Chapter 41: Deploying the Ultimate Killer Move: You're Already Here

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Free was out of the question—not in this lifetime, not ever.

She had to go through a lot of hard work to duel a D-grade bound beast! So how could she possibly let them watch for free? She naturally had to charge a fee!

After collecting the admission fee to watch the match, they could then bid to purchase her defensive fruit. Such a thoughtful, one-stop service—besides her, Qian Qi, was there any other family capable of providing it?

That was definitely impossible.

Qian Qi pinched a ticket, waved it in the air, and said with a beaming smile, "Classmate, 50 bucks won't get you a designer brand, nor will it get you an optical computer, but it can buy you a once-in-a-lifetime, thrilling match. Tell me, is it worth it or not?"

"Don't you all want to witness what a defensive fruit capable of withstanding the attack of a D-grade fierce beast actually looks like?"

"Besides..." Qian Qi paused, pulling out her ultimate trump card, "Since you're already here, wouldn't it be such a pity not to go in and take a look?"

The killing power of this phrase was simply too immense, landing precisely on everyone's weak spots.

Indeed, since they were already here.

They had waited for so long already; wouldn't it be terribly dull to just turn back now?

Furthermore, that so-called "Eastern Thousand Riders" had thoroughly piqued their curiosity. This was a duel between a D-grade bound beast and a human—who wouldn't look forward to that?

You must know that although quite a few live streamers had previously recorded or broadcasted videos of duels against fierce beasts in dungeons, those were all separated by a screen and completely lacked any sense of reality.

As for the beast-taming department students' bound beast duels, most of them were just clashes between E-grade flame hounds, which truly lacked any novelty.

But this time was different!

This time, it was a human dueling a D-grade bound beast! This was definitely unprecedented in the history of the school!

"Give me one! I want to buy!"

"I want one too!"

Instantly, all the interested students swarmed over and bought seat tickets from Qian Qi's hands.

The student population at the Awakener University was by no means small, and fortunately, Qian Qi had prepared plenty of tickets. Moreover, the help of the elderly gentlemen made her ticket-selling task much easier.

However, the number of students coming to watch the match still exceeded Qian Qi's imagination. She even saw Su Xingle leading a group of beast-taming department students to show their support.

Qian Qi looked at their headcount, then looked at the remaining tickets in her hand, and pulled a red ink stamp out of her pocket.

Hmph, with a genius like her, how could she possibly not have a Plan B?

"Junior Sister," Su Xingle watched as Qian Qi stamped his hand, assuming it was simply an entry pass. He looked around, covered his mouth, and whispered a warning, "Chen Tong has also been promoting this on the campus forum. Does he have some kind of hidden agenda?"

For instance, did he want the entire school to witness Qian Qi being splattered with blood in a tragic death?

"Senior Su, don't say that about Senior Chen!" Qian Qi said with an accusing look, "Isn't he clearly being kind and generous, helping me make money?"

Su Xingle: ???

"Senior, the tickets are 50 each~" Qian Qi reminded him.

Su Xingle: !!!

So watching the match cost money after all!

He believed it now; Chen Tong was truly kind, considerate, and generous!

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Su Xingle transferred 50 bucks to Qian Qi and happened to see Chen Tong walking toward them. He couldn't help patting Chen Tong's shoulder sincerely, sighing, "Chen Tong, you truly have a broad mind. I misunderstood you in the past."

Chen Tong: ???

Chen Tong was filled with confusion, assuming Su Xingle was referring to his financial sponsorship of testing the defensive fruit's efficacy. He nodded and smiled, "Not at all, it's only right."

Qian Qi: Pfft.

Qian Qi was practically on the verge of laughing out loud. Managing to regain control of her expression just in time, she quickly put on an eager, enthusiastic smile and blocked Chen Tong's path.

"Senior Chen!" Qian Qi's voice rose and fell with inflection. Glancing left and right to make sure no one was around, she mysteriously fished a ticket out of her pocket and shoved it into Chen Tong's hand. "I specially saved a VVVIP front-row seat ticket for you! For just 200 yuan, you can witness my duel with a fierce beast up close!"

She winked. "Feeling tempted?"

Chen Tong: ...

Tempted your big head! You scammed me out of fifty thousand yuan, and now you want to scam me out of another 200?

"Senior Chen~" Qian Qi suddenly leaned close to Chen Tong's ear and chuckled grimly, "Don't you want to see my blood splatter three feet high from up close?"

Chen Tong: !!!

Chen Tong immediately cast a wary glance at Qian Qi, only to see her revert to her grinning, cheeky expression, as if what he had just heard was merely an auditory hallucination.

"The other students all paid, you know~" Qian Qi tilted her chin up. "You wouldn't refuse to pay, would you?"

The corners of Chen Tong's eyes twitched slightly. He really, really wanted to call the surrounding students over to witness Qian Qi's miserly stinginess—he had already forked over fifty thousand yuan to sponsor this duel, yet she couldn't even bear to gift him a single ticket?

However, Chen Tong was neither as eloquent as Qian Qi nor possessed her thickness of skin. He could easily foresee that the moment he opened his mouth, Qian Qi would twist black into white and slap the label of a cheapskate right back onto him.

Sure enough, Qian Qi lowered her gaze, flicked a nonexistent speck of dust off her shoulder, and said with an air of casual indifference, "Senior Chen, you wouldn't want the entire school to know you're a massive cheapskate, would you?"

Chen Tong: ...

Resentfully, Chen Tong transferred 200 yuan to Qian Qi.

Whatever. She wouldn't be riding high for much longer anyway.

He hoped she would still be smiling this arrogantly when her blood splattered three feet high!

From an angle where no one else could see, Chen Tong flashed a malicious and threatening smile at Qian Qi. "Then, I'll certainly look forward to it!"

In the distance, Chen Miaomiao, who had secretly followed them over, had no idea what Qian Qi had said. But seeing the two of them whispering intimately and acting so close, alarm bells instantly blared in her head, and she hurriedly hopped over on her lame leg.

"Senior, can I sit next to you?"

She definitely wasn't going to let Chen Tong and Qian Qi get too close!

Turning around and seeing Chen Miaomiao wrapped in bandages, Qian Qi couldn't help clicking her tongue.

"Our Miaomiao is truly strong-willed despite her disability!" she exclaimed, mercilessly pulling another VVVIP front-row seat ticket from her pocket. "Your senior bought a VVVIP ticket. Are you going to buy one too?"

Chen Miaomiao couldn't help looking over at Chen Tong.

Chen Tong: ...

"Why are you looking at me? Buy your own!" Clutching his own VVVIP ticket, Chen Tong walked away ruthlessly.

The corners of Chen Miaomiao's eyes twitched slightly as she cursed him inwardly as a jerk. She turned back and glared fiercely at Qian Qi.

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Qian Qi held up two tickets and said with a beaming smile, "Classmate Miaomiao, would you like to buy a regular ticket~ or a VVVIP ticket~?"

"..." Chen Miaomiao gritted her molars and ultimately yielded to poverty. "A regular ticket!"

Qian Qi instantly looked disappointed. "Well then, seeing as we're roommates, I'll sell it to you for 100 bucks."

She started winking again. "I'll even let you sit right next to Senior Chen, how about that?"

Chen Miaomiao looked at her suspiciously. Did Qian Qi have a heart that good? "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course!" Qian Qi shoved the ticket into Chen Miaomiao's hand and said generously, "What kind of relationship do we have!"

Chen Miaomiao looked at the VVVIP ticket in her hand and figured 100 yuan was acceptable after all. Gritting her teeth, she finally transferred the money to Qian Qi.

Qian Qi's rough little face immediately blossomed into a smile. Once those two key figures had secured their spots, she turned and shouted toward Grandpa Sun, "Grandpa, it's almost time! Let's open the gates! Let the students with tickets and stamps in!"

Grandpa Sun responded loudly from the rear, unlatched the heavy gates, and began checking tickets.

Meanwhile.

The principal was sitting in his office, routinely browsing the campus forum and clicking on the discussion thread titled: "#Is the Principal Actually Bald?"

Then, he spotted the top-voted and hottest pinned post:

[——Eastern Thousand Riders: The principal is scared bald! A regular student has actually lost their mind and wants to duel a D-grade bound beast? He has decided to hurriedly rush to the Beast-Taming Plaza at 10:00 AM the day after tomorrow to prevent this tragic destiny from occurring!]

Principal: ???

Who was it?

Which death-seeking lunatic dared to challenge a D-grade bound beast?

Although students had a certain mortality rate at the Awakener University, that didn't mean people should be allowed to throw their lives away for nothing! The principal hurriedly opened his optical computer and discovered that the notification for this match had actually been posted by Elder Li, who managed the fierce beast warehouse.

He quickly poked Elder Li's optical computer ID.

[A Man in Middle Age Fears Baldness Most]: Elder Li? There's a match at the Beast-Taming Plaza today? A match between a regular person and a D-grade bound beast?

[Old Li Loves Walking Fierce Beasts]: Haha~ Yeah~ Old Sun begged me for it, so I posted the notice~ Seems quite interesting~ Little Zheng, do you want to come take a look?

Principal: ???

Old Sun?

Why had Old Sun, who never liked to join in the excitement, suddenly gotten involved in this matter?

The principal hurriedly contacted Old Sun, who had retired and taken up a casual gatekeeping job in the beast-taming department.

[A Man in Middle Age Fears Baldness Most]: Elder Sun! There's a match at the Beast-Taming Plaza today? A match between a regular person and a D-grade bound beast???

[Old Sun Loves Watching the Gates]: Haha~ Yeah~ It's super interesting~ Little Zheng, do you want to come hang out?

Principal: !!!

Interesting your sister! Stop treating a life-or-death spectacle like mere entertainment!

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