【All Yue】Order Manager

After sleeping wildly for two days, Echizen ushered in the second major project assessment.

Compared with all the projects in the watch world must be completed by him alone, the assessment in the inner world is to test his teamwork ability and adaptability.What can meet all the test conditions at the same time is a very popular sport in the other world-extreme sprinting, where all members of the sports team participate together, against another team composed of members of the adventure team and entertainment team led by Sanada .

The so-called extreme sprint, to put it bluntly, is to conduct a running relay race in a fixed venue, use all available terrain to shorten the schedule time, and examine the participants' teamwork ability, speed, flexibility, skill and many other aspects. It can be said to include A comprehensive project for survivability in various regions of the world.Ordinary sprinting teams include a commanding relay and several runners participating in the race, but managers with internal channels do not need a relay and rely entirely on their own communication and cooperation, so the difficulty is naturally not at the same level.

This time, almost all members of the management department were mobilized. The starting point of the competition was set in the area where Echizen went when he first entered the inner world, and the end point was the "Shibuya" area where he first observed the capture operation.All competition maps are copied for this competition, which not only maintains the real landscape but also does not affect the normal behavior of other users in the world, and thoroughly implements the consistent concept of the order management department.

Because he was placed in the last bat, Echizen was sitting in the preparation area with Kintaro Toyama, who joined the management department a year before him and was about the same age, watching other people's games through real-time projection.

The sports group is in charge of the first batter, Oishi Shuichiro, who is of average strength. Compared with Akiya Kirihara sent by the adventure entertainment group, although he is a little behind in speed, he still closely follows the opponent with experience and excellent judgment. Behind, the gap is not too big.The two passed through the complex urban terrain one after the other. Shortly after entering a straight road, the road surface turned red with a reminder and warning meaning, indicating that they were about to hand over to the second runner.At the same time, Shindo Ryo and Kaidou Kaoru, who had already been waiting in the preparation area not far away, set off one after another and ran towards their teammates.

Different from the relay race in the watch world, the handover between two runners in the same team in extreme sprinting is the most dangerous time. If the speed is too slow, the results will be slowed down. If the speed is too fast, the two runners may collide and cause accidents. Therefore, It is especially important to judge and grasp the timing.Different from the ordinary sprinting competitions in the other world, there are relays who are responsible for controlling the field to direct. Managers rely on the translucent map on the upper right of the field of vision and the light spots representing their own colors to determine their starting time. If they don’t live for a long time The fetters formed by training and training together are difficult to achieve seamless handover.

Seeing that Oishi and Kaitang were about to meet on the runway, Echizen couldn't help holding his breath, watching the two nervously, until there was a "pop" of high-fives, and the scene in front of him changed from the city to the Gobi Desert. I breathed a sigh of relief.He could see that no matter which team it was, the handover was quite smooth without any mistakes, and he was eager to try, eager to do so well when it was his turn.

"Hey, I said ahead of time, let's compare it later." Like Echizen, Kintaro Toyama was also unable to hold back.This big red-haired boy who likes to wear leopard-print vests both outside and inside the world, for some reason, has miscalled Echizen by his name since the first time he saw him, and kept this name all the time.Staring at the fair and delicate side face with burning eyes, Toyama smiled heartily and said, "Senior Sanada has always praised you for being good, I have long wanted to compare with you!"

Echizen responded vaguely, and Echizen's attention was still on Kaitang in the picture.Compared with the urban scene, there are not many obstacles in the barren desert on the Gobi, but the coarse sand and gravel covering the ground put forward higher requirements for the runners' endurance and skills, and at the same time, they must guard against being caught The sudden whirlwind disturbed the line of sight and disrupted the rhythm.

Haitang's stamina is famous in the entire management department. Facing the wind and sand lying in front of him, he suddenly changed his course of action, jumped high and kicked hard on the outcropping rock that was eroded into stalagmites by the wind and sand. , jumping forward like an agile rabbit, leaving Shishido, who was originally in the lead, behind.Moving forward, the Gobi has turned into a desert, and it is quite difficult to even walk on the soft sand, let alone run.When his feet gradually sank into the fine sand and it became difficult to move, Kaitang simply rolled on the spot, rolled along the crescent-shaped sand dune to the bottom of the leeward side, got up and stumbled, and continued to move forward with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Through the real-time images, Echizen could clearly see the sweat rolling down Kaido's resolute face glistening in the harsh sunlight.At this moment, what he remembered was Haitang's strict demands on himself and his ferocious expression on weekdays, and he once again realized Bu Er's sentence "The people in the management department are all freaks. Don't think they are strict with you, but they are actually stricter with themselves." ...Because they are proud of their status as managers, and they will never allow themselves to be insulted by the meaning contained in the title of manager.

The contest in this scene ended with Kaido leading Shishido by half a minute. After the two high-fived with Kikumaru and Mukahidake, the scene changed to a vast expanse of whiteness, an endless ice field.The cold wind mixed with large flakes of snow whizzed past, and the mirror-smooth ice surface was intertwined with wide or narrow cracks. The environment was worse than the desert Gobi.Because, once a runner falls into those bottomless cracks, there is no other way to choose except to leave the other world; and leaving and re-entering this place means that this section of the race has to start all over again, which is almost equivalent to the whole world. Team failure.

Both Kikumaru and Xiangri belong to the agile type. Their performance on the ice is not so much a competition of speed, but a competition of skills.Gliding quickly on the ice surface, crossing the cracks deftly, and continuing to rush forward without slowing down after landing, especially in an area where the cracks are intertwined and dense like spider webs, their figures can't be seen clearly, they can only see I saw two red hairs jumping up and down like flames in the goose-feather snow.

Seeing that the two of them almost slipped and fell into the pitch-black gap several times, Echizen was even more nervous than them, and his back was drenched with sweat in terms of signs.Yuan Shan may have been used to the juggling skills of the two of them for a long time, he laughed out loud, patted Echizen's tense shoulder hard and said grinningly: "It's okay, seniors can't fall, if you really fall Will be ridiculed to death!"

At the end of the ice field, Kikumaru reached the handover with Taocheng first, and Xiang Ri was only less than ten seconds behind him. After high-fiving Sanada, he immediately challenged Kikumaru again.Echizen has no chance to watch the outcome of the challenges other than this game, because the scene has shifted to the next scene—the mixed area of ​​savannah and rainforest.

As soon as he came up, Sanada recovered Xianghi's slight disadvantage, and galloped through the weeds that grew wildly on the grassland during the rainy season, splashing water with every step.Don't look at Sanada's tall stature, his running speed is not satisfied at all, and he is quite agile in dodging wild beasts that suddenly emerge from the depths of the grass from time to time.

Seeing Sanada kick flying the lion that was rushing with its bloody mouth open, and then step on the back of the ghostly chasing cheetah, dodging the siege and interception of the wild beasts several times in a row, Echichi raised his eyebrows and mumbled unconsciously: :"abnormal……"

"Uh? Are you saying Senior Sanada is a pervert? I'll tell him later." Not paying any attention to Echizen's angry look, Toyama laughed louder, and gasped after laughing: "Actually, Shiraishi is even more perverted than Senior Sanada, and you will know when you come to the adventure team for training. And let me tell you, Shiraishi has taken a fancy to you a long time ago, and has prepared a lot of scary things for you, be careful!"

As for Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Echizen only heard about it but never met him, so naturally he doesn't know much about him.Hearing Yuan Shan's words, he curled his lips in disdain, and snorted: "If he is so good, why don't you see him come to participate in today's competition?"

"Well...that's because Shiraishi hates trouble, and his interest is to explore different areas in the other world, so he doesn't have time." Scratching his messy red hair, Yuan Shan thought for a while and said, "Anyway, Shiraishi is very It’s amazing, and he has a terrible poisonous hand. When you come to our group in the future, don’t mess with him! If you are caught by his poisonous hand, your whole body will rot, and you will die a very painful death. You must remember it!”

Echizen had never heard any rumors about "poisonous hands", and firmly believed that Toyama was threatening him, so he simply turned his head and ignored him, and refocused on Sanada and Momoshiro who had entered the rainforest area.Compared with the vastness of the grassland, the rainforest with towering trees and vines is not to mention running away. There is no place to step down. The two of them are like two monkeys swinging and jumping between the branches. He wondered why Atobe didn't come to participate in this area The game - shouldn't it be easier for Monkey Mountain King to win?

Both Momoshiro and Sanada are direct and simple people, and they both adopt the same method in the face of things that hinder their progress-dodge, and beat them if they can't dodge.Therefore, Echizen was no longer surprised when he saw Taocheng twisting a boa constrictor blocking the way and throwing it out in a braided shape. He just silently wrote down some skills he hadn't learned before.

Sanada's strength is obviously higher than that of Taocheng. In the final stage of the sprint and handover, he led by nearly two positions, helping the adventure entertainment group to take the lead in entering the next competition scene.However, the following environment is obviously more favorable for the sports group. The circular track inclined at 45 degrees to the ground allowed them to send Ken Azuzuki, who has the title of "Speed ​​Star", like a fish in water. Not only quickly recovered the disadvantage, but also Far surpassed Akutsujin who started first.

"Ah, Kenya, this guy's speed is abnormal, it's too much! Senior Akutsu, hurry up and chase after him!" Looking at his teammates who were behind in the screen, Toyama jumped up and down excitedly, and shouted in the internal channel Shouting, it was Yajiujin who finally calmed down with a cold "shut up".

Looking at Kenya Ninzuzu, who could only see an afterimage in his field of vision, Echizen was shocked by the abnormal speed of the opponent, and really wanted to finish the chase.But it was his turn for the next contest, so he could only turn off the live screen, get up and walk towards the preparation area.Why did Tezuka, who was in charge of arranging the participating members, not choose Ninzuzu but hand over the last stick to determine the outcome to himself? Echizen understands the intention, so he secretly warned himself that no matter what, he must not lose, and he must not lose the strength of his predecessors. Work hard to bury.

"Hey, ahead, it's our turn soon, show off your full strength!" Arriving at the preparation area one step later than Echizen, Toyama's excitement and anticipation were beyond words, staring at the beautiful amber cat eyes and challenged: "Highly anticipated! The rookie, if you lose, it will be ugly!"

Returning a proud glance, Echizen hooked his lips and hummed softly: "I won't lose, you are still far behind!"

Keeping a close eye on the translucent map at the top right of the field of vision, seeing the light spots symbolizing his teammates gradually approaching, Echizen leaned over and took a starting posture, silently calculated the most suitable starting time, and rushed out like an arrow leaving the string.In fact, he missed the fact that Shinobi would subconsciously slow down after entering the handover area to prevent them from colliding with each other. He rushed too fast and missed the best time to clap, and was chased by Yuan Shan who started behind.

"Echizen, don't worry, just choose the path you are best at, I believe you can do it!" After the successful handover, he did not forget to cheer up the juniors who made obvious mistakes through the internal channel, and then turned on the real-time monitoring screen to pay attention to Echizen's every move .

Having no time to pay attention to what the other party said, Echizen locked his eyes on Yuanshan running ahead, left the main track at a corner, and turned into a narrow alley.The sprinting competition allows players to freely choose the track that is most beneficial to them, but the so-called shortcuts are also accompanied by dangers.For example, the road chosen by Echizen, although the distance has been greatly shortened, but he is faced with overlapping obstacles, which must be climbed and jumped to pass. Come easy.

Quickly rushing towards the low wall at the end of the alley, using the momentum to pedal the walls on both sides of the alley to run forward, Echizen did not jump off immediately after climbing the top of the wall, but squatted on it and squinted to observe the surrounding terrain.There was a deep ditch about five meters wide ahead, a distance that had to be crossed in order to enter the next track, but it was obvious that he would not be able to jump it alone.He was waiting for the tram that would pass by here every 2 minutes. He had to jump to the top of the tram before he could jump to the opposite low wall.

This is a very dangerous choice - the tram travels very fast and is less than two meters wide. If you are not careful, it will fall from the roof, and the game will be suspended due to injury to the players; It is also necessary to climb the opposite wall before the tram enters the tunnel ahead, otherwise it will deviate greatly from the track, which is tantamount to losing.

Facing Echizen's risky choice, none of the managers who were paying attention to him expressed any objection because of the trust among his peers.

The car was coming, Echizen took a deep breath, stared at the front of the car which was becoming clearer in his sight, kicked off the wall hard and jumped off.Before he could stand still on the roof of the car, he staggered and ran a few meters in the opposite direction of the tram, and with another kick, he almost grabbed the opposite wall and fell over.While stabilizing his figure, he looked at the position of the distant mountain on the map, and found that he was not as far ahead as he imagined. He gritted his teeth tightly and chose the more dangerous and shorter one of the two forked roads, and continued. Forward.

This is already the edge of "Shibuya". An uphill road leads directly to the top of the mountain, and the main track and the finish line are at the bottom of the cliff with a drop of nearly 20 meters. Echizen must go down from the highest place if he wants to surpass the distant mountain. There are no climbing objects on the cliffs, and the only foothold is a building on the mountainside.It was a baroque church with a huge metal cross on the pointed roof, shining brightly in the setting sun.

The position of Yuanshan no longer allowed any time for hesitation. He simply calculated the distance between himself and the cross. He stepped back a few steps, then buried his head and rushed, jumping off the edge of the cliff.Blown by the gust of wind, he could hardly keep his eyes open, and even the distance he had originally calculated had errors. In the end, Echizen barely managed to stabilize his body by grasping the edge of the cross with four fingers, and fell along the metal pillar. to the roof.Carefully walked to the edge of the eaves, condescendingly looking down at the remaining ten meters height, and from the corner of Echizen's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the distant mountain that jumped down from not far away.

Obviously, Yuan Shan also chose the shortcut, the time difference between the two was only tens of seconds, and Echizen knew that if he didn't hurry up, this hard-won advantage would disappear.But it is impossible for him to jump directly to the main track from here, because there is still a running railway between the cliff and the main track, and there are trains speeding past from time to time. Once the timing is not calculated well, jumping down is equivalent to the end of the race .

"Hey! Advance! Do you dare to jump? I'm going to jump!" Yuan Shan obviously had the same idea as Echizen, and he was already squatting at the foot and getting ready, using an excited voice through the channel shouted.At this time, the sound of a whistle came from a distance, indicating that a car was about to pass by.

"Why don't I dare? You are still far behind!" Facing the provocation, Echizen was naturally arrogant and refused to admit defeat, jumping off the train before it passed.He fell on the top of the car, and then rolled onto the track. Although he didn't feel any pain, the extremely real physical sensation still made his brain stunned. He shook his head a few times before barely waking up.

The sound of dense footsteps from the distant mountains came from behind him, Echizen dared not stop, and rushed towards the finish line at the end of the main track.

The two refused to give in to each other, and when they crossed the finish line, Echizen was only half a body ahead of Yuanshan, but no matter what, he won.

"Congratulations, Echizen." Tezuka, who had already been waiting at the finish line, supported his slender body that was staggering forward, looked down at the still somewhat dazed face, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said softly: "You have completed everything. Test, you can graduate from me."

"Little ghost, although you ran in a mess, but you won anyway, I will reluctantly congratulate you." It was Atobe who was speaking, and he stepped forward and twisted Ochizen's cheek. He turned around and said: "Tomorrow Send him to report to my uncle, he still has a lot to learn before entering the adventure team."

Slightly nodding, Fuji went over to comb Echizen's hair that was messed up by the mountain wind, and said with a light smile, "Be prepared, Echizen. You can't go to the adventure group without Atobe's consent. "

After standing for a while, Echizen finally recovered a bit, leaning on Tezuka and peeking at Atobe, just in time to meet those dark blue eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.Curling his lips, he muttered in a low voice: "It's still far away."

"Lead forward! You only beat me by a little bit, come back next time!" Bounced to Echizen's side, Toyama grabbed his hand, stared at him with burning eyes, and said with a smile: "You have to pass the entertainment team sooner." Come to our adventure team for the assessment, we are all waiting for you... Ah! Senior Sanada, don't beat me up!"

Sanada didn't know when he appeared at the finish line, but as soon as he appeared, he pressed Yuanshan's head firmly, frowned and said coldly: "It's too lax! You don't need to participate in the action recently, go to special training with Shiraishi, go now!"

Looking at the disappearing figure of the distant mountain crying, Echizen looked at the managers who were walking towards him, and the corners of his lips raised a proud arc, "Be careful, seniors, I will definitely beat all of you!"