From Shengwu District to Shengde District, the hovercar Qin Luo was in turned into the Royal Academy halfway through the journey.

Any further was the royal palace. Even knowing the Queen was up to no good, it wasn’t convenient to live stream. In Song Yu’s own words, with a camera on you, you even have to think twice before killing someone. It’s a hassle.

The number of viewers in the live stream had already surpassed three billion.

A legion openly bombarding the top students of the Central Military Academy was undoubtedly explosive news.

With Rong Shi and Song Yu off-camera for a while, the comments in the live stream grew more intense—

“Where is the Chairman?! Don’t tell me he’s been secretly harmed! If he doesn’t appear in the next five minutes, I’m going to spam the military’s official account!”

“Why aren’t the Chairman and Song Yu in the same hovercar? Something must be wrong!”

“Everyone, calm down. They’ve already been rescued by Major General Jin. They should be safe now.”

“Who knows if that Major General Jin is good or bad? I don’t trust anyone from the military right now! I won’t feel at ease for a second until I see them!”

Qin Luo couldn’t help but laugh. “You people are so unreasonable. Can’t you let the young couple have a little private time?”

Unexpectedly, this joke drew the dissatisfaction of the majority of the viewers.

“Can’t they be affectionate on camera?”

“Is there anything we’re not allowed to see?”

“I’ve got my bowl ready for all the PDA.”

“Why are they in a relationship if they won’t let people watch? Bad review!”

Qin Luo was at his wit’s end and called out to Chen Chen through the stream.

“Analysis master, hurry up and start an analysis thread to divert some of this traffic! I can’t handle them anymore!”

On the other side, Yin Rong’s hovercar smoothly passed through the security check above the palace gates and headed toward Song Yu’s residence.

“Making it so obvious?” Song Yu looked down through the car window with a sarcastic smile. “Too lazy to even hide it. Do they think victory is already in their grasp?”

Hearing this, Rong Shi lowered his gaze to look down.

The palace was heavily guarded, three layers deep both inside and out. There was an AI patrol guard stationed at almost every five-step interval.

Even for the palace, this level of security was excessive.

“When we get down, should I pretend to be really sad?” Song Yu turned to look at Rong Shi and made a mournful face. “See? Do I look sad enough?”

Rong Shi: “…”

Pretend? Aren’t you actually very sad?

He reached out to pinch little kitten Song’s cheek, then patted his head and said in a low voice, “He’ll be fine.”

Watching the altitude on the dashboard get lower and lower, Song Yu took a deep breath. “Uncle Yin.”

Yin Rong: “Yes.”

Song Yu looked toward the King’s chambers.

“No matter what happens next, your primary mission is to protect him.”

A flicker of emotion showed in Yin Rong’s eyes. “But His Majesty said—”

“I don’t care what he said.” Song Yu tugged lightly at his collar. “Right now, I just want to end this mess quickly so I can properly date my wife. He can clean up the mess he made himself.”

Rong Shi: “…”

Yin Rong: “…”

The emotion he had felt just a moment ago seemed like a joke.

After getting out of the hovercar, Song Yu didn’t linger in his own residence. He brought along his special assistant, who was waiting at the door, and walked with Rong Shi towards the King’s quarters.

They were stopped by the palace guard just as they reached the outer palace.

The guard captain, Lin Yong, blocked their path with a smile. “Your Highness, these are extraordinary times. Everyone must undergo a security check before entering or leaving.”

The special assistant’s face darkened. “Didn’t we already go through one security check outside?”

The guard captain paid him no mind, his gaze dismissive. “Outside is outside, here is here. A few more layers of protection are needed to ensure complete safety, wouldn’t you agree, Your Highness?”

Song Yu gestured with his hand, signaling his assistant not to waste any more words, and stood in the security check area to be scanned by the AI.

The alarm suddenly went off with a series of beeps.

Rong Shi’s expression changed slightly.

They had already removed their sidearms on the way here, leaving only the two battle armors, 01 and 00.

The nanometal they were made of had only been applied to individual components so far and had not yet been blacklisted by security screenings.

Logically, it should have been impossible for them not to pass.

[00: Master, should I hijack the little brother?]

Normally, 00’s existence shouldn’t be detectable, yet now it had been detected.

Thinking of the organization that had been secretly mining the energy stones, Song Yu mentally instructed it not to act. It was possible the other party was already developing this new energy stone, and it wasn’t time for it to be exposed yet.

[00: I’ll try shutting down then.]

The guard captain’s expression changed. He glanced at Song Yu and said, “Your Highness, please remove your jacket.”

The special assistant was furious. “How dare you speak to His Highness like that, you—!”

Song Yu raised a hand to stop him, took off his jacket, and tossed it to his assistant, his expression unchanged. “Like this?”

The guard captain had the AI perform a second scan.

The alarm went off again.

AI: “Abnormality detected on hand! Please confirm and re-scan.”

[00: I was discovered again.]

[01: You must not be professional enough at playing dead. Watch me in a bit.]

The guard captain and the several guards around him grew tense, their gazes sweeping over Song Yu’s hand as their eyes became wary.

But Song Yu just laughed.

“You’re not going to make me take off my engagement ring too, are you?” Song Yu looked at the ring on his ring finger with a casual smile. “I wasn’t aware there were so many rules for seeing my own father.”

The guard captain’s face was stiff. He hesitated for a long time, only to see Song Yu take off the ring. “Forget it. It’s not easy for you to earn your meager salary. I won’t make things difficult for you.”

He placed the ring on the table and added, “This is the only ring my wife could afford to buy me. Don’t lose it, or I’ll have your life, you know.”

His tone was light, but the words sent a chill down the spine.

He really isn’t a normal person. The guard captain took a container and placed the ring inside.

“Rest assured, Your Highness, no one would want something like this.”

When it was Rong Shi’s turn for the security check, the alarm also went off with a series of beeps.

[00: Professional?]

[01: Woo woo woo—How could this be?]

Rong Shi removed the decorative buckle on his terminal and tossed it into the container with the ring.

“Is this alright?”

This time, the AI finally remained silent.

The three of them passed through the security check and walked inside, but the special assistant was stopped at the door.

The guard captain: “Sorry, you can’t enter.”

During the argument, Song Yu waved his hand. “Alright, you go back and have someone make my bed. My gege is sleeping with me tonight.”

The special assistant gritted his teeth, nodded in agreement, and turned to leave.

Watching Song Yu and Rong Shi walk away together, the guard captain frowned, feeling that something wasn’t quite right.

The Second Highness was being far too cooperative this time. Was it really because he was so worried about His Majesty?

Suddenly, a buzzing sound echoed in his ear, like two mosquitoes flying around.

“Hiss—!” A sharp pain pricked the back of his neck. He slapped it hard, then looked at his hand. Nothing.

“Fuck!” A pain on his right cheek. He slapped it violently. Still nothing.

01, transformed into a tiny mechanical mosquito, silently extended and thickened its needle, charged it with a strong electric current, and viciously stabbed it into his armpit.

[How dare you block your grandpa 01! I’ll sting you!]

“Aow—!” The guard captain clutched his armpit, his face contorted.

00 the little mosquito flew straight into the tip of the guard captain’s nose.

[Block your grandpa 00? Sting.]

“Ah—!”

The guards watched as their captain repeatedly slapped himself, twitching as if he were having a seizure, and quickly slapped his own face until it was swollen.

In the corridor leading to the chambers, Song Yu glanced out of the corner of his eye at the number of guards, which had more than doubled, and the long line of AI patrol units, laughing in a low voice.

“Their intentions are so obvious, I can’t even be bothered to think.”

Rong Shi walked beside him and said softly, “The methods are crude and direct, but effective. Be careful.”

Outside the chambers, the two were stopped again.

A guard: “Your Highness, His Majesty the Queen is waiting for you in the Huxin Pavilion. She said she wishes to discuss His Majesty’s condition with you.”

He made a gesture of invitation, guiding the two of them along a side corridor towards the pavilion.

As Rong Shi and Song Yu stepped over the threshold, the door slammed shut behind them.

The vast space was eerily silent.

The two walked through the central door and into the inner room.

Ji Ling and Song Ke were sitting there, facing each other, drinking tea.

“You’ve finally arrived.” Ji Ling put down his teacup and looked over with a smile. “Your father is so ill, yet you still have the mood to play around on a live stream. How filial.”

Song Yu: “There are no outsiders here, so let’s skip the pleasantries. What will it take for you to let me see my father?”

The sarcastic remark failed to hit its mark, and instead made Ji Ling feel a bit awkward.

“It’s so much easier talking to someone who understands.” He crossed his arms and leaned back gracefully in his chair. “You know I can’t possibly let you have that throne.”

Song Yu sneered, “So? Sending five legions failed to kill me. Do you want me to kill myself on the spot?”

Song Ke slammed his teacup down, suppressing his anger. “After what you did to me, how could I let you off so easily?!”

“If anything were to happen to you now, all public opinion would point to A-Ke. Hurting the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred yourself is not a good deal.” Ji Ling’s captivating phoenix eyes glanced at Rong Shi, a smile of unknown meaning on his face. “My request is simple. Do it, and I will let you and your father meet.”

This face was clearly identical to his father’s, but the moment their eyes met, there was a world of difference.

His father once said that his dad was like a rabbit—beautiful, harmless, gentle, and quiet.

But Ji Ling was like a venomous snake—cold, slick, and extremely poisonous.

Ji Ling snapped his fingers, and two figures, one tall and one short, walked in.

The tall beta was carrying a full set of live streaming equipment and went behind a gauze curtain to set it up.

The short omega was petite and cute, wearing only a white shirt that exposed a pair of pale, slender thighs. He walked barefoot to Ji Ling’s side and knelt.

Ji Ling stroked the omega’s chin, hix voice cold. “Take off your clothes.”

The omega, like a marionette, showed no resistance. He stood up and began to undress.

The only white shirt he wore fell to the floor, leaving him completely exposed in front of everyone.

Rong Shi frowned, anger brewing in his eyes. “What is the meaning of this?”

A simple assassination or a trap wouldn’t have been enough to make Rong Shi’s expression change.

But for the other party to use an omega for revenge had undoubtedly crossed his bottom line.

Omegas should not be used as tools.

“You’ll get back what you did to A-Ke. Isn’t that fair?” Ji Ling’s smile deepened. She gave the omega a push on the back, and the omega understood, walking towards the gauze curtain behind the living room. “This child is so cute. You’re getting a good deal.”

Song Yu’s gaze swept unabashedly over the omega’s body, and he sneered, “You want me to have se-x with him on a live stream?”

Seeing Song Ke’s gloating expression, Song Yu laughed out loud. “Since this is your plan, why didn’t you do your research more carefully? What I like are strong alphas like Rong Shi. The taller and stronger the alpha, the more I like them.”

Rong Shi: “…”

The stronger, the better?

Song Yu: “I can’t get hard for a bean sprout like that who can’t take a bit of rough play.”

Rong Shi: “…………”

You really dare to say anything.

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Author’s Note:

Rong Bunny: Don’t you dare peek at the omega! [covers Song Cat’s face]

Song Cat: His waist isn’t as thin as mine, and his legs aren’t as long. He’s no threat to me. [hands on hips]

Rong Bunny: … [Is that really your focus here?]