CH 58

TL: Hua

He was very angry, and after the live broadcast, he was still very angry.

After putting away the small camera ball floating above, Ji Mingjiang flicked his tail in the water, and the splashed water droplets rushed towards Clarice’s side.

“…”

Seeing the water being splashed on Clarice again, the two looked at each other for a moment. Ji Mingjiang then retracted his tail with some guilty conscience, leaned on the bank, and flipped up his light brain.

He hasn’t forgotten the request he just made.

Although he had already figured it out through the chat just now.

Ji Mingjiang entered several main forums without any expectations, and as expected, the audience in the live broadcast room just now was blowing rainbow farts very hard. The exaggerated and gorgeous wording overflowed the screen and almost made Ji Mingjiang fall back in the water in shock.

I’m very flattered, but…how come this picture isn’t going in the direction he wants it to go?

Sighing, Ji Mingjiang finally turned his head and looked at Clarice, who had been waiting for him on the shore. “How is it? Any progress?”

Leiden shook his head and said, “Not yet. I just got some news from Zhang Cheng that Bisnar Orfeild was very angry last night and wasn’t reconciled. He may make some small moves in the future. I’ll keep an eye out, and you should be careful as well.”

Hearing his words, Ji Mingjiang didn’t take them very seriously. He wagged his tail, looking very relaxed, but there was some disdain and contempt on his face. “It’s okay, if that old bastard still has any bad moves to use, just let him use them. He won’t shed tears until he sees the coffin. Anyway, no one can do anything to me.”

Having said that, he paused for a moment, looked at Clarice standing in front of him, and suddenly became interested, “Speaking of which, although we fought last night, you had problems with your spiritual sea and were quite delirious. It’s not much of an experience at all. Do you want to find some time to practice with me?”

After the last few holographic games, Ji Mingjiang still maintains his 100% winning rate, and his ranking on the Thousand Players List is also steadily rising. Lin Nan, Zhuang Zhiye, and the discussions in those game forums still regard him as a big boss and crazily praise him—and he kind of deserved it.

But he knew in his heart that the higher the ranking, the more difficult it would be for him to fight. His previous style of hammering hard with all his strength might have gotten him into the top one hundred without any problems, but sooner or later he would fall on his face because of his immature and unsystematic fighting skills.

This can’t be done, as he has obsessive-compulsive disorder; only a 100% winning rate can make him feel comfortable physically and mentally!

To get rid of this “setback” before it messes up his record, he needs His Majesty, the Notorious and ruthless Clarice, who can stop a child from crying at night, as his sparring partner!

“How about it? Don’t you really want to try with me?” After expressing his opinion, Ji Mingjiang looked at the silent Clarice with bright eyes and urged him repeatedly.

“…” His Majesty the Emperor took a deep look at Ji Mingjiang with indescribable eyes.

Asking someone to help you as a sparring partner and speaking so impolitely… Thinking of the delirious words Ji Mingjiang uttered just now, Leiden felt his forehead begin to twitch unconsciously.

Where the hell did this headstrong mermaid learn to be like that? Did he really learn it from him?

Leiden, who has always had clear self-awareness, is rarely confused.

“It’s not impossible.” After briefly questioning himself, Leiden quickly regained his composure and thought for a moment before speaking to Ji Mingjiang, “But certainly not in these recent times. I’ll find time to go to the sports arena and play two games with you in 1v1 after Orfield and others lay low for the time being.”

“Now you can continue to spar with Lin Nan and the others. After all, they’re also military students. You can learn some basic combat skills from them. Moreover, I heard that you have been ranking on the thousand-player list of that mecha hall recently?”

Still unable to restrain himself from squatting down, Leiden talked about this matter while picking up Ji Mingjiang’s overly soft silver hair and pinching it.

It’s not that he pays special attention to Ji Mingjiang’s usual entertainment. This guy is just too good at stirring up wind and rain.

Although he is not a military student, he has attracted the attention of a large number of high-level military officials with his unique fighting style and physical fitness. Then, those people realized that they couldn’t find the specific identity information of this mysterious person, and his IP address disappeared in the central city area, so they all came over to annoy him one by one.

The words were very sincere and distressed, as if he didn’t tell who the mysterious person was, it would directly affect the development and expansion of the empire in the next few decades or hundreds of years.

Leiden doesn’t know if it has such a big impact on the empire, but he knows that if he tells those people that the mysterious person they have been looking for is actually a mermaid living in the palace… Forget it; it would be better to be nice to the generals who were older.

“You are really talented, and you can also become a human now. Do you want to go to military school and enter the army?”

Leiden was very sure that Ji Mingjiang would never be reconciled to the boring life of broadcasting and playing games every day.

“Although it is definitely not possible to directly arrange for you to enroll at the moment, there will be no problem after your live broadcast is effective.”

Ji Mingjiang pulled out the hair that was about to be split from Clarice’s hands, and after dipping it in water and straightening it, he thought carefully about his proposal.

To be honest, it’s impossible not to be tempted. Mechas, starships, and all kinds of interstellar weapons that he can’t even think of must be real objects that feel better when used. With Clarice vouching for him, the strength-comes-first military school life certainly wouldn’t make him feel any discomfort either.

but……

The tail of the fish lurking under the water waved slightly, and a row of air bubbles rose up from both sides, making Ji Mingjiang feel a little hesitant.

Beside the effectiveness of his live broadcast during this period, how long will it take to reach the level that Clarice said?

Just look at the current situation of the mermaid.

He has been watching other mermaids live streaming rooms recently to gain experience and has not forgotten the scenes where those mermaids in the live streaming rooms rely wholeheartedly on their matches. He also didn’t miss the admiration and confusion in Coco’s eyes…

After a moment of contemplation, Ji Mingjiang raised his head and asked modestly, “Can I work part-time?”

“?”

“For example, half of the time is in the military academy, and the general time is going to the mermaid center.”

“…… That’s certainly impossible.” Although a little surprised by Ji Mingjiang’s arrangement for himself, Leiden still very decisively shot back his unformed idea: “A normal school can’t spare you a large portion of your time for work, let alone a military school, with its closed management and once-a-month vacations.”

“Okay.” Hearing this answer, Ji Mingjiang wasn’t too surprised. He sighed and gave up his idea: “Then let me think about it.”

Let him think about whether to go to the military academy, become a keeper at the mermaid center after that, or… to take Oddo’s position.

I’m really sorry, Director Oddo.

After silently apologizing to Oddo for his thoughts, Ji Mingjiang continued to dwell on them.

—-

“Yu Quanquan, what are you thinking?”

After a match was over, Lin Nan started another round with unsatisfied enthusiasm and looked puzzled at Ji Mingjiang, who almost failed to come in before the countdown ended. “Why are you so absent-minded today?”

After hearing Lin Nan’s words, Zhuang Zhiye also turned the head of the mecha and asked with some concern: “Is the friend you mentioned last time not getting better? If it’s serious, you can ask us for help.”

“Ah, that’s not it.” After being pulled back to his senses by Lin Nan’s carefree voice, Ji Mingjiang explained after hearing Zhuang Zhiye’s worried voice, “That friend is fine now; I’m just struggling with my own problem.”

“???” Listening to the two mechas on the left and the right chattering away as if no one else was there, Lin Nan, who felt suddenly redundant, filled his head with question marks and then interjected himself into the two’s conversation with a forceful gesture.

“Hey, hey, hey, what are you two talking about? What friend, how come I don’t know anything?” Lin Nan said with great dissatisfaction, “You two pulled a small group chat behind my back, didn’t you?!”

“First of all.” After a moment of silence, Zhuang Zhiye said in a gentle voice, “It’s not called a small group between two people; it’s called a private chat.”

“…”

There was no other sound in the room, only the shopping mall screen on this map kept repeating the advertisements.

“Cough…” Ji Mingjiang tried hard to suppress the laughter in his throat, but in the end he managed to hold back a light cough.

“! Yu Quanquan, you are not allowed to laugh!” Lin Nan quickly frowned. “Aside from my slip of the tongue, is it okay for the two of you to talk privately behind my back?!”

“I’m not finished yet.”

An obvious smile could also be heard in Zhuang Zhiye’s voice: “Secondly, I asked him about his friend last time when I saw that he was in a bad mood. We didn’t talk privately.”

Afraid that Lin Nan couldn’t remember and would start to deny it, he added thoughtfully, “It was the time when you ran so fast and left the two of us behind.”

“…”

“Forget it.” Lin Nan quickly gave up the topic, and now he even wondered whether it was he or Yu Quanquan who was in the wrong state. “Let’s focus on the present moment.”

“What problem are you stuck with?”

Toward the end, Lin Nan’s voice took on some seriousness and gravity.

After all, he couldn’t imagine facing any perplexing problems in his life after playing hundreds of games with a 100% winning rate. Looking at his achievements and physical fitness, he is clearly a promising winner in life!

“It can’t be that you’re having problems with romance, right?” Suddenly thinking of this, Lin Nan hastily added, “We can’t help you with this.”

“Of course not; what are you thinking about?” Ji Mingjiang asked back more strangely than him, “And I’m not yet an adult.”

Although he didn’t feel that way himself, in order to avoid such misunderstandings in the future, it’s better to make it clear first.

“?”

“?”

“Are you underage?”

“I thought that even if you weren’t our senior, you were at least a freshman!”

Lin Nan and Zhuang Zhiye were so startled by Ji Mingjiang’s words that there was a problem with the operation of the mecha that they almost stumbled into an advertising screen.