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Same as last time, the replies were filled with hateful comments.
How could someone like that even be at our school? So disgusting!)
I’m gonna throw up. A different luxury car picks her up every day. Some people really have no shame:||||
[There’s probably some bald old guy in those cars. Briar really doesn’t care, huh!
[No wonder she acts like she’s so untouchable–she’s got sponsors backing her up. If I had that kind of support, I’d be acting all high and mighty
[People like her are on another level. Us regular folks can’t compare. And after doing stuff like that, she still has the nerve to show off during the boot camp? If it were me, I’d have found a hole to crawl into by now.
[Just saying what everyone’s thinking–Briar’s hot, but how much for a night?|
[Keep dreaming. Look at the kind of luxury car picking her up. That stuff’s diamond–studded. She’s way out of our league.]
On top of that, there were even more vulgar and disgusting comments flooding the thread.
After reading the post, all three of Briar’s roommates looked at her with worried expressions.
But to their surprise, Briar didn’t seem bothered at all. In fact, she let out a lazy chuckle.
Briar, you okay?” Mae’s voice was hesitant, clearly spooked.
Mae thought, ‘Does she just snap from rage or something?
But the truth was, Briar wasn’t mad at all. It was just childish nonsense
Anyone with half a brain could guess who was behind it
Back at the training base, just because she was a girl, Briar had heard things ten times worse than this.
These kids, still wet behind their ears, couldn’t even imagine the stuff she’d dealt with. If something this petty could pis her off, Briarwould’ve died from anger a long time agu.
Briar looked across the room at Imani. The bandage on her head still stood out, and her face was pale
Among all the students dressed in camo uniforms, that white dress Imani wore made her stick out like a sore thumb
Rhea followed Briar’s line of sight and narrowed her eyes. “Her again!”
Briar didn’t answer. She just let out a quiet laugh. “She’s tougher than she looks
For someone who usually acted all delicate and soft, Imani had some serious physical and mental endurance.
Briar thought, “With that kind of stamina, why is the studying acting? She should’ve gone for special forces.
Soon, several instructors walked into the lecture hall, and the room went quiet.
They brought in handguns to demonstrate and began taking them apart at the front. This is a Type 92 pistol, officially the Q5292 semi- automatic_
Briar didn’t hear a word after that. She was slouched in the back comer, typing away on her minifoldable computer
Briar always carried two phones. One for regular use, and the other was a foldable model with an outer screen–basically a mini computer
Once opened, it revealed a second screen and a few basic keyboard keys. More than enough for emergencies.
Son, Briar already tracked down the IPaddress of Cyrus’s computer and was trying to access his server.
That forum post wasn’t even worth her attention. Briar didn’t even bother deleting it like last time.
If Imani insisted on picking a fight, then she shouldn’t be surprised when Briar fought back using her own methods.
At that moment, the instructor giving the gun demo was Ethan.
As he glanced around, Ethan’s eyes finally landed on Briar hunched in the corner, and a vein started twitching at his temple. “Briar Shepherd!” “Huh?” Briar locked up, pretending not to understand.
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Ethan took a deep breath, clearly annoyed. “Did you already learn everything I just taught?”
“Yeah.” I
“Briar nodded confidently, completely unbothered. She’d mastered this stuff ages ago.
Ethan frowned. ‘She’s clearly been on her phone the whole time, and now she is claiming she knew everything?
Ethan said. “Then get up here and assemble the parts on the table
In reality. Ethan hadn’t even covered gun assembly yet. He’d only talked about the basic components and how they worked.
But since Briar hadn’t been listening at all, Ethan was sure she wouldn’t know.
Time to teach her a lesson Echan thought
“Okay.” Briar scratched her nose and walked casually up to the front
Whispers rippled through the room.
“She really thinks she knows everything, huh? She’s actually going up there.”
“She might be good at fighting and acting tough, but does she even know how to handle a gun!”
imant, didn’t you take shooting lessons before? Did Briar ever learn it too? Tiana asked, sitting next to Imani.
Imani hesitated. Tm not sure. My parents sent her overseas. We’re not really clove.”
“So all for show then She looks like she knows what she’s doing, but” Tana said.
“What a joke!” some
‘someone scupped.
Under everyone’s mocking stares, Briar calmly picked up the barrel and upper slide.
In just a few seconds, the scanered parts on the desk were umoothly assembled into a fully constructed handgun.
Load. Cock Raise. Pull the trizzer–every move flawless and fluid.
For a second, the class was frozen in stunned silence.
Then chaos erupted as screams rang out. With a loud bang, the blank round fired straight at Imani’s forehead.
The force smacked Imand right in the middle of her head, making her jolt back in her scat
If she hadn’t been sitting, Imani probably would’ve hit the ground.
One of the instructors rushed forward, face pale, ready to disarm Briar on the spot
But somehow, just as he reached her, Briar stepped slightly to the side, letting the gun fall to the ground with a soft thud.
Ethan’s face darkened. Vens bulged on his temple. “Briart What the hell are you doing? Why did you point a gun at your classmate!”
At that moment, another instructor was already checking on Imani.
Briar blinked innocently. “Sorry, Mr. Miller. I didn’t know. I thought blank rounds were harmless. I didn’t expect it to actually hit someone.”
“You didn’t know” Ehan was stunned.
Briar’s assembly just now had been ridiculously smooth–clearly the work of someone with serious experience. No way someone like that didn’t know blanks could still hurt
Ethan had even looked into Briar after she’d stood out so much during training. Leamed she’d been living overseas until recently.
With her background, it wasn’t shocking Briar was familiar with guns.
really didn’t know,” Briar said, sounding full of remorse. But there was a hint of a smile playing on her lips.
Anyone with eyes could tell she’d done it on purpose.
“You” Filan began to snap
Just then, the instructor who’d checked on Imani spoke up. “She’s fine. Just a blank round. Nothing serious.
Ethan finally let out a breath, though his eyes were still filled with suspicion.
“The person you owe an apology to isn’t me–it’s the classmate you hit Ethan said coldly.
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Then Briar turned around and looked straight at Imani from across the room. “Sorry, Imand,” she called sweetly. “My bad.”
Eihan said, “You okay, student..”
Before he could finish, Ethan caught a clear look at Imani’s face and nearly exploded.
Isn’t this the same girl who got injured last time! Once can be a coincidence–but twice! That’s no accident, Ethan thought.
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