I think I'm pretty much ready, so I'm going to relax on the forum.
I was so angry when I went in that I immediately started arguing with someone.
Ye Lele hired a studio specifically to smear Ruan Mingchu. Hao Youyou was no match for them and was overwhelmed.
In a fit of anger, he declared that he, Brother Ruan, would not join any lousy team; he would create his own team and be its captain.
It was a thoughtless remark, and Hao Youyou forgot about it afterward, but Ye Lele, with her sharp eyes, saw it and, after some editing, made it seem like Ruan Mingchu was arrogant and looked down on the school's S-level teams, wanting to create his own team and beat them all.
Subsequently, after hiring online trolls, countless posts criticizing Ruan Mingchu for being delusional flooded in, making the matter even more sensational.
In the end, the whole school knew that Ruan Mingchu was going to create his own team and challenge the existing S-level teams.
This whole mess has made all the teams dislike Ruan Mingchu.
Since the team is controlled by Alphas, it's true they want to marry beautiful women, but they absolutely cannot be ridden on their heads.
How did Ruan Mingchu find out about this?
Mu Yu messaged him to ask about his specific plans for creating a team.
Mu Yu said he plans to start his own team and, if possible, would like to partner with Ruan Mingchu.
Ruan Mingchu: ...
To be honest, I didn't even know I wanted to start a team.
Before Ruan Mingchu could figure out what had happened, Hao Youyou, who was on the front lines of gossip, realized that something had gotten out of hand because of her words, and hurriedly came to apologize to Ruan Mingchu.
After Hao Youyou's explanation from beginning to end, Ruan Mingchu finally understood.
The first time he logged into the forum, he browsed through the posts. He was shocked to find out how popular he was.
He couldn't help but marvel at how energetic young people are these days.
Ruan Mingchu did not accept Hao Youyou's apology: "You did nothing wrong."
Hao Youyou's eyes welled up with tears of emotion: "Then, what do we do now?"
Ruan Mingchu shook the terminal: "Mu Yu is starting a new team, I'll just tag along."
First, he tried to ride on Mu Yu's pheromones, and now he wants to ride on his team. Ruan Mingchu felt that he was an unqualified partner and had not brought any benefits to Mu Yu.
Hao Youyou wiped away her tears: "Then I want to follow Brother Ruan and join your team!"
"Then let's go and talk to him together."
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Author's Note:
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21. Partner & Rival: The budding of love—it cried itself unconscious in the toilet.
The reason why no new teams have emerged at the Military Academy over the years is that there are already many teams on campus, reaching a saturation point.
Secondly, the process of forming a team is too complicated. By this time, most of the capable and outstanding talents have already become the backbone of the team, so there is no need to form a new small team. As for those who are not capable, there is even less reason to do so.
The team that existed ten years ago only emerged because the vice-captain and captain of a certain veteran team had a falling out, and the vice-captain and his confidants started their own team.
Ruan Mingchu, Mu Yu, Hao Youyou, and Gong Zhushen gathered in a private room of the cafeteria building to discuss the formation of a team.
The energetic Miyazaki Shin took the initiative to host, waving the notebook in his hand: "I've already looked up the procedures for forming a team and the things that need to be discussed. Now let's go through them one by one."
The three of them: "Mm."
Gong Zhushen: "First of all, our team needs a cool name."
Hao Youyou raised her hand tremblingly to voice her objection: "A team should have at least five people, and we only have four. Shouldn't we find the right people first before discussing such a trivial matter as the team name?"
Gong Zhushen shook the notebook in his hand with a proud expression: "You don't need to worry about that. There are plenty of people who want to join Brother Mu's team. There are already dozens of people who have signed up. Let's finish these first and then go pick them."
Hao Youyou: I was being narrow-minded.
Gong Zhushen glanced at Mu Yu, then at Ruan Mingchu: "Brother Mu, Brother Ruan, don't you have any thoughts?"
Mu Yu: "Whatever."
Ruan Mingchu: "You have a backup plan, right?"
Gong Zhushen chuckled: "I have eight here: Sky-Supporting, War Dragon, Violent Tiger, Strongest, Divine Beast, Mad Lightning, Miraculous, and Thunderbolt."
Ruan Mingchu, Mu Yu, and Hao Youyou all had expressionless faces, their eyes filled with disdain.
Gong Zhushen said aggrievedly, "They've already used all the good names. I finally managed to come up with so many."
Ruan Mingchu rubbed his temples: "Then how about we call it the Strongest Team?"
I feel this suits Mu Yu quite well; he's strong, doesn't talk much, and is cool, domineering, and arrogant.
Mu Yu had no objection.
Hao Youyou, however, thought the name was too arrogant, especially in the current situation. Once the name "Strongest Team" was announced, countless people would definitely mock him, Brother Ruan.
But seeing that Brother Ruan remained unmoved, laughing off both praise and slander, Hao Youyou kept quiet.
Miyazaki Shin: "OK, let's call it the Strongest Team."
"The following is the team's personnel configuration: the captain is Brother Ruan, the vice-captain is Brother Mu, and the logistics team consists of me and Hao Youyou."
After Gong Zhushen finished speaking, Ruan Mingchu asked, "Why am I the captain?"
It's not that he lacks the ability to be a team leader; it's just that, like I said, he can only stay at the Military Academy for three more months at most. If he becomes a team leader and then just leaves after three months, that would be incredibly irresponsible.
Gong Zhushen glanced at Mu Yu, and seeing that he didn't want to explain, he said, "Now everyone online is saying that Brother Ruan is going to start a team. How can you slap them in the face if you're not the captain?"
He paused, then added, "Just for now, just for now."
"It's alright for now," Ruan Mingchu nodded, and at the same time made up his mind that during his time as captain, he must make some contributions to the team.
"Below are the team rankings," Gong Zhushen turned a page in his notebook, "five rankings: S, A, B, C, and D. My idea is for us to directly apply for an S-rank team."
"With Brother Mu and Brother Ruan here, the S-level establishment assessment will definitely not be a problem. The only thing is that we need to find a teacher to act as a guarantor. I have a list of several teachers here who are willing to act as guarantors for us. Take a look and see who you would like to do."
"Professor Song Zhiming from Qianggong Academy..."
As Gong Zhushen beeped, the words "S-rank" kept echoing in Hao Youyou's mind. With Mu Yu around, Hao Youyou believed this wasn't just wishful thinking. Even with his family background, he would have been content to join an A-rank team, but now he had actually leaped to S-rank.
While other Alphas are still waiting to be selected, he, a Beta, has become a founding member of the team. Is this the joy of riding on someone else's coattails?
Speaking of guarantors, Ruan Mingchu thought of Li Bingcang, the vice principal who had approached him before.
He asked Gong Zhushen, "What requirements does the guarantor have for the teacher?"
"Of course, the higher the teacher's rank and position, the better," Gong Zhushen blurted out without thinking.
"How is the vice principal?" Ruan Mingchu asked.
Gong Zhushen: "That would be the best. The first step in promotion at our school is to look at ability, and the vice principal should be the strongest person in the school right now."
As he spoke, Gong Zhushen looked at Hao Youyou. His grandfather was the principal, so he figured he could ask the vice principal for help.
Hao Youyou wanted to say that her grandfather was not at school and she couldn't contact him, but before she could speak, she heard Ruan Mingchu say, "Then I'll go ask the vice principal if he'd be willing to be our guarantor."
Clearly, none of the three expected that Ruan Mingchu would have a connection with the vice principal.
Actually, no, but it's clear that the vice principal needs him, so getting him to do something shouldn't be a problem.
Gong Zhushen: "Then let's tentatively appoint a vice principal. If that doesn't work, we'll choose one from among the teachers who have come to me."
Gong Zhushen: "Next is the selection of assessment tasks. There are three S-level assessment tasks on the school's official website: the case of the missing miners of 188 Mine Star, the capture of Thorpe, the serial killer, and the most ordinary task of killing one hundred A-level star beasts."
He distributed the details of the three missions to everyone: "I don't recommend mission two. Thorpe's specialty is running and hiding; otherwise, an A-level officer wouldn't have been out of the running for over a year. Mission three is the simplest, but it requires us to go to the border, which is somewhat dangerous. Mission two requires investigative skills and intelligence."
Mu Yu tapped the paper: "The 188th mining planet is not far from the border. Take this one first. If you have no clue, change it to mission three."
S-level assessment tasks have the authority to change tasks once. Generally, this authority is used when downgrading from S-level to A-level, and it is rare to switch between S-level tasks.
Mu Yu said whatever he wanted, and Gong Zhushen wrote down what he said.
Gong Zhushen stood up: "That's about it. Now let's choose the remaining person."
The four of them picked up their coffees and drank them all without wasting any, then headed towards the training building.
Miyazaki Shin has already rented a training room, and now the Alphas are waiting in the training room.
On the way, Hao Youyou asked Gong Zhushen why he didn't recruit everyone; five people was just the minimum standard for the team. Although he didn't want to admit it, the truth was that he could only do odd jobs in the team and was just a burden.
Gong Zhushen didn't know either; Mu Yu needed five people, so he just gathered five.
In response, Mu Yu simply said, "We'll expand recruitment after the team is established."
No matter how confident he was that the team would be formed, before it was officially established, everything was just a mirage, and Mu Yu didn't want to be responsible for so many people in advance.
Even the largest training room was noticeably crowded with over fifty Alphas.
Mu Yu frowned, and Gong Zhushen immediately told the Alphas to line up. The military training was effective; their lines were neat and tidy, making Mu Yu much more pleasing to the eye.
Mu Yu hadn't discussed the selection process with Gong Zhushen, so at this moment, Mu Yu had to speak.
Mu Yu wasn't incapable of saying polite things: "Everyone here has exceptional talent..."
Upon hearing this, the Alphas puffed out their chests, for this was Mu Yu, the top freshman, praising them.
"Therefore, the selection criteria are based on actual combat strength, and candidates can choose between offline real-person PK and online virtual PK."
As he spoke, Mu Yu pointed at Ruan Mingchu: "The person who defeats him or lasts the longest under his command will join my team."
Ruan Mingchu hadn't expected that he would have something to do, but since Mu Yu had already spoken, he wouldn't back down. He immediately took a few steps forward and stood next to Mu Yu.
An Alpha raised his hand and, after Mu Yu agreed, asked, "What if a lot of people defeat him?"
As an Alpha, he would absolutely not lose to Ruan Mingchu, an Omega. Those who hadn't witnessed it firsthand all thought Ruan Mingchu's prowess was just hype. After all, he was an Omega, and even a little bit of fighting ability made a huge difference.
Mu Yu slightly raised the corners of his mouth: "I'll take them all, one by one."
He had a slight advantage over Ruan Mingchu in their last encounter. Ruan Mingchu hadn't used any skills during the military training assessment either. The reason Mu Yu had Ruan Mingchu fight against these Alphas was simply because he wanted to see Ruan Mingchu's overall combat strength.
He always had a feeling that Nguyen Minh Thu's overall strength might be no less than his own.
Upholding the spirit of chivalry, the Alphas opted for virtual battles to avoid actually harming the Omega.
Hao Youyou, sitting in the audience, scoffed: "Who knows, someone might get seriously injured."
Two virtual pods, one large screen—the battle environment is the fairest arena.