"Where did this damn loser come from, daring to insult me!" The woman with wavy hair glared angrily at Zhao Chen. This guy actually dared to call her a bitch!
At that moment, one of the wavy-haired woman's admirers nearby saw an opportunity—this was a rare chance to show off.
He strode toward Zhao Chen: "How dare you disrespect Miss Zhou Min! Let's see how I tear your mouth apart!"
As he spoke, he swung his fist toward Zhao Chen's face.
Xue Xiaoxiao and the others nearby were shocked. They hadn't expected students from Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy to be so arrogant—not only daring to violate rules during starship combat but now even resorting to physical violence.
Facing the incoming punch, Zhao Chen's hand moved later but arrived first, directly gripping the other's fist, then twisting it.
"Ahhhhhh..." The man's face contorted in pain as he screamed and knelt on the ground.
Zhao Chen followed up with a kick to his face, sending him flying backward until he coincidentally slid right under the wavy-haired woman's skirt. Unfortunately, he was already unconscious by then.
He wouldn't be able to enjoy the view beneath his dream girl's skirt.
"Isn't that Zhao Wan'er's brother, Zhao Chen?"
"The same Zhao Chen who, during last semester's final exams, fought a starship duel against someone in the same grade and defeated them when no one believed he could?"
"Wow, Zhao Chen's combat skills are so impressive!"
"Have you noticed? This Zhao Chen is actually quite handsome."
Among the surrounding students of North Star Starship Military Academy, some recognized Zhao Chen, while others had only heard of him.
But now, seeing Zhao Chen immediately throwing punches at an outsider student...
It was really...
So damn satisfying!
Over the past few days, students of North Star Starship Military Academy had long been fed up with these Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy students.
Well done!
"Fight well! Best if you beat up that damn woman too!" The twin-tailed loli Xue Xiaoxiao jumped to Zhao Chen's side, clearly not minding if things escalated.
The noble lady named Zhou Min was now frightened by Zhao Chen's "rude" behavior and instinctively took a few steps back.
Zhao Chen ignored the woman and instead looked at Zhao Wan'er again: "Your own matters, handle them yourself.
Where our Zhao family suffers humiliation, that's where we reclaim our dignity!"
Zhao Wan'er pointed at the T2 Firecrow-class Heavy Interstellar Battlecruiser still being towed away from the Starship Duel Arena and said with grievance, "But my starship is heavily damaged, and some of my crew are injured..."
"Just tell me: do you want to return the humiliation she gave you?" Zhao Chen asked.
Zhao Wan'er nodded heavily, her eyes filled with unwillingness and anger.
Losing the starship duel—she accepted that.
But after she surrendered, the other party still bombarded her starship, injuring her crew.
That, she could not tolerate.
"I do!" Zhao Wan'er gritted her teeth and shouted.
"Challenge her. I'll arrange the starship," Zhao Chen said.
Hearing Zhao Chen's words, although Zhao Wan'er didn't know exactly what arrangements he had in mind, she felt a surge of confidence.
She took a deep breath, walked straight up to Zhou Min, and pointed at her: "Zhou Min, I challenge you to another duel.
You set the time!
Do you dare accept?"
Zhou Min laughed in anger. "Fine, no need to pick another day. My starship isn't affected anyway.
"Once my starship is resupplied, we'll fight another duel in half an hour!"
"Fine! It's a deal!" Zhao Wan'er declared.
Clomp, clomp, clomp, clomp
Just then, the surrounding students parted to make way as several instructors walked in.
"What's going on? I heard someone was assaulted here?" A sharp-voiced woman strode in quickly, her eyes immediately landing on her own student lying on the ground.
She angrily pointed at the male instructor from North Star Starship Military Academy beside her: "Vice Dean Jiang, what is the meaning of this from your North Star!
My student was perfectly fine, yet here he is, beaten by your student. You owe me an explanation!
We from Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy came here for academic exchange this time. Is this how you treat your guests?"
Vice Dean Jiang looked somewhat surprised. He first tried to calm her down: "Vice Dean Jia, please calm down, calm down. Let's first understand what happened."
At that moment, students from both sides began shouting accusations.
"Their North Star Starship Military Academy students are sore losers and even resort to violence!"
"Nonsense! It was clearly the Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy people who broke the rules in the starship duel! The other side had already surrendered, yet they still fired! Causing injuries to their crew and insulting them as commoners!"
"What's wrong with calling you commoners? Commoners should just stay quietly on the planets. What are you doing piloting starships out here? You're not even worthy!"
Soon, the two vice deans grasped the full picture of the incident.
Vice Dean Jiang's expression began to darken as he looked at Vice Dean Jia beside him: "Vice Dean Jia, it seems from this.
That this incident had its reasons, and both sides share responsibility. Let's leave it at that."
"Is Vice Dean Jiang trying to shield his own?" Vice Dean Jia, accustomed to being domineering, retorted without courtesy.
You old hag, these past few days with your arrogant attitude, anyone would think you're the dean.
Out of respect for you as a guest, I've been polite, but you're really pushing your luck!
Vice Dean Jiang cursed inwardly, but maintained a faint smile on his face: "If we must delve deeper, it's quite clear this incident originated from your student's failure to follow the rules, firing after one side had surrendered and ceased combat.
These rules for starship duels should have been taught in the first year. Could it be your academy didn't cover them?"
The words carried a sting.
Vice Dean Jia's face soured.
"Vice Dean Jia, just now their North Star student said she wanted another duel.
Since there's conflict between us, and we're both starship military academies, why not settle our differences directly with a starship fight." Zhou Min walked over, sneering as she looked at Zhao Wan'er.
She had beaten this woman once; she could beat her a second time.
"I'll see it through to the end!" Zhao Wan'er glared back at her opponent, feeling an inexplicable confidence at that moment.
"Very well, Vice Dean Jia. How about we handle it this way? As for what just happened, we'll let it go." Vice Dean Jia looked at Vice Dean Jiang with a somewhat sinister smile.
You were quite arrogant just now, weren't you?
Fine, I'll have my student defeat your so-called genius student right in front of you.
Let's see if your North Star can save face.
Vice Dean Jiang hesitated. He looked at Zhao Wan'er; he knew this student—hardworking and talented.
If two consecutive defeats cause psychological trauma, it would be more than worth it.
"I think it's better to..." Vice Dean Jiang tried to brush it off.
But Zhao Wan'er interrupted the vice dean and said firmly, "Vice Dean Jiang, I want to fight!
Please respect my decision!"
Vice Dean Jiang frowned and walked up to Zhao Wan'er. "Student Zhao Wan'er, your starship is damaged, and your crew is injured. How can you fight now?
Let's just forget about it this time."
"I have a starship! I want to fight!" Zhao Wan'er insisted stubbornly.
Zhao Chen walked over at this moment and said, "Vice Dean Jiang, matters between women should be left for them to resolve themselves."
As he spoke, Zhao Chen signaled to Lilith behind him and whispered, "Take Wan'er to the Black Rhinoceros."
"Yes." Lilith walked over to Zhao Wan'er, and the two of them left the area.
Seeing this, Zhou Min sneered from the other side, "Since you still want to humiliate yourself, I'll oblige.
I hope your starship can withstand a beating this time." After saying that, she also turned and headed back to her docked and resupplied starship to prepare for the second battle!