Chapter 37: Duel (2)

On the snowy plain, green and pink figures exchanged fire as anesthetic rounds exploded against the snow in bursts of eye-searing dye.

‘How much longer am I going to just watch?’

Lin Yu thought.

Ultimately, he had compromised.

At this moment, he and Li Hao were following Fu Qiesi’s squad, carrying out Alexander’s orders to eliminate the other clubs.

Judging by the squad assignments, Alexander truly had no intention of making things difficult for them.

He had even specifically assigned Fu Qiesi as their captain.

It had to be said that Fu Qiesi lived up to her reputation as Alexander’s Vice President.

She was a master marksman.

Even while saddled with two useless teammates who didn’t even know how to handle a firearm, she was able to frequently eliminate others.

Bang!

With another gunshot, a pink team member collapsed.

The battle’s outcome was clear: the green side had three remaining members, while the pink side had only two and was being completely suppressed.

Meanwhile, they, the “praying mantis” in this scenario, were quietly lurking in the snow, waiting for the moment to harvest the spoils.

As far as Lin Yu knew, the green uniforms belonged to fort, while the pink uniforms belonged to the club with the Japanese name.

The purpose of their conflict was a Supply Box dropped by the School.

Bang!

Bang!

After a few scattered gunshots, Fu Qiesi moved.

As expected, he and Li Hao would soon have to get to work.

Their task was simple — destroy the supplies.

Sure enough, Fu Qiesi drew her weapon decisively.

The sniper rifle seemed to come alive in her hands.

After a few precision shots, the last of the enemies fell.

The three of them stood up simultaneously.

Fu Qiesi walked toward the fallen players, preparing to press their forfeit buttons.

Lin Yu and Li Hao, on the other hand, headed toward the Supply Box to clear out the kerosene and food inside.

Bang!

A distinctly different gunshot rang out!

Li Hao didn’t even have time to react before a cloud of blue dye exploded across his chest.

The massive impact sent him tumbling backward.

At the same time, Lin Yu was shoved aside by a powerful force — it was Fu Qiesi.

She had reacted with incredible speed, slamming her body into him to knock him out of the way.

Almost at the exact same moment, a trail of snow sprayed up where they had been standing.

Lin Yu whipped his head around and saw a figure slowly rising from behind a nearby ice ridge.

Her blue-purple gradient hair fluttered in the wind and snow, and a familiar long blade was tucked into her waist.

Lin Yu recognized her instantly.

It was Kobayashi Mirai.

Fu Qiesi quickly scrambled to her feet.

Her eyes sharpened as she swung her sniper rifle around, pointing it directly at Kobayashi Mirai.

Kobayashi Mirai moved fast.

The moment Fu Qiesi took aim, she was already racing across the snow like a ghost.

She fired her rifle continuously, using dense suppressive fire to keep Fu Qiesi pinned down.

Her staggering speed allowed her to close half the distance in just a few breaths.

Despite dodging, Fu Qiesi managed to catch an opening to aim.

She pulled the trigger, and a special anesthetic round roared out of the barrel, flying straight toward Kobayashi Mirai’s path of movement.

Then, Kobayashi Mirai did something unexpected — she casually tossed her rifle into the snow and gripped the Ryuo at her waist with her right hand.

Clang —

The clear ring of the long blade leaving its scabbard even drowned out the sound of the wind.

Fu Qiesi’s precision shot was sliced clean in half.

Lin Yu watched in a daze.

A scene like a sword cutting a bullet was actually happening right before his eyes…

Fu Qiesi retreated decisively, attempting to open the distance again, but Kobayashi Mirai’s figure followed her like a shadow.

The cold light tracing from the tip of her blade was already inches away.

The long sword neatly knocked away Fu Qiesi’s gun and came to rest against her throat.

“Forfeit on your own.”

“We haven’t even reached the Third Phase yet. Isn’t that kind of foul play, Miss Kobayashi Mirai?”

Fu Qiesi said helplessly.

Given Kobayashi Mirai’s speed just now, there was no doubt she had used Bituan.

According to the School’s rules, Divine Sense could only be used starting from the Third Phase.

“Is that so?”

Kobayashi Mirai said indifferently.

As the freshman with the most school rule violations — boasting a record of fourteen violations in less than a year — her disregard for the rules was well-known throughout the School.

Fu Qiesi smiled helplessly and pressed her forfeit button.

Kobayashi Mirai then returned her blade to its sheath.

Lin Yu couldn’t understand what the two of them were saying, but seeing Fu Qiesi forfeit automatically, he understood the gist of it — he could now reasonably be eliminated.

‘This is fine too,’ Lin Yu thought.

At the same time, his hand moved toward the Rescue Signal Device assigned by the School at his waist.

Just as he was about to press the forfeit button, a hand grabbed him.

Kobayashi Mirai had used Bituan to teleport to his side.

“Long time no see.”

Lin Yu flinched, startled by her teleportation, but he understood those words.

It was strange.

Unlike Kobayashi Mirai, he didn’t have a distinctive appearance.

Wrapped in his cold-weather gear, he looked like a giant zongzi, and he was even wearing a mask.

Yet, Kobayashi Mirai had actually recognized him.

No wonder she had ignored him earlier, not worrying in the slightest about what he might do.

“Uh, konnichiwa…”

he said, somewhat at a loss.

“Well then, why don’t you follow me?”

Kobayashi Mirai said to herself, completely ignoring the language barrier.

Lin Yu stood frozen.

It was obvious that without Vigus to translate, he couldn’t communicate with Kobayashi Mirai normally at all…

“She says she wants you to follow her,”

Fu Qiesi said, stepping in as a translator after noticing their communication issues.

“Follow her? What does that mean… Is she taking me prisoner?”

“Who knows? I’ve already been eliminated. What you choose to do is up to you.”

“What choice? She… she won’t even let me forfeit,”

Lin Yu said despairingly.

One of Kobayashi Mirai’s hands was tightly gripping the hand he intended to use to forfeit.

He didn’t have a choice at all…

“Have you decided? Are you going to forfeit, or are you coming with me?”

Kobayashi Mirai spoke again.

“She says if you refuse, you won’t have a good time at the School from now on. She’s asking you one last time if you’ll agree,”

Fu Qiesi translated again.

Whether it was out of spite or a joke, Fu Qiesi intentionally provided a false translation.

Since things had come to this, Lin Yu had no choice but to nod helplessly.

Seeing this, Kobayashi Mirai let go of his hand with satisfaction.

She walked over to the fallen people and pressed the forfeit buttons for everyone except the members in the pink uniforms.

Soon, the School’s helicopter arrived to transport the eliminated students away.

Fu Qiesi didn’t report Kobayashi Mirai.

It was a fact that she was no match for her.

As for what would happen next, she believed in Alexander, and she believed in the others from the king club.

Watching Li Hao being carried onto the plane, Lin Yu couldn’t help but feel… envious.

It seemed he now found himself in a situation where he ‘couldn’t even die if he wanted to.’

Kobayashi Mirai still had no intention of leaving even after the plane had taken all the eliminated people away.

It was unclear how long the School’s anesthetic bullets lasted.

Several of her teammates were still lying there, and manually carrying them back to camp was far too much trouble, so they simply stood there in the snow.