novelraw Chapter 1114: The Tenth Person
Chapter 1114: The Tenth Person
Zhang Ye glanced at the stage where Lou and Xuzhou were, Lou seemed a bit guilty, his eyes shifted around, not daring to meet Zhang Ye’s gaze. Suddenly, Zhang Ye said, "I’ve figured it out. From now on, I’ll prepare banana peels, rotten eggs, and spoiled vegetable leaves for you."
Lou: "..."
Zhang Ye turned and left.
On stage.
Only Lou and Xuzhou were left.
The two stood facing each other with weapons.
Xuzhou furrowed his brows and said, "Lou, how many watermelon rinds do you have left?"
Lou: "..."
The audience burst into laughter.
Lou’s mouth twitched, looking at everyone, he said solemnly, "I must explain that the watermelon rind I threw earlier wasn’t intentional. I just couldn’t find a suitable tool in the heat of the moment to stop Zhang Ye from advancing, so I randomly tossed a watermelon rind."
The observing students said:
"You’re lying."
"Who keeps a watermelon rind in their Space Button for no reason?"
"Exactly."
"No normal person would toss watermelon rind."
"Keep making things up!"
...
Listening to the criticisms and protests around him, a hint of shame inexplicably crossed Lou’s handsome face, then he muttered, "Um... This watermelon rind was something Ji You from #4444 asked me to keep for her, saying it was for feeding pigs."
Everyone: "..."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You immediately stood up, "I’m not taking the blame for this, I clearly asked you to send it directly to the pig farm, not keep it in your Space Button as a Hidden Weapon."
Lou chuckled and said, "But you did ask me to keep it, otherwise, why would a proper person like me keep watermelon rind?"
Ji You’s face darkened.
Beside, Zhang Ye, who had walked to the audience area, said with a faint voice, "Ji You, you’re really causing a lot of trouble."
Ji You: "..."
Although Zhang Ye was complaining, the next second, his expression became extremely serious, "Actually, I admit defeat wholeheartedly."
Ji You watched Lou on stage battling Xuzhou, Lou seemed not to plan a war of attrition, starting off with full force, each step and every strike was fierce and thunderous.
In a few moments, he completely disrupted Xuzhou’s rhythm.
Lou indeed has skill.
Zhang Ye’s eyes fixed on Lou on stage, unblinking, and he said, "Throughout the day, he’s already fought over a dozen matches, while I’ve only had 6. To still be able to match Xuzhou at this point, I can’t compare to him."
Ji You couldn’t help but turn to look at Zhang Ye who said this.
Though Zhang Ye’s strength wasn’t outstanding, his reconnaissance ability was among the strongest in the 131st Combat Department. Despite his somewhat eccentric personality, he was extremely meticulous when he actually did things.
Whenever a task required 80% effort to succeed, Zhang Ye would certainly put in 100%, never settling for 80% or 90%.
That’s Zhang Ye.
Ji You said, "Zhang Ye, everyone has their shining points. To me, your sensitivity is excellent; you react flexibly, you act meticulously, and you handle everything very prudently. Every fight you engage in makes up for the shortcomings in your Physical Strength and talent with your wits. In this regard, Lou can’t compare to you. And Lou? He performs well because of his formidable Physical Strength and combat instincts... to put it plainly, Lou just has a bit more brains than Yue Qiguang, he’s like a version 2.0 of Yue Qiguang, so how can you say you’re inferior to him?"
Several meters away, Yue Qiguang’s ears itched, he couldn’t help but glance at Ji You and said, "Ji You from #4444, you can spread your poisonous chicken soup however you like, just don’t drag me into it. Dad wants to watch the match, no time to chit-chat with you."
"Ahem..." Ji You looked at Zhang Ye and said sincerely, "Traitor brother, I think you lack nothing but a little sneakiness."
Zhang Ye: "..."
Ji You pointed to Lou who on the training field tossed a handful of melon seed shells onto Xuzhou’s head and said, "See, when someone gets sneaky, they become invincible."
Zhang Ye’s mouth twitched.
Xuzhou, who was hit by a handful of melon seed shells, was momentarily confused. He had anticipated that Lou would throw a weapon at him, a cold weapon, hot weapon, or something else, but the melon seed shells were beyond his expectations.
Lou forced a smile and said, "Oops, my mistake, I meant to throw some nails." Indeed, learning from Ji You’s crafty moves, particularly the sneaky ones, seems to work in both life and on the battlefield.
Spitting out the melon seed shells from his lips, Xuzhou squinted his eyes and said, "Lou, let’s end this in three moves."
When he said this, Xuzhou’s tone and expression were extremely calm, so calm that it seemed as if he were watching someone else’s match instead of his own. But his outward calmness didn’t mean he wasn’t tense inside.
In fact, at this moment, Xuzhou was very tense internally, he understood his situation well: he couldn’t last 3 more minutes. His Physical Strength and spiritual power wouldn’t hold out for 3 more minutes.
If the stalemate, tug-of-war continued, he would only end up losing.
And Lou?
Xuzhou didn’t know exactly how long Lou could last, but definitely not less than 5 minutes.
Thinking of this, Xuzhou straightforwardly proposed the above suggestion. If Lou accepted, that might be Xuzhou’s only chance to win! Regardless of the outcome, they would have a fierce battle.
Three moves.
Both sides exerting their full strength, unleashing their three strongest moves, would quickly decide the winner.
Upon hearing this, Lou quickly dropped his joking demeanor, nodded, and said, "Alright."
Then, the aura of both changed suddenly, and the atmosphere of the training field went from relaxed to slightly tense and taut.
Lou dropped the weapon in his hand, going barehanded.
Xuzhou also threw aside the Big Chopper he was holding.
The two charged at each other!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
...
In an instant, they exchanged blows dozens of times, their movements swift, with every punch landing solid!
Listening to the intense sound of fists clashing on stage, along with the sound of cracking bones, Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing... everyone focused intensely on the two.
second.
seconds.
seconds.
...
Suddenly, Xuzhou staggered, continuously retreating backward, until he reached the corner of the wall, still unable to stop himself from falling forward, hitting the floor and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Pfft—
Lou stood steadily, his piercing blue eyes filled with sharpness.
Xuzhou did not get up.
Mu Jianling stood up, retracting his arm, and said indifferently, "In this match, Lou wins and represents the school as the 10th member."
The whole training room erupted with intense applause.
The qualification Lou earned was seen by everyone as hard-won.
Lou laughed happily, revealing a row of white teeth, then heard Ji You’s faint voice behind him, "What about the watermelon rind you owe me?"
Lou: "..."