——This unexpected move in the blink of an eye caused the spectating crowd to gasp!
Yet a sudden turn of events occurred!
Just as the dagger in Su Shu’s hand brushed against his neck, the dagger in Wu Ji’s hand suddenly expanded sharply!
With a loud ripping sound, Su Shu’s long umbrella burst into four torn pieces!
Taking advantage of the momentum, the falling dagger crossed through the scattered umbrella canopy, plunging straight into Su Shu’s body—
A flash of white light appeared before everyone’s eyes, and Su Shu had already vanished from where she stood.
Wu Ji won.
However, the spectating crowd couldn’t bring themselves to cheer.
A Level 57 fighting a Level 7 wasn’t a glorious thing to begin with, let alone…
Wu Ji’s victory wasn’t particularly pretty.
Ru Meng Zhi Meng originally wanted to step forward to express her tender care, but upon catching sight of the bloodstain on Wu Ji’s neck, she swallowed her voice.
Wu Ji slowly covered his bleeding wound, his face terrifyingly dark.
When Su Shu appeared at the respawn point, the lingering pain of being killed in one hit by Wu Ji remained in her body.
In order to be realistic, this game featured pain. When Su Shu rolled down the mountain slope earlier, she had already realized it, but she hadn’t thought much about it at the time, so she hadn’t paid attention to the pain setting in the game.
Just now, she had been killed in one hit by Wu Ji…
Actually, no matter how realistic the pain was, it wouldn’t be overly extreme. If she had to describe the intensity of that pain, it wouldn’t be worse than her menstrual cramps before transmigrating into the book—
However, she truly had felt pain—
That aura of death brought by the blade coming straight at her made her face distort involuntarily as the blade fell upon her body—
Su Shu’s health had already recovered the moment she stood up from the respawn point, but the feeling of being severed just now still seemed to linger in her heart.
She couldn’t help clutching her chest.
That man moved exceptionally swiftly and was clearly a trained martial artist. Even in a game, he was a rare expert.
Su Shu narrowed her eyes. But this was fine too; with this lesson, the next time they met…
Once she upgraded her gear, who knew who would end up dead in the end.
After all, in today’s match, she couldn’t be considered to have lost.
It was just…
Looking at her experience bar that had dropped a notch, Su Shu thought of Ru Meng Zhi Meng’s earlier demeanor and let out a cold laugh.
The respawn point was at the Novice Village infirmary. When she walked out the door, someone was waiting for her right at the entrance.
Wu Ji.
Su Shu was not someone who couldn’t afford to lose, but considering she had no business dealing with this person, she walked past him without looking directly at him.
Wu Ji blocked her path.
Su Shu frowned: “Do you want to fight again?”
Having seen the way Su Shu looked when she was struck down by him earlier, Wu Ji guessed the reason—
Although he had always acted according to his own whims, he ultimately felt uneasy about doing this to a newcomer, so he came to check: “Are you okay?”
Su Shu: “Thanks to you, I’m alright.”
Wu Ji: “…”
Looking at Su Shu clutching her chest, he seemed to hesitate before saying: “You’ll get used to it. After respawning, the wound won’t hurt anymore.”
Su Shu remained motionless.
Seeing her still clutching her chest, Wu Ji asked: “Is it really… that painful?”
Although some newcomers in this game forgot to lower their pain sensitivity settings, there was no record of anyone still feeling pain after dying once, right?
Could the game have a bug?
Su Shu said expressionlessly: “Standing in front of me, looking at you burns my eyes.”
Wu Ji: “…”
If she wanted him to leave, just tell him to leave. Why launch a personal attack?!
Having gotten rid of Wu Ji, Su Shu was no longer in the mood to catch little yellow chicks or dig up balsam flowers.
She simply found a place to sit down near the infirmary entrance and logged onto the forum.
To her surprise, however, what excited the forum spectators the most was not her first kill of the new map boss Mischievous Rabbit, but a short video of her—
The clip of her single-handed duel with Wu Ji where she was counter-killed.
Su Shu: “…”
She actually didn’t really want to click in.
Yet she clicked in anyway—
OP: Holy crap holy crap holy crap!! That Huai Shuo is truly awesome!! Dueling Wu Ji single-handedly!
1L: What’s there to ‘holy crap’ about? Just an alt account, what’s so awesome? OP, aren’t you a paid commenter hired by that Huai Shuo person?
2L: What on earth is this Huai Shuo thing anyway? I’ve seen enough of her name these past two days!
…
7L: Holy crap! Face slapped! This video is truly badass!
17L: Damn! Is that Wu Ji?! If I’m not mistaken, Huai Shuo’s dagger touched Wu Ji’s neck first, right?!
33L: If Wu Ji didn’t hold back, then Huai Shuo is seriously impressive!
47L: Wu Ji’s physical skills are top-tier in the game, so this young lady…?
103L: Ahhhhhhh I watched it back and forth dozens of times! This young lady is so cool!! Sure enough, anyone who can devour a boss is a ruthless character! Does anyone have her phone number?!
233L: Fuck, that idiot Wu Ji who acts tough all day finally ran into a hard wall! If it weren’t for his weapons and level, he would be the one dead today!
506L: Wuuuuuu does this young lady take disciples? The kind that would carry her to level up!
Su Shu stroked her chin, put on her game tag persona, and replied directly—
799L Huai Shuo: Not taking disciples. Wild world boss doesn’t taste good without scallions and ginger. Long-term selling of game currency through various channels.
805L Administrator: Player Huai Shuo is suspected of posting non-compliant statements, muted for three days.
The crowd: “…”
After replying to the post, Su Shu glanced at the time and logged off to prepare for class.
The Military Academy of Imperial University was divided into many majors. The most sought-after were the Combat Department and the Operational Command Department, below which was the Mecha Manufacturing Department. However, mecha engineers in the Mecha Manufacturing Department were relatively dependent on their partners in the Mecha Department. Apart from these, there were also the Weapons Research Institute and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute, among others.
When the original host was admitted, her score was relatively high, and combined with her personality, she ultimately chose the Operational Command Department—
However, now that it had been replaced by Su Shu…
Rather than going to the battlefield, Su Shu preferred cooking.
Therefore, she went to the department head’s office and submitted a transfer application.
Imperial University had an unwritten rule that allowed students to choose their majors once more at the end of their freshman year.
However, this choice would be two-way.
Su Shu’s transfer was driven on one hand by interest and ambition, and on the other hand, by the intention to avoid Mu Qing.
However, to the department head who had high hopes for Su Shu from the start, this was not a wise choice—
She slapped Su Shu’s application right onto Su Shu’s face.
Department Head: “Say it yourself, what kind of stuff did you write here?”
Su Shu pulled the application off her face—
Respected Department Head:
After a year of study, I have realized that I am truly not made for learning command, so I apply to transfer to the Culinary Department.
Hoping for approval.
Su Shu
New Calendar 3387.09.12
The handwriting on it hovered and turned with romantic charm, yet it altogether revealed a sense of casual indifference.
Su Shu: -.-
She was running late when leaving the house, so she wrote it without putting much heart into it.
Department Head: “Don’t even think about it, I won’t agree.”
Su Shu: “…”
She couldn’t help saying: “Department Head, forcing things won’t bring happiness.”
This tone of earnest advice made the department head choke on her breath.
Su Shu continued: “You also saw my grades at the end of last semester.”
“Staying here, I’m just at a passing level.”
The department head narrowed her eyes: “Are you threatening me?”
The atmosphere inside the office grew heavy, and Su Shu felt an invisible pressure—
It almost pressed down so hard she could barely breathe.
This was a aura of pressure that only veterans seasoned on the battlefield could emanate.
The pressure almost condensed into tangible coercion, causing subtle beads of sweat to break out on Su Shu’s forehead.
She gritted her teeth and looked straight at the woman before her: “It’s a matter of limited capability.”
The department head stared at Su Shu.
Su Shu looked back at her, not retreating a single step.
After a long while.
Su Shu felt the pressure around her disperse.
The department head sighed: “It’s not that you can’t, but that you won’t.”
Su Shu remained silent.
Before transmigrating into the book, she was born in a peaceful era, yet her profession could be considered spending half a life on horseback in military service. Therefore, coming back again, she hoped to do things she liked more.
She had previously audited classes in other departments of the Military Academy and discovered that although the era was different, some of the things taught were connected to her own era—
Meanwhile, the practical combat elements of this era were what she lacked, but the classroom couldn’t offer them to her either.
She felt no sense of belonging to this country she transmigrated to, and thus lacked any spirit of dedication, so she preferred to do what she liked better.
The department head stepped forward and pulled that creased application paper from Su Shu’s hand: “When you chose the Command Department back then, I asked you to consider carefully. I felt that your gentle nature might be better suited for the rear, and the Mecha Manufacturing Department might suit you better.”
“You insisted on choosing the Command Department, making me think I had misjudged you.”
“I didn’t expect you to persist for a year…” The department head paused, “Yet in the end, I truly misjudged you.”
Having come off the battlefield to teach for so many years, the number of students who could look her in the eye under such circumstances would not exceed five.
“I will submit your application for you, but… I won’t say a single word on your behalf either.”
The department head’s tone was flat: “Take care of yourself.”
Su Shu lowered her head: “Thank you very much.”
The department head didn’t want to look at her anymore: “You may go.”
Su Shu came out of the department head’s office and walked toward the classroom.
She inherited the original host’s memories and, combined with the content she had read in the book earlier, she had figured out eight or nine out of ten about the original host’s character.
The department head hadn’t misjudged her; the original host was indecisive and lacked confidence, making her unsuitable for the Command Department in reality.
Su Shu pondered for a long time about why the original host insisted on coming to a major and school that didn’t suit her—
One should know that her entrance examination scores were high enough to get into the Military Academy of Imperial University, meaning almost all majors at Imperial University had opened their arms to her.
——However, no matter what the reason was, Su Shu did not intend to pursue it further.
This Su Shu was not that Su Shu; she wouldn’t actively go initiate anything with Mu Qing over things that hadn’t happened yet, but…
If Mu Qing actively provoked her, she had nothing to fear either.
So what if she was the female lead?
Since she, Su Shu, transmigrated as a cannon-fodder supporting female lead, why couldn’t she become the protagonist of a so-called female-supporting novel?
These days, who isn’t a little princess or something?
So as Su Shu looked at Mu Qing, who sat down beside her once again in the classroom, even her smile vanished.
She spoke exceedingly unpolitely: “I wonder what brings the department beauty here?”