A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 364 : Chapter 364

Chapter 364

Opening his eyes, he saw a man in black clothes and a baseball cap. He glanced at Su Bei with a half-smile, showing no interest in talking to him. He turned his head to the people at the door and arranged, “Keep an eye on them. Don’t let me find you slacking off.”

As his voice fell, two men also in black clothes walked in. They had long known what their independent task was. After completing the handover with the man in the baseball cap, they sat down on the chairs in the tent. One was reading a book, and the other was catching up on sleep with his eyes half-closed.

Su Bei did not act rashly and waited patiently for a while longer. He knew he only had one chance to act. Once he failed, the price could very well be death, so he had to be extremely cautious.

While waiting, he first lowered his head to observe his and Feng Lan’s situation.

The two of them were surrounded by a layer of blue light shield, which should be Feng Lan’s item. Both of them were tied with ropes, but Feng Lan’s was obviously a special rope made of an Ability, while his was just an iron chain.

It was estimated that this group of people had probably known about his Ability in advance, so they thought that an iron chain was enough to trap Su Bei. As for Feng Lan, who knew what kind of items he had on him, so it was better to tie him more securely.

The [Create Gear] Ability was indeed not very strong, but at least in Su Bei’s hands, it was a good functional card.

On the surface, Su Bei pretended to struggle, making the iron chains binding him clatter. In reality, he was using these sounds to cover up his real movements, which was to use a gear to cut the iron chain.

Of course, he didn’t have the ability to do it manually, but he used his shoelaces to make a simple pull-out device. With a sharp enough gear, he made a hand-cranked chainsaw.

Although the cutting was a bit slow, by specifically targeting the weak points, it didn’t take long.

His waiting was meaningful. About ten minutes later, two more people came in to take over from the previous two.

It was clear that these people were very wary of Feng Lan. In order to not give him any chance to escape, the guard was very tight. Changing people every ten minutes could effectively prevent the guards from being tricked without them knowing.

So Su Bei’s actions had to be completed within ten minutes, that is, to solve the two guards and escape the tent within ten minutes. Once it exceeded ten minutes, the next wave of people would come in, and they would probably find the problem immediately.

Seeing that the two new people who came in did not focus their eyes on them, Su Bei lightly touched Feng Lan next to him and asked with his eyes if he wanted to go.

Actually, Su Bei knew very well that even if he left, it would not affect Feng Lan, and the other party would most likely choose not to go. But he had to ask, otherwise it would be too un-classmate-like.

The other party indeed shook his head and even cast a puzzled look at him, as if asking why he wanted to go.

Indeed, with Feng Lan’s item to protect them, even if they stayed here, those people could not do anything to them. It was actually safer than outside.

But the problem was that Su Bei did not want to pin his hopes on others, nor did he want to stay in a dangerous place when he clearly had a chance to leave. He should take a certain risk, and he was more willing to fight a way out for himself.

Of course, the premise was that the risk was not great. Su Bei just didn’t want his freedom to be imprisoned; he wasn’t looking for death. The current situation in his opinion was not a big risk. In this trip, the real dangerous part was mainly in solving the two guards and leaving this area. If the former failed, he could always return to Feng Lan’s side to receive protection again.

As for the latter, before entering the competition, because he had been betting on Jiang Tianming to win, he had accumulated a large number of points and had exchanged for several invisibility charms before entering. He had originally thought they would be useless in the Different Space, but he had just discovered that all these items had been unbanned. With an invisibility charm, it should not be difficult to leave this place.

“My stomach hurts!” Seeing that he really had no intention of leaving, Su Bei didn’t say any more. He deliberately bent over and made a pained expression.

If it were Feng Lan who said this, the two guards might have been a little wary. But the one who spoke was Su Bei, who in their eyes was just a person with a useless Ability. Even if he had performed exceptionally well in the individual battles of this monthly exam, they still did not take him seriously.

However, the two of them did not let down their basic guard. One guard walked over to check on the situation, while the other still stood in place without moving.

Little did they know that this was exactly what Su Bei wanted. While one of them came over to check on him, a strange metal collision sound suddenly came from outside the tent.

The other guard who was watching from the side naturally went out to check on the situation. Su Bei took this opportunity to suddenly burst up, quickly waving his fist and using the tip of the gear hidden in his fingers to slit the enemy’s throat. At the same time, his other hand timely covered his mouth, not letting him make a single sound.

Lightly placing the person on the ground, Su Bei cat-walked to the entrance of the tent and did the same to the other guard who had come back from checking the situation.

Of course, the sound outside the tent was also his doing. A feint to the east and attack to the west, a common trick.

“I’m off.” With not much time left, Su Bei waved goodbye to Feng Lan dashingly and used an invisibility charm to leave the tent.

After leaving the tent and disabling the signal jammer, Su Bei finally saw the extra information on his watch. “……A bomb? Good stuff!”

Seeing what he wanted, Su Bei only felt that the academy was really considerate. The smile on his lips widened, and a look of determination appeared in his eyes. “Kidnapping me? Then it’s not too much to make you pay a small price, right?”

Deep in the enemy’s belly, and with a bomb in hand, you didn’t even have to think to know what to do.

To prevent any long nights and many dreams, and for the enemy to become vigilant after discovering his disappearance, Su Bei acted immediately. He exchanged for a few bombs, familiarized himself with their usage, and then leisurely strolled around the periphery of the enemy’s camp, planting bombs as he went.

He didn’t dare to wander around the core area. What if there was an item that could sense invisibility charms? Besides, the place where Feng Lan was imprisoned was also quite central. Although he had a defensive item on him, it was still not good to blow him up.

Blowing up the periphery was the same. You know, they had worked hard to build a circle of defensive measures. Blowing them up would not only make their hard work go to waste, but also let them experience the taste of being interdependent.

“Bang——”

“Bang bang bang bang bang!”

The one-minute countdown ended, and Su Bei walked out without looking back. Behind him, flames shot into the sky, and shouts of surprise and curses were endless.

Su Bei curled his lips into a light smile and quietly listened to the sound of the enemy breaking down.

Su Bei did not participate in the subsequent events. He knew that after blowing up the enemy’s camp, he would definitely be hunted down, so he did not show his face at all. It was too easy to hide in a dense forest. He stayed on a tree for a day and successfully finished the exam.

The monthly exam was completely over. Su Bei, who had blown up half of the “Black Flash” organization’s base, undoubtedly also got a lot of points in the team battle. In addition to the points from the individual battles, it was more than enough to get into the top five of the grade.

He had originally thought that this incident was completely over, and at most he would just receive the admiration of his classmates for a period of time. When his physical skills gradually could not make up for the gap brought by his Ability, he could quietly fade into the crowd.

Don’t look at how Su Bei had been acting quite high-profile in “Endless Ability Academy,” but that was just his personality, and it didn’t mean he really wanted to stay in the Ability world because of this.

With an Ability like [Create Gear], wouldn’t it be courting death to stay in the Ability world? It was fine for him to occasionally eliminate two low-level Nightmare Beasts to earn some extra money, but to really stay here would be foolish.

Su Bei’s dream was to open a hardware store after graduation, which could be considered as not letting down his Ability. If he was well-off, he could also go on a trip and see the great mountains and rivers of the motherland.

But these ideas were shattered after he was selected for Class S. According to the Director, all members of Class S would definitely be targeted by the “Black Flash” organization and the Nightmare Beasts. If they didn’t work hard to become stronger, it would be easy for something to happen.

“Then I refuse to enter Class S.” Su Bei answered without hesitation. He didn’t think Class S could bring him much progress with his useless Ability, at least it was completely not proportional to the risks.

The Class S that others flocked to was just a burden in his eyes, so Su Bei refused very decisively.

Qi Huang, who had fought him before, looked at him with a surprised face. She obviously didn’t expect him to refuse such a good opportunity to become a powerful Ability user. Not just her, the others were also very shocked, as if they had never thought that someone would refuse to enter Class S.

But before they could speak to persuade him, in the next second, Meng Huai made Su Bei change his mind. “If I remember correctly, you’ve already offended the ‘Black Flash’ organization quite a bit, right?”

Hearing this, Su Bei’s expression froze. That’s right, he had just foiled the “Black Flash” organization’s plan. Although Su Bei didn’t think he was the core of the sabotage, they were both targets of retaliation anyway. Could he expect the other party to rank them and retaliate in order?

Recognizing the reality, Su Bei sighed helplessly. “Alright, I’ll join.”

“Great!” Mo Xiaotian cheered and ran around Su Bei twice, looking just like a happy puppy wagging its tail crazily. “Su Bei, let’s be deskmates!”

Anyone who saw those pleading and sparkling red puppy eyes would be moved. Unfortunately, Su Bei, who knew his identity, was unmoved and did not fall for it at all. “I’ll pass.”

“I’ll treat you to a meal. Everyone, come together.” Si Zhaohua crossed his arms. Although he looked a little arrogant, his blue eyes were actually filled with sincerity. “To celebrate that we are about to become classmates.”

They were not ordinary classmates, but classmates who had just competed heartily and had experienced and successfully resolved a life-and-death crisis together. Even if he was arrogant by nature, he would want to be friends with such a group of classmates.

Su Bei looked over. Next to Si Zhaohua were two other people, Ai Baozhu and Zhou Renjie. He had not fought against these two in the monthly exam, so he was not very familiar with them. But Su Bei could tell at a glance that these two people’s personalities probably each had their own problems.

Speaking of which, Jiang Tianming and the other two were also like this. Was this a necessary characteristic of a three-person team?

“What are you thinking?” Feng Lan slowly caught up.

Su Bei slowed down and walked side by side with him, looking at the backs of the classmates in front of him, with a rare hint of hesitation in his tone. “I don’t know why, but I always have a feeling that the dust has settled.”

Logically, he was unwilling to join Class S, but now he inexplicably felt that this seemed not bad?

The three years of high school in this class would definitely be very exciting.

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Finally finished writing the last chapter! This if-line is probably to prove that even without being forced, Su Bei was destined to have an intersection with everyone in Class S. When they were all assigned to Class S again, this point became undisputed, so it stopped here. [Go for it]

Next, there will be a bonus chapter of the viewing session. The main storyline, the Su Bei-dies-at-the-beginning if-line, and the pure-passerby if-line will watch the main text together. However, the matter of the “Manga Consciousness” will not be revealed. I don’t know when it will be updated, but those who are interested can look forward to it a little.

Thank you all for your support. 《A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga》 is completely over here! Although the ending may be somewhat unsatisfactory, I hope that for the sake of my stable updates without any breaks throughout the entire process, you will be merciful. [Palms together][Palms together][Palms together]

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