Chapter 170 "I have never admitted defeat since I was a child, but I admit defeat this time."
Six hundred meters from the top of the sacred tree, since the battle was over and there seemed to be no other danger nearby, Anson Deer put away the chess field and the chess pieces disappeared one by one.
"The Arena." Anson Lu raised his head and looked at the upper part of the sacred tree that was covered by the storm. "I really don't know what I will encounter. The me in the parallel world, a person who is similar to the principal when he was young?"
No matter what, he believed he would never lose.
It would be better to say that he had no reason to lose.
Compared to his parallel world self, he now has the Future Blue Bird given by the principal in his chess library. This piece alone should be enough to put a certain distance between him and his previous principal.
And after that, he will also purchase two other chess pieces from the "Savior Team" chess set.
This is the key to distance himself from the principals of the same period or his other parallel worlds.
Because, before the arrival of the Snow Dragon, there was no "Savior Team" chess set at all. This was a type of chess that the principal brought back from the distant future, and the way it was created was unknown.
However, perhaps the situation is not as simple as he thought. In the principal's timeline, the methods of the other Anson Deer may be far more cruel than he imagined.
How powerful can a monster that has no regard for morality and does not act according to common sense be? Who can predict?
Anson Deer found that his hands were shaking slightly, and he didn't know whether it was out of excitement or fear.
"Lu Jun, why don't we go back and sort things out first." Urushihara Ritsu looked at him.
Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said nonchalantly, "That's true. Let's go back and rest first and come back tomorrow. It's only the third day since we entered the dungeon."
"Yeah." Urushihara Ritsu smiled, "Don't think too much, you are not facing it alone."
"I know." Anson Lu raised his eyes and looked at the other three.
At noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the bright light stripped away the gloomy morning mist covering the sky and sprinkled on the sacred tree. The remains of the black dragon still stood on the corner of the branch, exuding a sense of desolation.
Asuka was standing on the edge of a tree branch, one hand on her waist and the other hand blocking the sunlight, overlooking the Hawaiian Island with full of energy.
Chu Qimo sat cross-legged on a tree branch, wiping the Dark Sky Sword with a towel; Yuri was playing Minesweeper on her mobile phone. She had a blank expression on her face, but her clear eyes were very focused, as if she was very determined to break Anson Deer's record.
"It's a day off, everyone." Anson Deer yawned and said lazily, "Come back to climb this broken tree tomorrow. Let's take a break today."
Chu Qimo put on his sword bag and stood up: "President, why don't I try riding your sled?"
"Oh, then I'd like to try sitting down for a while too." Asuka said, turning around.
"No, Miss Asuka, if you also ride the sled, who will carry the others?" Chu Qimo asked.
"You guy, are you going to take your President Deer for yourself?" Asuka frowned.
"I didn't mean that."
Yuri didn't say anything, just glanced at his mana value, then created an ice surface in the air, and slid down along the ice surface from a height of 600 meters, causing Chu Qimo and Asuka to worry.
Anson Deer was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect Yuri to be so arbitrary, this was 600 meters in the air! However, whenever Yuri ran out of mana, he could just stop at the nearest branch.
"Yuri won't do anything without confidence. It's unnecessary to worry about her." Urushihara Ritsu took a sip of coffee.
"I know." Anson said disdainfully, "I'd rather know when you get caffeine poisoning than this."
"Death from caffeine is actually a kind of bliss."
"If you are sick, tell me."
Anson Deer sighed, sat on the sled, and asked, "So, who is going to get on?"
What happened next was extreme: Xiao Longnu and Chu Qimo were both squeezed into the narrow sled; Urushihara Ritsu sat on the handrails of the sled with his two long legs hanging in the air, looking extremely terrifying.
"Christmas sleigh, take us back to the resort." Anson reindeer didn't care about the life of this gambler. After he gave the order, the two reindeer stepped into the air and left the corner of the sacred tree.
At the end of the day, the five of them had a pretty good time.
They surfed at the beach next to the black sand beach and visited the Volcano National Park and Mauna Kea. If it weren't for the low-level sunscreen that could be obtained by paying evolution coins, all five of them would have been darker at the end of the day.
As it was approaching evening, Anson Lu and Yuri agreed to watch the sunset on the top of the mountain.
Anson Lu took a sip of his drink, because since the first cooperative challenge copy, he has often been teased that the world's number one is actually a little brat who can't even drink.
So, he has been trying to drink alcohol during this period, but what he drank was not authentic alcohol. It was more like fake alcohol with mostly fruit juice ingredients. It was essentially a drink, but it was good for fooling himself.
On the other side of the coast, the orange sun gradually sank on the horizon and the sky became darker.
Hawaiian resorts light up with thousands of lights.
As the sun set, the sea waves beat against the black coast. Anson Deer took a sip of his drink and looked into the distance calmly.
Asuka, Chu Qimo and the others were still surfing, and of course, Crow was there too - in a sense, this man could be called an all-round warrior, whether it was gambling, surfing, reading, chess, horse riding, skiing, judo and other aspects, he had almost everything.
There is nothing that Urushihara Ritsu has not explored, except what Anson Lu could not think of.
Every time he was asked, Crow would only say that he learned all the knowledge from the education of the rich Japanese man. Every time Anson Lu heard it, he couldn't help but sigh that the rich man really had a good vision to pick out a one-in-a-million weirdo like Crow from the slums to train.
Asuka Uesugi also comes from a prominent family. Since she was a child, she has been exposed to many aristocratic sports that ordinary people cannot participate in. Surfing, a sport that is neither good nor bad, is naturally included in them.
Anson Lu had no say in this regard. Since he was a child, he would go out every morning with his pocket money, buy some steamed buns and soy milk to fill his stomach, and the day would pass by in his haste. When he had nothing to do, he would read comics, cartoons, and novels. After school, he would lie on the bed flipping through comics and watching the sunset. In the evening, he would do his homework and play chess with himself. Most of the days passed like this.
These luxurious sports were so far away from him that he didn't even need to look at them. Before transferring to Shangshi High School, he had never even seen snow because he was born in Guangdong.
He turned his head to look at the sacred tree in the distance. The top of the towering tree was shrouded in the storm and could not be seen clearly. If there was a boss hiding in the storm that needed to be dealt with, he would really collapse.
At this moment, a girl with a delicate appearance like a doll was sitting next to him. She was wearing a white dress and a straw hat given by the villagers. There were wreaths on the corners of the hat.
Yuri hugged his snow-white knees with one hand and held a book with the other. Although his hair was pressed down by the straw hat, the snow-white hair was still blown by the wind, swaying lightly in the air.
"Don't you want to go out and play?" She asked suddenly as she turned the pages of the book.
"No." Anson Lu said lightly:
"No matter how bright the sun is, it's winter now. It's freezing cold in the sea. Teacher Chu and Crow used to live like ascetics. Asuka has a dragon-like warm body, so of course they are not cold."
".oh."
"But you, why don't you go surfing with them? You won't feel cold even if you wear a white dress in Hokkaido in the middle of winter."
“I can’t play.”
"In order to defeat me, you are willing to play a boring game like Minesweeper so seriously." After a pause, Anson Deer asked, "Why can't you learn to surf for them?"
".I just don't want to." Yuri's answer left no room for doubt.
"Okay, you win." Anson Lu whispered, "So, are you sure you don't want to ask me about the principal anymore?"
"I asked, so what?"
"Ah," Anson Deer scratched his cheek, "Maybe, if you ask me again, I will tell you this time?"
"No question."
"Why?"
"trust."
Anson Deer was stunned for a long time, lowered his brown eyes, and said after a moment of silence:
"Then if there is a possibility that the principal is me from the future, and your Anchache syndrome is the result of his handiwork, what would you think?"
Yuri put her hand on her chin, looking as if she was thinking seriously. After a moment, she closed the book, stood up, and left only a casual sentence:
"In no mood."
Anson Lu was stunned for a moment and looked at her profile. The girl was standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the lights of thousands of homes, her light skirt fluttering in the wind.
He smiled and said to himself, "What do you think?" The answer was "No," which was worthy of being a weird girl. Her train of thought was so unique.
Originally, he was still considering how to bring up this matter with Yuri - he was the one who brought her death; he was also the one who tried most desperately to save her.
He even thought that Yuri would turn against him because of this. The relationship between the two autistic weirdos, which had finally improved a little, fell to the bottom because of this incident.
But, as the Icelandic girl said: She didn't think about it, she didn't even think about it, she trusted him completely.
It seemed like nothing was really going to happen.
All these messy associations in Anson Lu's mind became empty talk, perhaps empty talk that was not even as good as toilet paper. However, it made people feel relaxed, just like pressing the switch of a toilet and flushing all these distracting thoughts into the sewer in one breath.
Suddenly, a light rain began to fall from the sky, and the tiny raindrops hit the tip of his nose.
"It's raining, time to go." Yuri held the book and stretched out his slender white hands to him. Every finger was so beautiful, and his pale skin had a hint of warmth under the setting sun.
"Okay, let's go back." Anson Lu took her cold hand and stood up.
The sea breeze blew over, Yuri's hand was very soft, he seemed reluctant to let go, but thinking that they were just friends, he was about to let go, but the Icelandic girl beside him gently clenched his fingers.
Turning her head, the girl's steps were as light and natural as a white deer wading across a river, but the tips of her ears were slightly red.
They walked along the gray path in the quiet volcanic rift valley. The sky was getting darker and darker. It was drizzling. Under the stars hanging high in the sky, the puddles on the bumpy road reflected the beautiful faces of the young boys and girls. The rain gently wet their clothes, like a long shot in a movie. The figures of the two people became longer and longer and more and more blurred in the rain.
By the sea, on the beach.
Chu Qimo put away his skis, looked at Asuka who passed by him, and suddenly asked: "Ms. Asuka, I'm a little curious, what do you think of the president?"
"What do you mean? What are you thinking?" Asuka hugged her elbows and frowned slightly.
"That's right. I can intuitively feel your affection for him."
"ha?"
"Is it my illusion?"
"like."
Chu Qimo was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Asuka would answer so directly, and he was unable to react for a moment.
"Even if I say 'I like him', what's the problem?" Asuka said unhappily, "Who doesn't like the world's number one? He's handsome, down-to-earth, and popular with thousands of people. You can see his name whenever you open the news."
"So do you like him?"
Asuka Uesugi frowned slightly and turned her face away.
She was silent for a long time and said, "I like him, I like him a lot, but just as a friend." She looked away and her voice got lower and lower, "It's no use liking him anymore. I can't get close to him anyway."
"I don't think so."
"Yuri always said that we could understand Anson Deer, but she couldn't, because she was incomplete and had never been complete."
"But in fact, she is the one who can understand Anson Deer." After a pause, she pretended to be happy and hummed, "Because, our Deer President only shows his true side to her and always acts nonchalant in front of us."
"Really?"
"Only once."
"What?" Chu Qimo was puzzled.
"There was only one time when he spoke seriously in front of me, in that Titanic copy, but he said those words to comfort me." Uesugi Asuka said softly, "But after that, he was still the same, with a heartless look, as if he was playing me for a fool."
"perhaps."
"No, maybe." Uesugi Asuka interrupted Chu Qimo and said viciously: "Teacher Chu, you are really very reserved. When you are not talking, you are observing others?"
Chu Qimo stared at Asuka. Her eyes were somewhat resentful, somewhat unwilling, and shrouded in a hint of gloom, but she was still as pretty as a bluebird in spring and would not make people feel disgusted.
Uesugi Asuka breathed a sigh of relief and patted Qingli's cheek, "Don't mention it to them, either of them, okay?"
"Um."
"Okay, thank you, Teacher Chu. I feel much better after talking about it." She patted Chu Qimo's shoulder with satisfaction.
"I think that no matter what, everyone has the right to pursue happiness." Chu Qimo said deeply, "Ms. Asuka has been too timid recently, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable. In the past, you should have been more bold in expressing yourself."
"Then what do you want me to do? Take away the last person a dying girl who has been abandoned by her parents and has spent half of her life as a puppet?"
Chu Qimo was stunned and couldn't utter a word.
He suddenly felt that what Asuka said was true. The life of the Icelandic girl was already in countdown, and Anson Lu was the only one by her side. And for Anson Lu, perhaps she was the only one who could understand him - because Anson Lu would only express himself to her. Otherwise, who would be qualified to approach him, approach this person who always disguised himself.
"He and I are very good friends." Asuka said softly, the dim afterglow falling on her cheeks. Her eyes were so calm, as if she was just pretending to be calm.
"I see."
"Super good friend."
"Um."
"But we're just friends, right?"
"right."
"That's good." Asuka turned her face away, her brown hair covering her side profile. "Isn't it good? So, don't say it again in the future, okay?"
The setting sun gradually sank below the horizon, the cries of seagulls also died down a lot, and the world gradually became dim.
"Okay, I'm sorry for saying too much." After a pause, Chu Qimo said, "Although I don't have many friends, I hope I can help you solve your problems, although I know I'm a little clumsy sometimes."
"Oh, thank you for your concern." Asuka regained her vigor and vitality. She hummed and said, "Let's go play cards tonight. Let's join forces to defeat President Lu."
"You also know," Chu Qimo said untimely, "the president has super intuition. Unless his luck is very bad, only Crow can beat him."
"Who cares? He has super intuition. Does it have anything to do with us deceiving him?"
"No." Chu Qimo was speechless.
"You can bully him, but you are not allowed to bully Yuri."
"Of course I won't. Miss Yuri is also a good friend to me."
"That's good." Asuka said awkwardly, "Teacher Chu, although everyone doesn't like you, it's just because you're too normal and don't fit in in this weirdo union, but you're pretty good."
"Thank you." Chu Qimo felt comforted.
He also often felt that he was not on the same channel as Anson Deer, Crow and others, and often talked across dimensions, not to mention the inhuman members like Yuri and Yuliu.
"Actually, if you think about it, Anson Deer can be pretty annoying sometimes."
"Really?"
"Okay, I admit he's likable sometimes, but he's just annoying, annoying!"
"Oh, that's it."
"I'm quite proud of myself. I don't have to be with President Lu, but the Icelandic girl was the only one who could be with him, so I gave her up. Yes, I gave her up, do you understand?"
Asuka lowered her head, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, and her voice was as soft as the buzz of a mosquito.
"I have never admitted defeat since I was a child, but I admitted defeat this time."
She hugged her shoulders, tapped her arms gently, and raised the corners of her mouth, but at this moment, the setting sun was falling, and the night was shrouded in her cheeks, and even her expression of pretending to be strong seemed a little gloomy.
"I understand. You are really kind and gentle, which is inconsistent with your appearance, Ms. Asuka."
"Stop praising me, I don't need your comfort!"
"That's the truth."
"What's the use of being kind?" The girl chuckled. "Can being kind win him over?"
"This will keep you from losing yourself, help you keep a sense of propriety, and know how to make choices. This is the most important thing." Chu Qimo said, "Although Miss Asuka, your personality is indeed sharp, a kind person like you will find your home one day."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. We're friends."
"Okay, time to go back." Asuka pursed her lips, "Don't tell him I cried, or he'll call me a crybaby again."
"I won't."
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