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[Wohoooo — The venue is ready. Let's welcome the contestants of the second match, Misss Asakura and Mr. Kobayashi!]
"Ahn Chiu-chan, do your best!"
After being carried backstage on a stretcher, Prunus, who passed by An Qiu, reached out to her with a smile, as if to exchange places with her.
"… Okay."
An Qiu gave Prunus a high-five with a blank face. Her eyes lingered on Prunus' satisfied expression for a second before she turned around and walked back to the venue.
"… Don't lose." Prunus stopped her meaningfully, "I'll watch from the lounge."
"Of course."
With her back to Prunus, An Qiu smiled — Prunus had worked so hard, so she couldn't give up so easily.
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After exchanging places with Prunus, An Qiu, who was wearing a neat sports suit, slowly walked onto the stage amidst applause and cheers.
"… This kid is so beautiful!
Where did she come from? "
"I've been paying attention to her since the beginning of the horse riding battle!"
"I want to nominate this kid to the firm!"
"You're going for her looks, right? Hahahaha!"
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Upon seeing the rookie make her debut, the Headhunter Heroes from the Hero Firm in the audience began to wantonly discuss An Qiu. As she wasn't used to or liked the feeling of everyone's gaze on her, even An Qiu, who was known for her calmness, couldn't help but stiffen her expression.
Fortunately, the audience's attention was quickly taken away by her opponent — not long after An Qiu went onto the stage, a tall and handsome boy with wheat-colored skin entered the venue from the entrance directly in front of her. At the same time, the applause and cheers reached another peak, as if everyone was here to see her opponent.
With such a reaction from the audience, An Qiu looked up with interest and met the eyes of the person who had just arrived. She remembered that his name was Kobayashi Tomoki or something.
Just now, Teacher Mike was too noisy, so she covered her ears and completely missed the introduction of her opponent …
Oh, then why was the audience so attracted to him?
Was it because of his face?
An Qiu tilted her head, her gaze somewhat indifferent. Although the youth in front of her was tall and good-looking, that wheat-colored skin was a little too much. He looked just like a wooden stake. An Qiu's doubts were also answered in the next instant by Teacher Mike's narration —
[OH
My！
Under the thunderous applause of everyone, Mr. Lin finally revealed his true identity — he was as handsome as his uncle, Shenwei Lin, who was ranked No. 7 on the list!
Although compared to me, he's still a little lacking … I wonder how strong he is?
Let DJ Mike explain in advance. It's said that Mr. Kobayashi's strength is top-notch in the hero department —]
An Qiu suddenly understood. So, the handsome boy in front of her was a famous hero?
After realizing this, she looked at Kobayashi and Tomoshu helplessly. She clearly wanted to pass the competition inconspicuously, but she was unlucky enough to draw such a celebrity as her opponent …
[… Powerful and popular hero's relative VS a beauty whose strength is a mystery — a clash of attractiveness, who will win and who will lose —?!]
Mike -sensei talked about Mike's style, and his DJ soul exploded. The sound waves became louder and louder, and the atmosphere of the venue was heated up — An Qiu twitched her fingers in disgust, and struggled to suppress the urge to plug her ears in front of the national audience.
Kobayashi Tomoshu, who was enjoying the applause of the audience, finally reacted. He lowered his cold eyes and raised his hands — seeing Kobayashi Tomoshu's action, the noisy discussion of the audience suddenly stopped, and brought a brief moment of silence to An Qiu's ears.
Then, Kobayashi spoke in a flat tone, "I am me, not Might Of The Jungle.
Please focus on my strength. "After that, the audience paused for a moment, and then immediately applauded and cheered —
[OH！
What a hardcore speech!
I wonder if Might Of The Jungle saw it?
Well then — let's watch Mr. Kobayashi's wonderful appeal together!]
Mike -sensei was also in a very high mood.
An Qiu: [… Why am I so tired before it even starts?]
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No one knew how many NC fans Kobayashi gained at that moment. They only knew that after his speech, An Qiu VS Kobayashi officially began —
"Sorry, even if you are a girl, I won't go easy on you."
Kobayashi squatted down and placed his two wheat-colored hands beside him. His brown eyes locked onto An Qiu, like a beast that saw its prey.
An Qiu paused for a moment, then adjusted her breathing and made a ready gesture — a look of "Bring it on."
After that, Kobayashi immediately reached out to attack — his personality was the same as Might Of The Jungle's. He could turn his body into a tree and attack or defend at will. Because of this, he could attack An Qiu who was standing tens of meters away from him just by standing there.
The rule of the game was that as long as the opponent was pushed out of the field, he would win. He wasn't that aggressive. Since his opponent was a girl, his goal was naturally to use his personality to catch her and throw her out of the field —
[Mr. Kobayashi suddenly started a fierce attack. I wonder how Miss Asakura will handle this attack!?
Can she dodge it?]
An Qiu gradually got used to Mike -sensei's deafening narration. Naturally, she could dodge it easily. How many times had she practiced with Explode?
She could easily dodge this kind of attack that wasn't meant to kill her. She didn't even need to use her personality.
An Qiu calmly dodged Kobayashi's tree branch attacks with a few backflips. In the last wave of attacks, she broke one of Kobayashi's tree branches with a kick and held it in her hand. An Qiu felt uneasy without a weapon in her hand, so she casually used her opponent's weapon.
Xiao Lin's expression froze for a moment. She looked at her personality that had been casually "borrowed", and then looked at An Qiu with an admiring gaze. For a girl, she also had a great sense of combat and decisiveness.
"Looks like you have some skills …" Kobayashi smiled and raised his right hand, "Then I'll be a little more serious!"
An Qiu still didn't say anything. She held the tree branch in her hand with a serious expression.
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"That bastard, he's surprisingly serious."
Outside the arena, the person who had arrived at the venue of the first years crossed his arms and calmly looked at the black-haired girl standing in the arena. He clearly remembered that this girl had told him no less than ten times that she would be "eliminated in the first round".
Didn't she climb to the third round?
Could it be that something happened?
Bao Hao looked at her determined side profile and saw that she suddenly became serious as if she had changed into a different person. That contrast made him feel a little concerned in his heart that even he himself couldn't detect.
He really couldn't figure out what that damned woman was thinking.
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After that warning, Xiao Lin clearly increased the speed and intensity of his attacks. Tree branches burst out from time to time, but An Qiu just happened to dodge them all.
"… You're not going to use your personality?"
Kobayashi looked up in surprise. He continued to attack from the same spot and looked at An Qiu, who had been dodging his attacks. An Qiu bent her body to escape, but her black eyes didn't dare to relax as she stared at Kobayashi's movements. She thought to herself that it was almost time because her dodging speed couldn't keep up with his attacks. If she didn't use her personality, she wouldn't be able to get close to him.
"Conserving your strength isn't what you should do in a sports arena."
Kobayashi was annoyed by An Qiu's lukewarm attitude. Thinking of this, he suddenly increased the intensity of his personality. The tree branches that were attacking An Qiu quickly changed their attack trajectory as if they were alive.
An Qiu cursed. No matter how fast she was, she would not be able to dodge this attack. She subconsciously increased the speed of her legs, trying to find a way to solve the problem. However, Xiao Lin still managed to grab her calf with a branch and hang her upside down.
An Qiu was shocked. She subconsciously reached out with the branch in her right hand to chop off Xiao Lin's vines and branches. However, she was still forced to kneel by the speed at which the branches grew. The branches snaked up her right leg like snakes and wrapped around her entire body.
"Ugh!"
She frowned slightly and let go of the branch in her right hand. She tried her best to pry the branches off her body, but she couldn't move them at all. The branches were too strong. Once Kobayashi fixed the shape of the branches, she couldn't pry them off.
She gradually showed a sad expression on her face.
"… The winner has been decided."
Kobayashi said with a poker face. He didn't expect An Qiu to not use her personality at this point. This really surprised him. But no matter what, he didn't care about her feelings or the reason for her choice. Since she was caught by him, he could just throw her out of the arena and win the game.
[After five minutes of tug-of-war, he finally caught her. Mr. Kobayashi used his personality in an instant and easily captured Miss Asakura. What's going to happen next?
Is this the end of the game?!]
Following Teacher Mike's timely commentary, the audience's faces gradually showed a bored expression.
It seemed that the outcome of this battle had been decided. Even An Qiu was helpless against the tree branch in Xiao Lin's hand.
"She's still not going to use her personality at this point?!
That damned woman! "
Unknowingly, the tycoon, who had moved from an inconspicuous position to the front row, gripped the railing angrily. He was so angry that his face turned into a white inverted triangle. What was she thinking?!
She really knew how to embarrass him!
Let's see if I don't teach her a lesson after the game!
Explode was so angry that sparks began to appear on his hands again.
Dehisa, who was not far away, suddenly saw Explode appear and trembled. She seemed to have seen something strange. She was watching the game.
Erlang: I feel like I have a new target to tease.
Reishi: It's the smell of gossip!
Feng Da hugged Che Island and trembled. I knew Explode was up to no good!
Isn't he here to watch the game?!
Explode saw Explode's anxious and angry expression and smiled helplessly. He and Prunus were the most familiar with the relationship between Explode and Asakura Yasuaki. Explode was probably worried about Asakura.
After all, his anxiety was written all over his face.
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