1 Chapter 1 - Teacher Gu Fei (2/2)

”Wait!” Ah Fa stopped Gu Fei, ”Sir, you're a Mage as well. Your base Strength and physique are just no match for Knights! You can't win a fight like this!”

Gu Fei smacked Ah Fa's head and said, ”Have you forgotten? Your teacher here knows kung fu!” He turned around and left with that.

”Sir!” Ah Fa stared blankly at the sight of Gu Fei leaving. ”Teacher Gu Fei knows kung fu!” This was a running joke in Yulin Middle School. Apparently, even the principal laughed about this in private, ”What's shameless? The fact that Teacher Gu Fei keeps insisting that he knows kung fu is the most shameless thing I've ever seen.”

It was true that Gu Fei was a little better at jumping, a little faster than others, a little more agile with his movement, and a little stronger than others. This was perfectly reasonable to them as he was a P.E. teacher. Yet, Gu Fei insisted that he had been learning martial arts since he was a child, which, according to him, was how he obtained his body of steel. He even claimed that he had defeated countless individuals since young.

Nobody believed that, of course.

This was because of a video that circulated on the school network of Yulin Middle School. It originated from a security camera near the school entrance, probably uploaded by someone who had nothing better to do. It was footage of a young man being beaten black and blue by an old man as he cowered on the ground without putting up a fight. ”OLD MAN RAILS YOUNG GUY” was the title of the video. The main focus of the video was undoubtedly the old man, and as for the other person? He was identified as teacher Gu Fei, the same one who proclaimed that he had ”defeated countless individuals in the past.”

Was there still anyone left who would believe that Gu Fei knew kung fu after an incident like this? Everyone just assumed that he had read too many wuxia novels, and that he had a few loose screws. Fortunately, Gu Fei had no violent tendencies even though he kept on insisting that he knew kung fu. He was also someone who seemed to take his job seriously, so nothing horrendous came out of it.

However, right now, Ah Fa was watching Gu Fei make his way out through the main entrance and turn his head to yell, ”Which way?”

Ah Fa instinctively pointed to the right, and there went Gu Fei.

Ah Fa blanked out for a moment before snapping back to his senses. He chased after Gu Fei.

The game did an impressive job with the simulation undoubtedly. The pathway paved with stone was a little hard to walk on, but Gu Fei advanced at a fast pace. Ah Fa sweated profusely as he tried to catch up to Gu Fei. He saw Gu Fei stop at an intersection.

”Where are they?” Gu Fei turned over his head and asked as he saw Ah Fa catch up to him.

”They were there just now,” Ah Fa pointed at the fountain right in the center of the city square.

”No, sir, don't go!” yelled Ah Fa when he saw Gu Fei walk off.

Gu Fei smiled back at him, ”Don't come. I'll be right back.”

The back of someone in a mage robe always made players in-game feel that that player was weak; in contrast, Gu Fei's back radiated with an unusual sense of strength and confidence.

Sh*t! It's just another beating at most! Screw this! The real me won't get hurt, anyway! Ah Fa thought to himself before giving Gu Fei another chase.

But Gu Fei was nowhere to be seen now. As Ah Fa looked around while he walked, he suddenly heard some miserable cries coming from an alley nearby. Ah Fa rushed there and stuck his head out to peek.

Inside the alley, four people in the light armor for Knights clutched a scrawny man as they pummeled him. Chilling sounds of punches striking flesh rang out. The person's nose was already broken while blood covered his face and body. It was difficult to determine his job class from what he was wearing. But even if he was a Warrior who possessed the toughest physique, he would not be able to resist the encirclement of four grown men, since he was just a regular person who seemed to have no fighting experience. As of this moment, he had already lost the will to fight back, wincing and faltering in pain as he was knocked into a corner.

The four people beating him up had ugly and threatening appearance. It was possible to tell that they were always up to no good from a single glance. Right now, they stopped beating the person as Gu Fei appeared in front of them.

No one said a thing for a moment. But when the four saw that Gu Fei was in a mage robe, they smiled at one another knowingly.

”Let him go!” said Gu Fei.

”You mean him?” The bulkiest of the four lifted his leg and stamped the poor guy again. He signaled the other three with a glance. The four inched forward to surround Gu Fei. They all tried to prevent Gu Fei from turning around and running away, yet he remained where he was, allowing the four men to encircle him.

A gleam of surprise flashed through the eyes of the bulky man, who was obviously this group of thugs' leader. But after eyeing Gu Fei closely, he felt a small degree of relief. From what he saw, the fellow before him was not tall. The fitting mage robe in the game did not hide his well-proportioned body; he was in possession of a wide chest, a thin waist, and long legs, making it apparent that he was someone who usually paid attention to exercise. His body was in a fine condition, so he could obviously put up a good fight. However, they were bounded by the game's algorithm right now. No matter how great someone's body was in reality, speed, strength, and so on were all determined by the data of the game. He was a Mage, a job class with the weakest Strength and the overall physique. All it needed was a single punch before Gu Fei would end up screaming in pain for half of a day. As it seemed, he had forgotten about that fact that he was still in the game due to the well-simulated environment.

Without any speeches or taunting, the leader directly commanded, ”Do it!”