“Did I hear that right? Live ammo? Oh my god, who can refuse guns!”

“The instructor said it’s like a real battlefield, does that mean there’ll be tanks and fighter jets too?”

“This is so cool, I can’t wait!”

The excited chatter around them was nonstop, making the three people sitting quietly in the last row look a bit stunned.

They really couldn’t get excited. Anthony and Lucius, both from military families, had grown up in army camps. Not to mention simulated battlefields, their elders had even sent them to real battlefields abroad to toughen them up..

As for Milly…

Her face turned pale in an instant. Hearing about a simulated real battlefield made‘ her think of the smoke and heaps of corpses, making it hard for her to breathe, as if she had actually experienced that terrifying scene before.

“Milly, are you okay?”

Anthony noticed her pale face and asked worriedly.

It took a while, but Milly finally calmed down from her fear. She took a deep. breath and waved her hand. “I’m fine.”

Even though she said that, the scene in her mind felt

ay too real.

The choking smell of gunpowder, the tingling in her palm from firing a handgun, and the pain of being shot

It all felt like sh

had actually lived through it before.

But how could that be possible?

Before she ended up in this book, she lived in a peaceful time and had never experienced anything like that. The original character in the story also lived in a peaceful era.

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really just her

After school that afternoon.

stay in the dorms. Jordan had set up an apartment. nearby for them, so they could just head there to rest in the

since Xavier had offended Anthony, Anthony decided not to go back right after school. He claimed he needed to reclaim his dignity, and ran off with his

he didn’t forget his responsibility as an older brother. He called the Burnetts’s driver, instructing him to pick up Milly before leaving. As for himself,

as Milly left the classroom, she saw

you staying in the dorm? Why aren’t

naturally took her backpack and slung it over his shoulder. His handsome face remained expressionless. “I’ll walk you out of the

instinctively pulled

offering to walk her out, she might have believed it,

her out of school, but rather to lead her into the woods to cut

her hesitate, Lucius frowned, showing a cold expression. “Friends should help each other, and guys should look out

did that sound so off? It sounded like something kids

Lucius stepped closer to her again,

determination, Milly had no

to the original plot of the book and push Lucius away again, preventing

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fear his

school gate, she spotted a smartly dressed man waving excitedly at her from a distance, as

It was Danny.

What’s he doing here?

noticed and hurried over. “Mr. Jarvis, what’s up? Are

Lucius beside her, looking briefly surprised before his calm smile returned. “Ms. Milly, Mr. Tate just got back from abroad and wants to talk to

blinked. George has

seen him.

“Where is he?”

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