Versatile Mage: Choose one of three Hexes at the start

Chapter 133 Votes and Deaths

A few days later, the Pearl Academy Nomination Competition officially kicked off.

As one of the top magic schools in the country, Mingzhu Academy has the right to nominate ten students.

However, after the nomination, there will be two more rounds of screening before the final members are determined.

The nomination process for this year's competition was quite simple: all the students ranked in the top twenty of each department were shuffled and reorganized, and then they were put into round after round of 4v4 battles.

Su Chi was already a shoo-in for the National Team, so he didn't participate in the nomination competition. For this, the student ranked 21st in the Water Academy even went to Su Chi a few days ago to express his gratitude.

There's a match for Mu Nujiao today, and as her boyfriend, Su Chi naturally won't be absent.

"Great! Sister Mu and her team won!"

Watching Mu Nujiao use her Kun Zhi Lin technique to imprison the last opponent in the arena, Ai Tutu, sitting next to Su Chi, shouted excitedly.

Ai Tutu is a lively person, and she has a good relationship with Mo Fan. In order to prevent the impersonation incident from happening again, Su Chi has been keeping this big-breasted girl by his side these past few days.

"Let's go, we'll wait at the entrance, then go to the airport to pick up your brother."

As soon as the referee announced the result of the match, Su Chi stood up and gestured for Ai Tutu, who was still making a lot of noise, to follow.

Not long after the two arrived at the door, Mu Nujiao arrived.

"Brother Chi, TuTu."

Upon seeing Su Chi, Mu Nujiao's previously aloof face instantly broke into a smile.

"Played well."

Su Chi opened his arms and embraced his girlfriend, who was walking quickly towards him.

Today's match was Mu Nujiao's team's second game, and they won both matches. Su Chi could feel that his girlfriend was obviously excited.

"Sister Mu, why don't you hug me?" Realizing she was being ignored, Ai Tutu pouted and muttered softly.

Hearing this, Su Chi couldn't help but smile, and even Mu Nujiao smiled helplessly.

"How could I forget you, TuTu?"

After watching the two girls playfully bicker for a while, Su Chi spoke up again.

"Alright, your brother said he'll be at the airport in about half an hour. Let's head over now so you don't have to wait for him."

By the time Su Chi and his group picked up Ai Jiangtu, it was almost lunchtime.

after an hour.

In an old restaurant in a Shanghai night market, Su Chi ordered several dishes and some cumin-flavored barbecue as snacks to go with his drinks.

After all, Ai Jiangtu was a heavy drinker with a strong addiction to alcohol. If it weren't for this guy's insistence on getting Su Chi drunk today, they wouldn't have come to this kind of old-fashioned restaurant that resembles a street food stall.

This restaurant was recommended by Mo Fan; he and Zhao Manyan often eat here, but this is the first time Su Chi and the others have been here.

"Come and try it. Mo Fan said the chicken wings here are really good."

Su Chi distributed a portion of the cumin-flavored chicken wings that had just been served to everyone. Mu Nujiao didn't usually eat fried food, but seeing Su Chi put the chicken wings right up to his mouth, she opened her mouth and tentatively took a bite.

“It tastes really good.”

Mu Nujiao's eyes lit up. She then slowly removed all the meat from the large roasted chicken wings, broke the meat into small pieces, and finally chewed it one small bite at a time.

Seeing how Mu Nujiao ate, Ai Tutu tried to imitate her.

As for Su Chi and Ai Jiangtu, the two grown men, they weren't so particular. They put on gloves and started munching away, and after they finished, they raised their wine glasses and clinked them together with their hands covered in red oil.

"happy!!"

Ai Jiangtu downed the wine in one gulp; this way of eating, taking a bite of meat and a sip of wine, was truly a pleasure.

"I must say, you're really to my liking, whether it's your strength or your courage and boldness," Ai Jiangtu said in a hearty tone.

"Each each other."

After the two clinked glasses again, Su Chi said with a smile, "You must be the designated captain of the National Team, right?"

The main reason is that, so far, the only two members of the National Team are him and Ai Jiangtu, and he had previously expressed to Dean Xiao that he was not interested in becoming the captain of the National Team.

"Pretty much. Although we'll need to compete for it later, it'll just be a formality for me."

Ai Jiangtu didn't shy away from Su Chi's words, after all, he had known for a long time that Su Chi wasn't interested in the captain of the National Team, but he still couldn't quite understand it.

After all, all the major clans, universities, hunter alliances, magic associations and other forces have spent huge amounts of manpower and resources to compete for a spot on the national team, and all the young mages have gone to great lengths to pull strings in order to be selected as official members of the national team.

Unexpectedly, this prodigy from a small city looked down on even the captain of the National Team.

"Actually, I've always been curious why you gave up the opportunity to become the captain of the National Team, since I couldn't beat you before."

After their first meeting, he had fought with Su Chi. Although he still didn't know that Su Chi had four elements, he knew that his curse magic had no effect on this guy.

"There's no reason why, I just don't want to be so tired. After all, the captain of the National Team has too many things to do, and if there are conflicts in the team, he has to mediate and so on. It's not as easy as being a regular member." Su Chi took a bite of his grilled meat and said nonchalantly.

"You rascal." Ai Jiangtu shook his head helplessly.

Everyone has their own ideas. He might force Su Chi to do something, and Su Chi's voluntary abandonment is actually a good thing for him.

Time passes slowly.

The four people sitting at the same square table had two different atmospheres. On the left, Su Chi and Ai Jiangtu were drinking and chatting loudly, while on the right, Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu were whispering and eating very elegantly, which was pleasing to the eye.

However, not long after, a sudden sound broke the beautiful atmosphere.

"Xiao Jiao, what are you doing here?"

Su Chi and the others stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A man dressed in a very noble manner was looking at Mu Nujiao with a serious expression.

"Big brother?" Mu Nujiao was also very surprised by the man in front of her.

Mu Hua initially wanted to say something, but upon seeing Su Chi beside Mu Nujiao, he swallowed the words that were already on the tip of his tongue and then changed his tone to say, "Brother-in-law, you're here too."

"Big brother, what are you saying? We're not married yet!!" Mu Nujiao was speechless at her older brother's blunt words, but her already slightly flushed face turned even redder, whether from embarrassment or the spiciness of the chili peppers, it was hard to tell. "What's the big deal? It's only a matter of time anyway," Mu Hua said with a smile. "I heard you won your second match today too. Keep it up! Just one more win and you'll get a vote from the National Government."

After finishing his sentence, Mu Hua left immediately. Judging from the demeanor of the people following him, they probably had something to take care of.

"My older brother just doesn't think before he speaks, don't take it to heart." After Mu Hua left, Mu Nujiao explained to Su Chi.

After all, in her opinion, her older brother's words seemed to imply a form of pressure to get married.

"It's alright, he was right in the first place."

Su Chi originally wanted to reach out and touch his girlfriend's hair, but he gave up after seeing that his hands were covered in oil.

At this moment, Ai Jiangtu, who was on the opposite side, suddenly interjected.

"How many Nationalist Party votes do you have now?"

Noticing that Ai Jiangtu was looking at her, Mu Nujiao replied somewhat awkwardly, "We're still trying."

However, Ai Jiangtu didn't say anything after hearing this; he simply fell silent.

A moment later, just as Ai Tutu was about to say something, Ai Jiangtu spoke up again: "How about this, my father still has one vote. I'll call him tonight, and then I'll vote for it in your name. It'll save us from wasting it."

Upon hearing this, all three people present were stunned.

"No, no need," Mu Nujiao stammered, trying to refuse.

After all, a vote from the National Government team is extremely important. She had to participate in the Pearl Nomination Competition for many days just to get a vote, and that was the easiest way to obtain one.

As for Ai Jiangtu's remarks about it being a waste to keep something in your hands without using it, just listen to them casually.

If the list of National Government team members had already been finalized, then the ballot might indeed be worthless. However, at this critical juncture, the value of the National Government's ballot is unimaginable, and there is no question of it being wasted.

If Ai Jiangtu's father wanted to, he could easily exchange a large amount of cultivation resources for it.

Mu Nujiao didn't think she had that much influence, and she couldn't accept something for nothing, so she refused without even thinking about it.

"It's settled then, so don't feel guilty."

Ai Jiangtu interrupted Mu Nujiao before she could finish speaking, and then added after thinking for a moment: "Consider this a thank you for taking care of Tutu over the years. Tutu has always regarded you as an older sister. Our Ai family is not stingy, so consider this National Government ballot a gift from our Ai family to you."

Hearing this, Mu Nujiao was filled with conflict. After all, it was impossible for her to say that she had no thoughts about the vote, but if she accepted it directly, it would seem that her feelings for Ai Tutu over the years had ulterior motives.

"Oh, Sister Mu, it's alright, just accept it." Ai Tutu quickly stood up and sat down next to Mu Nujiao, her big butt almost squeezing Su Chi off the chair.

"Don't worry, I'll call my dad tonight and tell him about it. He'll agree."

Watching Ai Tutu proudly patting himself on the shoulder, Mu Nujiao felt a surge of emotion.

"thank you all."

After this topic was discussed, the atmosphere returned to what it was before.

And since no one bothered them afterward, the party continued until very late.

Because Su Chi and Ai Jiangtu had been drinking heavily, they were both unsurprisingly quite drunk by the time the party ended.

So Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu discussed it and decided to book a few rooms nearby to sleep.

a few days later.

The final match for the Mu Nu Jiao team is fast approaching.

However, in addition to Su Chi, Ai Tutu and her brother also came to watch the game.

Originally, Ai Jiangtu planned to spend a day in Shanghai before returning home, but he couldn't resist Ai Tutu's insistence on seeing her sister Mu finish her last match in person.

The battle ended not long after.

As expected, Mu Nujiao's team won the match.

Since the nomination battle does not restrict the use of magical artifacts and tools, after Mu Nujiao put on the dragon scale armor, there were very few, or even none, magical spells on the field that could harm her.

In addition to its incredibly powerful defensive capabilities, the Dragon Scale Armor also has a very useful passive skill.

That is, as long as the mage's feet are on the ground, the speed at which their magic regeneration will increase rapidly. However, this passive skill is completely useless for Mu Nujiao, because this regeneration effect is mainly aimed at earth magic.

"That's great, Sister Mu! As long as you get through the final selection, you'll get a vote from Pearl Academy, which means you'll have two votes."

Ai Tutu hugged Mu Nujiao, who had just come out, with great excitement.

It must be said that Ai Jiangtu is very efficient. Although he was drunk that night and didn't have time to make a phone call, he contacted his father directly about the matter shortly after waking up the next morning.

Ai's father didn't say much about it, since Ai Tutu had called him the night before.

Originally, Ai's father thought that Mu Nujiao had instigated his daughter to say that, but he did not expect that it was his son who brought it up first.

But just then, Su Chi's phone suddenly rang with a notification sound.

As Su Chi took out his phone, he paused for a moment when he saw the pop-up message after unlocking the screen.

"The ancient capital is plagued by ghosts; the entire Xihong team, including patrol officers such as Zhang Xiaohou, who were sent to conduct rescue and reconnaissance missions, has lost contact!!"

Looking at those three incredibly familiar words in the text message from Wei Fang, Su Chi couldn't help but think of the figure that had followed him for many years.

To be honest, they've seen each other very rarely since Zhang Xiaohou joined Wei Fang.

In the nearly three years since the disaster in Bocheng, he has only seen Zhang Xiaohou a handful of times, basically only when Zhang Xiaohou takes annual leave.

After putting away his phone, Su Chi also noticed Mo Fan, who had just come on stage, staring blankly at his phone and trembling all over.

However, he didn't say anything, but instead directly notified Liu Ru in Shanghai to book three plane tickets to the ancient capital.

His main concern was whether Zhang Xiaohou was truly alright. After all, the butterfly effect is something that cannot be taken lightly, so he planned to go and check on him in person.

However, just after Su Chi hung up the phone with Liu Ru, another call came in.

Looking at the caller ID displayed on the screen, Su Chi answered the call without hesitation.

"Waaaaah, Brother Chi... something's happened to Xiao Hou!"

(End of this chapter)