Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Please enlighten me!

Chapter Ten: Freedom to Play Cards

"The students in the martial arts department really have a lot of energy..."

Having barely memorized the route to the canteen and the teachers' dormitory, Ying Qin Guan finished his morning classes and had nothing to do in the afternoon. After finishing his meal, he stood at the canteen entrance, feeling somewhat lost for a moment.

He felt lost while he was in prison, and he still feels lost now that he's out.

I don't know what I should do, what I want to do, or what I'm really pursuing... Is this really just a lazy, slacker life of working four days on, three days off, 10 am to 5 pm?

—Speaking of my current workload, it's less than 10 am to 5 pm, only four classes a week, two sessions of one and a half hours each time, six hours a week, and a monthly salary of four hundred pounds. If people knew this...

Thinking of this, Ying Qin Guan felt gratified. He felt that Nephalem was indeed worthy of being the director of the Anguo Division. He was able to leave such a lucrative post to him. It was worth it for him to give Nephalem a consciousness-slaying move to refresh him when he lost a card game in prison.

That's right! Let's play cards!

Ying Qin Guan felt a sudden surge of energy; he had finally achieved freedom in playing cards!

In prison, although no one could really control him, his fellow inmates had strict schedules, as did the guards. Nephalem himself was busy, and Ying Qin Guan couldn't just play by himself—that would be too pitiful. But now, outside, he had achieved freedom to play cards!

I've heard that there are board game arcades outside that have a lot of characters, and even if you go alone, the owners will let you team up with others so everyone can have fun... I should check it out!

Ying Qin Guan touched his wallet, which was given to him by Nephalem. It contained 100 pounds of living expenses... Damn, it makes me feel like his son. I should say it was 100 pounds of start-up capital.

Ying Qin Guan learned almost nothing during his year in prison except for playing cards. However, he did gain some understanding of the Seven Luminaries Empire's monetary system.

The original Seven Luminaries Empire had three currencies, from smallest to largest: Eevee, Savile, and Gold Pound. However, the base-25 and base-8 systems were simply too ridiculous. Later, after reforms, Savile was abolished, leaving only Eevee and Gold Pound as currencies, in a base-200 system. As for purchasing power...

The Seven Luminaries City is the capital of the Seven Luminaries Empire, where the median wage is 63 pounds.

The Nephalem gave Ying Qin Guan 100 pounds. He had no wife, no children, no car, no house, and he also had a meal allowance. He had no money to spend, so he could use it to gamble without any psychological pressure.

So he started looking for a way out of the school... but he couldn't find the school gate. Instead, he found a board game arcade inside the school.

What kind of university is this? You're doing a lot of harm to people!

That's outrageous! How can you set up a board game arcade on a university campus?

You are poisoning the nation's youth, poisoning the nation's next generation!

"Let me critique whether the boss has collected all the generals," Ying Qin Guan thought to himself as he pushed open the door and went inside.

The shopkeeper, seeing him arrive alone, asked, "Are you alone?"

Ying Qin Guan said, "Yes."

"Shall I share a table with you? Is that okay for five people?"

Ying Qin Guan was extremely satisfied and said, "Of course."

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A table, from left to right.

Nephalem sat on the far left, looking embarrassed at being caught in bed with another woman.

The silver-haired dean, Jiu Yi, stood beside him, his expression like that of an adulterer.

The beautiful woman, who was posing as a riddle teller, sat on the far right with an elegant posture and her legs crossed. Today she had changed into a brightly colored cheongsam, but she did not appear vulgar at all. On the contrary, she was full of charm. Unfortunately, the card players had no eyes for women.

She smiled broadly, crossed her arms, and looked like a woman who "loves watching a show."

The fourth person is Ms. Yin, a corporate slave at Ankoku-sensei, who earns only eighty pounds a day for ten hours a day, six days a week—it seems that now, because her boss wanted to slack off, she and her entire family have risen to prominence.

As for Ying Qin Guan, he was like the guy who caught the adulterous couple and got cuckolded.

"They didn't invite me to play cards..."

Ying Qin Guan was furious!

An unusual rage, so intense it seemed even the dead fish eyes were about to disappear!

"When have I ever not invited you to play cards before?"

"Every time you're not around, I eagerly await your return to play cards!"

"And what about you?!"

"So you were playing cards with other people outside!"

"So while I was waiting for you... you were outside playing cards with someone..."

"Hey!" Nephalem couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Don't talk like a bitter woman waiting for her husband to come home only to find him cheating on her. I was just playing cards!"

"Waaah..." However, the beautiful riddle teller seemed moved by Ying Qin Guan's highly infectious (?) accusation, and said with tears welling up, "This is too much, I can't stand it anymore..."

"Don't agree with him in such a weird place!" Nephalem shouted.

Jiu Yi's expression changed, and he slammed his hand on the table, shouting, "I never expected you to be this kind of person! You told me you didn't have any card-playing buddies, that's why I played cards with you. I never imagined you already had card-playing buddies..."

"Don't talk about mahjong partners like husbands and wives. They're not husbands or wives. What's wrong with having a few more?!"

The Nephalem fought three opponents single-handedly, unleashing a devastating barrage of attacks.

Miss Yin, standing to one side, clearly couldn't fit in with Jiu Yi, Ying Qin Guan, and the eccentric group of the Riddler Beauty, and could only offer an awkward yet polite smile.

"Really... since you're here, sit down and let's play a five-player game."

Just moments ago, Ying Qin Guan was heartbroken, but now he sat down instantly, and the beautiful woman, on the verge of tears, skillfully shuffled the cards.

"This is the principal, a tax thief who does nothing but laze around all day, you don't need to worry about him." While shuffling the cards, Nefertari casually introduced Ying Qin Guan, "This is my subordinate, Silver... As for this one, you may already know, or you may have guessed, one of the two moving libraries in the Royal Academy, a teacher in the Department of Arts, Miss Nocturne."

"Okay, fellow players abcd, I'll remember you."

"You didn't remember any of them! You just used random code names! You never intended to remember their names! Remember them properly!"

"Stop being so verbose. Names are just for easy calling, right? At the card table, there are only fellow players. What's wrong with A, B, C, and D?" Ying Qin Guan looked at his triangular group of lunatics. Although they didn't talk much, their performance just now proved that they were on his side. "What do you guys think?"

Jiu Yi said, "Playing cards is all about having fun."

Nocturne, fanning himself with a folding fan, said, "The woman thinks it makes sense."

"Whatever you want..." Nephalem gave up, and everyone quickly drew their identity cards and general cards.

Finally, Nephalem revealed the Lord card.

As he pulled out his military commanders, he said, "I hope my loyal subject isn't some kind of loyal retainer..."

Chapter Eleven: Useless at everything, the number one in sudden death.

【Kamikaze Kiyomi-ryu? Sesshouin Kamikaze】

Era: Ancient times.

Physical strength: 5.

【Super Speed】: At the start of each player's turn, each player gains one opportunity to play a "Kill" card with unlimited range. The target of the "Kill" card must discard a card of the same suit as the "Kill" card in order to play a "Dodge" card.

【Rapid Slash】: After you use or play a Kill card, perform a judgment. If the result is black, draw a card and play another Kill card. If the result is red, draw a card.

(When you see this sword, you are already dead.)

The card depicts a young swordsman dressed in black, his eyes gleaming with a cold light. He is a renowned swordsman in history, known as the greatest swordsman of all time, possessing superhuman speed in drawing his sword.

"My lord, you've chosen such a violent general..." Jiu Yi muttered, pressing down his general card.

Ying Qin Guan also started looking at his general cards.

He spotted the divine general card surrounded by gold at a glance.

—To reflect the exalted status of the Divine General cards, the front of each card is surrounded by gold. However, the gold color is slightly different for each card. For example, Ying Qin Guan is dark red with gold accents, while this one is white gold.

The Divine General cards are all powerful underworld generals capable of being bosses. When you encounter a Divine General card, no matter how incompatible it is with your own identity, as long as it's not a loyalist skill, you can't go wrong by picking it immediately.

Especially this one...

A man dressed in a wide white robe, surrounded by holy light, whose face was obscured, embraced the boundless radiance.

The earliest and first magician, hailed as the first person after the God of War.

【God? The Ring of Truth】

Era: Age of Gods

Physical strength: three

【Perfect One】: Locked Skill. The user can use any card without any restrictions. No card used by the user can be responded to by anyone in any form. The damage dealt by the user is changed to directly reduce the user's maximum health.

[Investiture of the Gods]: Omitted.

(Truth is nothing more than a plaything in my hands.)

The ultimate rebel, with unparalleled destructive power, but also loses its survivability and card-drawing ability. A fragile three-health white card is simply laughable.

—But out of faith in the divine general, Ying Qin Guan still chose it.

Brady the Bear, invincible in chaotic times!

Everyone pulled out their general cards... It's worth mentioning that there was even a divine general on the field.

He is a military commander of the Nocturne.

The card depicts a man in a heroic uniform, wearing white gloves, sitting at a desk, his chin resting on his hand, with a half-smile on his face.

The famous strategist in the Investiture of the Gods, Taki.

【Kami-Taki】

Era: Modern.

Physical strength: 4.

【First to First】: At the start of each player's turn, they may discard one card or lose one life point to declare a type of card, such as Basic, Trick, or Equipment. During this turn, the opponent cannot use this type of card, but cannot consecutively ban the same type of card—such as banning Basic twice in a row.

At the end of the round, the opponent must reveal all of their cards and discard the other two cards that they did not declare.

【Exterminate All】: After a player discards a card during their discard phase, they can move one delayed strategy card or equipment card on the field. If there are no cards available to move, they can draw a card.

[Investiture of the Gods]: Omitted.

(Everything is under my control)

Seeing this card, Ying Qinguan sensed something was wrong; his general was completely countered. While it's true his cards couldn't be responded to by anyone in any way, he still needed the opportunity to play a card first...