“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.

and Milly didn’t stay in the dorms. Jordan had set up an apartment. nearby for them, so they could just head there to rest

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

didn’t forget his responsibility as an older brother. He called the Burnetts’s driver, instructing him to pick

left the classroom, she saw Lucius

frowned. “Aren’t you staying in the dorm? Why aren’t

took her backpack and slung it over his shoulder. His

pulled back.

to walk her out,

escort her out of school,

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

It sounded like something kids would

again,

his determination, Milly had no

plot of the book and push

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fear his

the school gate, she spotted a smartly dressed man waving excitedly at her from a distance, as if afraid she wouldn’t see him. “Ms. Milly!

It was Danny.

What’s he doing here?

too loud, so only Milly noticed and hurried over. “Mr. Jarvis, what’s up? Are you looking for

smile returned. “Ms. Milly, Mr. Tate just

blinked. George

temple, it had been a long time since she’d seen him.

“Where is he?”

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