"Answer me this, has she asked for your help?"
"No."
"Did you see her explicitly showing distress in front of you?"
"No."
"Then it means she simply doesn't want others to interfere. She isn't close to you, nor is she your friend. There's no reason for you to go out of your way to help her," the second consciousness said.
"Even so, I can't just stand by knowing someone is in danger. It's not right…" Qin Hao disagreed. "Helping someone in need is always the right thing to do."
"Alright, alright. Do whatever you want," the second consciousness dismissed impatiently.
Qin Hao decided to formulate his own plan.
First, he returned to the barracks for a meal.
While eating, Qin Hao noticed someone standing in front of him, holding a bowl filled with soup and meat. He recognized him as one of his roommates.
"Hmm? May I ask what you're doing?" Qin Hao asked curiously.
"Boss, I prepared this for you," the trainee said with a sly smile.
"Boss? Since when did I become your boss?"
The trainee bent down his waist with subservient attitude and replied. "Boss, i always dreamed of coming under you, working for you. In my heart you are already my boss. Please accept this food as an offering of my loyalty."
His sincere attitude made Qin Hao hesitate briefly before replying, "Sigh… I'll accept it reluctantly. Otherwise, I'd feel guilty."
"What's your name?" he asked.
"This lowly one is called Wang Shou."
"Alright, Wang Shou. Go eat your fill and rest. There's no need to stand on ceremony here," Qin Hao said.
Seeing Qin Hao's polite attitude, Wang Shou was shocked and anxious inwardly.
Why is this devil suddenly so nice? Is he plotting something? Will he smash my head from behind if I leave now?
He hesitated, afraid that leaving might anger Qin Hao.
"What's wrong?" Qin Hao asked.
"Eek…nothing!" Wang Shou flinched and hurried away, as if someone might grab his leg.
"What a strange fellow," Qin Hao muttered as he gobbled down the food.
After finishing his meal, Qin Hao immediately left the barracks and quietly hid himself in a corner of the abandoned garden. The area was dark, making it impossible for anyone to detect him.
After an hour, movement finally appeared. That senior trainee arrived, followed by several others. Soon after, Jiang Fei appeared as well. The senior trainees' accomplices had already hidden themselves.
"Pei Hong, what do you want?" she asked coldly.
"My dear Fei Fei, you know exactly what I want otherwise I wouldn't have called you here at this hour," Pei Hong laughed sinisterly.
"You threatened my brother for my submission," Jiang Fei said coldly. "I'll say this now…if you touch me, I'll kill myself. I won't let you have your way."
Unnoticed by Pei Hong, she silently pulled out a dagger.
"You want to commit suicide? Dream on," Pei Hong sneered. "Brothers, let's have some fun."
Figures emerged from the shadows, surrounding Jiang Fei.
Her voice trembled slightly as she stepped back. No matter how strong she appeared, she was still just a young girl.
"Little girl, surrender quickly. That way it won't hurt," one of them said.
"Haha, it's been a while since I tasted a woman," a sinister looking man said, licking his lips.
Qin Hao watched coldly, his divine sense allowing him to observe everything clearly.
One man rushed forward and grabbed Jiang Fei's arm the one holding the hidden dagger.
"Well, well… a dagger?" he sneered. "Girl, you're too young to play with this."
Jiang Fei struggled madly but no avail. Each one of the senior trainees were strong. A sense of despair shrouded her heart.
Pei Hong grabbed a knife and began tearing at her clothes. "No…!" Jiang Fei tried to scream, but someone covered her mouth. Tears streamed down her face.
Just as he was about to reach her chest area, Pei Hong's hand was firmly grabbed by someone.
"Your hand….. i don't think you need them anymore…" A familiar voice reached her ears.
"What…?!"
Crack!
Before Pei Hong could react, his wrist snapped.
With his battle experience, he immediately retreated and created distance.
"Who are you?" Suppressing the pain Pei Hong asked angrily. This person was able to approach silently without them noticing. It means he was sufficiently stronger.
Qin Hao inwardly sighed. He wanted to copy his other self like last time. With a follow up action he wanted to grab the other party's head and slam into the ground but unfortunately he escaped. "Acting cool sure isn't easy." He thought.
"I want to ask, assaulting a girl like this, aren't you afraid of punishment? The military strictly forbids this kind of acts right?" Qin Hao asked, titling his head.
"So, you are one of them…." One of the men with Pei Hong chuckled and said.
"One of them? Who?"
"The so called ignorants who want to be a hero.." The man lunged forward, knife aimed straight at Qin Hao's neck.
"Damnit… they are violent…" Qin Hao cursed inwardly. He appeared to he calm but he was nervous inside.
With a slight movement, Qin Hao dodged and countered with a kick to the man's head.
"Fast…!"
The man collapsed before finishing his sentence.
Everyone was astonished. With a single kick he knocked the daylight out of someone. Keep in mind he was a senior trainee. In fact Qin Hao himself was surprised.
"I was able to read his movements…also… when did i become so strong?" He thought.
"Of course you should be able to read their movements perfectly since you practiced the superior versions of the stances yet they practiced only lower versions. Moreover, after using divine sense frequently, your battle sense has been heightened. As for your physical strength, it's contributed to your regular training exercises." Second consciousness explained emotionlessly. "Most importantly, the head is a vital area."
"Take him down!" Pei Hong roared.
The remaining trainees quickly recovered and surrounded Qin Hao.
Beads of sweat appeared on Qin Hao's forehead when he saw someone pull out a long knife. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind.
"Swosh." A blade brushed past his forehead. Qin Hao deflected the arm with a flick and countered with a punch, forcing the opponent back.
"Not bad, kid. Your strength is on par with a senior trainee," the man said.
"Don't forget we need to wrap things up quickly…" Pei Hong spoke in a gloomy tone.
"Alright alright." One of them spoke. "Kid, blame yourself for landing yourself here. It'll be painful…keke…" With that said he signalled the others.
All five of them sprang in action. One from the front, two from both side and two from behind. Each one had sharp weapons in hand.
"Be careful…!" Jiang Fei anxiously shouted.
Qin Hao spread his divine sense instantly. A wave of invisible energy swept over everyone. He felt everything around him slowed down to a certain degree. This was one of the mysticism of divine sense. His opponents every move was under his observation. There was no blind spot for his enemy to exploit.
Pushing his body to the limit, Qin Hao executed punches, kicks, stabs in accordance with the stances he practiced. In two breaths of time all his opponents were lying on the ground unconscious. They didn't even know how they were beaten.
The trainees were normal warriors, they aren't even first level martial warrior. Against Qin Hao who had awakened his divinse sense, they were like a child wielding weapons, slow, their moves full of opening for him to exploit.
"Phew…" Qin Hao wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. "Honestly, without my divine sense, i might've lost a layer of skin before subduing them."
"Correct, your battle sense hasn't fully developed yet, you can't even detect killing intent. Against a single enemy you can defeat him without divinse sense but against enemies who have numerical advantage, without divine sense you'll certainly get injured." Second consciousness agreed.
Pei Hong was tongue tied, his jaws dropping to the ground. "What just happened! I couldn't even see how he did it! A rookie was able to take down five senior trainee on his own!?" A huge question mark appeared above Pei Hong's head.
Jiang Fei also stood rooted on the spot. Never in her dreams she expected him to be so strong. "Aren't you just a trainee just like me? So why are you so strong?" More than surprised she also felt gratitude. Then suddenly she remembered as she gazed viciously at Pei Hong.
With one of his wrist broken Pei Hong didn't become aggressive. Moreover the five of them were stronger than him. Since Qin Hao was able to defeat them so easily it means Pei Hong was no match for him. Thus he decided to act prudent. "Why are you interfering in my matter?"
"I'm just helping a friend…" Qin Hao shrugged. Beneath his clothes, his arms trembled, using divine sense in combat was extremely strenuous for his current body.
"Kid, i admit that you are strong and talented… but…do you know who I am?" Pei Hong spoke arrogantly. "My brother is a senior guard.
Qin Hao frowned. "If i do something to him and his brother comes for revenge. What should i do? A senior guard is at the peak of martial realm four or five. With my current strength it's impossible to contend with such figure." He felt hesitant.
As Qin Hao was thinking how to deal with the situation, Jiang Fei spoke up. Her voice was cold and filled with hatred. "Pei Hong, if you give up harming my brother i can let today's matter go. Or else i will file complain to the trainer."
Pei Hong saw how Qin Hao was silent, he knew his threat was effective thus he sneered at Jiang Fei. "You shameless slut, don't think you can escape! No matter what you'll crawl under my crotch sooner or later." His eyes full of crazed gleam. Then he turned to Qin Hao, lowering his voice he spoke. "Kid, i won't hold you accountable for today's event. And i will even recommend you to my brother. You should know what that means right?"
After intimidation he was offering benefits. A perfect way to control human heart. Pei Hong was sure Qin Hao wouldn't reject his offer.