One Sword, Instant Kill—You're the Strongest Sequence, Part 2

"Today's Friday, right? Your little brother should be on summer break. Aren't you going to pick him up?"

When the curator mentioned his little brother,

Su Xing set down his cup and, for the first time in a long while, smiled.

"Curator, don't worry. Su Yu said a teacher was coming for a home visit today, so that teacher will bring him over."

"But since I live at the sword dojo every day, I put down the dojo's address instead. It won't bother you, will it?"

"It won't."

"That's good."

This kid really didn't stand on ceremony!

Cang City,

A light-blue sports car roared down the road, its roof completely open. The wind poured relentlessly into the car, battering the two people inside—one older, one younger.

The older one looked to be in his thirties,

while the younger one was barely ten.

"Su Yu, that's your brother's sword dojo over there, right?"

"Yeah, Teacher Li, haha..."

Su Yu could not help laughing when he said "Teacher Li," as though it were something utterly hilarious.

The wind tousled Su Yu's black hair, exposing his still-childish face. On his forehead was a bright golden, mysterious mark shaped like a hammer.

If someone stared at it for too long,

they might even feel waves of dizziness.

"What's so funny? Even if I'm not actually a teacher, I'm still your senior in the organization. There's nothing wrong with you calling me Teacher Li."

The man addressed as Teacher Li glanced at Su Yu, who was laughing.

"You praised your brother so highly and specifically asked me to come see whether he has the aptitude to awaken a Sequence. Honestly, this is completely unnecessary."

"If someone is over twenty and still hasn't awakened a Sequence, it's basically impossible for them to do so."

"Hehe, it doesn't hurt to try... What if my brother is some hidden master? Wouldn't that be a huge gain for you?"

Su Yu said cheerfully.

He had awakened his Sequence some time ago and had even personally taken part in a battle between Sequence users. In battles of that level, ordinary people would only become cannon fodder and die in an instant.

Although Su Yu also knew

that his brother had gone to learn swordsmanship,

an ordinary person with a sword could at most defeat other ordinary people. Against a Sequence user, they would have no ability to fight back at all.

It would be nice if Brother were a Sequence user too...

It's all right. Even if you're just an ordinary person, Brother, I, Su Yu, will protect you for the rest of my life... just like you protected me back then.

Su Yu silently stared at the vague outline of the sword dojo emerging in the distance and murmured to himself.

On the outskirts of Cang City,

beside a small lake at the border between the south and west sides of the city, Teacher Li parked the car, slammed the door shut, and pointed at a sword dojo by the lake as he asked Su Yu beside him,

"This is the sword dojo where your brother works, right?"

"Yeah. My brother has been here for over a month. There are only a few sword dojos in Cang City, so we shouldn't have gotten the wrong place."

Su Yu nodded.

Since he lived at school, he had never actually been to this sword dojo before.

After hearing that, Teacher Li carefully examined the sword dojo. The first thing he saw was a large, flat-roofed building. Its entrance was a wooden sliding door, above which hung a national flag and a wooden plaque engraved with the words "Restrain Yourself and Endure."

"This place is pretty remote."

"If you're staying here, be more careful at night."

"Hehe, how would those people know I'm in a place like this? Don't worry, I'll definitely take care of myself."

Su Yu waved his hand as he tidied his hair, covering the mark on his forehead.

Teacher Li smiled and said nothing more. He had only mentioned it casually. He walked straight to the dojo entrance and knocked on the wooden door,

producing a crisp knock, knock, knock.

A moment later, a young man's voice from inside called, "Wait a moment," followed by hurried footsteps. Judging from their direction, they were headed straight for the wooden door. Then, with a whoosh, the wooden door was pulled open from within.

A sturdy, handsome young man in his twenties stood inside the sword dojo. When he saw Teacher Li's face, he froze for a moment. Then he spotted Su Yu beside him and immediately broke into a delighted smile.

"Xiao Yu, you're back?"

"This must be the teacher you mentioned on the phone, right?"

Li Yu wore the gentle smile commonly used by teachers as he quietly looked at the young man before him.

"You're Brother Su, right?"

"My name is Li Yu. I'm your brother's homeroom teacher, and I'm here for a home visit today. Am I troubling you?"

"Oh, Teacher Li. Please, come in first."

Su Xing stepped aside and pulled the wooden door fully open, allowing Li Yu to finally see the inside of the sword dojo clearly.

First came an entryway-like passage leading into a training hall. The hall was very spacious, with floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides. Sunlight streamed in through them and fell across the pale-blue rubber flooring, forming several golden trapezoids.

A table stood in the center of the training hall, with several cups of tea on it. A white-haired old man sat there silently, taking sip after sip of tea and repeatedly blowing on it with soft whoosh, whoosh sounds.

"Who is this?"

Li Yu pointed at the old man drinking tea and asked.

"Hehe, he's my curator."

Su Xing gave a brief introduction before asking, "Teacher, how has Xiao Yu been doing at school?"

"Little Su, your brother looks like a sharp kid. He definitely can't be doing poorly."

The curator took a sip of tea, glanced from the corner of his left eye at Su Xing and the others entering slowly, and finally fixed his gaze on Su Yu as he spoke.

"Hehe, the curator is right. Su Yu is indeed the smartest student I've ever seen. Not just me—the teachers of every subject like him very much. His grades are among the best in our school as well."

Teacher Li did not mind. He found an empty spot and sat down, picked up the teacup before him, took a sip, and only then spoke.

Su Yu, who had been sitting beside them without saying a word, could not help puffing out his chest proudly upon hearing Teacher Li's words.

Although Li Yu was not his teacher,

his academic performance and talent for Sequences truly were both exceptional.

Such excellence had never meant much to Su Yu before, but when Li Yu mentioned it in front of the person closest to him, his brother, an emotion called joy suddenly flowed through his eyes.

When he saw Su Xing's happy smile,

Su Yu felt that all his hard work studying and striving to grow stronger had been worth it.

"That's amazing."

After hearing Teacher Li's words, Su Xing could not help sighing in admiration.

He did not know much about his little brother's grades. After their parents died in a car accident, his brother had suffered an enormous shock and spent several years in a psychiatric hospital before returning to normal. From then on, all Su Xing wanted was to work hard and give his brother a good life.

As for grades... they were not important.

But hearing that his little brother was so outstanding still made Su Xing sincerely happy.

"Yeah, Xiao Yu really is remarkable."

Li Yu nodded,

but his tone seemed to be referring to something other than academics.

"Brother Su, the purpose of this home visit is to discuss something with you. Since your brother's grades have been very good lately, our school plans to send him to the capital in two months to attend a study program."

"To the capital?"

"The capital is very far from Cang City."

Su Xing frowned upon hearing Teacher Li's words, then asked,

"A study program? What kind of event is that? Why have I never heard of it?"

Hearing Su Xing's question,

Li Yu seemed to have prepared for it long ago. He pulled out a large stack of documents from his clothes, handed them to Su Xing, and said, "Brother Su Yu, your brother will be studying alongside outstanding students from schools all over the country this time. If he misses it, there won't be another chance."

After looking through them,

Su Xing turned his gaze toward Su Yu, who had remained silent, and asked,

"Xiao Yu, this concerns you. Do you want to go?"