I Raised a Cub in the Military Academy Chapter 54.1

Chapter 54: Brothers in Adversity part 1

Yun Yingzhi patted the egg cub and pointed toward the next material vending machine.

The egg cub understood instantly. A ripple of spatial energy enveloped Yun Yingzhi and itself; in the next moment, the pair appeared in front of another vending machine.

Yun Yingzhi pointed at the materials inside.

The egg cub activated its spatial ability, and in an instant, the vending machine was completely empty.

The people in the livestream were stunned.

[…So, didn’t we agree not to use child labor?]

[The Tough Guy is truly a Tough Guy. What a shameless adult!]

[Even so, on one hand, I think that little white egg is amazing, but on the other, I’m utterly shell-shocked. My jaw has already dropped from the shock… though that doesn’t stop me from typing to express my amazement…]

The netizens in the livestream chat expressed their shock over the egg cub one after another.

Yun Yingzhi gave the egg cub a kiss and continued to direct it to empty out a second vending machine.

The spatial ability was simply too useful. The egg cub led Yun Yingzhi around using spatial travel, moving so fast that the staff couldn’t keep up with him at all.

The viewers in the livestream engaged in a heated discussion about the “badass” egg cub, speculating on who the Tough Guy really was. Was the egg cub truly his? And if so, who was the mother?

[I speculate that since the egg cub is so powerful, if the Tough Guy is its father, then the mother must be an incredibly powerful ability warrior, right?]

[Given the Tough Guy’s tastes, the person he likes must be a fierce character just like him!]

[If the egg cub is the Tough Guy’s child, then what about that little milk rabbit?]

[That tiny milk rabbit must be a playmate the Tough Guy raised for the egg cub?]

Amidst the speculations of the livestream audience, the rabbit cub sat on Master Tang’s hand, looking longingly at Yun Yingzhi and the egg cub. “Da?”

Master Tang looked down at the soft, adorable rabbit cub in his hand.

Today was the second day he had seen the cub. Having interacted with him for two days, he knew better than anyone how well-behaved this little milk rabbit was.

He knew even better that the rabbit cub wasn’t some small pet; he was a human baby born in his second form.

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Looking at the weak and helpless rabbit cub, his heart felt like it was breaking.

Clearly, both the egg cub and the rabbit cub were Yun Yingzhi’s children. However, compared to the egg cub, who had awakened an ability before even hatching, the rabbit cub was tiny and frail, completely overshadowed by the egg cub in every aspect…

In the face of such a stark contrast, the parents must surely favor the egg cub more.

This was truly a biased family.

Master Ted looked at Master Tang and whispered, “He looks so sad. What should we do?”

He was just too pitiful.

Suddenly, both Masters’ personal terminals chimed with a private message.

They were quite surprised to find it was a notification from the organizers. They had no idea what kind of background Contestant A13167 possessed to be able to convince the Yaoming Group and the Source Weapon Association to “enshrine” these two cubs and satisfy almost all of A13167’s requests.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Yun Yingzhi directed the egg cub. A ripple of spatial energy enveloped the person and the little white egg, returning them to the workbench.

At this point, the majority of the viewers lurking in the livestream had split their screens into two parts.

One half showed Yun Yingzhi and the egg cub, while the other half showed the rabbit cub on Master Tang’s hand.

[Look at that milk rabbit. I suspect he isn’t a pet like you guys said; he should be a human baby.]

[If the milk rabbit is truly a human baby in his second form, is he the egg cub’s biological brother?]

[I hope he isn’t a human baby. If he is, it’s just too pitiful. One second form is a rabbit with no offensive power, while the other hasn’t even hatched but can already control spatial abilities. The parents will definitely be biased, right?]

At this moment, the livestream audience was filled with sympathy for the little white rabbit.

What made their hearts break even more was that the rabbit cub was currently tilting his head, his jet-black eyes looking at Yun Yingzhi with a face full of innocence.

Then they looked at what Yun Yingzhi was doing.

This biased father was holding the white egg in his hands as if it were a precious treasure, and the pampered little white egg was happily spinning circles in his hands.

A staff member stepped forward, their gaze shifting toward the egg cub from time to time. “Normally, using abilities to empty vending machines is not permitted. However, in order to save the contestant’s time to the maximum extent, the organizers are willing to grant you this convenience. But we need you to settle the bill first.”

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Yun Yingzhi: “Alright.”

Yun Yingzhi looked at the dazzling array of materials, picked out the ones he didn’t need, and said, “I don’t need these. You can take them back.”

The egg cub rolled back into the folds of Yun Yingzhi’s collar.

Throughout the entire process, Yun Yingzhi’s gaze never once landed on the rabbit cub on Master Tang’s hand.

The people at the scene and the livestream audience—those who already felt sorry for the rabbit cub—felt their hearts ache even more.

[If the milk rabbit is really the Tough Guy’s child, he’s truly too pitiful. Yesterday I thought the Tough Guy liked small pets, but today I realized I misjudged him! I’m so angry!]

Immediately after, something even more heart-wrenching occurred.

The milk rabbit stood up on Master Tang’s hand, his gaze still fixed longingly on his Tough Guy Papa, who wasn’t giving him any reaction at all.

At this moment, everyone was thinking: This world isn’t worth it.

The rabbit cub probably couldn’t withstand his Tough Guy Papa’s bias; his tiny body wobbled, and he flopped down again.

[This is too pitiful. I really can’t stand seeing this. Looking at this milk rabbit, I can’t help but cry.]

[The milk rabbit is definitely a human baby. How could a real pet have such complex emotions?]

Master Tang’s gaze was filled with heartache as he looked at the rabbit cub. He stroked the cub’s soft fur and said, “Baby, Grandpa will give you toys to play with, okay?”

The rabbit cub’s gaze remained fixed longingly on Yun Yingzhi.

Then, the pitiful little thing climbed down from Master Tang’s hand and went “da-da-da” toward where Yun Yingzhi was.

Despite being so tiny, he used his short legs to walk with a firm pace toward Yun Yingzhi. This was the full extent of a cub’s love for his father—a love that even two short legs couldn’t stop.

Master Tang walked over and picked the rabbit cub up.

The rabbit cub blinked his large, black eyes at Master Tang, let out a “da,” and looked toward Yun Yingzhi again, pointing his tiny paw at him.

[Although the milk rabbit doesn’t have powerful abilities like the egg cub, he’s truly smart. He’s so young yet already knows how to act cute to get others to carry him.]

Master Tang thought to himself that while a rabbit’s second form was indeed weak, a person’s value shouldn’t be measured by such external conditions. He felt that Yun Yingzhi, who only had eyes for the egg cub, was the most excessive kind of person.

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Master Tang let out a silent sigh.

By now, Yun Yingzhi had already thrown himself back into his busy work.

Yun Yingzhi needed some materials. He only had to point, and the egg cub would precisely control its ability to place what he needed right under his nose, or even deliver it directly into his hand.

It had to be said that having a “child labor” assistant like the egg cub had once again accelerated Yun Yingzhi’s efficiency.

Happy little bubbles sprouted around the egg cub as it spun circles in Yun Yingzhi’s collar from time to time.

Finally, Master Tang approached Yun Yingzhi while holding the little milk rabbit.

Yun Yingzhi’s attention was entirely on the task at hand, and he didn’t realize the rabbit cub had arrived.

The rabbit cub jumped down from Master Tang’s hand, climbed onto the workbench, and approached Yun Yingzhi.

Yun Yingzhi’s movements paused as he looked at the rabbit cub.

The rabbit cub looked at the egg cub, then shifted his gaze to Yun Yingzhi: “Da da!”

Hearing the sound, Yun Yingzhi looked at the rabbit cub and rubbed his head. “Jiaojiao, aren’t you going to play with Grandpa anymore?”

[The Tough Guy is too much. He leaves one cub for a stranger to look after while he holds the other in his arms the whole time. This is too excessive.]

The rabbit cub blinked his eyes, staring at the egg cub as if in deep thought.

[What a pitiful milk rabbit. I really can’t take it anymore, I’m crying… sniff…]

The rabbit cub withdrew his gaze, moved his two little feet, and patted Yun Yingzhi.

Yun Yingzhi’s gaze was confused.

The rabbit cub blinked his large eyes and, under Yun Yingzhi’s watch, curled up his tiny body into a round ball.

A giant question mark slowly formed in Yun Yingzhi’s mind. He didn’t quite understand—why would the rabbit cub curl himself into a ball?

Yun Yingzhi completely missed the rabbit cub’s meaning, but on the other end, Yun Yinghui—who was watching via livestream—got it perfectly.

The rabbit cub was imitating the “shut-down” egg cub that Yun Yingzhi had pampered so much yesterday.

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Of course, the netizens watching via livestream had another interpretation of the rabbit cub’s behavior.

[This milk rabbit is too pitiful. He’s so tiny, yet he’s already learned how to suck up to his Papa?]

[He must be ignored by his Papa a lot normally for him to act like this! Truly, my mom and I haven’t been able to stop crying since just now. I never expected the Red Peony Tough Guy to be this kind of person. This is too much!]

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