Chapter 256

The troublesome crow was being tightly gripped by the neck in Chloe's hand, nearly suffocating, occasionally twitching to show it was still alive.

Bai Zuo remained silent for a moment, then said, "Let go and give me the crow."

It was barely alive now, and if Chloe continued to torment it like this, its fate would be uncertain.

Chloe obediently handed the crow to Bai Zuo, her eyes showing some reluctance.

After receiving it, Bai Zuo loosened his grip slightly to avoid strangling the crow outright. As he examined the bird's body, he explained in detail:

"The man you caught earlier probably wasn't a formal employee of the Viper Group. At most, he was a defective experiment, sent here as a target. As for this crow..."

Bai Zuo pinched the crow's neck, twisting it left and right to observe. Then he took out a thin dagger from his waist and directly plucked out the crow's eyeball.

Strangely, even with this treatment, the crow didn't bleed at all. Instead, a jumble of wires clattered out.

Electric wires, in various colors.

Chloe raised an eyebrow slightly: "Wow, how high-tech, avian mechanical modification."

Bai Zuo: "..."

Damn avian mechanical modification. When would this girl ever say something pleasant?

Bai Zuo said nothing, tightening his jaw as he pulled out the monitoring and listening devices from the crow's eye socket. After examining them, he said:

"Fortunately, these aren't real-time. For them to receive information, this crow would have to fly back. So the Viper Group probably doesn't know our specific situation here..."

At this point, Bai Zuo paused briefly, then asked, "Are you sure there's only one such crow around here?"

Chloe raised three fingers to her forehead in a swearing gesture:

"Absolutely no second one, I guarantee it on my character."

Hearing this, Bai Zuo felt slightly relieved, but then heard Chloe add:

"Although my character has already crumbled beyond repair."

Bai Zuo: "..."

"Alright, shut up and go to sleep."

Chloe put one hand in her pocket: "What sleep? I'm on guard all night tonight."

Hearing this, Bai Zuo raised an eyebrow slightly: "Didn't they say you were in poor health? Can you handle being on guard all night?"

Poor health?

Chloe's expression darkened: "Who said I'm in poor health? I'll beat them to death!"

Bai Zuo didn't reveal that it was Daniel who said it, instead just asking again, "Can you really handle it?"

Qu Yan withdrew her hand, tucked Chloe in properly, and then left the tent.

By now, there weren't many people left in the tent.

Only the sentries who had just come off duty were catching up on sleep.

...

When Chloe woke up again, she didn't know what time it was.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she found Anderson standing by her bed.

She was confused for a moment, then asked, "Didn't Sister Qu Yan say she would come to wake me? Where is she?"

Anderson raised his hand to smooth down a tuft of hair that had stood up on her head during sleep, his voice gentle: "Qu Yan was temporarily assigned to go on a mission with a team, so I came to wake up the little miss."

Hearing this, Chloe slowly said "Oh," and then asked, "What time is it now?"

"Ten in the morning."

Chloe calculated and realized she had slept for about six hours.

Not bad, barely enough to restore her energy.

She waved her hand to push Anderson out, pulled the bed curtain closed and started changing clothes. After changing, she set off for Colonel Bai Zuo's tent.

Colonel Bai Zuo had told her to come to his place immediately after her shift, but Chloe had delayed until now.

Thinking of this, Chloe felt a pang of guilt.

As soon as she entered and saw the full view of the interior of the tent, Chloe felt a surge of indignation in her heart—

Why does Colonel Bai get to live in such a luxurious tent! While we Military Academy students are...

"Because I'm a colonel."

Bai Zuo put down his teacup on the table with a crisp sound.

Chloe composed her facial expression, trying her best not to have everything written on her face:

"Officer Bai, I'm very sorry for being late," she said, then eagerly leaned in closer.

Bai Zuo looked at Chloe's changeable expression, his lips twitching slightly before he spoke:

"You're quite bold. This is the first time I've seen someone dare to disobey a superior's orders."

Chloe put on an innocent face. "This has nothing to do with boldness. Sentries who've been on duty all night must get enough rest before continuing training. That's the rule in the military camp."

She smiled with seeming sincerity:

"You should know that I've always been a good girl who follows the rules."