Chapter 942 AS174: I Want Another Answer
"Actually, I haven't used [On the Chessboard] much in the past year. With my own intelligence network and analytical skills, I can accurately analyze who is useful to Moon Fox's future and who has no value to me."
"I can analyze which pieces are useless and which are good pieces that I should keep even if it means making a sacrifice, without needing any special skills. For this, Arcane has praised me many times."
"You are very capable. You are good at playing games and have extremely high combat talent. But you are like another Sun Chaser. You hate being bound and love freedom. You have no interest in power and status. You don't even have any of your kind."
Fogblade's voice was unhurried, with perfectly timed pauses and elongations. Combined with her cool and magnetic tone, almost everyone would be willing to listen to her say a few more words, no matter how boring or uninteresting her content was.
"But Maple Syrup is different. Despite her ruined reputation and the formidable enemy Rongshan, she still secretly amassed a large following and acquired numerous businesses in just one year."
"She is stronger than you, and she has ambitions you lack. We are the same kind of people. As long as she becomes the leader of the Oak Owls, the Oak Owls and the Moon Foxes can become allies, along with the Candle Barbarians..."
Yu Xunge calmly interrupted, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
“I wanted to say…” The mirage dissipated amidst the sighs of regret. Mist Blade turned to look at her friend leaning against the opposite wall. She looked directly into her friend’s eyes, which always seemed to shimmer with a wealth of emotions, and said softly:
"I used [On the Chessboard] not to see your individual values before deciding who to 'help', but from the beginning I knew who was more beneficial to my ideals by living."
"But I still used [On the Chessboard], and more than once."
"Because I want a different answer."
She never apologized. She was very regretful, but if she had to do it again, she would still make the same choice.
Fog Blade left, leaving Yu Xunge alone leaning against the wall in a daze.
Separated by a wall.
Having been eavesdropping the entire time using his skills and having waited for his apprentice for a long time, Zhu Ri frowned and said, "Why isn't she coming in yet? Mistblade is getting more and more cunning as she gets older. I knew Arcane Magic couldn't teach anything good. She's making it sound so difficult, as if she can only choose one of two options."
Tianhu Haoqi was intently eating the dinner delivered by the Thief Insect Tavern; expensive things are just so delicious.
She was too lazy to point out the protective elf's harshness towards Mistblade, nor was she too lazy to emphasize that what her apprentice cared about was not that Mistblade attacked her, but that Mistblade attacked her only after using the [Chessboard] skill.
This is clearly a matter of the younger generation handling their friendship, why is she causing trouble!
Does this elf even know what friendship is? She knows nothing.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Zhu Ri's fingers tapped the table like a piano, leaving small dents wherever they touched. Tian Hu Hao Qi's brows twitched, but when she thought that this was an apprentice's room and that such damage would be attributed to the apprentice, she relaxed and lowered her head to continue eating silently.
The elf was quiet for a while, but the apprentice still hadn't come in. She crossed her arms and said with a serious face, "If she dares to cry a second time, I'll throw her off the 90th floor... Do you think she'll be so easily fooled? I remember I taught her not to forgive hurt so easily."
"That's possible." Having just finished her food, Tianhu Haoqi finally responded this time, saying, "You used to throw her into the arena and torture her half to death, and she still forgave you so easily, didn't she?"
"..." Hit the bullseye, the elf shut up.
But she only kept quiet for a couple of seconds before suddenly looking up at the Ashes and asking, "Did the Arcane Mage teach you this skill? Have you ever used it on me?"
Tianhu Haoqi didn't pause for a moment while serving herself soup. She looked at Zhu Ri, gave a forced smile, and said, "Of course I've used it."
“Not surprising at all,” Zhu Ri said, seemingly calm, but her tone carried a clear displeasure.
Thank goodness, does she finally understand what her apprentice is sad about?
Then Tianhu Haoqi continued, "Then I discovered that your existence is of zero value to me in realizing my ideals."
As her brows relaxed, she nodded seriously and said, "That's normal. You know I have a lot of important things to do."
Tianhu Haoqi twitched his fingers, forcibly suppressing the urge to smash the bowl of soup worth 2000 gold coins in his hand.
The door opened, and the apprentice finally decided to go inside.
Yu Xunge looked at the two teachers sitting at the table eating, not surprised at all... They came into her room like they were at home! They had no regard for the children's privacy at all!!
Seeing her return, the elf looked up at her with some surprise: "You're back? Did you find your teammates?"
“Yes, Xie Xie, Tao You, Que Que, and Yu Lu,” Yu Xunge replied. She walked to the table and sat down, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “Teacher, do you know how long Wu Ren waited outside my room?”
Without hesitation, Zhu Ri replied, "Oh, she had just arrived when you came back."
Tianhu Haoqi: "…………" I can't take it anymore!
She gently put down her chopsticks and just looked at Zhu Ri without saying a word.
As Zhu Ri's chopsticks, which were holding lamb chops, almost reached her own bowl, she hesitated for a second, then turned and placed them in Tian Hu Hao Qi's bowl: "Here you go."
Yu Xunge looked back and forth a few times, then understood. She looked thoughtfully at Teacher Tian Huhaoqi and tentatively asked, "Has Mist Blade been waiting for me for a long time?"
Tianhu Haoqi sneered at Zhu Ri, picked up his chopsticks again, turned them upside down, and slammed the ends of the chopsticks on the table to make them neat. Then he said to his apprentice, "She was already at the door when we came at noon."
Yu Xunge gave an "Oh" sound, without any particular expression. She solemnly said to Zhu Ri, "You don't need to worry. I know she's avoiding the important issues. I've grown up, and I won't be fooled by her."
Zhu Ri: "I didn't realize that."
After taking a sip of her juice, she gave the apprentice a knowing smile and said, "Do you know that in the years since you left the God Games, the God Games have introduced new rules?"
"What?"
"In recent years, the apprentices have acquired quite a few time-manipulation techniques, with seven of them being made public. To enhance the viewing experience for the audience, if an apprentice's time-manipulation technique is no longer a secret in Astrana, then when that apprentice uses the technique, a special replay of about 5 minutes will appear next to the top 100 screens. This will remove personal privacy and boring moments, allowing the audience to know roughly what excellent moves the apprentice has made."
"..."
"I don't know which kind-hearted god made this. I declare that I want to become His follower. There is even a scene in it where you are standing in front of Mist Blade, burying your head in your arms and sobbing softly. The Thief Insect Tavern is already selling it for 10 silver coins a piece. My God, people who don't know better will think that Mist Blade is beyond saving."
"..."
"And there's the image of you lying on the ground doing math problems until you were rolling around on the spot."
"..."
"What else was there? Ash, can you help me think of something? I remember you recorded it."
"Does it count if she transforms into an orchid mantis, jumps onto Maple Syrup's shoulder, points to the spots on her body where she was hit, and yells in her ear?"
"Yes, of course it counts!"
The two adults, who had been quite composed just minutes before, exchanged a glance and simultaneously began laughing loudly and slamming their fists on the table.
Yu Xunge wants to die, and he's not kidding.
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