Chapter 542: Chapter 317 Must Complete the Ranking Sai!
Before he knew it, four days had passed.
During these four days, Mu Fan had returned to his complete training routine.
The sensation caused over the weekend seemed to have drifted far away.
For students around the age of twenty, passion arrived quickly and dissipated just as fast; ever since the male protagonist of the Swordsmanship Club’s recruitment event had stopped appearing, their attention naturally shifted to newer updates.
For instance, Senior Sister Rachel was being recommended to the Blue Capital Star TV station by the Broadcasting Club as an outstanding member, and there were rumors she might even commentate a mega-scale event’s live broadcast soon;
Or the fact that the Student Council’s new recruitment round had uncovered many beautiful students with good looks and great charm;
Or how Crock, the Vice President of the Mecha Club, would lead a group to Taoyun Academy as a representative exchange student from the Mecha Academy for a friendly visitation event;
And then there was the goddess Lucy, famed as the Rosemary Goddess, who was set to give a speech in the lecture hall — a campus beauty already booked in advance by various major film companies.
Such diverse news had long dazzled the young men and women.
At this moment, bathed in the bright morning sun and sweating profusely, Mu Fan strode with vigor towards the simulation cabin training room, holding his Sky Communication in one hand and conversing.
“Tomorrow’s your performance; we’ll definitely be there to support you.”
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“The day after tomorrow starts the paperwork for reporting on the Mecha Performance Competition, understood.”
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“What am I doing? I’m about to hit the training room; I’ve delayed my training too much these days. The competition is coming, and I’m testing out new moves!”
“Then good luck! They’re calling me to rehearsal, haha. The future of Loki Heavy Industry depends on you, tee hee hee.” Wang Nuonuo’s laughter came from the other end of the Sky Communication, eyes curved like crescent moons.
“Right, I’ll give it my all!” Mu Fan replied earnestly.
The holographic image of the girl waving goodbye disappeared from the Sky Communication projection.
Mu Fan pocketed the Sky Communication, looked up ahead, and realized he had arrived.
Tomorrow marked the last day of military training as well as the first official evening party welcoming them as new students.
As the main performer tomorrow night — well, at least that’s what Nuonuo had said…
The energetic beauty was wholeheartedly engrossed in the great endeavor of dance, or as Nuonuo had put it —
To conquer hearts with the beauty of movement!
Thinking about it made Mu Fan want to cover his eyes.
He hoped it wouldn’t be too cringeworthy; he was genuinely scared of being pranked.
After passing through a security system even tighter than a bank’s, Mu Fan once again entered the long corridor.
These days, he had consistently been familiarizing himself with the three advanced moves of the Soglier.
Out of the three moves, he had only attempted to learn two during these four days, all of which were tried on the actual controls within the simulation cabin.
It was only after trying out the real operations that Mu Fan decided against learning all three moves consecutively.
To be precise, he had mastered less than 40% of the two moves he attempted.
The intensity of the key presses was an entire level higher than the Arc Light Stepping Forward Slash.
It could be said that Mu Fan had spent the first three days failing, and only managed to grasp the concept of the move yesterday afternoon for the first time.
So…
As of now, Mu Fan had a half-baked “V Saber” and a half-baked “Lotus.”
What was more embarrassing was that these past few days, he had avoided meeting with Instructor Xu Jiang, afraid that he seemed too lazy in his eyes.
He hadn’t yet completed his training placement match!
He’d been stuck on the ninth match.
6 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses!
He was just one match short from finishing his placement.
Regardless, Mu Fan had to at least complete his placement match during this special period.
At the very least, so he could explain his level to Instructor Xu Jiang.
So… Mu Fan took a deep breath, eyeing the two quiet simulation cabins lying ahead.
Qing Jiang and Chibman, both enlisted from the reserves, had been consistently on time for their training these days. Looking at the machines flickering with faint blue light, Mu Fan gritted his teeth.
He had to finish this placement match today!
Hmm, before military training ends, life must reach its grand culmination!
Mu Fan sat in the simulator cockpit, plunged into darkness.
“Welcome player ‘Shura’ to Battle Net!”
The system’s prompt was, as always, devoid of emotion, while Mu Fan skillfully navigated the interface.
“[Choice: Dingchuan Academy intranet duel]”
“[Auto-matching successful!]”
…
In the Mecha Club, Lange who had participated in the official recruitment, was now looking triumphantly at the ten new students beneath him!
The greatest achievement of his participation in this recruitment was—
The ninth session of Lonewolf Teaching had started!
And it had taken just one day to fill up the class quota.
Ten people, that’s 20,000 Star Coins in total.
Keep in mind, the annual stipend for elite students is only about 50,000 Star Coins.
Tsk tsk, seeing the hopeful expressions on the newbies’ faces, Lange was in high spirits.
Right, his own class nightmare was over because it had been so long since that player ‘Shura’ appeared, whose name remained gray and who hadn’t completed the ranking match yet.
It seemed that this alternate account had been abandoned, and in all these days attempting multiple ranked matches, Lange hadn’t come across any experts.
So, the great Brother Wolf decided to start the class today!
In front of these newbies weak as eggs, Brother Wolf held his own supreme dignity.
Rookie newbie instructor, a guiding light for Mecha novices, a conscientious coach…
And many more titles were added to him.
“Today’s teaching class is the first lesson, and of course I understand that you still have doubts about my strength, given that I wasn’t the one assessing during the recruitment, but today I will prove to you just how legendary the existence known as Brother Wolf is, having already hosted eight sessions of Lonewolf Teaching!”
Right, successfully hosting eight sessions; although the eighth was a disaster, the buddies from that session, with their conscience, proved what it meant to keep a secret.
It appears that those five newbies weren’t pretending; they truly turned over a new leaf.
That was a voluntary withdrawal from the class, not because I forced them.
Hmm, with that mindset, Lange had already bragged for quite a while about how awesome his previous eight sessions were.
“Next, I’ll demonstrate with this account that is bound to the Virtual Cabin, and conduct a ranked match. You all will see my real strength!”
The ten youngsters below watched excitedly, witnessing an Expert in close combat, an opportunity too splendid to be true.
Seeing the excited eyes of the ten new students below, Lange’s lips curled up in a smile as he couldn’t help but touch his goatee.
The virtual cabin he used for the demonstration had a fixed ID called “Lonewolf Instructor,” a machine often rented out, specifically for noobs.
The win rate of this account had reached the outrageous 25%!
A lofty 75% lose rate!
But no worries, that 25% winning data was mainly Lange’s glorious record.
He needed others to drag this account’s level down, to finally satisfy his desire to decimate rookies.
This time… Lange would crush every opponent he faced, human and machine alike!
The Virtual Cabin’s hatch slowly closed.
Ten sets of eyes, gleaming with anticipation, stared at the large screen that flashed into existence before them.
“Welcome player ‘Lonewolf Instructor’ to Battle Net!”
Auto-matching in progress…
Match successful!
Meanwhile, Mu Fan in the private training room also received a successful match notification.
“Shura” (Unranked) versus “Lonewolf Instructor” (Bronze 3 Star)!
The ten newbies shouted excitedly: “Brother Wolf is mighty, crush the opponent!”
But they didn’t know that upon seeing this name on the Virtual Battle Net, Lange suddenly blurted out two words:
“Damn it!”