Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 248 Competition
"Chairman Shao is a man of great sense. Mo Fan, listen to yourself. Don't you think what you just said was disgusting? You even said that you would be invited by other countries..." Zu Jiming was a man who knew how to seize opportunities, so he gave Mo Fan a severe beating.

Some words are harmless when said in daily life.

But in some situations, if you say it in front of some very important people, then it would be considered as an intentional act to add insult to injury!
Lin Ran said at this time: "Being invited proves your excellence, doesn't it? The Temple, the island country, Egypt... In short, many countries have invited me. Isn't this a sign of excellence? If you are not excellent, who would invite you?"

Mo Fan patted Lin Ran on the shoulder and said, "Let me take over. I find that my temper has become milder than before. I actually tolerated a fool like you hanging around in front of me for a year."

"Who are you calling a fool?" Zu Jiming said angrily, "Don't think that just because you are lucky and a little stronger than me, you can act so recklessly. Yes, I am a little weaker, but at least I won't do anything that betrays my country, nor will I flatter my superiors and ask for things."

“Hahaha, you probably don’t even qualify to be invited.” Lin Ran couldn’t help but say this, and Zhao Manyan also laughed.

“Hahaha, you loser should have some self-awareness.” Mo Fan said bluntly.

Zu Jiming was confronted by Lin Ran and Mo Fan, and his face turned blue with anger. After all, they were in front of the Grand Speaker. If he backed down, how could he face his own people?

Of course, Zu Jiming still had some brains. He would not fight with Mo Fan directly. Even if he did, he would show that he was as clear-headed as Shao Zheng: "If you have the ability, lead your team to the top three without Lin Ran. Forget the top three. As long as you can defeat the four major powers, I will be convinced."

"I don't need you to be convinced, you just need to admit that you are a waste and stop howling in my ear like a fat pig. To be honest, I really gave face to the country and listened to the organization's arrangements, otherwise I would have beaten you into a disability long ago. I don't know which clan cultivated a mentally retarded person like you and even stuffed you into the national team to hinder others and sow discord." Mo Fan chattered incessantly.

"Classmate, do you have any objection to my recommender?" At this time, a woman behind Shao Zheng spoke, and her tone was very bad.

When Zu Jiming heard his aunt speaking now, he began to secretly rejoice in his heart.

He knew that Mo Fan was like explosives that would explode at the slightest spark. Although the woman behind Shao Zheng was the secretary of the Speaker, her status was similar to that of an orthodox member of parliament. It was she who recommended Zu Jiming to the National Government.

"This is a big problem. Not only does this guy consume resources, but his strength has not improved at all. He is even worse than Ai Jiangtu's sister Ai Tutu. Let me first say that I am not targeting him. I just think that resources should not be wasted like this." Lin Ran said.

The woman looked at Lin Ran with an unfriendly expression.

“So this dead pig is your man. To be honest, you should discipline him and don’t let him become a black sheep. The Grand Speaker just said that a ranking will affect the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. As long as he doesn’t stir up trouble in the team, there will be no problem for him to be in the top three.” Mo Fan said.

When the Speaker's secretary Zu Huiyin heard these words, her face turned pale on the spot.

"Grand Speaker, I don't understand. Even though strength is important, character is the most important factor. Such an arrogant and disrespectful student might really accept invitations from other countries after the National Government Competition. Then what's the point of us training him with so much effort? It would be better for him to hand over the resources of the treasure hunt and distribute them equally to other students!" The Speaker's secretary could no longer bear it, and her words were sharp.

Shao Zheng did not stop the quarrel from the beginning. Even when Feng Li was about to scold them, he deliberately stopped him with his eyes.

He allowed this quarrel because he believed that it was normal for conflicts to exist within a team, and that concealing hypocrisy was far more terrible than exposing it directly.

The last part is the team competition, and a total of eight students will play in one game. The cooperation and tacit understanding between students are very important. If there is not enough trust, they will soon be disintegrated by the enemy.

Shao Zheng doesn't want to see some people living in harmony and unity on the surface, but when it comes to the real competition, they engage in intrigue and ruin the real big event!

It was obvious that the team was not harmonious now. Shao Zheng had discovered this during the treasure hunt. Zu Jiming, Mu Tingying, Nan Rongni, and Li Kaifeng had formed their own small group. When Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were trapped, they had no intention of helping them at all!
This was not what Shao Zheng wanted to see, but it was impossible to reconcile the conflicts. The conflicts between the students were not just minor fights or jealousies. They were resentments that had accumulated over a year.

Shao Zheng hopes to turn this contradiction into a driving force, a form of mutual supervision, so he wants to expose them, and also let them fight with all their might because of this contradiction.

"Mo Fan is indeed a bit outspoken, but Zu Huiyin, your suggestion is still a bit harsh." Shao Zheng naturally would not punish Mo Fan.

"I just think that this student was mentally weak at the beginning, and it's possible that he would do something treasonous later." Zu Huiyin was really angry at this time.

“Zu Huiyin, I don’t like what you said. I don’t know the other students’ personalities, but there is absolutely no problem between Lin Ran and Mo Fan. I am very dissatisfied with your suspicion and doubt, so I hope you apologize to Mo Fan.” Han Ji stood aside and said, if Lin Ran had not spread his angel wings and joined forces with the demon incarnation of Mo Fan to fight against the mountain corpse, it is very likely that the ancient capital would have become a city of the dead. They are the saviors of the ancient capital.

"Han Ji, is there something wrong with my ears?" Zu Huiyin was stunned by what she heard.

What kind of joke is this? Asking her, a secretary to the speaker, to apologize to a student, this Han Ji is an idiot! !

"I hope you apologize to Mo Fan." Han Ji took a step forward and said more forcefully.

"Han Ji, Zu Huiyin is just giving the younger generation a lecture, there's no need to take it so seriously." Mu Ming, the old patriarch of the Mu family, said.

"Hahaha, I was wondering why this kid dared to be so rampant, even daring to kill the heir of my Lu family. It turns out that you, old man Han Ji, are backing him up. Tsk tsk, Han Ji, do you want to pamper your apprentice to the sky? You even want the Speaker's secretary to apologize to the student?" At this time, the taciturn Councillor Lu Xin spoke.

When Lu Xin walked over, his eyes were filled with coldness as he stared at Mo Fan intently, as if he wanted to turn Mo Fan into ashes.

"Lu Yilin's death has been proven. It was Lu Yilin who deliberately killed his teammates first..." Song He said. "Even if that's the case, he should be handed over to the Inquisition for punishment. What qualifications does he have? Moreover, he is dead. The living can say whatever they want. How can I be sure that someone didn't unite to exclude my nephew?" Councillor Lu Xin finally exploded. He would not let Mo Fan off in the matter of Lu Yilin no matter what!

“Um… Let me just say that I am from the Inquisition. I can guarantee that everything Mo Fan did was correct.” Lin Ran said.

Lu Xin looked at Lin Ran and said, "The little brat from the Inquisition..."

Lin Ran took out a badge and said, "I'm sorry, I'm the deputy chief judge. My status is not lower than yours, or are you doubting what I say?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had not expected Lin Ran to be able to pull out this thing. Mo Fan even said, “Fuck, when did you become the deputy chief judge?”

"If you think carefully about my experience, I am more than qualified to be the presiding judge." Lin Ran said dissatisfiedly.

Lu Xin stopped talking.

"Old Han, just let Zu Jiming apologize to Mo Fan. Zu Huiyin was just giving a warning. She didn't really say that Mo Fan would betray the country. What's more, it was Mo Fan himself who spoke without restraint." Pang Lai said.

It is a bit too much to ask a secretary of the speaker to apologize to the students.

Zu Jiming was dumbfounded now. Why should he apologize to Mo Fan? Is Pang Lai mentally ill? !

"That won't do! Whoever said that must take responsibility. Mo Fan was just joking, but some people deliberately misinterpreted his meaning in front of the Grand Speaker, saying that he has character problems and even that he might be a traitor. I don't mind if a young and energetic but mediocre student like Zu Jiming said that, but you, a secretary to the Speaker, made such remarks in public. What is your intention? Do you know how much of an impact this will have on a student?" Han Ji was also very stubborn and his tone was extremely harsh!
"What other intentions could I have? I was just scolding him. A person's character can be seen from his daily behavior. At least for now, what he has shown is very problematic. Take the death of Lu Yilin as an example. I can also judge that he is a person with evil intentions and cannot be reused!" said Zu Huiyin, the secretary to the Speaker.

"You have evil intentions. Very good, very good. I hope you can remember what you said!" Han Ji sneered at this time.

"Did I say something wrong?" Zu Huiyin said.

"Today is our last match of the decisive battle. I originally planned to announce it after Mo Fan showed his strength in public. Haha, Zu Huiyin, you still have three games to think about whether you should apologize to Mo Fan. After all, when our national players compete, you will realize your stupidity.!"

"Stupid!? I, Zu Huiyin, have reached this position on my own. Many people make mistakes and make inappropriate remarks, but not me. Otherwise, how could I be the secretary to the Speaker! If someone has evil intentions, then that means they have evil intentions. There is nothing to say about it." Zu Huiyin was also arrogant and had no intention of backing down.

Zu Huiyin was now worrying about how to win over the Lu family, but she didn't expect that she would be given such an opportunity today. The Lu family has been resentful of Mo Fan for a long time, and now that she is going to attack them head-on, the Lu family will appreciate her kindness.

Of course, the most important reason is that this kid is really looking for death, and Lin Ran is so arrogant just because of his strength! !

……

The game had already started while they were talking.

This match is between the United States and Greece. Greece is an ancient magical country, and it also has a sacred and noble organization like the Parthenon. Therefore, Greece's strength has always been high, and it is one of the few countries that can compete with the United States in terms of student strength.

The students from both sides fought fiercely for a long time. Even the three replacement players performed outstandingly, which amazed the audiences all over the world. It also made the majority of students who were also in their twenties but still lingering at the beginner and intermediate levels feel ashamed!

In the end, the Greek team narrowly defeated the United States and successfully entered the winners' group.

After that came the battle between Britain and France. There was still a huge gap in strength between the two European powers. Britain had an absolute advantage. Among them, Zhe Luo, the captain of Britain and the second strongest, only used a summoning system from beginning to end, which put enormous pressure on France!

After this competition, Zhe Luo convinced more people, and many British people also stated that Zhe Luo’s strongest point was not the summoning system. His other two systems were not used even in the final battle. This shows that this guy is very strong. Some people even said that Lin Ran was not as strong as imagined, and was just exaggerated.

Britain also entered the winners' group, while France fell into the losers' group.

The third game was the decisive battle between Canada and Egypt. The strength of these two countries was not particularly strong. Egypt used their sea of ​​corpses tactics, constantly consuming the enemy, and finally defeated Canada.

People have always believed that Egypt was lucky to reach the treasure hunt because they did not face a strong country in the knockout stage.

Everyone thought they would be ravaged by other powerful countries when they entered the decisive battle, but they did not expect that they would defeat their opponents and successfully enter the winners' echelon. This moved the Egyptian people so much that they almost cried!
It was obvious that Canada underestimated the enemy, but Egypt's undead system should not be underestimated. The game was not ended quickly, resulting in the Egyptian team summoning more and more powerful undead, and in the end it was completely out of control!
Team events like this not only test the strength of the team, but also the IQ and the tacit understanding between the teams. The fact that the Egyptian team was able to defeat Canada, a team with stronger overall strength than themselves, fully demonstrates that they know the enemy very well and they also know what to do.

"It shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" Han Ji said beside Lin Ran.

"Oh, if it's an instant kill, just one slap. But that's too much of a loss. I will fight with the Egyptian team for several hours." Lin Ran said. The Egyptian team used special treasures, and these undead will explode with residual souls when they die. Someone is sending resources continuously, and they can just collect them slowly.

(End of this chapter)