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The teachers in the field were also brought back to their senses by Chu Rong’s words, and they all withdrew their impolite scrutiny. They began to arrange the students to fight in an orderly manner, with a calm face and a broken heart.
This was the first time they have seen such important parents of students in the final competition! This was the Marshal and the national hero!
Where was the Director of Campus A? Where was the principal? Come on, come on, you don’t hide in the toilet in fright, right? Was the rumor about the director being abused by the then-student Marshal Chu actually true?
Oh no! They don’t want to stay under Marshal Chu’s gaze, they also want to hide!
The students and their parents, who were still excited about the battle, saw the teachers regaining their senses so quickly, and they were very impressed. As expected of teachers of such a prestigious Intermediate College, their mental quality was very good. It was worth their trouble to send their children here.
All kinds of turmoil on and off the field, everyone’s inner drama and small actions almost broke the sky. But from the surface, it was just a little bit of commotion caused by Chu Rong’s arrival, and then everyone calmed down quickly, and behaved very well to focus on the competition.
The students in the arena felt panicked—being watched by the federal marshal for the final competition, the pressure was great.
A student in the same group as Chu Yan swallowed tremblingly, carefully poked Chu Yan who was numb beside him, and asked in a whisper, “Classmate Chu, you, your Erge… no, no, Marshal Chu, what, what? He came? To see your competition??”
‘Didn’t Erge hate this kind of event the most? Where there’s so many people who would gawk at him? Why do I feel that Qiao is responsible for this…’
Although he was roaring in his heart, Chu Yan’s face was very calm. He tilted his head and raised the corner of his mouth to show him an erratic smile, and asked, “What do you think?”
‘Erge came here to watch a bunch of chicks pecking at each other? How is that possible? Of course he’s here to be with Qiao! Hehehe…’
The poor little classmate was stimulated by Chu Yan’s smirk, took a step back, and shrunk. “C-Classmate Chu, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to pry into your family’s privacy, I, I just wanted, wanted to– Please, you can, can you at least make me not look totally awful when I lose?” After speaking, he turned and hid behind the teacher, not daring to approach him again.
Other students and teachers in the same group: “…” Ah! what to do! After a while, their group would definitely be under Marshal Chu’s scrutiny! It’s over! QAQ
Chu Yan’s Group D has the largest number of people. He needed to fight twelve people in total, and basically had no rest time today. That is to say, if Chu Rong wanted to watch his whole game, he basically needed to stay in the school all day.
Wait. That sounds absolutely horrifying.
What if he’s also here tomorrow…
The students, teachers, and audience members wanted to cry when realizing this. Only Qiao Zhiya who looked very happy about this.
Before Chu Yan started his first match, Qiao Zhiya lightly tugged on Chu Rong’s sleeves, looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes. He moved around on the seat like a child who couldn’t sit still, and asked, “Will you be here all day today? Then, what about tomorrow? Will you come tomorrow?”
Because of his excitement, the youth’s face was flushed slightly, and his ears were moving happily. He had clenched fists that tugged at his own pants, as if trying to restrain his joy. He looked very obedient and cute.
Chu Rong, who has always disliked this kind of event, originally had a very bad mood. But once he saw how happy this Bald Chicken was – not contacting for two days notwithstanding – his ire immediately disappeared. The youth’s soft and intimate voice also made him want to smile.
In order to suppress the inexplicable flood of confusing happiness, he frowned and froze his face, raised his hand and grabbed Qiao Zhiya’s back collar to adjust his sitting posture. He put the squirmy youth to sit properly, then gently pat the blond head. “Sit down, don’t move around. I won’t go back on what I promised, don’t question my words.”
The audience members who overheard this gasped, and then looked at the “poor Exoplanet Native” who was ordered with such a harsh voice. They immediately had sympathy and pity in their eyes.
‘That blond kid is really too miserable. Heh, that rumor outside saying that Marshal Chu favoring him truly was a fart. This kind of commanding tone is only used on subordinates!’ One of them thought.
Sensing the gaze of the crowd behind him looking at Qiao Zhiya, Chu Rong’s disguised black face turned into a real black face. He simply took out a hat from his space button and put it on Qiao Zhiya, covering his fluttering ears, then turned to face the crowd behind him with a dangerous glare.
“!!!”
Everyone looked away in unison, staring at the arena with their backs straightened, the sympathy in their hearts almost broke through the sky – Marshal Chu even covered the little Exoplanet Native’s ears that were different from ordinary people with disgust in his eyes! He must hate him so much!
‘Sure enough, this evil god is just like the rumors – very domineering and unreasonable. Oh, that poor blond boy…’
Qiao Zhiya, who was wearing a hat, didn’t notice the sympathetic gazes of the crowd behind him. He raised his hand and touched the brown hat with the small green leaf pattern. His joy shot off the roof. “You bought it for me? I like the color and pattern so much! Thank you, thank you, Chu Rong!”
Chu Rong looked away, didn’t answer, and patted his head lightly, signaling him to concentrate on watching the game – Chu Yan has already played.
Parents in the back row: ‘Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Marshal Chu hit him!’
Chu Yan, who was sitting in the mecha in the arena and saw the situation outside clearly: ‘Stupid parents, hehe.’
The internal communication of the mecha suddenly flashed, and his opponent requested to talk.
Chu Yan came back to his senses and answered the communication.
“Chu, Classmate Chu, can you let me lose—ah!”
The countdown to the competition just ended, and the next second, the cyan mecha was hit by Chu Yan, who was in a bad mood, with a more violent and wilder posture than before. It was a one-hit-one-kill, and the cyan mecha was directly kicked out of the battle zone.
The teacher who controlled the field was stunned for a moment, until the competition system automatically reported the results of the competition. The teacher then hurriedly came back to check the situation of the students in the cyan mecha. After confirming that the students in the cyan mecha were not injured at all and the mecha was fine, the teacher couldn’t help but glance at the gray mecha with appreciation.
As expected of the Chu family, they were really strong, and their fighting qualities were very good! Although the third young master was a little out of character and bluffed a bit, he was very measured in his strikes. He knew how hard to hit without actually hurting his opponent, so his opponent’s next battle wouldn’t be affected.
The parents watching the battle were shocked by the high-efficiency match. After a few seconds of silence, they all looked at Chu Rong, who was sitting upright in the front row. The Marshal still looked frightening, making them swallow dryly. They began to worry about their own child who was still on the court…
Qiao Zhiya turned his head in doubt, and asked, “Is the move that Xiao Yan used just now the one you used on him during the sparring session last time? But the force he kicked out seems not as strong as yours.”
Because he felt that Qiao Zhiya indirectly praised him, the Marshal was in a good mood. He leaned back on his chair, tapped his fingers on his knees, and said in a light tone, “He does exert less force than me, but that’s appropriate for this match. His kicking angle also is a bit off than mine, otherwise the right leg of the mecha opposite could be crushed. Xiao Yan is merciful.”
Qiao Zhiya nodded half-understanding, and briskly said, “Everyone has to continue the next game, it’s not good if the mecha is broken. Xiao Yan is so caring.”
The audience in the back row: ‘Is this merciful? Such a brutal one-hit kill kicking the opponent out, causing the opponent to lose so hard, how can it be called caring? Is the Chu family all so scary? Ah?’
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the arena, and then the siren of the examination system rang crazily.
Everyone’s attention was drawn in an instant, and then they all frowned when they saw the scene where the alarm was located. One of the parents sitting in the corner stood up directly, and ran towards the field anxiously.
Qiao Zhiya also looked over, and then froze for a moment after seeing the situation clearly, the joy on his face disappeared.
At the place where the alarm sounded, a golden mecha was holding a mace-shaped weapon and standing in the battle zone. And opposite of it, a small streamlined mecha was lying quietly on the ground. Its chest was caved in, a deep pit was smashed. A black smoke from the impact steadily rising. Occasionally, there was a flash of electricity from a broken cable.
The control teacher and the waiting doctor rushed over together, quickly opened the cockpit, and helped out a petite female student from inside.
“You actually hit a girl like this…” Qiao Zhiya’s wood-elemental magical power with healing ability was alerted by his worry.
Chu Rong frowned, and raised his hand to block his sight by pulling off his hat.
“Sorry, it’s the first time I use this weapon, and I didn’t control the strength well.” A low hoarse voice of a teenager came from the golden mecha. And then the cockpit of the mecha opened, and Liu Hongzi jumped out from inside.
The field control teacher looked back at him, frowned, turned sideways to help the frightened girl to stand up. The teacher also comforted the anxious parents. Before going back to Liu Hongzi, the teacher also made sure the school doctor could do their job properly.
The teacher said to Liu Hongzi with a very stern voice, “Student Liu Hongzi, the arena is indeed an uncontrollable place, but your behavior of directly attacking the opponent’s cockpit just now is really inappropriate! This is not a battlefield, it’s just a final assessment. Unfamiliarity with weapons can’t be used as a reason for that. There can be no next time! Otherwise, your final grade will be invalidated!”
They wanted to train soldiers with qualified character for the military academy! Not a utilitarian who could attack a classmate’s cockpit in an assessment for the sake of victory!
Before the start of the final competition, the teachers had repeatedly emphasized this over and over again – the students should know the limit, not to be aggressive and ruthless.
Sadly, in the first round of the tournament portion, there was this incident. This was a complete contempt and provocation to the school rules!
Being reprimanded in public, Liu Hongzi was very dissatisfied. He thought he hadn’t hurt anyone and had already apologized, so he shouldn’t be scolded like this. But he couldn’t directly confront the teacher. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Chu Yan, who had already gone to the spectator seats during the intermission. With a frown, he said, “Teacher, I really just didn’t control my strength well. I’m far more than the only person who directly attacked the cockpit. There’s also another… student who did this also. You can’t treat him differently just because he has a strong background and I’m just a commoner student.”
With this reply, the teacher almost fell down with his anger. He pointed to the other arena and almost yelled, “Don’t learn other people’s tactics if you don’t have the skills! Those ‘students’ you spoke off actually know how to control their strength, so none of them actually hurt their opponents! Go to the sidelines and reflect on your mistakes! Before you figured out why I ‘treat’ you differently, your match is indefinitely postponed!”
Other students in the same group as Liu Hongzi breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. They secretly glanced at Liu Hongzi, who had a terrible expression on his face, and then at Chu Yan, who had already walked to the side of the spectator seats with a joyful expression. They all had bitter feelings in their heart.
They’re really unlucky to be in the same group as this lunatic Liu Hongzi. If you lose to Chu Yan, it might be very embarrassing to lose very fast, but at least they wouldn’t lose their mecha.
Xiang Kun in the auditorium immediately attempted to contact Liu Hongzi the first time something went wrong, and just arrived at this time. He hurriedly dragged Liu Hongzi to a corner, frowning and talking to him.
Yuan Xiu also just ended his battle, and took advantage of the intermission to go to Chu Yan’s side. He first greeted Chu Rong who was sitting behind the railing tremblingly, and then lowered his voice and said to Chu Yan, “Hey, look at his weapon. That mace can smash the protective shell of the mecha like smashing tofu. Your mecha gave up part of the shell protection in pursuit of maximum speed, right? This weapon is really aimed at you.”
Qiao Zhiya overheard this and couldn’t help interjecting in concern, “Xiao Yan, the thorns on that weapon are a bit strange. If you run into him, you must avoid him.”
“Don’t worry, I know it,” Chu Yan withdrew his gaze from the other side, patted his friend comfortingly, then grabbed Qiao Zhiya with his outstretched arms.
After going back to sit, Chu Rong’s mouth corner twitched, and Chu Yan asked in an unwelcoming manner, “Erge, why are you here?”
Chu Rong also noticed the weirdness of that weapon, gave him a light look, and said, “You don’t want me to come? Just play well.” Seeing that Qiao Zhiya still had worried eyes, the Marshal frowned, and added, “Don’t embarrass the Chu family.”
“…” This was truly prioritizing his boyfriend over his younger brother!
Chu Yan directly dragged Yuan Xiu out of the spectator stand, and decided to unilaterally ignore his second brother for two hours!
Yuan Xiu followed passively, looking back at Chu Rong who didn’t care about their departure at all. Finally he asked the question that had been in his heart for many years: “Chu Yan, your Erge treats you so coldly… are you actually picked up from somewhere?”
“Look at my face.” Chu Yan looked at him with a glare, gritted his teeth with a distorted expression, “If it wasn’t for this face, I would have thought I was a picked up child too!”
‘–and Qiao is the real child!’ was left unsaid, because he still cherished his doggy life.
Within the three Chu family’s sons, Chu Huai looks like the mother, Chu Rong and Chu Yan look like the father. That is to say, Chu Rong and Chu Yan looked alike, they could be identified as blood-related brothers at first glance!
“…I see. You’re right.” Yuan Xiu could only choke out such a barely consoling sentence.
Chu Yan was so angry that he threw his best friend out, and walked to his battle zone with heavy steps.
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