Absolute Speed ​​of a Certain Anime

"According to Yuri-chan, Ikki-san's tryouts will now be held at the league branch, with the school bringing the contestants. Yuri-chan, who will be the referee, also said that Ikki-san looks very pale, not only starving, but also showing signs of illness and not getting enough sleep..."

Several days have passed since Kurogane Ikki was taken away.

Within these few days, another round of trials has passed. Currently, everyone still maintains an undefeated record, with only the last three rounds left before the end of the trials.

The internal selection competition of Pojun Academy is gradually moving towards the final stage.

After lunch.

Jiang Li went to the student union office.

"Junior brother, why are you here?"

Dongtang Daohua was as busy as usual, but he still came forward to greet Jiang Li as soon as he saw him.

"come and see."

Jiang Li sat on the sofa.

After a while, the rich woman placed the brewed black tea on the table in front of him.

"Where's Lianlian?"

"I love her..."

Toudou Touka and Guidehara Kanata looked at each other, then both smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

"Her physical injuries have healed, and luckily her brain is fine. She shows no signs of becoming a vegetable. But she's now afraid of fighting and simply gave up yesterday's tryouts."

Jiang Li looked towards the inside of the office.

From there, one could see the back of Usagimaru Renren lying on the bed, curled up in a posture that seemed as if she was extremely insecure.

Usagi Renren has never fought against terrorists.

Unexpectedly, he encountered such a vicious enemy as the Puppet Warlock in his first fight. Not only was he controlled by the enemy, his brain was forcibly stimulated, and he even fought against his own people.

There is no guarantee of life throughout the process and you may be killed by the other party at any time.

This became a huge psychological shadow for her. Her previous lively appearance disappeared and she became completely autistic. She would not be able to cheer up in a short time.

"I go first."

After staying in the student union for a while, Jiang Li stood up and prepared to leave.

"I'll give it to you."

The rich woman on the other side saw the subtle look he gave her and stood up to see him off.

Outside the office building.

"Kanofu, there's something I want to ask of you."

"what's up?"

"If anyone in the Alliance branch asks you to secretly change your opponent, be sure to contact me."

Jiang Li spoke solemnly.

"The branch asked me to change my opponent... no problem."

The rich woman was a little confused, but she quickly nodded and agreed.

"please."

"Small things."

After giving his instructions, Jiang Li left.

Chapter 294 Sure enough, it’s here

2023-06-01

"You're so angry!"

While practicing in the Forest Square, Expired Loli looked at his body rising and falling, drooling and speaking thoughtfully.

“…It looks like… Ha! Is there any sign of this…?”

Jiang Li's whole body was bathed in twenty times gravity, and he was doing physical exercises with difficulty, and replied in a difficult tone.

"Your aura is completely different. You've obviously been working much harder today than before."

Expired Loli nodded vigorously, "You're so angry like this, it's rare since we were little!"

Since he picked himself up seven or eight years ago, Jiang Li rarely hates anything anymore.

For him, there is nothing in the world that can make him hate more than his childhood memories, so he is always calm when dealing with people and things, and dealing with idiots will not make him lose his composure.

Of course, he is a straightforward person, and once he is irritated, he will definitely swear on the spot.

So far, he has been truly angered very few times. Once was by the Toad Girl in the Chicuo World, and another time was by the puppeteer who controlled Usagimaru Renren a few days ago. Even when he was knocked down, he has never been truly angry.

But this time, Kurogane Ikki's experience made him angry again.

It's not that he could empathize with the torture suffered by Kurogane Ikki. To him, to Kurogane Ikki, such torture was nothing.

The person who really annoyed him was actually someone else——

"Huh... Senior Sister... Help me get the clay from the bag..."

Jiang Li lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Clay? Isn't this used to train magic control?"

Expired Loli picked up another folding fan and waved it gently. Jiang Li's backpack floated up and fell into her palm. She took out the drink and clay from it and threw them to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li took it and took a big sip of the drink, then held the clay in his palm and released magic power from his body, trying to use the magic power to change the shape of the clay.

Shaping clay is the most common method used by woodcutters to train their magic control.

Compared to methods like treading water and hydraulic presses, this method is much safer and suitable for both strong and weak people. Even a master with magic control level A like Kurogane Jushizuku often uses clay to train himself.

"Junior brother, your magic power...?!"

As Xijing Ningyin watched, she suddenly felt a sense of uncertainty.

The look in her eyes when she looked at Jiang Li gradually became strange and inexplicable.

Jiang Li was able to maintain the release of his magic power for much longer than before, and his magic power had become visibly stronger.

And it's not just one or two times. Judging from the duration, it is likely to be more than ten times. According to the standards of the Swordsman, it is D-level magic.

"Have you entered that realm?"

"Ah? What realm?"

Facing the surprised look on Expired Loli's face, Jiang Li was confused.

He completely trusted Expired Loli, so he hid in this place to practice his magic control.

After all, in this world where magic power cannot be increased through training, a swordsman like him who has improved his magic power is actually an outlier. Once exposed, he might be caught and sliced into pieces by the Lian Alliance or terrorists.

But what the hell is “that realm”?

"There's none?"

Expired Loli looked him up and down.

In an instant, it was as if the expired loli in front of him disappeared from the world. An extremely strange feeling came over him, making Jiang Li feel a little creepy.

However, this strange feeling only lasted for a moment and soon disappeared, and the atmosphere around Expired Loli calmed down again.

"There really isn't that kind of atmosphere... Absolutely not. How did your magic power increase if you haven't reached that realm?"

Expired Loli looked at Jiang Li with great interest.

"Uh, can you not tell me?"

"The big secret?"

"Correct."

"Tsk... all right."

Expired Loli smacked her lips and looked very unhappy.

"So, what realm are you referring to?"

Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief, but then couldn't help but feel curious.

"If I reach that level, will the Bladebreaker's magic power also increase? Isn't it said that it's impossible to change in my lifetime?"

"Prefer not to say."

"…Is it really impossible?"

Jiang Li sat up from the ground and looked at the expired loli with a serious expression.

His eyes held three parts of unwillingness, three parts of loss, and four parts of expectation. The explosive infectious power attacked Xijing Ningyin in one breath, making her cry out that she couldn't bear it.

"Okay, okay, it's for your own good that I don't tell you!"

The expired loli quickly closed her legs, and her petite body twisted and turned on the recliner for a while before returning to normal.

"When you reach my level in the future, I'll tell you! Knowing it now will only do you harm and no good!"

"Tsk, that's okay."

Jiang Li nodded reluctantly.

Although this expired loli is a little perverted, she treats him well with all her heart. Since she said so, he will not ask any more questions.

"However, magic control is difficult to practice..."

His magic control is F.

But that doesn't mean his magic control is very poor. It's because in the past, when he was tested, his magic was exhausted as soon as it left his body, making it impossible to conduct the test, so he was given the lowest F grade.

In fact, it was not until his magic power reached D level and could be tested that we could see the true talent of his magic control.

But it seems that it is totally unacceptable.

Jiang Li looked at the clay in his hand that had rotted into a ball and couldn't help but sigh.

…………

Time passes quickly.

Eight days have passed since Ikki Kurogane was taken away, and it is already the end of June.

Finally, on this day, the nineteenth round of the selection competition came to an end.

"That leaves only the final round."

He easily pinned his opponent to the ground and beat him up. After declaring the winner, Jiang Li turned around and walked off the stage as if nothing had happened.

"So strong, Kirihara Shizuya is no match at all!"

"His abilities are quite powerful. He can completely conceal his presence, scent, heat, and breath. Not even cameras can capture him. I've only lost twice so far. I didn't expect him to be seen through in an instant. He then dominated me the entire time, leaving me completely powerless to fight back..."

"It seems that the online comments about his strong intuition are probably true."

"The nickname of Broken Winged Angel is indeed completely unsuitable for the angel, but what would you like a new nickname to be?"

"It is said that the Angel himself strongly requested that he be called the Aurora Swordsman, but that name has absolutely no aesthetic appeal and doesn't suit him at all!"

"I think White Rose is good!"

"Then I have one too..."

After the battle.

Jiang Li returned to the preparation room and picked up his student handbook.

As soon as I opened it, there was an unread message displayed on it, and it was sent by the rich woman on the other side.

"The Alliance branch asked me to change my opponent!"

Jiang Li's eyes flashed.

Sure enough, it came!

He left the arena and walked quickly toward the operations committee office.