610 Chapter 610 - The Interview (1/2)
”They are students from one of my classes,” Gu Fei answered truthfully.
”Your students??” Dommu and Mudou were astonished. Of course, it was not rare to find students playing games, but for someone to call these his students, that was a curious thing, indeed. ”Then, may I know your—”
”I'm their teacher, of course! Phys ed.,” Gu Fei said matter-of-factly.
”Oh… a P.E. teacher…” The two felt that this was a little reasonable. Sure enough, plenty of people did not consider a P.E. teacher as a real teacher.
”Actually, physical education is just the work I do for a living. My real identity is a martial artist who specializes in the practice of kung fu!” Gu Fei earnestly offered.
”Is that so? Then, we've truly been disrespectful,” Dommu and Mudou quickly replied, but that was merely the superficial words they had said out of courtesy. At the moment, both reporters were actually privately messaging each other.
”Martial artist? Is this man insane?”
”Perhaps he's an imposter?”
”His equipment matches the rumors. I think we'll need to find a way to verify his identity!”
With this discussion over, Dommu spoke. ”Uhm… I learned before that you'd sold your Moonlit Nightfalls for an exorbitant amount. I wonder if that's because you've gotten an even more terrific weapon?”
Gu Fei chuckled. ”That's just me and my friend joking around with each other. I'm still wielding Moonlit Nightfalls.”
There had indeed been rumors that the sword's sale was a sham. Dommu was waiting for Gu Fei to give such an answer as he continued to ask. ”We've long since admired that sword of yours. I wonder if it's okay with you to let us see the sword for ourselves?”
”Of course, you can.” Gu Fei withdrew Moonlit Nightfalls and designated it to display its stats. The sword itself was far too high-leveled, so there was no way for other players to appraise it without making such a designation. The display design in Parallel World was often used, and it was necessary when players set up their stalls.
The pair admired Moonlit Nightfalls together, and the stats they saw indeed matched the information they had collected on it, so they were naturally sighing in awe for quite a bit. The interview had also officially begun at this point, with Mudou taking out her quill and notepad, looking exactly like Brother Assist, while Dommu cleared his throat. It was apparent that he would be the main interviewer with the questions.
”This sword has a skill called 'Impending Nightfall'; just what sort of skill is that?” Dommu was evidently someone who enjoyed discussing the objective issue at hand.
”Oh. I'm unsure of that myself, as I am unable to activate it even now,” Gu Fei answered.
Skill activation was not a secret, and plenty of players knew about the existence of such a requirement. Dommu and Mudou, these two reporters, were deeply knowledgeable of all things in Parallel World, so they did not waste time exploring this mystery and proceeded to ask the next question. ”Earlier, you said that you're a martial artist. Just what does that generally mean?”
Having confirmed Gu Fei's identity, they of course had to clarify what he had meant before, which they had initially dismissed as the ravings of a madman. Even if they were going to write about him being a lunatic, they would still need plausible proof!
”Oh, I was born into a family of kung fu practitioners and have been learning it since young,” Gu Fei explained.
”That's probably why you're so powerful in this game when it comes to PK-ing, right?”
”Naturally!” Gu Fei nodded.
”Could you perhaps demonstrate a move or two to us?” the two asked.
”Our teacher's sword is used to slay people and not for demonstrations!” Ah Fa was standing beside Gu Fei when he arrogantly interjected, giving pause to Dommu and Mudou. Could this man really be some legendary martial arts expert?
In the end, it was a red-faced Gu Fei that turned and glared at Ah Fa. ”Go and stand in a corner!” Embarrassed, he apologized to the two. ”Sorry about that. Kids are just immature like that. What do you guys wish to see?”
The two were surprised. They were originally thinking that Gu Fei must truly be an expert if he reacted in the way Ah Fa had, but when they saw how courteous and polite Gu Fei actually acted, the two thought there must be nothing to it. Thinking for a moment, they decisively said, ”Then, use Moonlit Nightfalls to show us something!”
”No problem!” It was rare for Gu Fei to meet civilians who were not part of the community that showed interest in his kung fu, so he cherished such an opportunity tremendously, pulling the sword out and beginning his display. He felt it would be a waste to show them a sword style that was too profound, since that would just be lost on the two. Thus, Gu Fei decided to demonstrate to them a more foundational sword style that he used to familiarize sword techniques.
Gu Fei's twenty years of honing was definitely the real deal as even an outsider could easily tell how smooth his execution of the sword style was, but that was the extent that they could understand from what they saw; in terms of how visually exciting it was, it was far from what people would usually see in the movies. Movies and television would have changing camera angles, with electric fans blowing their hair, background music to heighten the atmosphere, and of course, that would look far more awesome than what Gu Fei was showing right now.
Regarding Gu Fei's performance at the moment, these outsiders felt it was just a little better than watching broadcast gymnastics. But at least the actions he was doing did not seem to have too many obvious repetitions.
When Gu Fei was done with the entire routine and returned to a neutral stance, even his students could tell that the two interviewers were clearly unimpressed. They all already understood that Gu Fei was the real deal, so they felt that their teacher's display really could not be compared to Ah Fa's boastful rejection!
”Ahem. It was splendid!” Dommu and Mudou were very diplomatic about it. Even though neither of them knew what they should make of it, they still felt that they needed to applaud after Gu Fei finished demonstrating.
”You jest.” Gu Fei continued to be humble.
”How long have you been practicing that?” Dommu continued his interview.
”Over twenty years.”
”Does that mean that you've only reached this state of dominance in the game through the utilization of your kung fu – something that you've been practicing for over two decades in the real world?” Dommu asked.
”Of course.” He felt that this question had already been asked before.
”Don't you feel that this is somewhat unfair to the other players?” Dommu finally asked the question that he felt was more incisive.
”Oh? What do you mean?” Gu Fei was a little lost.
”Since you're an expert in this kung fu, do you feel that it's fair to defeat so many normal players?” Dommu asked.
Gu Fei looked quizzically at him. ”Will being defeated by them make it fair?”
”Eh?” Dommu was stunned.
”It's precisely because I'm an expert in this that I easily beat up all the common players; isn't that fair?” Gu Fei asked.
”Uhhh…” Dommu was astounded, wondering to himself, That's right! It's totally fair! Weird; why would I ask such a question? He felt that his head was in a bit of a mess, and even though this question was an impromptu utterance, he felt that that should not have been the case, as if what he meant to ask was lost with Gu Fei's reply.
”What he meant to say is that, with you bringing your real-world skills into the game, it places you on a different starting line than the other players; do you think that it's fair?” Mudou spoke up, as she could tell that Dommu had been stumped by his question.
”Ah! I understand what you mean now. From your perspective, you would indeed consider this to be unfair, but the problem you've posed is actually meaningless, for this is akin to how everyone has a different personality, nationality, looks, family background, environment, and so on. Each of these factors are all distinct, and nobody has ever really been able to start on the same starting line so to speak. As every MMO can be seen as a virtual life in itself, this alone makes it extremely similar to real life, and the initial foundation each player brings into the game will become factors that lead everyone to different starts and paths. An example is those players who can only play Parallel World for two hours and those who can spend ten plus hours gaming; how can that be any sort of fairness there?”
Mudou swiftly recorded down what Gu Fei had said even as Dommu nodded while he listened, digging out another question from what he had just said.
”In other words, you don't spend plenty of time gaming every day?” Dommu asked.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
”Yeah. Recently, it's the winter holiday, so I have a bit more time,” Gu Fei answered.
”You don't spend a lot of time gaming, yet you can maintain a level that puts you among the players at the forefront; can you perhaps tell us how you do it?” Dommu asked.
Gu Fei scratched his head. ”I don't really know how to answer this question because this is the first time I'm playing MMOs, so there's still plenty of things I have no clue about. All I do every day is log on, do the things I want to do, and just slowly accumulate things like experience points and level, you know?”
”Things you want to do; what's that exactly?”
”'Bounty Mission',” Gu Fei answered.
”Dommu was astonished. ”Are you saying that you've been using 'Bounty Mission' to get the EXP needed to level up?”
”Actually, it's more like after level 30!” Gu Fei recalled. ”Also, you can't say the missions accounts for all of my EXP. Occasionally, I'll go to a grinding map and farm monsters.”
”Why is it that you rely on something as risky as 'Bounty Mission' to level up? Is that how confident you are?” Dommu asked.
”It's a hobby…” Gu Fei admitted.
”Ho-Hobby?” Dommu gulped.
”Yeah. I feel that it's a lot more entertaining doing PK with others than slaying monsters in the grinding maps,” Gu Fei explained.