81: Chapter 81 Perfect Gun Technique
Early the next morning, Su Mu packed his luggage into his space ring and checked out.
They had arrived in Kyoto a day early; today, the Modu Ability University team would arrive, so Su Mu had to stay in the accommodation uniformly arranged by Kyoto Ability University with the other team members.
This was the main reason why the three of them had gone directly to a hotel next to Kyoto Ability University to get rooms yesterday.
Kyoto Ability University, the very first Ability University in all of China.
It was also the host location for this University Ability Competition. Su Mu stood before the grand and magnificent main gate of Kyoto Ability University.
Before long, a bus drove over and finally stopped next to Su Mu.
"Screech—"
The sound of the bus door opening rang out, and then Professor Lu Ming stepped off first, followed by Mu Feng, Senior Duan Tao, and the others.
Su Mu waved and greeted, "Professor Lu!"
"Mm!"
Professor Lu Ming gave a lukewarm response and walked toward the gate of Kyoto Ability University.
Over there, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was also walking toward them.
After the two met, they first shook hands and then began to converse.
"Junior Brother! I heard from my younger brother that you two have already met?"
Mu Feng patted Su Mu from behind and spoke with a grin.
"Ah! Yes."
Then Mu Feng pulled Su Mu aside and said cautiously.
"The first event of the University Ability Competition is the Individual Competition. If you encounter my brother during the match..."
Mu Feng paused for a moment. Su Mu thought she was going to ask him to show mercy—of course, this wasn't arrogance.
Currently, among the first-year students, except for that foreign exchange student whose strength was hard to gauge, no one was his match.
But to his surprise, Mu Feng's tone shifted as her expression turned fierce.
"Give him a good beating for me. The harder, the better, as long as you don't beat him to the point where he can't recover."
"Okay, I'll show mer—ah!"
Su Mu was stunned for a moment, unsure if he had misheard or simply didn't understand.
"My brother's strength is indeed good, and his talent is great too, it's just that he's too... 'Zen-like'."
Mu Feng chose her words carefully at the end; she felt that calling her own brother a big lazybones wasn't quite right, so she switched to a milder term.
"Actually, with his strength, he could have scored a thousand points in the Ability College Entrance Examination, but because he found it troublesome, after getting 700 points, he actually just took a nap at the Ability College Entrance Examination site."
Speaking of this, Mu Feng felt a headache coming on.
Hearing Mu Feng's evaluation of Mu Luan, Su Mu thought of the boy he saw yesterday wearing boxers and sunglasses.
"But what does that have to do with me beating him? And even if he needs a lesson, wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to do it, Senior Sister?"
Su Mu still felt very confused. Even if the guy was a bit lazy, it shouldn't warrant having him beaten up severely.
And even if a beating was necessary, couldn't Mu Feng do it herself? After all, Su Mu wasn't so arrogant as to look down on Mu Feng.
"The reason my brother is so slack is that he thinks he's the strongest of his age group. That's why I often tell him about your strength.
But hearing about it isn't as good as seeing it.
As long as you can give him a good thrashing, he'll reignite his fighting spirit."
Ding! Mu Feng requests that you teach her brother Mu Luan a lesson on her behalf. You have the following choices:
1. Agree generously and give Mu Luan a good beating to let him know what a true Genius is. Reward: A-rank Combat Technique: Shadow Kill.
2. Refuse Mu Feng and decide to wash your hands of beating people up. Reward: One set of A-rank combat suit.
3. Say to Mu Feng, 'Mu Luan is my dear brother from a chance encounter; I'll need more money.' Reward: Spear Technique proficiency +1.
Su Mu understood instantly.
"Senior Sister, Mu Luan is my dear brother from a chance encounter. I need more money!"
"100 credits!"
"Deal!"
Ding! Spear Technique (mastery -> Perfect)
Mu Feng patted Su Mu's shoulder, very satisfied.
In her view, although her brother's strength was great, it was still quite a bit behind Su Mu's.
"I'll leave my little brother to your discipline then."
"Holy crap! Senior Sister, watch your wording; that's easily misunderstood."
After their conversation ended, Professor Lu Ming also finished talking with the professor who came to receive them and walked toward the bus.
He led all the team members to the accommodation arranged by Kyoto Ability University.
The system at Kyoto Ability University was similar to that of Modu Ability University, admitting very few students each year.
They followed an elite path, so there were naturally many villas and buildings for residence.
The Modu Ability University team consisted of over twenty people. The man who had been talking with Professor Lu Ming earlier led them to a high-rise building.
"Students of Modu Ability University,
The accommodation arranged for you is on the 15th and 16th floors. All facilities in the rooms are complete, and cleaning staff will come every day."
As he spoke, he took out a bunch of keys and handed them to Mu Feng.
"Professor Lu, your accommodation is over there."
He reached out and led Professor Lu Ming further ahead.
This high-rise looked to be about 30 stories tall, with four units per floor, so two floors meant eight units.
The twenty-some people arrived at the 15th floor in two groups.
"15 boys and 8 girls. All of the 16th floor and room 1501 will be for the boys; rooms 1502, 1503, and 1504 will be for the girls.
Any questions?"
After a brief observation of the rooms and environment, Mu Feng directly assigned the rooms.
No one had any objections. The layout here consisted of three-bedroom, one-living-room units, which was just enough for one person per bedroom.
It was indeed more appropriate for the boys and girls to stay separately.
Su Mu, Senior Duan Tao, and Luo Zhenyue were assigned to 1501.
About an hour later, everyone received a message.
Everyone gather at Villa No. 12 — Professor Lu Ming.
"Is everyone here? The University Ability Competition begins the day after tomorrow. The arena will be open today from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM so all participants can go and familiarize themselves with the grounds."
Professor Lu Ming's gaze swept over Mu Feng and Senior Duan Tao, finally resting on Su Mu before looking away.
"You all know the events of the University Ability Competition; there are three in total: Individual Competition, team battle, and the Beast Hunting Point Competition.
The Individual Competition will be held first, followed by the team battle, with the Beast Hunting Point Competition scheduled for the end.
Each school has three slots for the Individual Competition, five for the team battle, and five for the hunting points competition.
We have already finalized the participants for the team battle. What needs to be decided now are the rosters for the Individual Competition and the hunting points competition."
Hearing this, Huang Yuanyuan and the other two support ability users smiled bitterly, feeling helpless.
These two events were destined to have nothing to do with them.
"Since it's unclear if there will be any casualties or withdrawals in the first two rounds, we'll set aside the roster for the hunting points competition for now. Let's finalize the list for the Individual Competition the day after tomorrow."
The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense. Everyone stood straight and looked at the notebook Professor Lu Ming took out from his space ring.
"Third Year: Mu Feng, Lin Yimo, Liang Mengmeng."
"Second Year: Senior Duan Tao, Zhao Longfei, Gao Feng."
"First Year: Su Mu, Guan Yue, Luo Zhenyue."
A total of nine people stepped out from the group, and Professor Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction.
Actually, song own's strength was similar to Guan Yue's and Luo Zhenyue's, but as a Dark-type ability user, one-on-one matches on an arena weren't very favorable for him, so Professor Lu Ming didn't arrange for him to participate in the Individual Competition.
"You nine, remember to go and familiarize yourselves with the arena this afternoon. Everyone else is free to do as they wish."
The Individual Competition will last about a week. Team members not participating are allowed to wander around Kyoto.
This could be considered a trip at public expense, as well as a benefit of participating in the University Ability Competition.