Chapter 5: The Battle That Can't Be Given
"Players - Martial Saints, Celestial Masters, Sword Immortals, and Netherworld are named in different ways: Sword Immortals are generally named with the word "Immortal", and the names of Martial Saints are often four characters, and Netherworld names are two words...... As players, we don't have a surname, or the name itself is a code name that doesn't repeat."
"Small bridge still water? Small bridge still water! Sword Immortal? Sword Immortal? It's strange......" I listened to the poignant sympathy whispering, although he was keenly aware of the strangeness of the name, but he shook his head and sighed, "Alas! Finally let me bump into a sword fairy! Female Sword Fairy! Fairy! I thought it was time for me to run, but I didn't expect her to be level zero! ”
I pouted secretly: I'm sorry to disappoint you.
"Hah! Are you all alright? The middle-aged man on the other side spoke. In his hand, as if he were playing a trick, there was an extra brown stick, which was full of white sticks.
Poignant said coldly: "Why are you in a hurry, why don't you even have this patience?" He settled down and stroked at me: "Regardless of whether you are level zero or not, since the boss asks for it, I can't refuse!" If you don't see if that's going to work, you'll be added as the third opponent! Without waiting for me to answer, he turned to the group of people in purple robes and shouted, "What are you doing?" Don't go to the lottery yet! ”
The middle-aged man on the opposite side also raised his eyebrows at the people around him and said, "Ha! You haven't come to the lottery yet! ”
I didn't have any room to interject, I watched the two crowds glaring at each other, obediently obeying their patriarch's orders, and slowly walked towards the lottery. Countless hands reached into the sticker holder, and each quickly took out a bamboo stick. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but I see that most of the bamboo sticks are white throughout, and only five people have black on the other end of the bamboo sticks. The poignant sympathy only glanced once, and then said:
"Brother Love! Nameless! Dequeue! ”
I was stunned when I saw Nameless and a young man take a step forward at the same time.
They behaved respectfully, but there was an uproar: the people in the purple robes looked at Nameless with strange eyes, and the people with blue bracelets on their wrists sneered, pointing at Nameless and laughing unceremoniously.
Nameless's face turned red.
"Wait!" I coughed heavily, "You haven't told me what the rules are for that confrontation!" ”
After hearing my question, the surroundings fell eerily silent.
Poignant looked at me with sympathy, was silent for a moment, and said, "Generally speaking, multiple gangs or clans coexisting in various parts of the country are sometimes in a hostile state, and gang wars and clan wars often break out!"
As players, we can't just kill at will. Once there is a manslaughter, you will be wanted by gangs all over the country and put in prison by the 'country'! In order to avoid this, the 8th World Gang Leader once came up with a compromise solution, which was to draw lots or select a few outstanding players to participate in a 'group competition'! ”
- Group competition? It dawned on me: it was used instead of gang wars and clan wars!
Poignant continued: "The rules of group competition are very simple, that is, in the designated place, it is mandatory to fight alone, no killing, no taking away the opponent's weapon, only stun the opponent, otherwise it will be considered a failure!" The two sides sent three people to play, and the best-of-three system was adopted! The winner is allowed to take a member from the losing side! ”
"I said, I didn't draw lots, can I refuse ......?"
Poignant frowned and said, "You'd better not refuse, after all, this is one of your tasks!" Moreover, if there is no group competition, they will stay here forever, which is not good for the reputation of the family and the gang! And keep them from sneaking up on gang members and family members at all times! ”
"I'm going to play without a draw, so you can't play for me?"
Poignant sighed and said: "For the fairness of the confrontation, as the patriarch, you can't fight!" The other party is the same, the patriarch will not fight! Besides, the patriarch of the other party is also the leader of the gang - we are not too sure of winning......"
"I don't think it's-" Brother Lian screamed and spoke bluntly, he squinted at the nameless and undisguised.
Nameless was silent, and his body was slightly stunned.
“…… I said, "Where?" I interrupted my brother's screaming speech.
"A place to meet? But that's not it! Poignant pointed to each other, "Look, this piece of grass is the most suitable for discussion!" ”
"But I'm only level zero, and I don't have any skills! I don't know how to fight, and I haven't drawn lots, so why don't I go to someone else? Wouldn't it be better to reserve my spot with the right people? ”
"But the long boss has clearly recommended you...... You've been tasked with it, haven't you? You don't need to complete that task anymore? ”
"I can give up that task......" I choked up: I wanted to complete the task, but I was more afraid of failure! If success is just to complete the errand task, and failure is to obey the other party's request - the difference between the reward and punishment of winning and losing is too big, I don't know what will happen if I give up the task?
Nameless shouted on the side: "Can't give up! Your mission may seem simple, but it's actually a series of missions in the 'Special Mission'! If you give up, not only will you not be able to complete the simple task, but you will also be punished by the 'registration center' - the reward for receiving the task will be halved for a certain period of time! ”
"I'm not afraid of halving the reward......"
"If you set this precedent, you will be laughed at by all the players in the future! Players would rather fail the mission than give up the mission! Otherwise......"
“…… How sure are we winning? "My face was a little gloomy - the namelessness meant nothing more than not being able to give up on the mission, which meant that I had to accept that I might fail......
- It seems that I can't choose to give up!
I clenched my fists hard, gritted my teeth, and decided on the spot: if you don't give up, you won't give up, and if you participate, you will participate!
Poignant and pleasantly surprised: "...... So, you said yes? If their patriarch doesn't play, we are 60% sure that we can win! My deputy patriarch brother screaming is not that simple thing! ”
"Only sixty percent?" I was dazed.
Poignant touched his nose, patted me on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Sixty percent is very high, and the Aozhan Gang is a 'powerful gang' in the southeast!" Don't worry, we still have a good chance of winning......"
- Hey, you're nameless! Even if Brother Lian screams and wins the first game, how are you going to arrange the last two games?
I was puzzled, but I saw that the poignant sympathy pulled me and my brother scream aside, and told us not to be careless - he seemed to really ignore the nameless, and only screamed at me and my brother and asked solemnly: "You must take the competition seriously, don't be arrogant!" You also know the situation of the Netherworld......" He glanced at Nameless, and with a pout, he shouted at us, "If you don't want to lose face, you have to do it with all your might!" ”
Brother Lian screamed respectfully: "Patriarch rest assured! We're definitely winning! ”
"I'll try." I have a straight face.
- After a long time, Poignant would rather trust me, an outsider, than try to trust his family members!
Nameless stood beside me, silently clenching his fists.
Poignant didn't pay attention to Nameless's mood at all, and he turned his attention to me: "I forgot to let you know each other. He pointed at me first and screamed to Brother Lian: "This is Xiaoqiao still water, Sword Immortal, level zero." She's a nameless friend! He glanced at Nameless with perfunctory eyes, trying to hold back the look of contempt in his eyes. Then, he pointed at Brother Lian and screamed, "This is my deputy patriarch: Martial Saint - Brother Lian screams, you call him 'Brother Lian' directly." ”
I looked at my brother screaming with surprised eyes, and my brother looked back at me with a screaming smile.
It's really a distinctive name - people are like their names: Brother Lian Scream is a handsome young man, older than Nameless, tall and straight, with slightly longer hair, but very elegant, a pair of bright eyes, and a pair of anticipatory flying. Like Nameless, he wears a purple robe, a fuchsia bracelet, and three medals on the left breast.
The three medals fastened on his chest emitted a flashing blue light, and I squinted my eyes and took a closer look:
Personal Medal: Deputy Patriarch Love Brother Scream (Rank: Twenty-two)
Family Medal: Pride (Rank: 15)
Gang Medal: Pride (Level: Fifteen)
I glanced at Nameless's chest, and unsurprisingly I spotted three medals:
Personal Medal: Unknown (Rank: 10)
Family Medal: Pride (Rank: 15)
Gang Medal: Pride (Level: Fifteen)
I stared at those medals for a long time.
Brother Lian screamed and looked at my chest, and asked curiously, "Where is your medal?" ”
I had to take the three silver medals out of my package and fasten them around my collar.
Everyone looked intently, and the front of my personal badge read: Kobashi still water (rank: zero), and the family medal and gang medal showed that they were empty.
The eyes of the group turned strange - I bet they must have seen the zero mark!
"Your name is Xiaoqiao Jingshui?" Brother Lian screamed and touched his chin, "This is not your 'real name', right?" ”
"It's a 'nickname!' 'Xiaoqiao still water' is taken by me without a name, I like it very much, and I always use this name externally! ”
"Then I'll call you 'Xiaoqiao' from now on?" Brother Lian's screaming eyes were stained with an indescribable playfulness.
"No problem!"
I rubbed my hands together and felt an indescribable nervousness: it was my first time in a team competition – I wanted to play and I hoped I wouldn't!
Nameless drooped his head and didn't speak.
I touched him, he looked at me, and I habitually smiled at him with an encouraging expression. He was stunned and grinned, and I was satisfied to see that he was much more relaxed.
With that, the three of us got ready, and together we went to the meadow in front of the wisteria forest, where three opponents were already waiting for us. The two members from different families approached and automatically surrounded the six of us. I glared at the three opponents in front of me, and was surprised to find that there was also a woman among them, and that woman was very kind-looking, it was actually the good-looking woman I met yesterday!
"How are you?" I heard the woman exclaim to me.