A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 1540 - 1038 Antarctic_2

As for Duanmu Huai, everyone’s views are completely opposite.

At first, everyone was afraid of Duanmu Huai. After all, he looked fierce, had a terrifying aura, and everyone initially couldn’t adapt to Duanmu Huai’s aura, which led to poor performance. As a result, Duanmu Huai’s mood also deteriorated, creating a negative loop. So at that time, no one dared to speak to Duanmu Huai, even making eye contact with him would frighten their hearts into an abrupt halt.

It wasn’t until Duanmu Huai brought in Mary, and the Wind Band Club’s performance gradually returned to normal, that everyone realized that although Duanmu Huai looked terrifying on the outside, he was actually quite approachable. He rarely got angry with students and would chat and talk with them — of course, if someone truly angered Duanmu Huai, they would surely regret it.

Moreover, Duanmu Huai always spoke frankly, though many of his words were not suitable for a teacher’s identity. However, teenagers didn’t mind this style during their adolescence. Now, the Wind Band Club has an unofficial rule: if there are musical difficulties, ask Teacher Long, if there are other problems, go talk to Teacher Duanmu.

After all, the crises the Wind Band Club encountered in the past year were all resolved by Duanmu Huai.

Although his methods were somewhat difficult for everyone to accept.

"Achoo———!"

Standing on the deck, Duanmu Huai suddenly sneezed.

"What’s the matter, teacher? Did you catch a cold?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s sneeze, everyone standing in front of the railing and staring at the vast ocean also turned around, curiously looking at him.

"Probably someone is thinking about me. I’m quite sensitive to that,"

Duanmu Huai shrugged and looked forward. They were not far from Antarctica, and for everyone except Mary, it was their first time coming to Antarctica, naturally, they were excited.

Oh, Frieren doesn’t count. She’s holed up in the cabin all day, either sleeping or reading. If it weren’t for Banriya and Tower City Kitten looking after her, who knows how messy she’d become.

What surprised Duanmu Huai was that apart from them, there were actually four female high school students in this exploration team. According to the leader, they were responsible for introducing the Antarctica Exploration team project, and indeed, female high school students coming here could easily cause a sensation. Of course, they interviewed Mary and Naruse Mio, but when it came to Duanmu Huai... he naturally stayed out of it.

Otherwise, it might not pass the review.

"But Teacher Duanmu, maybe I’m overthinking it."

Liliath also turned her head at this moment, watching Duanmu Huai with a hint of doubt.

"I’ve also investigated this matter. According to reports, the survivor was brought back to the mainland at the beginning of the year, right? It’s been almost a year now. Can we still find any clues there?"

"You don’t understand, Liliath,"

Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"Indeed, I know what you’re saying. But what you don’t know is that after that, the government secretly dispatched another investigation team to the scientific research station to investigate, and then..."

Duanmu Huai spread his hands.

"No news at all."

"What? Is there such a thing?"

"That’s right, and after that, due to changes in the Antarctic climate, all routes to Antarctica were banned. This means we are the first batch to head to Antarctica in a year. So, we must find out what happened there before anyone else. And I have a bad premonition... Hmm, my bad premonitions usually come true."

"That is........."

Mary silently sighed beside him. Every time Duanmu Huai felt something bad would happen, something bad always happened, like Hidari Island...

"When will we leave?"

Tower City Kitten also curiously inquired. Generally, to go to a scientific station one needs to take a helicopter, but since they are Demons, they can directly teleport or fly.

"I’ve already spoken to Toudou. We’ll disappear ourselves. For the public, we’ll say we’re on a special mission. They don’t need to know anything else."

While Duanmu Huai was speaking, he was looking ahead. Under his gaze, on the other side of the azure ocean horizon, a snowy glacier appeared.

"Alright, let’s pack up and prepare to set off."

A flash of brilliance passed before their eyes, and the next moment, everyone was standing on the flat ice surface.

"This is Antarctica............"

Looking at the scenery around, Naruse Mio widened her eyes in surprise.

"Honestly, I never thought I would come to Antarctica."

"Me neither............"

Everyone nodded, even the Demons never thought they’d one day come to Antarctica for sightseeing. Of course, for ordinary humans, the icy world here is already enough to bear. Fortunately, those present all had non-human physical attributes, this level of cold was tolerable for them.

"Oh... it’s so cold, Mary, carry me..."

"Eh? Frieren, don’t you want to see the scenery here?"

"Not really, it’s all white ice and snow over at the Demon King Palace too, I’m sick of it. Let’s quickly find a warm place..."

Except for a certain someone.

Honestly, what use do you have?

Duanmu Huai glanced at Frieren curled up on Mary’s back, shivering, and rolled his eyes helplessly.

"But this place is really vast, flat ice everywhere, can’t tell east from west."

"We’re in Antarctica, surely we’re at the south, right?"

"Then where’s south?"

"This........."

Faced with Banriya’s inquiry, Naruse Mio was also at a loss. She looked around, then turned to Duanmu Huai.

"Mr. Duanmu, what should we do next?"

"I definitely have a way."

Duanmu Huai took out the Bird Divination Tool — he must have prepared it in advance before coming here.

"The research station we locked onto is over this way... Speaking of which, your teleportation magic was unreliable. Why not just send us directly to the destination?"

"The magnetic field here is chaotic, teleportation magic is disturbed too, this is the limit."

"Alright, let’s go."

After locking the position, Duanmu Huai waved his hand, then everyone stood up and followed Duanmu Huai forward.

The endless glaciers initially looked breathtaking, but after watching for a while, your eyes would hurt. Naruse Mio was enthusiastic at first, but soon became listless like a frost-hit eggplant.

"Uncle, how much farther is it?"

"We’re almost there."

"That’s what you said half an hour ago..."

While complaining, Naruse Mio looked around aimlessly, then suddenly saw a small figure appearing from behind a nearby ice hill, running towards her.

That’s......

"A penguin!"

Seeing the small, adorable bird, Naruse Mio called out, eagerly waving to the others.

"Hey, look, there’s a penguin here!"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing Naruse Mio’s call, the others also stopped and turned their heads to look, then saw the penguin running towards Naruse Mio.

"Unexpectedly, it’s not afraid of humans?"

"Antarctic penguins probably haven’t seen humans, right?"

"That must be it... Should we go over and see?"

"Eh?"

While everyone was talking, Mary glanced at the penguin, then her expression changed drastically.

"Miss Liao, get away, that’s not a penguin!"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing Mary’s warning, Naruse Mio was stunned for a moment. Before she could react, the plump and cute little penguin had already reached Naruse Mio. Then — its head suddenly split into four petals like a flower, and several tentacles shot out from it like arrows, aiming at Naruse Mio!