Chapter 84
However, this teacher from the "King of Papers" did not expect that his sarcasm would unexpectedly hit the mark. Jiang Yunu was not promoted to an official member of Enge's school team until the practical competition officially started.
"What is your school thinking?"
The day before the practical competition officially started, Xue Zhanxing, who was used to meeting people by chance, found Jiang Yunu in the "Foreign Guests Canteen" which was specially provided for foreign students.
Xue Zhanxing asked this as soon as he came up.
Today, the special offer in the canteen for foreign guests is not lamb chops, but some kind of charcoal-grilled meat with a secret sauce. The charcoal is charcoal, which is said to be taken from a tree species that is relatively expensive even in District 17. Only a wealthy school like Songnan College would use the wood of the famous tree as firewood, turning the aroma of the famous wood into seasoning spices to enhance the flavor of the food.
Jiang Yunu Pingping loves all kinds of delicious food. She has been training every night recently, which consumes a lot of energy. She is particularly fond of delicious protein and is working hard to prepare a whole large plate of barbecue.
Xue Zhanxing had become accustomed to no one responding to what Jiang Yunuo said while he was eating, but he also knew that although Jiang Yunuo was busy eating, he had very good ears and would listen to what people around him said.
Sure enough, it didn't take long. When Jiang Yunu finished the barbecue in front of her, she raised her head and naturally followed up on Xue Zhanxing's previous question: "You also want to know why I haven't been promoted to a regular member of the school team?"
Xue Zhanxing nodded: "Yeah!"
Jiang Yunu smiled mysteriously: "This question——"
The white-haired girl drew out her voice and lowered her tone, as if she was about to share a secret with someone. She also stretched out her hand and motioned Xue Zhanxing to come closer to her ear.
Xue Zhanxing didn't suspect anything and really leaned forward, then heard her whisper in his ear: "—Keep it a secret."
Xue Zhanxing: “…”
Xue Zhanxing silently distanced himself from Jiang Yunu, and retreated from being very close to Jiang Yunu back to his seat.
The little golden retriever complained: "You are playing tricks on me. You don't consider me a friend."
Jiang Yunu kept smiling. "Then let me ask you, you came to me today specifically to ask this question. Is it out of concern for a friend you only met once, or is it because you want to gather some information for your school?"
Xue Zhanxing paused.
After a moment, the little golden retriever sternly corrected him: "We are no longer 'meeting once'. I only meet your brother once now."
That’s true.
The two had met several times on the Songnan campus. If you really count the number of times they had met, now only Joyce and the other party still met the definition of "meeting once".
But that's not the point.
The focus was on the second half of Xue Zhanxing's sentence. He first strictly corrected the definition, and then his whole demeanor became less imposing.
"Can't it be all of them?" the little golden retriever said. "I do care, but you know, there are so many people who want to know if you're participating. I don't hide from people every time I come to see you, and I don't deliberately meet you 'privately'. Many people have seen us chatting together, so of course a lot of people come here and ask me about you every day when they have nothing to do."
He chased him and asked why Jiang Yunu didn't participate in the competition, and chased him to ask if he could find out some inside information about Eng since they seemed to have a good relationship.
And they also wanted to know what Jiang Yunu himself thought.
"The young master of the school director's family is also being questioned like this." Jiang Yunu sighed.
If this were said by someone else, it would easily sound sarcastic, but Xue Zhanxing looked at Jiang Yunu again and again, and felt that Jiang Yunu really had such an idea and was just sighing.
"Because I'm from the school director's family, I have to deal with a lot of things." Xue Zhanxing sighed, "This aunt, that uncle, and this aunt's brother and that uncle's daughter, with layer upon layer of relationships pressing down on me, even if I don't want to do something I'm not interested in, I'll just be pushed into it."
Xue Zhanxing did not mention any names, but Jiang Yunu felt that the other party was indicating that he did not want to investigate either.
"Alright." Jiang Yunu felt a little sympathetic towards Xue Zhanxing's situation, so she finally relaxed. "Actually, it's no use for you to probe me. I fully accept any arrangements made by the teachers. Whether I can play in the practice match and how likely I am to play is all decided by the teachers."
Xue Zhanxing pressed the issue, "You don't have any thoughts about this at all?"
"If you mean you have to play, or you have to not play." Jiang Yunu looked into Xue Zhanxing's eyes, "Then my answer is - indeed no."
Jiang Yunu worked hard to participate in the school competition. His original intention of striving for a top ranking in the Enge school competition was actually just to join the school team in exchange for a ticket to participate in this year's inter-school competition.
She had not yet developed any particularly broad ambitions; her original intention was just to see farther and bigger places.
Everything in this universe is new to her.
Before the controversy over "creating trees out of thin air", this trip was like a public-funded tour for Jiang Yunu, allowing her to experience in advance the classes that first-year students at Enge could not take. It was a free, high-quality study tour that she earned with her own ability.
"So, actually, it doesn't matter whether you think you can go or not." Xue Zhanxing confirmed again.
Jiang Yunu said, "Is there something unclear about what I said just now? This is exactly what I meant."
Xue Zhanxing gave her a somewhat helpless smile.
"I'm sorry." The little golden retriever apologized sincerely, "It's just that I'm used to everyone's way of talking in a roundabout way. It's rare to meet someone as straightforward as you, so I subconsciously confirmed it."
In Xue Zhanxing's past interpersonal relationships, the people he met tended to pursue "social etiquette" and "decency". Once people pursue decency in social etiquette, they will easily start to beat around the bush when speaking to each other.
Jiang Yunu gave Xue Zhanxing the information she needed to express her opinion on her own. As for more, she really didn't have it and couldn't give more.
After sending Xue Zhanxing away, she thought of her teacher, Reiss Daniel's recent meeting performance.
Even Xue Zhanxing was sent to deal with Jiang Yunu and do "child diplomacy". As teachers had to hold collective meetings every now and then, they were inevitably repeatedly questioned and interrogated in each meeting, and were pestered to ask Enge how he planned to "use" Jiang Yunu.
Reiss Daniel also spoke almost entirely true words.
For example: "The child is still young, maybe it was an accident last time", "Nothing is certain, this time I just want to bring her to see the world, as for other things, I have to think about it later", "The child is indeed a good child, but her skills are still too immature, and many aspects need to be polished, so there is no need to rush"...
When Jiang Yunu heard Reis Daniel say "the child is still young" for the first time, he almost couldn't hold it in. He lowered his head and acted shyly beside the teacher, hiding the upturned corners of his mouth by lowering his head.
After the person who came to "argue" with Teacher Lei left, Jiang Yunu looked at the person's figure walking away from the corner of his eye before raising his head.
She pulled the sleeve of Resdaniel's coat: "Teacher."
Reisdaniel said, “Huh?”
Jiang Yunu said: "If I really get a chance to play in the future and they need me to be a regular player, are you going to tell them, 'I'm here now'?"
Reisdaniel thought for a few seconds: "That's true... Wait, what are you laughing at?"
The little white-haired girl once again showed a smile in front of the teacher that made the teacher feel incredible.
Before the practical competition, Jiang Yunu found an opportunity to mention to Reis Daniel the "hidden meaning" that Xue Zhanxing had said to her before. However, she did not tell him about her unfounded speculations. She only said that the Songnan school team also had strict selection this year and changed many conditions on the eve of the selection.
Jiang Yunu felt that her teachers were all smart people, and even if she didn't tell them about her random guesses, they would definitely have noticed something.
Reiss Daniel frowned as he recalled the last set of questions that had been adjusted at the last minute for his school competition.
Noticing that Jiang Yunu was looking at him, the gentle and elegant male teacher quickly relaxed his brows.
"Okay." Resdaniel said, "Teacher understands."
When the practice competition officially started, Jiang Yunu was still just a reserve student for the Engel school team, but she signed the letter of responsibility that every student who participated in the competition must sign.
The practical competition, euphemistically ostensibly meant to assess the students' ability to practically apply their superpowers, also sought to assess their overall qualities as advanced superpower users. Songnan had dedicated an entire mountain behind it as the competition venue. The official contestants gathered at the mountain's foot entrance and set off in teams based on their previous theoretical competition rankings.
A certain number of mechanical elemental beasts have been deployed in the entire competition venue. They are alien robots equipped with mechanical crystal cores. Once a contestant finds a mechanical elemental beast in the venue, he needs to immediately use the knowledge he has learned to find the location of its crystal core, and then use his own special abilities to attack the crystal core.
The crystal core of each mechanical elemental beast has a "damage threshold". When the energy of the carried supernatural attack is greater than the threshold, the artificial crystal core will be automatically destroyed, and the mechanical elemental beast will stop moving and be judged to be successfully killed.
If a student's team successfully kills a mechanical elemental beast, it will score three points.
The score for fighting mechanical elemental beasts is much higher than answering questions in the previous theoretical competition. This is why experienced senior students have said before that if you want to really widen the score gap in the inter-school competition, you have to rely on practical competitions.
The real battle for points begins with the practice match.
The practical competition is divided into two rounds, each lasting three days. This means that after each group of students enters the venue, they must stay in the planned venue for three days. Unless there are unexpected changes, the students will not leave easily. There are multiple supply replenishment points in the venue, as well as a safe area for students to rest overnight.
No mechanical elemental beasts will appear within the safe zone.
Jiang Yunu looked at the two words "stay for three days" and "there will be no mechanical elemental beasts in the safe zone", and suddenly his right eyelid twitched without warning.
The first round of the practice match, the second day.
As Engel's official player in the last round, Zhou Jinxue's personal signal disappeared on the field.
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