Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Juurensha and Cat

　　Ever since he began living with Adonis, Sui Yuan's life at the Mecha Training Camp became like heaven. The bed was cozy, and the food was delicious. For the sake of giving General Adonis face, all the military instructors eased up on Sui Yuan. Nowadays, it was rare for him to be penalised for not paying attention or for chatting as he pleased —- Of course, the most crucial point was that when training finished, he would be summoned by Adonis for all sorts of tasks, so there wasn't any time for punishments anyways!

　　Furthermore, Sui Yuan continued to act as he had in the latter half of the previous world. He carried on without any care towards the plot and simply did as he pleased. He also didn't bother concerning himself with the protagonist, Lin Zhan. It was nothing like the original plot, where they would progress together, being as inseparable as a shadow from one's body.

　　However , he wasn't sure if it was because Zheng Yu's friends.h.i.+p meter towards Lin Zhan had already been maxed out, or if it was because of Sui Yuan's own "Protagonist's best friend" halo, but even though Sui Yuan only interacted with him during trainings, Lin Zhan still considered him to be his best friend. No matter what the situation was, he'd think of him first.

　　Meanwhile, Sui Yuan's progress during training had surprised everyone.

　　At the beginning, he was ranked at the bottom. Gradually his performance reached the middle of the ranks. In the end, he forced his way up into the ranks of the Alphas, becoming the most exceptional trainee amongst the Betas. Not only that, but this meteoric rise had occurred in just a few short weeks.

　　Lin Zhan was very happy with Sui Yuan's progress. The instructors were also pleasantly surprised with this change. However, in the eyes of the other trainees, this wasn't something to be happy about.

　　n.o.body thought that this was achieved by Sui Yuan himself. They all attributed it to Adonis' guidance. This made Sui Yuan feel particularly discontent—-this was clearly the result of his own hard work! As for Adonis, he shared a bit of his experience and knowledge at the very beginning, but in the end that man just spent the rest of the time bothering him!

　　Sui Yuan's greatest complaint was about the Body Restoration Capsule in Adonis' room. Not matter how serious one's condition was, no matter where one was hurt, after just spending a little while inside, one would quickly become as good as new again. This was simply fraud!

　　Now that Sui Yuan had the Body Restoration Capsule, Adonis didn't have to worry that Sui Yuan would be too tired for training the next day and could toss him about to his heart's desire.

　　Naturally, the Body Restoration Capsule was widely regarded as a very expensive thing in the eyes of other people—- whether it was in terms of its base price or the price for each use—-it was usually only in the case of an extremely grave injury that one would appeal to the higher-ups for its use. Unfortunately, Adonis truly deserved to be called a privileged local tyrant. He carelessly squandered his money away without a care in the world. If it wasn't for Sui Yuan's desperate struggles, he'd absolutely play with him every night! Even if Sui Yuan had wanted to indulge himself in this last world, to do this kind of deranged thing every night was still unbearable!

　　And so, every time Sui Yuan saw the Body Restoration Capsule, he had an urge to destroy it.

　　"Ah Yu? Zheng Yu? What are you thinking about?" Lin Zhan's voice grounded Sui Yuan's mind that had run off into the distance back to the present.

　　"Sorry, sorry. I was just thinking about the Body Restoration Capsule," Sui Yuan responded with a smile, "Although I've always heard about it, this is the first time I've seen such an expensive thing with my own eyes, so I'm really curious."

　　"Indeed. The Body Restoration Capsule is a really important invention. Who knows how many people it has brought back from the brink of death. I'm so jealous that you were able to see it yourself and even touch it—-Naturally, it'd be for the best that you never have to use it. To be gravely injured is not fun at all, or so I understand," Lin Zhan joked while winking. He had been immediately enthralled by Sui Yuan's words.

　　Sui Yuan, with a face full of regret："………"

　　—–It was really, really better to not have any reason to use it. However, what a pity, that he had already lost track of how many times he's used it!

　　"Say, you saw it in General Adonis' room, right?" Lin Zhan, having not noticed Sui Yuan's expression, asked in high spirits, "I heard that aside from the infirmary, only General Adonis—–only he has his very own Body Restoration Capsule. It really makes one really jealous, doesn't it?"

　　"Yeah," Sui Yuan nodded, not batting an eyelid. As he clenched his teeth, he smiled. "General Adonis's place is really something……"

　　"He's the General, after all. It's what he deserves!" Lin Zhan really deserved to be called Adonis' fanboy. His voice was especially full of respect.

　　Sui Yuan shrugged. He, who was currently resenting Adonis, didn't want to hear Lin Zhan praise that idiot at all.

　　"Wait a second! You distracted me again!" Fortunately, Lin Zhan did not continue on about Adonis.

　　His expression suddenly turned grave, and he solemnly lowered his voice, "During the next periodic a.s.sessment, you need to be careful!"

　　"Why?" Sui Yuan stared blankly.

　　"You….perhaps you don't know, but recently, in the training camp, there's been a few people who have spoken about you in a not so good way…" Lin Zhan hesitated. He tried to be as tactful as possible, in order to avoid hurting Sui Yuan's feelings, "There's a few trainees who aren't happy that you're receiving such consideration. They want to teach you a lesson. They probably plan to gang up on you in the upcoming periodic a.s.sessment—I'm not clear on the specifics. After all, everyone knows that you and I are friends, so they kept it from me…"

　　Sui Yuan muttered to himself while nodding his head, patting Lin Zhan on the shoulder. He indicated to the other that he should relax, "I understand. I'll be careful, so you don't have to worry."

　　"En," Lin Zhan, upon seeing Sui Yuan prepared, he lifted his own spirits up. In the end, he sighed in relief and revealed a smile, "Although I wanted to warn you to be cautious, however, I also want to see you give them a lesson! After all, some of what they've been saying is simply too much. Even I could barely endure it anymore…."

　　"I know," Sui Yuan smiled, "Thank you."

　　"You're my best friend!" Lin Zhan raised his arms to hug him, as he clapped him on the back in comfort and encouragement.

　　After sending Lin Zhan off, Sui Yuan returned to Adonis' residence and turned on the training equipment. It had been a long time since he last cared about the plot. He had actually forgotten what kind of mishap would occur during the next periodic a.s.sessment.

　　To be exact, in the original, it was Lin Zhan who was the target of everyone's jealousy. Now, it was himself who would be targeted.

　　Although ganging up on a single person was not very nice, it was not really excessive. It could just barely be considered a fair retaliation.

　　—-When all was said and done, what the military instructors could not tolerate the most as soldiers was this kind of underhanded tactic. If it were to be discovered that they had secretly planned to backstab their comrade during training, then this would definitely be grounds for expulsion. There was no room for argument there.