Chapter 019: Tit for Tat

"Damn Keith..."

"It's actually included in the overall score! Then who wouldn't go!" "Yeah, if you want to get into the Military Police, you definitely can't do without this score." "Too hateful! Old and cunning!"

In the boys' dormitory, everyone complained while changing clothes. To walk in such heavy snow, thick clothes were definitely necessary; otherwise, they would all be frozen solid. And most importantly, Keith had told them that this training wouldn't end quickly—it would take at least five or six hours.

Therefore, everyone had to carry over ten pounds of weight, including food, water, and some portable tools. Just as Keith said, walking in the snow mountains in this condition could indeed be life-threatening.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough cough!"

A violent coughing sound came over. Everyone looked and saw a boy coughing while packing his backpack. His eye sockets were sunken, his face pale, and his lips were purple. He was clearly ill.

"Hey, Daz!" Everyone looked at him in surprise. "Didn't you catch a cold? You're still going to participate in this training?!"

"Y-yes, I am," Daz nodded.

"Are you crazy?!"

Daz gave everyone a weak smile. "This training counts towards the overall score, how can I not participate?"

"You can't risk your life for grades!" "Don't worry, I can handle it." "..."

Seeing this, everyone stopped trying to persuade him. Rayan looked at Daz and thought to himself, You say you can handle it, but that's not how it goes. In the end, Krista has to drag you along, and if it weren't for Ymir, you'd be a goner.

But it wasn't all bad. After all, through him, Ymir and Krista indirectly formed a bond and gained a deeper understanding of each other.

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Afternoon.

Everyone was ready. After eating a hot lunch, they put on thick clothes and cloaks, packed their backpacks, and gathered in the square.

"Next, we'll do the grouping!"

In such harsh weather, going alone was impossible. That would definitely lead to a large number of casualties, which was not the purpose of the training. But if everyone went together, it would lack challenge and not achieve the training goal, so that was also not advisable. Therefore, grouping was the most appropriate. Several people in a group, not too many or too few, could take care of each other while still having a certain degree of challenge.

"First group: Sina Klans, Dot Cain, Olcay Edith, William Cruz." "Second group: Kyle Clyde..." "Third group..."

Keith held the list and read out the people in each group.

Rayan noticed that the grouping was carefully selected, with a mix of strong and weak in each group. There wouldn't be a situation where everyone in a group was strong or everyone was weak. This was clearly also deliberately arranged.

Soon, all the groups were formed, and then they prepared to set off.

Before setting off, Keith specifically gave everyone a few minutes to allow the members of each group to talk and get to know each other.

After all, these groups were not formed freely. Many people at most only knew each other's names, and they might not have even spoken more than ten sentences to each other. In this situation, some familiarity was still needed.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Krista, our luck is really bad."

Ymir put her arm around Krista's shoulder, glanced at the two people opposite them, and teased, "I didn't expect our two teammates to be a consumptive and a shorty."

"Ymir!" Krista was clearly unable to accept Ymir's sharp tongue. She pinched her arm and then smiled apologetically at Daz and Rayan. "Um, she's just joking."

"It's okay," Daz said, then coughed twice. "I... cough cough... really don't feel very well..."

Rayan glanced at him and also chimed in, "It's okay with me too, I am indeed short."

"Hahaha!"

Ymir couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. While laughing, she patted Rayan's shoulder and encouraged him, "It's okay! You're only 13, or 14 this year? You still have room to grow!"

That's right, this was Rayan's team.

Ymir, Krista, Daz, Rayan.

A... strange combination.

But it was also quite reasonable. Ymir and Krista had generally decent performances, while Daz and Rayan were average. Combining the strong and weak was also the basis for the division.

Rayan looked at the other teams, and they were all similar.

"Alright! Chatting time is over!" Keith roared, walked ahead himself, and waved his hand. "Follow me in groups. I will take you to the foot of the snow mountain. You need to climb to the finish line on the mountainside above to complete the task!"

After he finished speaking, he set off. The others also gathered in their respective groups and followed.

"It's a pity we're not in the same group."

Before leaving, Eren deliberately walked over to Rayan and said. Ever since Rayan helped him find the problem with his equipment last time, he had a very good impression of him.

After all, Eren didn't know that Keith knew about it, so thinking about it later, he was extremely afraid. If it hadn't been for Rayan, he might have really been eliminated. So he was naturally very grateful to Rayan for saving everything.

"It's nothing."

At this moment, Eren's group happened to have Mikasa and Armin, as well as another slightly weaker person. This was quite balanced, after all, Mikasa was the strongest, but Armin was very weak, at least physically, so it was a certain neutralization.

"See you at the finish line."

"Okay! See you at the finish line!"

Eren quickly returned to his group. Ymir also chimed in with a teasing remark, "I didn't expect the shorty to be quite popular."

"..."

Rayan was very displeased with Ymir's relentless use of "shorty" to refer to him and decisively retaliated with her nickname, "Yeah, no matter what, I'll definitely be more popular than a venomous-tongued woman."

"Huh?" Ymir raised an eyebrow. "The shorty actually dares to speak rudely."

"The venomous-tongued woman sure talks a lot."

"Ymir, Rayan..." Krista hurriedly stood between the two bickering individuals, pushing her small hands outwards as if trying to separate them, and persuaded, "Don't quarrel, you two, we should go."

"Hmph, let's go, Krista, let's ignore this shorty." Ymir took Krista's arm and walked forward. Rayan looked at Daz, who was still coughing beside him. "Let's go, buddy."

"Yeah... cough cough cough..."

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