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Especially just now, Hong saw the list of the first years who had advanced to the third round of the competition on the display screen.
There was also Prunus's name on it. Since that was the case,
He had to go and cheer her on!
… …
"… Bang King, where are you going?" Seeing Hong immediately walk towards the exit after the teacher explained the arrangements for the individual battle,
Dehisa, who was extremely curious, called out to him.
Hong stopped in his tracks, turned around, and replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "… I'm going to watch the first years' competition." After that, he came back to his senses.
He asked in a friendly manner, "Dehisa, aren't you going to watch the first years' competition?"
After all, he just saw that Dehisa's "junior brother" seemed to have successfully advanced.
Then maybe Dehisa would want to watch the competition?
Hong felt that he was being very considerate.
Dehisa blinked. Originally, the first and second round of the competition had exhausted him. He planned to go back home to rest and prepare for tomorrow's individual battle, but when he saw the faint anticipation and nervousness in Hong's eyes, he compromised and smiled. "Sure."
"Then let's go now." Hong's face showed a trace of joy.
He wanted to urge Dehisa to move immediately, but Hong was stopped by Reishi, who smelled the scent of gossip. She blinked her eyes and came over with a curious face. "Hey!
The competition just ended. Where are you going now? "
"Oh, we're planning to watch the third round of the first years' competition with Bang King." Dehisa smiled awkwardly.
He glanced at Hong, who had an unnatural expression.
He chose a more neutral explanation.
"… What!
Bang King is actually going to watch the first years' competition? "
Reishi widened her big round eyes in surprise and curiosity. "Could it be that there's some powerful guy?!
A strong opponent or something?
This is the first time I've seen Bang King so nervous!
Usually, he would pinch his fingers and say that he's sleepy and then go back to the dormitory! "
Hong's face stiffened.
He felt like he had taken 1000 damage from Reishi's arrow for no reason.
"… Wait a minute, Reishi -san. Everyone has their own habits. You shouldn't casually criticize them!"
Iida, who was automatically bound to Dehisa, seemed to have noticed Boom's awkwardness. He immediately waved his hands and helped Boom with a serious expression.
Hong's expression softened a little, and he looked gratefully at their Class A's good class monitor, who always exuded the brilliance of humanity. However, he didn't expect that another wave of arrows would appear — — "… No, no, Reishi -san, maybe there's a guy in the first grade who's easily injured?
He must have wanted to give her a band-aid. "
Erlang stretched his back and extended the earphone plug towards Boom. He drew a band-aid shape in the air and smiled evilly.
"… People who get hurt easily?" Frogblow, who was passing by, poked the corner of his mouth with his fingertips.
"I feel like there's an interesting story behind this!" Although no one could see it, Ye Yin seemed to be raising his hand excitedly.
"I'm very curious!" Reishi blinked hard.
Band-Aid?
What did this have to do with where he was going?
Hong was a little confused at first, until he remembered that he had given Prunus a box of band-aids in front of Class 2-A's door. At that time, Erlang should have been near the classroom entrance …
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The girls in Class A all looked at Hong's unnatural face. Among them, Erlang was the most explicit. She used the earphone plug to draw an ambiguous heart shape in the air and smiled sweetly at Hong.
Hong broke out in a cold sweat: Thank you, I'm leaving the group.
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After a while, the besieged Hong finally arrived at the venue of the first grade competition. At the same time, a bunch of Class A's gossipers were there, and the small cheering party suddenly became a class activity.
"…" Hong, who was full of holes in his heart, decided to accept reality and focus on the upcoming battle. Speaking of which, he felt really complicated.
Although he knew that Prunus had successfully advanced to the next round, he did not expect that Prunus' match would be in the first match of the third round. Moreover, their opponent was Knife-cutting, a first-grade student under Dehisa's charge. It was really a small world.
"… Dehisa, Prunus won't lose."
While Dehisa was in a daze, Hong, who had been standing beside him, spoke again. Dehisa and Hong looked at each other and found that Hong's eyes were full of enthusiasm.
"… Is, is that so?"
Dehisa's mouth twitched and he nodded again.
Well, his relationship with Knife-cutting was not that deep. He was not the kind of teacher who wanted Knife-cutting to win, so he could not bring out the enthusiasm to accept Hong's challenge.
Then, Dehisa glanced at the names on the screen: Yuko Uchikai, Asakura Yasuaki, Prunus Almond, Knife-cutting Iori … They were all names that he had heard of before. Among the 16 contestants in the individual battle, 4 of them were from Class A, and he wondered how many from Class B would be …
Seeing this, Dehisa nodded again — Well, the last group was really giving it their all.
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After the short period of time where Class A was attacking each other, the first round of the individual battle began. Prunus and Knife-cutting, who had been waiting in the lounge, entered the arena from the left and right sides respectively. Hong, who was standing in the stands, saw the nervousness on Prunus' face and for some reason, his nerves also tensed up.
[… The first round of the individual battle, begin!]
As usual, the first-year teacher Mike was the emcee for the individual battle. Under his command, Prunus and Knife-cutting instantly entered battle mode —
"… Really, I didn't expect to have to fight with you in the first battle. What an ill-fated relationship!"
Knife-cutting crouched down slightly and raised his hands in a defensive stance. He frowned and said arrogantly, "… I thought you couldn't win the equestrian battle!
If it weren't for Asakura, you would be crying! "
If Bai Jian didn't mention it, he would've forgotten about it. Now that he mentioned it, Bai Jian immediately got angry. If it weren't for the fact that An Qiu had cut her hands a lot, she wouldn't have been so tired. Thinking of this, Bai Jian was so angry that he rolled his triangular eyes. He stretched out his hands again and answered without hesitation, "I will defeat you!"
Knife-cutting's mouth twitched. He did not know why, but when he saw Prunus' serious face, he felt like bullying her. Thinking of this, he transformed his right hand into a long sword and said, "… Just don't let me beat you until you cry!"
"Who would cry?!"
Prunus immediately answered. Her red eyes stared at Knife-cutting in front of her. She gradually adjusted her breathing and told herself that it was okay. She knew Knife-cutting's personality very well. They were classmates after all, so there was nothing for her to be nervous about. This was the stage of the sports festival, so there was nothing for her to be afraid of. If she dilly-dallied, she might lose again!
Thinking of this, Prunus took a deep breath and raised her hands in front of her. She knew that Knife-cutting's fighting ability was definitely above hers. So, if she rushed forward and let the battle turn into a close combat, she would fall into the trap of Knife-cutting. So, she should use her personality to win when she was dozens of meters away from Knife-cutting.
[I can't relax. Since this is the case … I'll use that move!]
Although she had only succeeded once before, this was the venue of the sports festival, so it might be suitable for her to use that move!
Thinking of this, Prunus's eyes changed again. Her expression gradually became calm and serious. She immediately made a large amount of clay from the palm of her hand. The clay that was under her control gathered on the ground and gradually formed the shape of a bird.
Knife-cutting looked at the gradually forming giant clay and gritted his teeth. Looking at the clay made by Prunus reminded him of something that had puzzled him during the horseback battle. When he used his knife to cut Prunus' clay animal into two, a small explosion occurred.
At that time, he did not see where the explosion came from. In terms of timing, it was very likely that the clay she threw at him exploded. Could it be that Prunus had some tricks hidden in her clay?
But when they were in the same group during the indoor battle, the two of them had already exchanged information about their personalities. He remembered that her clay did not have the ability to explode …
If it could explode, it would be very dangerous!
But if he wanted to avoid danger, he still had a way!
As long as he defeated that slow-witted girl before she finished making the clay, he could avoid unnecessary injuries!
Knife-cutting calmed down, and his messy thoughts turned into a firm answer. He had to defeat that girl before the clay bird made by Prunus took shape!
Thinking of this, Knife-cutting immediately ran in the direction of the girl.
Prunus stared at Knife-cutting's attack with her round eyes. She was so shocked that she immediately stopped making the clay bird. She immediately sprayed soft clay at the Knife-cutting who was running towards her to block his line of sight and movement. She took a few steps back and narrowly avoided Knife-cutting's horizontal knife attack. Then she ran to the side of the clay bird of the same height, hoping to complete the final wing.
"… I won't let you get away with it!"
Knife-cutting's reaction speed was, after all, several times faster than her. When Prunus clumsily dodged backward, he immediately caught up with her. Prunus's face darkened, and she immediately made more clay obstacles on the ground.
Knife-cutting nimbly dodged them one by one, and Prunus did not give up and continued to make clay.
The two were still fighting. Prunus put one hand in front of her to block Knife-cutting's attack, and the other hand was behind her back to make a clay bird that was about the same height as her. Seeing that Knife-cutting was getting closer and closer to her, Prunus was forced to make a long stick of hard clay to block Knife-cutting's knife.
… Sure enough, she was no match for him in terms of strength!
Prunus frowned and hurriedly threw out many small clay animals from her right palm. After the battle on horseback, Knife-cutting was naturally vigilant to avoid them. He also made a knife and nailed the small animals to the ground one by one to prevent them from getting close to him.
— I can't let those small animals be destroyed around me!
Knife-cutting thought vigilantly and hurriedly did a backflip to distance himself from the small animals. But … Knife-cutting took a closer look. Huh?
Nothing happened?
Sure enough, it was the explosion he saw in the battle on horseback. Didn't it come from Prunus' clay?
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Just as Explode and Prunus were discussing the explosives in full swing, The Explosive Professional, Explode, who was fighting with An Qiu next door, sneezed very crudely.
At the same time, because of this sneeze, he let An Qiu slip away in front of him again. Bao Hao was so angry that his eyes turned into white inverted triangles. He opened his hands again and let the sparks on his palms crackle. "Bastard, who is talking bad about me behind my back?!"
Explode rubbed his nose. He was not the type to be afraid of the cold. Did this mean that someone was talking bad about him?
"Senior, there should be a lot of people like that."
An Qiu, who used her personality to escape, appeared ten meters behind Explode safe and sound. She said calmly, "I have to say bad things about you at least ten times a day. I feel uncomfortable if I don't say it."
"Are you tired of living?!" Explode twitched the corner of his mouth and swung his fist at her without saying anything.
An Qiu narrowed her eyes and lightly dodged Explode's fist. She appeared behind him again and muttered in an almost inaudible voice, "Senior, there is nothing likable about you."
"… Achoo!!!"
Explode sneezed rudely again. This time, he was ninety-nine percent sure that it was the particularly nasty girl behind him. He twitched the corner of his mouth and glared at her fiercely, "You bastard!"
An Qiu shrugged and shook her head. She pursed her lips and smiled tenderly. Coupled with the pity in her eyes, it was as if she was looking at an injured little animal. It was as if she was saying, "Explode is so pitiful". Explode was about to explode when she saw him, but she disappeared without a trace right under his nose.
"Bastard!"
Bao Hao was so angry that he exploded on the spot. He planned to use Exploding Wind to chase after the direction An Qiu had disappeared in. However, he did not expect that at this moment, there would be a few knocks on the door of the training room.
Bao Hao was forced to stop in his tracks once again. He looked at the door with a ferocious expression as the explosive sparks on his hands crackled. "Ah?!
Who is it that dares to disturb me at this time?! "
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"… It's me, Explode."
Without waiting for Explode's permission, The Dauntless Hong calmly opened the door of the training room with his student ID and greeted the people inside.
"Oh?
It's Prunus and Senior Hong from next door. "
An Qiu did not give Explode any face. Just as Explode was about to kill someone, she calmly greeted the people outside.
"Is it Half Bastard and White Hair?!"
The sparks on Explode's hands were still crackling. He frowned and looked at the tall and short duo by the door. He put on a very disdainful expression. "What are you doing here?!"
"Half Bastard?"
The Dauntless Prunus blinked and looked curiously at Bombardment Scorch's face. Was he talking about Teacher Bombardment Scorch?!
What an interesting name!
Speaking of which, was she the white-haired one?
Strictly speaking, her hair was light apricot!
"… It's not Half Bastard, it's Bombardment Scorch." Hong looked away with an annoyed expression.
He regretted choosing to come to this room. He did not want Prunus to learn anything strange from Explode. "… Stop talking, Explode. I have something to ask of you."
"… Ask?"
It was rare for him to hear the word "please" from Hong's mouth. He automatically thought "please" as "Hong is in trouble" and then "Hong is weaker than him". His self-esteem swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye. The corners of his mouth curled up happily. He waved his hand at Hong and could not hide the devilish smile on his face. "... Tell me about it?"
"Senior's personality is terrible," An Qiu, who had completely seen through Explode's thought process, said expressionlessly.
"Shut up and get out of my way."
Without saying a word, Bao Hao launched an explosion in the direction of An Qiu. Naturally, she dodged it easily. Bao Hao's explosion couldn't even touch the corner of her clothes. Bao Hao's expression became even more ferocious. Without saying a word, he chased after An Qiu who was running away. He looked as if he was determined to beat her to death.
Seeing that the training room had suddenly started to explode again, Bai Jian was so scared that he subconsciously hid behind the explosion. "… So this is where the normal explosion sounds come from. It's so scary."
Hong looked at Prunus and sighed. He nodded seriously. "Yes, it's better to be at home."
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