A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 363 : Chapter 363

Chapter 363

In the end, Jiang Tianming won first place in the monthly exam’s individual battles.

Su Bei sincerely believed that he had a share of the credit for this first place. For heaven’s sake, who knew why Si Zhaohua had to use his ultimate move on me?

Others might not have understood the situation at the time, but how could I not understand it myself? Su Bei was very clear that with his meager Mental Energy, it was impossible to really burn all of Si Zhaohua’s feathers. Once his Mental Energy was exhausted, his stamina would also decline, and then Si Zhaohua could easily win.

Again, being able to fly in many cases already put one in an invincible position.

But Si Zhaohua, on the other hand, directly unleashed his ultimate move, resulting in a mutual defeat.

How should I put it? Actually, to be able to force the other party to such an extent with his own Ability, Su Bei should have been satisfied. But the problem was that I fought this battle to unleash my full strength and have a good fight. In the end, I was defeated by the other party’s ultimate move, which felt very frustrating.

But overall, apart from the initial shock and frustration, Su Bei felt much better now. I had almost fought with all my might, and there were no mistakes in either my brainpower or stamina. Although I lost to that ultimate move in the end, it was the other party’s skill to have an ultimate move.

Anyway, my conscience was clear, and that was enough.

However, as I walked, my good mood gradually disappeared. I turned my head back speechlessly. “Why are you guys following me?”

The competition was over, and I planned to go to the infirmary to have a look. Although there were also doctors at the competition site who would treat them, the treatment was only for superficial injuries. It was a rare opportunity to go to the infirmary openly, so Su Bei planned to have a full-body check-up.

“We want to invite you to have a meal together to celebrate us getting into the top ten,” Jiang Tianming walked over and said, extending an invitation.

Although he had just competed with Si Zhaohua, he had already been treated by the on-site physician, so now, apart from his clothes being a little tattered, there were no other problems.

Su Bei glanced at this group of people: Jiang Tianming, Lan Subing, Wu Mingbai, Mo Xiaotian, Mu Tieren, Feng Lan. Except for Mo Xiaotian and Wu Mingbai, they were all from Class F.

The others were one thing, but there was one person he was a little curious about. “How did they convince you to join this ridiculous celebration banquet?”

He was asking Feng Lan. In Su Bei’s impression, Feng Lan was not someone who would join in the fun. But speaking of which, his relationship with Jiang Tianming and the others seemed to be okay. He had helped them investigate cases and find clues before.

“Because we are classmates,” Feng Lan answered concisely.

Not only were they classmates now, but after this monthly exam’s class placement, they would most likely be in the same class. Feng Lan didn’t know much about secular rules, but he was willing to abide by them. In addition, he had no ill feelings towards Jiang Tianming and the others, so he agreed directly when they invited him.

Although Feng Lan’s answer was very brief, Su Bei still understood his meaning based on his understanding of him. He nodded, but he was not influenced by the other party’s choice.

Especially since this team not only had the troublemakers Jiang Tianming and the others, but also the obvious undercover agent Mo Xiaotian, he couldn’t get involved in this muddy water. “Then I won’t go……”

“Actually, it’s also to thank you.” Before he could finish his refusal, Jiang Tianming interrupted him in time and took out the second reason he had prepared long ago. “If you hadn’t consumed Si Zhaohua’s skills first, I might not have been able to get first place.”

Just as Su Bei had some understanding of the other people in the class, Jiang Tianming also had some understanding of Su Bei. He had already guessed that the other party would most likely not agree. He didn’t know why, but Su Bei always seemed to be intentionally avoiding them.

Logically, they were all in the same class, so their interactions should not be few, especially when they took the initiative. But Su Bei was able to avoid them repeatedly, and when they did talk, it would end quickly.

In this situation, even a fool could realize that Su Bei disliked them.

Originally, after trying a few times, Jiang Tianming had already decided to give up. After all, he was not a very idle person and had no desire to build a good relationship with anyone. Since Su Bei didn’t want to have anything to do with them, he wouldn’t bother him.

But now it was different. This monthly exam was a re-shuffling of classes, but with their grades, they would obviously still be in the same class. It was one thing to have a bad relationship when they were only classmates in Class F for a month, but to continue this way for another three years was a bit inappropriate.

In addition, with the encouragement of Lan Subing and Wu Mingbai, Jiang Tianming decided to try again. At least he had to know why Su Bei was so resistant to them, right?

Hearing this, Su Bei glanced at him. “Although I’d like to say you should thank me, you might have won even without me, so no thanks.”

Si Zhaohua’s ultimate move was very strong, so strong that he couldn’t move when he was locked on. But for some reason, Su Bei had a premonition that if it were Jiang Tianming facing this skill, he might really have a way to deal with it.

Unlike his exam method of fighting purely with his fists, Jiang Tianming’s ostensible Ability was [Object Control], but Su Bei guessed that his real Ability was definitely not this. It had nothing to do with feeling; it was purely judged by details.

Whose [Object Control] Ability could make his speed and strength suddenly increase, and occasionally avoid some obviously unavoidable fatal Abilities! This guy was definitely hiding a lot of things.

It was really uncertain who would win between these two.

“But at least you took a big hit for me, didn’t you?” Jiang Tianming insisted, his pure black eyes staring at Su Bei, pointing out bluntly, “And everyone in our class is going. How can we leave you out?”

It read “How can we leave you out,” but it was actually “You don’t want to be left out, do you.” There was a hint of a black belly, but it wasn’t annoying. Su Bei raised an eyebrow at him and finally nodded. “Let’s go.”

Everyone from Class F who made it to the top ten was going. It would indeed seem too aloof if he didn’t go. Although Su Bei didn’t want to get involved with Mo Xiaotian, there was no need to keep avoiding it. This was the world of Abilities; it was impossible for a villainous organization to target him, a person with a useless Ability, right?

During the meal, everyone inevitably chatted. No one had the habit of not talking while eating or sleeping, and with a lively person like Mo Xiaotian, the atmosphere was quite lively.

It was also through this that Su Bei unexpectedly discovered that he actually got along well with Jiang Tianming. Although the only thing they had in common was that both their parents were dead, and their personalities were also very different, it was not difficult to chat when their values and knowledge were similar.

The other two people in his team were also very interesting. Su Bei knew from the first day of school that Lan Subing was a severe social phobic, but it was only today that he learned that she was also a tsukkomi role.

As for Wu Mingbai, on the surface, he was a silly sweet like Mo Xiaotian, but every other sentence he said was a veiled sarcasm at Mo Xiaotian, and the other party couldn’t even tell. It was obvious who the real silly sweet was between the two.

Three people with completely different personalities were actually very good friends. And they had gathered more people around them…… Su Bei frowned slightly. He always felt that this configuration was a bit familiar.

But where was it familiar from?

After a meal, their relationship became a little closer, and Su Bei finally stopped deliberately avoiding them. He had already seen that Mo Xiaotian was probably a real silly sweet. Although he didn’t know what his purpose was for coming to “Endless Ability Academy” as a member of the “Black Flash” organization, for the time being, there should be no malice.

In the subsequent team battle, the four of them acted separately. Zhao Xiaoyu and Wu Jin were in a group. One had brains, and the other could lower their presence, specializing in escaping. Su Bei and Feng Lan were in a group. One had martial arts skills, and the other could foresee danger.

Su Bei had originally thought that this grouping was perfect, and the first day was indeed so. None of the four had any problems, and because the grouping was very flexible, they had even secretly snatched a lot of kills.

But he had forgotten one thing——an Ability like [Prophecy] would definitely be banned first if an enemy came. Even if he had the [Prophecy] Ability, it was difficult to avoid danger that was deliberately aimed at him.

Therefore, he, who was following Feng Lan, would also be passively put in danger.

Su Bei had actually realized this before, but he would not blame himself for this negligence. What normal person would have thought that bad guys would appear in an academy-organized exam!

Looking at the group of black-clothed people who descended from the sky, in the second before he fainted, Su Bei let out a roar in his heart.

Consciousness returned, and his brain reacted to what had happened before his body did. Su Bei did not rashly open his eyes, pretending to still be in a coma, and eavesdropped on the conversation next to him.

It was now the second day of the team battle. Feng Lan had already woken up and was calmly dealing with another strange male voice. “You can’t hurt me, nor can you hurt him.”

As the head of the Feng family, the number of life-saving items on him was far beyond what these people could imagine.

The other party obviously also knew that he couldn’t do anything to him and said without caring, “It doesn’t matter. We just want to trap you. Of course, if possible, it would be best to take you to the organization’s base.”

After saying this, Su Bei felt a gaze fall on him. Then the male voice continued, “As for this kid, if he can hold you back, we don’t mind taking him away.”

Wow, he was going to be a burden. Su Bei thought with a blank face. Although he was implicated, becoming someone else’s burden was something he could not accept. He didn’t like protecting others, nor did he like being protected by others.

But how should he save himself?

There were many footsteps around. There should still be many people here. It was definitely impossible to fight his way out with pure martial arts. His Ability was [Create Gear], which seemed to be useless.

If a frontal attack was not possible, then he could only use his wits. Since they were capturing people just to prevent Feng Lan from going out and causing trouble, they should have another purpose for coming here, so it was impossible for them to arrange many people to watch them.

He couldn’t beat a group of people, but Su Bei was still a little confident against one or two people.

He slowly opened his eyes. His purple eyes were full of composure. He obviously already had a plan.