Today is the official start of the selection examination, and the examination hall is crowded with candidates from the thieves' unions from all over the country, who are led by their respective instructors to sit in their respective positions in a neat row.

Because of Argent's relationship, Yi Hui's seat was relatively high, and he could clearly see the rostrum in front of him, and the president of the Thieves Guild would come to give a speech in a while.

After a little waiting, Master Yasuo, the president, accompanied by a number of staff members, came to the front of the contestants.

Master Taifu was dressed from head to toe in a light gray wurm leather suit, although it looked gray and relatively old, but since it was Master Taifu's equipment, it must be a rare leather treasure. Yi Hui could clearly feel that the air around Master Taifu had varying degrees of slight distortion, so it would cause the enemy's visual bias in battle and be conducive to dodging, right?

Walking lightly onto the podium, Master Tefu took every step as if it had been measured, accurately and silently.

"He deserves to be a master." Yi Hui secretly cocked a thumbs up in his heart, although after a long period of retreat in the Dodge Training Room and the Attack and Accuracy Training Room, Yi Hui thought that his pace had improved a lot, but he thought that he was still far from moving silently like this.

On the podium, Master Tefu did not make a tirade opening speech as Yi Hui thought, but slowly scanned the entire venue with his old eyes, which had already drooped slightly.

Silent...... Master Tefu never said a word, and everyone in the audience seemed to be infected by this oppressive atmosphere and did not make a sound. Yi Hui glanced at Kara, who was sitting behind her, the little girl covered her mouth with her hands and her face was flushed, and Tinks next to her comforted her softly and tried to relax a little.

Stretching out the index and middle fingers of his right hand, Master Tefu tapped the wooden podium slightly, making a few faint "tom tom ......" sounds. In the quiet environment, all the players in the audience felt as if the voice sounded directly on their heads.

"Ladies and ......gentlemen," Master Tefu's deep voice broke the silence, "You are all players sent by the major thieves' guild chapters, the future of our thieves' guild, the future of our entire thief profession ......"

"This is the 10th time I've been here to give you a pre-match speech. I remember twenty years before I became president...... That's what I want to do, and I'm going to address you. ”

Master Teve's tone remained the same, and every sentence seemed to be unadulterated with emotion.

"That year, I really wanted our players to get good results in the competition against the Assassin Guild, although our combat level was already a little behind them at that time, but we still had the strength to fight, so I wanted to be able to do it for our Thieves Guild...... Fight for some light. ”

"However, from that year on, we had a new term for this tournament and future competitions - 'one group clearance', and that year, all of our players were defeated by the same team of players from the opposing team......"

Yi Hui's heart tightened when he heard this, he looked at Agent beside him, but found that Agente, who usually laughed and calmed down, had already held his forehead with his hands on his forehead at some point, and sat quietly with his back bent and silent.

"Could it be that there is Master Argent among the contestants that Master Tefu said?" Yi Hui thought secretly.

"Since that year, our guild hasn't won against the Assassin Guild, not once...... The Assassins of that year won our players, and the disciples they taught won our disciples...... It's been a long time since I've tried to win. ”

Master Teve's voice was a little lower, he paused and sighed and continued, "I wish you all the best in every competition, but it's been twenty years...... I'm also eighty years old...... Not once. I've often missed the tournament more than fifty years ago, when our Thieves' Guild won the Assassins' Guild, and I was one of the players. That year's trophy is still in my room, and I wipe it down myself every day. ”

"I'd love to see these young men of ours win the Thief Assassin trophy again......"

"In addition, after this year's competition, I will also step down as the president, today I have something to announce, it is also closely related to the future of our thieves' guild, I decided that if anyone can lead the players of the thieves' guild to win the winner's trophy this time, the branch president of the thieves' guild will succeed as the next president of the thieves' guild!" Master Teve's voice raised an octave as he spoke, and his hands slammed heavily on the podium, shaking the podium more than two inches thick, and the panels of the podium cracked with a "squeak."

When the instructors in the audience heard Master Taylor say this, they all looked around excitedly, and they wanted to verify from the performance of others whether they had heard the news wrongly.

"What? Getting the winner's trophy will give the chapter president the successor? …… Did I hear me right? Some of the teachers who were distracted by the president's speech, or who couldn't believe it, asked.

"Having said that, we've all lost so many times, I'm afraid that this time we will be able to get a 'set of clearances' in the end, right?" It is said by some people who have a negative attitude.

Master Tefu was still standing on the podium, and the cracks on the lectern that had been discharged by his palm were still vivid, and the teachers finally accepted this fact one after another, and then lowered their heads and made their own calculations.

Argent remained silent, he turned his head to look at Yi Hui, first muttered for a moment, and then lowered his head in silence.

"Chairman, your hands ......," a staff member asked in surprise when he saw Master Yasu's left side of the lectern slapped by sharp sawdust.

"Out of the way." Master Tefu just took out his handkerchief and gently brushed the blood away, "Was Fang Cai's speech too exciting?" I'm almost retiring, how can I not be excited, hey...... I really hope that I can take off the hat of 'a group of customs clearances' during my tenure. ”

Surrounded by the staff, Master Teve finished his speech and left the venue.

Tinks flew Kara to Argent and Yi Hui, and he said very quickly: "Argent, if what the elder said this time is true, then this competition is quite important. Really don't you think about letting your disciples team up with our family Kara? …… I beg you, I know that your master, Master Dak, has no intention of becoming the president, and my master, Master Stark, wants to be the president, and I know that you and your disciples are quite reliable...... Oh, what am I talking about, anyway, you must help me with this, I will always owe you this favor. ”

Argent continued to be silent as if he didn't hear it, and after a while, he said, "Tinks, it's not that I don't want to help you, let's let Yi Hui and them pass the selection exam first, okay?" We'll get to that later. With the current strength of our guild, it's unclear whether we can pass the first group of assassins now, so let's not think about those things that don't have an accurate head. That's how you are, too anxious. ”

Argent didn't answer Tinks's question directly, and the ambiguous answer made Tinks continue to chase after Argent, and the same situation was played out in other corners of the room, and the various instructors were discussing the same things in groups of three or five, which was what Tinks said.

Yi Hui looked at the situation in the whole venue, and he was an outsider, thinking completely different from these mentors who expected his teacher to be the president. "This is the lack of the spirit of exploration, they only see the rich rewards after completing the task and ignore the arduous process of the competition, and the competition has not even started to divide the cake. Thieves who are eager for quick success...... No wonder Master Darker said that a person who doesn't love money much can be a good thief. …… There was competition before the competition, and Master Tefu is going to reform. ”

Finally, on the way back to the room, Yi Hui asked Argent what he thought about this matter, and Argent said while pacing slowly: "To be honest, if it was just about friendship, I would agree." The president's speech is not only about the succession of the president, but the most important thing is to "win!" If you don't win, everything is empty. Let's wait for the results of the selection to come out, I have complete confidence in you. If Carla can get good grades, yes. ”

"Isn't it completely impossible?" Yi Hui thought to himself, but he couldn't influence the overall situation of the entire Thieves Guild in this competition because of his personal likes and dislikes, and he was not completely sure that he would be able to win the battle with Kara without knowing much about the Assassin Guild.

After drawing the order lot at the examination office, Yi Hui learned that he was on the 25th, and the order of reference was arranged to the first of the fifth day. In other words, there is still nothing to do in the last few days.

For three days in a row, Yi Hui locked himself in his room, and in addition to eating and sleeping, he spent the rest of his time sorting out all his skills and combat methods, and tested the use of these methods in actual combat in pairs, and wrote down his experience in a notebook -- this is a method learned from Argent, and I have to say that this is still very effective.

Thinking about it, Yi Hui put down his notes and went out to relax.

On this day, it was Kara's turn to take the exam, and Yi Hui decided to go to the sidelines to observe and learn about the tactical style of the Star Flash Thieves by the way.

"Long-range, fast-paced, relying on good fitness to dodge multiple times and find the right moment to fight...... Or the timing of the escape. Is that right? Yi Hui thought, and took his own steps in the direction of the examination room, "Let's go and have a look first, maybe there are other gains." ”

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