deliberately checked Qian Qi's background information, he really would have thought that Qian Qi was so poor she had to climb the mountain to eat snow in the winter.

Unwilling to bicker with Qian Qi any longer, the Principal's voice deepened, and his expression turned stern, "Speak properly and stop talking about useless things!"

This matter was of great importance. If defense fruits could also be mass-produced, the contribution they would bring would be no less than that of the hemostatic magical plant!

"Qian Qi, without the permission of the Magical Flora Research Institute and safety inspections, magical plant byproducts are prohibited from circulation. If the sourcing of the defense fruits is illegitimate, as the Principal, I have the right to confiscate the defense fruits you just sold, and even ban you from selling the hemostatic magical plant."

There was a slight hint of coercion in the Principal's words, "You wouldn't want the money you just got in your hands to disappear, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Qi thought to herself, Good grief, is he trying to play hardball?

Could she possibly be the kind of person to submit to threats?

Obviously not.

Instantly, Qian Qi stared at the Principal and sniffed.

A subtle premonition of misfortune suddenly arose in the Principal's heart.

Sure enough, the next second, Qian Qi’s tears began to flow before she even spoke. Her small hand reached for the microphone, and a crying voice filled with grievance and disappointment instantly echoed across the entire Beast-Taming Plaza:

"Principal, do you know? Last winter was very cold, and many orphans didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. I gave my own bread to my younger brothers and sisters, telling them I would go up the mountain to hunt for meat."

"But actually, I didn't know how to hunt at all. Every day I could only scoop up snow and eat it, waiting until my stomach felt icy cold and numb to hunger before going back."

"But one day, I accidentally ate a defense fruit in the snow. I was so excited! I knew very well what this meant—with defense fruits, humanity's progress in conquering dungeons would leap forward significantly!"

"I only had one thought at the time!" Qian Qi raised her tear-stained, slightly rough little face, placed the microphone next to her mouth, and said in a passionate and stirring voice, "And that was to enter a D-rank dungeon to test the medicine with my own body, facing D-rank magical beasts directly to see where their defense limit truly lies!"

"For this, I faced desperate situations multiple times and almost died in the dungeon! But I have never regretted it, simply because I am a student at the Awakened University, a student of the Magical Flora Department! I am willing to sacrifice my life for the benefits that researching magical plants can bring to humanity!"

Qian Qi's fervent and passionate voice resonated throughout the plaza, allowing the students who hadn't fully dispersed to hear her impassioned speech:

"I am filled with a passion for knowledge! I possess an undaunted spirit! I am willing to give my life to fulfill the mission within my heart!"

"If you insist on con-fis-cat-ing my defense fruits, then I will have no choice but to rise in rebellion, defy tyranny, and fight to the death to defend my dignity and passion, leaving only a great will lingering among mortals!!!"

Qian Qi bit down hard on the words "confiscate," her resilient gaze fixing directly on the Principal.

She was someone who absolutely refused to be threatened. If anyone wanted to use threats to control her, she would inevitably return the favor using their own dog-like methods.

Although a human biting a dog would only end up with a mouthful of hair, dogs felt pain too!

Sure enough, the Principal desperately tried to snatch her microphone away, lowering his voice, "Fine, fine, fine, I won't confiscate them! Put the microphone down right now!"

Qian Qi hugged the microphone tightly, shook her head, and wore a disappointed expression of utter distrust.

The Principal had no choice but to reason with her and appeal to her emotions, "You just said yourself that defense fruits are very important for clearing D-rank dungeons. Since that's the case, why won't you reveal the source of the defense fruits?"

"I already told you," Qian Qi said with an innocent and earnest expression, "I picked them up in the snow. There were only a dozen or so. I studied them for several months and still couldn't figure out how to cultivate them. Recently, my research funding has been tight, so I had no choice but to sell them for cash in an emergency."

Then, she put on an accusing look, "And yet someone said they wanted to confiscate my defense fruits. Sigh... students' enthusiasm for conducting research is about to be completely crushed."

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The Principal: ……

Was he somehow the villain who didn't act like a human and messed up?

The Principal scrutinized Qian Qi's expression, trying to gauge the truth of her words in his mind, but unfortunately, Qian Qi's small, rough face was like a copper wall and an iron fortress; he couldn't read a single thing from it.

In the end, he could only say, "Then continue your research. Once you successfully cultivate them, you must come to the Principal's office and notify me."

"Definitely, definitely~ Striving for the rise of humanity!" Qian Qi nodded like pounding garlic, wearing a righteous expression, "If I grow them, you'll be the very first person I tell!"

Absolutely the first!

Having obtained Qian Qi's guarantee, the Principal finally left the Beast-Taming Plaza with a sense of satisfaction.

Suo Ang, who left alongside the Principal, looked down at the small iron box in his palm, feeling faintly that there was a hidden meaning behind Qian Qi's words.

Although he had only met her twice, in his impression, Qian Qi was not someone who was so passionate and easily compromised.

After deep consideration, he slightly pinched his chin and spoke calmly, "Principal... it seems she only said she would be the first to tell you, but she didn't say *when* she would tell you after growing them."

The Principal: ……

The Principal: What the hell???

He had fallen for that stinky brat's trap again?!

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After the auction ended, Qian Qi originally wanted to find Chen Tong to get reimbursed for her clothes, but who would have known that bastard ran exceptionally fast? She went to the Magical Beast Department dormitory in person to catch him, but couldn't find him anywhere.

"Fine, fine, no rush."

Qian Qi turned her flip-flops around and set her sights on someone else.

It was said that after successfully bonding with a magical beast, the students of the Beast-Taming Department would have their bonded beasts kept in the school's magical beast storage room, only leaving the storage room when training was required.

And beast tamers separated from their bonded beasts usually possessed low combat prowess. Although a beast tamer could fuse with their bonded beast to awaken a new skill, the rank of this skill would actually be one tier lower than the bonded beast's rank.

Take the senior student from the Beast-Taming Department who had fought today, for instance. Even though he had bonded with a D-rank beast, the awakened skill he personally acquired was only E-rank.

And Qian Qi was D-minus rank.

Qian Qi tossed up the large sack she had scavenged from the school infirmary's trash can and abruptly threw it over the head of that Beast-Taming Department senior.

Followed by a vicious kick that knocked him flat!

"Let you beat me up! Let you want to kill me! Let you act as an accomplice to evil! Let your attacks fail to kill me, resulting in you only getting beaten up now!" Qian Qi unleashed a flurry of flying kicks and wild stomps on that Beast-Taming Department senior, aiming her hardest blows precisely wherever it hurt the most.

Hah! Someone as petty and vengeful as Qian Qi would never let go of someone who tried to assist Chen Tong in killing her!

It wasn't that she didn't seek revenge; the time just hadn't arrived yet. Qian Qi cared about her reputation too, so naturally, she had to take care of her revenge on the sly under the cover of darkness!

Today, she was going to let this scum know that helping bad guys do bad things came with retribution!!!

"Damn it, who is it?! Ah—stop hitting!" That Beast-Taming Department senior shrieked in agony, desperately trying to tear open the sack. But for some reason, Qian Qi's kicks were extremely deft and skillful, as if she had practiced this countless times, leaving him completely powerless to fight back.

As luck would have it, this beast tamer had not inherited his bonded beast's earth-element ability, but instead inherited an E-rank strength skill, which meant he stood zero chance against Qian Qi, who possessed D-rank strength. He could only miserably endure a brutal beating from her until he finally passed out from the pain.

Qian Qi hoisted the sack up and dumped the unconscious Beast-Taming Department senior right out of it.

Dragging up one of his bruised and battered arms, she opened his optical computer, used his fingerprint to input the password, and transferred funds to a black account she had recently applied for. Her fluid movements flowed naturally in one continuous motion, as though she had rehearsed them countless times in her mind.

[You are acting like... a bandit, an absolute bandit.] The system interface couldn't help but complain.

Qian Qi snorted coldly, "He should be grateful that in my past life, I was someone restrained by the laws and moral bottom lines. Otherwise, he would have been left as a naked corpse on the streets long ago."

This sum of money was equivalent to him spending wealth to buy his own life.

The system was baffled: [The streets are the streets, why naked?]

Qian Qi: "Because I'm a pervert."

The system: [???]

"Oh, right!" Qian Qi hoisted the sack over her shoulder and turned to leave the scene, suddenly remembering something else.

Tomorrow I'm going to the streets to beg for food, no update.

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Let me see who actually believed that? Happy April Fool's Day~

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