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Inside the monitoring room.
Ego Jinpachi smiled faintly. "Did you notice? Anri, has the difficulty been raised?"
"Didn't you say so? This guy, Itoshi Rin, and a few others all had their training doubled." Anri checked the data changes, but was surprised to find that those whose training had been intensified were still the first to pass.
Ego tapped his fingers on the table. "It seems it's still not enough. These people's potential is barely improving in this training room."
"Never mind, they've all passed."
"Now, how many people have passed?"
Anri looked at the data and raised her eyebrows. "14 people."
...
Inside the simulated training room.
Ye Liangqiu had almost fully recovered and proceeded to the next stage. In the dark passage, he recalled that the effect of the Demon King's Eye seemed to last longer with continuous use.
It should now be able to last 1.25 seconds.
This was already an exaggerated speed. In a one-on-one confrontation, with such an ability, he had almost no reason to lose... unless he was seen through by others.
Which was the type he hated the most.
People with extremely strong spatial awareness...
Itoshi Rin.
As soon as he entered the second stage, there weren't many people in the smaller hall. Itoshi Rin seemed to have already left, as he didn't see him there.
Instead, Ye Liangqiu noticed two familiar figures.
"Reo and Nagi Seishiro."
Seeing Ye Liangqiu's arrival, Reo subconsciously shielded Nagi Seishiro behind him, like protecting a chick.
"Yo, you guys are here too?" Ye Liangqiu greeted them, but his eyes were on Nagi Seishiro behind Reo. He knew that in this stage, he needed to start choosing teammates.
However, he was not interested in teaming up with these two.
Because he saw a better target.
"Reo." Nagi Seishiro's eyes seemed to be fixed on Ye Liangqiu. He took a step forward, his surging curiosity already uncontrollable. "Actually, we can team up with him."
"That was my thought before too."
"Huh?" Reo showed an exaggerated expression. "With him? Are you serious?"
"Nagi, have you forgotten what this guy did to us in the last match?"
"I absolutely disagree!"
"Then I'll go." Nagi Seishiro's words were astonishing, but his expression was incredibly calm. "Reo, I only feel a strong curiosity about this guy now. I want to try what it feels like to be his teammate."
Ye Liangqiu raised an eyebrow, feeling as if he had been ignored, and that he was now both disliked and liked by the two of them?
"Hey, hey, hey, you're having a good chat, but aren't you considering my opinion?"
"I didn't offer to be your teammate."
"See, he said it himself." Reo pointed at Ye Liangqiu and said, "Nagi, are you still going to follow him?"
Nagi Seishiro was silent for a few seconds, then looked at Ye Liangqiu. "Join our team. I want to try being on the same team as you, to see if it sparks any interest."
Just then, Ye Liangqiu narrowed his eyes. "Okay, but I also want to invite someone else, but it seems there are too many people now."
"I'm afraid you two will have to separate."
Reo's expression changed drastically... He recalled Ye Liangqiu's words during the previous match.
He was a useless person... He seemed to realize something.
"No, Nagi, you can't have contact with this guy!"
"You..."
Before he could continue speaking.
"Is that so..." Nagi Seishiro spoke calmly. "Then I'll join your team alone. Is that okay?"
Reo stepped forward and grabbed Nagi Seishiro's arm, his voice seemingly trembling. "What nonsense are you talking about... Nagi, it's only natural for you to be on my team, right?"
"Why are you suddenly joining this guy's team?"
"Didn't we agree?"
"If you go to his team, what about me? Who will I find?"
Nagi Seishiro turned around, his eyes calm, like a person with no emotional fluctuations. He slowly said, "Reo, something that interests me even more has appeared now. I cannot bury this curiosity in my heart, so I followed my true feelings."
"You taught me how to play soccer."
"I will also become the best in the world with you..."
"But now, I want to figure out where this emotion, which made my heart pound intensely for the first time and sparked my interest and curiosity, comes from."
"So, I want to play soccer with him, and I want to try my best."
Reo was silent... He lowered his head slightly, gritting his teeth without a word.
Ye Liangqiu watched this scene. The reason he chose Nagi Seishiro was because of his undeniable strength. However, the reason he didn't invite both of them at the same time was because of Reo. To be precise, he didn't dislike this guy.
But he had a fatal flaw: he hadn't yet realized that this selfish game wasn't about mutual help from friends all the way through.
"Whatever you want!" Reo let go of his hand.
Seeing this, Nagi Seishiro nodded, without the slightest attempt to hold him back.
Only Ye Liangqiu saw Reo's distorted face beneath his long hair.
"Who should we look for next?" Nagi Seishiro asked blankly. "Is it Yoichi Isagi? That former teammate of yours, the one who gave me a certain sense of danger..."
"No." Ye Liangqiu shook his head, his gaze falling on a cute little guy in the corner.
"You are..." A blue-haired boy with bright, large eyes stared at the two people who had suddenly approached him, looking a bit bewildered.
Ye Liangqiu extended his hand. "My name is Ye Liangqiu, and his name is Nagi Seishiro. We're here to ask you to be our teammate and enter the next stage."
"My name is Hiori Yo."
That's right, Ye Liangqiu had known him for a long time. He had a vague idea of his ability. Although they hadn't played together, he clearly knew that Hiori Yo had the same potential as Yoichi Isagi.
"So, do you want to join us?"
Hiori Yo looked at Ye Liangqiu and Nagi Seishiro in front of him, frowning, deep in thought, but ultimately extended his hand.
"Okay, I'm glad to be on your team."
He also saw that these two were different from others.
Just by Ye Liangqiu and Nagi Seishiro's aura, many people among the crowd had already been eyeing them, hoping to become their teammates.
It meant their strength must be good...
But why they would directly approach him as a teammate made Hiori Yo a bit confused. Did they know him?
Ye Liangqiu smiled faintly. "Then let's go, we'll enter the next stage."