Free Web NovelChapter 1421: Chapter 1421: Eating Away the Rice
The students and teachers watching this match were all staring intently at the screen, but none of their expressions looked good, especially the teachers and students from Camp 2.
Academic Affairs Center.
Niu Houdao had a fiery temper. Right in front of everyone, he suddenly slammed the table hard. "That bastard."
Yang Zhi’s expression was just as ugly, but he kept his mouth shut and didn’t say a thing. After all, his public image had always been that of a refined gentleman. If he accidentally cursed, it would damage that image. Once the image was damaged, it would be hard to repair in the future.
Yang Zhi saying nothing didn’t mean he was in a good mood. In fact, his mood was even worse than Niu Houdao’s!
Wei Xiaoxiong was a student of the First Army. A First Army student doing something like this and even screwing himself over in the process was an on-site demonstration of pure stupidity. What do you call that?
Disgraceful!
Disgraceful to grandma’s house.
Yang Zhi felt he couldn’t stay in this tearoom any longer. His butt squirmed on the sofa for a bit, then he suddenly stood up to leave.
Behind him, someone asked, "Principal Yang, where are you going? The match isn’t over yet."
The owner of that voice was, of course, that annoying Hong Jiang.
Yang Zhi’s figure paused. Face dark, he said, "Going out for a smoke."
Hong Jiang said with a squinty smile, "The air circulation and self-cleaning system in this tearoom is great. What’s a bit of smoke? Don’t worry, everyone can tolerate it."
Yang Zhi’s face stayed cold. "All that smoke curling around isn’t good."
With that said.
Yang Zhi lifted his foot and left.
The moment the tearoom door closed, Yang Zhi indeed heard, behind him, Hong Jiang and people from other schools bursting into that knowing, mocking laughter.
Yang Zhi was so angry he almost turned back on the spot to throw down with this bunch.
Forget it.
A refined man’s dignity still had to be maintained. He couldn’t learn from someone as shameless as Hong Jiang, could he?
After Yang Zhi left, Niu Houdao thought there was no reason for him to stay here and endure the ridicule alone, so he immediately stood up as well.
Hong Jiang quickly asked, "Niu Houdao, where are you going?"
Niu Houdao blew out his beard and glared, cursing, "I gotta piss."
He tossed down those words.
Niu Houdao hurriedly yanked open the door handle and went out.
The tearoom instantly burst into a wave of giggles and laughter.
"The First Army is really tragic this time."
"Exactly. Pitiful as hell~~~"
"In this match, that student from the First Army hasn’t actually died yet, but what he did is just infuriating! No wonder Old Yang and Old Niu didn’t have the face to stay."
"Hahahaha... After so many years, this is the first time I’ve seen Yang Zhi and Niu Houdao’s faces this dark. Those two have always been so arrogant, always looking at people down their noses. But now, the expressions on their faces were truly something else, hahahahaha... Bringing the team out to this competition was worth it just for this!"
...
Outside the door.
Yang Zhi, who’d used the excuse of going for a smoke, and Niu Houdao, who’d used the excuse of taking a leak, inevitably ran into each other in the corridor. Niu Houdao’s face was gloomy as he asked, "Old Yang, let me ask you something. That crap Wei Xiaoxiong pulled—did you know about it beforehand?" That idiot pulled shady moves in front of billions of All Alliance viewers. Did he think everyone was as stupid as he was?
He thought he was secretly excluding and scheming against Wei Xiaoxiong, but countless viewers were watching. Even if he’d succeeded and quietly pushed Yue Qiyuan, Liang Youqing, and a few other students out of the picture, once this match was reviewed afterward, his little tricks would definitely be discovered.
The plotting behind it wouldn’t stand up to the slightest scrutiny!
Privately colluding with other contestants was a very serious offense. As long as there was evidence, he would definitely be severely punished.
He thought it was just a simple case of using someone else’s knife to kill. Sure, once you’re on the battlefield, as long as you don’t betray your side, no matter whether you’re playing mind games, plotting schemes, or hacking away with simple, brutal blade work... it’s all down to personal ability and completely within the rules. But Wei Xiaoxiong might have been involved in privately colluding with other contestants—that was the most serious part of the reality! That already veered into cheating! It was absolutely not allowed!
If Wei Xiaoxiong were just embarrassing himself and being punished alone, that would be one thing. But he represented the First Army, the First Army with countless honors and glories!
Niu Houdao absolutely wouldn’t allow anyone to deliberately smear the First Army’s name! Even if that person was his beloved disciple, he would never allow it!
With his face dark as ink, Niu Houdao stared at Yang Zhi, whose face was just as dark, and asked, "Old Yang, tell me the truth—were you aware of this?"
Yang Zhi’s face was black. "What would I know? Does the First Army need such small tricks to advance?"
He really hadn’t known. If he had, Yang Zhi would absolutely not have allowed it to happen! He’d fought his way to where he was today and finally secured the position of principal, not so he could lose face.
If the First Army—the Alliance’s top-ranked school with the strongest students in the Alliance—needed such despicable tactics to win, then the First Army might as well shut its doors and go beg on the streets.
Begging wouldn’t be this shameful.
Hearing this, Niu Houdao finally relaxed. "So it was all Wei Xiaoxiong’s own idea. Fortunately, the situation hasn’t gotten completely out of hand. We’ll hand down a punishment after the match."
Yang Zhi said, "Punish him! We have to!"
...
Arena.
Wei Xiaoxiong’s injuries were getting worse and worse. He could no longer stay standing and move around. Looking at Yue Qiyuan, who was bouncing around beside him, his face stayed dark, and whenever no one was paying attention, he would glare at Yue Qiyuan with eyes full of resentment.
Yue Qiyuan’s face was filled with deep concern, and he played that concern as if it came straight from his heart. In truth, Yue Qiyuan really was worried.
The pig teammate was too trash, completely uncarryable. How could he not worry? Thanks to this pig teammate Wei Xiaoxiong’s operation, their side had completely lost the initiative. It was basically just handing free points to Chu Jiaojiao.
As for Wei Xiaoxiong’s suspicion that the arrow he took was Yue Qiyuan’s doing...
Yue Qiyuan felt wronged too!
At the start, he’d only planned to act out a wave of loyal-to-the-bone, devoted-to-the-cause but constantly suspected, suppressed, and sidelined by his superior—this pitiful little image, in order to drag down Wei Xiaoxiong’s image and reputation. But then—
Then this pig teammate Wei Xiaoxiong actually got shot by the enemy’s arrow! Yue Qiyuan had really thrown himself at him trying to save him, but still couldn’t, it was just—
In that moment, Yue Qiyuan’s heart was full of nothing but confusion and panic.
After a long while.
Yue Qiyuan finally calmed down.
The pig teammate might be a pig, but he was already finished. That was a good thing.
So Yue Qiyuan decided to seize the chance to grab power. He was a refined person, not a shameless type like Ji You, nor a brainless bruiser like Yue Qi who only knew how to charge. He cared about his reputation.
To take over the Commander’s position, Yue Qiyuan was in no rush. He just needed to patiently wait for the pig teammate to cool completely, then he could step in naturally.
So Yue Qiyuan’s image of being loyal and dedicated, thinking only of the camp, staying calm in a crisis, and single-handedly stabilizing the entire situation for Camp 2 quickly sank deep into everyone’s hearts.
Then.
Wei Xiaoxiong was done for.
Done for in the natural course of things.
