The flight landed at Chicago International Airport, Lin Nian and Lin Xian got off the plane and crossed the entry gate, but before they could go to pick up their luggage, they were suddenly blocked by a group of people.

I saw a group of fashionably dressed young people holding red banners and holding LED signs to greet them and scream and cheer along the way, which made Lin Nian startled: "What kind of plane is this?" ”

Lin Xian was only slightly stunned, and then pulled Lin Nian away, sure enough, these fanatical young people were not coming for them, the blonde girl who sat in front of Lin Nian in the first-class cabin after them was now wearing a mask, wrapped around by several black supers, and the strong man who was like a bodybuilding coach was opening the way for the blonde girl, blocking everyone who tried to come over and touch the blonde girl at close range.

"It turned out to be a star." Lin Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why don't I pick you up? Actually, I quite support your debut. Lin Xian smiled.

In the hall leaving the airport, many people held signs with people's names written on them, some picked up "Jackson", some picked up "Ayase", and some picked up "Kim Taeyan", but they didn't see Lin Nian and Lin Xian.

In fact, the most visible sign Lin Nian saw all the way was the "Carlisle Capet" held by those star-chasing fans, and he remembered that the recent American drama "Hunting" was very popular, about a group of young people in Texas who were kidnapped by a madman to play a battle royale game in a farmland, in which a very heroic female supporting actress is this "Carlisle Capet", with blonde hair and beautiful face, which has attracted a lot of fans around the world.

"The treatment of celebrities is really good, I heard that you can make a lot of money by taking an endorsement casually." Lin Nian stood by the luggage carousel in the center of the hall, waiting for their bags, while looking at the blonde girl who was wrapped in layers of fans and couldn't walk an inch not far away.

"But it's hard." Lin Xian said.

"I'm working hard, too." Lin Nian sighed: "You said that I can squeeze in now to grab an autographed photo and sell it to those fanatics, no, maybe I can eat better for lunch today." ”

"Don't be so shabby, your sister and I only settled my salary when I resigned a few days ago, and I have the money to invite you to a big meal." Lin Xian reached out and rubbed Lin Nian's hair vigorously.

"But then again, the fans are crazy now, you see that man, rushing in with a sign." Lin Nian looked at a tall man with a beard in the crowd, holding a whiteboard with both hands that quickly wrote "Carlisle Capet, the love of his life", and desperately drilled into it, and couldn't help but laugh.

The blonde girl's bodyguard was also taken aback by the bear-like guy, probably frightened by the physique of this enthusiastic fan, who was more promising than being a kidnapper for a bearded man.

The blonde girl couldn't contain the guy's enthusiasm, so she could only take the oil pen and sign his white shirt, and then the bearded man retreated from the crowd satisfied, put down the whiteboard, erased the words on it, rewrote something, shrunk it and held it in the corner.

This bearded man was so eye-catching that Lin Nian couldn't help but take a look at it, but he couldn't take his eyes off it after inadvertently glancing at the whiteboard, because it was newly written: [welcome to Chicago, Lin Nian, Lin Xian]

The names of himself and Lin Xian are also specially used in Chinese, and although the font is like a turtle crawling, it can at least be recognized.

"No, it won't." Lin Nian couldn't help but take another look at the bearded brother nested in the corner, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, his hair didn't look like he had been washed much, and the collar of his plaid shirt was stained with ketchup.

One thing to say, if this guy squats at the airport gate with this shape, the money for a squat at Burger King at the end of the day will at least be enough.

Lin Nian didn't know if this guy was a dog, only a few seconds had passed since his eyes were focused, and the other party noticed that someone was looking at him, turned his head and saw Lin Nian and Lin Xian's eyes lit up and they held up the sign and shook it, and the signature of Carlisle Capet on the white T-shirt under the plaid shirt was particularly conspicuous, and the overall look was particularly joyful.

Waiting for the luggage at the turntable, Lin Nian carried a big bag, Lin Xian carried a small bag, and walked over with a hard head and opened his mouth to greet: "Senior brother? ”

"Fingal von Frings, a student at Kassel Academy, you must be the junior brother that Sister Mandy asked me to pick up, right? Fortunately, I will be honored. Brother Hu put down the whiteboard and came to hold Lin Nian's hand, and opened his mouth in fluent Chinese: "Just get off the plane, right?" Hard, hard. ”

Lin Nianxin said that it is not hard work, no matter how hard it is, where can you have your hard work, and at the same time as picking up the airport, he also chases stars part-time.

As if noticing Lin Nian's gaze staring at his T-shirt, Fingal pulled the T-shirt and said, "I don't chase stars, this is a sign for other students in the school, I'm soft-hearted, I really can't resist the pleading eyes of the students..."

Lin Nian looked at the white T-shirt that was wet with the sweat of the macho man, and it was difficult to think of the expression of the junior brother after getting the signature, whether it should be like a treasure or abandoned.

"Thank you Senior Brother Fingal for coming all the way to pick us up, I'm Lin Nian's sister." Lin Xian looked up and said to Fingal, she had to tilt her head and speak with the figure of this guy in front of her.

"Fortunately, Professor Manstein told me about the specific situation, and I will take you to the CC1000 express train." This guy chicken thief stepped forward to help Lin Xian carry the small bag, then shook his hand, hung the small bag on his thick arm, and showed a smile that he thought was chic and charming.

"Senior Brother Fingal has worked hard, but I still want to ask, is there anything to pay attention to before entering the school?" Lin Nian inadvertently inserted Fingal and Lin Xian, and asked the two of them.

"No, the orientation training will be completed on the train, it is nothing more than to give you a detailed introduction to the customs of our college, and then let you judge whether to enroll." Fingal said, "I heard you're only 16 years old, right? There are very few people who enter school at this age. ”

"To be precise, it's 17 this year, and 18 next year."

"Did you two have lunch? Fast food on a plane should be hard to eat, right? I know there's a Burger King near here that tastes good. Fingal rubbed his hands together.

"It's okay, don't delay, the first class that Professor Manstein booked, the fast food tastes pretty good." Lin Nian and Lin Xian unanimously rejected Fingal's invitation to dinner, because the two of them had a wealth of experience and were keenly aware that this guy was trying to prostitute them for lunch.

"That's... That's it. Fingal was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly gave up the idea of rubbing food from the younger students who had not yet entered the school.

Out of the airport, Fingal took Lin Nian and the two of them to take a dozen subway stops, and then walked two blocks out of the station to the train station.

Looking at the majestic dome of the Chicago train station, Lin Nian's heart couldn't help but feel a lot better for this senior brother.

At least the other party is conscientious on the road - the key is that this Fingal brother is enough to save money, he can never take a taxi on the subway, never a bus when he can walk, and the road fee is perfectly compressed to less than two US dollars per person!

Feeling the approving gaze from Lin Nian and Lin Xian, Fingal was a little moved and bluntly said that if the junior could give the senior a cup of Coke, the senior would be even more moved.

Finally, after Lin Nian was willing to pay out of his pocket and gave him a glass of Coke with a burger, he even took the initiative to take a few big bags from Lin Nian and hang them on his body.

Lin Nian and Fingal chatted a lot along the way, most of them were about the college, and Lin Nian had a lot of doubts about Kassel Academy, and now he met a student from Kassel, who was still an old fritter inside, and he must want to know more about the situation before enrolling.

"Which tutor does Brother Fingal follow in school?" Lin Nian asked.

"Professor Guderian is an interesting old man, and everyone respects him, but occasionally he is a little off the line." Fingal tapped his temple: "I suspect that his old illness has not been cured, and he is a friend of Professor Manstein." ”

"Patient?"

"They came out of the same psychiatric hospital."

Fingal was speechless, and for a moment Lin Nian wanted to turn around and fly back to China.

"Is the school far from the city?" Lin Nian pressed the horror in his heart and asked, mainly because he was worried that the Kassel Academy was actually a famous mental hospital in Chicago, and Manstein and Mandy who came to interview him were actually escaped patients! .

"It's a bit far, Professor Manstein should have said when he introduced you, our school is in the mountains, and we can only take the CC1000 express train at the beginning of each semester, otherwise we can only take a helicopter to get in."

Well, the psychiatric hospital in the mountains feels more like a horror movie.

"You have actually missed the first day of the semester, and this express train was specially sent by Professor Manstein to pick you up, otherwise you will have to honestly wait for the next train to come in a few days." Fingal took a sip of Coke and took out a greased start watch from his bosom to show Lin Nian.

There is the school emblem of the half-decayed world tree on the starting table, and there is also a clear departure time, which looks quite regular, which makes Lin Nian settle down for a moment and not pull Lin Xian to run away, but he still noticed some strange words in Fingal's words: "You just said class? ”

Fingal bit the Coke straw and said, "Our school is an aristocratic school, so naturally we follow the aristocratic system, just like the English fifth-class title." Some people with high class enjoy better special treatment in school, and students with high class can let the kitchen work overtime to deliver supper to you at night.... Of course, there are also people like serfs, who eat whatever the canteen gives, and they can continue to go to the ground without starving..."

"Then senior brother, what class are you?"

"Senior brother, I used to be beautiful..."

"I see." Lin Nian nodded and didn't ask any more.

Word by word, Fingal led the three to swipe the magnetic card ticket and entered the waiting hall, Lin Nian still wanted to see the timetable, Fingal directly pulled him to the VIP channel: "Professor Manstein should not be able to wait, as soon as you get off the car, you should have already arrived, go here and get on the bus directly." ”

"It's so convenient." Lin Nian looked back at the crowded crowd in the waiting hall, on the contrary, there were many people in the VIP channel, and it would be nice if it could be so convenient during the Spring Festival.

Fingal led them through the VIP aisle, where a man in a dark green conductor's uniform stood in front of the ticket gate, smiling at them with a credit card machine in his hand.

"Mr. Lin Nian, the train has been waiting for a long time." The conductor called out Lin Nian's name, and it seemed that Fingal was right, this train was indeed specially here to pick him up.

"This is also from the Kassel Academy?" Lin Nian was a little surprised.

"Graduate of the Kassel Academy in class 98, Faculty of History." The conductor said with a smile.

Lin Nian and Lin Xian glanced at each other, it seems that the Kassel Academy package distribution is really true, at least didn't this just see a graduate in the Chicago train station.

"And me." Fingal was a little dissatisfied with the conductor's refusal to mention his name: "Can't you enjoy the privilege of being respected if you finally walk through the VIP passage once?" ”

"Will Fingal be able to accumulate enough GPA to graduate this year? I've heard that the academy is considering downgrading your rank again. The conductor watched Fingal swipe the ticket, and the card machine turned on a green light with a "beep".

"I'm all at the 'E' level, isn't the 'E' level the lowest class in the academy? Can I still chisel through the floor? Fingal grimaced.

"The armament department can dig through the well of annihilation, but you may not be able to dig through the floor. It is said that they are going to add an 'F' grade, and you should be honored to be the person who refreshes the lower limit of the rating every time. The conductor said.

"It turns out that serfs are not my bottom line, and I can still transform into a mule... Does the college give the mules food? ”

"It depends on whether the staff in the cafeteria who feeds you are Turks or not." The conductor said.

"Only a Turk named Avanti loves mules! Other Turks only like donkey meat to be roasted! Fingal shouted in displeasure, and seemed to have succeeded in substituting himself into a mule.

Lin Nian swiped the ticket through the credit card machine, the green light turned on, and the card machine sounded a rhythmic beep.

"It's actually an 'A' grade, and sure enough, Professor Manstein's wait is worth it." The conductor's eyes lit up slightly, and he turned his head and stopped talking to Fingal.

"'A' grade? The junior brother is developed, I have always heard that you are very good, but I didn't expect it to be 'A' grade. Fingal also looked surprised.

"Is A the highest?" Lin Nian asked curiously.

"There's also an 'S' rating on it, but only the headmaster is an 'S' class." Fingal explained.

"No, not only, there are more 'S' classes, but no more than ten." The conductor raised his finger and shook his head in correction.

"Is it the school board guys?" Fingal wondered, "Can those old fellows abuse their power to increase their authority?" ”

Lin Xian crossed the ticket, and after the green light came on, there was a "ding" sound.

The conductor looked at her unexpectedly and said, "There are still new employees." ”

"Workers?" Fingal was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Xian, he thought that both of them were freshmen.

"Specially appointed by Professor Manstein." Lin Nian explained for Lin Xian.

"In recent years, the college has rarely hired external staff." The conductor nodded.

"I think the last time I hired someone was from the Navy SEALs." Fingal said.

Navy SEALs?

Lin Nian was stunned for a moment, what school would hire those thugs as employees? Is it used as a security guard? He thought about it but didn't ask, and neither Fingal nor the conductor explained.

The conductor led the three of them to the platform, and the pitch-black high-speed train stopped on the tracks, and the silver-white vine-like lines stretched backwards on the front side of the train. Normal trains don't have these textures, and the decoration is more like it has been processed by the young people who love street art in the Chicago metropolitan area, but the CC1000 Express is decorated with more master-level characters.

In front of the only open door of the gorgeous front car, there was a light that shook Lin Nian's eyes, and after looking at it, he realized that it was Professor Manstein standing in the sunlight and looking at him.