wolf servant
Chapter 10 Victory belongs to the dude.
Bai Jue's provocative action was caught by a reporter as expected, and the arrogance of the arrogant noble young master was perfectly recorded by the camera and uploaded to the Internet. Naturally, the righteous melon eaters launched a wave of attacks against Bai Jue Crazy diss——
Words such as "Is it great to be rich", "Isn't it just a good birth", "I'm angry from embarrassment", etc., emerge in endlessly.
But after the initial anger, Bai Jue now completely treats these gossips as fart, he knows that these crazy hi-joys can't hurt a hair on him——
Just like in the past, Bai Jue never cared about what others said, and his previous anger was only caused by his dissatisfaction with being defeated...
After all, in terms of combat effectiveness, physical strength and decision-making ability, Alpha is born to be better than the other two types of wolves...
Beaten by a Beta?
This is a great shame.
Fortunately, Feiser's statement about "high-grade horses, medium-grade horses, and low-grade horses" completely calmed him down, allowing him to face this matter calmly——
"I have to say, sometimes you are still useful, Feiser."
"?"
"But I don't need you now." Before Feiser had time to speak, Bai Jue waved the information sheet of the opponent who will be facing the next match, pointing ruthlessly in the direction of the door, "Goodbye."
"..." Facing this undisguised behavior of crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, Feiser could only smile wryly, "I can go, but I promise that I will not make outrageous actions in order to prove myself in the next rehearsal, young master .”
"For example?" Bai Jue glanced at him provocatively out of the corner of his eye, with the words "ask knowingly" written on his face.
"Such as 'Crimas Smash'. "
"..."
Bai Jue showed an expression of "I knew it", and rolled his eyes in an ungraceful way.
Feiser was not angry because of his bad attitude, but raised his hand, took off the gloves, and used his fingertips to straighten the hair of the black-haired boy in front of him—a certain place was rubbed a little by him on the sofa just now. tilted up...
The man's fingertips are clean and slender, traversing the slightly curly soft black hair, the black and white are amazingly contrasting colors, and his movements are gentle... His movements are like an adult wolf licking a cub.
"Don't touch."
When the man's fingertips brushed the pinna inadvertently, Bai Jue wrinkled his nose and avoided his hand, the base of his ear was slightly red, he raised his hand and patted Feiser's hand away, warning——
"Don't always be my kid, Feiser."
Fayser paused, and slowly withdrew his hand.
Bai Jue glared at him, quickly put on his hat, turned around and left without looking back.
Feiser was left standing alone, silently watching the boy's back leave until he couldn't see it... After a while, the man moved, reached out and took out the communicator in his pocket. When he walked out the door just now, the communicator vibrated Many times, it means that there is a lot of new information pushed in——
[Lilith: Bai Jue's communicator can't get through. 】
[Lilith: I saw the news, tell him, on the first day of school, be honest and don't cause trouble, what's the point of competing with a Beta from the downtown area!I don’t know if I can meet the second time in this life...]
[Lilith: She was still standing in the corridor provocatively and was photographed by the reporter! 】
[Lilith: Shame! 】
Feiser: "..."
He replied "Got it" and put the communicator back in his pocket. At this moment, there was a burst of cheers from the end of the corridor, and someone was calling "Lancelot"... If there is no accident, Bai Jue probably quickly Finished a drill and won it beautifully—
what.
He was born noble, and his quality is indeed excellent enough.
It is inevitable to be arrogant.
With his hands in his pockets, the man stood in the shadow of the corridor wall for a long time without moving. After a while, he chuckled lightly, and turned and left when he heard scattered footsteps and his familiar breath coming from outside.
……
On the other hand, Bai Jue rushed back to the lounge excitedly, his mood just turned from cloudy to sunny.
It didn't seem particularly difficult for him to pass all the way to the semi-finals of the practice field, and it even made him a little excited——
After all, in the past more than ten years, he has never had the opportunity to use the mecha for such a long period of independent operation and actual combat practice... After all, whenever he tries to do this, there is always a smelly old man at home pinching his throat and making a fuss ——
"Bai Jue, my little furry boy, you are not an Omega at all!"
Omega shit.
But right now, in the semi-finals, after getting the list of opponents from the lottery machine, Bai Jue took a deep breath and unfolded. The moment he saw the name on the note, to be honest, he was so excited that he wanted to howl——
Fendil Kay.
Finally met him.
Turning around, he looked at the old "Star Trail" series behind him, and its very popular Beta owner was sitting on the shoulder of the mech.The white military school uniform is so dazzling that it is annoying... Bai Jue's hand holding the battle watch twitched slightly——
Then he made a choice that surprised everyone: apply to replace his mech with a "Snow Leopard".
……
Three 10 minutes later.
At the beginning of the semi-finals, when people watched the brand-new, majestic, sophisticated, and earth-shatteringly expensive mecha slowly enter the practice field under the control of the owner, their first reaction was: this Baijue Lancelot , is he still shameless?
The "Star Trail" series that is almost eliminated into the museum, and the "Snow Leopard" that has just been stamped by the military as a new generation of armed mechs in the near future, is like a millet plus a rifle against a tank, and a grenade against an atomic bomb. —
How dare Bai Jue Lancelot? !
... Bai Jue Lancelot, he just meant it.
At this very moment, he is sitting in the cockpit of "Snow Leopard", having a calm conversation with his mech intelligence system——
[Five seconds later, enter the scanning system device of the enemy aircraft, five, four, three, two——the scanning is completed, and the system device of the enemy aircraft "Star Trail" series No. 7331 is confirmed. Please confirm the type of this battle again. 】
"Recreation and entertainment." The young man sitting in the cockpit said lazily, "Why do you become like a mother-in-law like Feiser, are you black when you are close to ink?"
[Confirmation mode: non-battlefield mode, the mode is turned on, and the mode is turned on--Master, the non-battlefield mode defaults to simulation exercises. The result of the drill is unfair, in this case, the system recommends the owner to turn off some functions of Snow Leopard or change the driver——]
"Okay, I will use "Star Lord", and then I will give you to the old gardener when I go home. He is complaining that the arm of the mecha can't lift up when he is pruning roses recently. I believe you will be able to finish it very well. "
【…】
"Go back, I'll change to "Star Lord". "
[The system function detection is complete, and the system function is enabled. I am very happy to fight side by side with you, master—our goal is the galaxy of stars. 】
There was a "buzzing" sound in the cockpit, and the boy squinted his eyes satisfied with the mecha's knowledge of time and put his hands on the control panel—the moment his hands touched the control panel, a pleasant green light lit up, Reflected in the dark pupils...
The front screen is locked, and the mecha "Star Trail" with black and red main colors also moves at the moment the master enters the command, and a heavy side impact rushes in unexpectedly!
The boy in the cockpit changed his usual laziness, and his hands and fingers on the control panel flew at an amazing speed to input commands——
I saw "Star Trail" killed for a moment, and the "Snow Leopard" with a snow-white body and dark blue decoration jumped back to avoid the attack, and its movements were extremely flexible, which was amazing!
"Star Trail" pulls out the light blade!
The back cover of "Snow Leopard" is opened, and the auxiliary metal wings unfold!
——The final of the sacred decision day has arrived ahead of schedule!
In the auditorium, people stared wide-eyed, for fear of missing even a moment of detail. People never expected to see such a close-to-medium-level mecha contest at the freshman entrance ceremony!
The "Star Trail" mecha offered weapons, but because the mecha series is too old and the mecha itself is a little old, the power of the light blade is not as good as ordinary mecha weapons. After catching the white blade empty-handed, he sucked in a breath of cold air——
I saw the white mecha shining with a cold metallic luster, forcibly pulled the light blade out of the hand of "Star Trail", and then turned around and fell over his shoulder.
"Star Trail" was lying on the ground, the metal on its body humming and screaming unbearably.The red lights in the eyes symbolize the fighting road flashing——
But at this time, "Snow Leopard" suddenly took off!
In the cockpit, the boy's eyes focused——
Push the lever to release the energy of the mech, release the gravity of the mech and push the fuel lever to achieve high efficiency at the same time within 0.5 seconds.
【warn!The mech is doing an unconventional climb that could cause fatal wear to the knee-bearing crankshaft!warn!Please stop wrong instructions immediately! 】
Respond within 0.2 seconds when the warning red light is on, let the mecha jump into the air and adjust and push the fuel lever to low efficiency in mid-air.
【warn!warn!The fuel enters a low-efficiency environment, and after three seconds, the mecha enters a state of incomplete control—do you want to restore the fuel utilization rate immediately? 】
Jumping to 25 meters, the floating mech within 1 meter range turns on the closed mode due to the high-efficiency driving engine and the excessive heat, and the engine cools down and falls freely.
【warn!The engine temperature is too high!One second later, the automatic safety mode will be activated, and the switch will be closed. At that time, it will be unable to maintain the high-altitude state, and will fall due to the influence of gravity... Aha, Crimas hit hard, master, you madman. 】
When the mecha system collapsed and began to abuse his master——
However, Bai Jue firmly held on to the lever of the mecha. The weightlessness brought about by the rapid fall of the mecha made his palms sweat, and he almost lost control of the lever. His heart seemed to fly out of his throat...
As long as it floats 3 meters up and down 0.5 meters before landing, and presses the emergency brake in time to start the mecha——
The target of the mecha is undoubtedly huge, and it is the "star track" that cannot get up above the ground. After this blow, the fate that the mecha is waiting for is "scrapping" the only way out!
eight meters.
six meters.
five meters.
Four meters...
In the auditorium, everyone gasped and prayed in their hearts for "Star Trail" to get up and dodge, but the miracle didn't happen, they could only cover their eyes and didn't want to witness the terrible scene with their own eyes——
However, the two mechas, one white and one black, are about to collide!
Suddenly, another "Snow Leopard" with red and blue main colors descended from the sky. Obviously, the operator of this mech is more skilled. "Absolute Domain" defensive barrier!
Boom!
The huge impact and metal friction sound almost pierced the eardrums, and the white "Snow Leopard" collided with the red "Snow Leopard", leaving a long scratch on the red mech body!
Sand and stones flew, the ground shattered, and the red mecha easily retreated, allowing the half-out-of-control white mecha to hit him, using the body as a buffer to minimize the impact force of the white mecha before it landed—
In the end, the two mechas entangled and collapsed!
Everyone: "..."
The place was silent.
Three minutes later, the white mecha cockpit door opened, and the black-haired boy slid all the way from the tall mecha shoulders, and then nimbly climbed up to the face cockpit of "Star Track" lying motionless on the ground.
After groping around the face of "Star Trail", he pressed a few buttons, and the cockpit door of "Star Trail" opened. In the cockpit, he looked at a pair of pure black pupils.
Bai Jue, who was standing outside the cockpit, was slightly taken aback.
Afterwards, his face quickly returned to calm.
Bending down, he picked up the broken glasses at his feet, and threw them to the people sitting in the cockpit. When Fendil Kai silently unfastened his seat belt, picked up the broken glasses and put them on, Bai Jue sneered: "'Money It is an indisputable fact that pedigree is also a part of strength, and those who cannot have it will make a big fuss about it.'”
Fendil spit out bloody saliva, and stared at Bai Jue unwillingly.
"Don't stare, I didn't say that," Bai Jue said. At Bai Jue's feet, the red light in the eyes of "Star Trail" was still shining, which symbolized the damage of the function, but he didn't seem to see it, just asked without looking back, "Is that so, Feiser?"
Behind him, the cockpit of the red mecha opened, and a man with blond hair and blue eyes in a black military school uniform stepped out of the cockpit——
He has his back on the light.
No one could see the expression on his face.
In the quiet martial arts practice field, people can only hear Feiser Lancelot's gentle voice: "Yes, master, I thought you never listened carefully to what I said."
Bai Jue showed a bored expression: "You haven't heard what I said, I told you not to meddle in your own business."
"The responsibility of the student leader lies." Feiser said indifferently, "You shouldn't be so cruel to him, this is not a joke."
After Feiser's words fell, Bai Jue was satisfied to see the momentary astonishment and fear on Fendil's face.
At the same time, behind him, the image of his ID photo appeared on the big screen, and the familiar green words flashed again——
[Baijue Lancelot, 10 minutes and 37 seconds].
He won.
Victory belongs to the dude.
Words such as "Is it great to be rich", "Isn't it just a good birth", "I'm angry from embarrassment", etc., emerge in endlessly.
But after the initial anger, Bai Jue now completely treats these gossips as fart, he knows that these crazy hi-joys can't hurt a hair on him——
Just like in the past, Bai Jue never cared about what others said, and his previous anger was only caused by his dissatisfaction with being defeated...
After all, in terms of combat effectiveness, physical strength and decision-making ability, Alpha is born to be better than the other two types of wolves...
Beaten by a Beta?
This is a great shame.
Fortunately, Feiser's statement about "high-grade horses, medium-grade horses, and low-grade horses" completely calmed him down, allowing him to face this matter calmly——
"I have to say, sometimes you are still useful, Feiser."
"?"
"But I don't need you now." Before Feiser had time to speak, Bai Jue waved the information sheet of the opponent who will be facing the next match, pointing ruthlessly in the direction of the door, "Goodbye."
"..." Facing this undisguised behavior of crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, Feiser could only smile wryly, "I can go, but I promise that I will not make outrageous actions in order to prove myself in the next rehearsal, young master .”
"For example?" Bai Jue glanced at him provocatively out of the corner of his eye, with the words "ask knowingly" written on his face.
"Such as 'Crimas Smash'. "
"..."
Bai Jue showed an expression of "I knew it", and rolled his eyes in an ungraceful way.
Feiser was not angry because of his bad attitude, but raised his hand, took off the gloves, and used his fingertips to straighten the hair of the black-haired boy in front of him—a certain place was rubbed a little by him on the sofa just now. tilted up...
The man's fingertips are clean and slender, traversing the slightly curly soft black hair, the black and white are amazingly contrasting colors, and his movements are gentle... His movements are like an adult wolf licking a cub.
"Don't touch."
When the man's fingertips brushed the pinna inadvertently, Bai Jue wrinkled his nose and avoided his hand, the base of his ear was slightly red, he raised his hand and patted Feiser's hand away, warning——
"Don't always be my kid, Feiser."
Fayser paused, and slowly withdrew his hand.
Bai Jue glared at him, quickly put on his hat, turned around and left without looking back.
Feiser was left standing alone, silently watching the boy's back leave until he couldn't see it... After a while, the man moved, reached out and took out the communicator in his pocket. When he walked out the door just now, the communicator vibrated Many times, it means that there is a lot of new information pushed in——
[Lilith: Bai Jue's communicator can't get through. 】
[Lilith: I saw the news, tell him, on the first day of school, be honest and don't cause trouble, what's the point of competing with a Beta from the downtown area!I don’t know if I can meet the second time in this life...]
[Lilith: She was still standing in the corridor provocatively and was photographed by the reporter! 】
[Lilith: Shame! 】
Feiser: "..."
He replied "Got it" and put the communicator back in his pocket. At this moment, there was a burst of cheers from the end of the corridor, and someone was calling "Lancelot"... If there is no accident, Bai Jue probably quickly Finished a drill and won it beautifully—
what.
He was born noble, and his quality is indeed excellent enough.
It is inevitable to be arrogant.
With his hands in his pockets, the man stood in the shadow of the corridor wall for a long time without moving. After a while, he chuckled lightly, and turned and left when he heard scattered footsteps and his familiar breath coming from outside.
……
On the other hand, Bai Jue rushed back to the lounge excitedly, his mood just turned from cloudy to sunny.
It didn't seem particularly difficult for him to pass all the way to the semi-finals of the practice field, and it even made him a little excited——
After all, in the past more than ten years, he has never had the opportunity to use the mecha for such a long period of independent operation and actual combat practice... After all, whenever he tries to do this, there is always a smelly old man at home pinching his throat and making a fuss ——
"Bai Jue, my little furry boy, you are not an Omega at all!"
Omega shit.
But right now, in the semi-finals, after getting the list of opponents from the lottery machine, Bai Jue took a deep breath and unfolded. The moment he saw the name on the note, to be honest, he was so excited that he wanted to howl——
Fendil Kay.
Finally met him.
Turning around, he looked at the old "Star Trail" series behind him, and its very popular Beta owner was sitting on the shoulder of the mech.The white military school uniform is so dazzling that it is annoying... Bai Jue's hand holding the battle watch twitched slightly——
Then he made a choice that surprised everyone: apply to replace his mech with a "Snow Leopard".
……
Three 10 minutes later.
At the beginning of the semi-finals, when people watched the brand-new, majestic, sophisticated, and earth-shatteringly expensive mecha slowly enter the practice field under the control of the owner, their first reaction was: this Baijue Lancelot , is he still shameless?
The "Star Trail" series that is almost eliminated into the museum, and the "Snow Leopard" that has just been stamped by the military as a new generation of armed mechs in the near future, is like a millet plus a rifle against a tank, and a grenade against an atomic bomb. —
How dare Bai Jue Lancelot? !
... Bai Jue Lancelot, he just meant it.
At this very moment, he is sitting in the cockpit of "Snow Leopard", having a calm conversation with his mech intelligence system——
[Five seconds later, enter the scanning system device of the enemy aircraft, five, four, three, two——the scanning is completed, and the system device of the enemy aircraft "Star Trail" series No. 7331 is confirmed. Please confirm the type of this battle again. 】
"Recreation and entertainment." The young man sitting in the cockpit said lazily, "Why do you become like a mother-in-law like Feiser, are you black when you are close to ink?"
[Confirmation mode: non-battlefield mode, the mode is turned on, and the mode is turned on--Master, the non-battlefield mode defaults to simulation exercises. The result of the drill is unfair, in this case, the system recommends the owner to turn off some functions of Snow Leopard or change the driver——]
"Okay, I will use "Star Lord", and then I will give you to the old gardener when I go home. He is complaining that the arm of the mecha can't lift up when he is pruning roses recently. I believe you will be able to finish it very well. "
【…】
"Go back, I'll change to "Star Lord". "
[The system function detection is complete, and the system function is enabled. I am very happy to fight side by side with you, master—our goal is the galaxy of stars. 】
There was a "buzzing" sound in the cockpit, and the boy squinted his eyes satisfied with the mecha's knowledge of time and put his hands on the control panel—the moment his hands touched the control panel, a pleasant green light lit up, Reflected in the dark pupils...
The front screen is locked, and the mecha "Star Trail" with black and red main colors also moves at the moment the master enters the command, and a heavy side impact rushes in unexpectedly!
The boy in the cockpit changed his usual laziness, and his hands and fingers on the control panel flew at an amazing speed to input commands——
I saw "Star Trail" killed for a moment, and the "Snow Leopard" with a snow-white body and dark blue decoration jumped back to avoid the attack, and its movements were extremely flexible, which was amazing!
"Star Trail" pulls out the light blade!
The back cover of "Snow Leopard" is opened, and the auxiliary metal wings unfold!
——The final of the sacred decision day has arrived ahead of schedule!
In the auditorium, people stared wide-eyed, for fear of missing even a moment of detail. People never expected to see such a close-to-medium-level mecha contest at the freshman entrance ceremony!
The "Star Trail" mecha offered weapons, but because the mecha series is too old and the mecha itself is a little old, the power of the light blade is not as good as ordinary mecha weapons. After catching the white blade empty-handed, he sucked in a breath of cold air——
I saw the white mecha shining with a cold metallic luster, forcibly pulled the light blade out of the hand of "Star Trail", and then turned around and fell over his shoulder.
"Star Trail" was lying on the ground, the metal on its body humming and screaming unbearably.The red lights in the eyes symbolize the fighting road flashing——
But at this time, "Snow Leopard" suddenly took off!
In the cockpit, the boy's eyes focused——
Push the lever to release the energy of the mech, release the gravity of the mech and push the fuel lever to achieve high efficiency at the same time within 0.5 seconds.
【warn!The mech is doing an unconventional climb that could cause fatal wear to the knee-bearing crankshaft!warn!Please stop wrong instructions immediately! 】
Respond within 0.2 seconds when the warning red light is on, let the mecha jump into the air and adjust and push the fuel lever to low efficiency in mid-air.
【warn!warn!The fuel enters a low-efficiency environment, and after three seconds, the mecha enters a state of incomplete control—do you want to restore the fuel utilization rate immediately? 】
Jumping to 25 meters, the floating mech within 1 meter range turns on the closed mode due to the high-efficiency driving engine and the excessive heat, and the engine cools down and falls freely.
【warn!The engine temperature is too high!One second later, the automatic safety mode will be activated, and the switch will be closed. At that time, it will be unable to maintain the high-altitude state, and will fall due to the influence of gravity... Aha, Crimas hit hard, master, you madman. 】
When the mecha system collapsed and began to abuse his master——
However, Bai Jue firmly held on to the lever of the mecha. The weightlessness brought about by the rapid fall of the mecha made his palms sweat, and he almost lost control of the lever. His heart seemed to fly out of his throat...
As long as it floats 3 meters up and down 0.5 meters before landing, and presses the emergency brake in time to start the mecha——
The target of the mecha is undoubtedly huge, and it is the "star track" that cannot get up above the ground. After this blow, the fate that the mecha is waiting for is "scrapping" the only way out!
eight meters.
six meters.
five meters.
Four meters...
In the auditorium, everyone gasped and prayed in their hearts for "Star Trail" to get up and dodge, but the miracle didn't happen, they could only cover their eyes and didn't want to witness the terrible scene with their own eyes——
However, the two mechas, one white and one black, are about to collide!
Suddenly, another "Snow Leopard" with red and blue main colors descended from the sky. Obviously, the operator of this mech is more skilled. "Absolute Domain" defensive barrier!
Boom!
The huge impact and metal friction sound almost pierced the eardrums, and the white "Snow Leopard" collided with the red "Snow Leopard", leaving a long scratch on the red mech body!
Sand and stones flew, the ground shattered, and the red mecha easily retreated, allowing the half-out-of-control white mecha to hit him, using the body as a buffer to minimize the impact force of the white mecha before it landed—
In the end, the two mechas entangled and collapsed!
Everyone: "..."
The place was silent.
Three minutes later, the white mecha cockpit door opened, and the black-haired boy slid all the way from the tall mecha shoulders, and then nimbly climbed up to the face cockpit of "Star Track" lying motionless on the ground.
After groping around the face of "Star Trail", he pressed a few buttons, and the cockpit door of "Star Trail" opened. In the cockpit, he looked at a pair of pure black pupils.
Bai Jue, who was standing outside the cockpit, was slightly taken aback.
Afterwards, his face quickly returned to calm.
Bending down, he picked up the broken glasses at his feet, and threw them to the people sitting in the cockpit. When Fendil Kai silently unfastened his seat belt, picked up the broken glasses and put them on, Bai Jue sneered: "'Money It is an indisputable fact that pedigree is also a part of strength, and those who cannot have it will make a big fuss about it.'”
Fendil spit out bloody saliva, and stared at Bai Jue unwillingly.
"Don't stare, I didn't say that," Bai Jue said. At Bai Jue's feet, the red light in the eyes of "Star Trail" was still shining, which symbolized the damage of the function, but he didn't seem to see it, just asked without looking back, "Is that so, Feiser?"
Behind him, the cockpit of the red mecha opened, and a man with blond hair and blue eyes in a black military school uniform stepped out of the cockpit——
He has his back on the light.
No one could see the expression on his face.
In the quiet martial arts practice field, people can only hear Feiser Lancelot's gentle voice: "Yes, master, I thought you never listened carefully to what I said."
Bai Jue showed a bored expression: "You haven't heard what I said, I told you not to meddle in your own business."
"The responsibility of the student leader lies." Feiser said indifferently, "You shouldn't be so cruel to him, this is not a joke."
After Feiser's words fell, Bai Jue was satisfied to see the momentary astonishment and fear on Fendil's face.
At the same time, behind him, the image of his ID photo appeared on the big screen, and the familiar green words flashed again——
[Baijue Lancelot, 10 minutes and 37 seconds].
He won.
Victory belongs to the dude.
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