Zhang Ze rode his bicycle and rushed home with Li Youyou on his back. Li Youyou was so happy as she held her money bag and couldn't help but sing.
When the two arrived at home, Shulan was surprised to see them back so early. She thought there was something wrong with the ice cream and hurriedly asked.
"Mom, all the ice cream is sold!" Li Youyou excitedly took out all the money from his pocket, placed it in front of his mother, and said proudly: "Brother Zhang Ze and I made three thousand yuan!"
"Sold for so much money?" Shulan was surprised. In her opinion, those ice creams were good if they could sell for a few hundred yuan. Unexpectedly, they sold for three thousand yuan!
"Your father worked very hard at the construction site for a month and only earned 3,000 yuan. The two of you sold for 3,000 yuan in one day!" Shulan hugged her daughter and said happily: "My daughter is so amazing!"
"It's not me who's great, it's Brother Zhang Ze who's great!" Li Youyou corrected: "If Brother Zhang Ze hadn't known how to make ice cream, we wouldn't have been able to make money."
"Yes, yes, these are Mr. Zhang Ze's contributions!" Shulan cast a grateful look at Zhang Ze. She now felt that it was really a blessing for their family that Li Youyou could summon Zhang Ze.
Zhang Ze said modestly: "This is nothing. When we make more money, we can open an ice cream shop and introduce more flavors, and sales will be better."
Li Youyou nodded repeatedly, and her eyes turned into crescent moons when she thought that the conditions at home would get better and better.
Everyone was happy when suddenly someone slammed the door hard and shouted: "Li Tiehu, open the door! Pay back the money!"
Shulan's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly asked Zhang Ze and Li Youyou to take Li Bin back to the bedroom, and then she opened the door.
Several ruthless men broke into the house, led by a man with a bald head and snake stripes on his face, who said to Shulan: "Where is your man? It's time to pay back the money!"
Shulan told herself in her heart not to be afraid, but her body still couldn't help but tremble. These gangsters bully others, and people in the slums are afraid of them.
She took a deep breath and said: "My husband is still at the construction site and has not gotten off work. You can take the 20,000 yuan in my hand first. The rest will be returned to you when we save enough."
With that said, she took out the money and handed it to the bald man.
"Twenty thousand yuan? Are you sending the beggar away!" The bald man snatched the money away, his eyes widened, he took out a handprinted IOU, shook it, and said: "When your son was being rescued in the hospital, Li Tiehu borrowed 50,000 yuan from our boss and agreed to pay it back in three years. Now three years have passed, and the principal and interest are 300,000 yuan! Bring it!"
"Three hundred thousand?!" Shulan's face changed drastically and she said angrily: "How come there is such a high interest rate! Are you robbers?"
"Robber?" The bald man sneered and said, "The robber will talk nonsense to you? He has already taken action!"
He looked around the room, curled his lips, and said, "If you don't have money, then vacate this room and pay the interest first."
"No!" Shulan took a step back, opened her arms to protect her home, and shouted angrily: "The house is gone, what will happen to our family of four?"
"What the hell do I care about your life and death?" the bald man said viciously: "Either take the money or pack up and get out!"
After that, he glanced at a few of his men, who immediately threw the things in the room out the door. Suddenly, the water glasses and rice bowls were broken on the floor.
"stop!"
Zhang Ze came out of the room with a cold expression and said: "You bastards, get out of here right now!"
The bald man tilted his head and glanced at Zhang Ze, and sneered: "Who are you? What is your relationship with their family? I warn you not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise I will interrupt..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt his eyes blur. Zhang Ze was already standing in front of him, with a blood-red dagger on his neck.
"I don't want to say the same thing a second time!" Zhang Ze's voice was full of murderous intent, and the bald man broke into cold sweat instantly. He knew Zhang Ze was not joking!
Shulan shouted in horror: "Mr. Zhang Ze, don't kill anyone!"
As a commoner, she didn't dare to offend these gangsters, let alone get involved in a murder case.
Zhang Ze is Li Youyou's summoned body. If he kills the bald man, Li Youyou will be held accountable, and maybe even arrested.
Zhang Ze didn't say anything, but [Blood Moon] gently scratched the bald man's skin, leaving a blood line immediately.
"Brother, don't mess around. Let's go. Let's go now!" The bald man was so scared that his legs were weak. He shouted loudly, for fear that Zhang Ze would stab him and bleed him.
Zhang Ze hummed, took away [Blood Moon], and cursed: "Get out!"
Several gangsters hurriedly exited the house. The bald man touched the wound on his neck and shouted through gritted teeth: "Tell him when Li Tiehu comes back and prepare the money quickly. We will come back next week!"
After saying these harsh words, he disappeared in a flash.
"Mother!"
Li Youyou ran to Shulan, and mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.
Zhang Ze helped clean up the house and asked about it casually. Shulan sighed and said: "Yuyou and Binbin turned out to have an older brother. He had an accident three years ago when he participated in the Summoner Competition and was seriously injured and was sent to the hospital. , because he urgently needed money to save his life, his father took out a loan shark."
She sighed and said, "Unexpectedly, after three years of rolling over, the 50,000 yuan actually turned into 300,000 yuan. As a result, my son has not been rescued yet... Alas, if I had known better, we wouldn't have borrowed it."
Zhang Ze knew Li Youyou's family income. This 300,000 yuan was a huge sum of money that they couldn't afford at all.
Even if you sell ice cream, you won't be able to make so much money in a short time...
"When his father comes back, we will discuss it and go to the loan boss tomorrow to beg for mercy and try to get a few more days of grace..."
Facing the evil forces, Shulan was unable to resist and could only choose to surrender.
Zhang Ze was determined to take his entourage and go overnight to kill the loan shark boss and his men to eliminate harm for the people.
However, doing so would bring endless trouble to Li Youyou's family, so he could only give up the idea.
In the evening, Li Tiehu came back from get off work. After hearing about this incident, he picked up a kitchen knife and was about to go to the group to settle the score, but Shulan and Li Youyou held him tightly.
Seeing his father hiding outside the door and smoking a cigarette, Li Youyou suddenly stood up and pulled Zhang Ze into the back room.
"Brother Zhang Ze..." Li Youyou bit her lip and said to Zhang Ze, "I'm going to participate in the Summoner Competition. Are you afraid?"
In school, she heard the teacher say that if the summoned body is killed during the game, it will disappear completely.
She already regards Zhang Ze as her brother and is very afraid that Zhang Ze will be injured or even die during the game.
But for the sake of this family, she decided to participate in the competition!
Because this is her family's only chance to make a comeback. As long as she becomes a senior summoner, no one will dare to bully her family anymore.
Zhang Ze laughed and said: "Why should I be afraid?" He touched Li Youyou's little head and said: "I have said before that I am very strong and I will definitely help you win the game."
Li Youyou bowed deeply to Zhang Ze: "Thank you, brother Zhang Ze!"
Li Youyou's intimacy level +10%!
After a pause, she said to Zhang Ze: "Brother Zhang Ze, this matter is a secret between you and me. Don't tell dad and mom."
If Li Youyou's summoned body's combat value exceeds one thousand, Li Tiehu and Shulan will naturally not worry, but Zhang Ze's combat value is only three hundred, which is a bit dangerous.
Not to mention that Zhang Ze himself is easily killed by the opponent's summons, and Li Youyou will also be in danger.
After all, it is not illegal to kill your opponent during the game.
Therefore, Li Youyou did not dare to let Li Tiehu and Shulan know about this matter, lest they worry.
In order to adjust the cooling time of his [Summoning Technique], Zhang Ze did not summon any followers at night. He wanted to save the opportunity until the next day, when he and Li Youyou went to participate in the competition.
In the evening, Zhang Ze asked about the situation of the Summoner competition in the team channel.
[Irritable Dragon King]: Rakshasa, is your summoner finally willing to take you to the competition?
[Rakshasa]: Well, she encountered difficulties at home and had to participate in the competition to solve them. Anyone who has participated in the competition can tell me what the situation is like. I am also mentally prepared.
[One Night to Know Autumn]: Let me tell you, Rakshasa, your summoner should be a junior summoner. At this stage, she can only sign up for the junior competition, which is the regional competition. The rules are very simple. If you defeat the opponent, you will win. The victory is ten The next best can advance.
[Yao Guang]: Brother Rakshasa, if your opponent is too strong, don’t hold on. Surrender when it’s time to surrender. At least you can save your life.
[Moonlight Bunny]: Brother Rakshasa is so strong, how could he lose?
[Little Princess Money]: Have you forgotten? Rakshasa's combat value is only three hundred... lower than mine.
[Rakshasa]: I don’t know how the combat value is calculated in this world, but there must be something wrong.
[Use the knife but not emotion]: I found a situation, I don’t know if it is a factor that affects the combat value. My combat value with bare hands is much lower than with weapons. Rakshasa, is this the case for you?
Zhang Ze was stunned for a moment. He recalled the scene at that time. It seemed that he was not carrying weapons when he was just summoned.
[Rakshasa]: No way? Just because I don't carry a weapon, the combat value is only 300?
[Giant God]: No matter what, brother Rakshasa, you have to be careful. Our abilities are limited by the summoner level, and it is difficult to use our full strength. This is very fatal.
What the giant god said is also very important. Zhang Ze's [Summoning Technique] is restricted by Li Youyou and can only summon one follower, so he needs to carefully consider which follower he chooses to go into battle.
[Rakshasa]: I understand, boss giant.
At this time, Liu Yueying sent a private message.
[Liu Yueying]: Zhang Ze, which district are you in? Can you ask your summoner to take you to District 12 to compete?
[Rakshasa]: I'm in District 9... Why should I go to District 12? Are you there?
[Liu Yueying]: Yes, this way we can participate in multi-player team competitions. If you encounter danger, I can protect you.
[Rakshasa]: There is no need to protect, I can protect myself. I'll ask tomorrow to see if I can go to District 12 to compete.
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The next day, Li Youyou had breakfast, said hello and left the house with Zhang Ze. Li Tiehu and Shulan didn't pay much attention.
"The registration fee costs one hundred yuan..." Li Youyou took out the money from his pocket and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's my first time to steal money from my parents. I'm so nervous."
Zhang Ze shook his head with a straight face and said seriously: "You can't do this next time!"
"I know." Li Youyou stuck out her tongue and nodded.
On the way to the registration office, Zhang Ze asked Li Youyou if he could go to District 12 to register for the competition.
Li Youyou shook his head and said: "No, only summoners from this region are allowed to participate in the regional competition. However, after advancing to the qualifying competition, there will be no distinction between regions. The players represent themselves. There will be a competition for hegemony after the qualifying competition. As long as If you win a competition, you can become a high-level summoner."
"So many games." Zhang Ze was a little surprised.
The two of them walked and chatted, and when they came to the registration office, Zhang Ze saw that the registration hall was full of people, most of whom were summoners who came to register.
In the crowd, Li Youyou saw Gillian. She pulled Zhang Ze and ran over to say hello to Gillian.
"Yuyou, you want to take him to participate in the competition? Are you crazy?" When Gillian heard that Li Youyou was also going to participate in the competition, her eyes widened and she said angrily: "Uncle and aunt must not know about this, right? Go back quickly. , don’t mess around, it’s very dangerous!”
The Leo man also shook his head and advised Zhang Ze: "Brother, your combat value is too low. If you meet someone who is not polite, even if you surrender, they will be ruthless."
Zhang Ze smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, I have the ability to protect myself."
Li Youyou also said to Gillian: "Brother Zhang Ze is a summoner. I don't think he is as weak as I thought."
Gillian tried to persuade her to no avail, so she had no choice but to shake her head: "Oh, you are too confident, you will regret it..."
The registration process is very simple. You pay a registration fee of 100 yuan, register your name, age and other information. After getting the bracelet, you can participate in the competition.
Zhang Ze had already learned about the rules of the competition from Yiye Zhiqiu. Entering the arena requires a bracelet. The venue and opponents of the competition are random. After winning ten games, the junior summoner will be promoted to an intermediate summoner and can participate in the competition. Qualifying.
The rules of qualifying are different from those of junior competitions. Li Youyou can only participate in junior competitions now, so Zhang Ze doesn't pay much attention to the situation of qualifying.
"Our number plate is No. 23." Li Youyou showed Zhang Ze their number plates. She looked around nervously and said, "I wonder who our opponent is?"
Suddenly, the radio on the roof rang out: "The 166th regional competition will feature a duel between player No. 12 and player No. 50. Players, please be prepared and enter the arena in 5 minutes."
People in the hall looked at each other in shock. Within 5 minutes, the two competing summoners and their summons disappeared from the spot.
The next moment, their figures appeared on the big screen, and the venue where they competed was a desert.
The summoned body of Summoner No. 12 is a man holding two swords, while the summoned body of Summoner No. 50 is a mage.
Both sides are sizing up each other, assessing each other's strength, and discussing countermeasures with their partners.
The countdown ended, the game began, and both sides immediately started taking action!
The summoner retreats away from the battlefield. They must protect themselves. Once they die, the summoned body will disappear and the battle will be over.
Therefore, a popular tactic now is to avoid the summoned body, specifically kill the summoner, and directly win.
The summons of the two summoners had already rushed forward and started fighting with the other's summons. For a moment, the sword shadows flashed and fireballs flew around.
Zhang Ze noticed that something the size of a manhole cover and similar to a metal disk was floating in the sky above the battlefield. It felt like a UFO.
"What the hell is this?" Zhang Ze frowned, feeling very strange.
