Five Schools League (Four)
"I'm sorry about what happened before." The young man leaned against the wall and looked at him sideways: "It's not that I don't care about your safety, but I think that if you don't get hurt and invest in us, it can be a win-win situation."
Li Yuebai was blocked at the entrance by a handsome young man early in the morning: subway, old man, mobile phone.
"I thought you wouldn't meet me for a while."
The top three teams lost unexpectedly because they accepted huge bribes from their opponents (?), carried their opponents like a princess, and were all disqualified from the competition. The animated picture of the incident spread across the forums of the five major colleges, becoming explosive news on the first day of the league. If the subject of this rumor was someone else, they would have already fled in shame at night.
The two of them were still chatting casually at the entrance, which showed how shameless both of them were.
Just by standing there and talking to him, Li Yuebai could feel the other teams' focused gazes on him.
"This round of competition is based on a points system. Even if we lose to you, we can win back through other matches and participate in the next round of team competition, so there is no need to worry."
"I don't mean to worry about you."
"I understand." He nodded and continued, "Sir, didn't you say that we have to wait until the end of the league before we can officially sign the agreement and go through the process? I have a drafted contract here, would you like to take a look at it first?"
Li Yuebai took the agreement and said, "You didn't just do this last night? Isn't your match today very important? If you lose again, there will be no way to turn the tide."
The young man named Rost said calmly: "It doesn't matter. Even if the other party offers 150 million, I won't lose again."
There is a hint of arrogance in his calm expression.
Li Yuebai was impressed by his pretense: "Don't you care about investment?"
The corners of Rost's lips rose slightly, "...Except for you, everyone else is too heavy. I can't hold them."
It took Li Yuebai a second to realize that he was joking seriously.
Rost didn't look at his reaction, but nodded to the side: "Come here."
The baby-faced boy who nearly overturned the entire venue yesterday appeared in front of him at some point, and said to Li Yuebai dejectedly, "I'm sorry, sir, I shouldn't have used that move... I clearly couldn't control that power, but I didn't think about the consequences of using it."
He is like a puppy. Although he can grow very big in a few months, he has little life experience and is very reckless.
"Can you let him follow you all the time? To protect your safety during the league. Sometimes, in order to win, some teams can't help but use some inferior means. Because he almost broke the agreement, he realized his mistake and will never make that mistake again."
"Unfair means?"
"Even when there were no competitions, it's not like people haven't died before. This year's rewards are pretty good. Didn't the Li family also contribute part of the money?"
It's not gaming equipment, he doesn't care at all.
"You can use him as you like." The captain said, "Although he is a little impulsive, he is still quite obedient. He is quite capable and has a strong intuition. He is very suitable to be your servant. It can be regarded as a bonus for investing in us."
"Captain——" The boy's face flushed red, and he was in a state of being angry but not daring to speak.
Rost smiled at him and made a gesture, which meant "I'll deduct your bonus later."
The baby-faced boy lowered his head and said, "My lord, I will definitely protect you and will not let you get hurt this time."
This was a two-pronged approach. It allowed him to see his sincerity and tempered his immature personality. However...
"This kind of protection is totally insincere." Li Yuebai chuckled and shook his head: "You can't even control your own power, how can you protect investors?"
It doesn't seem noticeable when viewed from a distance, but when you look closer, the boy is still taller than him even with his head down.
Li Yuebai's hands were itching, and he couldn't help but pat the boy's shoulder. Compared with other intimate actions, his words were cold: "I don't need someone like you who can't control himself. Instead of protecting you, you may even bring danger."
The boy was stunned: "No, no need..."
Li Yuebai said to the young man who was watching the show nearby: "You should come."
"Hmm?" Rost uttered a single syllable in surprise and pointed at himself: "Me?"
Li Yuebai said: "That's right."
"I'm not as good as this guy." The captain who sold out his teammates shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate this guy. He is a rare genius in the Selia Ocean in a hundred years."
"It's okay, I don't mind." Li Yuebai said, "If it's not a 'free gift' like this, I don't want it."
The captain sighed and said, "You are so stubborn."
"Okay, then go back. You're not needed anymore." He waved at the genius on the team.
The baby-faced boy, whose name Li Yuebai still didn't know, looked like he had been hit hard and was almost crying.
The subsequent draws and battles went smoothly, and their team's entry into the second round of the team competition was a foregone conclusion, but for some reason the conflicts within the team had become even greater -
"Why does this guy keep following my junior?"
"That's it. Is it annoying?"
"People who cling to others are not likable, don't you understand?"
"Hey, a civilian shouldn't appear in front of us, right? It's an eyesore."
"Hmm?" The young man looked at them belatedly, "Are you talking about me? I'm the bodyguard appointed by Master Yuebai."
"Maybe he was worried about your strength, so he chose me to protect him."
"? You want to fight?"
Cedric watched the fun: "Yuebai has always had good taste."
They really do fight each other very easily. From another perspective, this also reflects the irreconcilable contradictions between the nobles and the common people.
Even though the Capet twins admired the sword master who was born a mortal from the bottom of their hearts, they still looked down on other common people.
Not only did Rost help them deal with the team that came to attack, but he also forcibly collected a large sum of money from that team in the name of hush money, and he also sold them some intelligence about other teams in their own academy.
"It doesn't matter," he said confidently, "If they fail because of this, it's just because they didn't work hard enough. Such people might as well be thrown into the sea to feed the fish."
This was the first time Li Yuebai met someone who could confuse right and wrong even more than he did.
Rost would also discuss finance with Cedric: "Thank you for your guidance. You answered some questions I didn't understand. Our college doesn't offer this course. I learned it by myself by reading books."
He is really a person who is very good at taking advantage of loopholes and also likes to actively improve himself.
A classmate took the initiative to send a message to Li Yuebai, warning him: "Yuebai, it doesn't matter if you invest in civilians, but it's really not necessary to have a good relationship with them."
Li Yuebai didn't plan to get along well with the people from Huancelia College, but he also didn't plan to get along well with the person who sent the text message: "It's none of your business, so stay out of it."
The other party will immediately become timid: "I'm sorry... I just care about you."
"...I don't care about these." On the night of the loss, the boy said to the captain: "I just want to win. Is 100 million important?"
"Important, but not important." The captain was the same as always.
"The point is that you really can't control your own strength, right? If you weren't so impulsive, you might still have a chance to win."
The young man lowered his head and listened to the lecture.
"Did you do what happened on the field on purpose? Do you want to break the agreement?" The captain's attitude was lukewarm, but he felt inexplicably harsh.
He has no father or mother and has great strength, but no one has ever led him onto the right path. Until a bloody incident happened, he was discovered by the captain of the academy's mission and brought back to the academy. Therefore, he has always respected the captain, but still has different ideas from him.
"I didn't mean to do that..." He said weakly, "I didn't expect him to fall. I just thought he was difficult to deal with."
"The three of them made it very difficult for the four of us to deal with. Do you feel ashamed?"
"It's not because of shame, it's because..."
Don't want to be looked down upon.
Want to be needed by the team.
He naturally disliked those young masters who were arrogant, especially those in the imperial capital.
In the eyes of the black-haired and black-eyed young man, his existence was not visible at all.
That person thought they were a team that could be easily bought off with money. When he stated that condition, his fighting spirit was higher than ever before.
The young man was wearing a silver-white combat uniform. He looked very weak and vulnerable, and could be knocked down with just one punch. His gestures revealed a sense of nonchalance that had never appeared in his life. He did not take the competition seriously at all.
Who would watch a game on the stage? He fell off the stage while watching!
"It's really infuriating, that attitude."
The captain simply laughed at his anger and said, "Is that so? Then I'll take you to apologize to him tomorrow."
"team leader?"
"You should change your character. Go to his side and protect him for this month."
He had never been intimidated by powerful enemies, but on the eve of the apology, he inexplicably prepared himself mentally for the entire night.
Then……
Was rejected mercilessly.
He thought dejectedly: Maybe I will never have the chance to get close to him again.
He didn't know why he was disappointed, and he couldn't figure it out at all. In the next two days, he beat several teams from the Noble Academy on the stage and entered the second round of the team competition without any suspense.
The arm that was gently patted by the black-haired young man seemed to be filled with energy that had nowhere to vent.
"I don't need it." The words that came out of the young man's pale lips always made him sit up in the middle of the night and go out for training.
...It's really infuriating.
*
After the first round of points matches were completed, Team 15 successfully entered the second round. That night, the system suddenly issued a prompt:
"Congratulations to the players for achieving the top ten in the Five Schools League. We will be the first to distribute some of the mission rewards: Gold Obsidian x15."
Li Yuebai woke up in shock from his dying dream: It turns out that the mission rewards are not given out all at once, so doesn’t that mean he can draw the cards now?
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, [Melancholy Bunny] urgently knocked on someone's door: Are you there?
[Nothing is impossible]:?
[Melancholy Bunny]: Quick, quick, tell me my fortune! Now! Immediately!
[Nothing can’t be calculated]: I told you that you have to meet me in person to get the exact result.
[Melancholy Bunny]:.
[Melancholy Bunny]: You have completely turned into a pervert who sexually harasses young girls.
[Nothing is unacceptable]: It just allows you to meet more handsome guys when you are young, so that you won’t be easily abducted by random men when you grow up.
Li Yuebai was addicted to drawing cards and was very anxious. He didn't bother to say anything to him and easily agreed to the pervert.
[Melancholy Bunny]: OK, OK, OK, I'm going to draw a big one next time, and I'll meet you to draw. Of course, you have to promise me that no matter what happens, you have to tell me a good fortune, and it has to be the best fortune ever!
[Nothing is impossible] I immediately became energetic: Of course!
You can only draw 5 shots with 15 stones, and Li Yuebai had no expectation of drawing a card at all.
After all, this game allows him to draw at least one card every time he does ten consecutive draws, all thanks to his various metaphysical efforts in drawing the cards each time.
The fortune teller said that there was no good time to draw cards recently, but he could teach him a simple luck-changing ritual. Using it occasionally could bring good luck, but using it more than once would lose its effect.
He followed his instructions, laid out the necessary items, then bathed, burned incense, and prayed devoutly.
He clicked the card draw button, and after the first draw, the first card showed signs of being shipped - the back of the card showed a special gray-black color with strange patterns printed on it, and the whole card seemed to be shrouded in smoke.
This card seemed to no longer want to stay in the pool and could not wait to come to his game system.
Is the luck-changing ritual so effective?
He decided to be nicer to his fortune teller brother next time they met, so as not to scare him to death... Maybe when they met, he should wear women's clothes to help him get used to it?
He rubbed his hands and immediately turned over the card.
Four-star card——[God’s Puppet].
The moment he turned over the card, he seemed to hear a "creaking" sound.
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