Chapter 677 Classmates, I am the contestant (3k)
In the arena, after some unnecessary “Mayor’s speech,” the competition finally came to an end. The referee stood on the stage, scanned the area below, and then raised his hand and announced loudly:
“Next is the battle for first and second place. The teachers from both sides will appear first.”
When the announcement was made, the crowd quieted down slightly. After all, those who could reach this point were well-mannered. Their eyes fell on the two figures in front of their respective seats.
“Is it you? Luko…”
From the Sakura seats, Gen Jixiang took a deep breath and looked forward nervously. Following the illumination of the light, the figure in her eyes became clearer.
“No…”
Frowning, she walked forward. After completely stepping onto the stage, she looked at Lin Chujiu, who was holding a staff, in front of her. After confirming multiple times, she asked with some uncertainty:
“You’re not letting Luko come?”
They actually wouldn’t let Luko fight her?
Although this kind of small competition had no purpose, it was also related to the face of some countries. Why not choose to win when it was a winnable matter?
“Luko? What do you mean?”
Hearing this, Lin Chujiu was stunned. Her mind subconsciously searched for memories related to this name, but after searching repeatedly, she was still confused. She had no memory of such a person.
“What do you mean? She’s sitting in your seats…”
Looking at the puzzled girl in front of her, Gen Jixiang raised her eyebrows and began to search for memories of “Luko.” Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her expression returned to normal, and she said with a light smile:
“Since she chose not to participate, she should be protecting you as your guardian. This way, your free time will be very ample, and you can also participate in the relic investigation. It’s a good plan.”
“Luko” was interested in [Ghosts], so she had taken the female corpse. Now that the other party had come here, it meant that the relic had something the other party was also coveting, possibly [Ghosts].
“Luko? Guardian? Miss Gen, I don’t understand what you’re saying at all.”
Listening to Gen Jixiang’s rather cryptic words, Lin Chujiu looked confused. Could there really be a guardian named “Luko” among them?
But she quickly dismissed this idea. If there were really guardians, they wouldn’t have been pushed to desperation at sea.
“It doesn’t mean anything, it was just my slip of the tongue…”
Gen Jixiang smiled casually, thinking that since Miss “Luko” wanted to hide her identity, she would let her hide. It was also a small gesture of goodwill.
“Miss Chujiu, my cultivation level is much higher than yours. I’ll only use fifty percent of my strength, so it will be fairer.”
Then she raised her hand and made a Sakura-style bow to show respect.
Seeing the other party bow, Lin Chujiu also clasped her hands and bowed slightly, saying softly, “Then please guide me, Miss Gen.”
Almost immediately after the referee announced the start, the two of them turned into afterimages and rushed towards each other. They had just come into contact when the sound of splashing water and the roar of metal kept ringing out, and the airwaves made the stage tremble slightly.
After five or six minutes, Lin Chujiu felt the energy in her body constantly decreasing. Fine beads of sweat slid down her pretty face. She looked at the calm opponent again and realized that she couldn’t just wait for death any longer.
“Bang!”
She stomped on the stage with her thick-soled shoes, and a faint blue halo bloomed under her feet. Her body suddenly shot forward. Under the amplification of the bracelet, her staff, shrouded in supernormal water flow, broke through the air.
Facing Lin Chujiu’s nearly full-force attack, the girl in casual clothes just watched quietly. However, just as the attack was about to hit her body, her figure suddenly flickered, leaving only a residual afterimage in front of her.
“I’m in trouble!”
Lin Chujiu’s full-force attack missed. She seemed to realize something, her pupils narrowed, and without hesitation, she tightly gripped her staff and stabbed backward with its butt.
“Clang!”
Just as the butt of the staff stabbed out, the tip of the silver-white short sword also emerged, and they made contact almost simultaneously, then collided.
The force carried by the short sword was not comparable to that of a mage like Lin Chujiu. The staff was instantly knocked away, smashing into the energy shield at the edge of the stage, causing ripples.
The latter was also swept away by the force, and could only resist with external force. Two black shoe marks were actually scraped on the stage.
“Cough cough…”
Lin Chujiu coughed dryly, looked down at her slightly cracked tiger’s mouth, then exhaled, and slowly said, “I concede.”
Upon hearing the other party concede, Gen Jixiang stepped forward and threw a bottle of pale purple potion, saying with a smile:
“Teacher Lin, Tokyo University won this time.”
“Thank you.”
Lin Chujiu took the potion, glanced at the other party, and directly swallowed it. Feeling the stinging sensation it brought, she slowly said, “It’s not over yet. Tokyo University has only scored two points.”
Hearing this, Gen Jixiang was stunned, then chuckled and shook her head: “Teacher Lin, you seem to misunderstand the situation. There are two High-Rank Battle Kings in our student group. Even a teacher like you cannot win…”
She really hoped that the two people who were inserted would be beaten severely, but this was simply impossible.
The reason they were able to be inserted was not only for their appearance on large broadcasts but also related to their actual strength.
Hearing this, Lin Chujiu just smiled softly and walked towards the seats below. Her gaze fell on the last row of seats, and seeing the girl eating potato chips, her lips couldn’t help but curl up.
Watching the other party’s retreating back, Gen Jixiang felt increasingly uneasy.
But she also walked towards her own seats. Her gaze swept over the three people in the front row. In addition to the predetermined leader captain at the Intermediate Battle King level, the other two were chess pieces placed by the Kamishiro and Suzuki families.
Her gaze moved away from the two divine figures, and she looked at the original team leader, saying slowly:
“You go out first later. If you can go easy on them, do so. Don’t go too far, it will affect your relationship.”
“Miss Jixiang, why don’t you let me have a turn? Uncle is willing to let me go out and communicate with those Dragon Country people.”
Before the leader, a young man, could answer, Suzuki Yoshiko immediately spoke up. She had been imprisoned in the Dragon Country prison for so long and naturally wanted to find a way to retaliate.
Moreover, in such a public competition, that Dragon Country Touring Envoy couldn’t do anything to her. Thinking of the other party watching her easily bully those students, only to hold back their anger and look resentful,
She couldn’t help but want to hum softly.
“Alright, just don’t forget what I said.”
Gen Jixiang gave Yoshiko a deep look, then chuckled. How could she not know the other party’s little thoughts? But it wasn’t suitable to have disagreements now.
“He’s hiding in the outskirts? Uncle Lin Chuan, just surround him and attack. Don’t leave any survivors. Just kill him directly…”
Meanwhile, Kamishiro Fujiye was leisurely talking on her headset, as if this competition had nothing to do with her.
Soon, the competition ushered in the student matches. The referee slowly went up to the stage, as usual, raised his arm, looked around, and then announced loudly:
“Please, the student members of both sides, enter the arena in order.”
After receiving Gen Jixiang’s approval, Yoshiko showed a rich smile and gently waved her wide kimono sleeves, walking slowly towards the stage.
“Heh heh, I wonder what expression you’ll have later…”
When she reached the stage, her gaze couldn’t help but fall on Su Jiu’s direction. If possible, Yoshiko even wanted to show off, but then she was stunned…
Because she found Su Jiu slowly getting up and walking towards the stage along the passage, her target seemed to be the stage itself?
“She has no right to arrest me now, and this is Tokyo… Maybe she’s just here to say some trash talk.”
After warning herself, Yoshiko forced herself to remain calm. She watched Su Jiu take one step, two steps, getting closer and closer to her, and her heart couldn’t help but feel nervous.
“What is Miss Lu trying to do?”
Gen Jixiang’s face showed a hint of confusion.
At the same time, Gen Takumi, sitting in the VIP seats, was also surprised. He didn’t understand what this powerful mental energy user was going to do.
“Dada!”
The sound of small leather shoes hitting the floor echoed on the stage, and also struck Yoshiko’s heart. She slightly raised her head and looked at the girl holding a bag of potato chips standing across the stage, and said solemnly:
“The fines have all been paid by the Suzuki family. Isn’t it too pushy for you to be like this?”
“What?”
Looking at the kimono-clad woman in front of her who looked somewhat familiar, Su Jiu couldn’t recall where she had seen her before, only thinking that what she was saying was somewhat inexplicable.
Seeing that Su Jiu seemed to not remember her, Yoshiko instinctively breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand casually with the back of her hand, saying:
“This is a friendly exchange match for the exploration teams from various countries. If there are no other grudges, please leave quickly!”
As long as it wasn’t an opportunity to deliberately cause trouble, no matter how bad it was, it wouldn’t be as bad as a troublemaker.
“Leave? But I am the contestant, classmate.”
However, Su Jiu’s next sentence stunned Suzuki Yoshiko. Gen Jixiang and Gen Takumi, the uncle and nephew, were also shocked. Almost the same thought emerged from their minds:
Are you here to “fish” them?
Or are you choosing to “fish” in a pond of young seedlings?!
This was equivalent to everyone playing the Brick Stone Promotion match obediently, and suddenly a King with over 2000 points was introduced. Wasn’t this purely a “noob-slaying” match!
Seeing her countryman being “fished” like this, Gen Takumi almost stood up in public, but he suddenly remembered what he had told the mayor beside him: as long as they participated, there would be no problem, regardless of their identity.
“That girl is deliberately setting up a trap. She looks fair, but she actually wants greater unfairness.”
At that, he sat down again, with a sour expression, and looked in Lin Chujiu’s direction. Seeing the smile on her face, he could only sigh helplessly.
The Mayor of Tokyo turned to him and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Gen Takumi shook his head, indicating that nothing was wrong. He couldn’t possibly say that he was tricked by a little girl, could he?
And Gen Jixiang, sitting in the seats, could only blink her eyes repeatedly. She didn’t know what to say. A top swordsman came to play house with children?
This was a dreamlike plot.
She suddenly remembered what Lin Chujiu had said: “It’s not over yet.”
On stage, looking at the smiling little face in front of her, Suzuki Yoshiko felt her legs go weak. The scenes of her face being pressed down repeatedly in the past flashed through her mind…
“Cl… Classmate, you’re not… joking, are you?”
The smile on her face was uglier than crying. It seemed there was a worse answer.
That was that she would personally go on stage to fight a Dragon Country Touring Envoy.
