Free Web NovelChapter 1403: Chapter 1403: Not Owed! Absolutely Not Owed!
Shen Sheng: "!!!"
Shen Sheng not only found Ji You clinging to his leg, but also discovered a warm yellow halo on himself.
It’s the protective shield.
Not a personal protective shield, but one dismantled from an antique mech.
Shen Sheng, mouth agape: "!!!"
Huh?
When was this thing dismantled? The protective shield built into the mech isn’t easy to dismantle, without some skill, dismantling it could end up as a pile of scrap.
Outside the shield, waves of heat roll; inside, Shen Sheng tilts his head, trying hard to figure out this puzzler.
And then.
Ji You said: "You’re dead."
Shen Sheng: "..."
Ji You repeated: "If I didn’t save you, you’d be dead."
Upon hearing this, Shen Sheng clapped his hands in frustration: "Oh no! I was careless."
Then Shen Sheng looked down at Ji You, solemnly saying: "Ji You, I lost."
Ji You: "Mm."
Following this.
The two exchanged a glance and broke into smiles.
Shen Sheng said: "Ji You, you won, aren’t you happy?"
Ji You grinned: "Of course I’m happy."
She then clenched her fist and said: "I’ve done it, defeated Shen Sheng and flattened the Alliance First Military Academy."
Shen Sheng, hearing this, his eyes sparkled, saying: "You’re amazing, but I don’t represent the First Army, just myself."
Ji You chuckled: "No worries, defeating you feels like defeating the entire First Army."
The First Army students below: "..."
Hey!
We don’t agree with that!
We totally disagree!
If you’re capable, beat us one by one!
The First Army students hearing this were almost furious! But seeing Shen Sheng chatting happily with Ji You despite all, made them even angrier.
What are elbows turning outward!
"Shen Sheng! Be serious! The one in front of you is not a friend! It’s an enemy!"
"Shen Sheng! Get serious, stop chatting with the enemy!"
"Shen Sheng, turn your head! Look at us with wide-open eyes! Feel your conscience..."
...
Shen Sheng couldn’t hear them, even if she did, she wouldn’t care. In the First Army, Shen Sheng was not only a battle fanatic but also a lone ranger. She never joined any groups and had the knack for cutting others off with a single sentence when uninterested.
For instance, Wei Xiaoxiong of the First Army, along with Wu Jingyue, Li Jiu, often banded together in the Combat Department. Initially, they tried to recruit Shen Sheng, the true top talent of the First Army, into their ranks. Wei Xiaoxiong personally lowered himself to persuade Shen Sheng.
Wei Xiaoxiong talked a lot, enough to dry up the saliva.
Then.
Shen Sheng asked: "Who are you?"
Wei Xiaoxiong: "..."
Wei Xiaoxiong almost died on the spot.
Wei Xiaoxiong seriously introduced his identity, considering thoughtfully, Shen Sheng said: "Oh, a classmate of mine, but you’re so weak, no impression at all."
Wei Xiaoxiong: "..."
Wei Xiaoxiong took a deep breath and asked: "Will you join us?"
Shen Sheng outright refused: "No."
Wei Xiaoxiong twitched at the corner of his mouth: "..."
Shen Sheng said: "I don’t hang out with weaklings."
Wei Xiaoxiong: "..."
Wei Xiaoxiong turned and left.
Behind him, Shen Sheng said: "Hey, that Wei something classmate, I suddenly remembered, you’re the guy I punched out a front tooth during the freshman exercise, right?"
Wei Xiaoxiong stumbled, almost fell.
The next second, he sped up.
"Hey!"
"Don’t go!"
"Did you get the tooth fixed?"
Wei Xiaoxiong didn’t leave; he fled.
...
Under the ring, the First Army students watched Ji You and Shen Sheng sit under the protective shield, feeling intensely aggrieved and frustrated.
Lost.
Truly lost.
Everyone was a bit dazed.
On stage.
Shen Sheng, tilting his head, earnestly consulted Ji You with a question: "Ji You, how did you dismantle the mech’s protective shield while keeping me unaware?"
Ji You replied seriously: "I was already planning before I seized control of your mech. After I took over, when you were stuck to the mech, I didn’t have extra hands to attack you because I was busy dismantling the shield."
Shen Sheng: "!!! You’re so cunning."
Ji You smirked: "Just a common, ordinary sort of cunning."
Shen Sheng lamented: "Oh! I thought driving an antique mech, I surely could win against you."
Every day, she persevered in training with the antique mech, continuously exploring the potential of her body, given her understanding of the antique mech, she shouldn’t have lost.
Ji You looked at Shen Sheng’s troubled expression, casually chuckled: "That’s because while you studied how to best use the antique mech, I was studying how to dismantle it the fastest."
Shen Sheng: "!!!"
Ji You laughed: "That’s why you lost, the antique mech is after all obsolete, ineffective as it was, if it breaks down, it’s mech failure and human perish. Naturally, the quickest way to escape it should be researched."
Of course, before escaping to ensure survival, it must be dismantled to take anything useful.
Ahem ahem...
Penniless people don’t have the luxury to waste.
After all, picking up junk everywhere is still picking junk; can’t just toss one’s own mech, it must be put to good use.
Obviously, none of this needs to be told to Shen Sheng.
Facing Shen Sheng’s shock and admiration, Ji You stiffened his face, extremely serious, said: "Don’t idolize me, I’m nothing special, just living frugally."
Shen Sheng, mouth agape: "Amazing!"
The next second, Shen Sheng clenched her fist forcefully: "I too will be thrifty!"
"Ahem..." Ji You cleared her throat, and said: "By the way, I don’t have to pay for those two wrecked antique mechs, right?"
"Ah? Well, no need." Shen Sheng replied quickly, before Ji You could rejoice, Shen Sheng suddenly slapped her thigh: "Darn, I said I’d be thrifty and forgot it just like that! Uh, Ji You, you take care of one, okay."
Ji You: "..."
"Hmph, thriftiness isn’t meant to be stingy." Ji You snorted, standing up, suddenly wobbled and plopped back down.
Shen Sheng immediately reached out to support Ji You: "Ji You, you’re done for."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You stiffened her face, strong on the outside but weak on the inside: "Nonsense!"
Shen Sheng suddenly discovered like finding a new world, exclaimed: "Oh I see. You’re really done. You can’t continue two more rounds."
Because Ji You’s physical strength and spiritual power were already depleted, utterly unable to continue to the next round.
The two had agreed to play three rounds.
So the remaining——
Shen Sheng’s heart secretly delighted: "Well then, the remaining 2 rounds, you’re indebted to me."
Meaning, she could still fight two more rounds with Ji You with all her might!
Shen Sheng was thrilled.
Ji You heard this and quickly said: "No! I’m not indebted!"
Debts of any kind are bad; debts for fighting are worse.
Besides, the owed money is already a lot, contracts and such have been signed in piles.
Being in debt becomes worthless, devalues heavily.
No debts.
Ji You resolutely refused to owe, Shen Sheng grumbled: "But you’re done for now." With Ji You’s current condition, Shen Sheng reckons she couldn’t withstand even a punch, how to fight?
Ji You said: "I’ll just concede."
Shen Sheng: "..."
Below the stage: "Hey! Don’t bully honest people!"
