Chapter 4
Professor Ken And The Library Zone H
The fine figure and dark complexion professor Chow, didn’t look like a noble charcter and high prestige professor of the university campus, but more like a man under the blazing sun all day in the army. At this time in the single room office, his voice was still very loud, roared at the standing well-behaved in front of him Sheilor, “All the stars in the mono galaxy of the federation, are called suns by us, we just call all of them sun. Sheilor… Fuck! How could you do it this fast, have you ever learnt it before? Explain to me honestly!”
Several days in succession of the practice courses, Sheilor all showed the extremely strong operating ability in everybody’s shocked eyes, this kind of things just needed a pair of skilled hands, actually it also didn’t have any way to hide it perfectly. Professor Chow knew that this auditor still have a part time job in the school gate house, and also knew that this boy was a retired just for half a year batman, so he just stared at him curiously, seemed to not understand it at all.
“When I was a new recruit, there was a chained artillery battalion by the campsite, I went to feel out several times secretly.” Sheilor repeated the resumes and information of this identity once in his mind, lowered his head and said.
“Then you are really a fucking genius.” Professor Chow picked up the tea pot and poured a couple mouthful in his mouth, suddenly frowned his eyebrows and said seriously, “But this doesn’t represent anything, all of these are just the most fundamental things, and it’s also not necessarily to play a part in the practical work in the future, this kind of open course, regarded as the most important thing is still your design ideas. After all, we are the university, not the place to train the machine maintenance soldiers. Just speak of the speed, you are still not the fastest one. Those abnormal soldiers of the assembling base, a lot of them have the faster speed than you do. Do you understand clearly?”
“Understood.” Sheilor answered loudly, although he had some disagreements for the perspective of the professor, what he adopted was the style of boss uncle, with faster, smoother and more accurate as the goal, with the save up more, more convenient and more could use the local materials as the goal. In other words, the damn kid was still ready to take the battleship and mecha as the household appliances to repair subconsciously. But behind those words said by professor Chow, Sheilor would really like to hear about. He knew that he was not a outrageous machine maintenance monster, it might be assumed that he wouldn’t cause the attention of that almighty and very bastard computer of the Charter Bureau.
“Unfortunately you have already retired, otherwise you should register for the examination of the petty officer of the Ministry of National Defense, it should be more suitable for you to attend the military school.” Professor Chow said with some regrets, “Now with the identity of citizen to register for the examination, your age is a bit older, and still need to wait two more years, it’s not very cost-effective. What about this, you just need to study well, I will find a chance to discuss with the student affairs department, see whether we could transfer you as the official student, as for the what tuition fee those things, you don’t need to worry too much, we still have too many scholarships and grants which were handed out by the government every year for use.”
Sheilor knew that professor Chow was telling the truth, every year the federation would input a large sum of educational appropriations, but the procedure to examine and verify the scholarship and grant was very strict, if his audit grade were excellent enough, and had professor Chow this kind of people to guarantee, perhaps he could really be transferred into an official student. If he could have the diploma, it would be a great help for him to go into the Nutshell Maneuvering company, he “Pa” had a stand at attention, said loudly, “Thank you, professor.”
“Oh, right. This is the password card of the library zone H, the materials and instruments over there are relatively complete, some of the decrypted drawings and information were also kept in the computer over there, I think it should suit your degree.” Professor Chow took out a small card and threw it to Sheilor.
Sheilor caught it, kept saying loudly, “Thank you, professor.”
Holding the compact electronic password card, Sheilor left the office, although he had already said many times thank you repeatedly, had some curiosity to that never heard of library zone H, but Sheilor still had the another words of professor Chow resounded in his mind at this time. The examination of the petty officer of the Ministry of National Defense… Sheilor had some bitter taste in his mouth, thought of that he had the longing for the future life in the remote East Forest mine tunnel in those years. But he was already in the most flourishing and advanced federal capital planet now, and soon would step on the journey to achieve the second ideal, what else he didn’t feel satisfied with? Sheilor had a deep breath, dispersed that blob of shadow in his heart, but knew it clearly, he still had a lot of dissatisfied places.
Right at this time, professor Chow also left his office, went the top floor by the elevator, consulted the secretary and saw the principal of the Pear Garden university. He looked at that full of elegant flavor face of the principal, opened his mouth and said, “That student which you asked me to pay attention to, is really good, I have already given him the password card of the library zone H.”
The principal raised his head from the big desk, took a look at him questioningly, asked, “You talk that young man named Sheilor? I thought that you had already given him the password card long time ago.”
“Why? The student without my observation personally, don’t imagine that it’s possible to own the best teaching materials in the federation!”
The principal heaved a sigh, took down the glasses and put it on the desk, said, “You are really mischievous, since I have already assigned it, you just need to act accordingly.”
“That doesn’t seem right, your presbyopia is getting too serious, and you don’t want to have the LASIC… Come to speak of it, it is just a thing for two minutes, why do you have to have this pair of glasses on?” Professor Chow rattled on ceaselessly, “Still have to let me to observe him personally, not only to observe his completion of the knowledge structure and ability of operation, but also the moral character is the most important. This boy is not bad, every time I let him to move the heaviest thing, he didn’t have any complaints, will not be a such idiot to think that I this professor am discriminate him this moneyless auditor…”
The principal had a frown on his eyebrows, waved his hand, said, “Professor Ken wrote the letter of recommendation for this young man, although I am not sure how come this young man would have this good luck to meet professor Ken, but since that letter of recommendation is real, of course I will believe in professor Ken’s eyes, what else need to be observed?”
“You said… Old Ken?” Professor Chow had his complexion changed immediately, “He had already left for more than twenty years, he still alive? Fuck, if I knew that he is the student of old Ken in private, why I still would lose my face to teach him?”
“He is not the student of old Ken, just very passionate and very talented student he met occasionally.” The principal always couldn’t get used to professor Chow’s attitude, shook his head disagreeably, “Old Ken said in the letter, don’t let that boy to know about that he had the recommendation.”
Professor Chow stared blankly for a moment, said, “Wasn’t that letter brought to here by that boy?”
“Thus why I said that you don’t need to observe on the moral character of that boy, since old Ken said like this, of course he would believe that the boy wouldn’t tear the letter and peep on it.” The principal smiled to say, “To old Ken’s eyes, I never have any doubt.”
“A student can let old Ken to look up to, you still incredibly let him to be the porter?” Professor Chow never knew what these people were thinking, scratched his head and ready to leave, just right before he opened the door, he suddenly turned his head around and asked, “Can I not participate
in the bi-moons festival? I don’t know how to dance.”
“No.” The previously seemed very easy-going principal, suddenly said resolutely and decisively, “This is always the tradition of the Pear Garden university, all the people must take part in.”
Looked at the closed door, the principal of the Pear Garden university Nolan had the corners of the mouth warped up, thought of that left for many years friend old Ken. He said that he would travel around the federation, even wanted to look around the empire as well, didn’t know where he was wandering to right now. Just such a good friend in those years, said goodbye and then it’s goodbye, in the communication so developed present, even pitiless to not send even an electronic greeting card, he’s really a fickle and shameless man. Never knew that although he was an old man already, once he thought of that disappeared suddenly friend, still felt that he had a share of anger in the heart, fortunately he knew the other party was living well from that letter of recommendation, he had a bit of comfort in the heart.
And then he thought of that dancing party of the bi-moons festival, thought of the Pear Garden university this tradition carried on from more than twenty years ago, also had the relation with old Ken. In that dancing party, had a nice story happened, and the protagonists of the story were all that kind of big shots, even he was a great-hearted principal of the university, he still couldn’t have a kind of pride.
“Don’t know whether madam Tai would come to see her childe of not?” Nolan had a flicker of delighted and pleased smile floated on his face.
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The library zone H was not inside of the library, this was a very wonderful thing. Sheilor studied that little e-card for a long time, then he thought of that he could use the computer to read the data on it, finally found that building at the most remote area in the Pear Garden university. This building hid in the boundless woods, didn’t have any marked sign around at all, no matter who walked through here, perhaps would not pay attention to that somewhat gloomy building.
Had the e-card on hand, Sheilor entered inside of the building unimpeded, he didn’t see any serve people along the way, he couldn’t help to have some doubts. But when he pushed open that door, saw the whole row up-to-the-minute processors and those big enough to let people to drool light screens, he knew that he had already entered a treasure house.
The had the extent of authority to enter the zone H students were not that many, but not that less neither, they just searched the information from the central control computer silently, and then went into their own exclusive operating room or the simulation chamber, no one greet to the new comer Sheilor.
Sheilor uttered a sigh of relief, it looked like that this was not a very special place. Spent the whole afternoon, he then roughly browsed one time for the information which he could see on the terminal, but even so, it still could surprise him enough, and also finally understood why there was always a kind of statement, in the whole federation, besides the three big military academies and the West Forest military school, the Pear Garden university was the best school in the three big systems of the battleship and mecha aspect.
He even searched and found all the military mecha drawings before the M37 series in the computer!
The light screen kept scrolling ceaselessly, appeared the drawings he was somewhat familiar with, looked at the M02 that same as stripped off the skin internal structure, Sheilor finally couldn’t help to open his mouth and laugh soundlessly.