Earth time: May 6 clear

Otherworldly Time: Unknown

When I woke up, there was no loud sound in my ears, maybe because of the medicine of Suzune-senpai, my body actually recovered after waking up.

But my head felt like something soft on my pillow, and the scent of flower petals wafted through my nose.

I slowly opened my eyes, and saw the familiar sad face, her hair was a little messy, and there were tear stains in the corners of her eyes, it seemed that she had just cried, and when she saw me open her eyes, she smiled, and the word "Yuli Flower" was used to describe her: "You are awake" Her trills made me unable to tell whether she was crying or happy.

"Well, I'm awake, Yaoguang, thank you" I held my forehead and wanted to get up, but she held it down, this kind of déjà vu situation made my heart sink, she hugged me, and said softly: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back"

My heart was sour, and I let out a sigh: "Well, I'm sorry to let you be distracted" As I spoke, I took advantage of the situation to help her, and the two of them sat on the ground.

The two of us let go of the hug, Yaoguang rubbed the corners of her eyes, and I glanced around, and found that the place was surrounded by brick walls: "Where is this?" ”

"The rest area of the arena, because you are unconscious, I begged the teacher to prepare a separate lounge for you, during your sleep, Zhao Bin also came here to visit, and left before you woke up"

Hearing this, my heart warmed, when I had an accident, someone was able to come to see me for the first time, which I didn't feel when I was on Earth: "Yes, thank you, by the way, how long have I been in a coma?" ”

"It didn't take long, about an hour, after you fell, two men in black suddenly broke into the venue, threw smoke, the field was blurry at the time, we couldn't see clearly, it was Mr. Li who rushed into the venue to bring you out for the first time, and the man in black was nowhere to be seen, he didn't do anything to you, right?"

I shook my head: "No, he just saved my life" I knew who that person was, but I didn't want anyone to know about Suzune's outfit, I didn't understand why she did this, but I knew that she must have something to hide, and now things are not clear, and I can't explain the truth to Yaoguang.

"yes, that's good, it's just" Yaoguang hesitated.

"Just what?"

"Although the man in black didn't do anything to you, but he took Huang Tianhao away, at that time, many teachers tried to intercept the man in black in person, but the other party opened the portal and took Huang Tianhao away"

"What?" I was shocked, I don't know who it is for the other man in black, why is Suzune-senpai with a stranger? And they took Huang Tianhao away, what is their purpose?

'Knock, knock, knock' just as I was wondering when there were several knocks at the door.

"Enter," I shouted.

The door was immediately pushed open, and then Shangguan Rong, who showed her little tiger teeth, was behind her, and behind her was Yu Heng, who opened the door for her: "Yo, our dark horse is awake!" Shangguan Rong said with a smile.

I was embarrassed to excuse myself: "Where" saw their arrival, Yaoguang and I both consciously stood up.

Shangguan Rong ran over, patted me on the back, and said in surprise: "Okay, it's strong enough, I've been beaten so much, and I've been poisoned, and now it's fine."

"yes, I can only say good luck," I replied vaguely.

"Oh? Do you have some peerless exercises, or some miracle medicine? Tell us, don't be stingy."

"Not really, I'm really just lucky" I won't tell Suzune-sao so far, she saved my life, and I can't reveal that she's one of the men in black.

Seeing that I didn't let go, Shangguan Rong pouted: "Forget it, my mouth is really hard"

Seeing that I was indeed fine, Yu Heng pressed Shangguan Rong's head and looked at me: "There are a lot of things that happened in the arena today, one is your appearance, and the second is the man in black who suddenly broke in."

"Well, I heard about this from Yaoguang, they took Huang Tianhao away and left with a portal"

"Yes, although it is reluctant to arrange the task immediately after you recover, it has already happened, so the next thing I want to talk about is the beginning of the investigation, I hope you can be prepared" Yu Heng looked serious.

I smiled bitterly: "It's not the first time I've been ordered to be in danger, besides, we came here to investigate from the beginning, where can we talk about it reluctantly, please continue"

Yu Heng nodded: "According to the information we have, it has been discovered that there is a mysterious organization in Steel City that wants to steal the Iron Heart. One of the things we've been investigating so far is the suspicion that the vice-chancellor has any connection to this organization. Our people have always been in vain and even persecuted during their investigations. Although I also secretly investigated him as a Shijie, but he hid it, and it seemed that he found out and was guarded against me, so it was more inconvenient for me to investigate in the school, the reason why Hong Lao sent you here is that I hope to help me investigate, and second, to prevent our investigators from falling into their hands and being obtained by them, and the most important thing is that you are outsiders, and you don't know much about the investigation team, and you will not be known by the organization, so the investigation is relatively smooth and safe. I'm really sorry to treat you like a pawn."

"I've known this for a long time, there's nothing to apologize for" Yes, I've understood what that means since I took over this task.

"You're quite calm, ordinary people are already angry when they hear that they are used as chess pieces," Shangguan Rong quipped on the side.

"I'm just used to it" I can't tell them what Teacher Bairen asked me to do, so I replied more vaguely, and then looked at Yuheng: "You mean, Huang Tianhao has something to do with this mysterious organization, as well as the vice principal?" ”

Shangguan Rong chuckled: "It's very smart."

Yu Heng nodded: "Yes, I think you also noticed those blood-red eyes, which are the result of being eroded by the Heart of Steel"

"Huh? In that case, why did the school give the first place a gift of Iron Heart? ”

"Originally, the role of the heart of steel was only used as the core drive of the city, and the overflowing energy was diluted and processed before it was injected into the human body, the heart of steel given by the school was diluted and processed, and the eyes represented the result of being directly injected into the overflowing heart of steel, although the powerful energy will strengthen the human body, but at the same time, it will also make people or creatures fall into the desire for power and lose their minds"

"So how did this power flow out? And there are all in the forests of the small towns on the borderlands."

"This is certainly what the organization does, but we don't know exactly who and how the Iron Heart gets its energy, after all, it takes a lot of manpower to maintain and operate the Iron Heart, not to mention the energy from it and dilute it, there are many people in contact with each process, and we can't investigate everyone, that would be tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, which will affect the progress of this matter."

After hearing the reason and background behind this mission, I nodded: "But what do we do now?" ”

"It's easy, win the race, win the championship, get the heart of steel"

I frowned: "It's difficult, and even you haven't gotten the Iron Heart, so there must be someone stronger than you, and if you win the game, it's not easy."

"Indeed, but after all, you have made a contract with the school in front of all the students, and you can't break it, although Huang Tianhao's incident has had a great impact on the competition, the school still insists on continuing the competition."

"Looks like I'm going nowhere"

"Hmm"

"And when does my game start?"

"Tomorrow, you will stand in the ring and accept the challenge of all the students in the first and second grades, and even the ten masters, it will not be an easy battle, even Shangguan Rong and I will not feel easy in the face of these thousand people."

"Of course, but since I have no way back, I can only face it"

Shangguan Rong patted me on the shoulder: "It's not bad, the young man is ambitious" Seeing her size and tiptoe in order to pat my shoulder made me feel funny and wanted to laugh, but because of the situation, I couldn't help it.

Yu Heng also cast an affirmative look at me: "Okay, as long as you get the championship reward of this competition, your task will be half completed, so I hope to cheer up, of course, I will also do my best to get the Iron Heart, and the two of us will strive to complete this task."

"Hmm" I chuckled in relief, the more nervous I was, the more I wanted to laugh, perhaps, this is an unconscious manifestation of the pressure.

"Since it's okay, it's time for us to leave, you have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle"

"Well, good"

"Bye-bye!" Shangguan Rong waved at me.

"Hmm" I watched the two of them leave the room, but Yaoguang, who had been silent behind me, pulled the corner of my clothes at this time, I immediately understood her concern, and said softly: "Don't worry, I will pay attention"

She replied in a low voice, "Hmm."

Since I only left the Forbidden Mountain today, I didn't know how many days had passed in the outside world, but after asking Yaoguang all about what happened during this time and the competition, I completely understood.

It turns out that today is already May 15th, according to the progress of the school competition, normally the champion of the ranking tournament has been decided this morning, and the new ten masters will be determined by the challenge of the top ten, and the timing of my appearance is also the first round of Yaoguang's challenge to Huang Tianhao, but due to my sudden appearance and contract with the school, the competition has been postponed, and the ranking and the award of the champion have to be changed and postponed.

After listening to this, I felt a chill in my heart, and said with a little pity: "Presumably the whole school will hate me, after all, I changed the position of their ranking match, and the reward will definitely be different, and I will definitely be beaten by the group tomorrow."

Yaoguang chuckled: "That's for sure, after all, the hard-earned ranking has been messed up by you and you have to fight again, but fortunately, there is a mention of the conditions for changing the ranking, if it is a person with a higher ranking who challenges you at the beginning, then the person with a lower ranking may automatically abstain after seeing your strength, which will save a lot of trouble and fighting."

"Well, it's a good thing, but I'm not sure about the other people at the moment, the only thing that makes me feel troublesome is Shijie, aside from Yuheng, Shangguan Rong and Huang Tianhao, who has lost his combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of the others is a mystery, and I'm afraid it will be like walking on thin ice from tomorrow."

Yaoguang also immediately tightened his brows: "There is really no way now, you must be careful"

"Don't worry, I know my current strength, but what I didn't expect is that I haven't seen you for a long time, and you can actually practice"

Yaoguang raised the corners of his mouth lightly, slightly proud: "That is, when you were away, Brother Li had been training me in a fighting way, coupled with my usual cultivation, now I have at least entered the early stage of the Void Imperial Object, and even Brother Li said that I have talent."

"Really? Then when I have some time, I will take a good look at your skills," I quipped, and at the same time, I used my exercises to observe the flow and changes of the aura in Yaoguang's body.

As she said, the breath in the body is moving at a uniform speed throughout the body, every week is extremely smooth, although I don't know how to look at the talent, but at least her breath is much more stable than mine, and in such a short period of time, it has only taken less than a month from the beginning of the cultivation to the beginning of the Aerial Artifact, and the speed is indeed advancing by leaps and bounds.

"Yes, great," I complimented again.

"Yes," she blushed triumphantly, perhaps because of the joy of being complimented, and I could see the stars twinkling in her eyes.

Suddenly, the door was slowly pushed open, and I looked down to find Li half-blind pushing the door and entering.

"Yo, wake up, it's really big" Although there was surprise in his eyes, he still kept a light tone and said.

I nodded: "Well, thank you Brother Li for coming to see me, and thank you for saving me"

He leaned against the door and waved his hand: "Little thing" Then he looked me up and down: "What did you encounter in the Forbidden Mountain, how did you get out, why did the realm improve so much, I won't ask about these, I think this is also your privacy, I just came to clarify some things with you"

I thought he would come and ask me something, but I didn't expect to ask anything, which surprised me.

He continued: "Although you are out, but your punishment has not been revoked, and I still need to take you to the principal's office for interrogation after the game, you must be mentally prepared for this" Then he glanced at Yaoguang: "I think there are some things she has already told you, so I won't say more"

"Well, thank you"

He waved his hand again: "Don't die in the venue tomorrow, otherwise no one will collect your body, by the way, you stink, hurry back and wash" He left the door.

"Yes, indeed," Yaoguang echoed behind me.

I looked at her in surprise, and then laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at at at such a time?" She asked, wiping the corners of her eyes.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked her the same.

"I don't know, but Brother Li looks funny, but your question seems to be even funnier, why do you pay attention to such a boring question at this time"

"I think so too"

The two of us eased the atmosphere in this sudden awkward laugh, and made up a lot of words that we hadn't said in those days, and spent the daytime, and today's game was over, and my nervous heart was unconsciously relaxed.

At night, I went back to my dormitory room alone, it was very clean, and it was often cleaned, presumably Yaoguang made it, I guessed.

The school was too quiet in the middle of the night, telling that everyone dragged their tired bodies into sleep after the game.

In this rare peace, I finally slept comfortably in the tiredness of these dozens of days.

The next day, the arena was already boiling, and the noisy voices and the always enthusiastic host explained everything that happened yesterday, and the lively atmosphere filled the entire arena. In the waiting room, I leisurely arranged my clothes, condensed my sword, and then turned my qi into nothingness, checking my condition.

"It's going to be on the field in a moment, how does it feel?" Yaoguang tidied up the corners of my clothes from behind.

I rolled my eyes and replied lightly, "It's okay."

Suddenly, I felt her hugging me from behind, her head buried in my back: "Be careful, you must come back safely"

I smiled slightly, and the tension and stubbornness that still existed in my heart were gone: "Well, wait for me"

As soon as she let go, I stepped out of the waiting area.

Outside the venue, the host still introduced today's protagonist: "He is the first person to step out of the forbidden mountain since the establishment of the school!" He is a student who has been punished and is still able to compete!! His appearance disrupted the whole competition and even changed the rules of the tournament, and his actions made him the target of public criticism! But I have to say that he is also the dark horse of this competition, and he is an opponent that we all have challengers looking forward to! He is the public enemy of the first and second grade students of the school, and he was given a bold and hateful nickname by the students, the enemy of a thousand people, Beidou Yeyi! ”

I whispered to the opening remarks, but it didn't bother me, and I walked slowly along with his pace, and when my name was read, my last step out of the darkness of the hallway.

The blinding sunlight catches the eye first, and then the noise of the auditorium floods into the ears.

The temperature was rising, my heart was beating faster, but for the first time I was smiling at this time, and I knew it, and I muttered to myself with a smile full of warlike intent: "Come on"