A Young Woman's Heart

After all, who would be so free as to try to get a key from the security guard to open the door and then put the love letter in the drawer of the girl they like?

You should know that there are no schools on Saturdays and Sundays, and it's not easy to get your keys from the security guard on those days unless you know him well.

At most, a few exceptionally proactive individuals might do this, but it's highly unlikely that love letters would fill an entire desk drawer.

Sometimes, they might slip a letter into a drawer, but you might not find it unless you look carefully.

"Alright, alright, let's go to the band room!"

"Little Yaoyao didn't bring her keyboard again, what's she doing in the band room?"

"Oh yeah..."

"Actually, it seems like nobody brought any today..."

"I brought it!!" Mo Zhuyou patted her drum set hard.

"That's because it started from your house..."

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Chapter 236 Eight-in-Four

Monday, August 2000, 12.

The esports competition, which was originally scheduled to end last Friday, was ultimately delayed until Monday.

Mo Xueyao was defeated by Zhou Yong in the round of 16. That kid really didn't hold back at all, and didn't even let her win a single match.

On Monday noon, the first match to take place will be the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, the matches are played one at a time, rather than all at once.

Gao Yuan was also one of those who failed to make it into the top eight. Now, Zhou Yong is the only one from the class who has made it into the top eight.

"Go for it, Zhou Yong! You're our class's only hope! Win back everything we lost! The championship is our only goal!"

“There are always people better than you… Even if you insist that I win, it has to be based on skill,” Zhou Yong said helplessly.

The final stage of the competition was held in the multi-purpose hall.

The game console's visuals can be viewed on a large projection screen, eliminating the need to gather around the players.

Now, players no longer share a single machine, but instead use two machines to compete, which looks much more professional.

Zhou Yong was the second person to go on stage, and everyone was cheering him on.

"Anyway, at least get second place!" Mo Xueyao patted his back hard, making a crisp 'slap slap' sound. "Good luck!"

"I tried my best..."

"You've already beaten me, it would be such a shame if you didn't make it to the finals. If I hadn't lost, you would have had a very good chance of making it to the finals!"

"Alright, alright, Mo Xueyao, stop bragging, okay? You can't even beat me..." Gao Yuan said jokingly, putting his arm around Liu Xiaowei's arm. "Look, Liu Xiaogou is the most unlucky one, isn't he?"

"Why did you bring me along, Mom?!" Liu Xiaowei cried, "Damn it, it brought back those bad memories..."

"Hahaha... Okay, okay, well, at least I've made it to the top 16." Mo Xueyao craned her neck to look at the edge of the stage and urged, "Zhou Yong! You should go over there, your opponent has arrived."

"OK, I'm going!" Zhou Yong clenched his fist. "Watch me!"

"Yes, yes, that's the kind of confidence we need!" Mo Xueyao nodded vigorously.

"No, that's not confident enough. It should be 'Watch me crush them!'" Gao Yuan patted Liu Xiaowei on the shoulder and raised an eyebrow at Zhou Yong. "Right, Zhou Yong?"

"Come on, being too arrogant isn't good." Zhou Yong shook his head, walked down the steps of the audience seats, climbed back onto the stage, and sat down in front of his game console.

The character selection screen for the two characters was projected onto the large screen.

There were even Qiu Yi and Ye Yu as narrators to explain.

Even people who haven't played it much can listen to it with great interest.

"Alright, now our two students—no, at this point I think it's better to call them contestants—are here..."

Before Qiu Yi could finish speaking, Ye Yu interrupted him: "Both contestants are ready. The one on the left is Zhou Yong from Class 2 of Grade 11, and the one on the right is Zheng Qiang from Class 7 of Grade 11."

"Why did you steal my lines?" Qiu Yi complained, though it was obvious to everyone that he was joking.

On the projection screen, you can already see that Zhou Yong has selected three roles.

The rules this time are somewhat similar to arena battles. If you are strong enough, you can even take on all three of the opponent's characters with just one character.

Furthermore, the selected character cannot be repeated.

After the dice are rolled, players take turns choosing in order.

Zhou Yong's first choice was the unpopular character "Su Yuqing", who is the medical teacher at Yukong High School.

The opposing team, of course, chose "Taiyin" without hesitation. This is probably the strongest character among all the characters, mainly because her teleportation is just too useful.

Zhou Yong's second choice was once again an unpopular character – "Shui Zhi Shi". To this day, Mo Xueyao has never seen anyone use her skillfully.

Because "Mizuki Shi" is a ranged character, but her attack range is not particularly far. Both her normal attacks and skills have very long recovery times, and almost every one of them has a charging animation. Her standard actions such as rolling and dodging are not very smooth. Furthermore, according to everyone's tests, she is the only character who takes more damage when defending than other characters.

Its only advantage is that its defense is to erect an energy wall, unlike others who have two states: crouching defense and standing defense.

Standing defense can be broken by sweeping attacks, while crouching defense can be broken by certain grappling techniques.

The energy wall is absolutely unbreakable from the front; the only way to break it is to jump from the air to its back.

This worked very well for her because her defense required about 0.5 seconds of charging before it could be released.

If you're fast enough, you can find the opening.

The opponent glanced at it with surprise, perhaps worried that this was their specialty, so they chose "Quiet Butterfly," a close-range fighter with an exceptionally fast attack speed.

Once she gets close, "Mizuki Shi" will have absolutely no chance to fight back. Her staff attacks will even miss because the close-quarters combat distance is simply too short.

In his last move, Zhou Yong chose "Guan Peng," while his opponent chose "Wan Jian Lei."

After the countdown, the game officially began.

Su Yuqing's normal attacks all rely on the black cat she holds in her arms. However, because the cat is thrown in a parabolic trajectory, sometimes the opponent can't hit her even if they don't dodge.

Yes, even a normal attack requires calculating its parabolic trajectory...

"Alright, as we can see, Zheng Qiang has charged forward with his character. I must say, the 'Taiyin' teleportation is really useful!" Qiu Yi exclaimed loudly, sounding a bit like a football commentator.

"Yes, many people think this character is designed to be very overpowered, but that's not actually the case. She also has her own flaws, namely, that she has too few attack methods and is not diverse enough."

"But it's actually easier to get started with."

"Yes, but that also means there's not much room for in-depth development; in other words, the potential is relatively low."

“However, the margin for error is low, so choosing this character for the arena is definitely not a wrong choice,” Qiu Yi retorted.

As they were talking, "Taiyin" had already teleported in front of "Su Yuqing" and reached out to pat her on the shoulder, trying to briefly control her.

However, in the scene, "Su Yuqing" quickly squatted down and covered her head.

This is her special defensive method. Unlike other defenses, the crouching defense with her head covered cannot be canceled at any time. It must be maintained for three seconds. The advantage is that she cannot be broken during the crouching defense - attacks from behind are not possible, and she will only suffer very low damage.

"It seems Zhou Yong is still observing. He used a defensive skill first to see how things went and familiarize himself with his opponent's operating pattern. However, this crouching defense with his head covered has a flaw. He will stand up after it ends and it will take at least 0.5 seconds before he can crouch down again. Could that become an opportunity?"

It moved!

Next, it was time for the two to report their skills, because the battle was so intense and highly efficient.

In the scene, "Su Yuqing" and the black cat she was holding were practically one, hitting exactly where she aimed, with every attack hitting its mark without missing, and always staying perfectly within the safe distance...

"Taiyin"'s teleportation is indeed very strong, but the distance she teleports is fixed. Zhou Yong predicted the location of her next teleportation every time, so even with such a powerful movement skill, he was unable to get close.

"Hey hoo!" As Su Yuqing's voice rang out, she made a throwing motion on the screen. The opponent's last bit of health was taken away, and the action on the screen began to slow down. Cookie's final grab looked very cool.

"KO!"

The defeat screen popped up, and before long, the opponent's next character appeared.

During the game, Zhou Yong was so powerful that it was suffocating. As soon as the opponent's second character appeared, "Su Yuqing" used the burst skill she had saved up in the previous game to take away most of the opponent's health with a combo. Although she struggled in the end, she still only took away a third of her health.

In the moments when the game was about to end, Zhou Yong even used a healing skill.

The scene freezes on Su Yuqing bandaging herself, and you can see her health bar jump forward a little more.

"I think you should take back what you just said. It's clearly the characters who can heal that are best suited for arena battles!"

"But actually, the character 'Su Yuqing' has very low attack power, and her attack methods require a lot of prediction. To achieve this effect, the player's own skills must be strong enough."

Qiu Yi chuckled smugly: "I told you, it doesn't matter if the character is too difficult, but the skill ceiling is very important. As long as the skill ceiling is high enough, difficult characters can easily defeat those easy characters."

"That's not necessarily true..."

The opponent's "Quiet Butterfly" finally showed some restraint, making it difficult for "Su Yuqing" to retaliate, and many of her attacks missed.

"Zheng Qiang isn't wallowing in his earlier disappointment; he's still fighting back! It seems his fighting spirit is incredibly high! He still wants to win! Alright, Zhou Yong has already lost three-quarters of his health! But Zheng Qiang hasn't lost a single drop of health yet; it looks like there's hope for a comeback!"

Just as Su Yuqing's health bar was about to reach zero, Cookie suddenly appeared in front of Jingdie's fist and blocked it.

Mo Xueyao was startled and stood up abruptly. She instinctively felt that it was time to retaliate.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, "Su Yuqing" transformed into a butterfly and danced gracefully in the scene, while her health bar began to rise.

The butterfly flew very fast and very high, making it difficult for the still butterfly, which could only be hit with a fist, to catch it. When she transformed back into human form, Zhou Yong released his burst skill, but it was blocked by the opponent's quick reflexes.

However, the skill effect still occurred – when defended, this skill would turn into pushing the opponent away.

After pushing him away, Zhou Yong immediately used a normal healing skill, which was to apply a bandage, and his health bar immediately jumped up again.

"Jingdie" rushed over in a hurry, but fell into the trap set by Zhou Yong. This time, he once again took control of the battle rhythm, and a combo took away most of her health. Finally, he traded blows during the attack and defeated his opponent with a very small advantage.

But you should know that Zhou Yong still has two roles to play, which means he's still quite capable...

"The winner is Zhou Yong!!"

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Chapter 237 Invincible is too lonely

Zhou Yong lived up to expectations and successfully entered the finals. His opponent was quite unexpected; he was a student from Class 1 of Grade 11, who was his junior.