Chapter 174 Mizuki Private High School (Forty-six)
Bei Xi's air arrow caught up with a moving ice front, and an explosion sounded. The ice front only slowed down a little but did not completely disappear.
Chaka also discovered from the beginning that their attacks did not have much effect.
Bing Feng seemed to have sensed that the two parties seemed to be intending to unite, and the direction of the attack was adjusted accordingly.
Nan Huan was held in Bei Xi's arms. After the cold wind passed, he found a chance to speak, "Chaka, do you want to discuss a deal?"
From the very first moment they met, Chaka's concern for Nanhuan was very obvious. Even though he could see that she had no talent for shooting, he still invited her to join the Arrow Feather Club.
In addition, before entering the woods, she specifically told Nan Huan to be careful.
So now, she actually really appreciated the olive branch thrown by Nan Huan, or maybe she had already guessed Nan Huan's intention.
"Nan'an, have you forgotten? You are now members of the Arrow Club. It is reasonable for you to call me the president."
Chaka somersaulted in mid-air, dodged the ice, and spoke to Nanhuan with ease.
Bei Xi's expression changed immediately. Chaka cared about Nan Huan more than she thought. Even at this time, he didn't consider the reason for their coming, didn't worry that they were here to provoke a war, and didn't worry whether the monsters would take further actions. Instead, he teased Nan Huan slowly.
Nan Huan's mouth twitched, and after catching a glimpse of Bei Xi's eyes, he quickly said righteously, "We can call you this after we all leave here alive."
After saying this, without waiting for Chaka to respond, he got back to the point, "I have a way to solve our current predicament, but I need to talk to you about it."
Chaka noticed the interaction between Nanhuan and Beixi, and seemed to understand something. He did not argue with Nanhuan about the previous topic anymore, but just nodded to him, signaling Nanhuan to speak directly.
Nan Huan didn't seem to expect that Chaka would be so easy to talk to. She had already prepared a lot of words to persuade the other party, but the progress was unusually smooth.
However, she quickly changed her mood and winked at Mocha Meng who came with President Barbie, indicating that the other party could take action.
Although Beixi had given him a heads-up, Nanhuan was already mentally prepared.
But when he saw that short and cute girl using her skills and a giant robot more than ten meters tall appeared out of thin air behind her, Nan Huan still felt that his imagination was too conservative.
The position of the robot's legs changed instantly with Mocha Meng's thoughts, and a staircase and passage for entering the interior of the robot appeared.
The players present, except Nan Huan, seemed to be aware of Mocha Meng's personal skills, so they were not too surprised.
As for the old classmates, except for Chaka, the rest were as worldly-wise as Nanhuan.
Finally, both sides, urged by Mocha Meng, entered the interior of the robot through the stairs.
Nan Huan finally understood why the second guild was called Mechanical Heart. It was much cooler than any of the movies she had seen.
However, the interior of the robot was beyond Nan Huan's expectations. She originally thought that this robot was used for combat, so it should have various operating screens inside.
But I didn’t expect that the body of the robot is a high-ceiling space, with all the facilities from living room to bedroom, etc., which can fully meet the needs of normal life.
"I can control this robot with my mind. Its attack capability is limited, but its defense capability is full, so I have arranged it to my liking. However, I have designed several modes for you to choose from. Miss, which one do you like?"
Mocha Meng was pleased by the surprise in the eldest lady's eyes. After all, everyone else had more or less seen or understood his skills, so there was nothing special about them. Only the eldest lady had a "so cool" expression on her face.
"You can control it with your mind?" Nan Huan's attention was quickly drawn to her. "Is this your skill? Where do you usually hide this thing? Do you have Doraemon's Anywhere Door?"
Nan Huan tilted her head back to observe the interior of the robot, and Bei Xi stood behind her to prevent her from falling down.
Barbie and the players from the second guild had already skillfully found drinks to entertain the guests in the corner of the living room, and called the rest of the people to gather in the living room.
"Well, this robot is a part of my body," Mocha Meng didn't care about being asked about her skills by the young lady, thinking about how to explain it so that the other party would understand better, "I don't have to hide it. When I want it to disappear, it will disappear."
"But because it is a part of my body, if it has any problems, my body will also have problems," Moka Meng felt it and said with certainty, "Now it seems that it can withstand Bing Feng's attack. Judging from its strength and attack power, if I need to continue fighting later, I can only hold on for an hour. If not, I can barely hold on for an hour and a half."
Nan Huan understood. Although no one present, whether Bei Xi, Cha Ka, or President Barbie, urged her, she knew that time waited for no one.
The most important thing is, who knows if the monsters will come up with other tricks after realizing that they have the skill to temporarily avoid attacks. For Mocha Meng's personal safety, Nan Huan decided to talk about serious matters.
"President Chaka, I am the host among our freshmen," Nan Huan went straight to the point as soon as he sat down.
Chaka was not surprised by this, after all, she had thought about it before. However, the people who followed her did not expect Nan Huan to be so frank. They were shocked by the appearance of the robot and wanted to calm themselves down by drinking a drink, but Nan Huan's words almost made them cough in their trachea and they burst into violent coughing.
Chaka glanced at his own man with some dissatisfaction, and the latter lowered his head apologetically, "I'm sorry, President, I just didn't expect her to be so direct."
Nan Huan curled his lips and ignored the accusation of the old classmate, and continued, "Not only that, I also know that you are the host among the old classmates."
Fortunately, that person did not drink the beverage again, but she was still surprised by what Nan Huan said. They knew that Nan Huan was the host because of Cha Ka’s judgment, but they were confident that no one had revealed the news that President Cha Ka was the host along the way. How did the other party know?
Chaka was the only one who remained calm. He did not have any special reaction to Nan Huan's words. He just calmly played with the bottle cap of the drink with his fingers, and then asked nonchalantly, "So?"
"So I want to make a deal with you. After I get rid of the monsters outside, you give me the flag in your body and let us win. I will give you the corresponding credits and you won't return empty-handed."
Although Beixi had explained Nanhuan and others' plan to the players on his side in the communication channel before, he did not give a clear explanation on how to negotiate specifically or how to deal with the monsters outside.
So President Barbie and Twelve and the others were really worried when they heard Nan Huan's words.
But the ones who were even more confused were several of Chaka’s old classmates.
"Why should we make this deal with you?" It was the girl with a high ponytail who had been following Chaka. "Who knows if the monsters outside are coming for you? Maybe after we get rid of you, the monsters will automatically disappear. We want to gain credits by winning. Besides, you are all freshmen. How many credits can you get? Give them back to us. Don't be ridiculous."
Facing Nan Huan's arrogant words, Gao Ponytail was very disdainful. She felt that this group of students had never experienced the beatings in school and were only showing off their abilities here with the courage of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.
"The monster outside is not coming for us, nor for you." Nan Huan was not angry at the other party's words. Instead, she explained calmly, her eyes always on Chaka, "It is coming for the flags in my body and President Chaka's body."
"I don't know if you have noticed that these monsters have been following President Chaka since we entered the woods," Nan Huan looked at the students with a smile, "Of course, we have been following me, but they have not taken any action. Even when I was ambushed by our companions, they did not come out to take advantage of the situation."
Chaka, who had been silent all this time, seemed to finally show some interest when he heard this, but this interest was not positive.
Because she showed confusion on her face, as if she couldn't believe that the players on Nanhuan's side really wanted to ambush Nanhuan for the identity of a host.
Nan Huan saw Chaka's puzzled expression, but did not explain further on this point. Instead, he continued speaking along the lines of what he had just said.
"So it seems that those monsters have been coveting the flags from the beginning. They even followed President Chaka and me cautiously until our encounter just now, and then they decided to take action. Here, we can kill two birds with one stone and take away both flags."
Nan Huan paused here, as if recalling what Gao Mawei had said to refute him, "Second point, to be honest, I don't think you can handle us with your abilities."
Nan Huan made a “2” gesture, his tone very serious, as if it was the conclusion after careful consideration.
The girl with the high ponytail was even more infuriated by her serious expression, but before she could refute anything, Nan Huan slowly explained,
"Of course, the reverse is also true. Although I don't know your strength, my intuition tells me that if we want to completely eliminate you, we will have to spend a lot of effort. Besides, there are still these monsters outside. If we choose this path, both sides will suffer losses, and in the end, those monsters will take advantage of us. I don't like to make wedding clothes for others, so it's more cost-effective to cooperate with you."
"But for you, it's a welcome ceremony for freshmen, but for us, it's a mission that must be completed, so we have to win, not just for the credits. So in order to avoid you stabbing me in the back after I finish dealing with the monsters, I think it's better to say some ugly things up front. What do you think of the reasons and mental journey for this cooperation?"
After saying the last sentence, Nan Huan finally turned his gaze back to Chaka, waiting for the other party's statement.
"I have two questions."
Chaka finally spoke, and she also raised two fingers, imitating Nanhuan's actions just now.
Nan Huan spoke a long speech and had just moistened his throat with a drink when he heard Chaka's words and raised his hand to signal the other party to speak.
"First, before we entered the game, we were told the rules of the game that we are not allowed to play passively. If I were to reach such a cooperation with you now, it would be suspected of playing passively. Then they would not only not be able to get credits."
Nan Huan noticed that Chaka said 'they', not us, which means that Chaka has agreed to her request to some extent, but because of her companions, this issue needs to be considered.
"I've thought about this before. The system... no, the school set up this competition because it hopes both sides can compete fairly and doesn't want a match-fixing situation to occur. First of all, our cooperation is not a match-fixing situation. And if you agree, after the game is over, I will return the total credits allocated for this game to you. This kind of cooperation with equal value should not be regarded as a negative attitude towards the game."
"And if you cooperate with us, it might draw the jealousy of our companions. Maybe they have already received the news and are waiting outside the crystal ball. The situation will only be more complicated than the battle between the two sides. Even if you want to be passive, the situation will not allow it."
Nan Huan's words caused a huge uproar. The students who followed Chaka never thought that Nan Huan was willing to spend so much money, but at the same time, they also doubted the authenticity of these words.
"You said it sounds good, these points will be distributed to all of you in the future, do you mean it?" Gao Mawei couldn't help but said, "Besides, you worked hard for a long time to get the credits, and you will return all the credits in the future. What do you want? Do you think we will believe it?"
"You're wrong," Nan Huan looked at him unhappily, "It's none of their business. As for how many credits any one of us gets after the game, it doesn't matter. I'm talking about myself. After the game, today's test is over, and the credits are announced, I will use my own credits to make up for the credits for this game for you."
President Barbie and Twelve had no objection to Nan Huan's decision. Even if Nan Huan did not explain it and directly used the credits of this game to distribute it to the people in Chaka, they would not be surprised. But now when they heard that Nan Huan wanted to use his own credits to make up for the other party, the remaining players, except Bei Xi, frowned.
Chaka didn't expect Nan Huan to say this. He looked at Gao Ponytail with some displeasure, as if he didn't like her forcing Nan Huan to talk about these things.
"But...but these are just your words, how can we believe you? What if you are just lying to us?"
Gao Ponytail was still worried because she couldn't understand why Nan Huan did this. Was he winning the game just for false fame?
In fact, Nan Huan considered that while credits were important, the missing three-dimensional slice was obviously more important. Another very important reason was that she did not want to fight with this group of real students.
"It's not important whether you believe me or not," Nan Huan said with a sly smile, "You don't have a flag on you, I just need President Chaka to believe me. The person whose ability I just spoke about is only her, not you guys. In other words, you are actually of no use at all. If you weren't in cahoots with her, could you have safely entered this robot?"
Negotiations require a combination of kindness and severity. Now that all the nice things have been said, it is of course necessary to show some strength, especially to those students whose abilities are lower than his. Nan Huan feels that he should still threaten them at the right time. After all, Nan Huan does not know the people in Chaka well, so he cannot take it lightly to avoid any unusual moves from them in the future.
After saying these words lightly, Nan Huan turned his gaze to Chaka, "President Chaka, what about the second point?"
She put away her aggressive look and became obedient again, as if the person who almost grabbed the collar and threatened him was not her.
Chaka was very interested in her changing expression. She seemed to like seeing her lively expression. She did not show any expression to the first point Nan Huan had just mentioned. Instead, she was genuinely curious. "Do you have any way to deal with the monsters outside? Is it reliable? Is it guaranteed?"
Nan Huan thought about two points that the other party might have doubts about. Perhaps the other party was questioning his credibility just like Gao Ponytail, or perhaps the other party was simply unwilling to give him the victory. However, he did not expect that the two questions raised by the other party were both for her own benefit.
The first issue is for the benefit of the partner, and the second one is like caring about one's own safety.
Although on the surface it seems like he is questioning his own abilities and doubting the basis for cooperation between the two parties, if Nan Huan is not sure that he can deal with the monster, then there is no basis for cooperation at all.
But Nan Huan intuitively felt that the other party was concerned about his own safety.
Bei Xi naturally noticed the excessive concern in the other party's words. She leaned forward slightly on the sofa, put one hand on Nan Huan's shoulder, looked at Chaka opposite her with some displeasure, and silently declared her sovereignty.
Her movements were very slight, and Nan Huan was already very accustomed to Bei Xi's intimate movements, so she didn't notice the possessiveness and hostility in Bei Xi's movements at all.
However, Chaka, who was sitting opposite the sofa, could easily read Beixi's intention from her actions, but she did not say anything. She just kept her eyes on Nanhuan's face, as if urging him to answer her second question.
"Ah? That..." Nan Huan finally came back to his senses, "Of course that method is very reliable, you will see it later, so, do you agree to our cooperation?"
Nan Huan reacted belatedly.
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