"Uhh. Who exactly are "they"?" I asked her curiously.
"Those two are the Principal and Vice Principal of the National Mecha Pilot Academy. Bruce Pang and Jete Wen." Grand Elder She said quietly as though she was afraid of disturbing the fight that was going on in the distance.
"Wen? The current President''s n?" I asked her quietly.
Grand Elder She merely nodded her head in response. She was focusing all of her attention on the fight.
It was a spectacr fight, and it was so even in my untrained eye which missed probably 99% of the intricacies and significance of their moves.
For a few moments, both Grand Elder She and I watched the fight quietly grow in intensity and ferocity until finally… BAM!
A middle aged man literally flew out of the gazebo.
My eyes followed him and caught sight of a handsome smiling face just a split second before he sshed into theke.
And then my eyes swivelled back to the top of the gazebo where the woman was.
Only to find that she was no longer there, but standing in front of me.
"Why hello! Hello! What do we have here? She, it''s really good to see you again!" An exquisitely beautiful middle aged woman in white staff uniform beamed at Grand Elder She who was bowing deeply in greeting. There was not a single drop of sweat on her face or anywhere I could see even after the ridiculously high speed fight she had with the Principal.
"Vice Principal Wen. Your disciple She greets you."
"At ease. How is your movement technique training? Have you mastered the fifth stage yet?" Vice Principal Jete Wen asked her warmly.
"Yes, Vice Principal Wen. I have mastered the fifth and the sixth stage, and I am currently halfway through the seventh stage." Grand Elder She replied with a tinge of pride in her voice.
"Hohoho. I definitely need to see it for myselfter." Jete Wen''s eyes gleamed in sincere excitement. "But for now, who do we have here?"
Jete Wen scrutinized me curiously with a smile.
"Let me guess, you must be a record holder from today''s entrance test. And for you to be here at this time, you must have just finished your RPL test. Could it be…?" Jete Wen raised a questioning eyebrow at Grand Elder She.
But before Grand Elder She could say anything, Jete Wen immediately shook her head and said, "No, let me figure it out by myself. What''s your name, young man?"
"Uhhh. My name is Justin. And the Principal still hasn''t surfaced, by the way. Do we need to rescue him or something?" I couldn''t help but blurt out the one thing that was bugging me at that moment.
Jete Wen blinked at me in surprise and thenughed out loud hriously as though she had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
Well, maybe even the funniest joke in the universe, because even after five seconds, she was stillughing her head off.
"Oh dear! I haven''tughed like that for so long! Thank you dear for such a treat." Jete Wen finally said to me after she vented her bellyful ofughter.
"Would you believe it? I haven''t, in my entire life, ced the idea of "rescue" and "Bruce Pang" as its object together before! Rescue Bruce Pang from theke! Ha! I won''t let him hear the end of this." Jete Wen was still chuckling evilly as she beckoned Grand Elder She and me to follow her.<novelnext></novelnext>
We made our way to thekeside where Jete Wen promptly shouted in a loud voice. "HEY BRUCE! DO YOU NEED TO BE RESCUED FROM DROWNING IN THE LAKE?"
A few secondster, bubbles appeared on the surface of the calmke.
Jete Wen chuckled. "That was probably him cursing me for being a naggy old hag."
I smiled and nodded. "Good to know that he''s still alive."
Jete Wen looked at me incredulously and immediately burst outughing once more!
"Oh my goodness! You''re such an adorable young man! Good! Very good! One hundred credits for you!" Jete Wen said afterughing her head off once more.
Ssh!
The middle aged man suddenly shot out of theke and somersaulted his way next to us, causing us to be inundated with countless water droplets.
"One hundred credits deducted for thinking that I needed rescuing from a mere fall into theke!" He announced loudly and then red at me.
"One hundred credits awarded for being such a handsome young man!" Jete Wen drawledzily and rolled her eyes at Bruce Pang.
"And one hundred credits deducted for being relieved that I was still alive!" Bruce Pang frowned deeply and continued to deduct my Academy Credits liberally.
"One hundred credits awarded for… Uhh. Being here?" Jete Wen ran out of excuses to award me credits with and didn''t even try toe up with a decent alternative.
"Stop undermining my attempts to educate the younger generation, you demoness!" Principal Bruce Pang shouted at Vice Principal Jete Wen and shook his finger at her.
"Have some self awareness please and stop acting like a baby. We''re in front of a new student here!" Jete Wen told Bruce Pang off sternly.
"YOU have some self-awareness and stop spoiling him with credits! It''s bad for youngsters to get rewards for things they didn''t even do!" Bruce Pang shouted righteously.
Jete Wen red back at Bruce Pang before finally sighing.
"I must be getting old. He''s actually even starting to make sense." She muttered to herself.
"BUT you can''t lie to me! You''re just pissed because he thought you needed rescuing! HA! The invincible Bruce Pang! Rescued by a ten year old from drowning in his own privateke!"
"Demoness! Take this holy and righteous attack from me!!" Bruce Pang sent a vicious right hook flying towards Jete Wen merely stood still and said, "No roast pork for dinner if even a drop of water from your hand touches me."
Immediately, Bruce Pang retracted his fist and released a powerful burst of internal energy that vaporized all the water droplets around us!
"Ahahahaha! Roast pork! Did you cook roast pork today? Good! Good! I''ll wait for you at home honey!" Bruce Pang leaned forward, gave Jete Wen a quick peck on her cheeks and then turned around andughed his way towards a little hut by theke a short distance away.
Of course, my jaw dropped to the ground at that.