Chapter 8 Bald head looks cool with combat uniform
There are only two courses in the physical training class. One is a one-on-one teaching that teaches each student how to maximize their own superpowers, including how to quickly upgrade their superpowers.
The other course is a practical one that makes the whole classroom's adrenaline rush.
There are four instructors for the practical course, who are said to be combat elites from four teams.
Four people lined up in a row, and the female instructor with an impressive figure in the middle was from the third team named Bian Ying.
The remaining three are Shi Ying from the first team, Cui Botao from the second team, and Weng Jian from the fourth team.
As soon as they stood there, the four of them beckoned to them: "You can come together."
Even a clay man still has some blood in him. Even if he knows he can't win, he still has to vent his anger.
Everyone rushed forward.
…
In less than three minutes, it was cleaned up as neatly and efficiently as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The most despairing thing is that the four instructors did not use their special powers throughout the entire process. This so-called actual combat was simply the adult animals teasing the cubs.
This crushing, like a sledgehammer hitting a walnut, continued all week.
The troublemakers with loose discipline now even have to place their water cups at right angles. If Professor Yu saw this, he would probably be so angry that he would laugh out loud.
After learning the techniques of concealing tracks and sneak attacks, the door to the training ground was officially opened.
It seemed that they were not worried about causing any great disturbances, and they were not prevented from using their special abilities in battle.
Like Li Xiaogou, Wang Bo was also eagerly waiting for this opportunity.
As Wang Bo walked towards Li Xiaogou, there was a commotion behind him.
Li Xiaogou curled up the corners of his mouth in the face of the sound, not afraid at all.
The playing cards of the four mentors in the corner made a crisp sound when they were thrown on the tactical map.
Weng Jian put out his cigarette with one hand and said with a smile, "It's a private revenge bureau."
Bian Ying crushed the mint candy with his canine teeth and smiled playfully: "Li Xiaogou... there's blood in the eyes of that little brat."
"Who to bet on?" Weng Jian enjoyed watching the fun.
"Li Xiaogou." Shi Ying protected his son without hesitation.
Cui Botao responded pointedly: "I'm betting on Wang Bo! Don't shush yet——"
"First, this kid watched us break people's ribs when he was six years old. Second..."
"Secondly, Wang Bo's control ability can already open up a territory." Cui Botao suddenly plunged his tactical pen into the sand table, the tip of the pen pointing at Li Xiaogou's simulation data. "Within the same level, unless we encounter a strong attack system—"
"Otherwise it's not good enough."
When you break the pen tip, you should ask: "What are you betting on?"
At this moment, the ring suddenly shook and rose up.
Wang Bo had already walked into the center of the ring. He turned around gracefully, pointing his finger at Li Xiaogou condescendingly: "I'll give you a chance to regret it, as long as-"
"good."
"?" Wang Bo stopped abruptly, forgetting the harsh words he had said, "As long as you crawl over here and lick my combat boots clean."
Li Xiaogou's fingers clasped together, their joints clicking. His tactical gloves sculpted his jaw, and he tilted his head and smiled, "But the clause for rescission needs to be revised."
"If I win, you'll have to clean the toilets for the whole team every day—your mouth and toilet seats are a perfect match."
The moment Wang Bo rushed out, Shi Ying laughed and fell on Cui Botao in the stands: "Fuck! Are all the control zords in your second team treating them like Berserkers?"
Bian Ying's charming eyes narrowed slightly: "Anger value exceeds the limit, muscle contraction efficiency decreases by 12%."
Cui Botao's face looked very ugly.
At this moment, Wang Bo's fist was less than 3 centimeters away from Li Xiaogou's Adam's apple, and the smell of sweat mixed with the strong wind blew in his face.
Li Xiaogou seized the opportunity and punched out at a tricky angle.
Cui Botao's thermos shattered with a clang. "Fuck! This guy has practiced before! Did you guys practice with him in private?"
Shi Ying sneered: "Do you think they are all as sneaky as your second team?"
Bian Ying smiled and threw the spikes at the toes of their boots: "If you want to make a noise, get out!"
In this short while, the situation on the field has become one-sided.
After Li Xiaogou hit Wang Bo with one blow, he didn't give him any chance to fight back. His fist smashed down like a storm.
Wang Bo was defeated step by step and was finally trapped in the corner of the ring. He held his head with his hands and could not look up. He only felt fists coming from all directions.
The classmates who cheered and sent Wang Bo to the stage and were ready to watch Li Xiaogou's performance were all dumbfounded.
This is a pure physical fight, Wang Bo doesn't even have the chance to use his supernatural powers.
The two team coaches regained their composure and resumed the discussion.
"Wang Bo underestimated his opponent. He obviously didn't realize that Li Xiaogou was very skilled in physical skills and had apparently practiced for at least three years."
"Heh, you say you underestimated your opponent when you lose. Early preparation is a basic quality of a warrior. Li Xiaogou obviously knew that Wang Bo's ability had a long lead time and could not be interrupted. On the other hand, Wang Bo knew nothing about Li Xiaogou."
Wang Bo's special ability is "Nightmare", which is a kind of mental attack. It can evoke the most fearful things in people's hearts. If it is cultivated to the third level, those rotten nightmares will even tear through reality and crawl out.
But at this moment, this became his fatal flaw: activating his supernatural power required three seconds of absolute concentration.
This ability is very powerful in group combat, but it is a test of one-on-one combat's ability to grasp the opportunity.
Li Xiaogou knew it clearly when he was eating the melon, so he deliberately said something to provoke Wang Bo at the beginning.
The rhythm of the battle was firmly controlled by Li Xiaogou.
At this moment, Li Xiaogou's fist blocked all escape routes. The veins on Wang Bo's forehead bulged. Finally, when he was forced to the edge of the ring, he took out a bronze compass from his waist and smashed it to the ground.
The moment the object fell to the ground, Li Xiaogou suddenly felt his knees stiffen, as if countless cold fingers were crawling up his ankles.
"Field amplifier!" Shi Ying's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and his Adam's apple rolled as he roared in a cracked voice, "Li Xiaogou! Retreat!"
But he was still a step too late. The field amplifier had expanded into a transparent cover, covering both Li Xiaogou and Wang Bo.
At the same time, the roar from the team leader stopped Li Xiaogou's intensive attacks. Wang Bo seized this opportunity and immediately activated his special ability.
The corners of Mo Shang's wrinkled clothes were about to be torn. He squeezed in among the instructors for the first time and asked, "What is this?" His voice was shaking, not like his own.
"The field amplifier is a combat weapon developed by the bureau."
"It can triple the intensity of your mental attack—the equivalent of pouring liquid fear into your skull."
"That area is only the size of a ring. How much attack pressure can Li Xiaogou withstand?!"
Shi Ying pursed his lips tightly, his expression grim. "Combined with Wang Bo's ability level and the effect of the field amplifier, the attack Li Xiaogou is currently enduring is equivalent to that of a level 4 psychic."
Mo Shang’s nails dug into his palms: “Can’t you force them to stop?”
"I--"
"I won't let you pass." Cui Botao said.
Mo Shang was overwhelmed by the huge anger and roared with his Adam's apple rolling:
"Just because Wang Bo is the captain's son, does that mean his life is more valuable?!"
Cui Botao sighed deeply: "It is precisely because we value human life the most that we cannot take action at this time."
"Once the domain amplifier is activated, if it is destroyed from the outside, the user's mental power will be severely shaken. At the very least, the user's ability level will be reduced, and at the worst, the user will become a disabled person forever."
"In the cases of forced interruptions last year, 73% of the operators became vegetative."
Mo Shang's sneer was tinged with tears. "What's the difference between this and what I said? The captain's son can't take any risks. Li Xiao deserves to be a punching bag if he survives."
Cui Botao stood in front of Mo Shang and said, "If you go now, not only will you fail to break the field amplifier, but you will also get hurt."
He held Mo Shang's shoulders and soothed him, "Don't worry. Using the domain amplifier also requires a strong mental force. With Wang Bo's mental strength, he can't last more than a minute, and such a short time is not enough to cause significant damage to Li Xiaogou."
Mo Shang struggled twice, but the hand pressing on his shoulder was welded to his shoulder like iron, making him unable to move.
He bit his lip and stared at the direction of the ring.
*
On the stage.
Li Xiaogou knew that things were not going well and retreated two or three steps, but still could not escape from the range of the ring.
Inside the domain, Li Xiaogou's pupils were reflecting the purgatory that none of them could see.
His pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip.
The air was scorching, distorting everything in sight.
In front of him, a bus was engulfed in flames.
"Help--"
"Save me—"
"Mother--"
"Go—"
Countless shrill screams sounded like the howling of evil spirits from hell.
My head hurts like it's going to explode.
Tears overflowed from the corners of my eyes at some point, and then hardened into salt frost in the high temperature, leaving only a burnt mark on my skin.
He couldn't move at all and could only look up and stare blankly at the bus in front of him.
His body also shrank with this memory, so small that he couldn't reach the bus window even if he stood on tiptoe.
Suddenly, a person completely wrapped in a fireball rushed to the window.
Bang, bang, bang—
He banged on the window violently.
His facial features could no longer be seen, his mouth had become a red hole, and his throat could only make a hoarse sound.
"run--"
The man did not stop, and kept hitting the window vigorously until he had used up all his strength.
A scorched mark was scratched across the glass.
The screams stopped abruptly and the whole world fell silent.
Why? Why?! Why leave him?!
"Why?!"
The roar that burst out from his chest broke the silence and tore through the illusion like a broken bamboo.
"What's going on?" Mo Shang asked anxiously, "Didn't you say everything was fine? Why is Li Xiaogou bleeding from the corner of his eye?!"
Mo Shang dodged Cui Botao's obstruction and rushed towards the light shield.
Just as his hands were about to touch the light shield, the person in the shield moved.
The one who moved was Li Xiaogou.
He took a step forward.
The two people who had been remaining still had their balance broken because of Li Xiaogou's action.
Cui Botao, who followed closely, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but murmur: "How could this happen?"
Wang Bo suddenly fell to his knees, scratching his throat with his ten fingers and letting out an inhuman scream - he was in his own nightmare, being dragged towards the burning bus by countless pairs of charred arms.
Li Xiaogou has opened his eyes.
Eyes as dark as inkstone were covered with anger, flashing with a dim light and surging with an inhuman luster, as if one would be pulled into the abyss if they stared at each other for more than three seconds.
He walked towards Wang Bo step by step.
Wang Bo on the other side still had his eyes closed, but it was obvious that he seemed to be in extreme fear.
Under the thin eyelids, his eyes were shaking and rolling at a very high frequency. Gradually, blood began to flow from the corners of his eyes, ears, and nostrils.
"The backlash has been triggered!" Cui Botao said in surprise.
"But backlash only occurs when the opponent's mental strength is far greater than that of the caster. Isn't Li Xiaogou only a level 2 psychic?"
"What should we do now? If we force it open, Wang Bo will be even more seriously injured, right?"
Mo Shang listened to his tutor's anxious discussion and felt very calm inside.
"Retribution." He stared at the bloodstains on the alloy floor from Wang Bo's nose. "When the gambling started, did anyone ask Shabao if he was willing to be a bargaining chip?"
If Wang Bo hadn't committed the foul first, he wouldn't have fallen into the trap.
No one expected that it would be Li Xiaogou who broke the deadlock.
In just a few seconds, he finally walked in front of Wang Bo, raised his hand, and punched him hard.
He didn't hold back at all with this punch, and directly sent Wang Bo flying, and he fell into the corner of the ring again.
The transparent light shield, like a dream bubble, shook twice and then burst with a pop.
Wang Bo received the most severe beating, but it was a blessing in disguise as he was able to wake up from the mental trauma.
He opened his eyes in confusion, and it took several seconds for his vision to become clear.
The first thing that caught my eye was a dense mass of fists.
...What's the difference between this and before using weapons!
However, he soon met Li Xiaogou's gaze.
It was a look of extreme calmness and repression, but no one would doubt how crazy the person with such eyes could be.
With all the hairs on his body standing up, Wang Bo's first reaction was to escape, but Li Xiaogou did not give him such a chance.
"Remember, you broke the rule first."
He knew more than one of Wang Bo's weaknesses.
Wang Bo's body swayed and he was about to be unable to hold on.
Li Xiaogou twisted his fist, and the fist that was originally intended to hit Wang Bo's cheek deviated an inch upwards and passed over Wang Bo's head.
Everyone only felt a flash before their eyes, and something flew out.
The world was quiet. Li Xiaogou caught the flying object with his backhand and looked down at Wang Bo.
Wang Bo was stunned and looked up at Li Xiaogou in a daze.
Their eyes met in the air.
"Give it back to me!" Wang Bo hunched over like a shrimp, the collar of his tactical uniform ripped out of shape. "You're not allowed to look!"
The commotion in the audience was like needles piercing my eardrums.
Wang Bo tugged at his collar, trying to cover up his sparse hair.
He has been placed with high hopes since he was a child. Every elder who sees him would praise him and say that he will definitely surpass his father in the future.
But as he grew up, such praise became less and less. Compared with the genes he inherited, his talent was really nothing to write home about.
He began to try various unconventional methods on the Internet to improve his mental strength.
After taking fake medicine once, he started losing a lot of hair and became what he is now.
No one knew his secret, including his father whom he regarded as a god.
Now, the whole world knows about it. What will they think of him? What will his father think of him when he finds out?
All his efforts over the years were in vain.
Wang Bo slowly turned his body, his eyes sweeping across everyone's surprised faces.
He has become a joke and tragedy of the Special Investigation Bureau and a disgrace to his family!
It’s better for him to die!
As soon as this thought came to my mind, all the burdens on my body disappeared in an instant.
I feel so light that I can float away with the wind at any time.
He had never felt so relaxed.
"He's having a mental breakdown, stop him!" Cui Botao shouted.
However, Li Xiaogou was faster than him and moved before he could even roar.
He took a step to the side, opened his coat, and stood in front of Wang Bo, blocking all sight for him.
Then, the wig was returned to him.
Seeing that he didn't take it, Li Xiaogou frowned impatiently: "If you don't wear it, I'll throw it away."
Wang Bo didn't move and continued to look at him stupidly.
…
Li Xiaogou threw the wig away directly.
There was a sound of gasps behind me.
Wang Bo's eyes rolled around slowly, finally fixed on the wig on the ground.
"Li Xiaogou, what do you want to do? Stop provoking him!"
"Scissors." Li Xiaogou turned his head. "Give it to me if you don't want him to die."
Cui Botao tried to stop him, but Mo Shang opened his arms to block his way. "Teacher, no matter how Li Xiaogou behaves, he once risked his own life to save Jiang Mu."
Shi Ying gave a wink, and someone immediately went to find a pair of scissors and handed them to Li Xiaogou.
"Thank you." Li Xiaogou pressed down on Wang Bo's back with one knee, and suddenly pinched the back of his neck with his left hand.
The person who was struggling like a dead fish suddenly froze. Amid the buzzing sound of the razor, the broken hair fell to the ground like dead leaves blown away by the autumn wind.
Wang Bo had his head shaved.
The last few strands of hair fell, and Li Xiaogou took two steps back and tilted his head to look at it.
Wang Bo dug his fingertips deep into his palms, growling like a trapped beast from his throat, his bluish scalp glowing like glaze under the overhead light.
He doesn't want to die now, he wants to kill Li Xiaogou.
"Wow, good skills, pretty handsome." Li Xiaogou touched his chin, ignored Wang Bo's anger, turned around and asked Mo Shang, "How is it?"
"He's quite handsome indeed."
What can I say? I can’t say it’s ugly, right?!
Besides, Wang Bo originally had a feminine look. He looked greasy with his slicked-back hair before, but now he looks really fresh with a bald head.
Several instructors nodded and praised sincerely, "Not bad."
Cui Botao clenched his fist and coughed lightly: "It's mainly because Wang Bo has a good head shape."
…
Wang Bo's expression changed from anger to confusion. He looked around again and found that everyone's expressions had changed from shock to appreciation.
Li Xiaogou gathered his clothes back together and raised his chin: "Are you still fighting?"
Wang Bo suddenly grabbed the ropes at the side of the ring and stood up, his eyes red as if blood was about to drip: "I give up."
Li Xiaogou raised the corner of his lips: "Are you sure? If you lose, you have to call me boss."
The veins on his neck bulged, and his throat rolled three times before he managed a thunderous whisper, "Boss..."
"I accept the loss." After saying that, he turned and walked off the stage.
Everything went perfectly according to Li Xiaogou's plan, except for one thing. He just wanted to fight back, but he met someone with a thin skin and almost lost it.
If it weren't for the reddened corners of Wang Bo's eyes that reminded him of the rabbit he raised to death when he was a child, Li Xiaogou's conscience would have pricked for a rare moment.
"It's better to be open than to hide." He raised his hand with his back to Wang Bo, his fingertips still stained with silver hair dandruff, "A bald head looks pretty cool with a combat uniform."
Wang Bo suddenly turned around and stared at the receding figure until a sour feeling spread from his nose to his eyes. Then he raised his head and held back his tears.
It turns out that being honest is not that scary, and it turns out that he has another way of living.
Li Xiaogou and Mo Shang returned to their residence.
"You're awesome." Mo Shang sighed from the bottom of his heart, "But how come you're such a good fighter? Don't you have some unknown past?"
Li Xiaogou was stunned, his profile in the shadow looked like an old newspaper wet by a rainstorm.
"I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing." Mo Shang said nervously.
"Haha." Li Xiaogou fell on his sofa bed with laughter, "Acting lessons are quite useful."
"You're still in the mood to joke. Aren't you worried about Wang Bo's revenge?"
"Don't worry. Wang Bo is such a stickler for reputation. If he were to retaliate against me now, wouldn't it be obvious that he was the one who did it?"
And Yunlou can’t tolerate such a thing, right?
Yunlou doesn't like him, but he will never allow anyone to break the rules and target him.
Mo Shang didn't believe it, but Li Xiaogou's expression was so confident that he couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.
*
The next day, Mo Shang arrived at class on time as usual, but he was shocked when he entered the classroom.
Wang Bo hunched over Li Xiaogou's desk, his fingers unconsciously scratching the footer of the tactical manual, smiling and saying something.
Mo Shang moved over hesitantly. Wang Bo's Adam's apple rolled twice rapidly. After Li Xiaogou raised his eyebrows to signal, he suddenly straightened his back: "I'm sorry about what happened before!" The tips of his ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his knuckles turned white from clenching his tactical gloves.
…
Mo Shang was a little at a loss.
"What's going on?" Mo Shang asked with his lips.
Li Xiaogou supported his chin lazily and asked him who he was asking.
Mo Shang was completely convinced. Defeating Wang Bo was not easy, but making someone like Wang Bo accept defeat with conviction was even more of a miracle.
And a miracle happened right before his eyes.
Since that day, Mo Shang found that whenever he and Li Xiaogou acted together, they would often run into Wang Bo, in bookstores, on the subway, and in the store where he worked.
Every time they found Wang Bo, Wang Bo pretended to be indifferent, but in fact his acting skills were very poor and it looked like he didn't take the acting class seriously.
Finally, Li Xiaogou couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to talk to Wang Bo.
Mo Shang only saw Wang Bo's face gradually turning red. After a while, Li Xiaogou followed him over. Wang Bo took the initiative to offer to treat them to hot pot as an apology, and the restaurant was chosen to be the restaurant where Mo Shang worked.
Mo Shang naturally agreed.
While eating, Li Xiaogou finally found out about the Information Department.
Wang Bo only drank a glass of apology wine, his face as red as a pig's kidney. He waved his hands and said, "Impossible, you will never be able to enter the Information Department."
"Why? Because my first-stage final exam results weren't good enough?"
"No, you've only studied for a few days, and to get this score, you're already a genius. Don't underestimate yourself!"
"...Okay, don't be so self-deprecating. Tell me why I can't get in?"
"Because the Ministry of Information hasn't hired anyone in over 20 years."
Three deep marks appeared between Li Xiaogou's eyebrows.
Although there won't be any loss of agents in the Ministry of Information, it doesn't seem normal that no one has been recruited in more than 20 years.
“How many people are there in the Ministry of Information now?”
"Just the minister." Wang Bo raised his index finger and smiled foolishly, "You can get in when the minister retires. Then I'll help you get in through the back door!"
Li Xiaogou pushed the drunkard away, his face so gloomy that water could drip out of it.
Mo Shang: "Do you have to join the Ministry of Information?"
"Let's check some old stories." Li Xiaogou's thumb drew a half circle of water marks on the edge of the cup.
"Pfft." Mo Shang suddenly laughed, "You should have said it earlier."
Li Xiaogou:?
"It's not just people in the Information Department who can access the Information Department's information."
A flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and Li Xiaogou quickly asked, "Is there anyone else who can retrieve the information?"
Mo Shang: "Anyone above the vice-captain level can freely access information from the Information Department."
Li Xiaogou: ...
Mo Shang suppressed a smile and patted his shoulder: "This is easier than waiting for the minister to retire. Come on, I believe in you."
Therefore, Li Xiaogou had a new goal, to become the deputy captain!
Before becoming vice-captain, he must first pass the final assessment of training.
Therefore, Li Xiaogou had a new goal - to become the deputy captain!
Before being promoted to vice-captain, he must first pass the final assessment of training.
After completing the physical training course, the instructor spent two days explaining the three taboos of the Special Investigation Bureau (also the iron laws of the Daxia supernatural world):
1. People with special abilities may not oppress civilians or seek personal gain
2. It is forbidden to display supernatural powers in front of ordinary people
3. Participation in Illegal Genetic Research is Strictly Prohibited
Li Xiaogou had already known the first two things from Jiang Mu, but he heard the third one for the first time.
When all the trainees took the oath in front of the Special Investigation Bureau's totem, the ultimate test finally arrived.
"I heard that the difficulty of virtual cases is positively correlated with the abilities of the team members. Back then, the difficulty of the virtual cases handled by Captain Yunlou's group was close to Level B, which was simply abnormal." Standing at the assessment site, Mo Shang gave Li Xiaogou some scientific knowledge.
"How scary can it be?" Li Xiaogou didn't care. "It's fake anyway. I won't really die."
"Although it's not lethal, the feedback from all five senses is 100% real." Mo Shang's tactical gloves wrinkled. "Last year, a student was shot in the head during a simulated gunfight and woke up with post-traumatic stress disorder..."
Ten minutes later.
Li Xiaogou looked at the big letter A behind the difficulty of the case on the big screen and fell into deep thought.
There were four people in their group: him, Mo Shang, Wang Bo, and a young man who was so thin that he looked like he would faint at any moment.
"The trial begins."
As soon as the mechanical voice fell, they were already in the noisy crowd.
The surging crowd separated them, and they were surrounded by young men and women dancing to the music.
On the stage not far from them, five idols were singing with all their might.
The moment Li Xiaogou looked at the big screen, the microphone of one of the idols was knocked off by the arm of the person next to him. However, the embarrassing thing was that although the microphone fell off, the singing voice did not move at all and continued.
The squirming crowd in the audience stopped.
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