Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Not Bad Luck

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Looking at that somewhat unfamiliar face, Jiang Qiao quickly searched his mind for countermeasures.

But seeing that azure blue hair and that way of speaking, a figure instantly flashed through his mind.

Could it be—

“Hey, good morning~ Ato~”

The pink girl smiled as she raised her hand to greet the other party, but inside, Jiang Qiao was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, he guessed correctly.

This man with blue hair was indeed Ato — the father of Flame-Chaser Griseo.

Jiang Qiao didn’t know much information about this man. After all, even in the storyline, he was only mentioned in passing. As for the more detailed past events of Elysian Realm, even though he was a hardcore miHoYo player, he wouldn’t remember such trivial settings too clearly.

But if he remembered correctly, Ato’s personality should be very similar to Siegfried.

“Hmm, you look somewhat different from usual today, Elysia.”

“Eh, really?”

There was a hint of strain in Jiang Qiao’s smile. Sure enough, even deliberately imitating that pink fatty would still easily expose flaws.

“Let’s not talk about that. Want to go to the cafeteria together? I’m looking forward to today’s breakfast~”

His somewhat empty stomach made him subconsciously want to use the labor force in front of him as a guide, but Jiang Qiao’s words made Ato feel strange, asking in confusion:

“Strange, didn’t you just complain yesterday that the base’s food was too greasy?”

“Ah, ahaha… That might be because I’m a bit hungry now. Although eating too greasy food isn’t really good for beautiful girls, I’m not the type to be picky about food~”

As Jiang Qiao laughed it off, his heart trembled.

Fortunately, Ato didn’t pay too much attention to his abnormality. After all, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t possibly imagine that the smiling Elysia in front of him actually had a male inside, right?

“Mm, let’s go together. During training later, let’s have a few rounds. I lost to you yesterday, but today I definitely have to win back!”

Ato’s words made Jiang Qiao somewhat crack.

No way, there’s still fighting involved?

But at least he had a guide now, so he could only sigh and somewhat helplessly follow the leading Ato.

It was obvious that the other party had a very good relationship with Elysia. Plus, being a talkative type, there were constant conversation topics along the way.

Jiang Qiao listened to these things with a confused expression, but couldn’t show it, so he could only smile stiffly to respond to the other party.

However, Ato wasn’t the only one who had a good relationship with the pink fatty. Along the way, the Fire Moth base personnel they encountered, whether soldiers or staff, would cheerfully greet Jiang Qiao when they saw him, and she could only respond with smiles, afraid of exposing any flaws.

With Ato, he could still guess based on hair color, but Jiang Qiao was truly unfamiliar with the other people.

He soon experienced the greasy food that Elysia had mentioned.

It was indeed the heavy oil and salt type, and this was just breakfast.

But considering that Fire Moth was a military organization, the supply for soldiers and staff should naturally prioritize high energy as the standard.

It was just that Elysia, as a beautiful girl, didn’t particularly like this type.

After finishing their meal, the two came to the Fire Moth soldiers’ training ground.

Unlike the squad-based training of normal troops, Fire Moth as a special military organization emphasized more on cultivating individual combat prowess.

It was said that before the First Eruption, they had tried military formation tactics, but after facing off against the First Herrscher’s terrifying thermal weapon arrays, Fire Moth’s high command decisively abandoned that approach.

Numbers meant nothing in front of Herrschers. If your Honkai resistance was too low, you couldn’t even see the Herrscher’s face. Large numbers of personnel encountering Honkai beasts would easily result in massive casualties.

Moreover, morale was also an issue. Fire Moth’s troops came from all over the world, but soldiers like those from the Shenzhou region who generally had maxed-out willpower and faced death without fear were ultimately just a minority. As for other regions… various situations were simply too complicated to describe.

In short, focusing on individual soldier strength was a decision made by Fire Moth’s high command after experiencing the First Eruption.

This was the case whether considering efficiency or economic aspects.

And this result left Jiang Qiao, standing in the training ground looking at Ato who was eager to try across from him, quite troubled.

“Why does training still include close combat fighting!”

The pink girl’s inner Jiang Qiao roared in his heart.

Indeed, when the fusion warrior demonstration period arrived, the importance of personal combat would definitely increase.

But in the current stage where fusion warriors hadn’t been implemented yet, no matter how exaggerated individual soldiers’ fighting strength was, it would be useless, right?

You’re not going to engage in close combat with 2-meter-tall Honkai beasts, are you?

One slap from them and you’d be flattened!

As for Herrschers being humanoid… do you think a mage would play close combat with you? Not everyone is Gandalf!

Jiang Qiao had originally thought that Fire Moth soldiers’ training would probably just be about thermal weapon application and physical conditioning. For the former, she planned to use “not feeling well” as an excuse, and for the latter, with the pink fatty’s physical fitness, there was no need to worry at all.

But close combat—

This was something he really wasn’t good at!

But he had already confusedly stood in the training ground, and seeing the other party’s eager expression, he couldn’t just refuse to fight and directly admit defeat, right?

“This is really too much!”

Jiang Qiao, wearing Elysia’s body, couldn’t help but complain, then tied his hair into a single ponytail behind his head for easier movement.

The pink girl wearing training sports vest slowly lowered her waist, bent over and raised both hands in a stance, staring intently at Ato not far away with those bright eyes, emanating a hint of coldness.

Ato was somewhat surprised, “Hmm? That’s a stance I haven’t seen before. Elysia, did you also learn Shenzhou martial arts?”

“I know a little.”

Jiang Qiao casually responded, feeling relieved in his heart.

Good thing he had also practiced for a while, although he had completely neglected it due to life circumstances.

But at least he wouldn’t be beaten into running away with his head in his hands!

“Alright then, I won’t hold back!”

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On the other side, 50,000 years later in Nagazora City.

Senba Academy, which had many titles such as “the place where fate turns,” “the place of beginning and end,” welcomed an outsider as the evening glow gradually set.

That was naturally Elysia.

Although it was somewhat difficult to sneak into Senba Academy located in the academy city.

But who was she?

Elysia!

The number one infiltrator of the Previous Era, someone who had traveled the world since childhood!

Just Senba Academy? It wasn’t like she hadn’t infiltrated it before in the Previous Era! The staff at the academy even praised her for being cute!

Compared to infiltrating Senba Academy, it was actually more troublesome to run all the way from Nagazora City center to the academy city in the suburbs.

Elysia, wearing an ordinary person’s body, felt like her legs were no longer her own.

Ah? They indeed weren’t hers? Then never mind.

“I wonder if I can find her. I hope she hasn’t gone home after school.”

Looking at the sky full of twilight colors, Elysia felt somewhat worried.

It wouldn’t matter if she made a wasted trip, but according to what Jiang Qiao told her, if they wanted to save Nagazora City, they had to race against time.

If Raiden Mei had gone home, as just an ordinary person, she had no way to find Raiden Mei’s house in a short time.

But luck indeed favored beautiful girls.

Walking aimlessly through Senba Academy’s campus, the very anxious Elysia soon spotted her target at a certain bench.

— It seemed her luck wasn’t too bad after all.