Rock, paper, scissors!
“Ah, I’m the one who voted,” Momo said, holding up the scissors.
“Me too…” Junqing said, squinting her eyes and warmly holding up the scissors.
Section 192.08 Playing with Humans
In the middle of the open space where the food festival was previously held, a large area was cleared out, and long tables were moved around to serve as the boundary. The monsters watching were outside the boundary, leaning against the tables or resting on the tabletops, watching the contestants participating in the games inside the arena with great interest.
Momer and Junqing, as pitchers, stood on the left and right edges of the open field, respectively.
"Then the rest of you go to the middle of the field. Whoever gets hit by the beanbag is out. There are exactly 20 of us here, including me. Let's start with five of us. If you get hit, you're out. If you catch the beanbag, you get an extra life. Let the game begin!" Qin Jing announced, raising her hand high.
The first to take the stage were several robust monsters, each brimming with confidence.
Especially that pig demon, with his big belly sticking out and waving his hands, walked swaggering to the center of the arena. His enormous body was equivalent to several of the others.
"Hahaha, watch me catch all the sandbags!" the pig demon said, rubbing his hands together. As a wild boar, he had sturdy, oily skin that could bounce off bullets, so he wasn't afraid of these sand-bombing objects.
"Then I'll throw it!" Momo raised his hand high, like a baseball ace pitcher, and threw the sandbag vertically towards the pig demon.
"Got it!" The pig demon's eyes lit up, and he opened his arms to grab the sandbag that was charging straight at him.
The moment the pig demon touched the sandbag, it felt as if its hands had grabbed some large, wild beast that was running around wildly. Despite its desperate grip, the sandbag broke free and flew high into the air, landing directly on the pig demon's chin.
With the immense force of the sandbag, the 1.8-meter-tall, 180-kilogram pig demon was sent flying and crashed to the ground. The sandbag continued its terrifying ascent into the sky.
"...How could I possibly catch it..." The pig demon uttered his last words, rolled his eyes, and remained motionless.
"..." On the other side, the pitcher, Hayabusa, tilted his head and instantly flew into the sky, caught the sandbag, and returned to his original position. The sandbag was emitting white smoke due to friction.
"Let's name this 'Momo's Self-Created Solo Ball to Send You to Heaven,' or 'Momo Ball' for short!" Momo said with a hearty laugh.
"If one player leaves the arena, then other players should fill in." Qin Jing looked at the other monsters and urged them to send one of them into the arena.
"No, no! I'll come later!"
"Okay! We'll come later too."
The monsters trembled as they retreated. If the academy hadn't forbidden cowards from backing down, they would have definitely chosen to quit. They were too naive. Even in a human game, when the player becomes a demon, the power is demolition-level.
The monsters watching from the sidelines sighed inwardly, thinking how glad they hadn't rushed into participating.
Human games are so terrifying.
But as a spectator, this game is super fun.
"None of you are willing to go?" Qin Jing asked.
"Hmm..." The monsters all shook their heads.
"I understand, then I'll go on first." Qin Jing nodded, summoned her fox tail, and stepped onto the field.
"Oh! Xiao Jing, you're up here. Let's play together." Junqing smiled lazily and threw a sandbag at Qin Jing.
"!!!" Qin Jing's hair stood on end in that instant, and without thinking, she rolled to the side.
With a whoosh, the sandbag flew across the ground where Qin Jing had been standing, blowing away the dust and creating a clear, long straight line.
"Big sister, aren't you taking this way too seriously?" Qin Jing stood up, wiping away cold sweat.
"I'll always be serious about you, Xiaojing. I'll be the one to hit you, Xiaojing." Junqing smiled and tapped her lips with her finger.
"Wait! Wait! Xiao Jing is my younger brother! I'm the one who's going to hit him!" Mo Mo said angrily, grabbing the sandbag that Jun Qing had thrown at him.
"Hey bro! Take this! It's called the Magic Ball!" Momo threw out that terrifying straight ball once again.
"Whoa!" Qin Jing used her family's secret technique to dodge Mo Mo's attack again.
The other four monsters then quietly hid in a corner, enjoying the exciting performance of the human-beast fight.
"Xiao Jing is too agile! You all better start running!" Falcon Qing opened its golden eyes and roared at the monsters.
A serpentine, spinning ball struck and bounced off, knocking all four monsters to the ground in one fell swoop.
"Well done!! As expected of our school's martial god!!" The male monsters outside the arena cheered angrily.
"All the other contestants, get on the field!!" The female monsters outside the arena also shouted loudly.
The onlookers, including the monsters, hadn't expected that modern humans' games would be so thrilling! It was practically like the Roman Colosseum from a textbook. Back then, humans still had some backbone, capable of using weapons to fight and battle with ferocious beasts like lions.
I thought that modern humans, who have become increasingly cowardly, have long lost their fighting spirit and only know how to play dirty tricks and kill each other.
Who would have thought there was such a thrilling game where you throw balls at each other until all the challengers are knocked unconscious? Many monsters have changed their opinion of humans.
Sisi Nannan controlled the robot to drag the monsters who had fallen on the field out of the arena, and the competition continued.
So, in the extremely spacious arena, Qin Jing and the monsters dodged the death sandbags one by one, and every decision and movement determined their life or death.
After that, other monsters eagerly signed up and joined the game, although no monster wanted to be in a group with Momo and Shunqing anymore.
"Yes, I had a lot of fun!"
"I'm satisfied, I'm satisfied, let's go back."
"But, even if we don't play with humans, we'd have more fun playing this game together as a group."
The monsters dispersed and returned to their lodgings just as the sun was about to reach its western horizon.
In the courtyard outside the Wenjing Building dormitory at sunset, Qin Jing and the other girls formed a circle and started playing shuttlecock.
Momo lifted his foot, and the shuttlecock was kicked high into the sky, as if floating among the red clouds and above the golden sea of clouds, before falling back down unhurriedly.
"Here I come!" Wang Zi jumped up with a smile, followed by a high kick, and the shuttlecock flew up again.
"Leave it to me." The whale, as if swishing its tail, lifted its leg behind it and kicked the shuttlecock.
"Xiao Jing!" Little Seba nimbly jumped up and kicked at the boy.
"Oh!" Qin Jing kicked the shuttlecock high into the air, sending it soaring straight up to the red sun.
"Xiao Jing's plan failed today, it's a pity," Mo Mo sighed.
"But playing shuttlecock and throwing beanbags are so much fun!" Wang Zi said with a laugh.
"Let's come play together again next time," Seba suggested.
“Hmm… if I’m with everyone.” Whale nodded.
"Yes, it was all for nothing this time, but let's try again next time."
"It was a failure, but I didn't intend to let this event go to waste," Qin Jing said, pursing her lips.
After that, a Panda Restaurant opened in the commercial district at the foot of Penglai Academy Mountain. It had many new dishes that were not available on the market and quickly became very popular. It opened branches in various places and became a well-known local catering chain.
Chapter 193, Section 09: Picking Up a Bird Demon and Bringing It Home
Alice, the shrike, is a child from a secret realm connected by the Great Hollow of America. Decades ago, a fire phoenix led a large number of its subordinates to open up a forbidden zone for humans.
Alice's father, as the general in charge of the small bird population, was a trusted old minister of the Fire Phoenix.
Alice was his youngest daughter, and she was raised with good character and manners.
Her favorite culture is the culture of chivalry. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have always inspired her to train hard and learn martial arts.
Having been pampered since childhood, she was well-mannered but also overprotected in some ways, making her somewhat naive to the ways of the world.
This also meant that she was completely unaware of the thoughts of other monsters, and only focused on carrying out her own ideas.
Her overly naive and straightforward nature hurt her classmates, and in doing so, she also suffered harm herself.
After Alice returned home last night, she continued to uphold her chivalrous code, criticizing her classmates for this and that.
"Lights out and sleep at a certain time!"
"We must be polite when we eat! We must not waste food or leave any leftovers!"
"You shouldn't eat snacks after nightfall!"
So one of the monsters in the same dormitory couldn't take it anymore and started arguing with Alice. Alice believed she was right, so she relentlessly tried to reason with him, eventually escalating the conflict to the entire dormitory, with all the monsters targeting Alice.
"You're right, but we don't necessarily have to do it that way!"
"You're not a teacher! You have no right to tell us what to do! We can do whatever we want!"
"Leave us alone! Are you my mother?!"
"If you can't stand it, then move out!"
"Anyway, you're the general's daughter! Go live in your villa!"
Alice, a young lady from a wealthy family, had never been treated like this before, so she packed her things and ran away.
But after coming out, he realized that he was not in the deep abyss of America, but in another world. He had no relatives or friends here and nowhere to go.
“My dear daughter, it is too difficult to study alone in another world. Why don’t you stay here?”
"No, Father, as your daughter, I will not be defeated by this problem. I will definitely study hard and become a student that you can be proud of!"
"Haha, as expected of my dear daughter, you must have enough pocket money. In short, I will send you five times the amount you have now, no, ten times the amount, every month on time."
"No, Father! I'm going out to train, not to enjoy myself. I will try my best to adapt to a frugal life, so please take back all the money except for the necessary education and living expenses."
Alice had told her father that she had run away from the dormitory and was too ashamed to go back, but she didn't even have enough money to stay in a hotel.
The concept of upholding justice and helping the weak has existed since ancient times.
The wealthy help the poor, healthy adults give way to young children and the sick and frail, and brilliant scientists seek the truth of the world for the ordinary masses.
The win-win principle that modern people strive for is to help others while also achieving their desired results.
Qin Jing felt that perhaps she could help other monsters.
If a monster forgets the kindness of a meal as soon as it's eaten, then let's make a deal.
He would help solve the monster's problem in a businessman's manner, and in return, the monster would have to repay the Literature Club.
In short, the first person I should help is this naive young lady who talks a lot about chivalry.
At this moment, Alice, the blonde ponytail princess of the shrike-bird monster, was sitting on the stone steps, dragging her suitcase and feeling dejected. She was currently in a state of having nowhere to go.
"Why should I?! It's not my fault. All I'm doing is asking you to break your bad habit of staying up late, and all I'm doing is asking you not to make noise and disturb other students at night!"
Although he found it troublesome, she was, after all, a classmate and an innocent girl, so he couldn't just sit idly by.
"Alice, do you understand your problems a little better now?" Qin Jing asked.
"What! What did I do wrong?! I have no idea what you're talking about!" Alice said hysterically.
"Shut up! You Don Quixote," Qin Jing retorted.
“What! I’m not Don Quixote! I’m a knight of noble character. Even if I can’t be the popular Gawain, I can still be the assistant to the King of Knights, like Bedivere or Kay!” Alice retorted angrily.
"So-called exclusion is mutual, you know. If you're being excluded, it means you did something that gave the other party an excuse to exclude you! Come with me, I'll give you a place to stay, and during our time living together, I'll teach you the lessons of this. Of course..." Qin Jing said with an undisguised malice, "If you don't dare, then that's another story!"
"What! There's nothing I wouldn't dare to do!" Alice shouted angrily.
"So I kidnapped her and brought her here, is that okay?" Qin Jing shrugged and explained to her friends sitting on the sofa.
"..." Alice sat on the sofa to the side, looking displeased.
"Even though it's a clumsy bird, it would be too pitiful to ignore it. I have no objection," Wang Zi said with a smile.
"Well, it's not a bad thing, there are plenty of rooms anyway." Momo also indicated that he had no objection.
"...If it's Xiaojing's request, then I have no right to say anything," Whale said, seemingly unhappy.
"..." Seba never paid attention to such things.
"Qin Jing, although I will continue to observe your character, I must express my gratitude for providing me with accommodation! I will find a place to stay as soon as possible," Alice said earnestly to Qin Jing.
"Okay, no need to rush. Let's just settle in here for the next few days," Qin Jing agreed.
"Please give me your guidance! I am Alice from the Shrike Clan, and my dream is to become a knight of noble character! I apologize for bothering you these past few days." Alice stopped being stubborn and addressed the crowd.
"Ah, nice to meet you, Alice," her friends greeted the newcomer.
But then a problem arose!
"Wait! Wait! What are you doing?!" Alice pointed at Seba and Qin Jing with a look of shock.
"Is there a problem? We're going to take a shower, aren't we?" Seba looked at the girl with a puzzled expression and tilted his head.
"That's not right, is it? Seba is a girl, and Qin Jing is a boy. Why can you two go into the bathroom together like nothing's wrong?" Alice asked, pointing at Qin Jing, her face flushed.
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