First University has a president and two vice-presidents.

Nominally, the principal has all the powers, but in reality, the two vice-principals are responsible for all the specific affairs of the school. Among them, Vice President Shi Hui is in charge of the Joint Faculty Conference, which is mainly responsible for the affairs of teaching, professors and students, while Vice President Ruoyu is in charge of the University Working Committee, which mainly manages the management of school work, school affairs, and some research institutes.

In general, the two forces are holding each other at bay within the First University, but they are mutually beneficial—like the House of Lords and the House of Commons of the Moonless Parliament.

But in addition to these two forces, First University also has a very powerful hidden force.

Relevant departments.

The 'relevant departments' of the First University are the forces directly under the president, and neither of the two vice-presidents has the right to interfere. But just as the 'House of Elders' of the Council under the Moon has the deepest roots in the council, the 'relevant departments' of the First University also have the most powerful force in the school, the forbidden spell. All aspects, including the research, experimentation, and preservation of forbidden spells, are in the hands of the 'relevant departments'.

It's a detached force that exists within the school.

In the days when the principal was hidden, the presence of the 'relevant departments' was also very low. On weekdays, the joint meeting of professors and the working committee of the university wrestle with each other within the First University, but if the 'relevant departments' try to get involved in the specific operation of the First University, they will be jointly sniped by the two forces.

You can be 'honorably isolated', but you can't roll up your sleeves and get out of the game.

This is an institutional arrangement, and it has nothing to do with grievances.

Moreover, in the battle for the position of the principal, no vice-chancellor will back down in front of the 'relevant departments', because they will not allow the status quo of choosing one of two to regress to a situation of choosing one of three, or even more than one.

The same is true of the 'special explosion that took place in the Silent Forest' this time.

Although Vice Principal Ruoyu appeared at the scene of the explosion as soon as possible, and confirmed that the explosion accident might be related to the 'forbidden curse' or even the 'principal', the principal did not speak after all.

This gives them plenty of confidence to stop the 'authorities' from entering.

On this issue, the two vice-principals have a common tacit understanding - they must always be vigilant and take precautions, control the influence of the 'relevant departments' within a very limited range, and never allow the 'relevant departments' to participate in the daily life of the school.

And the relevant departments will also seize every opportunity to expand their influence.

After all, if there is a principal from within the 'department', it is more in the interest of everyone in the relevant department.

“...... Your reply on Saturday night was, 'Not available during working hours, unable to provide necessary assistance,'" Forty-one repeated his intention one by one: "Today is already a working day, and I believe we can agree on this matter...... The safety of First University is of paramount importance to any department. ”

“...... It is difficult to come to a decent conclusion in this matter in a short period of time, and it will always be easier to hand it over to Professor Emma. I won't make any trouble after I'm gone. ”

Professor Yao bit his pipe and looked through the documents in his hand, and his lazy voice echoed in this small office, which seemed very convincing.

What an old slippery head.

The black cat sneered and licked the hot goat's milk from the porcelain cup. At this moment, it was pricking up its ears and listening to the conversation between Lao Yao and No. 41 with great interest.

Its appearance in this office today was purely accidental.

On the one hand, the black cat has been 'captive' for a long time, and it is always shouting to go out for a walk, which is annoying;

Of course, the 'authorities' don't expect to get any preferential treatment from the cat, but it is still possible to ease the tension.

"All we need is the data you've collected and the clues you have gathered...... Very simple requirements. Forty-one persistently repeated his request.

It's not simple at all.

Lao Yao bit his pipe and felt a little bitter in his mouth - the authorities felt that the school was leading the magic experiment, but the truth was that the school had nothing to do with the explosion.

"In this matter, Vice Principal Ruoyu will personally communicate with Master Baoyangzi. A loud voice interrupted Forty-One's request and appeared in the office: "After you go back, you will explain to your person in charge like this." ”

Professor Emma wore a wide silver cloak and looked a little dusty.

Behind her, the office door closed silently again under the command of the door god.

“...... And you should clean up your house a little bit. The stern professor glared at the master of the room, and tapped his fingers on the spine of the Dharma book on his waist, and a whirlwind appeared out of thin air, sweeping away the smoke in the room.

Lao Yao raised his hands in agreement.

Forty-One hesitated for a few seconds.

"In that case, then we would be rude. ”

After bowing to the two deans, he left the office of the dean of the Nine Colleges with the black cat. The black cat quickly licked the last bit of milk skin in the cup, and slowly followed the footsteps of Forty-One.

The two archsorcerers watched the guests leave.

"They don't know?" Professor Emma's wordless words broke the silence in the room.

Professor Yao knew that she was talking about the relationship between the 'relevant departments' and the principals – theoretically, the relationship between the relevant departments and the principals should be closer than that of the deans. But now the vice-chancellors and even the deans already know that the explosion in the forest is related to the principal, but the 'relevant departments' do not seem to know.

The meaning of this is very interesting.

"Looks like I don't know. Lao Yao bit his pipe, squinted his eyes, leaned back and sat on the wide leather chair, looking a little decadent and lazy: "...... In short, this matter has nothing to do with us. Or don't mix it up. ”

"They've already reported the accident, what else do they want?"

Professor Emma is the dean who succeeded Lao Yao as the rotating chair of the Joint Professors' Conference in May, and these bad things that happened in the school are her troubles:

"If it weren't for them, no one knows what would have happened in the Forest of Silence...... Now it's all over the outside, and First University is experimenting with a new forbidden spell! I have a headache when I think about it. ”

"They want to use public opinion to force the truth," Professor Yao shook his head with a smile, flipped through the information under his hand, proposed a copy, and handed it to Professor Emma: "...... But it can't be said that they are making trouble...... On the contrary, their small actions helped us a lot. ”

Professor Emma took the material.

It was a list of candidates submitted by the Council of the next month to assist First University in defending the Black Prison.

Compared with the previous announcements, the list submitted by the Moonless Council this time very simply includes all five members of the Upper Council, as well as dozens of elders of the Moonless Council.

"This is ......" Professor Emma looked at the list and raised her eyebrows, "They accepted our request so easily?, and their reply was still so tough in the last meeting...... I thought I needed a compulsory transfer order from the school. ”

"That's the bonus. Lao Yao bit his pipe and smiled: "Maybe they thought that the explosion in the Silent Forest was a warning from the school...... The older the old men in the Council under the moon, the bolder they get, the younger they become. ”