owlsbooks Chapter 718 7-member team
Chapter 718 7-member team
Chapter 718 Seven-Man Team
"I'll say it again, you don't really want Aqua to teach you, do you?"
"Well, that's true..."
Huihui was speechless for a moment when being questioned by Kobayashi. It seemed that she also understood the crux of the problem and had to change her mind.
Xiao Lin sighed and said, "What that guy said is somewhat convincing. After all, no matter how corrupt she is, she is still the true goddess of water. But I don't think that stupid goddess can successfully teach you to swim."
“Don’t you have confidence in Aqua?” Darkness asked.
"Although Aqua is a fool, that's not the point. The main point is that it's normal for her to be able to swim."
"What do you mean?"
The more Darkness talked, the more confused she became.
Xiaolin curled his lips and asked her, who looked puzzled, "Darkness, do you have the confidence that you can teach others the tricks of walking?"
"Hmm..." She thought about it carefully and shook her head, "It may be a little difficult."
"Right? People don't often care about the tricks to things that come naturally, do they? Instead, they think a lot about the things they can't do while working hard."
Xiaolin sighed.
“I see.” Darkness nodded. “So, the less swimming is to Aqua, the less she knows the tricks, right?”
That's right.
It's like a math class in college.
The teacher will only tell you the solution to a math problem that you can't figure out no matter how hard you try. Isn't this a problem that even a fool can solve? That's right, ordinary people absolutely cannot understand this genius statement that is as simple as breathing.
Kobayashi was deeply poisoned at the beginning and kept lamenting that human beings cannot be generalized.
At least there is a big gap between him and his math teacher.
"Well, I don't think she would teach me even if she knew."
It's Aqua's fault.
The stupid goddess would definitely say at that time - Isn't this a super simple thing? Why can't you two, Megumin and Darkness, learn it? - and then she would do a gorgeous freestyle and reach the other side in an instant like a swordfish.
"Hey, hurry up and sign up so we can go swimming!"
Aqua was getting impatient.
She urged them to hurry up and go to the lake after registering, as if to show off her skills.
no way.
"Well, can I just ask at the guild reception counter?" Xiao Lin was a little unsure, and then he went to the counter and shouted, "Excuse me——————!"
"Oh, everyone is here."
The guild counter lady Luna smiled when she saw the few people and asked, "What do you need today?"
"We want to participate in the sports meet that will be held soon, so we come to register now. Sorry to bother you with the necessary procedures, Miss Luna." Kobayashi said.
Then a form appeared on the counter.
"I've been waiting for a long time. Here is the registration form for you. Please fill in the names of all your team members. Also, please pay attention to this item. Unless there is an accident, please let your team members arrive in time, otherwise it will affect the final result of the game."
“I see. Um… Krillin, Aqua, Megumin, Darkness, and Wiz… huh?”
Just as Kobayashi was about to write down the names of all the team members, including Youyou, he suddenly stopped writing.
A question occurred to him.
"Team members?"
"What's wrong?"
Luna asked curiously.
Xiao Lin stopped writing and asked, "In this sports meet, have we always formed teams to fight?"
team up.
To be honest, without Liu Zi, every member of the team is a burden.
If I could fight alone...
Xiaolin is confident that he can take first place.
Therefore, if there are no strict requirements in the rules and he has to team up with others, he would rather fight alone.
"No, it wasn't like this before." Luna shook her head and said as if she had realized something: "Ah, don't you know that the rules have changed?"
"The rules...changed?"
Xiaolin was confused.
He really didn't know about this.
I don’t know if it’s because his strength is too strong and he doesn’t want him to get into the state quickly so he chooses to hide it. In short, any information about the sports meeting is blocked from Kobayashi.
What a joke.
This is the Adventurer's Guild, the best place to collect intelligence, but they have united to target me.
unacceptable.
If it weren't for Miss Luna, he would be a blind man - no, considering Miss Luna's responsibilities, she had to tell him, right?
She just chuckled and nodded.
"Yes, starting from this time, the rules have changed significantly."
"What changes?"
"Although it was always an individual competition before, this time we will form a team of seven people and the competition will be conducted by combining the time results of all members."
"Seven people?!!!"
Xiao Lin couldn't help but widen his eyes.
It’s okay if it’s just the timing results of all members, but what’s going on with seven people? Even if there is one person in the team who is particularly outstanding, if the advantage is shared among the others, wouldn’t there be any effect?
There are seven people, and only if everyone is not too far behind can we win.
After all, if five people don’t work together in a certain game, they can’t win the championship, right?
"So why did you change the rules?"
Xiaolin was a little curious.
And deep down in my heart, I already had some vague guesses.
Luna smiled awkwardly at Xiaolin, then turned her head away as if not daring to look at him and said, "This competition has been held for many years, and the rules are a bit old-fashioned and lack of meaning. This is also to strengthen the close connection between adventurers and the people around them. There is no special meaning, please don't think too much about it."
That's not the case, is it?
If there really was no deeper meaning, Luna wouldn't have gone out of her way to say the last sentence.
"That's not right. Is it targeting me specifically?"
"What are you talking about... Why would the guild target you, Mr. Kobayashi? Although your current reputation is a bit bad, you are the hero of this town, and we will not target you."
Her forehead was covered in sweat and she was extremely nervous.
It seems that Luna is not very good at lying.
It was really hard for her.
Kobayashi is not bragging. If he could have fought alone, he would have undoubtedly won all the prize money. There is no dispute about that.
But even if there are seven people, he can definitely find six other strong ones...
Oh I got it!
Xiaolin figured it out.
No wonder those guys would keep silent about things I didn't know. Even if I went to them to form a team, I would be rejected. Otherwise, they wouldn't have blocked my information and delayed my progress.
Kobayashi guessed that the adventurers in Axel Town must have done this because they didn't want him to win the championship.
No, considering that the rule change requires seven people, it should be the result of the guild's proposal, and the purpose is naturally not to want one person to dominate. If Xiaolin won the championship naturally, it would be too boring.
Ha ha.
Okay, then I will reluctantly accept your challenge!
After thinking this through, the corners of Kobayashi's mouth curled up wildly.
How can they be his match with just a blockade? I’ll step on their heads and win the championship!
"Hey, Xiaolin, have you finished signing up?"
Aqua shouted from the other side.
forgotten.
This is a competition among seven people, and with just these few idiots, they might not be able to win the championship.
Now I have something to do.
Seeing Xiaolin nod, Aqua also shouted, "Come on, let's go to special training quickly!"
"... Never mind, let's all gather first."
Xiaolin sighed.
According to the conference regulations, there are not enough people now. What should we do?
He had just conveyed this matter to his teammates, and they were a little worried after hearing it.
"If there are seven people in a team, we are still short of two people."
"Let's go ask Chris and Youyou first. After all, they helped us when we were in the maid cafe."
Although Youyou is a team member, Xiaolin originally didn't want to trouble her.
After all, Youyou made a great sacrifice in the maid cafe, and Kobayashi would feel guilty if he continued to embarrass that weak girl.
"Do you want to ask Youyou for help?"
"What's wrong? You look unhappy?"
When Huihui heard that Xiaolin was going to look for Youyou, she was a little reluctant. Even if they were good friends, she shouldn’t defend them like this—
"I don't really want to ask her for help. It feels very troublesome."
"Don't say such things among teammates."
"That's why I say this because we're teammates."
Huihui still seemed very resistant.
"By the way, doesn't Xiaolin have any other friends who are willing to help him?"
After she said that, it seemed that except for Dust and Chis... No, if you think about it carefully, the two of them might not really team up with him this time. Both of them were so loudmouthed that they kept their mouth shut to him. They must be thinking of avenging their previous defeat in this sports competition.
Team up?
Impossible to team up!
And let alone those two guys, in this situation, no matter who Xiao Lin went to find, they would not choose to help. They must be waiting to see him have fun, and then take the opportunity to defeat him.
Huihui was a little surprised to see him silent.
"Xiao Lin?"
"Ah, ahahaha...friend? What is that? Is it delicious?"
"Hey……"
"Don't mind me, I just don't have any friends!"
Xiao Lin sobbed. Is being too strong a sin? Is this the result of being bullied? Damn it, life is so unfair!
"Ah, I know, I know!"
Huihui saw him crying and was panicked for a moment.
"I'll go and ask Youyou right now. Please be strong and stop crying!"
"Woooooooo..."
Xiaolin wiped the corners of his eyes.
Darkness also stepped forward and said, “Anyway, why don’t we invite them both first?”
She and Chris are good friends, so there shouldn't be a problem...right?
Kobayashi wasn't sure either.
After all, I just "returned" Chris's underwear in public, she might be angry now, and Chris is a thief, quite popular, maybe he has teamed up with others. In that case, I won't be unable to participate in the competition because I can't gather enough people, causing the plan to fail before it even starts, right?
Thinking of this, Xiaolin covered his cheek in pain.
"Okay, Xiaolin." Aqua gently held his head in her arms and comforted him softly, "Don't be discouraged. We will definitely find suitable companions. Let's go and ask them two."
"Too……"
Xiaolin nodded.
No matter what, you have to try it first. If you don't even dare to try, how can you talk about winning the sports meeting?
Swimming training was decisively terminated.
After all, we can’t get all the people together. What’s the point of training swimming if we can’t participate in the competition?
First, target Chris.
In fact, Youyou is easy to fool. As long as you plead with her a little and ask for help in the name of a friend, there will be basically no problem. On the other hand, Chris is probably the most difficult to deal with. Forget it, stretching your neck will get you a knife, shrinking your neck will also get you a knife, and Xiaolin likes to put the difficulties first.
Anyway, let’s find her first!
The group left the guild.
Led by Darkness, several people walked outside and came to the stone pier bridge across the Axel water source, looking for the figure of a certain thief girl.
"Is Chris around here?"
"She seems to hang around this area quite often if there's nothing special going on."
Darkness said so.
Suddenly, a person intervened between the two of them.
"Oh, what are you doing here?"
"Chris?!"
"Great, I finally found it."
Xiaolin and Darkness said this with some relief. Their reactions also made Chris a little confused, and he asked.
"What's wrong? What do you want from me?"
"Well, I have another favor to ask of you."
Xiaolin said this with a smile.
Chris twitched the corner of her mouth. She wanted to refuse outright, but she resisted the urge to say it. Instead, she suppressed her anger and spoke reluctantly.
"What do you want to ask of me again?"
"Chris, I understand how you feel, but you don't have to be so vigilant."
Kobayashi's smile became more friendly.
But this smile that was intended to dispel Chris's inner uneasiness and vigilance made her even more alert, and she once again erected a high barrier.
"That's what I said, but you also know what happened at the maid cafe last time."
"Don't worry, we won't be asked to wear those weird costumes this time."
Huihui took the initiative to speak.
Like Chris, she was also a victim of Kobayashi's ring, and now that Huihui said this, Chris also trusted her a little.
Damn it, I’m not as trustworthy as Huihui.
"really?"
"Only this time I have to wear a swimsuit."
Darkness said helplessly.
Kobayashi was a little nervous. If Chris hated it, it would be Game Over.
"Then I don't have any opinion."
Chris's words made him breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the thief girl didn't hate swimsuits, or rather, she wasn't resistant to them.
Great.
"So, what are you going to do this time?"
"This town-Axel holds an annual sports meet, Chris, do you know about it?"
"Oh, I know. The prize money is high, right?"
Chris said this with some interest.
She seemed to be very interested in this sports meet.
(End of this chapter)