stonecrandall Chapter 288
Chapter 288
The first day of the high school league can be regarded as a player audition. Anyone who signs up can participate. The characteristics are: many noobs, low attention, and long duration.
Especially for players who enter the loser group, if they are unlucky and draw late, they may have to wait until five in the morning.
Generally speaking, the second day of the league will be the finals of the sub-divisions. The top 10 in each sub-division will be decided, a total of more than 100 people, for the provincial competition.
Generally speaking, players who enter the provincial competition can be called star players, and will also become the object of scramble by various forces. Needless to say, there are various benefits, and the future is bright.
——This is also easy to understand. Although 100 looks like a lot, it is after all the top 100 high schools in the province, from the first to the third year of high school, and they are top talents no matter where they are.
Finally, each province decides the top four in the province to participate in the five-province league. The five-province league is a single elimination system. As long as you lose once, you will be eliminated.
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Jinwu Province, Zhongcheng District.
This is a slightly old apartment. There is a pool table in the corner and a dusty treadmill. There is a folding table in the small living room facing the door. There is a computer on the table, playing a video.
The house is full of smoke.
Freddy leaned on the sofa by the window, one hand casually resting on the armrest of the sofa, and the other hand holding a cigarette.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"It's me."
Xu Jinbai's voice came from outside the door.
"Come in, come in at your convenience."
Freddy said, and as soon as the voice fell, the voice-controlled door opened automatically with a "click".
"Are you white again?"
Xu Jinbai asked as soon as he entered the door, then frowned and walked into the house. Although the smell of smoke did not harm him, he had a keen sense of smell and was inevitably annoyed.
If it were someone else, Xu Jinbai would have stopped contacting him long ago, but Freddy was different. He was not simply addicted to smoking, but to get rid of his parents' control over marriage.
Xu Jinbai put himself in Freddy's shoes and endured it.
However, compared to the smell of cigarettes, he was more concerned about Freddy's face now - the reason was that this face was too white, and it was the kind of delicate white like a baby, which made him look much more elegant even when smoking.
"Oh, did you eat the pills that Hu Shiqi gave you? I thought you would give them all to your beast pet."
Xu Jinbai said casually. He walked over and sat down, turned the computer in front of him, and without any surprise, he saw the scene of the blue slime taking off.
What was playing on the computer was the first match between Hu Shiqi and Ni Ning - Slime vs. Hellhound.
This was a battle that subverted all three views.
Before seeing this battle, Xu Jinbai never knew what "the difference between heaven and earth" meant - it was ridiculous to say that he knew he was very strong, and he always ignored those who were weaker than him. Until this moment, he realized that he was also one of the weak ones.
Fox Seven evolved the slime into an unheard-of monster, with no dead spots or weaknesses, and nothing but strength. No, the biggest weakness of the slime is probably its owner, a future overlord who has become a four-star beastmaster at a young age.
"Yes, it made my tanned skin go back... But the pressure is too great, there is nothing I can do, because you are all crazy, and I can't fall too far behind."
Freddy looked lazy, his dark eyes narrowed slightly, and smoke curled from his fingertips, slowly drifting in the air.
He was indeed under a lot of pressure.
Last year, he was still the second, but this year, he didn't know where he was beaten. Fox Seven, Xu Jinbai, and Alice, the top three were all decided, unless the last two people drew Fox Seven at the beginning, then the others still had a chance.
"...The pressure is indeed great."
Xu Jinbai said, with the blue light of the screen reflected in his eyes. Anyone would think he was talking about the league, but only he knew how much he wanted to laugh in his heart at this moment.
On the computer, the mermaid raised her chin slightly, and the song slowly flowed out of her mouth.
Everything went dark, and countless ghosts were like swimming fish, spinning violently around the slime. The strong curse power was like the rising tide of sea water, sticky, hot, and dark as ink.
The picture was like a grand and ominous performance. Ordinary people just looked at it through the screen and felt as if they would be entangled in bad luck.
At the moment when the slime was singing, countless people switched the station, confiscated the computer, and threw away the mobile phone.
Even Xu Jinbai was the same. He also watched the playback afterwards. At that time, he only listened for five seconds and subconsciously turned off the optical computer.
That voice... seemed to trigger endless malice, just a little bit, it was about to burst out from the bottom of his heartand came out.
Fortunately, he suppressed it again.
"I have a question."
Xu Jinbai asked, he didn't look at Freddy.
"Your parents always force you to go on blind dates. They know you hate this, and you also know that they don't take your hate seriously. Why don't you hate them?"
How did you do this?
"Hmm?" Freddy really thought about it, "It's too deep to hate them. In fact, I have given up communicating with my parents. I'm still spending my family's money. It doesn't matter if I deal with two occasional shows."
After saying that, Freddy snatched the computer back, and the progress bar dragged back skillfully, perfectly skipping the slime singing, and fast-forwarding directly to the single shot of a silver-haired girl.
On the screen, Kitsune Yashichi was humming along. Although she tried her best to cover it up, she couldn't stand the high-definition camera, which directly hit her face, and captured her shaking her head slightly to the melody.
"Hey, look at her, she's singing along with the slime! Is she too intoxicated? As far as I know, voice skills...shouldn't distinguish between friend and foe. Even if she's the slime's owner, she can't be unaffected!"
"She has a king-level pet. It's said on the Internet that the king-level pet has the skill of [Calmness]."
Xu Jinbai answered calmly. After a few seconds, he paused and looked up at Freddy, but saw that the latter's cigarette ash was about to fall to the ground, and he didn't light it.
"Do you like her?" Xu Jinbai asked.
"Who?" Freddy was at a loss, and reacted as soon as he asked, "No, isn't this just a study? Many people are studying her...Xu Jinbai, what's that expression on your face? Are you doubting me?"
"I think you pay too much attention to her."
Xu Jinbai glanced over. Freddy was a rare friend he could trust, and he didn't want to conflict with him.
"That's normal," Freddy threw away his cigarette and retorted, "When I first met her, she was only one star, and this slime was still a small water ball. It's only been half a year... Even if she went to the secret realm to practice, it's too exaggerated... Wait, Old Xu, why are you asking such a question?"
Freddy looked over suspiciously.
"Oh." Xu Jinbai did not dodge, he nodded generously. "Because I like her, there is a high probability that I will take some action. In order to avoid turning against each other, I specially inform you in advance."
Freddy: ? ? ?
No... He opened his eyes wide, but Xu Jinbai's expression was calm, and there was no trace of joking, and his tone did not fluctuate - it didn't seem like he was immersed in love.
"Old Xu, are you crazy???"
"That's right." Xu Jinbai nodded.
At this moment, Slime's five-second song rang in his mind again, along with his mother's shrill cries and curses. These voices broke through the suppression and clearly surged into his heart.
Xu Jinbai suddenly laughed out loud.
"Yes, I'm probably a lunatic, so..."
He lowered his voice and stated clearly:
"- Don't compete with me."