Teaching Others

Airship, Entertainment Room.

"I'm not playing anymore." The white-haired, blue-eyed youth frowned, tossing down the cards in his hand with displeasure.

In all the rounds he'd played, he hadn't gotten a single pair, losing over and over.

The key thing was, no one was cheating; it was purely his terrible luck that prevented him from getting good cards.

He himself didn't want to cheat, nor would he allow others to go easy on him, so over this long period, he hadn't won a single time.

The others playing with him were utterly helpless about it. No one wanted to win against a monster who could punch them into a wall with a single blow, but...

The guy's luck was just too bad!

Looking at the youth slumped on the sofa, expressionless and clearly unhappy, everyone exchanged glances.

"Um... we'll be going now?" They forced smiles onto their faces, trying to appease him, yet they were so unaccustomed to acting appeasingly that it felt incredibly awkward.

After all, no matter how appeasing a villain's expression was, it wouldn't make them look kind.

Su Wu casually lifted an eyelid and glanced at them. As if receiving an order, the group of people quickly fled the entertainment room.

"These guys are so boring..." Su Wu propped his chin with one hand, yawning lazily.

The people on this airship should only be a portion of the examinees. After all, it was said that thousands of people registered online for the Hunter Exam each year, and only a few hundred actually reached the true examination site.

Yet, there were only a few dozen examinees on the airship.

Hm? Wait, would the Hunter Exam proctors be kind enough to pick up the examinees like this?

The original plot seemed to be that the protagonist group encountered the proctors only after overcoming various tests to reach the official examination grounds.

Later on, there was even a plot where monsters impersonated proctors to deceive examinees.

But Six Eyes could confirm that those two proctors were definitely human, and quite strong humans at that.

So, why were they appearing on the airship in advance instead of waiting for the examinees at the official examination grounds?

Speaking of which, whether they had reached the official examination grounds or not, many tests would still occur.

That meant these few days on the airship were not absolutely safe either.

"What kind of tests will appear on the airship?" he wondered with a hint of interest.

The proctor who sets the questions should try harder, put in more effort. If the tests are too simple, it won't be fun.

"Knock, knock, knock—" A dull knocking sound came from outside.

Su Wu ignored it. This wasn't a private office or a conference room; what was the need for knocking?

Seeing no response, a weak voice came from outside again.

"Um... may I come in?"

This voice... he remembered it. It was that grunt.

He was memorable because his name was too easy to remember.

Didn't he get dragged off to the infirmary? He recovered that quickly?

"Come in." Su Wu didn't change his posture at all, and his voice held no fluctuation, still the lazy tone of a youth.

Maro outside the door cautiously pushed the door open. He seemed to exude a sense of trepidation in everything he did.

As soon as he entered, he saw the youth sitting by the card table on the sofa. Due to his age, the youth wasn't tall enough and was completely enveloped by the sofa. His legs were crossed, his chin propped in one hand, his eyes half-closed, as if he couldn't be bothered to look at people directly.

Even so, the blue in his half-closed eyes was impossible to ignore.

They were almost the most beautiful eyes Maro had ever seen in his life.

Even the Kurta Clan eyes that appeared at the Yorknew City auction paled in comparison.

He felt that those Kurta Clan eyes, dug out and displayed in glass jars, were just as twisted and ugly as the people bidding frantically below.

"...Lord Hill! I've come to thank you..." The blond youth with a bob haircut still had bruises on his face, though the bloodstains were gone. He looked like he had cleaned himself up carefully before coming.

"Thank me?" The white-haired youth's voice rose.

"Didn't you have the proctors send me to the infirmary...?" Maro's emerald green eyes sparkled.

"And... when you were in the training room, you were so cool!" Ever since he appeared, he had been using a subtle form of honorific speech.

Su Wu curled his lips. "Because you were too weak. It was an eyesore having you there."

"The training room doesn't lack a punching bag that can't fight back," he said, standing up to stretch his limbs, his tone teasing.

Maro froze for a moment, then lowered his head, his voice sounding somewhat dejected. "Because... because I always felt like I shouldn't fight back..."

"Oh?" Su Wu turned back, looking at the other person directly for the first time.

Come to think of it, this guy didn't look bad. He seemed to be from a different style compared to the group of villains with faces that screamed "cannon fodder."

Moreover, he had blond hair and blue eyes, and he came from the important map of Yorknew City.

Coupled with the fact that his life energy was almost identical to his opponent's, yet he stubbornly refused to fight back...

There had to be some hidden reason, no matter how you thought about it.

In a game, this size would be considered a special NPC, the kind that might trigger a side quest.

"Very well, I'll give you time to explain why. Perhaps I can even teach you how to do it," Su Wu sat back down on the sofa, gesturing for the other person to continue.

"...Because I've always been beaten up, and if I fought back, more people would gang up on me..." The blonde with the bob cut spoke slowly, as if after a long period of thought.

"If you don't resist, they'll get bored quickly," he said somewhat sheepishly.

After hearing the other person's words, Su Wu didn't feel particularly surprised; rather, it was as he expected.

Calling this kind of thinking "Maro" would be an insult to Maro.

"Then you really are... useless." Su Wu gave his evaluation expressionlessly, his eyes full of boredom.

This kind of personality was utterly uninteresting.

"Hit me." he suddenly said.

"What?" The blonde with the bob cut reacted with a bit of sluggishness. After quickly realizing what Su Wu had said, he widened his eyes and quickly lowered his head, "Are you joking?"

"...If you can't even bring yourself to lay a hand on someone, you might as well give up on the exam now," Su Wu said nonchalantly.

After all, those who only endure without fighting back will eventually die in the exam.

Giving up early might let them live a little longer.

I really am a kind and morally upright person.

Su Wu inwardly marveled at his own perfect character.

"...I can do it." The blonde with the bob cut suddenly spoke.

"Hmm? Are you serious?" Su Wu looked at him, stroking his chin.

"As long as it's not you, I can do it!" Maro clenched his fist as if to add credibility to his words.

"Excellent, then go to the training room and find someone to beat up!" Su Wu clapped his hands together, suggesting it in a relaxed tone.

After all, you can't kill people on the airship; at most, they'll just get beaten up badly.

Perhaps he'll suddenly have an epiphany and decide to give up on the exam?

Thinking about it this way, I really am a considerate person who looks out for others.

"I understand, I'll prove it to you." The blonde with the bob cut said as if making a promise, clenching his fists and practicing punches as he left.

Su Wu could still hear the other person deliberately lowering his voice as he walked away:

"Just punch him and run, I can do it."

Listening to that made him feel very unreliable...

"I'll just go back to my room and sleep." Su Wu had no expectations for what would happen next and lifted his foot to leave the entertainment room.