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Chapter 26 Skadi

The next day, Gu Zixin unusually took the day off, saying she was going to the mall to pick out some household essentials, so Chu Wuji was the only one left in the store all morning.

After the morning rush of customers had subsided, Noah Bio's order was delivered. However, the delivery address was left at the hospital address given by Grandma Zhang, and Chu Wuji still needed to pick it up at a certain time.

The shop always needs someone to watch it, so Chu Wuji planned to wait until Gu Zixin returned in the afternoon before going to get it himself, and also stop by the dojo to complete some daily tasks.

Due to the version update, the daily mission reward has changed to the martial arts side: a bottle of [Mental Strength Regulation Potion] of the same quality as the Muscle Optimization Potion, which can slightly increase mental strength after the first use.

I don't understand why the reward for the technology side is to improve physical fitness, while the reward for the martial arts side is to improve mental strength.

Out of boredom, Chu Wuji had just scrolled through a few short videos to pass the time when a message popped up from Grandma Zhang.

"Xiao Wuji, if you have time today, go to the tutoring center next door and find Old Lin. He has something he wants to ask you."

Old Lin refers to Lin Zhou, the owner of a cultural tutoring center in Neon Zero, who was also a comrade-in-arms of Chu Wuji's father.

When Chu Wuji's parents passed away, the administrator of Yuncheng wanted to take back their convenience store, but Lin Zhou stepped in to save it.

After that, Chu Wuji and his sister often went to Lin Zhou for tutoring. At that time, Chu Wuji gave up taking the college entrance exam in order to support Chu Tong to attend a university with superpowers, and even had some disputes with Lin Zhou.

Because of that argument, Chu Wuji was turned away several times, and their relationship was not as close as that of Grandma Zhang.

But Chu Wuji never forgot Lin Zhou's kindness, and he also understood that the argument at that time was for his own good. After all, no one believed that Chu Wuji could save up money for Chu Tong to buy awakening potions through a small convenience store.

Therefore, if Lin Zhou needs to ask Chu Wuji for a favor, Chu Wuji will not refuse.

Before noon, Chu Wuji directly connected Zero to the convenience store's system, ordered Zero to supervise the customer's self-service payment, and then left the store, heading towards the tutoring center at the end of the alley.

Lin Zhou's tutoring center is located above his daughter's bubble tea shop, and its structure is somewhat similar to Kogoro Mouri's office in Detective Conan.

The milk tea shop wasn't open yet, so Chu Wuji went up the side stairs and pushed open the door that read "Number One Tutoring Center".

Chu Wuji was stunned for a moment when he opened the door.

There was nothing else to it. Lin Zhou sat upright at a desk across the room, his hands crossed on the table. Combined with the other person's square-framed glasses, he perfectly replicated Gendo Ikari's famous scene.

Although Lin Zhou already has a daughter, you can't tell from her neatly combed black hair or her wrinkle-free face except for slightly sunken eye sockets that she is nearly fifty years old.

Chu Wuji looked up at the top of the other person's head.

Lin Zhou (Tutor/Underground Hacker)

Although he already knew his identity, Chu Wuji couldn't help but sigh that there wasn't a single normal person on this street.

Upon seeing Chu Wuji enter, Lin Zhou made no polite gestures, simply indicating for Chu Wuji to close the door.

The door was gently closed, and the instant it closed, Chu Wuji's brain-computer interface suddenly displayed that the network had been cut off.

"I have a favor to ask you," Lin Zhou said bluntly. "Are you willing to accept it?"

"Uncle Lin, I, Chu Wuji, am not an ungrateful person. Just ask, and I will do it if I can." Chu Wuji shook his head, indicating to Lin Zhou that he didn't need to say anything more.

"..." Lin Zhou was silent for a moment: "I misjudged you back then, you really have some skills."

Chu Wuji understood that, given Lin Zhou's personality, this was already a very sincere apology.

"What's past is past. Besides, no one can really tell who was right or wrong back then. If we hadn't been lucky enough to actually revitalize the convenience store, then the path you suggested would actually have been the right one."

"Sigh..." Lin Zhou sighed deeply, "Then I'll just get straight to the point."

After saying that, he took a silver briefcase from his desk, placed it on the table, pointed the opening at Chu Wuji, and unlocked it.

One of the dark blue belts was visible.

"I want you to become Skadi, the Machine Knight."

"..."

"..."

"what?"

Chu Wuji was stunned.

When I type a "?", it doesn't mean I have a problem, but rather that you have a problem.

"No? Uncle Lin? Where did you get this transformation belt?" Chu Wuji was genuinely bewildered.

"I am Skadi, or more precisely, the former Skadi," Lin Zhou said calmly, delivering the bombshell news.

Chu Wuji was even more confused, because he didn't see that Lin Zhou's name had that suffix in his panel view.

More importantly...

"Isn't Skadi a female knight?"

"Yes, and no." Lin Zhou adjusted his glasses. "Skadi's first user was indeed a woman, my wife."

"It was Skadi's lifelong wish, and also her last wish, to shine in the world."

"...I understand." Lin Zhou's words were concise, but enough for Chu Wuji to understand.

That makes sense. I was wondering why Skadi was so kind as to take Chu Tong home; turns out she's an acquaintance.

However, if Chu Tong knew that Uncle Lin was underneath the armor, her dreams would probably be shattered.

"The technology of the Machine Soul Knight came from the capital. It mainly uses a kind of bio-nanotechnology as its core, which I cannot decipher." Lin Zhou suddenly changed the subject and began to introduce the Machine Soul Knight: "In order to transform into a Machine Soul Knight, one must be adaptable to this nanomaterial derived from the Breath Beast, also known as a suitable person."

"I don't have the same talent as my lover, and my physical abilities gradually decline with each transformation. Now, even Xiao Lei can't help me with my body."

"I don't want my daughter to become an orphan, and it's time for me to step down."

Chu Wuji pulled out a chair and sat down: "So I'm the suitable candidate?"

"You are not."

"......" Are you kidding me?

"But you can reduce the transformation part and just wear the armor, like wearing a suit," Lin Zhou explained. "Xiao Lei told me that you learned martial arts from him and that your talent is beyond human comprehension."

"You mean... I'll use my physical body to play the role of the Machine Soul Knight?" Chu Wuji understood.

"That's right, I originally wanted Xiao Lei to go, but he's too big, he can't fit in."

Chu Wuji thought about the scene for a moment and suddenly felt a chill.

Lin Zhou seemed oblivious: "But you probably won't be able to use Skadi's Ice System then, I wonder if people will notice the problem."

"Fortunately, Skadi wasn't very popular in Cloud City before, so no one should have noticed."

"Alright, leave it to me." Chu Wuji took the briefcase without hesitation. "I will do my best to fulfill my master's wife's last wish!"

Lin Zhou was indeed Chu Wuji's teacher, so calling her "teacher's wife" was not wrong.

And... who says you can't use a freezing system?

Chu Wuji's gaze fell upon the skill on the panel, which was named [Blood Demon Technique - Frozen Cloud].