194 I Do Mind (2/2)
Charles was completely hopeless. He turned toward Bench Guy. ”You?”
Bench Guy felt a little awkward all of a sudden. ”Well, when I was young, my tutor was very strict. I thought all of you would have played before.”
”…That is to say, none of us have ever played before?” No one responded. And so, Charles sighed. ”It’s late tonight. Everyone go take a bath and sleep. We still have to go get killed tomorrow. Hope that it won’t be too ugly...”
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The next day, was a breezy and sunny day. In the Requiem enchantment was a vast stadium with every seat occupied. As far as one could see, it was a dark mass of noisy people.
Ye Qingxuan stepped onto the field, feeling the green grass underfoot, the wind with the smell of grass, and the light earthy smell of the soil. It made him nostalgic. Even the sound of the tide that had haunted his ears was gone now. It was as if he was back in a vast prairie on the mainland instead of this distant and strange city.
”It feels so good to be standing on firm soil, Charles.” he suddenly said without any particular reason, making Charles bewildered.
When the crowd in the audience noticed that the youth had appeared on the field, they suddenly began rustling.
Quite a few people booed him while there were a lot of people with painted faces who waved flags and cheered, despite the pressure from the school.
”Concertmaster Ye! I support you!”
”Concertmaster Ye will win! Show those guys your power!”
In the crowd, someone suddenly screamed, ”Eastern Ye, I want to make babies with you!”
”…Making babies is unnecessary.” Ye Qingxuan’s expression slacked and he waved to the spectators.
Soon the referee appeared on the field. It was the first game of the day, and captain Charles went to draw on behalf of his team. Ye Qingxuan had strongly opposed this because Charles was always unlucky; however, it seemed that no one in this team was lucky, so he just went with it.
The result was as predicted…
”It really is the shortest draw.”
Ye Qingxuan looked at the returning Charles with an expressionless face. Charles squeezed out an awkward smile. ”The rainbow comes after the storm. The rainbow comes after the storm…”
”After the storm your *ss! The first is the seed team of Modifications. Of the twelve players, there are three graduates! The others are all destructive maniacs...” Ye Qingxuan wanted to die. ”We don’t even need to play. They can just put the soccer ball aside and shoot a frost ray or palm flame per person and I don’t even know how dead we’ll be!”
”Hey, Concertmaster Ye, we're ready. Can we start?” On the other side of the field, the Modifications guys were ready and filled with anticipation.
With the current situation, everyone knew that Concertmaster Ye, who had had his time to shine in the first round, was now the easiest to bully.
If it was the ordinary students who had the advantage in the first round, then the second round was completely reversed. This was the graduates’ home turf. These guys had been in the school for years and had learned countless music scores.
Even the stupidest person could reach the Rhythm level after five or six years. The outstanding students would at least be at the edge Deva sensing and would become formal musicians soon.
Not to mention, there were a dozen of them who already had the qualifications to officially become a musician. For those guys, defeating the juniors was easy as pie.
Regardless of the others, the weirdos from the History department meant nothing to these people. If they did not seize this chance to squeeze out few credits, it would be against their morals.
”Don't be impatient. We're still talking about our strategy.” Ye Qingxuan squeezed out a smile.
The referee looked down at his pocket watch. ”I’ll give you five minutes.”
”It’s okay. We're not in a hurry. You can talk as slowly as you wish, Concertmaster Ye. How about ten minutes? Is that enough?” James, the captain of the Modifications team, waved his hand with uncharacteristic generosity. Meeting the eyes of his teammates, they burst into laughter.
”Twenty minutes is okay too.” Someone on the team whistled.
No matter how one looked at things, this round was their stage. Even if they gave Ye Qingxuan ten more minutes, would he be able to make ten more people appear like magic? So, the people of Charles’ team turned green. Bai Xi stuck her middle finger up at the other side defiantly.
”What should we do?” Charles whispered.
”Nothing. They’re ready to destroy us, so what else can we do?” Ye Qingxuan gritted his teeth. ”Do as planned! I don't believe that they’ll be more shameless than us...”
Soon, under the referee's arrangement, the two teams stood on the dividing line at the center of the field. Before the game began, they shook hands with each other. Looking at the team twice as large as Ye Qingxuan’s and their eager members, the supporters in the audience began to lose their faith.
But soon, the enemies were stunned. ”Wait, who is that?”
Bench Guy with a concrete brick on his head looked at the sky like nothing was happening. He whistled innocently as if not aware of how strange he looked. In an instant, everyone looked at him and he abruptly stiffened. ”Uh...”
”This is our new member, his nickname is little Zhuzi. You can just call him Dunzi.” Ye Qingxuan waved to Bench Guy with an emotionless face. ”Dunzi, stop spacing out and come to say hi.”
Bench Guy seemed to glare at Ye Qingxuan, but soon, he sighed helplessly. ”Hello everyone. I’m little Zhuzi.”
What the hell? Little Zhuzi? James did not believe him at all. He frowned and stared at him, ”Are you from the History department? Why haven't we seen you before? Isn’t your costume a bit suspicious?”
”It’s because he's ugly. He doesn’t want to scare you,”Ye Qingxuan lied shamelessly and squinted at them. ”Moreover, he just has to be from our school, right? Would you like to check the student ID? You care about this too much. People who don’t know better might think you're from the executive office.”
”You...”