Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 181 Li Yu: I went through the back door
After the New Year, spring soon arrived.

Spring is here, and it is time for the National Government team to go out to battle.

Li Yu was walking on the way to the designated gathering place of the National Team, looking left and right like a country bumpkin.

After all, this was the first time that Li Yu had come to the imperial capital in his more than 20 years of life. If the Demon Capital was the economic center of China, the imperial capital was the political and cultural center of China. It was said that here, any person picked up on the street might have a close connection with a certain family. It was a real gathering place for powerful forces.

Of course, Li Yu's curiosity about the Imperial Capital limited itself to this. When he discovered that the Imperial Capital and the Demonic City were not much different on the surface, this little remaining curiosity was extinguished.

Arriving at the door of the gathering place, Li Yu caught sight of a familiar figure and smiled with gloating.

“Hey, isn’t this Mo Fan? Was he blocked by the teacher?”

When Mo Fan was communicating with several unfriendly and sullen mentors, he suddenly heard a voice behind him that he remembered but was not familiar with. He turned around and saw a face with an extremely sarcastic smile.

"Li Yu? Are you also coming to the Guofu team?"

"I guess so. What's wrong with you? I remember you dropped out halfway through the nomination competition for the school. I haven't heard from you for a few months. How come you suddenly became a member of the National Team?"

When he got the news, Li Yu, who had not run into Mo Fan the entire time, felt a little regretful that he had lost such a legitimate opportunity to bully his old classmate.

"How would I know? Someone just asked me to come here. When I got there, I realized that I was just a substitute."

Mo Fan was in a good mood after seeing Li Yu. They were not close friends, but they could be considered friends. In addition, the not-so-solid friendship they had established in Hangzhou made Mo Fan, who was already restless, start talking and started complaining.

"For a guy like you who didn't even play in a single match, being able to be a substitute is already good enough. What else do you need?"

"..."

Seeing the two high school and college classmates chatting as if they were alone, the faces of several instructors, who were already gloomy, became even gloomier.

"Do you two think this is the entrance to your village? Or do you think it's a vegetable market?"

"How about I give you a place to reminisce about the past? You don't have to go to the World Academy Competition. What do you think?"

It was only then that the two people who had just realized that there were other people finally stopped. At the same time, the instructor also pointed out Li Yu's identity.

"Are you Li Yu from Mingzhu Academy? The guy that was sent to the National Team by Dean Xiao of your Mingzhu Academy using his connections in the academy?"

Before Li Yu could speak, a short and fat instructor who looked difficult to talk to said unhappily:
"It just so happens that this Mo Fan is a substitute who was inserted through the backdoor. You are similar to him, but you also have the ability. Let Dean Xiao help you through the backdoor."

"We had such a great time chatting, we can be said to have similar tastes."

"The current government is getting worse with each passing term."

Facing the taunts from the short and fat mentor, the shameless Mo Fan didn't care at all. After all, he wouldn't lose any meat if he was scolded.

However, Li Yu and Mo Fan have different temperaments. He, who is from Hangzhou, dared to mock the councillor Zhu Meng in public just across the wall. Now that he has become stronger, his courage will not decline.

Since the other party's words were not pleasant to hear, Li Yu also raised his voice and said lazily:

"I'm sorry, we two bad apples have delayed the wise and brave mentors from guiding the Guofu team to win the championship."

"No! I must have said something wrong."

"If I remember correctly, the Guofu team was sent out of the game in the second round of the finals last year, right? The level of the Guofu team wasn't that high."

“Is it the students’ problem or the school’s instructor’s problem?”

"Can several wise and powerful mentors explain this backdoor to me?"

I am!

Mo Fan stared at Li Yu who had turned on his firepower with his eyes wide open, and said, "Brother, you can do it!"
I thought your life reached its peak the last time you mocked the congressman, but I didn’t expect that you were just getting started?
Even Mo Fan had this expression, and the mentors on the opposite side had even more gloomy faces. Although the mentors of the previous National Government Team were not the same group, they were obviously being blamed for something else.

No one would be happy to be questioned in public about their level of proficiency by a student who is suspected of having used the backdoor.

Just as a short and fat tutor was about to teach this ignorant student what it means to respect teachers, he was stopped by the good-natured Dean Songhe.

"As a mentor, why are you competing with your students?"

Seeing this, the short and fat instructor snorted coldly and dispersed the star map he had drawn. He said indifferently: "You have good courage. I hope your strength is worthy of it."

"Thank you for the compliment, mentor. I never fight a battle without preparation."

"Go and gather, we'll be leaving soon."

Li Yu and Mo Fan walked towards the team that had almost assembled. Mo Fan had only taken two steps when he was pulled away by Zhao Manyan, who was wearing the same pants as him. The two of them started chatting on the side while Li Yu stood casually at the edge of the team. Then he heard a slightly indifferent voice from the side.

"You seem to look down on the last national team?"

"Ok?"

Li Yu frowned and turned his head. The owner of the voice was a very charming woman. Her face, which should have been full of charm, was a little cold at this time. He didn't think much about it when asked this question out of the blue. He answered subconsciously according to his own thoughts:

"There's nothing to be disdainful of. I've read about the last World University Games. The national team wasn't bad, they were just unlucky to run into the old powerhouse, the United States.

Moreover, although the US team won, it also suffered heavy losses, and was eventually reaped the benefits by other countries.”

"I said that before purely because I wanted to criticize that instructor."

"You're against the instructor? Just for this reason?"

Li Yu didn't know why, but the other party's temper suddenly improved, and his voice began to match his appearance.
"You're probably the only one on the team who has this idea."

"Everyone else was very respectful, fearing that they would not have the chance to play in the game."

"Your name is Li Yu, right? Hi, my name is Jiang Shaoxu, Shao means young, and Xu means catkins."

"Hello."

Li Yu nodded, indicating that the two of them knew each other.

"Eh? Young man, I heard that your dean recommended you using his connections in the school?"

Li Yu dodged the other person's body that was approaching him unknowingly with an extremely obvious movement. The other person's slightly intimate address made his back go numb. After hearing the question, he said expressionlessly:

"Yes, just like what the instructor said, I am a 'backdoor' person."

Jiang Shaoxu, who was dodged by Li Yu, showed a hint of surprise in her eyes. She knew how attractive her appearance was to men. In the entire team, except for the team leader Ai Jiangtu, Li Yu was the second man who could refuse.

Of course, she wasn't someone who would flirt with others. Since the other party had kept their distance, she wouldn't take the initiative to get close to him. She immediately returned to normal and asked curiously like a normal teammate:

"Can you tell me about your strength?"

"strength?"

Li Yu glanced at the other party and said perfunctorily,
"You'll know then."

This was the only thing he could say, what else could he say?
Even if all of you were tied together, it wouldn’t be enough for me to beat you in thirty seconds?

Although Li Yu didn't mind making enemies, he didn't want to make a few more enemies for no reason.

"Forget it if you don't tell me."

Jiang Shaoxu said in a delicate voice with a huff. With the charming face of the other party, this kind of behavior has a unique style. However, Li Yu, who was busy watching Mo Fan licking his goddess, did not notice it at all.

If there is any irreconcilable difference between Li Yu and Mo Fan, it is that as a solo pusher, he cannot understand why Mo Fan can pursue his childhood goddess without any psychological barriers when he has a sweet sister who has raised him since childhood, especially when the so-called goddess obviously ignores him and rejects him, he still enjoys approaching her.

Of course, everything is other people's choice. Li Yu has no time to comment on Mo Fan's love life, so it is a good choice to watch him like a little bee circling around the ice lotus and trying to take a bite.

Li Yu and Mo Fan were the last team members to arrive. Soon after, several instructors began to speak, instructing everyone on various useful and useless words, including the significance of the World Academy Competition.

After the speeches, several mentors took everyone on the plane very quickly.

There was no grand welcome ceremony, no one knew when the training would begin, and no one knew the team members' list. This was true for any country. Only the 32 teams that entered the World University Competition were qualified to have their names known to the world.

(End of this chapter)