The King's Avatar: Become Stronger After Being Rejected, Don't Agree!

Chapter 26 Someone is plotting to assassinate me?!

The shouts and curses continued. The regulars at Happy Internet Cafe were acting like football hooligans. Lu Chen even seemed to hear someone yelling to go to the construction site next door to pick up a couple of bricks and smash Excellent Era's windows.

Of course, this was just a joke. Everyone was holding back their anger and said they wanted to vent it out in online games.

Ye Xiu strolled over leisurely, a cigarette dangling from his lips, followed by Chen Guo with a dark expression.

"You lost?" Lu Chen asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Ye Xiu shook his head: "Sun Xiang was set up by Xu Bin, he was dragged down until his hand speed went out of control, the team was completely disjointed, and they can't fight—"

"Sun Xiang, that—" Chen Guo clearly wanted to curse, but she held back.

After all, when Sun Xiang defeated Xu Bin in the ring match, her shouts of "The God of War is still here!" were the loudest, and Lu Chen heard them all.

【Mu Cheng has grown up so much————】 Su Muqiu floated back with some emotion. He had only returned reluctantly after watching Su Mu Cheng's post-match interview.

"It's normal to win or lose in a competition. Come on, try what Xiaochen made." Tang Rou smiled as she walked out of the bar and opened her lunchbox.

"Huh? Where did you buy this?" Chen Guo's nose twitched a couple of times. Forgetting about cursing, she looked at the contents of the insulated box with some curiosity.

Ye Xiu glanced at Lu Chen, then chuckled and walked into the bar.

It's time for his shift to change, and he should go to work now.

"Xiao Chen made it." Tang Rou said with a proud look.

Chen Guo picked up a piece, tasted it, and then her eyes lit up again: "Wow, that's great, Xiao Chen! How about you—"

Looking at Lu Chen's good looks, which made him a star, Chen Guo felt too embarrassed to suggest that Lu Chen come to Happy and be her chef.

Actually, she still doesn't quite understand why Tang Rou wanted to be her internet cafe manager back then.

"Then you keep eating, I'm going to go online with Xiaochen." Tang Rou smiled and took Lu Chen's hand. Since this morning, Tang Rou's hand-holding gesture had become much more natural. "Put it on my tab!"

"Go have some fun," Chen Guo waved her hand and started eating at the bar.

"Let's work hard today, and then we can leave the newbie village to find you!" Tang Rou sat down, looking full of enthusiasm.

Lu Chen thought for a long time, but still held back from mentioning that Tang Rou had previously told him to pay attention to his sleep schedule.

Lu Chen glanced at Tang Rou, who was engrossed in playing Honor of Kings beside him, hesitated for a long time, then took out his phone. For the sake of his future with Xiao Rou, it was only right to rack up more rewards: [Want to watch again today?]

Feeling a little guilty, Lu Chen didn't wait for a reply, quickly turned off his phone, put it aside, and opened Honor.

He didn't have to wait long before a notification appeared in front of him.

[Rejection detected, reward awarded, speed boost!]

"It's all about hand speed again?" Lu Chen raised an eyebrow, not paying much attention.

Two boys in a hotel in another city glanced at Captain Chu Yunxiu, who was sitting at the head of the table, expressionless, having put down her phone and picked up some food with her chopsticks. They both leaned slightly closer, and Sun Liang asked in a low voice, "I remember, our captain's period wasn't in the last couple of days, was it?"

"No—" Bai Qi glanced at his phone and shook his head decisively.

Sun Liang stroked his chin: "It doesn't seem like it's some kind of TV drama finale, does it?"

Bai Qi opened the memo, glanced at it, and then said definitively, "No."

"Then why did she beat me so brutally today?" Sun Liang said with some distress.

Bai Qi put away his phone and sighed, "I don't know either—"

As the only professional esports team in the entire league with a female captain, the members of Team Misty Rain actually feel pretty good. Chu Yunxiu is a very cool girl, without many inexplicable flaws or affectations. She gets along well with everyone and is undoubtedly the leader of Team Misty Rain.

Of course, you only need to remember two things.

First, don't do anything reckless during Captain Chu's period.

Second, don't do anything reckless when the TV series that Captain Chu likes to watch has a bad ending, or when he can't watch it at all.

Therefore, Chu Yunxiu will always be their favorite captain.

But nothing happened today. Logically speaking, even if they lost, Captain Chu's mood shouldn't be this low—could it be?

Sun Liang and Bai Qi stared wide-eyed: "Captain Chu—"

"Don't fidget so much while eating!" Chu Yunxiu looked over and said expressionlessly, "Eat! After you finish eating, go back and review today's match; we'll need it for tomorrow's meeting."

Bai Qi and Sun Liang shivered and quickly lowered their heads to eat their rice.

This fearful demeanor is likely largely an act.

Li Hua, the vice-captain of the Misty Rain team, glanced at them, sighed, and remained silent.

Better to die than see my fellow Daoist die; if I can't be saved, I'm out.

So, what's wrong with Captain Chu today?

Chu Yunxiu ate her tasteless late-night snack half-heartedly. What was wrong with her? Was she in a bad mood? Had she caught a cold? Or something else?

Chu Yunxiu sighed, put down her chopsticks, and seemed a little lost in thought. Maybe—during the off-season, she could arrange to meet that guy?

However, the upcoming schedule is quite full, and with the All-Star game also in preparation, there's probably not enough time to make it work.

Chu Yunxiu felt inexplicably irritable again.

"Achoo!" Lu Chen shivered and soon sneezed, his hands moving slightly distorted.

"What's wrong, Xiao Lu?" Ye Xiu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I don't know, but it feels like someone's trying to harm me?" Lu Chen thought for a moment and said. Of course, this was just a personal feeling. Lu Chen changed the subject and glanced at the dungeon records on the results page: "By the way, our record seems quite far from first place—not being first shouldn't mean much, right?"

"This dungeon is almost at its limit; there's no point in grinding it any further." Ye Xiu sighed. "I can only grind to level 23 first, then move on to the next dungeon and reclaim my dominance—"

"Oh, I think this record is pretty—"

Just as Lu Chen was about to say something, he heard a commotion from Ye Xiu's side. Ye Xiu's group of younger brothers asked what had happened.

Lu Chen frowned slightly and looked up at the bar area.

It was already 11 or 12 o'clock, and it was a little dark at the bar. I could vaguely see three people talking there.

Judging from their appearance—have they been drinking? Are they drunkards causing trouble?!

Lu Chen took off his headphones, stood up, and walked over.

"What gives you the right to do this now—" The leader blushed and pointed at Ye Xiu, who looked at him calmly.

Lu Chen walked over with a smile and placed his hand on the man's shoulder: "A guest?"

The slight pressure applied was enough to bring the person to their senses, but not enough to cause serious injury. The man winced and cried out in pain, "Who the hell are you?!"

"Xiao Lu." Ye Xiu stood up and shook his head at Lu Chen.

"Should we throw them out?" Lu Chen still had that smiling look on his face. The man was pinned down by his shoulder and couldn't move at all.

"No need—let go, Xiao Lu." Ye Xiu sighed.

[Rejection detected. Reward awarded: Basic Tactics Introduction (Honor Edition)].

"Xiao Chen————" Tang Rou, who had arrived at some point, took Lu Chen's hand.

Lu Chen glanced at the man's expression, which was a mixture of anger and fear, and released his grip: "Don't get too agitated. This establishment does not serve intoxicated individuals."