As time passed, the martial arts examination phase of the college entrance examination had reached 4 PM on the second day. Fortunately, Xia Huna’s dreaded flag, planted haphazardly by Yu Longdu on the ground, had not caused any problems yet. The only place that could be described as chaotic in the entire secret realm examination area was the notice board outside the gathering point. The board itself was fine, but the ground around it was littered with scraps of paper, looking like a mess. A student sat on the ground nearby.
Xia Huna idly spun a paper tube in his hand. Since the second stage of the martial arts examination began, he had posted over twenty rules. It was said that the cooldown for tearing one down was fifteen minutes, so by now, he could have posted more than sixty. However, the variable was that someone had forgotten a certain brother had developed a new way of playing, and it had caused trouble.
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That brother had arrived a little past three in the morning, rubbing his eyes groggily as he approached the gathering point. He looked extremely sleepy. Xia Huna, while drinking extremely bitter coffee, watched the notice board outside and thought, “Troublesome, I need to post a new notice.”
What Xia Huna didn’t expect was that the person outside, after looking at the notice and understanding its basic spirit, didn’t tear it down and leave. Instead, he simply sat there motionless, much like Sun Wukong’s “I’m not leaving.” Xia Huna didn’t know how to feel about this seemingly “unorthodox” behavior. He decided, “If you have the guts, just sit there. The points are yours, they have nothing to do with us.”
Time passed, and soon another person arrived, wanting to know the rules from Xia Huna. Seeing a newcomer, the person sitting by the notice board quickly called out to him, waving his hand. The newcomer obediently came over without even releasing his Pokémon. The one who arrived earlier, seeing the newcomer wanting to see the rules, directly tore down everything on the notice board. Then, while the newcomer was dumbfounded, he bolted away at extreme speed, truly a gust of wind.
Not to mention the newcomer who came to see the rules, even Xia Huna, who was watching from the side, was almost dumbfounded. “This t/
As Mr. Lu Xun once said, there were no roads in the world to begin with; they were made by people walking on them. Similarly, there were no unlucky people in this world to begin with, but if you wait long enough, one or two will inevitably appear and flaunt themselves before your eyes.
Let’s call this student, who waited for over ten minutes at the entrance of the gathering point, Unlucky Person Number One. This Number One was lucky and didn’t have to wait long before seeing Number Two. So, he did the same, dragging Unlucky Person Number Two into the fray. Of course, Unlucky Person Number Two was a bit smarter than Number One. At least he didn’t come out to cause trouble without any preparation. This student had his Pokémon lie in ambush. As a result, Number One was attacked from behind while trying to escape. Then, Number Two beat him up. After that, he was eliminated from the exam. Then, Unlucky Person Number Two also learned to be bad and started waiting for Unlucky Person Number Three…
Getting back to the point, Xia Huna propped his chin on his hand and looked at Unlucky Person Thirteen outside. “This guy has been waiting for almost two hours. Is Unlucky Person Fourteen coming or not? If he waits any longer, he’ll really become thirteen o’clock.”
Unlucky Person Thirteen, waiting outside, also felt annoyed. How long had he been waiting? Why hadn’t anyone come? If he waited any longer, he wouldn’t get any points. Yu Longdu, sitting inside the gathering point, had his own unique perspective: “Do you think, perhaps, no one is coming because he’s here?”
Xia Huna pondered, “You know, it’s not impossible. With him standing here, those who don’t know might think he has some hidden trump card waiting to earn points.”
The two of them were whispering and muttering. Unlucky Person Thirteen outside, whether he heard them or not, stood up and began to disguise himself. Xia Huna watched from afar as Unlucky Person Thirteen moved towards the ghillie suit that had been lying outside since yesterday, frowning with mixed feelings. Although the ghillie suit, which had changed hands countless times, lay there obediently, Xia Huna knew for a fact that no one who had worn that suit so far had ended well. They had all been “kicked out” of the examination area.
Unlucky Person Thirteen picked up the ghillie suit from the ground and rummaged through it. Although it was a bit dirty, he didn’t care. He put it on directly and lay down, his gaze fixed on the notice board.
Since the one playing the role had already appeared, it was truly boring to wait for the other lead actor to perform the opposite role. Xia Huna tugged at Yu Longdu beside him, “A’Du, what do you think, is there a possibility?”
Yu Longdu saw Xia Huna’s excited expression and understood that Xia Huna had come up with another unconventional idea. However, Xia Huna was now an invigilator, and the leader of the Jinghai invigilation group, so there was no room for him to act recklessly.
“Just tell me what you think.”
Xia Huna pointed to the unlucky notice board outside, “If someone directly smashed the notice board, wouldn’t that be much simpler?”
Yu Longdu glanced at the notice board, then at Xia Huna, “It’s unlikely. There won’t be such an outrageous trainer. Just to save you trouble? That’s public property.”
Xia Huna pouted, “What public property? I spent ten minutes cutting wood to make it. I even need to get reimbursement from Meng Tianya for the labor cost.”
As they were talking, the much-anticipated Unlucky Person Fourteen arrived. As soon as Unlucky Person Fourteen arrived, Thirteen jumped out. Although Fourteen was startled by Thirteen, he quickly began to counterattack. However, after being tricked, Fourteen chased Thirteen away after a not-so-fierce battle…
Xia Huna watched Thirteen, who was like a disciple of Gru’s closing door, fleeing while shouting that he would return, and made no comment. It was Fourteen, however, who was helpless looking at the rules on the notice board, which had been ruined by water.
Fortunately, after fifteen minutes, Xia Huna posted another rule, which prevented Fourteen from groping in the dark.
After learning the rules, Fourteen, like his predecessors, waited by the notice board for the next unlucky person, which made Xia Huna himself doubt, “Is this some kind of bizarre inheritance? They all wait here. They don’t even guard a resurrection point like this.”
Fourteen studied Xia Huna’s expression and then clarified, “Boss Xia, stop looking. I’m waiting here hoping to show off. There must be some hidden scoring condition for this exam.”
Xia Huna propped his chin, watching the student who seemed to have guessed something, with an unreadable expression. After saying this, Fourteen turned around and leaned against the notice board, blocking the contents of the rules until Fifteen and Sixteen arrived.
Fifteen and Sixteen were twins. When it came to teams formed by blood relations, it was difficult to define the concept of teaming up when the rules were being drafted. In the end, Ma Lanqi made the final decision.
When Fifteen and Sixteen saw Fourteen waving at them, they were stunned for a moment, then released their Pokémon from their Poké Balls before cautiously approaching Fourteen.
“Don’t be so cautious, I’m threatening you openly.”
Can you believe what he said…
“I don’t care. At worst, you can tear up the rules. We’ve heard that they’ll post a new one after fifteen minutes.”
Hearing that Fifteen and Sixteen had received the news, Fourteen reacted quickly. After a moment’s thought, he had his Pokémon destroy the notice board along with the rules. After doing so, he provocatively said to Fifteen and Sixteen, “Then you guys wait. I’m leaving first.”
After saying this, Fourteen turned and left. Fifteen and Sixteen let him go. These two were not very strong. If one went to chase, they might not be able to defeat Fourteen and could be defeated themselves. If both left, they were afraid someone else would get there first. So, they let Fourteen go and waited for the rules.
However, fifteen minutes quickly passed. Xia Huna sat in place, unmoved. Fifteen and Sixteen asked Xia Huna several times, but he remained silent, acting as if he didn’t want to or couldn’t break the rules. Fifteen and Sixteen were helpless, so they left the gathering point to find someone who knew the rules.
As soon as the two of them left, Fourteen returned and sat by the notice board, pretending to be a victim and putting on an act. Every time someone came, he would say that he had arrived late and that Boss Xia would not release any more rules. He claimed his strength was not high, so he might as well contribute to everyone.
This rhetoric was quite effective. He managed to fool seventeen or eighteen people in one go, and two or three people were quite moved, joining Fourteen in guarding the place to serve other students. The more people there were, the more convincing it became. No matter when, three people talking about a tiger were the best means of deception.
Xia Huna looked at this Fourteen and thought, “Does he really think he can earn points this way? He can’t even earn the written score this way.” However, speaking of which, are there too many unlucky people in this exam? Is it truly destined children refusing to team up, and unlucky people never walking alone?