My Chat Group Is Just Too Strange

"Going easy in a match isn't my style. Or are you planning to admit defeat?" Fu Hua asked with a smile.

"No way in hell! Today, I'm going all out!"

At that moment, Mo Wang shot forward.

This time, however, Mo Wang did not use Kido Kenpo Karate. Instead, he chose Marisa's Ancient Roman Wrestling.

His fist shot straight toward Fu Hua like a short sword.

"Interesting."

Seeing Mo Wang switch fighting styles, Fu Hua's fighting spirit burned even brighter.

Yet Fu Hua soon discovered that Mo Wang's combat repertoire went far beyond that.

Free Fighting, wrestling, karate, even Drunken Fist and Wing Chun—Mo Wang unleashed them one after another without pause.

Whenever Fu Hua was about to adapt to Mo Wang's rhythm, he would immediately switch styles without hesitation.

Fu Hua had never seen so many techniques from different countries and schools displayed by a single person.

And Mo Wang could freely shift between those styles, blending them together in battle.

(At his age, how did he manage this? Is he some kind of fighting genius?)

After taking another punch from Mo Wang and staggering back several steps, Fu Hua could not help thinking so.

"Looks like I'll have to show some real skill if I want to take you down."

Fu Hua, already getting fired up, finally decided to get serious.

"Is it coming? Inch Punch: Heaven Split?"

Watching Fu Hua's stance, Mo Wang immediately thought of her most famous ultimate move. His expression turned serious at once.

Sure enough, Fu Hua drew in a deep breath. The next moment, her fist came hurtling toward Mo Wang like a meteor.

Its power had even surpassed the limit an A-rank Valkyrie could unleash.

Yet in the face of that overwhelmingly powerful strike, Mo Wang merely assumed a defensive stance.

Amid the astonished gazes of the Valkyries, only a handful of people noticed that Mo Wang's body had already been wrapped in a layer of blue energy.

As Long as I Surrender Fast Enough, No One Else Can Surrender Before Me

Aura Defense, also known as Blue Defense.

It was a special defensive feature newly added to the Street Fighter 6 system.

In theory, as long as you had enough Aura, it could block anything without taking damage, whether it was an ordinary punch or an ultimate move capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Everyone thought the various fighting techniques Mo Wangs had inherited from Street Fighter 6 were their greatest gains, but in reality, this was the most broken move of all.

"Inch Punch: Heaven Split!"

As Fu Hua's strike landed on Mo Wang, an enormous crater suddenly appeared in the ground behind him.

The Valkyries who saw this all stood there with their mouths hanging open. Some did not even realize the sunflower seeds in their hands had fallen to the ground.

"I say, Honored Immortal, wasn't that move a little too much?"

After canceling Blue Defense, Mo Wang turned back to look at the ground. Even knowing he would not be hurt, he could not help wiping cold sweat from his brow at the sight.

If he had taken that hit without any defense, he would probably have been bent into the shape of a bow.

"Phew... phew... If I didn't use that move, I probably wouldn't have been able to end the fight quickly, right?" Fu Hua said with a smile.

Seeing Mo Wang completely unharmed, she could not help shaking her head.

Without using her trump cards, Inch Punch: Heaven Split was basically her strongest move.

Yet Mo Wang had blocked it without taking a scratch.

Fu Hua had expected Mo Wang to withstand that move, but seeing him casually block her strongest attack still gave her the feeling that the new waves of the Yangtze River pushed the old waves ahead, leaving the old waves to die on the beach.

"I lose..."

"Oh dear, I'm out of strength, I'm out of strength. As expected, this body of mine still can't compare to a Valkyrie's."

Just as Fu Hua was about to admit defeat, Mo Wang beat her to it and sat down on the ground. The spirited look on his face instantly turned into that of a college student who had just finished a thousand-meter run.

The kind who looked like he was just one breath away from dying.

"I'm done, I'm done. Let's just say I lost. Honored Immortal really is Honored Immortal."

Mo Wang struggled to raise a thumbs-up at Fu Hua, leaving her utterly dumbfounded.

He had clearly been fine just moments ago, so why had he suddenly collapsed?

It could only be said that Mo Wang's acting was remarkably convincing. Put him out in the world, and he would be at Oscar statuette level at the very least.

As for admitting defeat, Mo Wang had always followed one principle: as long as he surrendered fast enough, no one else could surrender before him.

From the very beginning, he had never come here to beat Fu Hua.

What benefit was there in beating Fu Hua?

For Mo Wang, there was obviously none.

Beating Kiana would not be a problem at all. After all, in the eyes of the Valkyries, no matter how well Kiana could fight, she was still just a poor student.

Even if he beat her, few people would care.

But Fu Hua was different!

First, Fu Hua was an academy idol, the kind with immense popularity among both boys and girls.

If he beat her, a huge crowd would probably start disliking him.

He had only just become Captain and had not even built up his own team yet. Doing that would be nothing short of courting death.

Second, Fu Hua might publicly be an A-rank Valkyrie, but she was actually Otto's double agent, the legendary Immortal Vermilion Bird, a brutal figure in the top five of Honkai's power rankings.

Even if he only beat a Fu Hua who had gone easy on him, a whole group of people, Otto included, would probably put him on a priority watch list.

Mo Wang would have to be insane to do something so thankless.

And honestly, while he had plenty of trump cards, aside from that nuke-like thing inside his body, the rest of his cards were probably not as formidable as hers.

Losing was perfectly normal.

Besides, although it looked like he had lost this round, he had actually won.

Not only had he learned exactly where his current fighting skills stood, he had also gained a wave of prestige through Honored Immortal.

From now on, he could say that he was evenly matched with the Immortal Vermilion Bird.

In one move, he had leaped from the bottom of Honkai's power rankings into the top ten.

Simply put, if he won, not only would he be unable to keep playing the fool while hiding his strength, he would also draw the attention of countless monsters. If he lost, he could still keep a low profile and develop quietly in the future.

Meanwhile, Honored Immortal was still completely bewildered, looking as though she had yet to figure out what was going on. She had no idea Mo Wang had used her so thoroughly.

"Mo Wang! Are you okay?!"

At that moment, the three girls, seeing that the battle had ended, were the first to react and ran toward Mo Wang.

Seeing Mo Wang lying on the ground looking weak, Mei hurriedly helped Kiana support him to his feet.

"Yo, Old Kiana, Mei, and Duck, you're here too? Did you see that? Honored Immortal and I were evenly matched just now."

When Mo Wang saw Kiana and the others approaching, he instead put on a smug expression and boasted to the trio.

"Are you an idiot?! Why didn't you dodge that attack?!"

But Kiana did not care whether Mo Wang had fought brilliantly. Instead, she immediately started scolding him.

When she saw the power behind Fu Hua's move just now, Kiana felt her heart leap into her throat.

"Yeah, Mo Wang. No matter how confident you are, you need to know your limits. Look at yourself—you're already hurt this badly."

This time, even Mei began lecturing Mo Wang, making him feel a little awkward.

He wondered whether he should tell them that he was only pretending to be like this.

But Mei would probably believe him even less then.

"Bronya seriously suspects that Mo Wang has spent too much time around Kiana, and his brain is beginning to turn into a grasshopper's."

Duck was even more sharp-tongued toward Mo Wang.

Still, the fact that she had Project Bunny perform an emergency examination on Mo Wang made it clear that she was just all bark and no bite.

"He's already like this. We should send him to the infirmary first," Kiana said anxiously to the other two after glancing at Mo Wang a few times and seeing that his pale complexion had not improved at all.

"No! I'm fine! I don't want to go to the infirmary!" Hearing that, Mo Wang immediately began struggling.

However, Mei's hand tightly gripped Mo Wang's arm.

"Mo Wang, be good." Mei spoke with a "kind" expression, but the strength in her hand did not lessen in the slightest.

"No, Mei, Sister Mei, can you let go first? It really hurts."

Mo Wang's face stiffened. Fu Hua's punches had not hurt him this much, so why did he now feel as though someone had pinned him down with a mechanical arm?

Unfortunately for him, an angry Mei's combat strength rose directly.

At her current level, Mei in this state could basically rank among the top three in Honkai.

With Mo Wang's current body, without using Reinforcement Magic, he had no way to resist Mei.

And so, Mo Wang was dragged straight into the infirmary by Raiden Queen Mei, utterly unable to resist.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

After Mo Wang left, the Valkyries watching nearby finally began to applaud.

"I never expected Mo Wang to be such a good fighter!"

"Could it be that he was deliberately pretending to be so weak before?"

"You still think Mo Wang is weak? He beat Kiana before, and he even rescued Sister Fu Hua and Teacher Himeko all by himself."

"So that's why Bishop had him become the Captain of the Hyperion!"

"Looks like he simply wanted to slack off before, so he never intended to reveal his strength. Now that he's become Captain, he no longer needs to hide himself!"

"So this is Mo Wang, the Hyperion's new Captain?"

Just as Mo Wang had expected, rumors about him quickly spread throughout all of St. Freya through the mouths of those Valkyries. His reputation soared, and they even made up a whole bunch of bizarre stories about him along the way.

Of course, that was a story for later.

PS: Flop... who cares what day it is. I never thought that I, wise all my life, would end up getting fooled by cyber Adepti.

I saw on Bilibili that Lost Life 2.0 was out, but after spending a full two hours searching the entire internet, I still could not find the files.

Damn it, I'll never believe in love again! (Hehe, little lolis are so cute.) 2

Next Up: Miss Duck Takes the Stage

After finally escaping from the infirmary, there was still no sign of Mo Wang's misfortune coming to an end.

He was currently holding a steaming bowl of freshly prepared instant noodles, sitting alone in the Hyperion's Captain's Office as he handled official business.

How should he put it?

The boomerang he had once thrown out had ultimately come back and hit him in the head.

American-style boomerangs were not only thrown by other people; even the ones you threw yourself could come back. That was just ridiculous.

He had once mocked Chicken Nest for having to work miserably until late at night every day, yet now he himself had already started handling official business.

"A bowl of braised beef noodles in my hand, but not a single piece of sausage in the noodles."

Mo Wang slurped up a mouthful of noodles.

It could only be said that braised beef noodles still tasted the same!

Knock, knock, knock!

Just as Mo Wang was considering whether to take a nap after finishing his noodles and get back to work afterward, someone suddenly knocked on the office door.

"Who is it? Wait, don't tell me it's Kiana again?"

Mo Wang frowned and instinctively stuffed all his snacks beneath the desk.

Last time, a certain Furball had stolen a whole pile of his snacks, and it had broken his heart.