Kurogane Ikki lowered his head, seeming to be thinking about something.
His expression was so focused that he didn't even hear Jiang Li's words.
"Hello."
It wasn't until the sound came from his ears that Kurogie Ikki suddenly woke up and saw Jiang Li who had already arrived one foot in front of him.
"It's not like you that your senses have become so dull!"
Jiang Li looked at the frightened expression on Kurogie Ikki's face and said in surprise.
Kurogete Ikki is a swordsman, and a very good swordsman. His senses are very sharp. Unless he immerses 100% of his attention in thinking, it is impossible to show that he is frightened by ordinary greetings.
Expression.
"Sorry, I was thinking about something and was a little too involved."
Kuroyuki Ikki gave a wry smile, then apologized on his face, "I didn't hear what you just said, did I hear a little bit?"
"I asked Stella why she didn't come."
"Oh, I got up early today and finished running without waking her up."
Kurogie Ikki patted his cheek, as if to focus his distracted attention, and replied to Jiang Li.
A closer look revealed that his black undershirt did have traces of it being soaked with sweat. Judging from his physical fitness, he must have gone through quite intense exercise before sweat appeared.
"Well...what's on your mind?"
Jiang Li groaned, and then asked with some uncertainty.
"Why do you say that?"
"I am also a swordsman after all, so I can still see your absent-mindedness."
Jiang Li is sincere and honest.
Whether one's attention is concentrated or not will be clearly reflected on a person's face.
The most convincing evidence is that teachers can always tell whether you are in a daze in class.
"...It's so obvious."
Kuroyuki Ikki couldn't help being slightly stunned when he heard this, and then showed a somewhat helpless look.
"You are right, I do have something on my mind about today's game...but there is no problem, I will definitely win."
Speaking of which, it seems that Kurogane Ikki's first round will be this afternoon.
Jiang Li suddenly realized after hearing this, "Are you too stressed?"
"It would be a lie to say there is no pressure."
Kurogane Ikki thought for a while, his expression became a little complicated.
"After all, the opponent's ability is indeed very strong against me. It will definitely be a tough battle, but it doesn't matter. I have already found a way to attack the opponent."
For Kuroyuki Ikki, this is a battle that cannot be lost.
Shinguji Kurono promised him that as long as he could become the Seven-Star Sword King, he would be allowed to graduate from Pojun Academy. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time, and he would seize it even if he risked his life.
He has great ambitions, but ambitions can sometimes become a huge pressure.
In just the first battle of the selection battle, he encountered an overwhelmingly unfavorable opponent. The opponent's cutting-edge abilities greatly restrained him, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.
The ideal he carried in his heart now became a huge pressure on his shoulders.
He would be thinking about something so seriously that he would forget himself and not even notice the footsteps. He was probably thinking about ways to conquer the opponent.
According to him, he has found the flaws in the opponent's ability and found a way to conquer the opponent.
"That's it, then let's work hard together."
Jiang Li knew that Kurogie Ikki was a very independent person, so he didn't say much when he saw this, he just cheered.
"Together?"
"Well, don't you know yet? The opponent I will face tomorrow is extremely unattractive."
Jiang Li helplessly spread his hands and said with a troubled expression: "Besides, unlike you, I haven't found a way to attack the opponent until now."
Guide Harakata, his first opponent.
Jiang Li asked his senior sister about the other party's abilities. When he found out, he was shocked and subconsciously felt great pressure.
In the list of Pojun Academy at the end of last year, Kanata Rich Lady ranked second, second only to Senior Sister Daohua. They were the only two B-level knights in Pojun Academy before this year.
Not only that, they have all participated in the "Special Recruitment" and have experienced confrontations and battles with terrorists several times. They are not of the same standard as other student knights.
And the most important thing is her cutting ability.
Her special ability is very restrained by a simple hand-to-hand swordsman like him, and she is so unpredictable that he still can't think of an effective strategy.
"So it's Senior Kidokuhara? Indeed, if I meet her, I will definitely be very troubled... Facing someone like that, I'm afraid the only way to solve it is to attack quickly, right?"
Kuroyuki Ikki said this to himself, with a somewhat uncertain tone.
"I think so too, but my intuition tells me that it may not work."
Jiang Li shook his head.
His intuition is very powerful, and he can give absolutely correct instructions in battle, as if he can predict the future, which is enough to compete with the stupid king of the moon world next door.
His intuition told him that it might not be realistic to rely on quick attacks to defeat Guidehara Kanata.
"Then it can only be said that we are working hard together."
Hearing this, Kuroyuki Ikki had no choice but to laugh helplessly.
He looked at Jiang Li with a feeling of sympathy.
After the two of them finished speaking, they left separately.
Kuroyuki Ikki packed up his backpack and walked towards the dormitory.
Jiang Li started his morning jog alone.
Expired Loli had to sleep in in the morning and couldn't get up early with him to exercise, so she couldn't lend him the Earth Binding Formation. Jiang Li got up early in the morning and couldn't take any time off. In order to avoid wasting time, he came here for a morning run. As the feet continue to rise and fall, sweat gradually oozes from the forehead, the lungs fluctuate and contract greatly, and the brain gradually begins to lack oxygen, quickly approaching the limit.
All the cells and bones in his body were shouting to stop and rest. The soreness invaded his whole body as if it might strike at any time. Jiang Li ignored it and just kept squeezing the last bit of strength from his body.
Then the power surged up one after another, as if there was no limit.
What does it take to win?
My brain turned into a ball of mush, but such thoughts subconsciously emerged in my mind.
Some people say that the first thought that emerges unconsciously is what the person cares about most.
Although he acted very calmly in front of Kurogie Ikki, Jiang Li's heart was far from that open-minded.
He really doesn't care if the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival is fake, but he is very unwilling to lose.
Whenever he loses to someone, his weakness will remind him of his weak, poor, and powerless self when he was lying on the hospital bed as a child, and a strong feeling of unwillingness will well up in his heart.
Want to win!
Never lose!
Use all your means to win at all costs!
In a daze, along with this emergence of stubbornness, his eyes gradually became clear, his feet seemed to have strength again, and his gradually decadent footsteps stepped on the earth powerfully.
The so-called physical exercise, in the final analysis, is to constantly break through one's own limits.