Kurogane Ikki lowered his head, seeming to be thinking about something.
His expression was so focused that he didn't even hear Jiang Li's words.
"Hello."
It wasn't until the sound came from his ears that Kurogie Ikki suddenly woke up and saw Jiang Li who had arrived a foot in front of him.
"It's not like you that your senses have become so dull!"
Jiang Li looked at the frightened expression on Kurogie Ikki's face and said in surprise.
Kurogane Ikki is a swordsman, and a very good swordsman. His senses are very sharp. Unless he immerses 100% of his attention in thinking, it is impossible to show that he is frightened by ordinary greetings. expression.
"Sorry, I was thinking about something and got a little too involved."
Kuroyuki Ikki gave a bitter smile, and then an apology appeared on his face, "What did you just say, I didn't hear it clearly?"
"I asked Stella why she didn't come."
"Oh, I got up early today and finished running without waking her up."
Kurogie Ikki patted his cheek, as if to focus his distracted attention, and replied to Jiang Li.
A closer look revealed that there were indeed traces of sweat on his black undershirt. Judging from his physical fitness, he must have gone through quite intense exercise before sweat appeared.
"Um...what's on your mind?"
Jiang Li groaned, and then asked with some uncertainty.
"Why do you say that?"
"I am also a swordsman after all. I can still see your absent-mindedness."
Jiang Li said honestly.
Whether one is focused or not will be clearly reflected on a person's face.
The most convincing evidence is that teachers can always tell whether you are in a daze in class.
"...It's so obvious."
Kurogane Ikki couldn't help but be slightly startled when he heard this, and then showed a somewhat helpless expression.
"You're right, I do have concerns about today's game...but there's no problem, I will definitely win."
Speaking of which, it seems that Kurogane Ikki's first round will be this afternoon.
Jiang Li suddenly realized after hearing this, "Are you too stressed?"
"To say there's no pressure would be a lie."
Kurogane Ikki thought for a while, his expression became a little complicated.
"After all, the opponent's ability is indeed very restrained against me. It will definitely be a tough battle, but it doesn't matter. I have already figured out a way to defeat the opponent."
For Kurogane Ikki, this is a battle that cannot be lost.
Shinguji Kurono promised him that as long as he could become the Seven-Star Sword King, he would be allowed to graduate from Pojun Academy. This was an opportunity he had been waiting for a long time, and he would seize it even if he risked his life.
He has great ambitions, but ambitions can sometimes become a huge pressure.
In just the first battle of the selection battle, he encountered an overwhelmingly unfavorable opponent. The opponent greatly restrained him in the cutting ability, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.
The ideal he carried in his heart now became a huge pressure on his shoulders.
He would be thinking about something so seriously that he was so selfless that he didn't even notice the footsteps. He was probably thinking about ways to conquer the opponent.
According to him, he has found the flaws in the opponent's ability and found a way to attack the opponent.
"That's it, then let's do our best together."
Jiang Li knew that Kurogie Ikki was a very independent person, so he didn't say much when he saw this, he just cheered.
"Together?"
"Well, don't you know yet? The opponent I will face tomorrow is extremely bad at compatibility."
Jiang Li helplessly spread his hands and said with a troubled expression: "Besides, unlike you, I haven't found a way to conquer the opponent until now."
Guide Hara Kanata, his opponent in the first battle.
Jiang Li asked his senior sister about the other party's abilities. When he found out, he was shocked and subconsciously felt great pressure.
In the list of Pojun Academy at the end of last year, Kanata Rich Woman ranked second, second only to Senior Sister Daohua. They were the only two B-level knights in Pojun Academy before this year.
Not only that, they have all participated in the "Special Recruitment" and have experienced several confrontations and battles with terrorists. They are not at all the same standard as other student knights.
And the most important thing is her cutting ability.
Her special ability is very restrained by a simple hand-to-hand swordsman like him, and she is so unpredictable that he still can't think of an effective strategy.
"So it's Senior Kidokuhara? Indeed, if I meet her, I will definitely be very troubled... Facing someone like that, I'm afraid the only way to solve it is to attack quickly, right?"
Kuroyuki Ikki said this to himself, with a somewhat uncertain tone in his voice.
"That's what I thought too, but my intuition told me that it might not work."
Jiang Li shook his head.
His intuition is very powerful, and he can give absolutely correct instructions in battle, as if he can predict the future, which is enough to compete with the stupid king of the moon world next door.
His intuition told him that it might not be realistic to rely on quick attacks to defeat Guidehara Kanata.
"Then it can only be said that we are working hard together."
Hearing this, Kurogete Ikki had no choice but to laugh helplessly.
He looked at Jiang Li with a feeling of sympathy.
After the two of them finished speaking, they left.
Kuroyuki Ikki packed up his backpack and walked towards the dormitory.
Jiang Li started his morning jog alone.
Expired Loli had to sleep in in the morning and couldn't get up early with him to exercise, so she couldn't lend him the Earth Binding Formation. Jiang Li got up early in the morning and couldn't take any time off. In order to avoid wasting time, he came here for a morning run.
As his feet continued to rise and fall, sweat gradually oozed from his forehead, his lungs undulated and contracted greatly, and his brain gradually began to lack oxygen, quickly approaching its limit.
All the cells and bones in his body were shouting to stop and rest. The soreness invaded his whole body as if it might strike at any time. Jiang Li ignored it and just kept squeezing the last bit of strength from his body.
Then the power surged up one after another, as if there was no limit.
What does it take to win?
My brain turned into a ball of mush, but such thoughts emerged subconsciously in my mind.
Some people say that the first thought that emerges unconsciously is what the person cares about most.
Although he acted calmly in front of Kurogie Ikki, Jiang Li's heart was far from that open-minded.
He really didn't care if the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival was fake, but he was very unwilling to lose.
Whenever he loses to someone, his weakness will remind him of his weak, poor, and powerless self lying on the hospital bed as a child, and a strong feeling of unwillingness will well up in his heart.
Want to win!
Absolutely can't lose!
Use all means and win at all costs!
In a daze, along with the emergence of stubbornness, his eyes gradually became clear, his feet seemed to have strength again, and his gradually decadent footsteps stepped on the ground powerfully.
The so-called physical exercise, in the final analysis, is to constantly break through one's own limits.
