Chapter 336 Seizing the Opportunity to Atone
The draw results came out quickly, and the last pair was surprisingly Tsuzaki Kaori and Meng Rui.
Both of them were pale-faced, because they both had support-type abilities and were weak in close combat.
In this situation, unless both of the two intermediate-level seniors who were just there to make up the numbers are combat-oriented, this group has no chance of being better than the other groups.
Even so, with the addition of two senior students, their group would lose 16 points, making it impossible for them to get a high score no matter how you looked at it.
Achen and Kong Lingling were drawn into a group, along with two other third-year students whose supernatural talents were average but whose fighting skills were very strong.
Ah Chen only considered it for less than half a minute before stepping forward: "Teacher Hengjiang, I'd like to switch with the students in the last group, is that alright?"
"Exchange? Don't you know that the last group has a very slim chance of getting good results?" Hengjiang said.
"I know, but they are both support-type characters, and I don't think this arrangement is very reasonable. My combat skills are pretty good, so it would be better for both groups to switch."
"Although this is a practical assessment, and I also want to get a high score, I'd rather avoid unnecessary casualties in actual combat," Achen said firmly.
Hengjiang nodded with a look of satisfaction and said, "Okay, I agree to your exchange, but if you fail the assessment, I will not give you any extra points."
"Yes, I will earn my points through my own efforts," Achen said.
“Teacher Hengjiang, I’m also willing to exchange!” Kong Lingling said hurriedly.
"No, allowing you to exchange one person is already me being extra considerate," Hengjiang said sternly.
“Meng Rui, why don’t you switch with A Chen? I want to be in the same group as him,” Tsuzaki Kaori said.
She had to muster all her courage to make this decision. In fact, ever since the contracted plant, Man Yao, that summoned her injured A-Chen, she initially thought that A-Chen would take revenge on her severely.
But later, after the four of them advanced to the second grade, the second-year students, led by Wright, collectively targeted them, which ironically made them stick together.
After that, the four of them practiced the Four Symbols Trapping Dragon Formation together, gradually getting along well and eventually becoming friends.
Tsuzaki Kaori had always wanted to find an opportunity to prove to A-Chen that she was willing to go through fire and water for him, in order to atone for the mistakes she had made to him.
However, she never had such an opportunity at the academy. Now that it was time for the practical assessment, she felt she had to seize this opportunity. Otherwise, once A-Chen advanced to the intermediate class, she might never be able to keep up with him again, and naturally, she would never have another chance to make up for her mistakes.
The little poison girl's thoughts were in turmoil, which neither Ah Chen nor Meng Rui knew. He even chivalrously said:
"Ah Xiang, you're a girl, and your health isn't great. It's not easy for you to earn points. If you lose another 16 points, you might really fail the course."
"Why don't you switch with Achen? I'll be his buddy in misfortune, and we can always take the exam again next month."
“No, I have to pay him back what I owe him. You can’t take it from me.” Tsuzaki Kaori said, biting her lower lip.
Her eyes were wet, as if she might cry at any moment. Meng Rui couldn't resist the onslaught and was immediately defeated.
"Okay, okay, I'll give A-Chen to you, alright?" Meng Rui surrendered and walked towards A-Chen. As they passed each other, they patted each other's hands.
"Good luck!" Meng Rui said.
"You too, good luck and you'll pass!" Ah Chen said.
Walking up to Tsuzaki Kaori, Achen looked at her with some surprise and said, "Aren't you worried that your mom will punish you if you fail this time?"
"It's okay. I've been punished too many times since I was a child, so I don't take it seriously anymore. It's just a little pain, I can bear it and it will pass." Tsuzaki Kaori was contrary to her usual soft and gentle self, and her eyes showed a courage that Ah Chen had never seen before.
"Alright then, I'll try my best to earn points. If that doesn't work, I'll give you a bottle of healing potion to ease your pain for a while," Achen said.
All the groups were properly assigned, and Teacher Hengjiang finally called over two senior students from the intermediate class. It turned out that they had come along on the aircraft, but they had stayed in the cockpit the whole time and had not been discovered by the other students.
"Hello! My name is Mo Xiulian, and you must be Zuo Chen? We've heard so much about you before. It's a pleasure to team up with you today. I hope we can work together smoothly!" The boy who walked over generously extended his hand to Zuo Chen.
He was only 9 years old, not as old as Ah Chen had imagined.
The other senior who came with him was a girl, also 9 years old, but quite tall.
"My name is Tsuzaki Kaori. May I ask your name, senior?" Tsuzaki Kaori tried her best to appear confident.
"My name is Gong Yan, and I've heard of you before. I just didn't expect you, this little poisonous woman, to be so pretty. I thought you'd be a seductive and slutty vixen." Gong Yan's tone was clearly impolite.
Tsuzaki Kaori's face turned deathly pale. She hadn't expected her senior to be so disrespectful to her in front of others.
Ah Chen originally didn't want to interfere in the affairs between girls, but after hearing Gong Yan's words, he couldn't help but frown.
"Senior Gong, the practical assessment is about to begin. Thank you so much for joining us, Senior Mo. We'll be relying on you a lot from now on."
However, I have a few words to say upfront: since we are in a group, we should trust and take care of each other and try our best to get high scores.
Otherwise, if we fail, Ah Xiang and I will certainly fail, and it won't be good for you two either, since you're students in the intermediate class."
Although Ah Chen's words sounded respectful, they also pointed out incisively that the relationship between the two sides was one of mutual assistance and benefit, and that they had no reason to act superior.
We just teamed up together; there was no one relying on anyone else.
Tsuzaki Kaori was deeply moved. She knew that Chen was standing up for her and was willing to offend the senior students in the intermediate class for her sake. Wasn't he afraid that he would be bullied by Gong Yan after advancing to the next level and being in the same class as her?
Gong Yan's face instantly turned ugly, and Mo Xiu quickly smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Junior Brother Zuo Chen is right. If the four of us form a team, we may not get first place, but we certainly can't do too badly."
"By the way, I still don't know what your two seniors' special abilities are?" Seeing that his attitude was still quite good, Achen took the opportunity to change the subject.
“I am a third-tier fire elementalist, and Gong Yan is a third-tier metal elementalist. We are both combat elementalists, and together with you and junior sister A Xiang, who are support elementalists, it’s a perfect match,” Mo Xiu said.
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