Rebirth of a Flopped Actress Career: First Love, Second Act

Chapter 262: I’ll Try to Go Easy

Even Louis, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood, looked dumbfounded. “Mr. Tobie, if you think we’re being paid too much, just say it. No need to punish us like this…”

Tobie could only sigh. “Most military shows have participants join basic training for fun. Running ten kilometers this morning was hard enough, but now you’re sending us to fight? Are you trying to kill us?”

Tobie tried to reassure them. “Relax. The students won’t go all out. They’ll stop short of hurting you.” Even as he said this, his confidence wavered. Ever since entering Borcalia Military Academy, it felt like nothing was under his control.

The guests, however, had completely lost faith in Tobie. But with signed contracts in place, what could they do? They reluctantly headed to the indoor combat arena.

As soon as they arrived, Shawn noticed something strange. “Why do there seem to be so many more students here than this morning?”

“Be confident. Just drop the word ‘seem.’”

Shawn was speechless.

“Olivia, if you spar with the cadets, how do you think you’ll fare?” Louis turned to Olivia.

After seeing her toss Jackson aside so easily that he hadn’t shown up since, Olivia’s strength was unquestionable.

Olivia glanced at the cadets present. “I’ll try to go easy on them.”

Louis thought to himself, What a badass!

While the guests fretted, the cadets saw the sparring as nothing more than their usual training. Fighting was routine, but the knowledge that the celebrity guests would join made them unusually excited.

“When Whitney steps into the ring, nobody better get in my way!” shouted a tall cadet.

“I’m looking forward to feeling Joycelyn’s punches… I’ll drop like a rock!”

The upper-year students, who hadn’t participated in the morning run, were thrilled for a chance to get close to their idols. Sparring wasn’t really on their minds. Instead, they were imagining the most dramatic ways to fall after being hit.

The girls were more reserved, though many were captivated by Louis’s handsome face. Some decided to hold back if they faced him.

Felix, who had been brooding all afternoon, soon arrived at the arena, and the students immediately quieted down.

As Felix entered, his gaze briefly lingered on Olivia before turning peculiar. “Today’s session is routine sparring. Pair up however you like,” he said.

Kyson and his group, still reeling from Olivia’s earlier beating, fixed their attention on her.

“Nobody else gets her! I’m going first!”

“Step aside! If anyone goes first, it’s me. You couldn’t even beat me earlier!”

“Seriously? You’re all fighting over who gets to hit a woman?”

“Come on, we’re not really fighting. We’ll just rough her up a bit!”

“Exactly! Let’s give her a taste of her own medicine! Rip off her…”

Before the boy could finish, Kyson and his friends glared at him in disbelief.

“Shameful!”

“Disgusting!”

“Utterly vile!”

“Have some decency!”

“We shall send him straight to the military tribunal.”

The boy was stunned. “No, that’s not what I meant! I was just joking! I only repeated what Olivia did to us earlier. I swear I’m not that kind of person!”