After everyone had gathered, Qian Kun announced today's Challenge Tournament lineup. Tang Miao and Ouyang Yuan's battle would be the finale.
Watching the spectators arrive one after another, the Lightning Academy's grounds seemed almost unable to contain them. Although Qian Kun and Sun Yuan wanted Tang Miao and Ouyang Yuan to fight immediately so they could wrap things up and clear out early, Dean Xiao had even shown up. Since they were the ones who had announced the news, offending so many people would be unavoidable.
In the end, there was nothing they could do but leave it to fate...
Meanwhile, on the Pearl Academy campus.
Quite a few people had hurried toward the Lightning Academy after hearing the news, and many were discussing the matter as well.
Quite a few others stopped along the way, staring foolishly at the two girls walking into the academy, their faces full of infatuation...
One of them wore a floral dress and sported two enormous rabbits, looking down proudly on everyone around her. Her looks were not quite top-tier, but they were still above average.
The other wore a black V-neck dress. Although her rabbits were not quite oversized, her stunningly beautiful face and bewitchingly graceful figure attracted the eyes of every male present!
"Sister Mu, this Pearl Academy isn't bad~ Look, there are so many handsome guys!"
The big-rabbit girl hopped along, taking in her surroundings and giggling.
Mu Nujiao followed beside her and helplessly reached out to pull her back. Feeling embarrassed, she scolded her lightly, "Ai Tutu, can't you be a little more reserved..."
"Hee-hee..."
Ai Tutu giggled, then said, "All those handsome guys are full of tenderness when they see you. But when they see me, they're nothing but a bunch of perverts! So you can afford to be reserved, but I can't. Otherwise, I'll never find my ideal husband~"
Mu Nujiao was speechless. She then said, "All right, we've already visited Pearl Academy."
"Why are you in such a hurry? The college entrance examination is almost here. Once it's over, we'll be students here too~"
Ai Tutu admired the fresh-faced young men around her and showed no intention of leaving anytime soon.
Mu Nujiao regretted agreeing to come here with her. This was simply too embarrassing...
When Ai Tutu saw the crowd streaming toward one particular area, she grew curious.
She found a bespectacled boy and asked, "Handsome guy, is there some special event at your school today? Why is everyone heading over there?"
When the bespectacled boy saw Ai Tutu approaching, his mind filled with images of a big white rabbit hopping up and down... He answered somewhat dazedly, "There's a Challenge Tournament over at the Lightning Academy today. And it's a battle between the person ranked one hundred and the person ranked first..."
After getting the information she wanted, Ai Tutu turned and left. Only after the big-rabbit girl was gone did the bespectacled boy realize that he had not even asked her name...
Ai Tutu returned to Mu Nujiao and told her what she had learned. Then she led Mu Nujiao toward the Lightning Academy. She was not particularly interested in the competition itself; what mattered was that the bespectacled guy had said there would be lots of people there!
Wouldn't that mean there would be plenty of handsome young men for her to choose from? How could she not be interested in that?
Mu Nujiao, on the other hand, was interested in the battle. A mage at Intermediate Level One was challenging the number-one student, who had mastered Dual Element perfection. How could that not make her curious? That was also why she had allowed Ai Tutu to drag her here.
When the two arrived at the Lightning Academy, there were already more than a thousand people gathered. Moreover, even more people continued to arrive after them.
Ai Tutu glanced around, found some seats, and led Mu Nujiao over at a jog.
"Hey, hey, handsome guy, has the match challenging the number one started yet?" Seeing that someone was already fighting below, Ai Tutu asked in confusion.
Hearing her, the person turned around. The moment he did, he froze for three seconds. Ai Tutu was already used to it. After all, it was her natural advantage~
"Not yet. It won't start for at least another hour." Tang Miao glanced at the big white rabbit for a moment before looking at the woman beside her. He only swept his eyes over her once before continuing to watch the Challenge Tournament below.
After getting her answer, Ai Tutu was about to ask another question when she saw Tang Miao turn back toward the arena. She could not help feeling curious and whispered to Mu Nujiao, "Sister Mu, Sister Mu, this guy actually isn't very interested in either of us~!"
Mu Nujiao paused and glanced at Tang Miao. Seeing that he had no intention of looking over, she lightly patted Ai Tutu and said, "Just watch the Challenge Tournament!"
Ai Tutu found it boring, so she moved a little closer to Tang Miao. Her big rabbits inadvertently bumped into him~
Tang Miao turned his head and said, "If you use those rabbits to hit people again, I'll draw my gun."
Ai Tutu had not done it on purpose. She was not that shameless, after all. She had simply shifted too far just now... Hearing Tang Miao's lewd remark, her small face flushed as she said, "Tch, you pervert~ I didn't do it on purpose!"
With that, Ai Tutu hurriedly moved back.
It had to be said that her clothes were also one of the culprits! Seeing Ai Tutu retreat to her side with a flushed face, Mu Nujiao asked curiously, "What happened?"
"N-Nothing!"
Ai Tutu was so embarrassed that she could have died. How could she possibly explain it?
Mu Nujiao did not ask further. She merely glanced at Tang Miao again, but seeing that his eyes remained fixed on the arena, she assumed Ai Tutu was simply being scatterbrained.
Ai Tutu's embarrassment lasted only an instant. She soon began chatting with Tang Miao again, completely putting the earlier incident behind her. Seeing how talkative she was—and after she volunteered her identity—Tang Miao began chatting with her as well.
Honestly, he had never expected that, before the college entrance examination was even over and before it was time to recruit new students, he would already run into Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao!
After chatting flirtatiously with Tang Miao for a while, Ai Tutu asked, "Does your Lightning Academy have any single handsome guys? Introduce a few to your little sister, will you~"
Tang Miao was displeased by this. "When did you go blind?"
Ai Tutu pouted unhappily and gave a light snort. "I only asked you to introduce me to a few handsome guys. Why are you insulting me?"
"The most handsome man in the entire Pearl Academy is standing right in front of you, and you're still going on about handsome guys?"
After Tang Miao said this, Ai Tutu froze. Then she almost laughed out loud in anger. This was the first time she had met someone so narcissistic.
Tang Miao was tall and broad, and his looks were merely average. In her eyes, he was nowhere near handsome. The only reason she had been able to chat nonsense with him for so long was that he was rather interesting.
"Why are you so narcissistic?"
At that, Tang Miao turned straight back toward the arena and said without looking at her, "I don't like chatting with blind girls. If I want company, I'll pay for one shot and a whole day's conversation."
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